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letustalk:
PAPAbrowne how far now? pls i just got a nokia 5800 expmusic and i want to have it connected. i was using opera until it stopped. i must say taht i am impressed with your speed. pls how can i be guided around it?

Letstalk, sincerely, I don't know the technicalities.
I just have this Evdo USB from multilinks. They charge me 21k/month.

Looks like Dora is going down down down!!

How can you sacrifice the good name you've built over the last ten years for just one stupid and obviously self destruct announcement!!
She could have found a way to avoid that announcement. Someone else could have done it.Maybe Segun Adeniyi!

I believe she would be the next to resign!

[quote author=Xavier. link=topic=267021.msg3796371#msg3796371 date=1240996420]Kobojunkie

This is Nigeria not the US of A. What if those directives conflicting with her ethical convictions were coming from the presidency itself? You still want her to go right ahead spilling her guts.


Madame Dora, last we checked Adebayo dropped her resignation letter, in person, in Abuja. You could have questioned her then, rather than asking for explanation on the pages of the news print. Not everyone is interested in playing to the gallery.[/quote]Yeah Kobo is soooooo out of touch with the Nigerian reality!! And I understand completely! I was once like that!

On Madame Dora, what ever questions she (FG) needed to ask Mrs Adebayo in the press release, she could have asked her when she visited with the SSS.
Its all a spoof. And Dora is finding herself in very unfamiliar turf with very strange bedfellows. She might be the next to resign!!

Kia. I'm tired of Nigerians/ Nairalanders 4 real!!

This woman has at least appeared to do something good, and there are people here questioning her integrity. I don't get it!
Can't we at least commend the good she has appeared to have done b4 we start our skeptcism!!


Why would anyone find it easier to celebrate her reportedly sullied past, than to appreciate her new and heroic present!! Please give me a break!

That's ma speed!!Special delivery!! Gets much faster atimes.Good enough I guess!!
If anyone can beat this, then paste yours lets see.

Me sef I wonder! Why abuse someone u can't see!

otokx:
Amaechi is trying but its not all eureka, the price of petrol is the most expensive in Port Harcourt.

A State Guv'nor has nothing to do with the price of petrol.

debosky:
There is nothing 'typical' about it. When people are dying NOW of Malaria, why should be be jumping through hoops about swine flu given the reasons I elucidated above, we are highly unlikely to have a break out? 

Your alarmist tone serves no purpose - I'm glad your government 'foresaw' and you are 'fully covered', Nigerians have little worry about when it comes to swine flu, that is my opinion.

Debosky, I am not the one who is been alarmist. Every major news network has it fully covered throughout the day. They are the ones sounding the alarm.
The simple reason to "jump the hoops over swine flu" is so that it doesn't add more deaths to those Nigerians already dying of Malaria.

I really do hope that given the reasons you elucidated above, Nigeria is not at risk. The problem however is that over 12,000 Nigerians travel daily many of them to the southern part of USA.
Once again, I am not concerned for myself, as my government has me fully covered.

debosky:
I'm not very concerned. It seems to be associated with people who have been in Mexico for the most part, and to a lesser extent the southern US. I don't think we get much travelers to/from Mexico in Nigeria so there's really nothing much to be done for now.

Those of you who like pork, I'd advise you to abstain for a while.

Like someone rightly said, Malaria is a bigger concern for us than swine flu.

I am not very concerned for myself either. My government long foresaw all these coming and has me fully covered!
My concern is for Nigerians/ Africans. My other concern is for the global economy man. Just when the economy was recovering, this one hits!

Malaria is a bigger concern? That's typical Nigerian mentality! Nothing becomes important until it hits.

The Swine Flu Virus seems to be spreading at an alarming rate.
Nigeria should do something to prevent it from reaching its shores now, especially as the country doesn't have the resources and infrastructure to contain the eventuality of a pandemic.

Send an email to Dora Akunyili to inform Nigerians on what to do and what the government plans to do!
First she is the Minister of Information, then she is also a healthcare professional and she is the only Minister that seems to care about Nigerians!
So send her an email and tell them (the Federal Government) to act now!!

This is her email address: dakunyili@nigeria.gov.ng



The latest news and statistics!

Developments on swine flu worldwide

By The Associated Press The Associated Press – Sun Apr 26, 10:55 pm ET

Key developments Sunday on swine flu outbreaks:

• Deaths: 103, all in Mexico. 22 confirmed as swine flu, 81 suspected.

• Sickened: 1,614 in Mexico, suspected or confirmed; 20 confirmed in U.S.; 6 confirmed in Canada; 13 suspected in New Zealand; 7 suspected in Spain; 1 suspected in France; 1 suspected in Israel; 1 suspected in Brazil.

• Locations in Mexico: 17 states, including Mexico City, Mexico State, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Baja California and San Luis Potosi. Some, including Oaxaca, Mexico City and Baja California, have tourist areas, but authorities have not said where in these states the outbreaks occurred.

• Locations in U.S.: 8 in New York, 7 in California, 2 in Kansas, 2 in Texas and 1 in Ohio.

• Safety measures in Mexico: In Mexico City, surgical masks given to subway passengers, public events canceled, schools and public venues closed and church services postponed. President Felipe Calderon has assumed new powers to isolate infected people. World Bank is providing Mexico with more than $200 million in loans to help with the outbreak.

• Safety measures in U.S: Roughly 12 million doses of Tamiflu being moved from federal stockpile to be delivered to states. Travelers at border asked about travel to flu-stricken areas. St. Francis Preparatory School in New York City, where eight cases are confirmed, closed Monday and Tuesday. St. Mel's Catholic School in Fair Oaks, Calif., closed until at least Thursday as officials investigate possible infection of seventh-grader. Fourteen schools in the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District in Texas, including high school where two cases are confirmed, closed for at least the next week.

• Safety measures worldwide: Airports screening travelers from Mexico and United States for flu symptoms. China, Russia, Taiwan and Bolivia plan to put anyone with symptoms under quarantine. Hong Kong and South Korea warn against travel to Mexico City and three provinces. Italy, Poland and Venezuela advised citizens to postpone travel to affected areas of Mexico and the United States. Some countries increasing screening of pigs and pork imports or banning them outright.

Just about the time the world is trying to recover from the global economic downturn, a brand new threat, much worse than the global recession, is emerging!
The Swine Flu Virus is on rampage in Mexico and seems to have potential to spread pretty rapid. Cases have been reported in US, New Zealand and a few other countries are watching some patients closely. 81 people have died already.

This seems like a pretty bad virus as it has strains of Human, Swine and Bird Flu Virus all jam packed in one Virus. International Health bodies like World Health Organization, US Center for Disease Control and a host of others are worried scared of its potential for spread.

My question is this: Why is it that just about the time when the world is recovering from the economic downturn, the Virus appears from no where. This is some scary stuff man!
I don't know if governments worldwide are ready for this triple threat of global terrorism, global economic recession,  and a potential global pandemic like the Swine flu virus.

I don't even want to think of Nigeria/Africa's ability to handle such a pandemic. This is really some scary shit!

(CNN) -- Mexican officials are asking citizens to avoid large crowds, refrain from kissing as a greeting and maintain a distance of at least 1.8 meters (six feet) from each other amid growing concern in the country and elsewhere over new cases of suspected and confirmed swine flu infection.


By Sunday, 81 deaths had been deemed "likely linked" to a deadly new strain of the virus by health authorities in Mexico. Viral testing has confirmed 20 cases, said Dr. Jose A. Cordova Villalobos, Mexico's health secretary. In the United States, the number of confirmed swine flu cases stood at 11.

In New Zealand, officials said 22 students and three teachers, who returned from a three-week-long language trip to Mexico, may have been infected with the virus.

The 25 students and teachers at Auckland's Rangitoto College returned to New Zealand via Los Angeles on Saturday.

Fourteen have shown flu-like symptoms, with four "more unwell than others," said Dr. Julia Peters, clinical director of Auckland Regional Public Health Service.

Health Minister Tony Ryall said 10 students tested positive for influenza A. The specimens will be sent to WHO to determine whether it is H1N1 swine influenza. H1N1 influenza is a subset of influenza A.

The WHO results are expected back by midweek. The group remains quarantined at home.

"It's certainly has not been confirmed that they have swine flu," said Dr. Craig Thornley, medical officer of health in influenza. "We already have provisional information that some of the group have influenza A. We won't know if they have the type of influenza A that is swine flu."

In England, authorities stressed that a crew member who developed flu-like symptoms during a flight from Mexico City to Heathrow did not test positive for swine flu.

"I can confirm that the patient doesn't have swine flu," said Jonathan Street, a spokesman for Northwick Park Hospital in London.

"We have done all test, and they all came back negative."

In Israel, doctors are running tests on a man who recently returned from Mexico with light flu symptoms.

U.S. health officials said Friday that some cases of the virus in the United States matched samples of the deadly Mexican virus. All the patients have recovered or are expected to.

The panic over the virus prompted Canada to issue a travel health notice, saying the public health agency was "tracking clusters of severe respiratory illness with deaths in Mexico."  Watch CBC report on Canadian microbiologists' concerns »

South Korea said it will test airline passengers arriving from the United States. And Japan will convene a Cabinet meeting Monday to come up with measures to block the entry of the virus into the country.

The United States had not issued any travel warnings or quarantines.

But US Airways said Saturday night it would allow passengers to change plans if they wanted to because of the outbreak.


Gregory Hartl, of the World Health Organization, said the strain of the virus seen in Mexico is worrisome because it has mutated from older strains. Watch how public health officials grade phases of pandemic alerts »

"Any time that there is a virus which changes ,  it means perhaps the immunities the human body has built up to dealing with influenza might not be adjusted well enough to dealing with this new virus," Hartl said.

He said that, in Mexico, otherwise young, healthy people have been hit by the virus -- "one of the pieces of the puzzle that is worrying us," he said.

Mexico City has closed all of its schools and universities until further notice because of the virus.  Watch efforts in Mexico to prevent spread of the virus »

More than 1,300 people with flu-like symptoms have been admitted to hospitals in Mexico, and officials are trying to determine how many of them have swine flu, said Jose Cordova Villalobos, the country's health minister.

The H1N1 strain of swine flu is usually associated with pigs. When the flu spreads person-to-person, instead of from animals to humans, it can continue to mutate, making it a tougher strain that is harder to treat or fight off.

Symptoms of swine flu include fever, lethargy, lack of appetite, coughing, runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, the CDC said. Learn more about swine flu and how to treat it »


President Barack Obama, who visited Mexico last week en route to the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago, is not sick.

"The president's trip to Mexico has not put his health in any danger," spokesman Robert Gibbs said

manmustwac:
Whether u get your admission or not depends on how well u performed when u wrote in your JAMB. Prayer is nothing but superstition and will never influence your results in anyway whatsoever.

Mr Manmustwac is the smartest man in the world, and remains so, until the day he finds himself between a rock and a hard place. Then he will realize that his only way out is prayer and immediately, he will loose his smartness and begin to pray!! Mr Smart Manmustwac!!

@bigmodo,
I tot it was another joke of yours, but this time around you sound serious! Nairalanders may pray for you, no worry!

@ MrStrength10
Interesting, the regions with the most Local Governments are the poorest regions in the country!
Doesn't that tell you that more states or LGAs don't solve any problems neither do they bring much development!
In fact they might actually create further polarization amongst hitherto united people!

@Horus
The posters presentation is fraught with problems no doubt. But I don't think it has anything to do with divide and rule!
There is nothing wrong with discussing positively what I think we know is a major problem with Nigeria.

These poverty figures are worthy of discussion!
North-west:74%, North Central%: 70, North East: 70%
South West:28%, South South: 30%, South East: 23%

The disparity in poverty level is too high and it would help to discuss the cause of this. And I don't think the answer is too far from the what the poster has stated.

@Mikeansy
I support the the[size=18pt] DONALD DUKE [/size] motion!!

Other great Nigerians include El-Rufai, Oby Ezekwesili and yes Fashola and a lot other hidden Nigerians with exquisite potentials!

Northern Nigeria! Southerners & Easterners!! Western World!!!
All of these, directions and descriptions!!

Then again, although incoherent & biased in presenting his/her case, the poster has made points that are statements of fact and worthy of discussion especially if Nigeria must move forward.

We can pretend as if the stereotypical characterizations of Northern Nigeria mentioned by  the poster don't exist and try as much as possible to act politically correct, but fact is these stereotypes are real and  are detrimental to the growth of this country.
However, every region in the country has its detrimental characteristics that hinder the growth and development of this country.

We are critcising the poster for starting a tribal discussion- Tribalism is a fact in Nigeria! We must discuss it! Not discussing tribal stereotypes is akin to sweeping dirt under the carpet in your house. One day, you'll find that your house is a dustbin.

Stereotyping is the basis for which most, if not all of us Humans base our judgments!
Stereotypically, Igbos would be too money driven and would do anything for it! Stereotypically, Yorubas would be traitors. Stereotypically, Hausas are too destitute-like(as the poster has pointed), Calabars too House-Helpy, Delta youths too militant, Edo girls too lose in Italy and so on and so fault!

In discussions, there is nothing too wrong with stereotyping. It is in individual actions that stereotyping becomes a problem.
I don't see anything wrong with the poster starting a reasonable stereotype- based discussion on something many of us know is one of the largest problems in the country!

Tuface new video
Off the hook!!
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@Texazzpete
You argument doesn't hold water!

There's nothing like a fair hearing in political cases in Nigeria, so why should he come back and face the compromised courts for charges that are politically motivated. The guy stepped on too many toes in his bid to sanitize Abuja.

What's astonishing to me about your reasoning is that, you are rooting for an obvious alignment of thieves(Aadoooakaa, Farida, Ibori and the likes) against the best performers(Ribadu, El-Rufai and a few others) Nigeria has had in ages. Something is wrong somewhere!

I did a quick count on the pro El-Rufai posts [b]VS [/b]the pro EFCC posts.The result is 25 for El-Rufai and 4 for EFCC.
Nigerians are not fools anymore. Everybody knows the joke that is the EFCC under Waziri.

But then again, Ibori is such a Power Horse! The same institution that put him in jail just a year ago now belongs to him!
I wonder how he worked that out!

[quote author=Frank-C link=topic=261952.msg3737080#msg3737080 date=1239883216]Why not address the message and leave the messenger alone. You can even correct a man without making it obvious to him. I vote for more maturity.[/quote]I also vote for more maturity!! Both from the pro-ikeyman likes and anti-ikeyman likes!
It's quite amazing how much time both sides have 2 type gibberish!

Seun:
Tell that to the shareholders [/b]of Enron.  Heh.  Business is survival of the fittest, not biggest.

Seun, shareholders and yearly profitability are not all that matter in a company.
And yes, in the long run the [b]biggest [/b]would very likely turn out the [b]fittest! Walmart is doing just fine despite the global crisis!

biina:
The point I was making, that you failed to grasp, is that the increased 'size' is a direct consequence of the capitalization requirement.  Now if you feel the size of a company is all there is to it, then I advise you start taking basic lessons in economics (or petty trading).

I grasp that the increased 'size' is a direct consequence of the capitalization requirement and that's exactly my point. Because the capitalization requirement is a direct consequence of Soludo's policy formulation.

I don't think the size of the company is all there is to it, but I'm pretty sure it matters much more than yearly profitability.
Before a company gets to a size where Forbes would reckon, then it sure has had profitable runs in the past and should have much more to come as in the case of the three Nigerian banks mentioned.

RichyBlacK:

Hausa = ethnic group
Yoruba = ethnic group
Delta = state

Anybody notice the inconsistency here?

Why not state the ethnic group of the "delta man" also?

Nigerians!

Hehe. . . . . funnily, the CEO in question is a Delta man of [b]Igbo [/b]extraction!

biina:
Some posters just don't get it.
The list is of top 2000 world biggest companies, and says nothing about their profitability. The increased capitalization influenced this, but says nothing of their performance.
Yet Soludo, as CBN governor, only made the regulation, he did not source the funds, neither did he manage the banks, ergo the  whole OP is pointless

Nobody uses profitability to determine the size of a company! If profitability is used as a benchmark, then it would be safe to assume that the Suya Mallam near your house who turned a profit should make the list b4 the likes of GM, Chrysler & all the other giants that posted  huge loses.

@Dranoel
I repeat the same question Omo Ibo has asked.
Before Soludo, where were those banks? ? ?

Incase you don't know, let me tell you.

Before Soludo, all the 89 banks in Nigeria put together were smaller than the fourth largest bank (I think Ned bank) in South Africa.
Now, with just 4 years of Soludo, any our top four banks can compete favorably with the same Ned bank.
Without Soludo, none of these would be possible, even if Alan Greenspan were to be employed as CEO of one of our pre-2005 banks!

That's called outstanding performance. And I don't think it has anything to do with the fact that Soludo is Ibo!

Very, very funny thread!I reserve my intended comments!
On the real, lets just enjoy the thread, no need to comment negatively!

This is the best story on Nairaland. The detailed description of the locations and the characters made me feel like I was watching a real good movie.
This stuff is good for a movie- No, not a nollywood movie, It's good enough for Hollywood!

@Bandiejay
You do have success potentials!! Just look within and forget that crap that you can only succeed with connections!

jot01:
WHY CANT YOU PUT AJEGUNLE PICS UP THERE, AJEGUNLE OR IJORA COSTAIN, MUSHIN AND OSHODI,
DONT PUT IKOYI OR ISLAND PICS, DONT FOOL US HERE,

MUGU

THANKS BRO

A very sorry & negative fella!
How often do u see pictures of Harlem, NYC or South Central,L.A?
Please go and open your own Ajegunle thread!

@Lagos,
Lagos be improving big time! Nice pics!

strangleyo:
http://www.economist.com/world/mideast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13447405

What if the president goes?
Apr 8th 2009 | LAGOS
From The Economist print edition

Umaru Yar’Adua’s ill-health is fuelling dangerous speculation


A political upset would shake the relative stability Nigeria has enjoyed since the end of military rule in 1999. The economy has grown steadily. Though severe problems remain, Nigeria’s poorest are better off and less bullied than they were under the generals. But if Mr Yar’Adua’s health worsens, it could threaten the northerners’ grip on power and on the lucrative apparatus of government.

Political power in Nigeria is still allotted in back-room deals to ensure that the top job alternates between the elites of the largely Muslim north and Christian south: a “gentlemen’s agreement” to allow the ungentlemanly feasting on the country’s billions of dollars of stolen and mismanaged oil resources. Nigeria is still one of the world’s most corrupt countries.

I like the highlighted part of the article. The reporter decribed it perfectly!

I miss OBJ days sha!!
There was at least some hope back then!
Now, all that hope for Nigeria is in TATTERS!