₦airaland Forum

Me too.

You need to remember that the dangers in the Niger Delta are not from the deprived citizens alone. You also have the armed militia groups that steal crude oil to finance their operations (that is how Dokubo started), the armed sea pirates that hijack commercial ships carrying oil or other valuable commodities so they can reap the profit

Those groups like to encourage strife in the region and recruit members by provoking anti-nationalistic sentiments.

I agree. See also: why is it that a girl would like a guy and won't let him know?

Let me get this straight. You have a name for your TV show but you need us to tell you what your TV show should be about? Unbelievable!

That is a good question, but these are not the questions we need to be asking.

Here are some better questions:
1) Why were the residents of these housing estates not given the chance to be the first to buy those flats in the so-called "privatization scheme"? (I believe in privatization, but not in this inconsiderate manner).
2) Why is the state government disobeying a court order [/b]stating that armed forces must not be deployed to evict the residents of these housing estates?

Let us leave no stone unturned in order to find the answer to these questions. If you have any legal or media connections, why not call them up and see what they can do to get those questions answered. Why did the Lagos state Government [b]disobey a court order and how will they be punished? We demand to know.

Why don't the ladies have any opinion whatsoever about this topic? It's frustrating! I've done everything I know to try to provoke them into joining the discussion and they are just not interested. Women, fight for your inalienable rights, come on!

If you keep calling "fire, fire" when there is no fire, then nobody will listen to you when there is fire. If you keep crying, "corruption corruption dictatorship" when there is a real anti-corruption drive and democracy on ground, then when the democracy is being taken away and you are crying "dictatorship" nobody will be interested in listening to you.

So let us applaud the government when they do something right and let's criticize them only when they are clearly wrong. This will encourage them to do better.

How does a security contract translate into Nigeria selling her birthright?

Access to SAT-3 is available from NITEL. However, it appears that government is trying to separate the management of the SAT-3 cable from NITEL in order to prevent the purchaser of 51% of NITEL from enjoying a monopoly over broadband Internet access in Nigeria.

He is interested in the third term. He has said that he will not do anything that is unconstitutional, but he has not categorically said something like, "I am not interested in contesting for third term". He sidesteps around the issue everytime, using words that leave open the possibility of him contesting for a third term if the constitution is ammended to allow it. At this point I am 99% sure that he would like to go for a third term if possible. We are not babies.

But if he would listen to me as a friend of the federal government, my advice will be that he should start grooming one of his 'political children' for the position. A third term bid will destroy his credibility. It will give amunition to those who have a more revolutionary vision for this country. It will be like destroying what he has tried to build with his own hands.

I did not have enough time to go through the hundreds of posts, and so I had to truncate the thread starting from nddy's first post. People were mailing me to tell me that they are leaving the forum because of that thread, so I did what I had to do hoping that they will free to come back.

I agree with that

- We can 'fight' by dragging corrupt officials or parastatals to court, the way Gani Fawehinmi does it. Those who enjoy immunity can be 'fought' in the courts when they are impeached or after their terms run out.

- We can 'fight' by voting good people into the national assembly so that they can make changes - such as removing Governors' criminal immunity - that will create a less corrupt society.

- We can 'fight' by digging up the truth about various scandals and presenting them their the mass media and web forums like this so that the masses can be informed.

Democracy gives us a lot of non-violent ways to fight the fight for progress.

Actually, the EFCC has declared its intention to prosecute 2 other governors

Is it just me, or is her forehead so big?

Marriage is not a bed of roses, and it's worse for those who don't put their hearts in it.

Even if career bachelor isn't ready for marriage until he is 40 years old, he will be able to find a girl. As long as he's rich and he's amusing, he will get girls as young as 25 years old because young women don't have a problem with old men. (a career spinster has a bigger problem on her hands because women do not like to date younger men and young men do not tend to date women that are [i]much [/i]older when young 'babes' are available)

Welcome to Nairaland! If you're hot and single, then let us see your picture and start sending you our earnest proposals for relationship friendship.

The problem is that while serious minded men are busy killing themselves to have a good life and be able to provide for their families, girls are busy opening their legs and "having fun" with guys who have less to offer. Then when you finally arrive and you are throwing money about they migrate to your domicile and they want to marry you.

vinna:
Darlyn, coming from a big-sis i'll advice you to get a life first. Do something tangible with your life. Be someone to reckon with. After doin these, you won't need to place an ad for a lover, ladies will be fallin over themselves to get your attention. what you need now are friends, not any serious stuff.

Yes, but he would only be able to get used women if he decides to wait until he has achieved something. Young women are even less patient than men; the world as they see it revolves around their sexuality, and they are ready to give you their 'goodies' as long as you are willing to worship them ...

Many of President Obasanjo's statements could be interpreted as denial of the third term ambition, but they are all ambigous. After the shameful speech by the PDP chairman in which they failed to declare their stand about the 3rd term bid, I was left to conclude that General Obasanjo has a third term ambition.

This third term bid is unpopular and it makes it look as if the people who are saying that President Obasanjo is corrupt (see Questions for Mr. President) are right. Such an action is tantamount to making a mockery of our democracy which he has helped us to nurture.

Left to me, he should throw his weight behind Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iyeala or Governor Muazu of Bauchi State. Someone said that the Governor Duke is also good. President Obasanjo should nominate a good person in his administration, create a role of presidential adviser for himself, and then use his influence to try to get his candidate into power so the reforms can be continued.

He should not run for third term, even if his intentions are sincere. He should bow out when the ovation is loudest, just like he did as a military head of state. He shouldn't cling desperately to power like the corrupt politicians he says he's fighting.

We don't care. As long as he is able to return all the money he ate and the other governors start realising that they will actually be prosecuted.

Read: http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=35271

Stumbled accross this:
Board of Directors of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp), has announced the appointment of Mr Tajudeen Folabi Adeola, as the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer for the mega corporation.

In a statement in Lagos yesterday, Chairman Transcorp and Director General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Dr Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke, said by the new appointment, Adeola has become the first substantive Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc.
http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=35263

How can the DG of the stock exchange be the Chairman of Transcorp? That is massive corruption just waiting to happen! My goodness, what are they up to?

joftech: In the US, corruption is for the elite and they conceal it in such a way that even if it’s been done right in front of you, you will never know what’s going on. That’s good because it does not make the citizens to raise an eyebrow; what you don’t know won’t give you a sleepless night.

What are you smoking, mate?

The benefits are minimal and the costs of a local exchange (remember NEPA, corruption, and the hurdle of regulation) appear to be much more significant more than the gains. Your example of chatting betwen two Nigeria does not require a significant of bandwidth except you're teleconferencing or doing voice chatting.

In that case, you could use a PTO which charges a low rate of 10 naira per minute for bearing the costs that would otherwise be borne by the local Internet exchange handling voice-grade Internet traffic.

Let's not confuse the functions of the SAT-3 cable (providing a low-cost port for IP connectivity to the rest of the world) with that of a local Internet exchange (to increase efficiency and reduce cost of internet traffic originating and terminating within a particular region).

I am not convinced that a local exchange within Nigeria is important at this time. If local traffic was that important, we would have seen large ISPs like Linkserve, Starcomms & Multilinks implementing IP Peering arrangements on their own volition, because it would save them money. But they are not. And the task of getting every ISP to connect to such an exchange is quite challenging - lots of negotiation involved, lot's of equipment will have to be imported.

GLobacom is said to be involved in setting up a local fiber-optic network which can be used by large companies (like banks and oil companies) for their inter-branch communication. But as you can see this doesn't even require an exchange at all.

Let's try again with this topic.

Actually, the SAT-3 cable will not help us with building a local Internet exchange, because it only links African countries up with a port in Europe. Though it will speed up traffic between countries on the SAT-3 cable (such as Nigeria and South Africa).

A local Internet exchange is only useful when Internet traffic within Nigeria becomes significant. This is unlikely to happen anytime soon, because most Nigerian traffic goes to US-based companies offering free services (Like Yahoo, Google) and Nigerian company websites which are hosted at cheap rates in US-based data centers.

With power supply and Internet access being more expensive and unstable in Nigeria, web hosting in Nigeria wil remain uneconomical and hence very few people would do it. This would make any local Internet exchange useless.

What are the advantages of a local Internet exchange in Nigeria?

I just love to make decisions. The most important decisions, I like to be the one to make them

This is meaningless nonsense. The current administration's war on corruption is enough.

Don't you remember the reasons given by the military rules when they came into power? They said the politicians were corrupt and they wanted power in order to build a new and better Nigeria. But when they came into power, they became worse than the corrupt politicians that they deposed and murdered brutally.

So how are we to know that those who intend to shut down Nigeria are less corrupt than those in power? Who says that the common nigerian on the street are not corrupt? What about the 419ers who have tarnished our reputation internationally: are they not common men and women and children?

Example: Is Dokubo, Mr. Niger Delta, not already stealing crude oil to finance his operations? Is that not corruption? Will such a man really emancipate the masses or will he further bring them into ruin? What about Charles Taylor, the Liberian dictator who "liberated" the country from John Doe only to have to be sent to Nigeria before the country could enjoy a little peace.

No, my brothers and sisters, dialogue and diplomacy are the only ways forward. All other ways lead to ruin.

Try and integrate an escrow system with your payment system and make it free and compulsory for all transactions, then make sure you have a small team to resolve disputes as they arise.

Bachelors for life say, "yeah!"

Loking forward to checking out your CV when it finally appears!