₦airaland Forum

Ileke-IdI:
How? By making a rough statement on how MEND were not behind the bomb blast without doing an investigation first?
Then why did MEND apologized? Then why did MEND warn Nigerians to beware of future terrorism from them?

But, but, MEND is innocent. The president said so, therefore it must be true!

Off topic: Why is Asari always so angry? In all his pictures, he has the same crazy look on his face. Not normal.

Ileke-IdI:
Exactly, I'm actually glad that Okah was not in Nigeria from the period of the bomb.
He'd have been rotting in jail right now, without hearing his side of the coin, with more "fake" evidence shoved down his throat.
Kai, what happened to democracy in Nigeria? Everything is going down hill.

Just because people dont want to vote for GEJ need to understand that the choice is not only between "IBB or GEJ".

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If we're lucky, the two of them will have so completely discredited each other by the primaries that the PDP will have no choice but to choose "non of the above" as their candidate.

I seriously doubt if anybody in PDP cares about things like credibility though. As long as they can rig and win.

Ileke-IdI:
Funny thing, still surprised that GEJ has not yet pointed his finger at IBB.

They arrested his campaign manager and fed the NTA that bullshiat about the text messages.

I'd say GEJ is pointing more than a finger.

After carefully considering all the evidence, our brave president brilliantly deduced who the real culprits were.

Igwe.:
and you think that something good can come out of an Evil Brain? Nope!

so . . . . . . . . PASS!

<sigh> I'm tired of arguing with you children. Most of you just can't be reasoned with.

I think I'll just post funny pictures from now on.

Koolwilly:
@4ller wat is a wubi install?? I was surprised that nothing was in there, the thing tire me sef oooo, i would look for anoda distro and try it, maybe Suse linux.

When you first installed ubuntu, did you launch the setup through windows or did you boot the live cd? If you installed from windows then its a wubi install.

How far? Does anyone have Maverick yet? My connection is so gaddem slow.

The new Ubuntu (Maverick Meercat) is coming out today. Is it worth the stress of upgrading?

Anyone who downloads and install it please post your impressions ITT

zoraro:
Is Glo-1 still going to be launched this month (I thought that they moved it to October to launch it on the 1st as a 50th anniversary gift to the Country) or should we be expecting it as a Christmas gift in December?

Honestly, I'm sick and tired of this waiting for Godot bullshiat. One full year they've been jerking us around. I'm throwing away my Glo line.

They can stick their cable up Mike Adenuga's you know where

Nonsense.

Igwe.:
I see, some persons' duty as members of the anti-Gej administration is somewhat eating the better part of them.
Hope the remuneration is what the stress?

Why do Nairalanders always feel the need to insult each other? Must everybody who holds a contrary opinion always be corrupt or stup!d? Honestly, you guys are starting to sound like the Korean communist party.

Our president is saying things that don't make any sense. We have the right to ask why. And we have the right to put those questions to a public forum. The government has a long and proud history of not catching people who commit all kinds of violent acts. They've bungled countless cases in the past and they are trying their best to bungle this one. Every Nigerian has a vested interest in making sure the October 1st bombers are caught. If Henry Okah is innocent, then the real killers will escape to kill again.

Plus the government cannot just come out and accuse somebody of such a heinous crime without any plausible evidence. It would be just as easy for them to blame <insert your favourite politician's name here>. People are saying IBB paid Okah to do it but they might as well say Barack Obama paid Tupac. It makes just as little sense without proof.

All of you who are blindly swallowing the government's half baked theories should remember this: You (or your mother or your child) could be the one standing nearby when the next bomb goes off. If you had any sense at all you'd be asking questions too.

koruji:
What we know about Okah was that after his release he went on to say that he will "continue the fight" - that is not what someone whose only job was supplying arms say when the warriors are planning to end the war.

The only fact that we know is that United States & U.K. intelligence provided information on this - and you can be sure they pointed some fingers. Untill that evidence becomes wholly public, understandably not so at this point, we must assume that each side has hidden information in what they are saying - inconsistencies may help us know when someone is telling outright lies, but we cannot be entirely sure for now.

The British and American intelligence agencies don't do magic. Any info they may have had about the bombs must have been obtained right here in Nigeria. Plus MEND have said that they circulated warnings about the attack as early as five days before. I wouldn't be surprised if all they did was forward one of Jomo Gbomo's emails to the SSS or something. That something was going to happen was clearly common knowledge to everyone except the Nigerian authorities (how many heads of state were at Eagle Square?) There's no reason to think that the foreign agencies have a better idea than our government about who was responsible (except that they're not brainless and don't have a political agenda).

The bombs were small, the kind that anybody with a knowledge of secondary school chemistry can make (there are plenty of guides on the internet if you're interested). Or MEND could easily have modified some of the weapons they already have. They have proven themselves in the past to be experts at this type of thing, there's no reason to think they need any foreign help. And making this kind of bomb is not expensive. With a small bag of fertilizer and some petrol, you can be blowing things up in minutes and for less than 5000 naira! I really don't see what Henry Okah's role in this could be.

The FBI and co are very good at intercepting communications and monitoring international travelers, but there's no way they have the resources to detect small scale bomb makers in a backwater like Nigeria. If you decided to make a bomb in your bathroom tomorrow, how would the Americans know? Even if Okah had anything to do with it, he couldn't have been the main actor. And if he wasn't the main actor, then why would the Americans (or whoever) finger him?

Maybe he posted something on his facebook page (wassup gaize! plantin some bombz around abuja! lol). Or maybe the government is just using the guy as a scapegoat.

koruji:
@Kobojunkie
While the truth of this matter is yet to be clear, you do realize you are defending the honor of a gun runner. Right?

What's wrong with defending him? The truth is that Okah has just as much credibility as the ex-militants Jonathan is openly fraternizing with. He was an arms dealer and a member of MEND but he accepted the Government's amnesty just like Asari and co. so that's all in the past.

The only reason why everybody is blaming him for the bomb blast is because Jonathan's camp says he was responsible. As far as I know they haven't presented a shred of evidence linking him to the bombings. And if the events of the last few days (the Dokpesi text saga and Jonathan exonerating MEND) shows us anything it's that the Nigerian authorities are neither credible nor competent. Okah himself keeps insisting he had nothing to do with it.

Also, what little information we have about Okah suggests that he is a very unlikely culprit. We know he's been in South Africa for months and couldn't have planted the bombs without local help. We know that while he was involved with MEND he was mainly a supplier and was hardly involved with the operations (fighting and sabotage) side. We know that he had very few men under him then and probably none now.

And thanks to Al Jazeera we now know that there's a faction of MEND still active in the creeks. These guys have accepted responsibility for the explosions and have never claimed any relationship with Okah. I'd really like to know what the logic is behind the government ignoring the most obvious suspects and chasing after some guy in far-away SA who is so clearly out of touch with the angry Niger Delta youths that are MEND's main constituency. To assume that all the ex-militants in Nigeria are now born-again and thus above suspicion is beyond stup!d.

If Jonathan really wants to catch the bombers, he should start by asking his friends Tompolo, BoyLoaf and company who they think is responsible. He should ask them about their former strategies and where they were getting their money and weapons. He should ask them who among them is yet to lay down arms. I wouldn't be surprised if all or most of them had some guns and explosives stashed away

Then maybe he should try asking Al Jazeera for directions to the MEND camp they visited on September 29th. I'm sure they'll be glad to help.

The girl is dumb. She gives the press her father's name and says
she doesn't want hers in the papers? Who can't put 2 & 2
together?

It's not the girl's fault. It's the retarded people at PM News that are responsible. It's standard jounalistic practice to always protect the victim's privacy, but they stup!dly printed her father's name, the town where she lived, and even mentioned that she was an only child. They have now managed to completely ruin the poor girl's life. Now people are going to be pointing at her everytime she goes to the market. I wish her luck when she tries to get married in a few years.

This kind of nonsense is the reason why most rape victims never come forward. Nobody who's in a similar situation will dare ask for help after seeing the way this girl is being stripped naked in public.
In sensible countries the media never reveals the victim's identity without their express permission. In cases like this, they'll even hide the molester's name as well because identifying the father is the same as identifying the daughter. The point is to give the victim a chance at a normal life after everything has died down.

The thoughtless way some of our journalists behave only serves to protect the other rapists and child molesters out there.

Shame on you PM News! Shame!

Let them run if they want.


IBB will lose to GEJ at the primary level without doubt. He's been out of power for almost 2 decades and can't hope to match Jonathan's resources. The power of incumbency will be too much for him. If he tries to run under another party he'll be completely humiliated. Besides, with the tight timeline and the new primary format, I doubt if there'll be time for anyone to switch parties after losing a primary contest.


Buhari, on the other hand, has been forced out of ANPP.  With his new party he'll likely get fewer votes than the last time around. He still has plenty of support up north, but after 2 defeats (both with a much stronger party behind him), many of his supporters will have to face reality and find a candidate with a realistic chance of winning.


If there's going to be any real contest, it's likely going to be between GEJ and Nuhu Ribadu of the ACN. Fashola's party has learnt many lessons on how to win election's (and at election tribunals) and Ribadu has the potential to win votes from both northerners (for parochial reasons, if nothing else), and southerners who are sick of the PDP's hubris and all the corruption they've brought.


IBB and Buhari are only wasting their time.

tensor777:
Existing Laws against Faggotts and Perverts  in Nigeria
Chapter 42, section 214 of Nigeria's criminal code penalizes consensual faggotry  between adults with fourteen years' imprisonment. Furthermore, Sharia penal codes, as introduced in northern Nigeria since 1999, continues to criminalize acts of faggotry.

Point conceded.

Didn't know that actually. I try to stay informed but its not really my area. I guess its time for me to borrow some law books then.

Kilode?!:
Too many arguments flying around all at the same time.

Is he a Pedo? ; I'll say NO? because their ages are just too close to call it that, moreso, the age of consent in Nigeria is about 14-16. He can wiggle out of that one easily.

Is this despoil? ; Maybe, given the enormous amount of power and respect some gullible Nigerians give to any fool with the titles "PASTOR, WOLI" or "ALFA" we can argue that he took advantage of his position or even argue for despoil. The jury is still out.

Is he Gay/a gay/a law breaker? ; Definitely! while, I don't care about what folks do with their sexuality -as long as they keep it far away (Ladies, y'all can come as close as you want ) Our culture encourages too much bodily contact and I don't want to start being careful about who is trying to hug or shake me in Nigeria

Nigerian gays(I thought that was an oxymoron) better be prepared, this thing will get really ugly in Nigeria. Stay in your closets for now  

Should he be burnt?; Are you Osama?!

Right, so we've agreed that he's not a pedo. Good.

You're wrong about the rape issue. The amount of respect Nigerians stu.pidly give pastors is irrelevant. If we follow your logic then anyone, male or female, who sleeps with a pastor can later claim to be a r@pe victim. R@pe is defined as sex without consent or if consent was obtained through force, fear or fraud. If the guy had somehow managed to convince the boy that he was angel Gabriel or something; or if the boy thought God was going to kill him if he didn't cooperate, then you might have a point. I doubt if our educational system is so broken that anybody would fall for this though.

Is he a law breaker? There is currently no law against consensual homosexual $ex in Nigeria. Nzeogwu made a declaration prescribing summary execution for sodomites  back in 1966 but it's no longer recognized since his coup failed. There was also a bill presented to the National Assembly a few months ago but our legislators are too lazy to pass anything other than appropriation bills so don't hold your breath.

There you go. He's not a pedo, it wasn't rape, and having gay sex is not a crime.

It seems that the only criminals there were the people who were beating him.

snowdrops:
He abused his position of trust. He was supposed to be a pastor, someone with some moral standing, who people look up to to strenghten their faith. Thats what makes this case quite seroius. The age of consent for their victims is lowered from the normal one of 18yrs to 16yrs for this very reason.

Why do you think there is so much scrutiny of teachers, doctors and catholic priest when it comes to immoral relationship with those under their care.

What in God's name are you blathering about? When did they lower the age of consent? And for who exactly? You must be talking about a different country because in Nigeria, its always been 16.

And what is this nonsense about the guy being a pastor? What does that have to do with anything? So if your pastor asked you to take off your clothes and lie down you'll do it because he's in a position of trust? And don't forget that we're talking about a 21 year old here, not an old man with gray hair.

An one more thing, will everybody please stop talking about about p@edophilia. This guy may be many things but a p@edophile is definitely not one of them. What happened is that a 21 year old had $ex with a 17 year old. It may be against some people's moral sensibilities, but it's perfectly legal. And knowing that most young people are seriously Hot, I feel its also perfectly natural. Except, of course, the gay aspect which I don't like but can live with.

Get your facts straight before you post please.

snowdrops:
Stop disgracing your old age and have a proper debate hear. Dont twist issues. Nobody advocates jungle justice. Even Osama Bin Ladin should be made to pass through the proper channels of the law.

You should for ones remove the gay issue here, as see it as someone who despoiled minors. Imagine if those were your sons, nephews, etc. Show some human feelings for once.

Please read my original post again. Or maybe I should break it down for you.

a) The alleged rape victim is 17 years old. The legal age of consent in Nigeria is 16.
b) There is no suggestion of violence, the boy did not raise an alarm during or after the incident. According to the boy's own testimony,  Mr. Gay Pastor politely asked him to lie down, and he did.
c) The difference in their ages is only 4 years.

Given the above facts, the following conclusions can be drawn:
1. The "gay pastor" is not a pedophile at least not according to the legal definition in this country.
2. It is certainly not clear that anybody was raped. It wasn't statutory r@pe (pls see point 1 above), and there was very little to suggest force, fear or deceit was involved. Surely any reasonable person would agree that this case warrants further investigation rather than the summary castration and execution by mob beating that you're advocating.
3. My point about the boy possibly cooking up the story still stands. Its very common in cases of alleged rape (both gay and straight) for victims to later admit to lying for one reason or the other. And its easy to lie in front of an angry mob that hates gays when you're a gay yourself.

But don't mind me with all this my useless "thinking" about things. Let's do it your way, lets go with our gut feeling and just kill the guy.

snowdrops:
@ Evil Brain

Oh what a surprise. Evil brain defending evil. Lawd have mercy.

No, don't get me wrong. I have no problem with bludgeoning a young man to death without trial. Its completely worth it so we can have a gay-free nation. After all, all Nigeria's problems have been clearly proven to be caused by rampant homosexuality. I say we murder them all.

Think of the children!!!

Typical of Nigerians to cook up the usual story about juju and "ritual purposes". Of course there's no other explanation why anybody would let a man bugger his backside. After all, homosexuality is a western phenomenon.  There are no gays in Nigeria. /sarcasm

I'm not trying to defend paedophilia but I don't see what the big deal is. The boy was 17 years old which is well above the age of consent in Nigeria while the "gay pastor" was only 4 years older. If he had been doing the same thing to 17yr old girls, nobody would have batted an eyelid.
There was no suggestion of violence, nobody was forced to do anything they didn't want to do. And a 17 year old should be old enough to fight back or raise alarm if he doesn't like what is being done to him. Nobody could have tried that shiat with me when I was 17.

I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out that one of the boys just cooked up this story because he got caught and didn't want to be branded a gay (the classic "he forced me" defense) or because he caught his boyfriend cheating on him.

In short, no crime was committed and other than a few gays there's nothing to see here. The mob leaders should be arrested for assault and and unlawful imprisonment though.

Oh, and by the way, is anybody looking for proof that Nigerians (and nairalanders) are a bunch of violent, intolerant, homophobic thugs? Just keep reading.

lonewolf:
Languages develop over time. Pidgin English is variation of English language, an amalgam of many languages. That it is being recognised is a good thing. I can't understand why people would be of the inclination that it corrupts 'proper' English. That's not a credible argument.

Anybody who knows black history will appreciate pidgin English, just as they would patois or creole. People who don't appreciate the language generally do not know their history.

It's funny how people talk of "standard" or "queen's" english as if such a thing really exists. As far as I know nobody in England except the Queen and BBC newsreaders speaks queen's english. Everyone else speaks one local dialect or the other just like us Nigerians.
And BTW nobody speaks standard english in Nigeria. Our politicians try (and usually fail) to speak what I like to call "NTA Abuja" english, Chris Okotie speaks "look at me, I finished secondary school!" english, and the common people speak pidgin.

English by the way is a mish-mash of pidgin germanic, pidgin latin and whatever celtic language the britons spoke before the roman conquest. And French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese are just diffenent variants of pidgin Latin.

In the olden days in Europe, Latin was the high language used by governments, schools and the church while the languages the commoners spoke (English, French, etc) were considered vulgar (the catholics are actually still doing this nomsense). And now in Naija, English has become the new Latin.

Its funny how history repeats itself.

In cases like this, the government lawyers almost always offer a plea bargain to save time and trial costs. But because the evidence is so conclusive, 'mutallab is unlikely to be offered any deal that doesn't involve him spending the bulk of his adult life in prison.

He most likely sacked his lawyers because he doesn't like whats being offered and he thinks they're not doing their best to negotiate a soft sentence for him. Or maybe he thinks he can do better himself. He's wrong of course, and he has seriously hurt his case by doing this. But its still his right no matter how dumb it may be.

The way things are going, he's going to end up being sentenced to life in prison (luckily, since he didn't manage to kill anyone, the death penalty is off the table).

Things are looking very bleak for Abdulfarouk.

It seems that the police have once again jumped to conclusions. Just because nothing was taken from the house doesn't mean the perpetrator(s) were hired assassins. I could just as easily be a family matter gone out of control. And there doesn't seem to be anything to suggest that the killings had anything to do with Garba Bello's work with the SSS.

Further more, the manner of the killings and the fact that they also killed the children strongly suggests a crime of passion. When was the last time you heard of hired killers strangling people? It's not as if guns and cutlasses are scarce in Nigeria. Hired killers generally want to do the job and get out as quickly as possible and strangling five people including three children just seems slow and inefficient.

The fact is we won't have any idea what really happened until the two surviving children are interviewed which according to the coverage on 234next.com, the police were yet to do when they started issuing public statements. I don't understand why they can't just keep their mouths shut until they have all the facts. And Mohammed Gana is a senior officer, He really should know better

It seems like our NPF are already doing their best to bungle this case like they have countless others. Lets hope they don't succeed.

Vavavoom:
It may appear insignificant against the might of would-be riggers of (s)election but let history record your part that in such a moment you stood up, did something against oppression and sided with positive change. This should be the spirit and the attitude we take to the polls.

Seconded!!!
In 2003, myself and a few others stopped an INEC official from doing some minor magomago at my polling booth. It made very little difference and the PDP f&%kers still won but I still feel proud that I did something. I'd like to see them try that nonsense this time when we all have camera phones and internet access.

If everybody puts in their 2 kobo, it adds up to a lot. After all the people who filmed the police executing civilians in Bauchi were ordinary people like you.

I say that everybody should hang around the polling booths and film anything suspicious. Film them counting the votes. Take pictures of result sheets and post them online. Tweet the results from your polling booth and compare them with what INEC announces later. Let the INEC people know that they are under scrutiny.Gather evidence and share it with the world. They can't rig unless we allow them.

Let's not allow them!

Dis Guy:
why do people actually believe that price and competition theory works in nigeria? all of us will suffer for a few years? what they sell the products for 230N then after 6years they compete against each other reducing the price to what N200 brilliant isnt it?

Tell me where this price and competition theory has worked in Nigeria outside of agriculture? Banks loans, Telecoms, cement, mortgage, ?? ??

and i like the way people put it- in a few years like every thing else with stand still?
Well i dont blame some of you you are busy reading economic theories in Philadelphia thinking the 80% poverty stats is just on paper!!


Removing subsidy is a brilliant idea but bad timing, if they want to do anything they should remove the bureaucracy involved with importation, remove/reduce the so called wastage in the importation wastage first then ensure the refineries are built!

Al those certificates they sold in the past few years and nothing useless MOU up and down the place with nothing concrete to show for it!

The laws of economics, like the laws of physics, are universal. The only reason it seem that things are different in Nigeria is the overwhelming effect of government (and its corruption) distorting the markets. Take away the excessive government interference and we're no different than any other country.

The only reason why things aren't working here is because we aren't doing what we're supposed to do. We only pretend to do it while actually doing something else. We pretend as if we're investing in our infrastructure when all we're interested in is sharing out big contracts as political patronage while trying to look good on camera. Everybody is just trying to make money for himself.

And thats the real reason why we haven't deregulated yet. Because if the government didn't own the power companies there'll be no excuse to award multi-billion dollar contracts that politicians can get rich off. And if there was no fuel subsidy then the river of free money in Abuja would dry up.

I have strong suspicion that Aganga's plan is just more pre-election bullcrap (like Obasanjo's "commissioning and commissioning" and that as usual, nothing significant will change. But lets wait and see sha.

Its not like we can do anything about it.

If and when the federal government deregulates the downstream sector and removes the subsidy, here's what will happen:
1.  The price of fuel will shoot up dramatically
2.  All of us will suffer for a few years while the private sector rushes to build new refineries and take advantage of the high prices.
3.  Everything will eventually settle down and Nigeria will become a saner, less corrupt and less wasteful place.

This also applies to electricity, and we are still going through the same process in telecoms (we should be coming out of phase 2 any moment from now).

The fact is that we need new refineries and the government doesn't have the money (and is too corrupt and incompetent) to build them. The private sector is the the only way forwards and they won't take the risk as long as there is a subsidy.

I'm sure there's no one here who thinks the phone companies will be spending all this money on masts and fibreoptics and transatlantic cables if they weren't sure they could make their money back. And say what you will about MTN and co but nobody wants to go back to the days when it was just Nitel

High Profit Margins + Competition => High Investment which is what Nigeria needs right now. And only the private sector can do it. GLJ and Aganga know this, even Obasanjo knew. The problem is that the people in government aren't willing to do what must be done. Because they don't have the guts, or because they are making too much money from the status quo.

Long story short, they should remove the gaddem subsidy. Let all of us suffer together.

For a better future, sacrifices have to be made.

FYI, he wasn't sacked. It was a mutual agreement which was beneficial to both parties.
He was released from his contract before the transfer window closed, meaning he is free to sign for another club (and possibly negotiate higher wages since there'll be no transfer fees) and Bolton get to avoid paying his wages until January or whenever they can arrange a transfer.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with this .
OP needs to get his facts straight.

The beta side for the phone is push email facility which E72 lacks.
so it's a better messaging phone compare to E72

The push e-mail function comes from the Nokia Messaging app which is easy to download for the E72 through the Ovi store. The only difference is that it comes built-in with the E5. In any case, I haven't been able to get it to work. I'm still using old school POP to get my emails for now.

To me, the main difference between the two phones (besides the camera) is the extra 128Mb of RAM. Sometimes, I find myself running 10 or more apps at the same time and I haven't had a single out-of-memory error. Its a really big improvement.

On second thought, maybe I was too harsh on the camera. I've played with it a little more and its actually not that bad. I still think the E72's is better sha. At least that one can focus and take macro shots.

Bought the E5 last week for 37k.
Its not bad at all. The build quality is very good and it doesn't feel cheap at all. The keyboard is actually better than the E72's (I'm typing this post with it) and the battery life is excellent. It has the same 600mhz processor as the E72 but twice as much RAM (256mb). RAM has been a major weakness of Nokia phones of late (esp. the N97) so its nice to see them addressing this.
The camera is slightly rubbish though. Its 5 megapixels but fixed focus and it takes crappy pictures. The screen is also slightly inferior to what usually obtains in this price range though its not that noticable especially to the untrained eye.
It has a very good IM client that works with MSN, yahoo and gtalk. Combining this with the email client gives you a very blackberry-like experience depending on how good you edge/3G service is.
It also has GPS and Ovi maps wih free navigation but no accelerometer or digital compass unlike the E72.
If it was a little bit cheaper, I would have said this was a fantastic deal. Nokia actually announced in April that it would cost only 180 dollars (N27k) but they've jacked up the price since then. The problem is that it now costs about the same as a Blackberry curve which is a better messanging phone so I can't really recommend it unless like me, you can't stand Blackberrys.
6/10

Bought the E5 last week for 37k.
Its not bad at all. The build quality is very good and it doesn't feel cheap at all. The keyboard is actually better than the E72's and the battery life is excellent. It has the same 600mhz processor as the E72 but twice as much ram (256mb). Ram has been a major weakness of Nokia phones of late (esp. the N97) so its nice to see them addressing this.
The camera is slightly rubbish though. Its 5 megapixels but fixed focus and it takes crappy pictures. The screen is also slightly inferior to what usually obtains in this price range though its not that noticable especially to the untrained eye.
It has a very good IM client that works with MSN, yahoo and gtalk. Combining this with the email client gives you a very blackberry-like experience depending on how good you edge/3G service is.
It also has GPS and Ovi maps wih free navigation but no accelerometer or digital compass unlike the E72.
If it was a little bit cheaper, I would have said this was a fantastic deal. Nokia actually announced in April that it would cost only 180 dollars (N27k) but they've jacked up the price since then. The problem is that it now costs about the same as a Blackberry curve which is a better messanging phone so I can't really recommend it unless like me, you can't stand Blackberrys.
6/10

Greetings people.
I'm presently flying solo at a beer parlour in Surulere right now and the barman just served me a funny looking bottle of Gulder.

All the labels have been peeled off and the thing tastes very funny. I'm pretty sure it's fake/expired/adulterated or something. Now I'm not about to waste a bottle of beer but I'm curious about how common this kind of thing is. I've heard a lot of stories about fake beer but I've never seen it 1st hand.

Has any one else ever bought fake beer? Post your experiences ITT.

I think running a game center in Lagos carries too many risks and hidden costs. You are better off focusing on the repairs/chipping/modding aspect. Especially if you're in an ajebota area like Abuja where there're enough rich kids with consoles at home who are looking to save money by buying pirated games.
I happen to know a guy in Abuja who is making mad money repairing red ringed xbox 360s. The guy is not very good though (he wrecked my xbox). If you're even slightly more competent than the competition, then word of mouf will get you enough customers very quickly.