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What is the basis for you saying oyo is in dire straights financially. . ?

Yeah I don't live there. Lol, would be nice if Best Buy did ship to naija

If we use N165 to a dollar, mark up the conversion I gave by 10%

The Yoruba man actually did a pretty good job. Better than anyone who has occupied the seat so far.

I ordered it online from Best Buy and had it shipped to my house. ~$713 or so after taxes and the shipping fee. So about N107k.

I actually don't do much on the computer but write documents, code, and browse the internet. But I might start playing some video games, since this computer is powerful enough for that.

d00d.

just use ubuntu.

GEJ in Perth:

https://www.blogcdn.com/www.luxist.com/media/2007/03/71764202.jpg

Looks like it is the A8:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&docname=c02996677

Btw the D7, looks like it uses Intel i7 processors, not i-5?

Heh maybe my specs aren't the best in the world, but I feel satisfied at the price I got it

Pukkah:
By the way, how long is the journey from Lagos to Ilorin, how much is it and how many passengers can the coaches carry per trip?

Too long, if that previous trip from Lag to Ibadan is anything to judge by.

hercules07:
believe they should start with freight.

Cosign. Freight is where the rail will be a huge winner. I imagine it will be faster to transport humans via car rather than this train. Proly won't be doing more than 30 miles per hour on this train. . .

I had a cheap craptop which finally appears to be quitting on me. So I bought a HP Pavilion DV6 laptop with a quadcore AMD processor and 8GB of RAM. Never had so much memory before in my life. Feels like heaven

640GB hard drive too.

You can get some pretty damn nice machines these days for very cheap.

Anyway, what do you use?

Embarrassing.

Nero partying while Rome burns

[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=791041.msg9432010#msg9432010 date=1319744222]Plz you guys, the only thing he did wrong was not showing up to his meeting.

Nothing wrong with a man spicing up his marriage, surprising his wife with sweets and whip cream. I only hope that it wasnt Nigeria's money they spent.[/quote]

Good question.

Dunno what is up with these guys

subscribing

Lol TP is only 6'0 or 6'1.

Eva is 5'2?

It is a big height disparity, but not that uncommon.

TP is a skinny guy too. Isn't like he is some big hulking brute dating a tiny skinny 5'1 woman. Then it looks kind of weird.

What do you consider extreme height difference?

Lmao @ her husband being 5'7. Surprised that that worked out

haha slightly taller than me

lol

The court jester of NL again

Never fails to entertain

Girl on the left, I like her type. Skinny girl with big bosoms

Looks tallish too. . .

Revenue Formula: Governors propose bill to amend constitution
on OCTOBER 27, 2011 · in NEWS
   
By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor
LAGOS — The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) is proposing a bill to amend the constitution that would incorporate amendments to the existing revenue sharing formula.

Governor Chibuke Amaechi, Chairman of the NGF who disclosed this in a session with journalists has also disclosed the commitment of all governors in the country to conduct local government council elections as a way of sustaining the democratic system of governance at the grassroots.

While noting ongoing anti-corruption efforts by federal anti-corruption agencies, the Rivers State Governor noted that all the efforts would amount to failure so long as federal level which controls more than half of the federation account is not brought into searchlight.

The session with Amaechi in Abuja was against the background of the fourth anniversary of his first inauguration on October 26, 2007 following the Supreme Court judgment that validated him as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP gubernatorial candidate in the April, 2007 gubernatorial election.

Asked on the agitation for a change in the present revenue formula by some governors, he said:

“We are working with the President in that regard. Currently what we have done is that we are pursuing constitution amendment. The Governors are meeting in that regard, we have met up to some point.

“We are bound to hold a second meeting and by next week or thereabout, we should hold a second meeting to conclude on all the issues and send a bill, a private member’s bill on the amendment of the constitution to the National Assembly.”

Asked on the specifics of the proposed constitution amendment, Amaechi refused to reveal but subsequently hinted at an amendment of the revenue formula.

“What we are saying is that we have a position. We will articulate that position in the next meeting we have and then come up with an amendment bill and send to the National Assembly.”

Governor Amaechi, however, disclosed the commitment of all Nigerian Governors to ensure complete implementation of democratic system of governance at the local government level. In that direction he said that all Governors had resolved to ensure that local government council elections are held in all the states of the federation.

“At the Governors Forum we have resolved that in the next few months Governors who have not conducted local government council elections should endeavour to do that and all Governors are very willing to conduct elections. Lagos has just finished their own.”

Asked on his assessment of the anti-corruption battle being waged by federal anti-corruption agencies, Governor Amaechi speaking in metaphor said:

“So, if the EFCC is serious about fighting corruption they should focus on the 52% and once they can stop corruption in the 52%, then they have passed. Even if they stop corruption in the 26%, they have not passed .”

“For EFCC to investigate 26% they have to take transport from here (Abuja) to the state they are going to, they have to book accommodation and they have to do everything possible to look for the 26% including going to London, going to Abuja looking for the 26%.”

“Now, even taxi can take them to the 52%. They abandon the 52% completely and begin to look for the 26% that is located in Rivers State, Sokoto or Lagos or Imo. You have no need to vilify the Governors. If you are serious about corruption, eliminate corruption in 100% of the economy or if you cannot, focus on the 52% because if you succeed in the 52%, what have you done? You have passed!”

“If you make 100% of the 26%, you have still not passed your exam, it is a re-sit. That is the argument. We are helpless victims of the ruling class who have always wanted to be Governors.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/10/revenue-formula-governors-propose-bill-to-amend-constitution/

Err I think i've given you pretty much everything you need to solve the problem at this point. Just tweak what I linked to to serve your purposes

mukina2: Regarding your private message, most of these posts involve government in some way. Not like I'm posting on admission into XYZ university in Nigeria. So not clear that it shouldn't be viewed as part of politics (well public policy at least.)

Na wa o. You may have passed through school, but school did not pass through you.

Fink ke?

I fink that she and I should go to the store? Me hungry, me want food! Sale me that laptop!

And we wonder why so many are failing JAMB in Nigeria

OK, by force by force we shall return you to this school for the mentally handicapped you were ejected from.

You were correct Aigbofa, it is inhumane not to allow this dude to be educated properly  

But let us educate this illiterate, mentally handicapped fellow using private funds and not public ones.

Lmao

Now he says "grow up."

The same unexposed person who had never heard of "check."

Backwards, indeed.

Sale is a noun, not a verb. No such verb exists (someone can correct me if I am wrong.)

How about we make a deal. I'll "grow up" once you stop sniffing crack. Deal?

Or were you also one of these students ejected from a mental institution?

"sale Ekiti" ke

Which kyn of heenglish be dis professor?

Man cracking me up that this was the same guy trying (but failing) to nitpick earlier

@icez:

If you've lived in Ekiti for 50 years or whatever, then probably you should be treated by the state government in the same exact way as indigenes.

But if it is only when you turn 15 that your parents find out that the facilities in Delta aren't suitable, and that you must be sent elsewhere? Then hard questions must be asked.

I'm not trying to be mean or be an azzhole, but that is just the way it is.

(Obviously there is a big gray area [Or would you prefer [size=18pt]grey area[/size], Ola Bamitu, professor of the British English language? ] between 50 years and 0 years. And I've not said where the line should be drawn.)

Now, from reading the following description:

Delta State chairman of NASET, Dr. (Mrs.) Catherine Onwubolu, attributed the migration of physically challenged Deltans to other states for education due to the dilapidated nature of infrastructures at special education institutions across the state and called on the government to pay adequate attention to the sector.

She emphasized that the environments of such institutions were not friendly to those who expected to make use of the decrepit infrastructures, adding that the state only recently implemented the payment of 15% special allowance for the secondary school special teachers only.

“I wept for Delta State when I moved round all the schools for the physically challenged. Like in the state capital, Asaba, Agbor, Ughelli and other areas, the state could not boast of good infrastructures for the learning of these children what a shame,” she lamented.

is it not clear to you which side of the boundary these students likely fall?

[quote author=Francis-1 link=topic=789802.msg9423457#msg9423457 date=1319643404]@ekt_bear,

You are a disappointment. For you, all that matters is Ekiti.[/quote]You, like many others on this thread (including the mentally handicapped victim of this exercise, @Okija_juju), have unfortunately missed the point.

@Okija_juju: Are public sector funds being used on these taxi drivers? If not, then of what relevance is your point to this topic?

Just not exposed enough. Don't mind the fellow too much.

In British English, yes, cheque. In at least one other dialect of English, check.

Whether Nigeria has the same structure or not, you are going to find it very hard to convince people to foot the bill of non-residents and non-indigenes.

It is what it is, man.

If you even do that, then disabled people from all over the country (like this mentally disabled Okija_juju) will flock to your state for treatment. All at your own expense, of course.

And will the governors of their states write you a check? Or work to improve their own facilities? No and no.