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googles:
[size=13pt]they are all claiming jamaica cos they are high on jamaican weed [/size]

LMAO

H2O2:
That's their prerogative. what do they stand to gain from a lie so silly?
Are they looking to increase their chances of hooking up with Jamaican dudes or Americans?

manmustwac:
nija girls say thier from jamaica and here in london guys like to fake english accent when they talk. I think its coz we suffer from inferiority complex.

I don't know what they stand to gain ooooo. I didn't know that Naija girls in London say the same thing. It is def inferiority complex, fo sho.

next time, give her a dirty slap before you offer to marry her; that way she will know you take cheating seriously.

I have met three Naija girls in the past month who, unbeknowst to them that I am a Naija dude, have told me they are Jamaicans when I asked where are they from? But when I sense their Naija accent and ask them whether they are sure, and when I introduce myself as a straight up Lagosian, they now get defensive and start giving me some cock and bull story. Why lie about where you are from? Those girls are, in my books, silly, because they denied the country from which they came.

Does anyone who knows about technology know whether the new company can use NITEL's fiber optics infrastructure--the phone lines--to stream DSL high speed internet to customers? And if yes, that would be a significant progress in increasing the number of high speed internet subscribers in Nigeria.

By Bassey Udo
February 17, 2010 08:50AM
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Now, Nigerians may soon be able to make and receive calls, using a Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) line.

The protracted sale of the national carrier, which has witnessed about four stumbles since 2001, entered a new phase yesterday with the emergence of New Generation Telecommunications Limited as the preferred bidder.

The consortium, which has GiCell Wireless Limited, China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited, and Minerva Group as members, was announced the winner with a superior bid of $2.5billion after a two-round contest with three other bidders that participated in the financial bid opening , organised by the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE).

The bids opening, which was witnessed by officials of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and members of the committees on Communications in the National Assembly, also featured Omen International Limited (BVI), which was announced the reserve bidder with a bid of $956.98million.

Others include Brymedia West Africa Limited, which submitted a $551million bid (excluding the code division multiple access (CDMA) network system), and AFZI/Spectrum Consortium, which bid $375.5million for the entire NITEL assets, while MTN was the sole bidder for SAT-3 international gateway for $25million.

In line with the provisions of the bid guidelines, the preferred bidder would have to be confirmed by the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) after the submission of a formal report by the BPE.

But, New Generation Telecommunications (formerly Telefonica) is expected to pay 30 percent of the bid offer within 10 calendar days of receiving NCP’s notification of approval, while the balance of 70 percent of $2.5billion is expected to be paid through electronic transfer or bank draft within 60 calendar days.

In event of failure to meet the deadline, the win would revert to the reserve bidder.

Some participants in the financial bid exercise, who spoke on condition of anonymity, commended organisers for a successful and transparent bid, though others, alluding to the experience of the previous failed attempts, expressed optimism that the preferred bidder would meet the deadline to redeem the bid price.

‘NITEL is worth more than $2.5 billion’

However, the chief executive of New Generation Telecommunications, Usman Abubakar, told journalists he was delighted that his company emerged the preferred bidder, adding that Nigerians would witness a revolution in the telecommunications business when they finally receive the confirmation of the NCP to roll out their operations.

“We mean every cent we have offered,” Mr. Abubakar assured.

“We know NITEL is worth much more than $2.5billion. To us, it is a pain to see this national asset decaying without anybody coming to its rescue. Our technical partners, Unicom China, with a subscriber base of 256 million, with over 500,000 base stations, is ready to give the necessary backing that would enable us succeed. To Unicom China, NITEL’s 600 base stations is just like a piece of cake,” he said.

Allaying fears that the company would tread the path of other successful bidders, who failed to meet the deadline for the payment for their bid, he assured that the company would pay within the timeframe stipulated under the bid guidelines.

“Our financiers do not include any of the Nigerian banks. There is a foreign bank that is ready to fund our bid. So, we are not making a hypothetical bidding. We have given a firm commitment to pay what we are bidding, because we already know the value of NITEL,” he said.

In his remarks, BPE Director General, Christopher Anyanwu, said the privatisation, which began in 2001, has been a difficult exercise, saying the latest attempt, which commenced in July last year, went through three unsuccessful attempts to handover the company to Investors International London Limited (IILL), Orascom Telecoms and Transnational Corporation (Transcorp) Plc.

In line with the new privatisation strategy, Mr. Anyanwu said investors would be buying NITEL, along with the mobile subsidiary, MTEL, without the debts, adding that the debts of the national carrier would be settled from the sale proceeds.

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/National/5527830-146/new_generation_consortium_acquires_nitel_for.csp

Mhismole:
Lmao. one, i live in Tennessee, not memphis. Rollin my eyes in a yanga-ish way?? i laugh. You asked what city im in, i refuse to disclose, and you ask me to hit u up. why? do i know you?? Its really not important to know where im from now. you should have let it die there. dont tell me im a typical nigerian girl because i refuse to disclose personal info to strangers.

I am not calling you a typical Naija girl not because you refuse to disclose your info to strangers, but because you said, "excuse me, am I your lecturer?" I am sure you were even rolling your eyes. But anyway, it's not a big deal. Even said, all I asked was the city in which you live. So the city in which you live is so much of a "personal info" you refuse to disclose, but the state in which you live is not personal info. Na waa again. It's not like I asked for your name or date of birth. But anyway, what you disclose is entirely up to you.
But a word of wisdom to you is that blessings not only come from familiar people, but also from strangers, who may be sent from God. Some people accept theirs, and some people shun the doors to their blessings. Holla.

Mhismole:
I should hit you up? excuse me? why, are you my lecturer??

I asked you which city in Memphis you stayed, and you refused to disclose, saying it should be asked privately. I replied by saying "hit me up," and  you replied with the above statement. You are typical of a lot of Naija girls--lame. So saying "hit me up," a mere slang, in response to what you said, is deserving of your reply-- "excuse me"; "why?"; "are you my lecturer?"  I could imagine you rolling your eyes in a yanga ish way. You have turned a simple, casual statement into an ordeal.

Mhismole:
lol at you both. as fr the red necks and akatas, you hvae no idea. and Prince if i wanted everyone to knw that, il just put it on my profile. u have to ask me privately. the info shud be irrevelevant to you nyway.

hit me up at kinzo69@yahoo.com

Mhismole:
a city not half as interesting as lagos. il be surprised if uv even hrd of it. Tennessee.

I know Tennessee, now. I am familiar with the USA very well. I go back and forth from Lag to the USA, but I am currently in the USA. Which city/town in Tennessee?

RoadStar:
I dont understand why a court would stop a house of assembly from investigating Fashola.
Naija sef !
What is he hiding (ie if he had gone to court himself)
Why shouldn't the house of assembly investigate anyone they so please to.
Is it not within their duties ?
Look at how some court judges mis-use their privileged after collecting bribe.

FASHOLA CAN AND SHOULD BE PROBED IF NEED BE !

Can you read? The court did not order the House of Assembly to stop their investigation of Fashola; the House of Assembly is a defendant. The lawyer filed the suit on behalf of a journalist, which is likely the reason the court ordered the investigation to be stopped. I guess the House of Assembly set up a committee to investigate the alleged corruption levied against Fashola.

The court probably had reasonable grounds for its order.

Mhismole:
best comment iv read so far.

Which city in Yankee do you live?

You guys are letting an Oyinbo man's ratings disturb our peace. Anyone can say whatever they desire. What we as Africans need to do is to start our own rating system, where we will rate Oyinbo cities low, just like they rate our own cities low. To achieve this, we should create a different standard by which the cities will be judged, such as favorable weather, happiness, body weight, and the like.

If Lagos is the 5th worst city in the world, what did they rate Port-au-prince, Haiti?

With government oversight, he should deregulate the power sector, a move which will likely open the door to a cauldron of private companies that want to invest in the power sector and motivate banks to offer loans to those  putative investors in the power sector. That is the only way to fix the power problem. The govt. has shown it cannot manage the power sector--look at NEPA (Never Enough Power Anywhere) to PHCN (Problem Has Changed Name).

After reading the post, I must commend the poster for a practical and empirical assessment of men and women relationships. Even though some women may criticize the poster for his comments, anyone who has some sense will know that the contents are practical and not motivated out of a desire to tell women what they want to hear,  a behavior for which mugu men are known.

That being said, with regards to the 50-50 relationship issue, only a mugu-man will accept a 50-50 relationship. The sad part is that insofar as some women advocate a 50-50 relationship,  these women will actually become less attracted to a man who concedes into accepting a 50-50 relationship, because a woman's attraction to a man is sizably grounded upon the man's domineering, and not dictatorial, role in the relationship, which is generally consistent with women's  biological nature of being attracted to a man who can protect and provide for them.

Wale has finally dropped the video of his new single "My Sweetie." He is really putting Naija on the map.

http://www.vimeo.com/9225489

I agree with y'all. Valentines day should be a day of sharing love, not necessarily gifts.

All of you guys who said Amodu qualified us for the World Cup should sharap, for Amodu did not qualify us for the World Cup. Tunisia qualified us for the World Cup--and that's my word. That being said, the NFF should have replaced him with Siasia or even John Obu, but that is too logical for those incompetent Alhajis at the Glass House. They consistently make extreme decisions, like either hiring an incompetent fool like Amodu or hiring a white coach, forgetting that many of them are not well knowledgeable about the players in our local leagues.

Is Valentines Day a day to exchange gifts between couples, or is it a day for only men to buy gifts for their spouses? I have heard arguments from both sides of the issue. I am curious as to the opinion from Nairalanders.

Toppytee:
[b]Just like we have in United states,United kingdom and the Western worl[/b]d,would You support a new legislation in Nigerian constitution that will forbid  married men from having extra marital affairs or risk half of their possessions upon the dissolution of the marriage to the wife.I think it won't be out of place since we have been copying even bad vices from the western world before now.

Tell me the law in the particular western world that forbids married men from having extramarital affairs, or risk forfeiting one half of their possessions when they involve in extramarital affairs. Don't say what you don't know. What if the it is the wife who perpetrates this infidelity? Would this legislation also apply to wives?

When a substantial portion of the citizens of the country whom the coach is serving wish for the coach's failure, then it is time to relieve that coach of his duties.

This is a brief synopsis of this story for my Nairalanders who like brevity. In another politicized divorce saga, more like a soap-opera, the disgraced Gov. Sanford of South Carolina, USA, using the State's airplane and missing from duty for a couple of days without notifying state officials nor his family, traveled to Argentina to be with his mistress. Now, the governor's wife says, on wedding day, the Governor refused to say the word "faithful." She nonetheless went ahead with the wedding saying, "she questioned it, but got past it."

My intelligent people of Nairaland, will you still proceed with the wedding if your partner, on wedding day, refuses to utter the word "faithful" when taking wedding vows?


http://abcnews.go.com/2020/jenny-sanford-south-carolina-gov-mark-sanford-refused/story?id=9727121

All these girls who claim they won't bath with their boyfriend, even when the boyfriend invites them to do so, will be the first ones to say Naija, or African, men are not romantic. From the way it seems, it is these gals who know nothing about being romantic. For God's sake, why do you have to marry someone to bath with them, or what is the big deal in bathing with your significant other? Lawd have mercy for some Afriko girls?

why didn't you do the phucking before you broke up? Ehn! Why did you let another man do your job for you? Ehn! Abi you be okobo? Ehn!

THE AMAKA:
[color=#ff1199]i don't understand your post.
what are you talking about?[/color]

He is talking about ladies who buy "used" panties, which is tantamount to buying used panties at a the salvation army or thrift store.

GL:
egypt deserve the win, they were the best side throughout the competition. ghana tried in this game but they are too defensive. they seemed to be holding on for extra time. they are a young team so there's still more to look forward to.

i would be happier if nigeria would win the nations cup but miss the world cup. at least they'd have a trophy. most of the african countries go out in the group stages of the world cup so what's the point? at the end of this year egypt might just be the only african country with a trophy.

A typical archaic, pessimistic way of thinking, and that which is typical of many Africans, which is why they don't succeed on the world soccer stage. By thinking this way, you have already failed before going to the World Cup. To effect a change, we must go to the World Cup with a winning attitude, not with a mentality built upon vestiges of failure in the World Cup. Change we can all believe in.

Pk001:
I hail the Egyptian team.  Ghana you were busy looking for cheap goal but you weren't lucky this time around. Learn your lessons before world cup or else, get ready to be out first round.

agreed

semid4lyfe:
I agree with you 100%His disrespect/disdain for the domestic league and home-based players is my biggest GROUSE and BEEF with Amodu. Funny thing is he doesn't need to do much scouting like Westerhof did cos the domestic league is now on TV. Apart from that our league teams play and do well in CAF Champions league and the Confederation Cups. . . so it's just plain SILLY on his part to diss the domestic league and the home-based players. . . . . The NFF Technical committee took him to task when the list of invited players to camp for AFCON 2010 was released and urged him to invite at least 5 Home-based players to Camp. . . . They even gave him a list of these 5 players that included Chibuzor Okonkwo, Ike ThankGod amongst others. . . . My point is if he says he wants 10 home-based players invited to Camp, the NFF technical commitee will be more than happy to give him that list. Even me sef, I fit mention 10 home-based players off hand that deserve to be invited to Camp for the world cup. . . . . Amodu cannot say players like Ike ThankGod-Heartland FC, Chibuzor Okonkwo-Bayelsa United, Nnaemeka Anyanwu- Enyimba FC, Solomon Okpako-Kano Pillars, Jonah Abutu-Dolphins FC, Valentine Nwabili-Enyimba FC, John Nnam-Rangers FC, Osas Idehen-Enyimba FC, Victor Brown-Heartland FC aren't good enough to don the green-white-green, haba! How I take sabi these players?. . . . By watching some matches of the league on TV off course. Seriously Amodu get mental problem. I WILL NEVER FORGIVE HIM FOR HIS SIN AGAINST THE DOMESTIC LEAGUE AND THE HOME-BASED PLAYERS. . . Anyway, I will never support the appointment of a foreign coach as long as we have Siasia. . . . .If the NFF sacks Amodu, Siasia should be given the job and should be given the free hand to appoint his own assistants (peeps he can work with). . . . I expect he'll bring Simone Kalinka with him. . . . Amokachi is just a ball boy to me. . . . he should also go. NFF can play politics/federal character with the other positions like Team commandant, media officer etc and appoint who ever they like. . . I don't care or give a damn!

@ Ayusco
Kanu just do small trick yesterday. . . The pace of the play of the S.E is already too slow as it is with people like Mikel. Besides I want some1 who has stamina, pace, endurance, can run & not jog, mark, hussle and close down space in the field, . . . In the modern game, everybody na defender, midfielder and attacker. In short, I want a team of 11 battlers on the pitch. Kanu brings very little to the table IMO. . . . He has more minuses than positives as far as I'm concerned.

You too much. I agree. It would be nice to have 11 battlers on the field, just like the 11 battlers who played for Nigeria in the recent U-17 World Cup. Those guys ran, tackled, and chased the ball for 90 minutes. They were extremely fit, which contributed to their success even though they were eventual losers to the Swiss. And they could have won that game any day.