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gboss4sure: If you neva switch to android u neva start experiencing mobile fun

Spot on bro! Help me ask them what a BB can do that an even cheaper Android cannot do?

Billyonaire: Have tried all phones made....BB still remains best in-terms of Business Enterprise Solutions.

By 'all'you mean? Please expantiate on how BB is the best for Business Enterprise Solutions

bayooooooo: Una still dey use BB?

Lol. Very backwards folks if i do say so myself

tecmon: I loaded an Airtel internet bundle of 200MB and you wont believe it , it just vanished in about 3hrs of browsing, when it is meant to last for one month. I changed to Glo 10mb daily plan and that was a disaster, they took the NGN100 without giving me the data, next i loaded again and got error message that the plan im trying to purchase is not compatible with my current data plan-Instant surf, pls is instant surf not the same thing as 10mb 24hrs plan ? , why are they telling me its not compatible , i tried reset - its an unknown command !, i call 121 customer care and they are closed !!!, i ran to MTN for looking for succour and they aslo took my 10mb in a few mins !!, tell me is this not witchcraft !!

Oga the plan is intended for mobile phones. You're not expected to tether it to ur laptop. If you have a laptop and you really wanna browse you should get the 1gig or 3gig plans. 200mb plan is for mobile phones. But if you have an iPhone or a very high end smart phone, you should probably get a 500mb plan.

Thanks very much. I appreciate

Please could anyone help with the ranking order of Nigerian Custom Officers? I have searched all over the internet and found nothing. Thanks in advance

I would definitely think well of Tera I was in that guys shoes. the fact she was bold enough to ask for help shows she is down to earth. plus holding back on giving TJ more attention, by walking off and thanking him for doing "enough for today" shows she's not cheap. And AI would do exactly what TJ did by helping her

It seems you have been out of Nigeria for about 4 or 5 years now. JAMB has for the last 4 years or so been releasing results in 3 days. It's not that hard. The esams are all multiple-choice and they use computer answer sheets. Hope you have your question answered?

Rocktation: Well, if you say so. All I know is that people change. I've known men that shared this same ideology but came back singing different tunes, some few years down the marriage road.

So in other words we should just marry for money then and forget the whole character crap?

Mrs.Chima:
All I can say is.....NO ONE IS EXEMPT from being BROKE nor RECESSION PROOF. Just like the "gold digger" can blow up the size of Goodyear Blimp and become uglier than Wesley Snipe, so can "Thriving CEO's" can become BROKE and DIRTIER than Mr. Cork in matter of seconds.

It is obvious not all Chief Executive Officers are common-sense intelligent.

So in other words, you are justifying the gold digger life? You would notice that as a last comment, he recommended that the girl should go get rich herself instead?

I saw this somewhere and I thought I would share it here:

A reply from CEO of J.P. Morgan to a pretty girl seeking a rich husband

A young and pretty lady posted this on a popular forum:

Title: What should I do to marry a rich guy?

I'm going to be honest of what I'm going to say here.

I'm 25 this year. I'm very pretty, have style and good taste. I wish to marry a guy with $500k annual salary or above.

You might say that I'm greedy, but an annual salary of $1M is considered only as middle class in New York.

My requirement is not high. Is there anyone in this forum who has an income of $500k annual salary? Are you all married?

I wanted to ask: what should I do to marry rich persons like you?

Among those I've dated, the richest is $250k annual income, and it seems that this is my upper limit.

If someone is going to move into high cost residential area on the west of New York City Garden(?), $250k annual income is not enough.

I'm here humbly to ask a few questions:
1) Where do most rich bachelors hang out? (Please list down the names and addresses of bars, restaurant, gym)
2) Which age group should I target?
3) Why most wives of the riches are only average-looking? I've met a few girls who don't have looks and are not interesting, but they are able to marry rich guys.

4) How do you decide who can be your wife, and who can only be your girlfriend? (my target now is to get married)

Ms. Pretty

A philosophical reply from CEO of J.P. Morgan:

Dear Ms. Pretty,
I have read your post with great interest. Guess there are lots of girls out there who have similar questions like yours. Please allow me to analyse your situation as a professional investor.

My annual income is more than $500k, which meets your requirement, so I hope everyone believes that I'm not wasting time here.

From the standpoint of a business person, it is a bad decision to marry you. The answer is very simple, so let me explain.

Put the details aside, what you're trying to do is an exchange of "beauty" and "money" : Person A provides beauty, and Person B pays for it, fair and square.

However, there's a deadly problem here, your beauty will fade, but my money will not be gone without any good reason. The fact is, my income might increase from year to year, but you can't be prettier year after year.

Hence from the viewpoint of economics, I am an appreciation asset, and you are a depreciation asset. It's not just normal depreciation, but exponential depreciation. If that is your only asset, your value will be much worse 10 years later.

By the terms we use in Wall Street, every trading has a position, dating with you is also a "trading position".
If the trade value dropped we will sell it and it is not a good idea to keep it for long term - same goes with the marriage that you wanted. It might be cruel to say this, but in order to make a wiser decision any assets with great depreciation value will be sold or "leased".

Anyone with over $500k annual income is not a fool; we would only date you, but will not marry you. I would advice that you forget looking for any clues to marry a rich guy. And by the way, you could make yourself to become a rich person with $500k annual income.This has better chance than finding a rich fool.

Hope this reply helps.

signed,
J.P. Morgan CEO

Onegai: The nice girls exist, and they're not in church girls are stupid, I've had nice, serious guys on my case and I ran, hmmm.... and finally a nice girl is smart, caring, humble, forgiving, friendly, patient, has her craze o, but puts your needs first and is dedicated to seeing you succeed in all you do.

Well they are hard to find anywhere at all. The truth is I have met a few nice girls because I like to stay positive that they exist. But in being too nice to them, as my way of reciprocating, they lose all interest in me. So to answer ur question, guys do value nice girls, but we generally have commitment issues. the best way to get a guy to marry you is to not be all on his case about marriage. If you are too much on his case, u scare him off. he should be the one to decide when he wants to get closer. And when a girls seems to needy and clingy to a guy and giving all herself, its kinda a turn off. I'm pretty sure the same goes for ladies too. The truth is when a guy is ready to commit, he is ready. before that, anything you do may just be a waste of time. I would advice ur friends that if they really love their men, they should take things slow. there are ways u can subtly get a man to do what u want without making it obvious. But he needs time.

First off, where are the nice girls? Second why do girls hate nice guys too. Third, what is your definition of 'nice'. Once you answer those three satisfactorily, I'm willing to tell you all the truth about guys. I promise and I'm serious here.

Scooby Doo is for gay people. While Tom & Jerry is definitely the funniest cartoon ever, Flinstones has to be the best. The innovative idea to mix stone-age with technology and the subtle jokes. If the last time you watched it was as a child, you need to watch again. You'd start to see things u never understood before. That cartoon is the best ever I tell you.

@Poster, what do you mean Superman? There are many versions of that cartoon. Which are you referring to? Besides no Superman cartoon could qualify

Hi. I'm working on a web app using jsp. I'm having confusions as to how I will handle sessions for login of members and stuff. The site is supposed to work like ebay. Auctioning, bidding and cart stuff. Any ideas anyone? Thanks in advance.

@Mr Cork, when last did you hear about Nigeria or come? We have CINEMAS

Thanks guys for all the advice. I think the shoprite+beach thing is really cool, na money be my problem, but I'll work on it. The walk round Lagos is not a bad idea either o

Thanks man. What are like their entrances fees and the average amount you'll spend on drinks, food and stuff?

I want to take my girl out. She's knew to Lagos but has already been to the Cinemas. The cinemas seem like the default place to go out now, but since she's been there, I can't think of any other place to give her nice trips. She would like to go to the beach, but I don't know how expensive that might be. I'd like suggestions on nice places in Lagos where a guy can take a girl to without having to spend to much. Thanks in advance

What point are you making. If I guy knows how much he suffers to make his hard-earned money and says he can't afford to buy you a BB, you say he is stingy? How many Nigerian ladies even give? As far as I'm concerned, I only give if I feel like, not when some silly girl is always demanding like it's her birth right. And before you jump into conclusions, i have many female friends who spend money on without them asking. I do it just cos I want to, and I ask for nothing in return. But when a girl starts to make it her right, and she's not my wife (only my wife has a right as long as she's understanding), she's a complete turn off for me.

You guys wanna make us be dating white girls who appreciate simple things such as a cup of coffee or flowers abi? Continue deceiving yourself. The man who is giving you so much today, may not have any tomorrow when you're married. What happens then? He'll be tagged 'stingy' abi?

I personally believe a lot of people get the iPAD because of the hype. my opinion.

Don't forget that the iPad is the grand father of all of them. If the ipad was never invented, none of all this other pretenders would have come up

It's either you didn't see the 2010 World Cup or you don't follow the German league to see how well it's doing now. Or maybe you've not been following the Euro qualifiers or you're unaware of Germany's current ranking. Either way, you don't know what you're talking about

Pardon the long epistle. But that's the point I'm trying to make, you say the league is crappy. Once we can tackle it form the grassroots, make the league good, more players will get exposed at earlier ages. Why do you think Germany is doing so well now?

The FIFA age-group tournaments provide an opportunity for discovering new talent for the future of football and once in a while, new stars are usually discovered and made. These players go on to become instrumental to their senior teams and often end up being very successful in their senior career for both club and country.

One of the more recent of these is none other than Lionel Messi. Arguably the best footballer in the world right now (I’m not willing to argue about the Argentina jinx for now), there’s no doubt that his antics in the 2005 U-20 World Cup brought him to limelight and jump-started his career. I won’t be so quick to forget that tournament because my team, Nigeria, was on the receiving end of his wrath. And though the Messi of then cannot even be imagined to be compared to the Messi of now, the same can’t be said of Mikel and Taiwo who were runner-ups to Messi as players of the tournament. In fairness to Taiwo though, he’s really beginning to make a name for himself. I’d say that has more to do with sheer diligence than intelligence.

I also remember when Nigeria hosted the U-20 World Cup in 1999. Some of the stars that were discovered then are still quite relevant in football now – the likes of the currently ‘defunct’ Ronaldinho, Xavi, and Casillas, went on to make great names for themselves and are still relevant in today’s football. By the way what really happened to Pablo? Remember him, the highest goal scorer of the tournament, who practically destroyed Japan in the 4-0 final.

The same cannot however be said of the likes of Pius Ikedia and Julius Aghahowa who also shined in that same tournament and were supposed to be in the same age group. Their careers didn’t really go further than the 2002 World Cup, meanwhile the likes of Xavi have gone on to win 3 Champions Leagues and a World Cup and he’s over 30. So what exactly is the problem with Nigeria’s youth system? Why is it that our successes in the youth teams are rarely transferred over to the senior team?

I’m sure by now; you know where I’m heading with this. The main problem with our youth system is that the youths aren’t actually involved. Year in year out, Nigeria continues to field excessively over-aged players who have all ready peaked or reach their prime. Players usually have to cut as much as 7 years off their real ages just to take part in these competitions. They do so well because they are at their peak but then unfortunately, that’s all they have left in them, they can’t improve on their performances as expected of them.

What happened to Martins? The hot ’20 year-old’ prospect who emerged from the Inter Milan youth system? He’s supposed to be like 26 or 27 now right? What happened to him?

Why is it that Messi keeps getting better and better every year while the likes of Mikel don’t seem to be improving at all? (Although I’d dare say that has more to do with Mikel just being a complete clown)
The answer is simple; why is it that my dad, with little or no previous computing experience, cannot learn a C++ programming language now and grasp it as quickly as my 10 year-old cousin, also with no previous computing experience would.

It is not a hidden fact that it is easier for a young player to acquire new skills (as long as he’s hard working) than it is for an older player, who can only use his right foot, to suddenly become left-footed. No matter how much of god they say Maradona is, there’s no way he would have ever learned to use his right foot in the 1990 World cup – he was already almost 30 then.

How is that players like Maldini were still able to be top defenders over the age of 40? I can’t remember a time ever when Maldini was ever awfully disgraced on the pitch. Meanwhile players like Taribo West could never dream of that.

Why is that players like Giggs and Scholes, way over 30 still managed to be instrumental for Man United last season? Meanwhile players like Okocha and Kanu have long retired.

Let’s come a little closer to home. How is it that players like Drogba and Eto’o, who are supposed to be older than Martins and Aiyegbeni, are still able to hold first team positions in their clubs? (Chelsea and Inter are not ‘beans’ teams for that matter. Who the hell knows Shaktar Donestk? I don’t even know if I got the spelling right).

The truth is that while the likes of Xavi, in Nigeria ’99,  were still so young, fresh and open to ideas, his ‘mates’ like Aghahowa had already finished learning all they could learn and could never play on a higher level than they had already attained.

I’m not necessarily saying that other countries are not guilty of fielding over-aged players. But I strongly believe that Nigerians are the greatest defaulters in this regard. The likes of Ivory Cost, Cameroon, South Africa and, more recently, Ghana are beginning to see the need to really develop their youth system and field players who are actually the age they claim to be.

The two major reasons why we always end up fielding over-aged players for age-group tournaments are these: Our mentality and our poor administration. I’m not here to discuss football administration with you though; I am no expert on that field. By I’d touch on our mentality

I’m not much of a footballer now; I prefer to show my prowess on an X-box pad. I’m way much better on that.
I also feel safer sitting in front of the TV, shouting at Rooney for showing too much of the ball to Joe Hart when he has a chance to bury a one-on-one chance during a Manchester Derby.
But I do remember a time when I was younger – about 8 or 9 –  when I was actually a very good Goal keeper (in my own right). Whenever me and friends played 5-a-side with some older boys, I was always the first choice to man the ‘monkey’ post. How my aptitude for Goal Keeping and my interest in playing football died is another story for another day.
Now I’m imagining a scenario where maybe I got better and better at it and then I finally decided I wanted a career in football. I wonder how my parents would have taken that. After all, Maradona was 10 when he joined Los Cebollitas. Messi was only 13 when Barca acquired him and he moved to Spain with his family. Real Madrid just recently acquired a 7 year-old – their very own “Lionel 2.0” (I’m not so sure what FIFA has to say of that though).
I mean, in fairness to my parents, they are quite open-minded. Maybe I wouldn’t have been so scared to tell them of my dream, but I’m sure there’s a limit to their openness.

The same can’t however be said of most Nigerian parents. Some of our parents then must never even catch you playing ball, let alone hear you talk about considering a career in football. You advised to spend more of your playtime studying because you either going to become a Doctor, an Engineer or a Lawyer. We seem to cherish profession more than career.

We all know Okocha’s story, how he used to get into trouble playing ball with the oranges he was supposed to be selling for his mum. He had to hone his skills on the market ground, whenever he could squeeze in some practice time. By the time Okocha finally got his first major break into a local club, he was probably already mature. And that was probably because there was no other thing he could do and his mother had no choice but to let him go on with football, lest he become a nuisance to the society. Well thank God for his persistence or we would never have known him. I’m very ready to argue that if Okocha had made his break at the right age, he would have gone on to be one of the best in the world.

Messi was already exposed to world-class infrastructure and training right from the age of 13. He’s family had already accepted that he was going to be a footballer. So he didn’t have to waste so much of his brain cells on trying to understand subjects like physics or learning how to calculate how much HCl he had to put in a test-tube. A great amount of his brain energy was focused on football. The things Messi probably knew about football by the time he turned 17, the likes of Taiwo didn’t learn until he made his way into Marseille. So you can’t really blame him, he just wasn’t exposed enough.

So because our focus is more on raising professionals rather than career people, Nigerians are not allowed to dream of becoming career people right from their young age. We only end up as Interior decorators, Chefs, Musicians etc, after many of our young years wasted on trivial pursuits. Do you know how old Tiger Woods was when he decided he was going to be a Pro Golfer? He was three years old!

If you want to be extremely wowed, check out this 7 year-old boy on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McuVjjn2GPc His name is Madin Mohammed. He’s not be mistaken for the same boy Madrid bought though

Our football system is also affected. No one concentrates on building a good youth structure. There are no football pitches to train, youth academies are lacking and the existing ones are under-funded. Consequently, the local league is affected as fresh young talent is not pumped in. Most of the players in the league are over-aged and almost at their prime. They only got in because they are hoping to make it into the National Team so that they can end up in clubs like Locomotive Moscow and Shaktar or some unknown team in Iraq. Anywhere is fine, as long as it is outside Nigeria and they are making ‘hard’ cash.

So it’s all about the Benjamins. They’ve suffered enough, their dreams as young children have been killed, and they know they don’t stand a chance against the younger ones all over the world. So they’d rather just make the best of the little time they have, make some money and upgrade their life. So they end up reducing their ages, rather drastically, shine for a few years, make their money and bow out with no shame. I don’t blame them – I blame the system.

Another perspective to our poor mentality is that Nigerians are very impatient by nature. We believe in fire brigade approach and don’t see the importance of building from the scratch. We want to see the results now. We don’t want it to take us 15 years to see the result. As long as we’re winning now, everything is fine.
The major reason we are so successful in the U-17 level is that we always field bullies. As long as we’re winning today, who cares about tomorrow?  I love it when we win but when it comes to U-17 tournaments, my celebrations are not always to the full because I know that, even though we’re playing very well, we are actually cheating. We are not looking at the bigger picture. We don’t see how the U-17 team is supposed to provide material for the senior team.

Until we begin to accept football as major force in the world and in Nigeria.

Until parents start to allow their children dream and pursue careers in their God-given talent.

Until we begin to take our youth football serious and patiently and painstakingly start to revamp our youth structure.

Until the people in charge start to think in the long run and realize that the money they would make now would be nothing, compared to what they could make, if only they were willing to wait 15 years to see their efforts yield fruit.

Until we can tell ourselves the truth, refuse to celebrate undeserved and unrewarding victory, and accept that we really have a problem; I don’t think Nigeria can ever win the World Cup.

I wrote this months ago during the U-21 World Cup. But I never posted it on here cos I wasn't really active. I 'd like your comments (both here and on my blog) and views on the topic. Here's the link: http://muyiwathinks..com/2011/08/why-nigeria-may-never-win-fifa-world.html

I got my PIN blocked after 3 trials. Tried the *131*0000*password*password# thing. I kept getting 'wrong PIN'. Wats funny is I dnt remember ever selctin a PIN b4. Please anyone knw hw to unblock it?