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0lumide:
With rail transport, it is not an impossible thing but SW has to be really focused on development to really achieve such,

I always thought making some parts of Ogun state a well planned  suburb to Lagos will be very very good for Lagos,

ikooko:
The error message is ''Failed to connect to the network! One Touch Access could not connect to the selected device''.

Kindly note that I am able to connect my device to OVI suite on PC, the challenge is connecting to the network through OTA on OVI suite using my device as modem. I have been connecting my PC to the net using my phone as modem prior to now, but it stopped a couple of weeks ago.

thank you.
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ikooko link=topic=664122.msg8576202#msg8576202 date=1308840729:
Hello Nokia Care,
I realized recently that my X6-16g device no longer connect to my laptop when used as modem. I have not been able to get software update due to this.
What could be the problem and how do i resolve it.
Pls note that i have always use my device as modem since i got it.
IMEI-356046039616798
FirmwareV.31.0.004 27-12-2010-559(C)NMP

thanks.

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kindly respond, thanks.

Lanquart:
if at all this new is confirmed to be true,I immediately suggest that we mobilize our selves for the type of riots and demonstration that swept both the Egyptian and Tunisian presidents out of office.ASAP, pls spread this news

emmaco24:
Commentary: Ten Questions Senators Should Ask Deziani Allison-Madueke

Recently, the media has championed calls and provided evidence why the grumpy former Petroleum Resources Minister, Diezani Allison-Madueke should not be returned to the cabinet, let alone to the Oil ministry portfolio. We thought media had made the point loud enough to invite President Goodluck Jonathan to take a hard and unsentimental look at Allison-Madueke’s record as Oil Minister. On each occasion, we promised ourselves that I won't write any more on the woman.




But, like a bad headache, Allison-Madueke has refused to go away. Against all the odds, she made the final list and it is now left to the Senate to save Nigerians from what has become a national embarrassment; the President having failed in his duty.




The President’s decision to return Allison-Madueke to the cabinet, unpopular as it is, points to a failure of leadership arising from poor judgment. We are therefore demanding that the Senators add the following questions to their list of questions for Allison-Madueke when she comes up for screening:


1-Lawmakers should ask Allison-Madueke about the so-called “Strategic Alliance Agreements” signed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Nigerian Petroleum Development Corporation (NPDC) and Septa Energy Nigeria Ltd discreetly assigning oil blocks without an open and competitive bidding process in violation of the 2007 Public Procurement Act and the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act 2010. A Lagos-based lawyer, Bartholomew Aguegbodo, on June 10, 2011, asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to declare these agreements as illegal, null and void. He joined Allison-Madueke, the NNPC and the NPDC, Septa Energy, and the Attorney General of the Federation as first to fifth respondents respectively.


2-Allison-Madueke should tell lawmakers why she thinks her refusal to sign up for mandatory national service with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) after she graduated from Howard University in 1987 should not be seriously reprimanded. According to Section 13 of the NYSC decree, Allison-Madueke committed a criminal act. “(A person) who refuses to make himself available for service in the service corps continuously for the period specified in subsection (2) of this section, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of N2,OOO or to imprisonment for a term of 12 months or to both,” the Act states.


3-Lawmakers should also ask Allison-Madueke whether she has reimbursed the $2 million she spent on a fashion show, organized by diamond designer Chris Aire, to promote his brand in the United States. The high profile event, tagged: “Chris Aire - ‘Hollywood Glamour Collection’2010 Nigeria’s Pride- Gold and Gemstones was packaged as a kind of fair to create awareness for the untapped gold and gemstone resources in Nigeria. CBN boss Lamido Sanusi coaxed four Nigerian banks --Diamond, First, Guaranty Trust and First City Monument Bank to cough out the dough. The lavish event held on April 07, 2010 at the prestigious Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California.


4-Allison-Madueke should tell lawmakers why she violated the law by awarding licenses to lift Nigerian crude oil to “briefcase companies” including two companies incorporated by Chris Aire. On July 9, 2010, Mr. Aire incorporated Siseno Oil Nigeria Ltd, and 12 days later (July 21, 2010), Mr. Aire, through his agents, incorporated another firm, Caligeria Oil Ltd, for the purpose of conducting petroleum products sales and distribution. One month later, Allison-Madueke discretionally awarded crude oil lifting contracts to the two firms, with neither fixed addresses nor personnel, in violation of NNPC guidelines for lifting of Nigerian crude. With the arbitrary allocations to his no-address companies, Mr. Aire and his associates earned about $11 million a year in profit for doing virtually nothing. The Presidency plans an investigation after major stakeholders protested against the overwhelming presence of shadowy companies without requisite industry experience and stipulated financial power, and who have failed to fulfil stipulated corporate responsibilities to the host communities, in violation of the guidelines signed by Allison-Madueke herself.


5-Lawmakers should ask Allison-Madueke about the elaborate bribery scam at the Petroleum Product Pricing and Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), where oil marketers were compelled to pay bribes in US dollars in exchange for obtaining authorization to import gasoline. The oil marketers were instructed by PPPRA to call a mobile telephone number and pay a bribe of $8 per metric ton of petroleum allocated to them, such that a firm with a 100,000 metric tons allocation would be required to pay a bribe of $800,000 in cash.


6-Allison-Madueke should be asked to explain why despite all her much-vaunted “reforms” to engender transparency in the sector, the 2011 report by the anti-corruption watch group Transparency International titled: “Promoting Revenue Transparency”, the NNPC is one of the eight worst performing companies worldwide, scoring zero for poor organizational disclosure.


7-Senators should seize the occasion to get Allison-Madueke answer questions relating to their inconclusive investigation by the Senate Committee on Petroleum (upstream) into three (3) oil blocks – OML 4, 30 and 41, which she discreetly and illegally assigned exploration rights to Septa Energy Nigeria Ltd. The federal government maintained a 55% stake in the blocks representing billions of naira. The Senate committee was unable to conclude its investigations because Allison-Madueke arrogantly refused to appear before the committee to answer questions even though she was invited several times. She can run, but she can no longer hide.


8-Lawmakers should also ask Allison-Madueke the inauspicious circumstances that led to her violating a court order to protect the interests of her husband’s company, and why she thinks this blatant conflict of interest should not be seriously reprimanded. She muzzled the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) into not complying with the court-directive to put a lien on all financial operations of Eremor Offshore oil field operated by Excel, chaired by her husband Retired Rear Admiral Allison Madueke. Excel had failed to honor an agreement with Alphin Fleury and Partners, a private company in Switzerland hired by the London office of the NNPC to seek financing for several Nigerian companies that are operating marginal oil fields. Excel breached the contract and when the court ordered a lien to be place on their assets, Allison-Madueke used her position as Minister to contravene and discard the court order.


9-Allison-Madueke should be asked to explain her uppity nature and disdain for the rule of law, which has led to arbitrariness and chaos in the sector. She should explain her decision ordering the NNPC to exercise its right of first refusal to prevent companies that bought oil acreages from RoyalDutchShell disinvestment sell-off of its blocks from operating the blocks. This has triggered a planned massive disinvestment by the oil majors from the Nigerian oil sector


10-Finally, lawmakers should ask Allison-Madueke this simple question: throughout her tenure as Minister, especially as Oil Minister, what mistakes have she made; what lessons have she learnt from those mistakes and if given another opportunity to head the Oil Ministry, what are some of the things she would do differently?

It is beyond human comprehension that President Jonathan can still appoint Allison-Madueke to his cabinet. What professional or ideological imperatives besides Ijaw solidarity that informed the President’s decision stretches credulity. What her re-appointment demonstrates is a predilection towards profligacy, and a questionable emphasis on reward rather than service: I consider the outrageous decision to return Allison-Madueke rather scandalous. The basic principle here is that public service ought to be about sacrifice and dedication. Those who have been elected or appointed to serve Nigeria in one capacity or the other should see their elevation as a mark of honor and as an opportunity to contribute to the making of Nigeria, its progress and development. Allison-Madueke is just unfit to hold public office and the Senate should reject her nomination outright!

Source: http://huhuonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3181:commentary-ten-questions-senators-should-ask-deziani-allison-madueke&catid=77:personal-tech&Itemid=420

ikooko:
Hello Nokia Care,
I realized recently that my X6-16g device no longer connect to my laptop when used as modem. I have not been able to get software update due to this.
What could be the problem and how do i resolve it.
Pls note that i have always use my device as modem since i got it.
IMEI-356046039616798
FirmwareV.31.0.004 27-12-2010-559(C)NMP

thanks.

Nokia Care:
Pls explain clearly. What is showing on phone when usb cable is connected? Are you able to connect it as mass storage device?

T9ksy:
First of all, don't call me youngman as you don't know me from adam.

Secondly, I didn't insult him but said it like it really is. Whilst Diya was Abacha's second-in-command, he committed numerous atrocities against his own yoruba people. where i come from, that's an omo-ale.
And oh btw, am from the same area (Odogbolu) as him.

And lastly, maybe you can set the ball rolling by highlighting what contributions your own "righteous" fada made during that dark time in yoruba history. Just get off my back, okay. Don't have time for mo.rons like your type.
Agbaya, buruku! Geez.

ypad:
FG should partner with northern state govrt. to introduce free lunch for children in school.

sheriffman:
A member of the Federal House of Representatives and former Minority Leader, Hon Kawu Sumaila has said that the North will do everything possible to kill the Petroleum Industrial Bill currently before the National Assembly,

, and we have equally resolved to spill our blood to kill the Petroleum Industrial Bill for the sake of the unborn generations of the North’. Kawu who spoke to his audience in Hausa language was cheered by stalwarts of his party. He assured that the bill would never come to being, “except there is no Nigeria.”

Combust:
My conscience Is  saying this is  wrong  .  Will somebody  help me before  I  go  crazy  ?

IBEXY:
seriously I heard this happens in places like Kano and Lagos. They unleash a hyena at you if you refuse to pay your house rent. My friend says they have lots of hyena in India and he's thinking of bringing this service to naija. He is seriously looking for a partner. Guys anyone interested. I can link you up.

Booshman:
Lightning -- monamona pronounced as moh-nor-moh-nor (intonation = do do mi mi)

Soul -- Okan pronounced as hor-kon (intonation = mi do)

Blade -- Abe fele pronounced as harbea- feh-leh (intonation = re re mi mi)

Guardian -- Alagbato pronounced as ha-la-gba-tor (intonation = re mi do mi)

T9ksy:
What a pity Abacha's bad telephone manner means we have to listen to this typical yoruba OMO ALE all over again. He's like a recurring nightmare that just refuses to go away.

This is one mofo i wish Abacha had snuffed the life out of so we won't have to be reminded of his atrocities whilst basking in the limelight with his oga dictator who was at the time pounding his fellow yorubas all over the country.