lynxnoon:

well as they say "better tin na moni kill am"

another thing is . . . if u happen to find it in naija, i bet u u cant get it for anything less than 15k, if not more

check www.otterbox.com to see the exact amount
Cheers

How are you finding the Otterbox case (working on the premise that you've used/still use one)?

I've got a Case Mate on mine, works wonderfully, but thinking of getting another one. My only concern with the Otterbox case is the rubber, I tend to think in the Nigerian climate it can go funny, but I could be wrong.

Johndoe100:

Another pointless thread, that will provide endless ours of debate for the league of exceptional ladies.

And how would you refer to their male counterparts as. . .?

That's true - you don't have to have a Gmail account to set up a Google Account. But your non-Gmail Google Account won't work if you have an Android phone.

Google+ opens up social network to everyone

maclatunji:



An astute woman can see the potential in a man.  I'm one of those weirdos.  Unlike Sisi Kill, I don't draw attention to my immense skills (nor security) in public.

I don't understand that part.

Sisi_Kill:

Most definitely, why. . .just yesterday, I saw Commander in Chief in a grocery store bagger. I was so excited, I ran up to him and told him what I had seen. He looked at me like I was crazy and then raised his eyebrows, I thought he was starting to believe me until I felt myself being dragged away by security, twas only by the grace of God they didn't lock me up in an asylum.

And that my friend is why some ladies do not bother with the what may bes and stick to the what it is 

See the bolded bit by Sisi Kill.

maclatunji:

In fact, I was watching a friend's son yesterday and noted he has excellent leadership skills and definitely a team player.  I can see his potential already and he's only 13.  You can often see their potential even if they're not wholly convinced themselves but have some idea.  We are usually the ones to usually organise those ideas and support those dreams. 

@ Bolded, do you mean women?

Usually women, sometimes men.  When you see the potential in someone, that person may also have a dream but be very bad not only articulating it but organising themselves to bring it to reality.   

Someone wants to do x, there are people around them who would test the feasibility of it - do research, come up with ideas, help the person to clearly define what they want, cheer them on when they want to give up.  But you don't just help anyone who has a dream, you have to know if the person is serious or not because people love to do a good talk but not good when it comes to actions. 

You don't have to be in a relationship to help someone out.  It can be someone of the same gender or of a different gender.  The important thing is that you are the catalyst to helping someone achieve their goal.  There are still women who will do that specifically with the men they are in a relationship with, but most seem to want a ready-made somebody without sharing or struggling together.

The fact of the matter is, how does Feyi want her child to be identified? By the failure of a Dad or by becoming a well-rounded person?

By all means let her daughter search for her Dad if she wants to, and let her contact him if she wants to but the mother should stay out of it. Personally I would not be calling him and telling him about his child as he is obviously not interested.

@ Confilass, the dangly thing between their legs usually defines them as the male of the species But it doesn't mean they'll be responsible fathers.

Glad you had a great birthday, wishing you many more to come. Btw the pic with you in the wig. . . very interesting

I'm convinced Pidgin English is spoken by more people in Nigeria than any single language, because Pidgin crosses cultural lines and statuses.  I think it's a good thing, it's the one uniting thing in Nigeria (seeing that people still debate about being referred to as Nigerian.  A lot of people may not be able to read in their own vernacular or in English, but they can easily pick up and speak Pidgin English.

English as a national language does not exclude Pidgin as it is a form of English.  Most English-speaking countries have dialects.  Pidgin is just another dialect albeit with local influences, and remember Pidgin English is not only spoken in Nigeria or West Africa. Never be ashamed of adapting something and making it your own.

maclatunji:

Some ladies are blessed with the gift of foresight and can see the CEO in an Okada rider.

An astute woman can see the potential in a man.  I'm one of those weirdos.  Unlike Sisi Kill, I don't draw attention to my immense skills (nor security) in public.

In fact, I was watching a friend's son yesterday and noted he has excellent leadership skills and definitely a team player.  I can see his potential already and he's only 13.  You can often see their potential even if they're not wholly convinced themselves but have some idea.  We are usually the ones to usually organise those ideas and support those dreams.

chaircover:

Personally I think that facebook should be shut down or at least some features taken out of it.

The status for a start serves no purpose. I know of people who have a small tiff with their boyfriend and the status immediately changes to single.

I don’t also see the need for the “what is on your mind” feature. Do you really think that I will share what is in my innermost mind with a bunch of strangers?

Yes Facebook is good for finding “lost” school mates etc and I have found some old mates on there, but I am not really sure what kind of meaningful relationships one single person can have with each of their 14,500 “friends”.

Also why do they use the word “friends”? Many of these people we add as friends were just school mates, colleagues etc. If they were real good friends, we would have kept in touch and wouldn’t have to find each other on facebook

Just my thoughts anyway. Maybe I am too old for this facebook malarkey 

Don't think you're too old for Facebook, but I think that most people of a more, er. . .ah. . .let me rephrase.  More mature people (that's right, didn't want to slip up on my choice of words!) don't really bother with Facebook.  None of my siblings are on Facebook, neither are they interested.  I just about managed to get my sister on Google+, on Twitter I follow rather than am followed.

The one advantage of FB is that it's a good way of keeping in touch with friends far and wide, and I have too many friends that fall into that category.  I used to write "Notes" but stopped because certain people could not understand why anyone would do it and I couldn't be bothered to explain what "blogging" is (though I secretly blog elsewhere).  I do post interesting articles I come across, and can get into nice trans-atlantic debates about a topic. 

Don't understand having anything more than 100 friends, anything more is a club or group right.  Would I walk around with 500 people?  And why would I want 500 people knowing my personal business? I often think this is the fall-out from reality television.

I'm sure FB is good for networking and keeping up with old acquaintances. But I definitely wouldn't be living my life out on it.

Are you in Pakistan applying, or in Nigeria?
Is a company sponsoring you or an individual?

If you apply for a visa using the visa portal you should be expected to attend an interview at the Nigeria High Commission (either in Islamabad or Karachi). If you're having problems paying via the Nigeria Immigration Service portal, your best bet is to contact the Nigeria High Commission in Islamabad ( +92-51-2823542, +92-51-2823547) or the Consulate in Karachi (+92-21-5482491, +92-21-5482492, +92-21-5481946), whichever is closest to your location.

I've been told human bites are worse than dog bites.

Johndoe100:

To answer the thread title.

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This is the funniest thing I have heard in a long time. Do you really believe this? In Nigeria?

Ah Johndoe100, even if your post addresses the title of the thread, as was said earlier, Nigerians do not define "bastard" by its actual meaning.

lynxnoon:

@n101
yeah I feel you sha .  .  .phone issues can be a hassle atimes
Wellam not a Samsung fan but if I will go for any of their phone UT would be Galaxy S2. .  .  but then u  know how much that is.   .  .  Lol

I just thank God my phone is working right now, just hope nothing like that happens again (IJN  )

I'm not a Samsung fan either but lemme see. . . a choice of 8gb or 16gb internal memory versus 512MB or a generous 1.05GB?  HTC hate their loyal customers is all I can say 

The thing is with this case is that while Mr Alex or Mr Fred were the "head" of the pyramid scheme, there are a number of people also involved in the fraud directly, I'm sure this included office staff and some of the "applicants".

I don't believe a lot of the so-called agents were working with Crystal Services, that was just a good way to make easy money from applicants.  And easy money was made too.   I agree with you Fogman, the tentacles from this one enterprise are massive with a lot of people implicated.

nolongTing:

The sad fact is that the Thais don't give a flying s.h, it what their ethnicity is they just see them as BLACK NIGERIANS 

That's the thing Nigerians fail to get time and time again - in any foreign country, it doesn't matter what your ethnic group is, they are simply NIGERIANS.  The ambassador and counsellor won't be viewed any better than the people they refer to as touts and uneducated.

@ Sprinkles, you've probably realised in your travels that "bastard" as described by many people isn't the same as the Nigerian definition.

Personally I have my own opinion on it, but I would say this; do not stop your daughter from meeting or knowing her father. If she wants to contact him, let her. Whatever relationship they forge or don't is between them. Think about it; if you had someone in your life, would you be keeping up this contact with him? I doubt it would be to the extent it is now. Just make sure you don't lose touch with him for your daughter's sake.

You are under no obligation to keep him updating on his daughter's progress. All you can do is to bring her up as best as you can, leave the rest over which you have no control to God.

lynxnoon:

@n101
Yeah quite a sad thing threes no support in naija but there is in SA sha
As per remedy to what happened to yr fone, I think there's a solution out there, I just didn't search hard enough
Well I can say I've done worst things on my fone but somehow pulled tru.   .  .
Well I won't advice I to keep experimenting with your fone but.   .  .  well we learn new stuff evryday  sha
Cheers

Thing is I spent a couple of days searching forums for a solution.  I found posts with problems like mine but with very few responses.  Most people seemed to have the volume key working but there were other problems.  For those who had the problem with their volume key not working, it was suggested to do a hard reset.

Like I said I tried almost everything, in the end gave up and called HTC.  If there was an easier solution (and I was brave enough to pull my phone apart) I'd gladly take it.  But I'm looking to get another phone in future (Samung?) and use the Desire as my practice phone.

silentc:

There is no way a scam of this proportion did not have "support" from someone influential. . . . .

The guts and boldness of these guys go beyond the average joe who is smart and savvy.

Doesn't need support from someone influential - just dash the right people and you can pretty much do what you like and the powers-that-be will turn a blind eye.

The average joe in Nigeria can't be bothered to do their homework. And even when overwhelming evidence is presented they still refuse to believe that it is a lie. C'est la vie.

otokx:

keep on dreaming

Spoilsport!  Why you wanna throw sand in a sister's Garri? 

Seun:

It's dark humor.

amblors:

am sorry, i don't c the humor.
its just em, what the word? ,

@ amblors, I've been trying to find the word too, and it isn't "humour".

Hmm. what exactly is nagging?  I find the way some people interpret it isn't what it is.

Telling someone off for doing something which you don't accept isn't nagging.
Asking someone not to repeat a behaviour isn't nagging.
Telling someone the best way of doing something, even repeatedly, isn't nagging

To me nagging is continuously fault finding. It is not constructive. It is like a tap that the washer is faulty - just keeps dribbling that bit of water that is annoying as hell cos no matter how you turn the tap, it won't stop running.  So if someone nags me, all I hear is "blah blah blah".  Any of the above can become nagging if you, in one sitting, continuously go on about it.  

I had a friend whose husband used to drop his clothes everywhere but the laundry basket, despite her telling him repeatedly to put them in the laundry basket. You know what she did?  She stopped mentioning it.  She let him drop his stuff anywhere he liked.  Eventually, when he started asking her where x or y was she told him it was in the same place he dropped it last time.  He was not pleased, but her message got through.  She's the most house proud person I know, but in this case, she did everything she would normally do when cleaning, lift his stuff where he left it and kept going.

I find people who nag (this is not just a woman thing) are either unhappy people or they have said something to the point where nagging is the last resort because what they have said hasn't got through.  By this stage they are usually angry or upset.  Or they simply don't feel they are being listened to.

CC, sometimes you have to spell it out explicitly.  If you have told him clearly and concisely (not in an annoyed voice), you then have two choices: either leave them where they are and kick them off the stairs every time he leaves them there using the "oops I didn't realise they were there - again" line with the innocent look (sorry but if the iPod is that valuable to him he'd put it in a better place).  When he takes them out of his pocket and puts them there put them back into his pocket again (I'm sure he'll get all excited until he realises what you're doing).  Or bite your tongue keep moving it to a sensible place.  When has asks, just say where you've put them.  Keep repeating your actions, if he asks a second time look at him a bit puzzled, shake your head and move on.

One of these will get through to him.   I don't think he's unaware of what he's doing if you've mentioned it to him before, it seems he doesn't think about it.

George_D:

i think google should have the answer to your question but one thing
for sure job vacancies would rank among the the top five! 

As you can see from Techbabes post, job vacancies don't rank in the top five (unless "Yahoo" is short for Yahoo Yahoo  )

You may want to read the Android, Any one? thread as well.

Mariofemi, I don't really know what to say to you.

On the one hand, you finally acknowledged what some of us have been saying all along.  What I don't understand is why you so much believed what Fred Olawale (or whatever his real name is) in spite of all of the evidence to the contrary.  I know of groups that have gone to work in Canada on contract.  They have NEVER followed the pattern set up in this scam by CS.

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[li]You CANNOT get a medical report from anywhere else other than the medical centres approved by the Canadian High Commission.[/li]
[li]You cannot get a visa without actually attending an interview.[/li]
[li]How can an Embassy be closed for three months and it's not publicised in the media - and you expect right-thinking people to believe that nonsense?
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Those are some of the facts we have been telling you time and time again, but for a grown (and I assume responsible) man, you ignored it and chose to believe hearsay without confirming the facts for yourself. 

Worse still, when this fiasco started to blow up, we then hear you were spokesman at Crystal Services trying to calm the crowd.  Are you sure you're not an employee or paid by them?  Because I can't understand why you should put yourself in that position if not to deceive people.  I'm sure at CS's offices there are more than enough staff who can address the crowd - it did not have to be you.

Now you have finally decided it's a scam but your opening line here is not an apology, but to attack the moderator and how people are cursing people.  As was previously mentioned by igbonla and kadman, your comments about how "real" Crystal Services is I'm sure has led to a number of people applying for this fake programme.  Don't attack the forum moderator or the insulters, but TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ACTIONS IN DECEIVING OTHERS AND APOLOGISE.

So you see why you are more part of the problem than the solution.

This makes no logical sense.

A wife won't be the only one benefiting from this "agreement". Unless she's going to be held hostage in her own prison (house) the costs make no sense.

And if these pie-in-the-sky figures make sense, no Okada man or barrow pusher will have a wife.

Outstrip:

You are right. This sort of behavior actaully progresses over time. This is not just kinky sex. It is a perversion. Soon it will not just be enough to violation them. Soon it will not just be enough to listen to them beg. Eventually it can even lead to him wanting to kill them. It does not just stop there. he does not want regular sex. He wants to cause pain. That is what he gets out of iit. He needs a psychiatrist and serious jail time

horny4u:

She needs to siphon the money and move her daughters out fast, he is coming for his daughters.

I agree he is SICK, very

She should divorce him fast: he is a walking murderer.
Be careful he will do it to someone who will treat his F**kup by clearing out his generation which includes her kids, 

LEAVE

I'm fearful for his daughters, not because he could go for his daughter.  He's obviously not thinking of the man he's made angry and upset whose daughter/sister/girlfriend he has violated. 

He also not thinking seriously of the consequences because to date his contacts have his back covered - for now.

South-East:

The difference between Chime (i.e., if the story is true) and the rest without kids to show for their own unholy liaison is the use of a condom. Make them remove the condom from their tool and the kid will come tumbling in. In that respect, Chime was dumb. Plus, not no one, not I, says it is right. But it is the sad reality.

It still does not make him any less irresponsible than the others, he's still irresponsible, perhaps moreso.  And for a public figure to make such a bad judgement call, whether in Russia or the USA or Nigeria, it is still unacceptable and brings his office into disrepute.

Of course this is not true in Nigeria because we will always worship the "big boys" regardless of what they do and never call them to account.