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nmreports:
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I currently work in my churches account department as a volunteer...

@OP;

Whatever your way of thinking, never bring issues of religion or politics into a session in which you're the interviewee, unless it's for a job with your church or political party. Those issues are not only bad ideas that can set members of an interview panel against each other, they can also portray you as close minded, and probably a zealot/fanatic.

[I also did not fail to notice that the portion of your quote I highlighted, was probably not part of the original quote you cited anyways.]

The rest of the writeup is worthwhile, though; well done.

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OkoYiboz:
Forget all these Biafra talk. By 2019, Igbos would be the ones leading the campaign for the re-election of Buhari.

Even if an Igbo man contests against Buhari in 2019, they would prefer to vote Buhari than to vote him. After all, they voted Obasanjo over Ojukwu.

Build a formidable party and make alliances with other tribes across the country? No! They prefer to be political scavengers, feeding from the political leftovers of other groups.

Hmm... No stronger words have ever been written.

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ericsmith:
tinubu newspaper or jonathan said it ...... its national newspaper let jonathan debunk it,, why r low life masses like this ... even if naa buhari newspaper as long as it reports wat truly happened ... take a bow

Well said, ericsmith.

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alt3r3g0:
With the same speeds on the previous screenshot?

Hahaha...

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Enouwem:
Meet Abdulazeez Lawal AKA Aki, the "small sized" Corp member at nysc orientation camp, Ebonyi State.

Abdulazeez is in platoon, and studied architecture at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
https://s13.postimg.org/zf3zqzw3b/IMG_20161201_WA0002.jpg

This was the kind of person the then PDP presented as evidence of "under-age" voter in the north during the 2015 general elections. Hehehe...SMH.

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chuksp09:
Bros the best solution for ur problem is this:
Go to the search area, type window services.
A new window opens with all windows services, look for"background intelligence transfer service" right click on it and click stop.
Right click on it again and click properties, in the properties box, look for start mode, in d options select manual.
That should stop windows from completely transmitting unpermitted data.

Brilliant. Thanks for posting and going the whole hog.

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If, as a lawyer, you receive robbed money from alleged armed or pen robbers to defend them, and the money you so receive could eventually be shown to be part of the stolen money and ruled forfeited as part of the blood money, then that temporary freeze IS needed. You can even end up being charged as an accessory to the crime.

So, Mr Ozekhome, please allow the ongoing legal process on the larger allegedly looted money — of which the portion now traced to your account forms a part — run its course.

Good luck.

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Jabia:
... accessing nairaland using Glo 4G services. While it's not the best on the planet (or in Nigeria for that matter), coverage is fair, and it's cheap! - 2.5K for 10GB data, compare with NTELS tariffs ...

Compared to other networks tariffs, yes; but how is Glo's ₦2.5k for 10 GB cheaper than ntel's tariffs?

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alt3r3g0:
Glo seem to have stepped up their game. Speed on 4g has been consistent. Download speeds average 2.5MB/s. Stream @ 480/720p without fear of buffering.

Also there were some places i went to in dec last year that did not have 4g reception and they now have.

So for now they are okay.

+1.

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This (your original post) is an excellent piece of work and so handy, OP @tunisbaba, many thanks.

For me, I was using iPulse for both voice and data. Following your above analysis, I will henceforth use [i]Pulse only for my MTN data needs on a dedicated line, and TruTalk only for MTN-to-MTN calls on another line.

MTN's XtraSpecial is indeed good for calling some international destinations; it could have been smoked by Glo's equivalent offer at about 11k/s if ₦1k is committed, unfortunately that must be used up in 30 days or any balance on it is forfeited. Hmm.

Do you or other folks know whether or not MTN's G750 (₦750 at 11k/s or so to some usual suspects overseas destinations) still subsists?

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aminuseki:
Datakit and Signal Booster For Swift, Smile Glo Ntel Router MIFI

What about it?

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4llerbuntu:
Any improvement?

None for me on the Lekki axis.

I was enjoying and defending ntel's services up until about two weeks ago. It's been deteriorating ever since — horrible, persistent "No Service" returns by the modem. And during the odd times signals are received, they're limited to one bar/128KBps DL speed max, where there normally would consistently be up to 3 bars/10MBps (not mbps.)

Oh, well.

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Ventura1:
They abound most owned by Liepod. let me burst them further

hinnews.com
thetrentonline.com
weeklypostng.com

Well done, Ventura1, the well-meaning people of Nigeria are proud of you.

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DeadWrong:
Why won't they relocate? Your kidnap their employees, bomb their infrastructures despite the social and community development programmes. What else do you want? You sabotage their pipelines. Forcados is down; they repaired it, it didn't last one week, these fools bombed it again. Oil companies are not breaking even... The IOCs are just bearing the losses due to strong financial support from their parent company. While some of the indigenous oil companies have packed up, some have laid off staff and some are unable to export their crude because they evacuate through just one route.

Only those who are not in the industry would think the companies just drill and produe oil without giving back to the society. That's a big lie! They have massive community development projects they embark upon..but like the typical greedy Nigerians that they are, they prefer cash gift to development. And when they get the money, they lavish it on women and ogogoro and then come back for more. The oil companies are not fools.
You want them to recruit you by force when they already have a sizable number of you working for them already. The current business climate doesn't favor bringing in more people but una no wan hear..."they must just recruit us anyhow he go be"
E&P business is not for children. Investments are massive and stakes are high...No company will put you on the rig to because you're an indigene and you don't have the requisite qualifications and skills. Cos one mistake from while on the rig will kill others, destroy the massive investment of the company and destroy company's reputation. Then the company will pay fines and litigation fees. these yoots don'treason well at all.

Bunch of misfits who think the oil companies owe them for discovering oil at their backyards. They owe you nothing. You were not there when they pump in a lot of money to explore for the crude..daily rig rate is around 1 million dollars and yet some jobless yoots think the oil companies should lick their ass... nonsense.

Well said! (And, your moniker should be, DarnRight!)

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Franklinezenwa:
Pls guys wt is d code for loading glo recharge card

*123*DigitsRevealedOnTheCard#

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ephi123:
Hilarious! See me thinking the lottery had won the brand new car.

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okowande:
Onisokuso gan ni e.. Na wa ooo

But your own moniker is very funny too na... Or does your okowande not mean, oko (joystick) and wande (discovers me)?



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Aliyu333:
How this story still rings in my head.
The Monkey Money Madness! (MMM)

Once upon a time in a village, a man appeared and announced that he would buy monkeys for N100 each. The villagers seeing that there were so many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them.

The man bought thousands at N100 and as supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their efforts. He further announced that he would now buy at N200. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again. Soon the supply diminished and people started going back to their farms. The offer rate increased to N250 but the supply of monkeys became so little that it took much effort to even see a monkey, let alone catch one.

The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at N500! However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now buy on his behalf.

In the absence of the man, his assistant told the villagers: ''Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that my OGA has bought from you, I will sell them to you at N350 and when my OGA returns from the city, you can sell it to him at N500''.

The villagers squeezed out all their HARD EARNED savings and bought all the monkeys. The most greedy ones among them even sold their lands to purchase many MONKEYS, hoping to make a huge profit without labor.

Then...

They never saw the man or his assistant. Only monkeys everywhere!

Welcome to #MMM.The world of Monkeys

A classic!

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olasaad:
Yes I know but ppl always claims Mtn is the the best on the island though am not using it.

Then you ought to have added that what you were claiming was mere hearsay. That way, readers would better place your contribution, especially since the OP already said something opposite what you were claiming. Thanks for contributing all the same.

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dustmalik:
Thanks for the detailed feedback, i really appreciate it. Maybe MTN never really deployed its LTE over band 20.

From what i understand, NCC didn't allow MTN to use band 20 spectrum after acquiring Visafone, and it was one of the main reasons MTN acquired Visafone in the first place. I understand there is an ongoing litigation issue concerning that.

Though if you ever find yourself in an area where LTE reception may appear to be excellent, you could try it out again. Remember, band 20 travels farther and penetrates walls better than band 7.

Thanks for that backend story on MTN and the purchase of 20; it comes in handy.

Yep, the famed better reception quality of 20 was what endeared me to it, so, we shall see about using it at the earliest opportunity.

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@dustmalik;

MTN is yet to deploy 4G on Band 20 in my crib area of Lekki, (on a Bluboo Xtouch.) Incidentally, I bought the Xtouch primarily because it was a relatively affordable flagship that supports 20 for MTN!

Anyways, and through this moment, Band 7 works on its own, of course, or along with 20, provided 7 is switched on before 20. Switching on 20 before 7 locks the network on 3G solid, and, as I already stated, 20 on its own is not yet allowed on 4G in my area.

I may post relevant images later — if that's still deemed necessary.

(I used that familiar code — it works on most of my devices — but I also have the experience it doesn't work on some.)

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olasaad:
Try glo is very good here in lekki and MTN too

I thought the OP already ruled out even MTN?

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kcnwaigbo:
Lol for your mind Tinubu sacked ndume,he was sacked for going against the decision not to confirm Magu.Tinubu had no role to play in this decision

Whatever your considered reason for Ndume's sack is, the fact remains he could have been replaced by a Saraki loyalist if Saraki still had that sort of teeth/spine/influence/rabid following, or whatever. Apparently, he (Saraki) doesn't — at least for now.

In fact, I venture to say that, in a measured way, Saraki is coming round to his current party's (APC) positions all along on political issues, even if those positions were leaderless, confused, or murky at best.

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Mynd44:
The fireworks just started

I sincerely hope so.

This is the sort of issues Oyegun ought to have long sorted out if he had any tact, tooth, or spine. Honestly, Oyegun is one of the more docile party National chairmen I've ever seen.

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mengho:
Dr damages is very serious woh....
But what he said is very true.....d problem is where are such people, am very very sure it Atiku ain't one of them

I agree with you.

Dr. Damages is a very suave writer, and I couldn't agree more with his characterization of our current President, neither could I have put it any better. His conclusion is also quite apt.

But, like you've sort of alluded to, even Rudolph couldn't say precisely how to actualize his suggestions on the "one" thing we need to do in 2017.

But, hey, we still dey.

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Dear Fellow Nairalanders;

I find the subject article very interesting, indeed even authoritative, and thought to share. Enjoy.

One Thing We Must Do in 2017
By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo

Long before the 2015 election, I met a Facebook friend, Emeka Nwokeocha, in New York City. It was at a time when former President Jonathan was complaining that he was the most criticized president in the world. I told Emeka to wait until the next president comes into office and the criticism would increase many folds. I said that because I knew that the fundamentals of the economy were faulty. Warnings were coming from Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala about the need for diversification and savings.

- RUDOLF OKONKWO
DEC 31, 2016
https://secure.saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/styles/normal_medium/public/correct-me3.jpg?itok=UoWmF_0E

Long before the 2015 election, I met a Facebook friend, Emeka Nwokeocha, in New York City. It was at a time when former President Jonathan was complaining that he was the most criticized president in the world. I told Emeka to wait until the next president comes into office and the criticism would increase many folds. I said that because I knew that the fundamentals of the economy were faulty. Warnings were coming from Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala about the need for diversification and savings. I knew from studies upon studies that said a chunk of our earnings were lost to corruption and the rest were used to pay top government officials. That lifestyle was unsustainable. Then, I didn’t know the next president would be Buhari.

I explained to Emeka that whoever would be the next president would confront a different band of citizenry. It was before Reuben Abati called Jonathan’s critics “children of anger.” And well before Femi Adesina called Buhari’s critics, “wailing wailers.” What I explained to Emeka was that everyday information technology expands and reaches more and more people. What it means is that in this era of social media, everyone is a reporter, a critic and a publisher. And whatever they produce will join the huge information superhighway. It may not clog the highway, but it will surely change the prevailing order. And that is exactly what happened. People have hunkered down around their preferred echo chambers and from there regurgitate the sermons and the doctrines of their team leaders.

Another thing I told Emeka was that, just like those Democrats who did not appreciate what Republicans did to Bill Clinton during the impeachment period took their anger on George W. Bush, so would those who did not appreciate what the opposition party, APC, did to Jonathan would turn around and take their anger on the new president. It is the way of the world.

What I left out in the conversation was that every president would have an opportunity to withhold or provide his opponents the ammunition they would use to attack him. George W. Bush did that when he went to war in Iraq and the American economy collapsed under him. Obama did that when he rammed through Obamacare in Congress without a single Republican vote. Jonathan did that with his inability to tackle the security situation of the country and take control of the runaway corruption. Buhari did that with his haphazard and antique approach to biting economic decline and his poor grasp of what it takes to handle the complexities of a modern nation.

By May 29, 2017, it would have been two years of Buhari’s government. By then the characteristics of his administration would have solidified. He is slow to act. He is sequestered within the confines of his comfort zone, which is limiting and ineffective in today’s world. He is stubborn in his own ways and doesn’t reach out for new ideas and new blood around him. He has trust issues and in his bubble he has surrounded himself with people he trusts who turn around to take advantage of him to embrace the same maladies that he preaches against. By May 29, no matter how clear his successes are, the excuses for his failures would have become embarrassing. His critics would then be repeating the chorus.

And then what?

The people who are so incensed about the Buhari government are the very people who are doing the least to prepare for his replacement. When you ask them of the alternative, they say anyone but him. If you press, they mention Abubakar Atiku. If Atiku is the answer, then you are answering the wrong question. There was a time when El Rufai was on the list of possible candidates who would make Nigeria great. But his sins as FCT minister, his refusal to publicly declare his assets and live above board and his actions and inactions as governor of Kaduna state has greatly diminished his light. He has since dropped off the list despite his legions of social media supporters. Like most politicians addicted to instant gratification, he “used the first part of his life to destroy the last.” Beyond the usual names, there are people in Nigeria with the right pedigree and integrity to lead the nation come 2019, but nobody is organizing around them. The only people organizing are the same people who brought Nigeria to where it is today.

I have searched for an expression that would capture what I am feeling about the dilemma of our nation. I found it in the latest edition of the journal, “Philosophy and Public Affairs”. It is called “moral grandstanding.” That is the reason it is difficult for anything sensible to happen in Nigeria’s political arena.

Every side has this unshakable feeling that they are divinely right while others are mortally wrong. George W. Bush captured it years after he left office when he noted that, "Too often we judge other groups by their worst examples while judging ourselves by our best intentions." For most of us, there are worst examples only in other groups. But if you see worst examples in other groups, it follows that there are worst examples in your group. And when we judge our group, we do not see the worst examples. We only see our intentions. We intentionally avoid looking at the actions of our group for fear that we may have worst examples lurking. When the worst examples in our group are pointed out to us, we rationalize it. We blame learned behavior, desperation due to gross unfairness or we blame the devil.

The way to make Nigeria great is for us all to first come down from our high moral stool. There are good people in every group. That is why the country is still standing on bended knees if I must add. Until we accept that fact, we cannot begin to imagine how to build the country together. If we don’t accept that premise, if we are satisfied with generalizing and moralizing, we would be dissipating energy without getting any work done.

If I did not believe that the ideals of Nigeria have not been tried and found wanting, I would not have had any hope and stayed engaged. I believe that the ideals have been found difficult and left let untried. In such situation, we default to the easy position, which is to desecrate and demean. It is convenient. It absolves us of any guilt.

We have lived dangerously for too long. That we have not imploded does not mean that we have eternity to get it right. There will be no renewal if there is no reconciliation. Laziness leaves all possibilities under the radar unimagined. But the reality is an expert in upending fantasy. We make choices daily. Sometimes we make a choice from which we can never turn back.

Should we waste the next two years barking at the dogs or should we do something to get the dogs on leash and back into the house? Should we keep crying that the rain is beating us or should we get a cocoyam leaf and cover our head? The only way we do not have power over what our leaders do is by telling ourselves that we do not have power over what our leaders do. The power to bark can influence things, but we can always do more. The one thing we must not fail to do this New Year is to begin to do things to get the kind of leaders we want in 2019. If we don’t, we have no right to complain when the people who care choose the leaders for us.


Happy New Year!

Source: http://saharareporters.com/2016/12/31/one-thing-we-must-do-2017-rudolf-ogoo-okonkwo

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inze:
. . . how then can it be unlocked? Can unlock code be generated for it?

An unlock code can always be generated, but not remotely. (This means that the device has to be handled physically.)

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Bossman:
None really. It's just that a good majority of mainstream LTE capable phones do NOT even support the band. It's a rarely used band. less than 1% of the phones used in Nigeria will work on GLO LTE. If you have a phone that happens to support this band, then you should get pretty good connection and speeds (in locations that have LTE), because you are probably one of the VERY few using LTE on GLO. As I posted in other threads, GLO will have to deploy their LTE on one of the other common LTE bands (3.7, and 20), in order to get LTE to most of their subscribers.

Actually, like posters such as dustmalik pointed out earlier — and I have personally ascertained — band 28 penetrates walls and barriers better than most, giving you better reception indoors. For example, whereas I get 1/2/3 bars max on any band on the 5372s-601, Glo's 5377Bs-508 delivers a full, rock solid five bars more than 95% of the time, in my estimation this far, with both devices indoors, on 4G, and in their individually best reception areas. So, it's not just that there are reportedly less users at this time on Glo's band 28, IMHO.

Still, individual miles may vary!

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saint2ace:
I did some digging and this is it. https://m.alibaba.com/product/60498017365/Best-portable-mini-3g-4g-lte.html?s=p&spm=a2706.7843667.1998817009.5.MkxLw1#show_specifications

Based on the specs in this link, it's not a Cat 6 device. And I wish it were dual band with ac, in addition to b/g/n. Hmm, we spec/tech junkies sha.

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saint2ace:
I did some digging and this is it. https://m.alibaba.com/product/60498017365/Best-portable-mini-3g-4g-lte.html?s=p&spm=a2706.7843667.1998817009.5.MkxLw1#show_specifications

Good job.

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