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Thanks a lot for the response. I work in the media so I browse the internet a lot and I download a lot of music into my laptop and to my phone.

Please do not crucify me for being behind the technology trend, my boy has been bashing me for still carrying my laptop about when everyone now uses blackberry to browse. I can use my Nokia 5330 to browse so what is the difference between it and blackberry? Please, I want to know if I will not have to use my laptop again once I start using blackberry. Does the blackberry have every service I might need from my laptop? Also, I am a bit confused about all these blackberry (gold, bold, javelin, etc), iphone and android phones. What is the difference between these phones and can they replace my laptop?

In fact, I am confused about all these new technology. I would appreciate it if someone educates me here so I can know which one to buy and which one to leave. I can't just go and buy something just because it is in vogue or just to appear trendy.

toba:
then? do u think we would fall for this crap? they dont have houses in abuja what about other states? they should tell us if they dont have at all

If you live in this country, you would have known that it would be almost impossible for a former minister (of the FCT for that matter) to amass so much wealth, build houses in his village and other states and not own even one in Abuja, his primary place of residence. Please, use your brain. We should learn to appreciate the too few honest ones amongst our leaders so that other people can aspire to be like them without the fear of being vilified. There are still men of principle and honour in this country though chronically dishonest and dubious would always like to potray everyone in like manner.

In a land where it is believed that occupiers of public offices are only interested in amassing as much wealth as possible, it is refreshing to learn that there are still few who are upright and are in such offices solely to render service to Nigeria. Former FCT Minister, Alhaji Abba Gana, in this interview reveals that he is only just building a house in Abuja and presently lives in a rented apartment. It is also surprising to learn that three former Heads of State, General Yakubu Gowon, Alhaji Shehu Shagari and General Buhari do not own houses in Abuja.

Full interview: http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2010/dec/11/national-11-12-2010-01.htm

Until Okah names the purported aide of the President who called him or shows the text message, his story should not be taken as true. Come to think of it, why would the aide send such a text message to him after discussing with him? And why is Okah hiding the identity of the aide?

However, I think that the President's handling of the bomb blast is very disappointing. He shouldn't have rushed out with that irresponsible comment exonerating MEND and trying to link the incident to IBB. The bomb blast had a similar pattern to the one in Delta State some months back which was also after the amnesty. Was that also done by IBB or Dokpesi? The President is the one that politicized the bomb blast so he should bear the consequences. I thought that the man was very intelligent.

I think Chidinma did not look surprised because after Kesse was adjudged to be second, it was obvious to everyone that she would win. It was really between those two but personally, I think KESSE is the most talented. But the results were determined by public voting so we can not always expect the best to win. If your people vote out half a million naira to vote for you during the competition, you would surely end up among the winners even if you sang crap throughout the competition.

SPARROW JA:
We need people like papa Ejima to enlighten Nigerians, The man has just typed the truest statement I've ever read on here for a long time, I just want to add that Yobo, played for Amateur team Mechelin fc as a teenage high school leaver and also played for SSk and bright stars, the last coach was coach Zico amongst other local coaches he trained with but the boy is 30yrs old for real cuz I played with him alongside George Abbey who was only a yr or 2 older than us. I coudn't make it to the top level but I must tell d truth as much as I know. Gideon, Joseph, Edwin and Albert in ascending other were the 4 footballing brothers in Igboukwu street D/line.
Joseph is our best and most reliable and experience defender, what a skipper nxt world cup shud be ok 4 him

Thank you sparrow. You know the family very well. I grew up at no. 33 while the Yobos grew up at no. 24 and later no. 35. I just hope that people would only comment on things that they know and leave the boy alone. He made it to the top at an early age because he was very good so he should not be crucified for it.

philip0906:
Papa ejima,how far na?

I dey my brother.

It is understandable for Nigerians to be skeptical about our players' ages because of our tendency to falsify our age records. However, that does not mean that there are no players using their true ages. For instance, it is established that players born in Europe can not possibly falsify their ages e.g. Osaze Odemwengie and Andre Dede Ayew, etc. Now, if it is possible for Dede to play for the Ghana National team at the age of 18, why do we think it is impossible for a Nigerian player to play for the Super Eagles at the age of 20?

Those of us who followed the Nigerian football league when we had a league must have heard of the player, Okwuchukwu Nwaobikeze. He started playing for Sharks of Port Harcourt while still in Secondary School in SS2 at the Federal Government College, Port Harcourt. Before you say he could as well be 25, this guy hails from a relatively wealthy family in Omoku, Rivers State. The Principal of his school only allowed Coach Monday Sinclair to use him in the home matches unless they were in holidays. He finished secondary school in 1989 and less than a year later, he made his debut for the the Super Eagles under coach Westerhof at the real age of 18 years and 10 months.

Now to Joseph Yobo. He has an elder brother, Albert Yobo who played for the Golden Eaglets at Ecuador 1995 alongside the late Igenewari George, the younger brother of Finidi George. The elder Yobo was my classmate at State School, Orogbum in D/Line, Port Harcourt and we were all born and lived in the same street, Igboukwu Street. Now while I can not vouch for the age the elder Yobo is using, I can categorically say that Joseph Yobo is using his real age whether you believe it or not. His quick success in the game is down to his elder brother. As at the time he finished from Birabi Memorial Grammar School, Bori, Albert was already in France playing for Auxerre. He immediately facilitated the movement of Joseph to Europe later that same year, that is why he never played professionally for any Nigerian clubside. He was later snapped up by the youth team of Standard Liege of Belgium as a striker which is his natural position. You would recall that was the position he played for the Flying Eagles in Nigeria 99. It was later that he was converted to a defensive midfielder, later right full back and now centre back.

I have written this long comment so you should not always generalise issues and make only comments you are sure of. Yobo has played for Nigeria since 2001 making it just 9 years. Because he started playing at an early age does not make him old. If he is to be dropped, let it be for lack of form or some other player doing better than him and not because of age. At his age, for a central defender, he has not even reached his prime. If Dede Ayew continues playing for Ghana in the next 10 years, will they drop him because he started playing from a young age? Those of you calling Yobo old do not even know that some of the players you are touting to replace him might even be older than him. I am saying this now because I know the player from his childhood. Who knows how many of our players had unfairly been labelled "old" just because they hit the limelight at a very young age?

Hi Uncle Sam, May God bless you for all your efforts. You can not imagine how many Nigerians have been "liberated" courtesy of your gesture. I have successfully unlocked my mtn slowlink using etisalat sim. The problem is that I don't know how to proceed from there as there was no link from etisalat. I would appreciate it if you can guide me through. Have a nice weekend.

The report is desperately one-sided and the writer obviously too personal. I wonder how forumites can be forming opinions on this kind of unprofessional report without hearing from "the other side".

As for Charly Boy, I had never liked him and always thought he doesn't have enough talents for a musician. His popularity has more to do with his surname and his wierdness.

This thread is a contender for the thread of the year along with the kaita thread.

Just saw an advert on tv by:
Just Jesus Praying Ministries International Incorporated. Old Airport Road, Port Harcourt.

Well, it seems that the pastors have exhausted all the sane names in their mad rush to own a church just like nollywood exhausted theirs in just under five years!

How did this rubbish ever get to the front page? Are Nairaland moderators toddlers?

I need some one here resident in Port Harcourt to set up a dynamic website for my business. Please drop your info and evidence of competence here or send to sirpolly@ovi.com. I will surely contact you.

JIY:
It is irresponsibility in Nigeria or elsewhere when a citizen shows little or no respect to their president, especially if the president has not shown himself or herself unworthy of respect. If you do not like or respect the person, you should respect the office. There are ways to disagree with a person without using vitriolic words.

It is also shameful, to say the least, that people who tout "freedom of speech" appear to know little about what the phrase means. Freedom of speech is not tantamount to saying everything that drops into your mind. I will take umbrage with anyone any day who shows disrespect to the presidency. If we do not respect ourselves none will.

Further, to excuse foul and abusive language simply because this is an internet setting is inexcusable. The very fact that this is a public forum should evoke a sense of decorum from people who desire to interact on the forum. We only expose the barbaric side of ourselves if or when at every turn we spew out abuse after abuse over issues we can settle in respectful and amicable ways.

We "the internet generation" should do better than our forebears. Our attitude should show a promise of progress and hope for our country.

A word to the wise____

Very well said. I think people who come to internet fora to abuse others are really never-do-wells. They just use the internet as a menas of voicing out their frustrations in life. You know what they say about a hungry man and anger?

For the falconets, I must admit that I did not even watch the match because I was actually in church then. It was a pleasant surprise when I heard the result. Now that they have defeated the holders, they should not relent until they bring home the cup. Go girls.

Nigerian christians do not fear God but they fear their pastors.

As for the question, I think it would be practically impossible to identify the part of their loot they had donated to the church. However, these pastors know what they ought to do in order to discourage such sinful actions by their members. They can not continue to turn a blind eye to these deeds. They have a responsibility to God and the people to speak out and ask questions when the need arises. If they are sincere, they know what to do or say.

nopuqeater:
papa ejima never said what kinda religion that allows killing when he reads the Biblical Exodus, that allowed even animals to be killed in addition to non combative people, and even trees were cut down just to heighten the intensity of the destruction. He never said anything about the Crusades and the spanish inisitions that the christian Europe committed, wherein millions lost their lives at a stretch.

He does not think that the situation in Somalia might have been other than purely religion reason. Afterall, Muslims are not supposed to kill people and muslims who are praying and observinf all the tenets of Islam shouldnt be killed by Muslims. Or am I wrong, Papa ejima?

No, you are not wrong. I actually expected you to defend the killings.

What kind of religion is this that derives joy in killing innocent people?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/af_uganda_explosions

bidemi12:
You are wrong. the military is one of the main reason we are in this predicament. nothing beats democracy. the problem is the citizenry. democracy cannot work if citizens allow rubish to continue.

I beg to disagree with you. The civilians have done more damage to this country than the military. The assertion that a country can not develop without democracy is just make-believe. Many undemocratic countries have developed far more than us. Take a look at most Arab and Asian nations, their governments are far from what we can consider as democracy but these nations have developed far more than us. What develops a nation is good leadership, be it civilian, military or monarchy. Jerry Rawling's government is widely regarded as the architect for the rapid economic development being witnessed today in Ghana. Can you compare the military government of Rawlings to what we are having here? Even if it is true that nothing beats democracy, what we have here in Nigeria is civilian government and not democracy. If we continue this type of government in the next 50 years, we will never make a headway as we will continue re-cycling rubbish. Under the military, no matter how long the despots rule, we will one day witness the emergence of a revolutionary like Rawlings or Murtala Mohammed who will put things right.

This is what we get for allowing ourselves to be deceived by the west that "the worst civilian government is better than the best military government". Can you really compare Nigeria to Libya or Egypt or even the monarchies in the gulf region? We should evolve a system of government best suited to our needs and peculiar circumstances and not what the western world think is best for us. I have witnessed six military governments and four civilian governments in Nigeria and I dare say that we had always fared better with the military. Almost all the landmark federal and state projects were executed under the military.

Democracy, they say, is the government of the people, by the people and for the people. The major catalyst for good governance is the fear of being driven out by the people. This can not be said of Nigeria's civilian government (not democracy) because they know once they get there, they stay there forever, no matter how they perform. It is the military that even have a semblance of democracy because, at least, they are afraid of their other colleagues booting them out. High time we ended this charade.

tkb417:
are u for real? why do people think this way?
so it would have been okay if it was a man that was in the picture

i didnt read anythn from you condemning the killing of the TRACE man cos the person wasnt female

does it matter what gender he/she is?

the pciture shows an overzealous security detail acting like a mentally challenged person and ure here debasing the whole issue to gender

is this about a woman or a man?

The thread is about overzealous security people in 9ja getting assaulted here and there cos of their modus operandi

na wa o

and una go school

And she couldn't even see that the alledged voilence against women was committed by a woman (The car was driven by a woman). Successful women don't feel inferior or intimated by men. It is the never-do-wells who always shout and find excuses for their failure.

My first reaction when I read this was "this is way out of order". But when the media officer to the super eagles elaborated later that Kaita had received about 1000 threats through email, I became suspicious. I thought they were talking about just a threat or two, but 1000? They must be kidding. Come to think of it, death threats in football are not uncommon and happen even in other supposed superior climes. So I wonder what the fuss is all about, even a forumite here saying the he regrets being born in Nigeria. I don't think his regrets in life are as a result of the supposed death threats but on something else: frustration?, failure in life?,.

You would recall that death threats were issued to the referee who officiated a match between Chelsea and Barcelona some seasons ago. His address and telephone number were even posted online for the whole world and this led to his premature retirement. There are other cases of death threats in football but they have never been carried out and they are usually made out of frustration in the heat of the moment. Some might point to the case of Escobar of Colombia. But was a death threat ever issued to him? I think the Eagles camp are either making this up to draw sympathy to the player or they are over-blowing it.

Nigeria midfielder Sani Kaita has received threats to his life after he was sent off in a crucial World Cup Group B match against Greece.

Kaita told The German Press Agency dpa on Saturday that he had received death threats, but said he was not bothered by them.

"Yes, I have received some threats to my life," he told dpa in a telephone call from the team hotel in Richard's Bay near Durban.

"They were sent to my email, but I'm not disturbed about that because as a Muslim, only God decides who lives and who dies."

Kaita was dismissed in the 33rd minute in his team's 2-1 defeat to Greece in Bloemfontein on Thursday after he appeared to lunge at defender Vasilis Torosidis with a foot during a tangle by the touchline.

"Everything on this earth is in God's hands, whether it is your life or whatever and unless God allows it, no one has the power to kill me," Kaita said.

"Only God knows what will happen tomorrow. He holds our destiny. That is what my religion teaches me."

Kaita refused to compare his situation with that of Colombia defender Andres Escobar, who was shot dead back home in Colombia in an incident believed linked to his his own goal which allowed hosts United States into the next round of the 1994 World Cup.

Colombia's failure to reach the knock-out stage of the World Cup was believed to have caused huge gambling losses to some of the country's powerful drug lords.

"I won't liken my case to that of Escobar because everyone has his destiny on this earth," Kaita said.

Kaita restated his personal disappointment with the red card incident which turned the match in favour of the Greeks, saying he was not even been booked in a Nigerian shirt before the drama in Bloemfontein.

"I can really understand the disappointment following what happened against Greece," he said.

"But I'm even more disappointed because since I began representing Nigeria at international level, first with the Under-20 team, then the Olympics and the full international team, I have not been booked much less sent off. This is not in my character.



"The coach (Lars Lagerback) told me he was disappointed in me soon after this match, but ever since both the coaches and players have rallied around me, offering me words of encouragement."

Kaita, 24, made his international debut in 2005 and has played at three African Cup of Nations tournament.

Despite Nigeria's defeats to Argentina and Greece, the Super Eagles will reach the last 16 if they defeat South Korea in their last Group B match in Durban on Tuesday.

Kaita, who is automatically suspended for that game, said he remained "very positive both as a person and also as part of the team."

He added: "Everyone's focus is on the next game and our prayer is that we win on Tuesday and qualify for the next round. I'm a Nigerian and proud to be one."

http://goalzz.com/main.aspx?showarticle=70980&obj=0

For the first time since the match, I find myself laughing after reading this thread.

If this Kaita, na oyinbo he for don commit suicide.

Please @Afam and others, NO POLITICAL MOTIVE, NO TERRORISM. Fact.

And please, stop this your "grammar war" with @elzar or whatever. He is too quarrelsome for my liking but give it to him when it comes to use of english, you can't beat him on that. That does not make you less educated. The most important thing is what you do with your education.

canuck:
@ Topic

Friendlies with North Korea?! A nation coming to the World Cup for the 2nd time ever, and after 44 years!!!

No sane country risks its key players in a friendly match just before the real thing.

Injuries are inevitable in sports and can happen even in training like we saw with Rio Ferdinand, Diego Milito and others. FIFA allows the team to substitute any injured player not less than 24 hours before the team's opening match. However, they can only do this with a player that was on the provisional list sent to FIFA, ie the 30 man list in the case of Nigeria. Rio Ferdinand has just been replaced with Michael Dawson. SO THIS FRIENDLY IS NOT UNNECESSARY.

~Bluetooth:
when life smiles at you,be grateful because there are people on the other side life is frowning at.If i may ask you,is marriage meant for the rich alone or would you like to see a man indebted all because he want to get married ?.grow up girl and free the guy

mirabell:
HHHmmm Mama Gee must you even contribute to every single topic?
You sure need some growing up to do. haba. Please try to use your brains more than your hands/mouth

I think you don't understand what mama gee meant by the guy being unorganised. He is not unorganised for not being rich, far from it. Someone with 100k in his account in this period of recession (I don't have up to that in my account and I am married) is not poor. You can also be rich and still be unorganised. It has to do with how you manage your resources and set your priorities. With the way the poster sounded, if he has an opportunity to take a loan of a million naira for the wedding, he wouldn't think twice. Is that not the height of unorganisation? A more organised guy will marry or wed even with half of what he has.
Anyone who borrows to throw a party, be it wedding, burial, child-naming , child dedication, one-year birthday of children, etc is simply unorganised. These parties (because tha is what they are) are not compulsory as we make them out. Any of these events can still take place without all the funfare.

My wife is a banker and she tells me that majority of ATM frauds are inside jobs. So all these talks of compromising your PIN physically do not hold water. Even if someone knows your PIN, he would need to clone the card and you can not do this without knowing the account name and card number. The most common way to compromise your PIN is online.

The banks know that majority of these ATM fraud are perpetrated by their staffers but they will always pass the buck to you. For the poster, If you can afford it (it might take some years), I advise you to gather some evidence that can be admitted in court. You can do this if you can get an insider there to cooperate with you. Their failure to send transaction alerts to you is an indication of an inside job and is your best tool to argue for negligence in court. Alternatively, you can go to your branch and make a lot of noise, real noise that will capture the attention of other customers and their managers. One thing that the banks don't like is negative publicity and they will surely hear you out. Even this thread is enough negative publicity for GTB.

My wife is a banker and she tells me that majority of ATM frauds are inside jobs. So all these talks of compromising your PIN physically do not hold water. Even if someone knows your PIN, he would need to clone the card and you can not do this without knowing the account name and card number. The most common way to compromise your PIN is online.

The banks know that majority of these ATM fraud are perpetrated by their staffers but they will always pass the buck to you. For the poster, If you can afford it (it might take some years), I advise you to gather some evidence that can be admitted in court. You can do this if you can get an insider there to cooperate with you. Their failure to send transaction alerts to you is an indication of an inside job and is your best tool to argue for negligence in court. Alternatively, you can go to your branch and make a lot of noise, real noise that will capture the attention of other customers and their managers. One thing that the banks don't like is negative publicity and they will surely hear you out. Even this thread is enough negative publicity for GTB.

Dominoifet:
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Sheyee
Na wa o, see what too much free things can cause.

+1 and free grass and free life. Free things always tear pocket.

@Moderator
Hope u guys know what u r doing, right about now that is questionable. Is it when some1 click on report to moderator button b4 u guys wake-up? Or r u robots or what? Do u mods know how many nations r following this thread and beholding our unclothedness? Hope u know when pple all over the world google Nigeria, Nairaland forum pops up too? And guess all they see is this eyesore of brags, bigotry, pride, haughtiness, insults, malfunction, disunity etc.
Nairaland is fast turning to. a market place u can buy hate.

Well it is non of your faults, thanks to d crumbs that have falling to d right pockets. I understand. Nairaland has turned to Daily Trust Newspaper.
***shakes head***
I only wish another forum will come up that can not b bought by pigs.

NairaLand has lost it. I just hope my children never have anything to do with this website. This is a disgrace to Nigeria.

@mekushxx, if really you are a doctorate degree holder, the institution that awarded you that certificate must be ashamed of you now. Contrary to what you think, being a phd holder does not make you more knowledgeable especially in areas outside your field of study. We have several cases of doctorate degree holders and professors in Nigeria who have failed in simple assignments given to them. If with your phd, you are still an ethnic bigot, you are worse than a stark illiterate who is tolerant and is therefore more relevant to the nation and the world.

Before you start cursing the Yorubas for my comment, know that "abum nwa afor" but I believe in "mbiri ka mbiri". Nigeria has come to stay as one nation with diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds and if you can not accept that, we can do without you. We don't need your lot back home.

I know that some other forumites have also been provacative in their comments in this thread but I am addressing this to you specifically because you started it all with this your highly provocative and largely incorrect thread about MKO, the symbol of Nigeria's democracy. Nigerians did not vote for him because of what he had done in the past but because of what he could have offered in the future.

@heryyy, enough of this your Nollywood story. There are guys here with more intelligence than you think.