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when the government doesn't have enough money to fund the power drive what do you expect them to do?

and as per the price increase you mentioned, the government generates electricity at a cost of 10naira per kwh and presently it is sold at 6 naira per kwh, a loss of 4 naira for every kilowatt hour. Does that make sense?

PHCN earns close to 10billion everymonth but it's commitments are 17billion per month, so the shortfall of 7 billion comes from government. So in simple english, for PHCN to break even(we're not even talking about funding the needed infrastructure o) there has to be an increase in price.

yes ke, as hot sturvs. . .it's all about you. . .i'm fighting with the driver now sef. . .you'd be proud of me

@dayokanu
we've been saying you and tpia should start your own thread since. . .abeg comport!

i'm stuck at the office, i'll call you as soon as i can get out to buy credit o!

@oyb
i didn't watch this one either, i followed it on NL though. . .na _{jerry springer} bin dey freak me(and all my classmates) before we got DSTV o. . .

@saga
would you rather he said: BBA is bad, nigerian youths, take note!. . .?nigerians were happy that uti won and he 'attched'. . .lol. How much more of a risk is BB than MTVbase?.

Saga, come on, this is nigeria, the fact that the president congratulates someone doesn't mean jackshit. . .heck 3 months from now er'one would've forgotten.

And let's be fair, if GEJ knew about this alleged 17 year old ss2 student he would be hollering at him on and off FB, isn't it the same GEJ that responded to someones complaint about a FG-owned building in cali or that mouthed off prematurely about someones idea to generate electricity from waste, the man likes that kind of thing. . .

Sagamite:
So because a man shows respect to women, it deserves a presidential mention? It is worth some[b] national celebration[/b] as he is an ambassador?

Are we really that forked up as a people yet?

i didn't know govt had declared a public holiday . . .since when did FB status become a form of national celebration? GEJ was prolly trying to form "in touch" with nigerian youths.

what GEJ did, is no different from obama calling kanye a jerk or whatever. . .fact is, no matter what you think about Bigbrother, it is followed avidly in all the countries where mnet is available(not just the countries who field contestants) and all the countries participate in choosing a winner.

champion

dacentci

Sagamite:
So that is the role model Uti was doing?

That is what our president blindly is using to exemplify to youths?

Ridiculous!!!

the retard you're listening to didn't mention how uti was the only housemate that respected the women, with one housemate getting into a shoving match with a female housemate, if the guy was nigerian we wouldn't have heard the end of the matter, about how nigerian men are no good, woman-beating fraudsters.

Fact remains that out of all the males in the house, uti was the best. Even the housemates themselves realized this. The show was broadcast all over africa for 'crissakes if the guy didn't serve as an ambassador for nigeria i dont know who did.

@oyb
i agree with you, BBA is a waste of time(heck all reality TV shows are a waste of time), i'm just hearing about the GEJ-tshirts thingy sef(not a viewing fan. . .lol), it makes perfect sense now, GEJ was just showing some love to a dude that showed him international love. . .lol

ehie:
what is Goodluck doing watching junk tv there is a seventeen year old boy in ss2 who can generate electricity from sweet potato and copper in Gombe State,and he isnt acknowledged, misplaced priorities, owambe president

another pointer to why nigeria is behind. . .obviously you cant read. the status update says GEJ was briefed. . .check a dictionary.

@thread
If you know for a fact that he was briefed about chidinma and the ss2 dude and he didn't holler you have a point. . .else STFU!

@herculeso7
start a thread on the power thing if you really want to understand it. . .

Gbawe:
My brother , this is a very intelligent post along with your first contribution to this thread. The dangers of these type of threads is that they become a congregation ground for the desperate opponents of Ribadu who , in the eyes of Nigerians , do not have anywhere near Ribadu's record of brave service to his nation. It is then puzzling that this thread is started by a Ribadu fan.

Jonathan and some other candidates , undoubtedly and by far, are much easier target for criticism than Ribadu as far as suitability for top office goes . Ribadu is a good man. Far more sincere than most. He has things to learn but he will learn them. His supporters should not be guilty of criticising him publicly and supplying opponents with ammunition. IBB and Jonathan fans are not doing such despite their candidates actually being much poorer than Ribadu. Some fans of Jonathan would welcome a respite from the onslaught their candidate is recieving for his ineptitude and weakness. Simultaneously they would welcome the chance to rail against the opposition. I knew what this thread would become and this is why , after my initial comments, I saw no need to return to it until your very insightful contribution.

byeeeeee. . .

oyb:
voting with your pockets

yes ke. . .

@thread
i dont know who the guy has around him, it's obvious they're not telling him the truth. . .the guy needs serious coaching.

@diggler
does that mean that SMEs have access to the 600billion? or it's under another of them interventions that the money to buy the loan comes from? cos last time i remember you were running from SMEs now. . .and what are the interest rates on them loans sef?

nellaluv:
How can one speed up a computer. AFTER fixing A PROBLEM with the CPU, my system takes forever to boot even after booting it still takes forever b4 i can be able to use it

Anyone

Somebody

i've given my life to Christ so i cant do juju anymore. . .meaning, how on earth are we supposed to help if we dont know what type of computer you have? (which we wont know unless you dont tell us)

[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=535259.msg6975044#msg6975044 date=1287525618]Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa are not the only tribes in Nigeria.[/quote]no mind the fellow, so me wey no belong to any of the above no come be nigerian abi. . .shior

there's nothing happening in those zones, if things pick up y'all'll see me there. . .lol

i cant but agree with you. . .the roadmap is at least 75% of the reason i'm voting for GEJ, if it clicks, e go pay me die.

actually, the more common reply would be

5. who is this charlatan this time. . .no be him be the first.

mbulela:
Dude, get serious for once.
How can you mention GEJ and charisma in the same sentence?
The man has no charisma worth talking about.
what vision are you talking about?
GEJ is as visionless as they come.
The power supply blue print has never been a problem.the problem has always been a political will to execute a meaningful plan and a leadership to see it through.
The ability of GEJ as an individual is desecration of the hallowed office of the presidency.
In a country where fraudsters, ritual killers and religious jingoists are lawmakers and governors, people like you can afford to celebrate mediocrity and attempt to entrench it.

not exactly. . .obj had a plan in 2005 or something, it was good, but it wasn't as good as GEJs roadmap.

silvaspecs:
Pls house, i need to seriously learn electrical services and design, as well as practical installations of the electrical gadgets in a newly built house. I am a graduate of Elect/Comp. residing in Abuja. Kindly help with any link to the person i can learn from in Abj PLSSSSSS
tanx yáll

services and design of what?

Beaf:
Ribadu speaks worse English and has less charisma than GEJ. That is not debatable. GEJ can put a big vision forward (eg power supply), while Ribadu has repeatedly floundered at every single question in every interview. In fact, all of his interviews have been bloody alarming.

Make no mistake about it though, Ribadu is a man of the future, he is just a rough diamond whose only real error is lack of experience outside a uniform, he needs to sort that out and learn to operate in a civilian World where nothing happens "immediately," (a word he uses too often). The rest of his mistakes stem from that lack of civilian experience, get him a four-year stint as a senator or rep and see the difference.

Ribadu's inexperience shows itself in more than one way; the scariest however, is the way he allowed himself to be bamboozled into the top hierarchy of politics by a willy old fox, Bola Tinubu. It is widely known that Tinubu has several open criminal files, most opened by Ribadu himself. It is arguable that Tinubu does not care about an ACN presidency as much as he cares about neutralising the man who gave him such grief. In talking Ribadu into the plum job, Tinubu has insured himself against any trial in which Ribadu will be a witness of any weight.

Ribadu’s second display of inexperience is his willingness to talk down PDP, where he and the likes of El-Rufai stand to gain most from the defeat of the old Northern forces. After that task is completed, the mantle of Northern leadership would fall naturally into the laps a younger, progressive breed. But where will Ribadu be, in limbo? A newbie in Ribadu's shoes shouldn't talk down any political party.

Right now, Ribadu is headed nowhere. He is simply Tinubu’s latest get out of jail card and expensive plaything. Anyone arguing against my assertion will do better asking why Ribadu is never well prepared for any interview; it seems Tinubu and ACN are pretty relaxed about the prospect of their representative self-destructing. Why? Other political parties would get interview questions before hand and get their candidate groomed and well prepared. Why not ACN?

I hope Ribadu can see the trap he has fallen into and back out.

on point!!! saying i'm impressed with this post is understating things. . ._{now if you could be this objective where GEJ is concerned. . .}

Sagamite:
What is fiercely contested?

I can guess that it was done through some voting system? Am I wrong?

Does that not mean th country with[b] higher population, easier access to technology and high average income would have an upper hand in voting?[/b]

What is the achievement?

You think the organisers give a hoot apart from making dough off the voting?

What hard work and superiorly exemplary work did Uti do to warrant presidential exemplification to the audience (which is the youths)?

I would rather the president highlight the disabled weightlifters at commonwealth games that won all medals (Gold to Bronze) in both male and female events to motivate others?

@saga
voting is by bloc, all the votes in a country count as one so population isn't that much of an advantage(the fact that nigeria and zimbabwe were the favourites alone is enough to show that). . .nigeria doesn't have any advantage as far as the other parameters you listed are cpncerned.

BBA5 became about nationality with most people not wanting uti to win simply because he was nigerian, uti's victory is a triumph for nigeria because when people realised that it was fast becoming a nation vs nation thing, nigerians rallied around uti, and truth be told, uti's win is more of a victory for nigeria than you realise, a trip to any of the various fan pages for bigbrother even on FB will show you so, most people aren't saying 'uti cheated' they are saying big brother cheated for nigeria.

In a competition that spanned at least 14 countries(heck people in the uk were even voting to make sure naija won), having your country come out tops is not beans by any stretch, anyone that witnessed all the stategising that was done here on NL will know that the victory is naija's as much as uti's.

RADIUS

adbled

hey ppl,

i need help with something, i'm trying to help a friend sort out his computer, thing is, some quack formatted his recovery partition so we cant use system restore, the sticker under his computer isn't very clear so i cant make out the pre-installed OS type even though i can see the numbers, i think it's windows 7 home premium or professional sha. . .

what i need to know is if i can use the restore CD from a similar computer then change the key in regedit or something, cos i've been unable to fund a bootleg copy of the OS to buy, all i seem to find is windows ultimate and the key under the laptop wont work with ultimate. . .

it's one of them black compaqs, i cant remember the model now, 120gb, 2gb(he bought extra memory)

[quote author=££VICTOR££ link=topic=301179.msg6938866#msg6938866 date=1287058752]Am finding it hard to change the PC display language (Swedish to English). It was sent frm my relatives in Sweden, I Hα√ε done the system recovery more than 2 times now,
What should i do??Please help[/quote]what's the OS?

robbed

soplare

[quote author=ace-xtreme link=topic=534733.msg6970824#msg6970824 date=1287489785]I dnt think i understand u Nigerians anymore!!! Watz wrong about sending a congratulatory message to someone who has represented the country well?

Even though i don't watch Big Brother and didnt watch Big Brother 5, because of the noise made about it and how popular it is, i know who won almost every season.

Nigerians chose to make BB5 popular, Is it then wrong for the President of the "same nation thats crazy about BB5" to part-take in it?

Lets reason b4 we make comments!!! [/quote]the guy didn't even say he watched it o, he said he was briefed. . .anyway sha. . .like uti said 'bad belle people still dey wonder'

in other related news, IBB too has congratulated uti, but this time it wasn't on FB sha. . .

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/10/babangida-congratulates-uti/

mikeansy:
I have also said this too, Ribadu's articulation is shameful . . . . I consider him a great public servant but I do not believe he is a Presidential material.

Folks claim how a leader communicates does not matter, but nothing can be more further from the truth because communication does matter. Go look at every administration in this country since independence, they have had wonderful policies written down on paper but failed on implementation.
Nothing hampers policy implementation more than inability to inspire people to believe in your programmes. Ability to get people to believe in your programmes has a lot to do with leadership and communication ability. free inspiring people sef, when you cant communicate your ideas effectively how do you expect people to understand them?

Sometimes when I listen to Azikiwe, Ojukwu, Abubakaw Tafawa Balewa I wonder how we came to this.

For all of the criticisms about Shagari's leadership abilities, even Shagari's communication skills puts Ribadu and GEJ to shame.

This is very embarrassing and these folks should go and upgrade themselves or allow space for those who can do the job.

you put this more clearly than i could ever hope to. . .however, i must warn you that if we both run for president i will beat you 'cos Mr. anti-corruption is my middle name

orangemen:
@netotse,
if u look back at my last post, it was directed to tbk47 in answer to his question of which i considered him gentle enough to read and understand my position. u just joined the discussion with the above highlighted 3 wonderful words of urs( GUY, INANE AND PAROCHIAL).

this is internet where anyone comes including our own president. do u think these words of urs will be the best assuming u were addressing your parents or someone of the same age with your parents?
what i am talking abt is your public relations. in a public forum like this, we never met, u don't know me, we are not friends and i can be of the same age with your papa or mama so brother next time address ppl with their id names.
on the issue of inane and parochial, i can only say, same to your parents.
as per topic, no comments.

awww. . .that's so sweet, i woulda loved to join you in your display of childishness but somehow i just dont see the need to refer to people's parents just to make a point. . .once again, i really and truly am sorry that i cant descend to your level. . .it just wont work

diggler:
Sup folks.

Question?

Would you give your female staff maternity leave of say 3 months each for 2 consecutive years?


As for me, once i leave the payroll and be paying my own roll, i'd only hire married women who are done with reproduction.
All the labor rights activist can come have tryouts with my lawyers in labor court for all i care.

Yeah, yeah Child rearing is a divine injunction and all that, but so is "go out there, subdue the earth and dont starve those bloody kids to death".

Some women are just meant to sit their large asses at home and rear kids. It takes something extra to juggle a career and family.

My Mums who is at zenith of her profession (academics), made sacrifices so she can raise my ungrateful behind plus my three sblings.

yet she was still able to make it.
if u aint got it, u aint got it period.

peace

to think i was just coming to the thread to holler at you, i bin wan beg you and tkb make una have mercy on the naira. . .it's not fair o, at least make boys begin dey earn better money before una totally destabilize the thing now. . .

as per the maternity leave. . .what if you move to the UK where maternity is much more(cant rem what it is now. . .) or germany sef, where i hear the leave is unholy, i think there's even a bill in the works that increases the maternity leave duration to something like 6months sef. . .

buharism. . .lol

buhari and NR are ok in my books, however there's no way i'm supporting ribadu for president(unless someone apart from GEJ wins the PDP ticket), the man will just be constituting a nuisance up and down the country, he needs to mature politically.

@gbawe
you're become NRs very own beaf. . .

Indiscriminate kissing, nail and biro chewing, are some of the causes of sore throat, according to a medical doctor.

Enema Amodu, an Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) consultant at the Garki Hospital, Abuja, said that people should be more hygiene-conscious.

“Adults especially should desist from chewing their nails, putting biros in their mouths, kissing indiscriminately, and watch what they eat,” he said.

Dr. Enema described sore throat as anything that causes impediment in the normal function of the throat’s areas, which present some difficulties in swallowing.

He also likened indiscriminate kissing to having multiple sex partners, saying “when a person kisses all that comes to his or her way, the person is bound to get an infection, which could cause sore throat.”

He said children were often susceptible to sore throat because of the injurious materials they put in the mouths, which could be hot food or anything that causes pain in their throat.

“If you put injurious materials in the mouth, the tonsils that fight infections in the throat will get inflamed or traumatised, and this will definitely lead to soreness of the throat,” he said.

The doctor advised the young and the old to be conscious of changes in their body, as sore throat could be accompanied by headache and fever, especially high fever.

He added that any sore throat taking longer to heal should be referred to a health care professional.

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Reader Comments (7)

Posted by Riot5000 on Oct 19 2010

DISCRIMINATE KISSES do cause sore throat too.

Posted by Andee on Oct 19 2010

I am surprise to hear this. Do people here in nigeria really have indiscriminate mouth to mouth kiss? Is it on the road or where? I believe nigerians have more of indiscriminate sex than kiss, as most nigerian women don't even like kissing. That must be a foreign research.

Posted by Prof. Dike Samson Kwenusa Dike on Oct 19 2010

Guys since indiscriminate kissing causes sore throat, its now better to do it selectively, purposely & discriminately. May be we should also start using mouth condom to enable us kiss freely.

Posted by Silkytie on Oct 19 2010

'Dr Enema', LOL! Seriously, NEXT, what is the merit of this article? Is there even such a thing a 'indiscriminate kissing'?

Posted by tayokarate on Oct 19 2010

Lol, b4 nko, pscheww

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orangemen:
@tbk47,
[b]this is one of the sompliest question i v ever come across in my life.
the last time i visited facebook, i had to start my computer and get the system connected to the internet which sometimes takes times to connect.
[/b]never mind the line above, what is the main purpose of a president coming to facebook? if u think it is to post topics or comments, u are wrong because it is to hear our opinions on topics of interests.

are you comparing your schedule to that of the CinC? that has to be the most inane comparison i've come across this year. . .so when GEJ wants to browse, he has to
1. walk to the computer
2. switch on the computer
3. Connect to the internet(which may take some time)
4. Login to facebook

(and in that space of time, the naira would have crashed. . .smh, Nigeria is ruined)

orangemen:
if any of u have seen the comments on our presents comments, he or she will agree with me that our president will either ignore everyother issue and read through thousands of comments from nigerians or ignore the same ppl he has come to listen to.
uncle, if someone is reading and posting on behalf of our president, the idea of listening to us is defeated because that same one will only be interested in telling him abt how nigerians are praising him.
i read and comment on the president's fb comments and i tell u in confidence that even computers cannot stand the number of comments on every topic no wonder cnn confirmed that jonathan's fb comments are more than the german councilors, obama's uk prime minister and one other popular person's comments join together.
with these few points of mine, i am sure i v been able to convience u that his facebook appearance here makes little or no sense.
by the way, what is the need of asking seeking our opinions when our problems are too open and self announced that even the deaf and dumb and the blind can see and hear them.
let jonathan start with these generational problems like power supply, security, schools, roads, police and corruption and we will see the seriousness in him and not decieving us by this facebook nonsense.
how does not know the above mentioned problems in nigeria and how does coming to facebook bring solution to any of them?

guy. . .one word comes to mind when i read this your write up. . .parochial

googles:
lol. . . so wat if our president tweets ? 

I tire for some nigerians o. . . despite the hard times you go thru in your day to day lives,dont you find a way to tweet,or Nairaland,or facebook ?

wat makes joe different ? because he is the president, he shouldnt have a social life ? na wa o. and wat does his FB status have to do with official matters ?

Does the BBA post stop him from doing his official duties ? does it mean hez not working on other pressing issues ? the crude way some pple think is just alarming

B'sides the whole FB thingy/BBa post is a strategy, he is trying to appeal to the youths in a way i think 

you're sooo right. . .besides, i dont see how the 5mins it would take to type out the status message means that Nigeria is going to the dogs. . .

@jarus
how dare you imply Ribadu possesses anything less than stellar communication skills?

_{just let gbawe catch you first, you're daring to side with others against NR?. . .smh}