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Senator Dino Melaye from Kogi State attempted to evade and scamper away from SaharaReporters’ questions on his finances and luxury car collection during Social Media Week in Lagos on Friday February 26th. Mr. Melaye briefly attended Social Media Week Friday morning to support embattled Senate President Bukola Saraki during his address to conference attendees.
Dino Melaye Runs From SaharaReporters' Questions About His Luxury Homes, Foreign Accounts

A member of a civil society organization attending the conference argued that Mr. Melaye has been counseling Mr. Saraki on how to best leverage youth and civil society groups to support him in defeating his corruption proceedings at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).

Mr. Melaye has been the subject of a number of SaharaReporters exposes due to his opulent lifestyle, palatial homes donned with lavish furnishings, his luxury car collection, and his operation of an unlawful foreign bank account in violation of Nigerian law for public officials.

During an exclusive interview with SaharaTV last year, Mr. Melaye became irate when our correspondent asked why he posted photos on social media of his luxury cars and homes. Mr. Melaye denied posting those photos but could not explain to SaharaTV viewers how then ended up on his personal Twitter page.

In July, SaharaReporters published exclusive photographs of a mansion Mr. Melaye was renovating in Abuja, which he purchased for an estimated 1.3 billion naira (6.5 million dollars). When asked how he could afford such a property, since he had a modest career as an alleged activist and public servant, Mr. Melaye’s refused to answer saying only that he should not be questioned because he is “a distinguished member of the Federal government.”

It will be recalled that Mr. Melaye was one of the most vocal opponents to Stella Oduah, the former Minister of Aviation, when she was embroiled in the BMW car contract scandal in 2014. Mr. Melaye repeatedly called for her resignation because of the scandal she was associated with at the time.

SaharaReporters also obtained photographs of Mr. Melaye’s new 2015 Rolls Royce Wraith car, complete with DINO on the license plate, last November estimated to cost at least N89,563,500 ($450,000).

In December of last year, SaharaReporters exclusively obtained information on Mr. Melaye’s bank accounts domiciled in the United States, which is in violation of the code of conduct for public officials. Following a SaharaReporters investigation into these bank accounts, it was discovered that he made a $1,000 transaction in New York City to Schweiger Dermatology to remove a tattoo of his ex-wife’s name.

Yesterday, on February 26th, our SaharaReporters correspondent approached Mr. Melaye when he was interacting with the conference attendees and journalists to ask about these exposes.

Our correspondent first asked Mr. Melaye, “I was wondering if you could tell up how much money is left in your US bank accounts?” referring to the unlawful Bank of America account he had been using, most recently for the tattoo removal.

“Is there any money left behind?” our correspondent followed up. SaharaReporters had received reports that Mr. Melaye began withdrawing large sums of money immediately following our reporting on his illegal account.

Mr. Melaye attempted to avoid answering the question saying that “Please, please, please I didn’t come here for [this].”

He then began moving away from the correspondent, heading toward the exit.

Our correspondent pursued the embattled Senator, and then asked how he could afford the Rolls Royce car and his other luxury vehicles. He tried deflecting saying, “I stole it from you.” He then repeated several times, “I am not ready to speak to you, I am not ready to speak to you.”

Our correspondent reminded him that “you are a public official yet you have all these assets. Can you explain that?”

Mr. Melaye then moved faster toward the exit trying to deflect his attention with conference attendees.

Our correspondent then moved toward to exit door and changed the topic to asking “what’s the difference between accompanying the Saraki’s [to their police or legal proceedings] and challenging Stella Oduah’s legitimacy” to hold office?

Mr. Melaye then said that “you should be civil, I am not ready to speak with you.” Our correspondent followed up by asking how much longer he could go not not answering these questions?

Mr. Melaye then went deeper into the crowd to avoid our correspondent, who pursued him and continued asking about his unexplained assets and conduct.

SaharaReporters previously conducted a poll in December asking readers whether respondends thought there should be a probe by the Code of Conduct Bureau into Mr. Melaye for his unexplained assets, 94% of the 1,488 respondents on Twitter voted that he should be probed.


http://saharareporters.com/2016/02/27/dino-melaye-runs-saharareporters-questions-his-assets-lagos-social-media-week

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GetAvenue:
Pls I need a God sent. God pls send me one. I need to learn this thing. I have the brain for this really. I can solve complex Matrix problems, I can handle complex Laplace Transform with ease, but when it comes to Data structure and Algorithm, I'm a Dundee.

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Optical illusion:

Both perspective will be correct. It just a matter of what you wishes to see

I had a presentation some few years back where I made use these two image.

ratchy:
Front I will say

Yeah,it is good to know
Myth: The old myth about not storing batteries on concrete floors is just that - a myth. This story has been around for 100 years, and originated back when battery cases were made up of wood and asphalt. The acid would leak from them, and form a slow-discharging circuit through the now acid-soaked and conductive floor.

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Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center (HPMC) has fallen victim to a cyberattack. Hackers took control of the hospital's computer systems and are demanding $3.6 million via 9,000 bitcoins, a virtual currency, to release the data Relevant Products/Services.

Update: In a statement issued on February 17, president and CEO Allen Stefanek said the hospital paid approximately $17,000 via 40 bitcoins to the hacker to get its files back, saying it was in the best interest of HPMC to do so. He also said the reports that the hacker wanted $3.6 million via 9,000 bitcoins were incorrect.

Stefanek added that the ransomware attack Relevant Products/Services on the 434-bed facility occurred on February 5, when staff began having trouble accessing the hospital’s computer network. He said things are working properly again.

“All clinical operations are utilizing the EMR system,” Stefanek said in the statement. "All systems currently in use were cleared of the malware and thoroughly tested. We continue to work with our team of experts to understand more about this event.”

Last week, Stefanek told the local NBC Channel 4 news station that the ransomware attack is impacting day-to-day operations at the Los Angeles, California-based hospital. Emergency room operations are taking a hit from the attack, he said, and the hospital has had to transport patients to other medical centers because they cannot access patient records.

As its name suggests, ransomware is malicious software that holds computing assets ransom. The software blocks users from accessing computer systems until money is paid. Ransomware is usually launched in small scale operations against individuals.

Is Patient Data Safe?

Stefanek told NBC the hospital started observing “significant" IT issues and declared an internal emergency on Friday, February 12. Hollywood Presbyterian then notified the Los Angeles Police Department and the FBI to investigate and has hired computer forensics experts, NBC reports.

"At this time, we have no evidence that any patient or employee information was the subject of unauthorized access or extraction by the attacker,” Stefanek told NBC4. Of course, there’s no guarantee that employee information wasn’t stolen either. Stefanek did not offer more details about any possible threats the hackers may have made.

We caught up with Graham Clulely, a security Relevant Products/Services researcher in the United Kingdom, to get his thoughts on the attack. He told us ransomware doesn't discriminate between home users and businesses.

"All it cares about is infecting as many computers as possible and extorting money from its victims," Cluley said. "Of course, if it does manage to hit an organization that has many computers and if that organization did not have systematic backups of its important data, then there is the chance that the rewards for the attackers can be even greater."

Ransomware Rising

According McAfee’s 2016 Threat Predictions report, ransomware will be a "major and rapidly growing" threat in 2016. The security solutions firm pointed to new malware variants emerging and the success of the "ransomware-as-a-service" business model as drivers for the increase. McAfee predicts the rise in ransomware attacks that started in the third quarter of 2014 and continued throughout 2015 will not slow down this year.

"In 2015 we saw ransomware-as-a-service hosted on the Tor network and using virtual currencies for payments," McAfee said in its report. "We expect to see more of this in 2016, as inexperienced cybercriminals will gain access to this service while staying relatively anonymous."

There are only a few ransomeware families dominating the scene currently, such as CryptoWall 3, CTB-Locker, and CryptoLocker. Nevertheless, McAfee predicts new variants will surface with new stealth functionalities.

"For example, new variants may start to silently encrypt data," the report said. "These encrypted files will be backed up and eventually the attacker will pull the key, resulting in encrypted files both on the system and in the backup. Other new variants might use kernel components to hook the file system and encrypt files on the fly, as the user accesses them."

Protecting Your Assets

The moral of the story: Look for security solutions that can help protect against ransomware that could shut down your operations or cost you millions of dollars to unlock your data.

"The way to prevent ransomware disrupting your business is to backup your essential data, and hold it securely. Don't wait until you get hit by ransomware before you decide it's time to build a backup regime," Cluley said. "In addition, it's obviously wise to have a layered defense, including up-to-date anti-virus defenses and patching against vulnerabilities."

http://www.toptechnews.com/article/index.php?story_id=1000034MJM4G

In real life, the guy will be extremely "stormy"

Any outlet that sell laboratories materials will sell you distilled water. I got it at rate of #120 per litre

taiwooguns33:
do u mean. D popular drip ?

Language Python
Exercise: closedBracket
Solution: This python function had been rigorous test to work on any mathematical expression irrespective of number of parenthesis in the expression and it will do the needful.

Below is the python code


def closedBracket(string_input):
"""
This function was implemented by NaijaEpic in response to online exercise on Nairaland
1. This function is name closedBracket(), it take mathematical expression, iterate over the expression to determine
the number of both open and closing parenthesis, if there is unbalance number of parenthesis, the function will
return a balance version of the mathematical expression
2. The function take on parameter
3.
"""
import unicodedata, re
left_bracket = re.compile('[\u0028]') # compiling unicode of left bracket
right_bracket = re.compile('[\u0029]') # compiling unicode of right bracket
string_holder = [] # Declaring empty List to hold split string
string_holder[:0] = string_input # Change the input string to list
left_bracket = string_holder.count('\u0028') # Checking how many left bracket exist in the string_holder list
right_bracket = string_holder.count('\u0029')
final_string = [] # Accumulator of
if left_bracket > right_bracket:
# Remove some leftmost brackets or add more right brackets
count = 0
while count < (left_bracket - right_bracket):
final_string.append('\u0029',) # Generating number of right_bracket (i.e. '\u0029') that is need to balance the deficit
count += 1
final_string = ''.join(final_string)

print('False', string_input + final_string)

elif left_bracket < right_bracket:
# Remove the last Rightmost Brackets or add another leftmost brackets
count = 0
number_right_bracket = (right_bracket - left_bracket)
while count < number_right_bracket:
final_string.append('\u0028',) # Generating number of left_bracket (i.e. '\u0028') that is need to balance the deficit
count += 1
final_string = ''.join(final_string)
print('False', final_string + string_input)

else:
return True

closedBracket("5+((3)*2)))))"

Move on bros, such is the life parable.
Here is a story of someone in your shoes.

Both date for about three to four years. The guy is real hustler, trying to setup one startup business without any breakthrough, when the lady senses that this guy is not going to pull throughout financially in a short run. She quit the relationship, citing similar excuse to your fiance.

Do you what happen after two years later?

Her new fiance just got job interview for a new job opening in the same company her formal boyfriend was trying to setup.
The company is one successful company in US

Moral of the story,

Move on.

hurting:
Good day all! I never thought I will never create a topic like this because I believed I had a perfect love life. I have to create this moniker just for this topic that has and still eating me deep. I will try to make it as brief as possible.

I have been a relationship for 7yrs with the lady that I love beyond measures. I do anything possible within my reach to satisfy n make her happy. She has also been wonderful and almost perfect (nobody is). We started dating from uni days and where d pride n envy of many even after school.

After my service, I started looking for job but as things get murky in d labour market, I started a little ICT troubleshooting hustle, just to keep body n soul together before d job comes. Now this lady has been supportive all d way, after her service she moved to where am based, we managed what we have. She got a job while I was still doing what I do, I could provide for d daily running around like food, clothing, small bills, etc. I could pay my rent sometimes but atimes my siblings support me. When biz haven't been good.

Now this my lady resigned from where she was working because her female boss wasn't treating them well, tru one of my friends I secured a better paying n welfare job in a construction firm for her. We have been doing fine all this while but when I proposed to her she said we should wait till I get a better paying job. I make an average of 35-40k at d end of month but because I spend on what we need in d house I usually don't have it in bulk at d end of d month. She earns around 80k plus a car. Her new boss gives car loan to all his staff down to d secretary. She is an engineer there. She have been having this fear of lack because of what she faced as a child, so whenever d issue of marriage comes up she says I shld wait till I get a job n when ever her friends or mine wedd she cries n complain that I dnt want to marry her. I have promised her that we can make it with our present earnings n with time I will get that job. I knw I live far better than some married men in terms of finances.

This year I made up my mind to ask her for hand in marriage on vals day, but last week she gave me d shocker of my life, but telling me she had moved on because of my employment status. I have begged like I ave never begged anyone before, telling her that am very sure d job will come before d babies start coming. She told me she has found someone else and that she has made up her mind.

She still loves me, but the job issue I her phobia, dont get me wrong she is very decent n has been faithful all our yrs together. Right now my heart is torn to shreds, I don't sleep at night, I cry every night, I cant eat well, I have lost weight. Am I beginning to scare my self with d kind of suicidal thoughts I have these days. I have built my whole adult life around her, I try to let go but cant.

Pls nairalanders advice me before I do something drastic, I need all the advice I can get, am on job sites 24/7 now just to get something n probably win her back. She is not after riches just d basics. And for those that will lash me, I need it too, it might cheer me a bit.
Pls help a brother.

pls help me push this to FP I need all d advice I could get before its too late for me.

P.S. Sorry for any grammatical blunder n punctuation errors.

Name: Python

argSwitch function with Python

ChinenyeN:
6. String Replace
Language: C

int strreplace(char *str, const char *oldstr, const char *newstr) {
    /**
     * Recursive function. Reads char *str from left to right and replaces all occurrences of
     * const char *oldstr. Upon completion, the function returns the number of times 
     * const char *oldstr had been successfully replaced.
     */

    int count = 0;
    char *tmp = strcasestr(str, oldstr); 
	
    if(tmp) {
        // get strlens
        int len = strlen(str);
        int oldstrlen = strlen(oldstr);
        int newstrlen = strlen(newstr);

        // build new char array
        char tmpstr[len - strlen(tmp) + newstrlen + strlen(&tmp[oldstrlen - 1]) + 1];
        memset(tmpstr, '\0', sizeof(tmpstr)); // initialize char array
		
        // systematically copy strings
        strncpy(tmpstr, str, len - strlen(tmp)); // copy first part of string up until occurrence of const char *oldstr
	strncpy(&tmpstr[strlen(tmpstr)], newstr, newstrlen); // copy the new string 
        strncpy(&tmpstr[strlen(tmpstr)], &tmp[oldstrlen], strlen(&tmp[oldstrlen])); // copy rest of string
		
        // resize original string
        str[strlen(tmpstr) + 1];
        memset(str, '\0', sizeof(str)); // initialize

        // copy tmpstr over to str
        strcpy(str, tmpstr);

        // recursive call to continue on to the next occurrence of const char *oldstr
        count = strreplace(str, oldstr, newstr);

        // change value of count to reflect string replacement
        count += 1;
    }

    return count;
}

Here is my three attempt to solve three of the exercises


Language: Python

I discovered that if your main power voltage is less than 170V or thereabouts the charger will not work. You might need a stabilizer to sit between your charger and the power source in your apartment. This equally apply to some generator, if the voltage output from genset cannot be guarantee.

Leopantro:
My smart charger is no longer working. It simply shows green light while connected to the batteries, no red. However, all my batteries are dead. I don't mind repairing it myself if I know what to replace.

asala1:


I mean per litre.

So, this translated to a litre of petrol been sold at average price of N260 around the world?

asala1:


The average price of PMS around the world is 1.00 U.S dollars.

did you mean One US dollars per litre? or One US dollars per gallon. if it is One US dollars per litre, then that should be around N270/litre and if it is one dollars per gallon, then it should average around N71.32 (One US Gallon is equivalent to 3.785411784 liters)

bomeri:

Phc?

I can delivered to PHC, if you are ready to buy let me know.

bomeri:
Greetings house! Any one in Port Harcourt who has done this? Where did u get ure equipments in PHC? especially used batteries and smart charger....prices and shop addy would be an added help.......thanks in advance

I have the following used battery for sale
170AH battery (Powersave SBS Model:170F) for sale at N22,000,
200AH battery for sale at N27,000

Battery location is outside Lagos, so you will be paying the cost of sending to your location.

Whatsapp or call for 0. 8. 0. 9. 9. 5. 1. 6. 3. 6. 2.

placeofallure:


No! RACER CAR going back actually reads:
RACRE CAR!

The word is RACECAR and it is one of palindrome word.

The word MADAM is also a palindrome!

yinkuscious:
This is interesting
#Some people won't get it

This is not the only sentence in English that read same when read backward. This is palindrome.

See this one here,

"Rise to vote, sir."

I have a python program that get any English sentence as input, search through all the strings and produce the reverse of such word.

ceejay80s:

My guy, its no longer funny o, I waka for oshodi tire for how many hours looking for 40ah , I no see but I got one 150ah and a 200ah for two nairalanders, as I am now my waist dey pain me, battery start to scarce after this thread hit front page,

Hello @ceejay80s, how much does the 100AH and 200AH goes for. Thanks for the response.

omenka:
Somebody must have wet their pant on seeing that acc

The account is owned by one SABIU YUSUF and it is domiciled in Access Bank.

ceejay80s:

@Oga Ceejay80,
I can attested to the trutfulness and trustworthiness of ceejay80. In him, you see a new hope for the youth of this great nation.
With a single call to his mobile phone, i made a request of things I needed, transfered money to his account and less than 24 hours, I received the items somewhere in the middle of Nigeria.
May the great God bless your hustle.

ceejay80s:

@Oga Ceejay80,
I can attested to the trutfulness and trustworthiness of ceejay80. In him, you see a new hope for the youth of this great nation.
With a single call to his mobile phone, i made a request of things I needed, transfered money to his account and less than 24 hours, I received the items somewhere in the middle of Nigeria.
May the great God bless your hustle.

Demmocrats:



My Sai Buhari and APC are in power but not fully in control of the Oil rich states which they are fighting to reclaim to reduce the financing of PDP so come 2019, PDP won't be a threat for APC.

In the past few years, When PDP was in power at both centre and in those state you mention with abundant "oil money" Nigerian still win the PDP at just concluded election. So my believe is that if APC nullified all PDP election and intall APC candidate all the state of federation. If by the end of 2018 nothing change for better, do you think Nigerian will give them any vote? You know petroleum is now selling bellow $40, so they wouldnt have more money throw party like we experuenced in the past few years.

get effc involve.
You have a good case. If the ID on the line and the BVN match.

Now everyone of you that make legal living out of online, be ready to start paying your VAT/Tax as at when due. Indeed, it will never be a business as usual again, for every profit you make online, be rafy to pay your VAT/Tax.

However, pending the time government is able to put policy in place, Oga Seun Osewa can enjoy the proceeds from Nairaland.com

See the reason below

The popular blogger, Ms. Linda Ikeji recently acquired a property well above $3 million in the expensive Banana Island, in Lagos State.

Congratulations to Linda Ikeji for her new house. That is truly bold for a blogger to live in a mansion of $3M. It means she has many multiples of that. Her hard work, tenacity and focus has paid very well.

Unfortunately, her open display of wealth will change tax policy in Nigeria. Someone had noted that it is likely that Federal Internal Revenue Service, the tax office, will send her a bill for VAT. Few internet companies pay tax in Nigeria because they have no office but laptops which the tax office cannot easily trace and pursue. Besides VAT, there is also corporate tax.

We are not saying that Linda Ikeji Blog is not paying VAT or tax, but our understanding is that by her success, government will begin to find ways to improve its revenue collection capabilities in digital business. Most web companies make more than meatspace-business who are forced to pay taxes because they have physical domains and physical products which can be easily traced and taxed.

Few companies in Nigeria will make a profit of $3M over 6 years, the total number of years Linda has operated her blog. If she was able to save $3M, it means she must have made more. The big question – how much tax did she pay? Government will likely try to find out. As they do that, other Internet companies will be scrutinized.

We think at the end, banks will be asked to assist government. As advertisers pay money into her bank accounts, was Linda Ikeji Blog paying VAT ? But irrespective of her experience, government is already waking up that internet has a lot of wealth and it needs to take taxes.

No matter what you think, making a profit of $3M for running a business for 6 years is simply unprecedented in Nigeria when government contracting is not involved. That is the future and why entrepreneurship is a web generator than anything in human history. Government needs to understand that paradigm and begin the process of changing tax policy.



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And when your superhero in Ekiti State marked his attedance at that "mama put", he us been civilized

CountDracula:
Even civilization and titles cannot stop an abokii from acting like an abokii...

Seriously, this a big time SCAM. You did not registered for BVN and this short-code respond that you did have a BVN Number. Nairaland beware of Social Engineering . This a trapdoor

muyex1:
I have not registered for BVN, but when i tried it, it show me BVN no which is eleven numbers

Agimor:
It never occure here in Delta.

The first image show the path of September 28, 2015 lunar eclipse.
I was in Kwara state, Ilorin specifically and I captured this images of Lunar eclipse. I started taking random picture starting from 1:20 (It was calculated that penumbral will start at 1:11am ) until around 3:30 am

Here are my obsersavation.
At the instances of total lunal eclipse my camera couldn't captured the fainted outline of the moon disc

Sir/Pa Chukwudi, it seems you forget that the case was quashed in the court shortly before inauguration.

chukwudi44:


Is Buhari not also facing allegations of certificate fraud? Why are you not also calling for his resignation?