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thanks for this!!

What is the name of the movie on this page?
http://www.akwastar.com/indexFILMSwe.htm

lol, my friends and I were dicussing this very topic a while back. We were talking about how some fast food restaurants let you have unlimited refills. If it was in Naija, you know we will save the cups and bring it back in later for awoof!

clocky:
yes he is a fake. His website is just a mere publicity stunt . Check out this blog for an analysis of all his claims
http://magazine.biafranigeriaworld.com/cezeilo/2003nov09.html

Wow I just read that. It's sad that it took another naija man to debunk his claims but alas the truth came out.

People that like Apple computers are usually of a particlar niche. Usually graphic designers, video editors, professional web designers, etc. For those people, some of the best software they need do run on macs. Apple has developed a cult like following because their users think their products are far superior to PCs. Maybe they are, who knows?

dondele:
i don't know the version of MAC you have but the version my friend has and the one i ordered, runs both MAC OS and PC in it. meaning you can run both windows and MAC in the system. all the softwares he wants are available for him and even MS office are in it.

Those are the new intel based macs (I believe they are called MacBooks). Because of the new intel processors, the Macbooks now run Windows XP. All older macs were were PowerPC based. They used RISC processors.

That really depends on a lot of things. For example, if are someone that gets homesick, it's a lot easier and cheaper to visit home from Britain than from the U.S.

Hey, I posted this thread earlier and it relates to the situation you are in now. Maybe it can help and even motivate you further. Good luck.

I think I would take the job. In the words of Dave Chapelle, "Terrorists don't take black hostages. I have yet to see one of us on the news reading a hostage letter"

Builder:
of because i would, if you can supply me with some nice arab chicks, i know i would die a happy dude

You know those burkas are not supposed to be sexy.

I am wondering, why are some people are charging for this information? Isn't it basically free information that is being "sold"? Please explain.

I found this short documentary on the internet a while back and I thought I should share and hear what you guys think of it. It is about the new breed of entrepreneurs coming up in various African countries, the challenges they face how they have survived. Congo, Sengal, Nigeria, Ghana are some of the countries featured.

Click -- http://video.mpegnation.com/a001138212950051305072057700.html

This is their main website -- http://www.africaopenforbusiness.com/

Please share you thoughts. Thanks.

I just read the entire page and the thing that shocks me the most is the way some of the replies have condoned alleged unethical conduct.

Thanks for all the replies guys. I am loving this site already. Major props to you'll that make it so addictive.

Teezy:
@Rams
welcome baby bwoy. where in cali u @?

I am in Sacramento. Mins from where our beloved Ahhnold works

Don't make generalizations. Not "all" Nigerians want to work for oil companies. But I do see where you are coming from.

The short answer is Money. The long answer? Money.

Honestly, with the way things are, maximizing your earning potential only makes sense. If you go to school, pay the same, and put in roughly the same amount of effort as students in other majors, why won't you go after a job in an industry that pays the maximum for the effort you have put? Plus back home there is a certain level of prestige that comes with bragging about working in certain companies.

I have been reading Nairaland for a while now and I got addicted I just had to register and contribute. Many times I have had to hide the browser window at work, and stiffle random outbusts of laughter, no thanks to you guys!!


About me. I am Lagos raised, came to Yankee for college (california) and missing home dearly. Went to KC (and yes, we were really notorious and scadalous), lived in 1004 (back when it was cracking, not the way I hear it is now ) I enjoy reading about the progress being made back home and most of my news (read: gist) comes from this site, or sites linked to from this site. Even momsie back home is suprised I keep up with what's happening back home. Well just wanted to holla. Take care.

It's very possible. Someone might have their own burgeoning business on the side but remain employed with someone esle because of the security, i.e. you don't know if your business might collapse so you remain employed just in case.

Sometimes people are extremely rich "on paper" (in the form of stocks, investments, etc) so that's another way. A few people put part of their disposable income into short term, high risk investments and when it pays off, it usually pays off big.

This story is just too baffling for numerous reasons. I am not saying anyone is lying but this is too weird.

1. The story does not mention where he arrived from.

2. If he was going "to London because his parents lived there," surely they can locate his family using his last name. There can't be that many Abachas in the U.K that asking each one becomes a problem.

3. How a woman forgets a child in an airport and doesn't call back frantically trying to get him back is suprising. She should have his ticket, passport, or something to prove she came with him. This is one of those things that an airport can be shut down for.

4. How can cameras in an international airport somehow miss his arrival?!

5. The boy doesn't have some sort of address, phone number or some contact to anyone any where in the world the authorities can start with?

wow, this is something that should have been resolved before it had time to get to the press, unless something fishy is going on.

You should definately check out the Spry Framework from Adobe:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/

Hey guys, I have been reading the forums for over a year and just registered an account.

To try to set the record straight, I did some googling and apparently Wal-Mart really did try to get into the Nigerian market.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5241430
If you listen to that show, at about a minute and thirty seconds in, Andrew Young (I don't know who he is but he helped Nike in Asian markets) says Wal-Mart sent him to try to get their store opened there.

This site also says the same thing:
http://walmart.nwanews.com/wm_story.php?paper=bcdr&storyid=34737

Young said he is pushing Wal-Mart to open a store in Nigeria to provide jobs and low prices for Africans. He is the co-founder of Goodworks International, a specialty consulting group that promotes commercial ventures in the Caribbean and Africa.

I don't know if they are still going through with the plan tho.