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You agreed, with no compulsion, to apply to study at the university, therefore "Take its takes, and offer its offers".

http://news.yahoo.com/mtn-nigeria-fined-5-2-billion-failing-register-151853139.html

Like Nigeria is serious! We hope MTN learns something. Not really business as usual.

Sign of greater Nigeria if everyone holds two or more sets.

If only parents will know that scammers exist even at Xmas times!

Having sex is in the mind. Either she cut herself off, or menopause set in.

Positive * Negative = Negative always.

Many things will work correctly in Nigeria if human abilities, and drives are determined for work.

NCC hopes to sanction Nigerian mobile phone carriers. See for yourself http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=123457:ncc-may-sanction-operators-subscribers-to-switch-off-phones-in-protest&catid=31:business&Itemid=562

The question comes to mind if the operators are game players. How are their engineers able to meet the subscribers demands? And swiftly, true to their names: Glo, Airtel, MTN, Etisalat (G.A.M.E.). What's in a name? And how do they fare so far in winning the GAME with subscribers, in which is being refereed by the NCC?

Those guys need deep education!

Affordable technology - India did it but we believe Nigeria can do better.


India has launched what it says is the world's cheapest touch-screen tablet computer, priced at just $35 (£23).

Costing a fraction of Apple's iPad, the subsidised Aakash is aimed at students.

It supports web browsing and video conferencing, has a three-hour battery life and two USB ports, but questions remain over how it will perform.

Officials hope the computer will give digital access to students in small towns and villages across India, which lags behind its rivals in connectivity.

At the launch in the Indian capital, Delhi, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal handed out 500 Aakash (meaning sky) tablets to students who will test them.

He said the government planned to buy 100,000 of the tablets. It hopes to distribute 10 million of the devices to students over the next few years.

The Aakash has been developed by UK-based company DataWind and Indian Institute of Technology (Rajasthan).

It is due to be assembled in India, at DataWind's new production centre in the southern city of Hyderabad.

"Our goal was to break the price barrier for computing and internet access," DataWind CEO Suneet Singh Tuli said.

"We've created a product that will finally bring affordable computing and internet access to the masses."

The company says it will also offer a commercial version of the tablet, called UbiSlate. It is expected to hit the shelves later this year, retailing for about $60.
Usability questions

Mr Sibal says the device will enhance learning in India.

Experts say it does have the potential to make a huge difference to the country's education, particularly in rural areas where schools and students do not have access to libraries and up-to-date information.
Indian Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal (R) and Junior HRD Minister D. Purandeswari (L) pose with Aakash tablet after its launch in Delhi on October 5, 2011. Mr Sibal (right) hopes the tablet will end the 'digital divide'

But critics say it is too early to say how the Aakash will be received as most cheap tablets in the past have turned out to be painfully slow.

"The thing with cheap tablets is most of them turn out to be unusable," Rajat Agrawal of technology reviewers BGR India told Reuters news agency.

"They don't have a very good touch screen, and they are usually very slow."

Critics also point out that an earlier cheap laptop plan by the same ministry came to nothing.

In 2009, it announced plans for a laptop priced as low as $10, raising eyebrows and triggering worldwide media interest.

But there was disappointment after the "Sakshat" turned out to be a prototype of a hand-held device, with an unspecified price tag, that never materialised.

Read it here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-15180831.

Man arrested for Facebook slur on Nigeria governor
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41384047/ns/world_news-africa/

Would he be arrested if he did this in London, or South Korea against the same gov.?
This borders me.

If everyone plants or promotes peace in his surrounding, the little seed will make a mighty ocean of peace in the world!

When the world is looking, listening and watching the Nigeria police . i dont think they should be thrown into the open light with what has bad shape.

I shpuld be proud of the Nigeria police, but for corruption!

Report: Bribes fuel corruption in Nigeria police
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100817/ap_on_re_af/af_nigeria_police_corruption

There is no other community that discusses Nigeria Police other than the people they claim to protect.  The NPF should read widely from state-of-the-art tech and hear what the citizens talk about them, this could help them strategize how to implement their mandate.
It is often said that "the police is your friend".  Is that statement still true today if it did years before many of us came into existence?

Eye witness gives account of recent road accident that happened, the strategy of their work aided the accident:
[url]http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/08/15/40-persons-perished-in-multiple-auto-crash/
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http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2010/08/15/30-feared-killed-in-multiple-auto-crash-2/

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-497690.0.html

We can be sure that some would be afraid to start a legal battle with the police as could be done in advanced societies, With all said in any legal talks, the police forever wins.

The bad eggs in the police should make a turn, and wrongs can be made rights, and we can look forward to a better future of the great country placed in a good place in Africa. More people can place trust in the NPF. If the citizens cooperate with the NPF, and NPF does its duties as expected of the good citizens then Nigeria can be placed side by side with the advanced world.

Practically, this is possble!

When is the average year that Africa will no longer depend on aid from abroad COMPLETELY - Economically, technologically, etc ?

This projected year there wont be crave to go abroad for greener pastures, self-sufficiency will abound, human resources will be enough, and Africa will be envy of other continents.

Please, be real!

Search deeply the quiet girls make good judgement.  They tend to reason well than the talkactive ones.  I consider the talkactive ones as 'empty barrels who make the loudest noise'.  They tend to be social yet they are not stable in serious relationships. They tend to destroy what you have labored for in many years.  Watch it, the talkactives can easily sell you out.

There is nothing wrong in being Left-handed.   Left-handed people all lead normal lives. It's a bit different to us because it is unusual and somewhat uncommon in the society.  Even some parents start correcting their toddlers that its wrong to use the left. 

We find great men and women who are left-handed, and some, still are living witnesses today.

People who feel uncomfortable with being leftist around them are seriously IGNORANT, and probably need to be formally educated.

Leftists are normal people, like you and me.

I believe no one can hide the sun, but you can hide from the sun! Can someone enlighten me, , so much secrecy:

", that Yar’Adua may have been moved from the guest house where he had been staying to a top secret Saudi Military facility where he is allegedly been attended to by doctors from the United States of America."
", access was highly restricted"
http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2010/feb/19/national-19-02-2010-01.htm

"Ailing Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua reportedly, was secretly flown back to Nigeria, "
http://www.nigeriamasterweb.com/paperfrmes.html

", the President, whose prolonged absence had generated considerable heat in the polity, left Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, at 8.22pm Nigerian time last night and arrived at 1.46am , "
", the entire area was covered in darkness."
http://odili.net/news/source/2010/feb/24/299.html

"If the president is up and doing, you will see him exchanging pleasantries, throwing banters and greeting people"
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Nigerian-President-Returns-Home-But-Uncertainty-Continues-85202337.html

"Twenty-four hours after ailing President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua returned to the country, he remains a ghost - unseen and unheard by anyone including Acting President Goodluck Jonathan"
", The 'criminal secrecy' shrouding Yar'Adua's return has spurned two classes of rumour peddlers, "
", the acting president and others were yet to set their eyes on the president, "
http://allafrica.com/stories/201002250045.html

"Two aeroplanes landed in the dead of night , "
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/7307836/Nigerias-ailing-president-returns-amid-fears-of-power-struggle.html

But, is the medium BBC (which he was said to have broadcast) no longer valid? , continuing to hold Nigerians at ransome valid? , like sheep, no shepherd?

Man makes rules, man changes rules. ALL for GOOD!

Hey!, softly,, softly, , on them.  Ignorance.   Let them have a change of scene, maybe they'll see and decide for themselves.

Dont believe EVERYTHING you see on the commercials, and on the ads. Some guys are out there who touch their keyboards, and act Hollywood, and Nollywood.

I refuse to believe that pix. I can play with the mouse, too.

The 16 year-old is too young to date. Let her concentrate on good education first.  Take a statistical look at the section of the country that does that, can you pick anything?  If you can pick any good to such youth, go ahead.  Do that in more advanced countries, you end up in jail.

Question (on security):

Who is in control in 9ja?

(a)  badguys
(b)  police  
(c)   president  
(d)  a and b    
(e)  b and c  
(f)   all of the above
(g)  none

We should expect nemesis 2 catchup on those who 'waste' innocent ones without cause.
Maybe the rice is already in the market.

Mutual relationship between Beauty and Beholder fosters great love!

Well, I rest my case!

A friend once told me: 'If I spend months, or years on my software, and someone pirates it without a dime or a kobo to me, all in the name of copy-copy, O 'boy I will format that hard disk without him knowing it.'

So who pays for what? Not all programs look genuine on the net. If you continue to pirate software, and do not stop, you'll pay for it one way or the other.

I can act as my friend would act. I could be forced to identify where my software is being run, and attack if it is not genuine registration, or due payment for it. We should discourage software piracy, and acknowledge the effort of the diligent programmers. Pay for programs we run unless the programmer GIVES it FREE!

Kazuya M, , nawa o!
But Not all that gliters is GOLD!

Ayobase, you need to appreciate the sleeplessness and sleepless nights of an average programmer. Let's stop pirating s/w so we dont pay for it VERY HARD.

Nigeria Computer Society needs a lot to do to encourage this.