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[quote author=ndu_chucks link=topic=580856.msg7478451#msg7478451 date=1294366914]I'm sure more details will become available soon. It is noteworthy that "a link between Al Qaeda and the Henry Okah's flank of MEND is currently giving investigators and prosecutors in South Africa a serious concern as to the strength, dynamics and connection of the Nigerian militant group. Okah is said to have arms deal with Al Qaeda network."  http://www.pointblanknews.com/News/os4086.html

There is no doubt that Al Quaeda will use religious extremists, MEND, or any other group to achieve their goals. Let's pray that this story is not true.[/quote]Err, this is starting to sound more and more bizarre. When has Al Queda ever used secular freedom fighter types before to accomplish its goals? That doesn't sound like how they operate.

I could see a connection between AlQ and Boko Haram, or some other sort of northern fundamentalist group. But Christian Ijaw oil militants? Not saying it is impossible, but hard for me to believe w/o some sort of evidence.

Ikengawo:
ik whats worst, nigerians trying to speak ebonics or trying to sound like white americans but it's pathetic and a sign of mental insanity.

What cracks me up is those nigerians with fake british accents. Like the dudes on Channels and the other Nigerian news networks. They sound constipated

I understand why they do it though.

You'd think this would get coverage in the US media or something, if true. Not saying I don't believe, but just seems a bit odd. . .

^-- A good point. Guess it depends on the guy.

Getting pregnant usually does the trick.

KnowAll:
http://www.google.co.uk/m/search?site=images&source=mog&hl=en&gl=uk&client=safari&q=Helen%20prest#i=13

Look at this lady she is 50, 50 is definately d new 40.

Fine wine!

babapupa:
Is Fashola the commissioner for public works or the city maintenance man?

BRF:

https://rlv.zcache.com/maintenance_man_photosculpture-p153832965518234175qdjh_400.jpg
(but black rather than white)

maimalari:
I know petrobras as Theophilus Danjuma's company.

Heh, interesting.

^-- A lot of assumptions you are making. Not sure that those assumptions are reasonable.

oyb:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12126920


how did we all miss that 

Wonder why he doesn't list it on his profile: http://www.cenbank.org/AboutCBN/RetiredExecutive.asp?Name=Mr.+Sanusi+Lamido+Aminu+Sanusi

Is this a good school? Never heard of it before.

Anyway, kudos to him.

fstranger6:
Fucck Campbell,  what does he know about Nigeria

Obviously, he is doing someone's dirty job

Bloody american, thinking they know Nigeria more than Nigerians

Eh, he was the ambassador. If he doesn't know Nigeria more than your average Nigerian, then he didn't do his job.

Anyway, it is quite interesting. Hopefully this CPC/ACN alliance comes through.

The audio interview with Campbell is worth listening to as well.

maga1:
"If he were to win, it would be a pretty good indication that the elections were indeed free, fair and credible," says Campbell. "There would be a strong emphasis on attacking corruption and that would be quite popular."

I anxiously await Beaf's response

Or any other GEJ supporters. . .

@alj harem: If Nigeria broke up, wouldn't you yourself stay in the south?

That is a good look @ 50.

Pls I don't mean to start a war, ABEG UNA! But I've noticed that some girls  (women) leave the hairs in their armpit to grow as wild as a GRA, Games Reserve Area. I've unfortunately seen a some like that. Please is there a reason for it? Is it now fashionable or sezxy?

I nearly choked on my cereal 

The new direction of the discussion. . . eesh 

If your grandpa lives in the bush somewhere and you are the first person in your family to go to an elite college in the US, then obviously you'll have a different risk tolerance than someone who's grandpa went to Harvard Law, father runs a hedge fund.

If the latter guy wastes age 21-28 on high-risk, high-reward ventures that have a 5% chance of exceeding the earnings he'd get if worked a 9-5. . . well, not so big a deal.

But for the former guy, the penalties for failure are quite a bit larger.

I guess another thing to keep in mind is that while entrepreneurship is certainly one path towards wealth, the "variance" is quite high; most entrepreneurs and their businesses fail (even in the West, a more conducive environment.) Facebook is fine to mention, but you must also discuss Friendster, Orkut, and countless other attempts which were not as successful.

If we average out over successes and failures in entrepreneurship, it certainly seems reasonable to guess that the average earnings after including the failures is higher than your typical white-collar job.

But just because your average entrepreneur's salary is higher than a 9-5 doesn't mean that you should abandon the 9-5. What is relevant is instead the probability of increasing your earnings above that of your current one.

So if you have a phenomenal white collar job, there is less incentive to move to entrepreneurship.

Anyway, long story short, entrepreneurship is only a means to an end.

Hrm, not sure that the gen #s are too far off.

Let's work out gasoline electricity generation. 1 liter of gasoline, 32 MJ of energy. 1 kWh = 3.6 MJ.

So roughly 8.89 kWh per liter. Efficiency of a an internal combustion engine is 20%ish. Generator efficiency, 80-90%ish? So roughly 16%-18% overall efficiency. End result is 1.42-1.6 kWh per liter.

Liter of gasoline in Nigeria is N65, so $0.433 per liter. So $0.27 - $0.31 per kWh (and for comparison's sake, quite a bit more than the prices one pays for electricity in the US: http://www.eia.doe.gov/electricity/epm/table5_6_a.html).

My calc for solar might be off though, I'll check again some other time.

By "guess", I mean that I did some rough investigations/hand calculations some time back. Those were the estimates I came up with. So I should say "estimate"/"educated guess" rather than just "guess."

Kobojunkie:
You cannot compare the economics of solar out in the west to the same in Nigeria. Nigeria does not already have steady cheap supply of energy. Solar and Wind electricity make very good sense for Africa considering the higher year round insolation when compared to much of the west, and the very low maintenance necessary.

I'm saying that my guess is that $ per kWh for solar > $ per kWh even for gen (at least at the subsidized prices fuel for gen costs in Nigeria.)

I could easily be wrong, but this is my guess. Solar is like $0.40 per kWh or so, gen in Nigeria is like $0.25 or so. Numbers might be off, but you get the idea.

Dis Guy:
Install Solar panels/Wind turbines from the beginning and recycle rainwater for the toilets

The economics of solar electricity are pretty terrible, iirc, even in the West where there are various subsidies. I'd be surprised if beats out running a gen (though I've not looked at the issue very closely.)

^-- How does this save in power costs?

I guess you save a bit in transportation costs, since it is only 4 trips to school in the week rather than 5. But I don't see how spending 10 hours @ school, 4 days a week is cheaper than 8 hrs, 5 days.

If 70% of the time the students are at school power goes out, you are still running the gen for the same 0.7*40 hours.

So I don't see the gain.

Or are you just saying drop the 5th day entirely, and the 8 hours of lecture given? You could do that, but it decreases the value of your product too (substantially, in my opinion.)

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Read through the PHP manual on the website. It includes a brief tutorial.

You can likely find several PHP books on bittorrent to download as well.

Good luck.

Break up with the b@stard immediately. A guy who feels comfortable mooching off you financially like this is a disaster. Run far, far away from him.

No underwear = Everything jangling around = bad times