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 Travel › Re: Conference Trip To South Carolina, United States. by gogis(op): 5:32pm On Mar 05, 2015 |
According to google, North Carolina is about 3 hours plus from South Carolina. I have a paper to present in a conference at Clemson University on the 11th of this month. So I have just few days. Heading to Tennesse or Birmingham after the conference, that is 13th or 14th of March. claremont: |
| Travel › Re: Conference Trip To South Carolina, United States. by gogis(op): 10:10am On Mar 05, 2015 |
Thanks. Do you mind telling me where you are in the States? morethanadoll: |
| Travel › Conference Trip To South Carolina, United States. by gogis(op): 3:24pm On Mar 04, 2015 |
Hi house, I will be on a conference trip to Clemson University, South Carolina, and will be delighted to meet NLanders in South Carolina, US in the coming days. Cheers! 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Tinubu Arrested Twice In United States; Lai Muhammed Wears Pampers - FFK by gogis(m): 3:46pm On Mar 03, 2015 |
[/b]Pot calling kettle Black. cindicandy: [b]Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, who is the Director of Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO), has alleged that former Lagos Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was arrested twice over money laundering and drug-related offences in the United States of America. In a statement released to newsmen, Fani-Kayode also declared that All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), is in trouble. “Whether the APC wishes me well or not, I shall live long and prosper. What they think about me is neither here nor there and I lose no sleep over it. It is only what God thinks about me that matters and they are not God. They do not like me and I do not like them and that is fine by me. We do not need to like each other and all we need to do is to meet in the field. “I do not need their good wishes and neither do I crave their goodwill. Rather than continuously talking about me and making infantile and primitive statements, they should spend their time praying for the soul of the late and great PDP leader, Chief Funso Williams, who would have been governor of Lagos State, who was mysteriously murdered a few years ago by a group of evil, power-hungry and callous men, and who was a formidable political adversary of Tinubu. We pray every day that God should avenge Funso Williams and bring those that killed him to justice. “We suggest that the APC purge themselves of their obvious obsession with me and instead pray for the fortunes of their candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari because he is in trouble and he is surrounded by snakes and vampires. They should pray that God will keep General Buhari safe from the enemy within. The problem with the Tinubu wing of the APC is that they are so used to dishing out rubbish about other people that it has affected their minds and their ability to say anything reasonable or rational. “The truth is that their leader, Tinubu belongs in a sanatorium for the mentally unbalanced and a maximum security prison for the power obsessed rather than in any political party. As for the quisling and minion called Lai Mohammed I refuse to respond to him unless and until he starts talking sense, cures himself of his chronic bad breath and desists from wearing pampers. “The only people that are caving in under pressure here are the APC, their presidential candidate, General Buhari and their de facto leader Tinubu. The closer we get to March 28, the more they panic and the more falsehood and rubbish that they spew out. As I have said before, they have become prisoners of their own delusions and fantasies and victims of their own hallucinations. Tinubu, their de facto leader, should tell Nigerians why they should take him seriously after he was arrested on no less than two occasions by the American authorities for money laundering. “On the first occasion, the arrest was for drug-related money laundering issues in Chicago and, on the second occasion, he was arrested for money laundering-related matters in Seattle, Washington whilst he was Governor of Lagos State. On both occasions he begged the authorities like a baby and was eventually forced to settle out of court with the American Justice Department by forfeiting a percentage of the money after a successful plea bargain. If not for that settlement and plea bargain, Tinubu would have been in an American jail by now. This is the man whose minions and acolytes like Lai Mohammed are now pontificating about national issues and throwing stones. “The APC falsely accuse others of wrongdoing whilst there is ample evidence to show that their de facto leader Tinubu was once involved in laundering drug-related money in the United States of America. What an irony that a man with such a filthy past has now managed to gain total control of Nigeria’s main opposition party. “Tinubu should count himself lucky that Nigerians have short memories and that he is not in jail because that is where he deserves to be. He should also prepare himself for the greatest humiliation and defeat of his political career because after March 28, his ambition of becoming de facto president of Nigeria will crumble before his very eyes and would have gone with the wind.” http://www.newsexpressngr.com/news/detail.php?news=9901&title=Tinubu-arrested-twice-in-America-over-money-laundering,-Femi-Fani-Kayode-alleges-%E2%80%A2Says-Buhari-in-big-trouble http://dailypost.ng/2015/03/02/tinubu-knows-about-funsho-williams-murder-buhari-surrounded-by-vampires-fani-kayode |
| Nairaland General › Lights Out In Nigeria - Written By Chimamanda Adichie by gogis(op): 12:54pm On Feb 02, 2015 |
We call it light; “electricity” is too sterile a word, and “power” too stiff, for this Nigerian phenomenon that can buoy spirits and smother dreams. Whenever I have been away from home for a while, my first question upon returning is always: “How has light been?” The response, from my gateman, comes in mournful degrees of a head shake.Bad. Very bad. The quality is as poor as the supply: Light bulbs dim like tired, resentful candles. Robust fans slow to a sluggish limp. Air-conditioners bleat and groan and make sounds they were not made to make, their halfhearted cooling leaving the air clammy. In this assault of low voltage, the compressor of an air-conditioner suffers — the compressor is its heart, and it is an expensive heart to replace. Once, my guest room air-conditioner caught fire. The room still bears the scars, the narrow lines between floor tiles smoke-stained black. Sometimes the light goes off and on and off and on, and bulbs suddenly brighten as if jerked awake, before dimming again. Things spark and snap. A curl of smoke rises from the water heater. I feel myself at the mercy of febrile malignant powers, and I rush to pull my laptop plug out of the wall. Later, electricians are summoned and they diagnose the problem with the ease of a long acquaintance. The current is too high or too low, never quite right. A wire has melted. Another compressor will need to be replaced. For succor, I turn to my generator, that large Buddha in a concrete shed near the front gate. It comes awake with a muted confident hum, and the difference in effect is so obvious it briefly startles: Light bulbs become brilliant and air-conditioners crisply cool. The generator is electricity as electricity should be. It is also the repository of a peculiar psychology of Nigerian light: the lifting of mood. The generator is lord of my compound. Every month, two men filled with mysterious knowledge come to minister to it with potions and filters. Once, it stopped working and I panicked. The two men blamed dirty diesel, the sludgy, slow, expensive liquid wreathed in conspiracy theories. (We don’t have regular electricity, some say, because of the political influence of diesel importers.) Now, before my gateman feeds the diesel into the generator, he strains it through a cloth and cleans out bits of dirt. The generator swallows liters and liters of diesel. Each time I count out cash to buy yet another jerrycan full, my throat tightens. I spend more on diesel than on food. My particular misfortune is working from home. I do not have a corporate office to escape to, where the electricity is magically paid for. My ideal of open windows and fresh, breathable air is impossible in Lagos’s seething heat. (Leaving Lagos is not an option. I love living here, where Nigeria’s energy and initiative are concentrated, where Nigerians bring their biggest dreams.) To try to cut costs — sustainably, I imagine — I buy an[b] inverter[/b]. Its silvery, boxlike batteries make a corner of the kitchen look like a[b] physics lab[/b]. The inverter’s batteries charge while there is light, storing energy that can be used later, but therein lies the problem: The device requires electricity to be able to give electricity. And it is fragile, helpless in the face of the water pump and microwave. Finally, I buy a second generator, a small, noisy machine, inelegant and scrappy. It uses petrol, which is cheaper than diesel, and can power lights and fans and freezers but only one air-conditioner, and so I move my writing desk from my study to my bedroom, to consolidate cool air. Day after day, I awkwardly navigate between my sources of light, the big generator for family gatherings, the inverter for cooler nights, the small generator for daytime work. Like other privileged Nigerians who can afford to, I have become a reluctant libertarian, providing my own electricity, participating in a precarious frontier spirit. But millions of Nigerians do not have this choice. They depend on the malnourished supply from their electricity companies. In 2005, a law was passed to begin privatizing the generation and distribution of electricity, and ostensibly to revamp the old system rooted in bureaucratic rot. Ten years on, little has changed. Most of the companies that produce electricity from gas and hydro sources, and all of the distribution companies that serve customers, are now privately owned. But the link between them — the transmission company — is still owned by the federal government. I cannot help but wonder how many medical catastrophes have occurred in public hospitals because of “no light,” how much agricultural produce has gone to waste, how many students forced to study in stuffy, hot air have failed exams, how many small businesses have foundered. What greatness have we lost, what brilliance stillborn? I wonder, too, how differently our national character might have been shaped, had we been a nation with children who took light for granted, instead of a nation whose toddlers learn to squeal with pleasure at the infrequent lighting of a bulb. As we prepare for elections next month, amid severe security concerns, this remains an essential and poignant need: a government that will create the environment for steady and stable electricity, and the simple luxury of a monthly bill.
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| Politics › Re: FULL TEXT: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala And The Missing Trillions Pt.1-Chukwuma C. Soludo by gogis(m): 11:11am On Feb 02, 2015 |
My dear, you dont need ant tutorials. The whole write up is a tutorial on its own. I was educated and enlightened, despite my Engineering background. Take your time to read sir. TheIROKO: 1 Like |
| Politics › Re: Live Photos and Updates Of Apc's Presidential Rally In Lagos by gogis(m): 12:12pm On Jan 30, 2015 |
5iveC:OLODO like you. Rain is a sign of BLESSING, especially from ABOVE. #iHavedecided 4 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Doyin Okupe Blasts Buhari Again On Twitter – Nigerians Fires Back – Read Tweet by gogis(m): 10:10am On Jan 22, 2015 |
What people have fail to realise is that you don't need a lot of 'education' to be UPRIGHT and UPTIGHT. Sai Buhari! 2 Likes |
| Politics › A Muslim's Response To The 25,000 Anti-islam Protesters In Germany by gogis(op): 12:07pm On Jan 21, 2015 |
Dear 25,000 Anti-Islam Dresden Protesters and Pegida, I hear you marched in your thousands against my religion. Last week, and last month. You marched against immigrants, foreigners, and anyone a shade darker. I will not draw comparisons to Nazi Germany. I will not call you bigots, I will not insult you, and I will not label you. But we do have a problem. You marched with banners claiming your city is overcrowded with Muslims. Yet 0.1% of Dresden are Muslim. You marched claiming immigrants are cramming your schools and leaving your children to travel miles for an education. Yet 2.5% of Dresden are foreign-born. You claim that Germany is being invaded by Muslims. Yet only 5% of Germans are Muslim. You march "against the Islamization of the West". Yet within a century containing two World Wars, the decolonisation process, countless civil conflicts, foreign intervention, globalisation, and further displacement, Muslims remain a fringe minority in Europe. Less than 6%. A pretty lousy colonisation process, no? You marched against refugees and asylum seekers, claiming Germany is their target for welfare and social security. Yet according to UNHCR, there are 51.2million refugees worldwide. Germany caters for less than 0.01% of them. Is that too much to ask? Is such a humanitarian obligation too large for the Refugee Convention 1951 your government ratified? Or is it actually punitive, for example, in comparison to Lebanon where every fourth person is a Syrian refugee? Protesters, you are not alone. In my country, Britain, we have our own anti-immigration party. Ukip won their first seat in Clacton with nothing but anti-migrant rhetoric. Yet only 4.3% of Clacton are foreign-born. In a Parliamentary-based system, where each constituency elects a representative to voice their views, there is nothing Ukip can do for the people of Clacton. Do you see a pattern? Perhaps I should explain. Your kind tend to establish themselves where their "problem" does not actually exist. Is this therefore an issue of negative perception? Fear of the unfamiliar? Intolerance in ignorance? Scapegoating an underclass? Media misinformation? I will elaborate. London has a 36.2% foreign-born population. Relatively, that is fifteen times the population of foreigners in Dresden. A far greater diversity. Ukip poll the lowest in London compared to the rest of the country- in every demographic, foreign or not. London is a metropolis of brown, black, and white working side by side. We thrive. I saw an atheist today. Guess what? I did not try to convert him nor behead him for blasphemy; I helped him off the bus. He was 74 years old. Does that make sense? Your only insight into Islam is a box in your living room. Confirmation bias and cognitive dissonance infest the information you expose yourself to. Information which dehumanises and polarises anyone unlike you. You enjoy the far-right media portrayal of Islam. It makes you feel good. Superior. Better. The barbaric Muslims, we are. We disrespect women, and we impose our beliefs on to others. Yet did you know that Turkey, Indonesia, and Bangladesh, all Muslim majority states have had more elected female heads of state than almost every other Western country? Did you know that the Quran explicitly says "there is no compulsion in religion" (2:256), and our Prophet clarified "whomever hurts a non-Muslim will not smell a whiff of paradise"? Did you know that your twisted misrepresentation of my religion helps the terrorists? Did you know that you and the terrorists agree on what seems to form an integral part of your identity: that Islam is violent? Did you know that you even use the same methodology to proclaim this; taking a verse out of context and evading any intellectual discourse? What are Muslims to you, anyway? Arabs? Less than 20% of us are Arab. Indian or Pakistani? Again, less than 20%. Turkish? Less than 5%. Nothing else? That is more than half of us you cannot identify. You assume our identity by our race. Is it not disheartening to you that such a narrow world view is legitimately held by so many? Does it not display a perspective so constrained to the contents of immediate life and prejudice? Is that not likely to lead to ignorant assumptions and offence in face of what is unbeknownst? What becomes of the German Muslim, I wonder? Is he spared because he is white? Or is he declared a traitor and shunned? Is it difficult to choose between racism and neglecting a fellow countryman? Choose neither. Choose education. Tolerance. Kindness. Detach from the vicious cycle of far-right media (who are unfamiliar with foreigners) feeding the far-right populace (who are unfamiliar with foreigners) what they should think about foreigners. I ask you, have you ever met a Muslim? "Met" is not a synonym for shouting abuse at or stabbing to death in or outside their home. No, have you ever sat with a Muslim? Talked to a Muslim? Worked with a Muslim? You should. At an airport perhaps, where we are 42 times more likely to be searched, and thus declared safe for human interaction. Sincerely, A Real-Life Muslim (not the ones on TV) source: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/rabah-kherbane/germany-islam_b_6486818.html
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| Sports › 15 Of The Most Iconic Sporting Moments Continued by gogis(op): 4:43pm On Jan 13, 2015 |
5. Tommie Smith & John Carlos - Summer Olympics - Oct. 16, 1968 American sprinters Tommie Smith (center) and John Carlos (right) raise their black-gloved fists on the Olympic medal podium in Mexico City to signify Black Power. Smith, the gold medalist in the 200-meter race, and Carlos, the bronze medalist, were kicked out of the Games for their overtly political statement. 6. Maxwell Fornah & Victor Musa - Sierra Leone - April 6, 2006 The members of the Single Leg Amputee Sports Club of Sierra Leone chase for the ball in Freetown. A brutal civil war left more than 6,000 amputees in Sierra Leone 7. Matthias Steiner - London Olympics - Aug. 7, 2012 Defending Olympic weightlifting champion Matthias Steiner of Germany lost his balance while trying to lift about 432 pounds and was hit in the neck by the barbell. He got up on his feet and waved to the crowd but later withdrew from the competition. 8. Kyle Whitaker - Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo - Mar. 17, 2005 Kyle Whitaker of Chambers, Neb., loses his boot as he is bucked off Dump Wagon at the Circuit Finals Rodeo in Pocatello, Idaho. Whitaker would finish 22nd out of 24 competitors in the saddle bronco riding Source: http://learni.st/users/xiggi/boards/69279-the-50-most-iconic-sports-photographs-of-all-time
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| Sports › Here Is A Collection Of Historical Photographs Of 15 Of The Most Iconic Sporting by gogis(op): 4:27pm On Jan 13, 2015 |
1. Jacques Plante - Canadiens @ Rangers - December 18, 1957:Canadiens goalie Jacques Plante surveys the ice without a mask during a game between the Canadiens and the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden 2. Muhammad Ali and Cleveland William[/b]s - November 14, 1966: Ali knocks out Cleveland 'Big Cat' Williams in three rounds at the Houston Astrodome to defend his heavyweight title in November 1966. The bout drew a record indoor crowd of 35,460 3. [b]Dennis Rodman - Pacers at Bulls - March 7, 1997: Chicago Bulls power forward Dennis Rodman goes horizontal for a loose ball during a game against the Pacers at the United Center in Chicago, Ill. Rodman won his sixth rebounding title during the 1996-97 season averaging 16.1 total rebounds a game. 4. Mike Tyson & Evander - Holyfield Heavyweight Bout - June 28, 1997: Mike Tyson bites the ear of Evander Holyfield during their 1997 heavyweight fight. Tyson's boxing license was temporarily revoked for the incident and he was fined $3 million
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| Phones › Re: Jiayu F2,S2,S3,G4-G4s,G5-G5s,G6 Discussion Thread by gogis(m): 7:45pm On Dec 29, 2014 |
initialize:Thanks for your prompt response sir. I will be interested in the G6 2Gb/32GB ROM (Black).How long will it take to get to naija? And how will i get to pay tor the device. I am trusting it will come with all its accessories like leather pouch or casing, earpiece and e.t.c. |
| Phones › Re: Jiayu F2,S2,S3,G4-G4s,G5-G5s,G6 Discussion Thread by gogis(m): 1:17am On Dec 29, 2014 |
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| Phones › Re: Jiayu F2,S2,S3,G4-G4s,G5-G5s,G6 Discussion Thread by gogis(m): 9:43am On Dec 27, 2014 |
I am interested in the Jiayu G6- 32GB ADVANCED OCTACORE 5.7INCH 2GB RAM 32GB ROM FULL HD NFC AIR GESTURE 3500MAH. How can I get it here in Nigeria. Waiting anxiously for your response.
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| Education › Re: Thread For PHD Students by gogis(m): 11:39pm On Dec 21, 2014 |
Nice thread... BSc Elect/ Elect Engineering - Akoka, Nigeria MSc Power Engineering- Cottbus, Germany PHd Energy Distribution- Bauchi, Nigeria The basic idea is energy access, using mini-grids to the rural folks with no connection to the central utility. Energy sources will be renewable in nature, with focus solar PV and pico-hydro systems, especially in a place with huge potential. Hopefully, i will be visiting a potential site in Benin in January. Load analysis of this site will be made and possible renewable mini-grid will be designed to cater for the basic needs of this region. 1 Like 1 Share |
| Islam › Re: Nairaland Muslim Newbies: Introduce Yourselves Here by gogis(m): 5:38pm On Oct 04, 2014 |
psyqs:Salaam brother. I m Kamil and I live in Bauchi. |
| Islam › Re: Nairaland Muslim Newbies: Introduce Yourselves Here by gogis(m): 5:33pm On Oct 04, 2014 |
Allah Be Praised! Using this opportunity to shower blessing on the benefactor of the human race, Rasool (SAW). It nice to be here. I m Kamil and I live in Bauchi. |
| Autos › Re: Registered 2003 Mitsubushi Montero Sport For N450k: Quick Sale by gogis(m): 3:35pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
DrWise: still up for grabs. . . |
| Autos › Re: Toks 2004 Model Mitsubishi Montero Limited Full Options For Sale........ by gogis(m): 9:15am On Sep 15, 2014 |
What's ur asking price? |
| Autos › Re: Registered 2003 Mitsubushi Montero Sport For N450k: Quick Sale by gogis(m): 9:15pm On Sep 14, 2014 |
Hello Chief, what about a payment plan spread over a certain period, say 6 months or 12 months. |
| Romance › Re: Officially Ask A Nairalander Out,don't Be Shy We Are All Matured Minds Here by gogis(m): 1:57am On Aug 25, 2014 |
tracyorez: Hey hun!Nice profile picture. I like your eyes.... |
| Romance › Re: Officially Ask A Nairalander Out,don't Be Shy We Are All Matured Minds Here by gogis(m): 1:39am On Aug 25, 2014 |
tracyorez:Hello cutie.... |
| Romance › Re: Officially Ask A Nairalander Out,don't Be Shy We Are All Matured Minds Here by gogis(m): 12:38am On Aug 25, 2014 |
rane06: Nobody wanna ask me out?Hello dear, I m closer. Will u be my date? Cheers... |
| Romance › Re: What Makes An Opposite Sex Attractive To You by gogis(m): 11:14pm On Jul 17, 2014 |
sailormoon: You get my references?Not really...please what re ur references? |
| Romance › Re: What Makes An Opposite Sex Attractive To You by gogis(m): 4:25am On Jul 16, 2014 |
Got all you want in a man, just that I speak Yoruba, English and German. I hope you are multilingual too...cos its a big plus for me. Bis bald. sailormoon: Similar sense of humour |
