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OMOSOFE F: Mine has been saying delete some messages and as such has been rejecting

incoming messages. What do I do ?

i think you should do exactly what the phone ask you to do.."delete some messages"

I have been using my HTC Ozone (wm6.5) for like a year now after I lost my BB,and so far I have not experienced any crash(even though I download and use alot of .cab &java apps)...i think my next phone will also be HTC(maybe windows mobile7 or android os)

I had this delicious food last week when i was in Imo state..Its calld UGBA AGWOROAGWO!..Mehn,i cant forget this food.

awoof dey run belle...
Fire dey burn,wall no run..

For a moment I was wordless.
"Please don't blame it on slavery like the African Americans do, or colonialism, or some psychological impact or some kind of stigmatization. And don't give me the brainwash poppycock. Give me a better answer.
" I was thinking.
He continued. "Excuse what I am about to say. Please do not take offense.
" I felt a slap of blood rush to my head and prepared for the worst.
"You my friend flying with me and all your kind are lazy," he said. "When you rest your head on the pillow you don't dream big. You and other so-called African intellectuals are damn lazy, each one of you. It is you, and not those poor starving people, who is the reason Africa is in such a deplorable state."
"That's not a nice thing to say," I protested.
He was implacable. "Oh yes it is and I will say it again, you are lazy. Poor and uneducated Africans are the most hardworking people on earth. I saw them in the Lusaka markets and on the street selling merchandise. I saw them in villages toiling away. I saw women on Kafue Road crushing stones for sell and I wept. I said to myself where are the Zambian intellectuals? Are the Zambian engineers so imperceptive they cannot invent a simple stone crusher, or a simple water filter to purify well water for those poor villagers? Are you telling me that after thirty-seven years of independence your university school of engineering has not produced a scientist or an engineer who can make simple small machines for mass use? What is the school there for?
" I held my breath.
"Do you know where I found your intellectuals?
They were in bars quaffing. They were at the Lusaka Golf Club, Lusaka Central Club, Lusaka Playhouse, and Lusaka Flying Club. I saw with my own eyes a bunch of alcoholic graduates. Zambian intellectuals work from eight to five and spend the evening drinking. We don't. We reserve the evening for brainstorming.
" He looked me in the eye.
"And you flying to Boston and all of you Zambians in the Diaspora are just as lazy and apathetic to your country. You don't care about your country and yet your very own parents, brothers and sisters are in Mtendere, Chawama, and in villages, all of them living in squalor. Many have died or are dying of neglect by you. They are dying of AIDS because you cannot come up with your own cure. You are here calling yourselves graduates, researchers and scientists and are fast at articulating your credentials once asked-oh, I have a PhD in this and that-PhD my foot!"
I was deflated.
"Wake up you all!" he exclaimed, attracting the attention of nearby passengers. "You should be busy lifting ideas, formulae, recipes, and diagrams from American manufacturing factories and sending them to your own factories. All those research findings and Dissertation papers you compile should be your country's treasure. Why do you think the Asians are a force to reckon with? They stole our ideas and turned them into their own. Look at Japan, China, India, just look at them.
" He paused. "The Bwana has spoken," he said and grinned. "As long as you are dependent on my plane, I shall feel superior and you my friend shall remain inferior, how about that? The Chinese, Japanese, Indians, even Latinos are a notch better. You Africans are at the bottom of the totem pole.
" He tempered his voice. "Get over this white skin syndrome and begin to feel confident. Become innovative and make your own stuff for god's sake.
" At 8 a.m. the plane touched down at Boston's Logan International Airport. Walter reached for my hand.
"I know I was too strong, but I don't give it a damn. I have been to Zambia and have seen too much poverty." He pulled out a piece of paper and scribbled something. "Here, read this. It was written by a friend.
" He had written only the title: "Lords of Poverty.
" Thunderstruck, I had a sinking feeling. I watched Walter walk through the airport doors to a waiting car. He had left a huge dust devil twirling in my mind, stirring up sad memories of home. I could see Zambia's literati-the cognoscente, intelligentsia, academics, highbrows, and scholars in the places he had mentioned guzzling and talking irrelevancies. I remembered some who have since passed-how they got the highest grades in mathematics and the sciences and attained the highest education on the planet. They had been to Harvard, Oxford, Yale, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), only to leave us with not a single invention or discovery. I knew some by name and drunk with them at the Lusaka Playhouse and Central Sports.
Walter is right. It is true that since independence we have failed to nurture creativity and collective orientations. We as a nation lack a workhorse mentality and behave like 13 million civil servants dependent on a government pay cheque.
We believe that development is generated 8-to-5 behind a desk wearing a tie with our degrees hanging on the wall. Such a working environment does not offer the opportunity for fellowship, the excitement of competition, and the spectacle of innovative rituals.

It's amazing how you all sit there and watch yourselves die," the man next to me said. "Get up and do something about it."
Brawny, fully bald-headed, with intense, steely eyes, he was as cold as they come. When I first discovered I was going to spend my New Year's Eve next to him on a non-stop JetBlue flight from Los Angeles to Boston I was angst-ridden. I associate marble-shaven Caucasians with iconoclastic skin-heads, most of who are racist.
"My name is Walter," he extended his hand as soon as I settled in my seat.
I told him mine with a precautious smile. "Where are you from?" he asked.
"Zambia."
"Zambia!"
he exclaimed, "Kaunda's country."
"Yes," I said, "Now Sata's." "But of course," he responded. "You just elected King Cobra as your president."
My face lit up at the mention of Sata's moniker. Walter smiled, and in those cold eyes I saw an amenable fellow, one of those American highbrows who shuttle between Africa and the U.S.
"I spent three years in Zambia in the 1980s," he continued. "I wined and dined with Luke Mwananshiku, Willa Mungomba, Dr. Siteke Mwale, and many other highly intelligent Zambians." He lowered his voice. "I was part of the IMF group that came to rip you guys off." He smirked. "Your government put me in a million dollar mansion overlooking a shanty called Kalingalinga. From my patio I saw it all-the rich and the poor, the ailing, the dead, and the healthy.
" B "Are you still with the IMF?" I asked.
"I have since moved to yet another bgroup with similar intentions. In the next few months my colleagues and I will be in Lusaka to hypnotize the cobra. I work for the broker that has acquired a chunk of your debt. Your government owes not the World Bank, but us millions of dollars. We'll be in Lusaka to offer your president a couple of millions and fly back with a check twenty times greater."
"No, you won't," I said. "King Cobra is ncorruptible. He is .
" He was laughing. "Says who? Give me an African president, just one, who has not fallen for the carrot and stick.
" Quett Masire's name popped up.
"Oh, him, well, we never got to him because he turned down the IMF and the World Bank. It was perhaps the smartest thing for him to do." At midnight we were airborne. The captain wished us a happy 2012 and urged us to watch the fireworks across Los Angeles.
"Isn't that beautiful," Walter said looking down. From my middle seat, I took a glance and nodded admirably.
"That's white man's country," he said. "We came here on Mayflower and turned Indian land into a paradise and now the most powerful nation on earth. We discovered the bulb, and built this aircraft to fly us to pleasure resorts like Lake Zambia."
I grinned. "There is no Lake Zambia.
" He curled his lips into a smug smile.
"That's what we call your country. You guys are as stagnant as the water in the lake. We come in with our large boats and fish your minerals and your wildlife and leave morsels-crumbs. That's your staple food, crumbs. That corn-meal you eat, that's crumbs, the small Tilapia fish you call Kapenta is crumbs. We the Bwanas (whites) take the cat fish. I am the Bwana and you are the Muntu. I get what I want and you get what you deserve, crumbs. That's what lazy people get- Zambians, Africans, the entire Third World.
" The smile vanished from my face.
"I see you are getting pissed off," Walter said and lowered his voice. "You are thinking this Bwana is a racist. That's how most Zambians respond when I tell them the truth. They go ballistic. Okay. Let's for a moment put our skin pigmentations, this black and white crap, aside. Tell me, my friend, what is the difference between you and me?"
"There's no difference."
"Absolutely none," he exclaimed. "Scientists in the Human Genome Project have proved that. It took them thirteen years to determine the complete sequence of the three billion DNA subunits. After they were all done it was clear that 99.9% nucleotide bases were exactly the same in you and me. We are the same people. All white, Asian, Latino, and black people on this aircraft are the same.
" I gladly nodded.
"And yet I feel superior," he smiled fatalistically. "Every white person on this plane feels superior to a black person. The white guy who picks up garbage, the homeless white trash on drugs, feels superior to you no matter his status or education. I can pick up a nincompoop from the New York streets, clean him up, and take him to Lusaka and you all be crowding around him chanting muzungu, muzungu and yet he's a riffraff. Tell me why my angry friend." ..(to be continued)...

GOOD NEWS is hard to find these days; but i think i have GOOD NEWS here for us: * "Nigerian breaks academic record at John Hopkins University" A 22-year-old Nigerian has emerged the best graduating student of John Hopkins University in the United States. He obtained a Grade Point Average of 3.98 out of a possible 4.0 to earn a degree in Neurosciences A 22-year-old Nigerian, Emmanuel Ohuabunwa, has made history at John Hopkins University, United States of America. Ohuabunwa from Arochukwu, Abia State, has done the nation proud by becoming the first black man to make a Grade Point Average of 3.98 out of 4.0 to bag a degree in Neurosciences in the university. He was also adjudged as having the highest honours during the graduation that was held on May 24 this year. For his efforts, he has won a scholarship to Yale University to pursue a degree in medicine. Besides, he has been inducted into Phi Beta Kappa Society, a prestigious honour group that features membership of 17 US Presidents, 37 US Supreme Court Justices, and 136 Nobel Prize winners. According to Wikipedia, The Phi Beta Kappa Society is an academic honour society. Its mission is to “celebrate and advocate excellence in the liberal arts and sciences” and induct “the most outstanding students of arts and sciences at America’s leading colleges and universities.”

Hmm..Is that so?.Op,This is very interesting.

Haven't you people heard about Estate surveyors and valuers?..They are professionals in all this real estate matter and thier practice is regulated by The Nigerian Institute of Estate surveyors and valuers(NIEVS)..I know, there are many Estate firms out there,like Jide Taiwo and co.,Diya fatimilehin and assoc.,etc..Why are u guyz patronizing all this road side quack agents and stil come here 2 complain when u are duped..

WTF 6 pages this dude still posted this

franky023: [i][/i]dz nimcompoo jst dy fool himself,4 ur info. there is no amout of amen dt z 2 much...fool!

Alryt..I give up on NL.

I notice that most of the mumu people who actualy believe this story are Yoruba.. Does this show how stupid and clueless these yoruba people are...#NoOffense,JstAskin

Funny how people here actualy believe that the rev. said all these to jonathan...Except it not the same service i watched on NTA..The rev. was
Jst preaching and making general statements about corruption in Nigeria and urged ANYBODY who is involved in it to desist from it or face the wrath of God..He never mentioned jonathan's name like the article put it..

Oh,they are complainin already.I see many of them(legislators) resigning...But unfortunately they don't have the word 'resign' in their dictionary.

Hmm..This pictures are awesome..But, that Miss Ekiti is my favourite--

Everybody on the movie poster always have their mouth and eyes wide open in action.

I came across this on facebook,thought I should share it here on NL.

Jonathan Goodluck A Clueless President. RE: Kaduna Refinery Resumes Production after 15 years. Response From Nuradden Hadejia. "15 years after a Clueless President ensures that the abandoned Kaduna Refinery resumes Operation. The Clueless President ensure that the 8 Depots in the Northern Nigeria are supplied with PMS (Petrol) . The same Clueless President is ensuring that some Roads in the Kano - Bauchi Route is being repaired to stop it's death-trap state. We saw how the Clueless President repaired the Lagos - Benin and extending it to Aba, after it was left in sorry state for over 18 years. Those leaders who are Full of Clues want the military to leave the Northern, when the region is under Boko haram's seige. 51 Rocket Launchers and 60 Improvised Explosive Device (IED) were seized by the SSS and Army last 2 days in Gombe alone. The smart and knowledgable leaders are happy when only 17 students out 18,000 passed NECO Exams in 2011 in a State in North East. They rejoice at the backwardness of Northern youths (except their children), where the whole of North East and North West accounts for less than 9.6% of those that sat for JAMB exams last month. The leaders Full of Clue are like Oliver Thwist asking for increase in their Federal allocation, forgeting that as we are in the early period of Farming season, with genuine effort, Kano, Borno and Benue can Feed the whole Nation. The Leaders and their followers with clue forgot, that Income from their Agricultural harvest, will tripple their yearly Federal allocations. Give me the Clueless President, as his recent actions is touching our lives." - Courtesy Nuradden Hadejia.

This theme is good..i don't know why people are complaining..

It's like the building was still under construction before the collapse,

faithin9ja:
@Misterpaul

This is the ignorance we are talking about; other countries are charging people under $100 (N16,000) and less than 24 hours to get a limited liability company, in UK online you can check name availability within 5 minutes free of charge - you try it now online, just google 'companies house UK'

You are arguing that two weeks is ok and one should not spend more than N70,000!!!! we are a poor country charging people more than in richer countries.

It seems you are one of those agents who will be out of work if the Aganga gets his way of 48 hour registration

very funny,abeg o,i no be any agent o.Anyways,am not disputin your arguments.All I did was to give the correct costs of incorporating a biz in nigeria.Am not saying the costs are ok.
@Deep soul, Cool down now.I am not a lawyer,i was just trying to tell you what I know very well as someone who had worked as a staff in CAC before!.Trust me that's the mistake many customers make.I TELL YOU,N120,000 IS WAY TOO MUCH FOR REGISTERING Inc.Trustee.Maybe your lawyer is just 'magaring' you,and you are here blabbing about what you don't know, So the 'kpele o' now goes back to you.

ose_o:
lets get our facts together. it does NOT cos $600 to register a limited liability company in Nigeria, You probably just overpaid your lawyer or whoever did it for you. Seconly if it takes you 3 months the fault is not from the government its from whoever you hired to register it for you. The longest I have ever heard of was 3 weeks.

I know companies which were registered and operational within 2 weeks. and im talking about companies that are running multimillion Naira outfits. Its all about the lawyers/agents you use. If you use someone reputable it should not take you more than 3 weeks.

If you want the process to be fast what you should do is provide a good number of alternate names when they do the search so you can avoid time wasted on back and forth.

You are very right,

Deep Soul:
Wrong. The cheapest you can get a Limited Liability Company registered for is N60,000. Getting an incorporated trustee registered can also not be done for less than N120,000. It is never done for less than that amount. If it takes three months, it's very much the Govt's fault as they haven't put in place the necessary modalities required for it to be done faster.


Why must I hire a lawyer to conduct a simple name search and register it after approval?

CAC is just about the most frustrating Govt agency I know!!!

Oga o. Stop writing what you dont know nah, Limited liability company should not cost more than N35,000-N40,000 FOR 1Million share capital.And Incorporated trustee should not be more than N50,000-70,000(max.) to finish everything, And normally everything(plus name search) should take like 2weeks,that is if your job was done properly without any QUARY from CAC.

Deep Soul:
^^
Yours was just three?? I gave up to 10 names and I'm not at all exaggerating. CAC kept rejecting them, giving the flimsiest "reasons" ever. Meanwhile these searches are NOT FREE. For each time you search, you pay for it.

And did you really tried to understand and consider those 'flimsiest reasons' they gave you before applyin for the next search? Or you just kept makin same mistake by selectin names that can never scale through.

U'll have to obtain direct entry form from jamb,

I have market place,it cool.Buh,most of the apps there are not FREE sha,

ollyndjeda:
@mrpaul docyou have internet services on it. for mtn just go to connection manager tap add a new connection. name it then set it it to cellular line gprs 3g then access name for mtn is web.gprs.mtnnigeria.net for etisalat its mobile.etisalat.com.ng. when you want to use any java app go to connection manager then connect it before you use the app if not it wnt connect. enjoy your fone.

THANKS OLLYANJEDA!,
@adedayor, Abeg u can also send to my mail-- paulsconnection@yahoo.com

Hmm, i even 'invented' a particular unique method of carrying 'expo',which is still being used in my school till date,and it has never been decoded by any invigilator, LOL!

spartanian:
you have to manually configure your browsing settings:
go to settings- click connectns- click connectn again - click add new modem connection and input d network settings depending on the network your using

Thanks man, I use MTN and ETISALAT,pls,can you kindly post the settings for any of these networks or both if you have them, so that i can use it to manually configure mine,

This is really nice, WELL DONE POSTER!

Hey guys,i have checked mine o and it was good!, i did'nt know i have been checking with the WRONG portal all this while, If you've been getting 'INVALID REG NO.', Then you need to check from-'WWW.MY.UNIZIK.EDU.NG', Goodluck!

Hey guys,i have checked mine o and it was good!, i did'nt know i have been checking with the WRONG portal all this while, If you've been getting 'INVALID REG NO.', Then you need to check from-'WWW.MY.UNIZIK.EDU.NG', Goodluck!

Well for me,i collect bribe like everyday. I currently work in one of the federal govt.'s commissions,and bribrey is the order of the day here,from the zonal head down to the security men,nobody dey even depend on salary again, And wehttin man go do naw,i gat to get paid,buh hey thats the way it is,