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KingTom:
OPC made me proud.




Mom and baby, RIP

So one single OPC is better than the who equivalent of Area E and their DPO?
Why are we then wasting money on these criminals and liars?
Why not just enlist these "authentic OPC" marshals for security.
I think the banks have a better idea of what to do now.

Mrs. Ndirieka was first rushed to a nearby hospital in Festac Town where she was rejected. All pleas made to the hospital to treat her was rebuffed. At this point, Ndirieka had lost a lot of blood and was losing consciousness.

I want to sponsor a Bill which make it criminal and punishable for manslaughter, if ANY HOSPITAL refuse to offer FIRST AID TREATMENT to any distressed Bullet Victim brought to them.... when robber or not.

You treat first (to save life), detain the person and alert the Police immediately.
Maybe that innocent woman will be alive today, if not for the insanity in this country's medical field.


Any supporters? I guess we need about a Million vote or so, to start a private Bill since our Senators are too daft to harp on something like this.



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sparkleboy:
Can you believe that I was at oyingbo this evening around 9:40pm when police officers started picking Young men walking behind the road and pushing them into 3 black danfo buses. I was just pitying those innocent guys

[size=18pt]Nigerians are in more danger from these "Nigeria Police farce" .......... than from Armed Robbers themselves![/size]

We are just yet to realize this.



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Valfrankie:
Fools... Bunch of pot-bellied Ediots. This press release irks me more than the actual robbery. WTF

Honestly, at times,l think all Police people should be lined up at Bar beach aAND SHOT!

Why insult the memory of that innocent Mother and child by LYING that 'No life was lost"?
Are those ones not "lives"?

Are these criminals in official Uniform, MAD?

God punish all of these Police peeps!



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400billionman:
What you just said to lastpage is so unfair.

We all have different lives and different stories. Some sweet, some bitter, some sour.

Dont mind that Ignacio Onasis!
He is a small boy but very rude and incredibly arrogant.
Am not bothered a bit.
Thanks.


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airsaylongcon:
It will actually. I'm interested in all d histrionics surrounding Y2K. When and how did u decide to turn off your emergency response plan? And if Y2k really exploded were d banks really ready and capable of coping?
You talked about been asked to be available by email when vacationing. Considering that at d time d only means of getting online outside d office was from rickety cyber cafés how were u able to remotely check your emails given terrible speeds and security risks.

I'm asking cos now we take all of this for granted but they must have been really big issues back in d day

#curiosITnerd

Saw this late!
But l will be very brief, its 2:30am! Madam does not enjoy me sneaking out of bed and going online!

Its all about the date. Back then, teh "year" of a date was represented in just "two digits" YY (as opposed to four digits now YYYY).
It was caused primarily by shortsight and the fact that the computer age started long ago in the 19th century and we never actually bothered to think year 2000 will come, with it sown peculiar nature.
Since around 1930, the year was designated "30" at the software level
Up till 1999, it was 99.
Now,recall that the computer codes are in binary form, i.e strings of zeroes and ones (0,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,,0,0,).
This in itself, has meaning in computer codes, signalling and calculations. In Boolean Logic, a "0" means "off" while a "1" means "ON".
Computers contain a lot of these Logic gates inside Integrated Circuits, in making "Logic & Boolean decisions".

I am trying to explain it well but not get too technical or write an essay on it so pls understand.

Now, as we approach the year 2000, it means for example, the "date" on my server (which also controls a lot of activities as for example, some softwares will not run if "machine-date" is "past" or wrong!) ... will change from 99, to be "re-set to 00" ( A sort of starting point) since only two locations are reserved for the year on the computer! .
That Server will reboot and software on it will go haywire.

On the software level, some of our Customer accounts will get muddled-up. For example, for someone re-paying a loan with accruing interest, "Date" is used to "cycle" the calculation and tell the system a month has ebded and therefore, charge/debit the customer x-y-z amount.
If the date is set to "00", the software has not instruction code embedded, that would recognize that as year 2000, rather it wil terminate the program/instruction and customer is not debited.
Same goes for the credit side. this is a very "basic graphic description" for simplicity

Thus, it was going to be a massive "breakdown" of the banking system and other computer-based systems like Power lines, Billing systems, e.t.c.
Some even said the world was going to come to an end and an educated person like myself occasionally gets tempted to look out of the window from my 6th floor office window when it was "happy new year", just in-case

We started very early (4months ahead) with a technical group that identified all possible areas and we then began to "amend those codes" on the software level.
some banks called in their foreign partners (banking Software owner) while some that have the in-house experienced hands, did it in-house.
Much depends on the type of Banking software you are using (Phoenix, bankMaster, e.t.c)

We also had a back-up system in place (Server duplication and replication, Fail-over systems, e.t.c) such that if what we did (amandment) fails, we will simply go back to Yesterday (Dec 31, 1999), maintain the status-quo until we can figure out what to do. In the mean-time, we will result to "manual transaction" for attending to customers (Ledgers, Customer Accnt Balance, balance sheet, e.t.c)!

Yes, we were ready and we did limit the damage but the amount of money and human effort, not to mention the "fear" that went into it, is better imagined.

I still have a "Purple Hale Clipper" that the office gave to me with the inscription Y2K emblazoned on it, as a souvenir, from back then.
Then it was so cool and unique!
I was also promoted that January and compensated extra, for the additional effort put-in during that period. Not just me, but every mgt staff that was involved.

As for being available when l was on my annual leave, l had to leave my persona Email addy with the bank. I check that regularly.
My vacationing was all-expenses paid for, by the bank (with tickets for my family to holiday abroad). Now, in those countries l go (U.K, U.S, European Countries like France at a time), checking E-mail was not that difficult as their exposure at that time was better than ours. I am refering to the 1990's/ early 2000's now, .....not 1920!

Okay, it was still slow (dial-in Modem)... but we also had the first set of Mobile phones back then (090 number), it was damn expensive but office paid for it.

Hope l have been able to answer you question a bit.
Gat to go now as l think Madam just turned around to discover that Husband is missing from her bedside!

Cheers.


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ajimega:
When you read again what you have posted i know you will be ashamed of yourself, a woman being raped and you imagine she was catching fun, you should really apologize to women on nairaland.

Gerrout and stop Pontificating here!

Are you telling me "such" it has never happened in the past?

he said "if" (conditional)


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Manager123:
This happened to my Big Sis. (though not blood related) she's a Sister to me. I was one of her bridal train.

After four years of marriage with a child(3 years) armed robbers came to their home. They loot away all of their valuables and raped her (three of them). Her husband was made to watch the whole show.
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She was taken to the hospital and properly treated. And she was back to normal, No STDs.
But ever since, (it's been over 6 months now) her husband have refused to 'Touch' her.
When he was confronted, he said he couldn't bear to sleep with her after having to watch another man Making love to her. The family had set in but all to no avail.

Now, she's feeling miserable and even wish the robbers had killed her. I feel very upset and sorry for her.
Mummys and Daddys in the house, any advice on how to overcome this
Has anyone experience such
Please help, your advice are needed.

Cc. Lalasticlala, Dominique Abeg do the needful.

The man's reaction is not only PSYCHOLOGICAL.... but Natural.

Two wrongs dont make a right because it is not the woman's fault that armed robbers did what they did nor is it the man's fault!

But tell your Big Sis to be patient and remaing loving to her husband.
With time and persuasion (that man needs proper counselling to overcome his "mental state", he would come around

But l hope she was not "moving waist" when the robbers were doing it cos the man might think she was enjoying it and hence his mental state!


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BTW: I think we should make laws that no matter how small or inconsequently a robbery is, once "R@PE is involved such robber should get a death sentence without room for appeal.
The thing is becoming too rampant nowadays! After stealing your belongings, they now leave a permanent scar on the family!

If all these COMPLAINS were that important to you... why did you wait till you had FIVE CHILDREN for him, before discovering he is No-good?


Give the judge a better reason or just say "I dont want to be married to him again"!
That is a valid reason enough, not all these "long story" that turn out to be lies and may hurt the future of the kids.



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I don commot for this thread! Dull Mr Nominees!

call me when its Amaechi's time.



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Darkpal:
Speaker or microphone?

You badt!


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CFCfan:
When addressing a large gathering in a hall/auditorium, it looks awkward if the speaker is seated while talking. Standing and talking looks much more professional

Also "commands the attention" of everybody sitting, apart from allowing you to gesticulate with your body odour parts so as to communicate effectively!



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atoleybaba:
Lol....Buh liar is different from liar....all DX politicians are so good in lying that they can't fidget when lying

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You may be right but we will still play our own part and see if their smartness can spring them from the trap!


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atoleybaba:
and u will bee expecting negative answer from them? A thief won't tell u he will steal if u ask if he will steal

I know but in this modern age of technology, what you say TODAY would be used as EVIDENCE against you TOMORROW.

E go just be like the "Asset declaration" Form!.... but in "verbal" form now.

It may also give you a leg-up into their state of mind (You liars can have a slip of tongue "un-intentionally" at times!)


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Oklander:
What then are the use of the speakers?

Abeg, stop this your whining now?

Speakers are to amplify their voice, ....... nothing to do with sitting or standing as you have been told many time up there.
Dont you know "Rich thieves" cant speak loud nii?

Be guided



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atoleybaba:
she fit na bust ur head and speak efik

You could be right but until hear her speak just one Nigerian Language, l ma think she be "Onyebeeke"!



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tolexy007:
Lai has always being an opposition from the time memorial,so pdp have no issue with him, but compare to Amechi who pdp see as a traitor, a man that contribute to the fallen of pdp, and you think dey will just let him go like that?

Thanks for being very candid!

But is changing to another party a sign of being a TRAITOR?
If that were to be the case, then 99% of our Senators and those Ministers can be considered as Traitors!

What if he had decamped like others, from APC .. tp PDP .... will they still consider him as a Traitor?
or is it like America: If you are on our side = Moderate terrorist Opposition , if not = Bad terrorist

But like Russia said: if it looks like a Terrorist, Walks, Speaks like a Terrorist, fights like a Terrorist, THEN IT IS A TERRORIST!


I think most people on Nairaland are just full of tribalism and too sentimental!



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NobleBeer:
Somebody should ask this woman if she can speak any Nigerian language. Her Oyibo too much.

I would have expected one of the Senators to ask her: MAdam Nominee, you want to become a Senator of the Fed Replic of Nigeria and you have told us a lot of things here, PLEASE SPEAK JUST ONE NIGERIAN LANGUAGE FOR THIS HOUSE TO HEAR YOU COHERENTLY... and we will move the motion for you to take a bow and go!

I tell you, that may finish her completely (though l dont wish her not to be approved o!)


But our Senators are just there with wide mouth open, listening to "Queens Grammar"!

Intelligent woman though.



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Oklander:
This Naija senate and senators, smh, they stand up whenever they want to talk, can someone then tell me what's the use of the speakers on their table?

They are NOT standing up ... so they can be heard.

They stand Up as a mark of respect to the "hallowed Senate Chamber and its members".

Relax and dont get overheated please.


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tolexy007:
pdp has no prob with Lai mohammed, Amechi is thier target

Well, Amaechi has been less outspoken and cantankerous .... unlike "Lair" Mohammed who has been a torn in the flesh of PDP.

This begs the questions: Why would they target Amaechi even more than Lai Mohammed?
*Is it because he is from the South -South?
*Is it because he is supposed to join the South-East "bandwagon" of hating the APC?
* Is it because he is supposed to be part of the "Jonathan-forever-train" but chose to pitch his tent with Buahri?
*is it because as someone from the "East" he was supposed to back Jonathan (herd mentality) but saw the light. backed Buhari/APC and therefore he was hated for this?

I am asking: What exactly is the terrible thing he has done, (compared to Lai Mohammed) that would make them lay in-wait for him and not want him to be conformed as a Minister?

I suspect that just like Lai Mohammed, he would be very funny and sail through, which will again conform to us here that all these "wanabe-analyst" like "Bad-canister", "Pa Chukwudi", e.t.c, .............know nothing about Politics and their #Wailings dont amount to anything in the real world.

Let us wait and see.


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BTW: I was expecting these Senators to ask questions like:
*If approved as Minister, would you loot your Portfolio funds?
*Would you divert Govt funds for personal use?
*have you ever been accused of malpractices before?
*Have you ever engaged in forgery of Certificates or other academic documents?
*Would you work conscientiously and completely for the development of all areas of Nigeria?
*Are you a detribalized person?
*Would you always stand for the truth, irrespective of what your party thinks?
*What has been your contribution to national development in the last Public or Private office you have held (past records)
e.t.c.... RELEVANT QUESTIONS..... not all these long story and banters they are sharing

osemu8:
lia mohammed just had the easiest screening,he was the boss,

I tell you!

It shows that even those in PDP appreciate his reasoning and logical prowess .... though Politics is what is separating them.

He made one "joke" on the floor that "he was in opposition for over 10years and that just 4years is too small for PDP to learn the ropes as opposition"!

Cheesux, all the Senators clapped and asked for more "propaganda"!


Lai "liar" mohammed has shown he is a Superstar!



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[size=18pt]These Lai Mohammed is another kettle of fish![/size]
You cant but love him!
Even the Senate President could not help himself from rolling on the floor laughing!

Lai Mohammed has shown that he was just not an opposition politician but one who does his work with commitment, passion and same candour.

You can imagine the Senators literally begging him to "say something more" ... just to hear him speak!


This man will make the best Minister for Information, in a "Good Government" ..... and an equally terribly and dangerous minister of information, in a "bad Government"!

I hope the former is the case


He was asked to "entertain us and take a bow" .... with the shortest confirmation time so-far!


I hope Nairaland #Wailers can now see that their opinion dDoes Not Count!




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Ytechconst:
Those rings were used to get a smooth finished round columns, on completion the joints will be finished with P.O.P mixed with pure cement slurry.

Helkayklassic:
People who travels oversea will always keep to their anthem of "ko easy" yet they will be living large. I am ready to face the stress as long as the salary is rewarding, any help on securing the job will be appreciated.

Its the same "fear of the unknown" especially if one is the type that lacks focus and foresight!

What will most "come back home" to"?
House dem nor build!
Lands, them nor acquire!
Going-business, dem nor start!
Shares wey dem buy don turn worthless pennies!
Boyz wey dem leave for yonder don turn to "bigger" boyz!

You wan t make shame kill them?
For abroad, shame nor dey o, afterall, Prime Minister dey enter train and CEO dey drive himself.

Make dem kuuku stay-put, E go better......if you dey play lottery



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airsaylongcon:
*drags him back by the collar*

come and tear our eyes with your experience joor

Kai! Some "fheofle" are to wiscked, walahi!

***removes collar and bolts for the nearest exit****
Singing .....its all about the money ...and its ain't damn funny! Now am righteous; l think l'll take a 9-to-5 (job) ...


My 'analog' experience wont do you any good in today's world!
Let me go and play on my PS3 joor



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Winneygirl:
Not everyone is cut out for business.
But everyone can save.
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As an ops staff, I am almost the first to resume work daily and last to leave. Little time for anything else.
I make sure i spend my free time resting. Enough stress during the week/day, last thing I would do is go 'hangout' at COB with Sales people who probably closed at 5pm and have rested enough.
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If you are a custodian, I beg, spend all your free time resting.
Too many stories of custodians slumping and dying.
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I am not extravagant, I live within my means, and I save.
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No loan to tie me down or give me sleepless nights.
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I aspire. I am hoping to develop myself educationally.
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And I save some more.
The day the job ends, I don't want a lien on my account due to indebtedness... and I want my savings to carry me on till i get a new job....

...And please DONT keep that your savings in the same bank you work!
take it to a bank that has a 'not very good relationship' with your bank!
Dont ask me WHY..... I nor know book!


How about "thinking from now" or even starting from now, on what Business that savings can be invested on to generate extra income for you?
Not some "wild, get-rich-quick scheme" o!
If you have a wife, how about if hse is not working and you open a "well-stuffed shop" for her to sell provisions in "whole sales"?
Dangotte to supply trailer loads of cement, for re-sale?, Indomie, Nestle, e.t.c, e.t.c



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airsaylongcon:
The signs are glaring! Y2k, superstar status in the late 90s/early 2000, contact details in case of "incasity". Only few professions commanded such respect at d time

You are BADT!

****runs away finally****



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ojosegun2011:
I will like to agree with Femi's position on the age discuss as I am sure he may be drawing his reference inference from the age of our Head of Department in the 80s at English department, University of Ife named Prof. Bisi Afolayan who was older than the VC then but was one of the best English teachers ever existed [color=#99000 0]to ever exist [/color] in Nigerian universities if not in the entire Africa. Prof Afolayan didn't allow the young lecturers who were his Post Graduate studentsc[b],c[/b] to handle the core subject (s) ) of the department alone without being properly monitored. For instance, EGL 101, 102, 201 202, 301, 302, 401 and 402 titled Structures of Modern English. the above named courses are the foundation of English studies, even as Dean of the Faculty, Prof didn't allow just anybody to handle those courses in those days except his post graguate students who were undergoing academic training in those courses at the masters and doctorate levels and he was always in the class with them to be sure they were feeding us with the right message. Age doesn't really matter in what a man can do if he is mentally alert but what Nigerians are really quarreling with Mr. President about his over, is his nominees is the time he has wasted only to have ended end up bringing the se crop of recycled politicians and no new breed as he promised on the CHANGE mantra. But still one won't be surprised if those old politicians don't have grown up children who are qualified to be Ministers. Why must it be them and not their children or political followers as Nigerians would have expected.

For an English Graduate.... your English language construction "terrible, no be small"!
No paragraphing, punctuation, spelling errors, e.t.c!

YOUTHS, abi?


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NB: Sorry, l couldn't help not pointing it out.

bankylan:
Slavery mentality....what else will u write when at 30 you are still being fed by your parents. How old was Zuckerberg when he started fb?...how old was Serge when he started Google? Insanity is when a thirty year old and a forty year old man is hoping that his father will be the one to chart the course of his life...what change do u expect from those that are mentally weak? So much low self-esteem among Nigerian youths.

How l wish that our Youths, who are still fighting Buharti because he has not nonored his promise to give them #5,000 monthly stipend (like they are some crippled Youths? ), still fighting Buhari because he has not provided them with a job, despite ensuring that there is improved power supply.... are like Zuckerberg who did not wait for the American President to "spoon-feed" him before using his brains to make a fortune for himself?

Those are Youths, not the lazy oafs that spew thrash on Niaraland, that we have over here!

Change is not just for the sake of "replacing one with another" ..... it is about "replacing one ....with a BETTER one".!



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FOLYKAZE:
This age nonsense just have to stop. Nigerians are not clamouring for age-showing competition but for positive change in our ministry. What matters most is experience and wisdom which comes with old age.
Who are the youths that would take ther places? Politics start from our home. Who choses a 20 years old boy to be the head of the family? Have there been any record like 30 years old guy been the head of the Family (Olori Ebi)? The answer is no because leadership has more to with experience and lot of wisdom. And to the family lines, tradition supports the old ones just like constitution is not against them here too.

And who are these Youth we are talking about here? Political Goverment of the Youth starts right in the tertiary institution. The SUG are compromised. Reports had it that a SUG president ran to a foreign country with the Union money. Just of recent, the SUG honors a Drug Lord who have a case round his neck with an award. Is this the same Youth we want to give ministerial post which wont compromise in the future?

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Niaraland is replete with the kinds of Youth you are talking about!
Young as far as "chronological age" is concerned but most of them are tribalistic, foolish, #Wialers for no reason and very corurpt.

I nominate "Bad-canister" as one of those YOUTHS!




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Realgana:
This Media houses,when they dont have news they forge one or many to stay relevant.

That is why l think we need to make laughs that send any Journalist or newspaper house (Editor) to jail for starting a for deliberately starting a tribalistic rumour like this.


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shamecurls:
After the horrible experience we had with Allison Madukwe and Okonjo Iweala

Add "Stealler" Oduah to the list!



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Pidggin:
Medicine after death. We the wise ones saw this coming hence we did not vote for pmb. Now they are talking of GEJ, but these same women did not appreciate him despite the fact that Fmr President Jonathan obliged us and gave the 35% quote that was demanded, now they are wailing. Keep wailing you still have four more years of wailing to do

....and see how you ruined his Government so much so, he is the first INCUMBENT to be voted out of office!

"he gave us".. "he gave us" .... not "we earned it".

How shameful is that?

"Wise ones" indeed!



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