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ManTiger:

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[size=30pt]Seun, I think we now need a dislike button.[/size]

use the report button.

jaydude:
For me it's no bones at all anymore, I trained. My older dog with bones and she's really good at it (unlike the younger Rotweiler which I don't give at all). The day it went sour, she was eating slowly and d next thing started coughing, and that was it, bone stuck somewhere around her throat, it wasn't funny, took days to manage d situation she couldnt even bark until she was fine

What kind of bone was the one that got stuck in her throat?

Your complaint has no substance whatsoever, sir. Please send a PM to the supermods explaining what you were trying to say more clearly.

No problem. We all make mistakes from time to time. The important thing is to recognize them and correct them as soon as we can.

omenka:
Not to disparage your authority, I think this isn't just right. Did you have whoever it was that moved that lie from "hopefornigeria" and their fb page regarding the speech made by Buhari's wife check if truly those were her words??

Like I said in that thread, your mods should be bit more circumspect in how they handle things around here. In my opinion, anything coming from "hopefornigeria" or "guardiannewsUSA" should be triple checked before any consideration of fp is given them. Those guys are nothing but hate and scaremongers under the payroll of TAN.

Please report the post urgently. We do not support the posting of lies on Nairaland. Any moderator who has done that will be disciplined.

Interesting publicity stunt. Can you provide some evidence that: (1) These pictures were taken in Katsina. (2) It was after GEJ's visit? Thanks.

azpekuliar:
Which even brings me to the question, what happened to the 'deactivate' button? A few weeks ago, I had intended to deactivate this handle, not to quit the site though, but open & operate a new handle. Wouldn't you consider that as selfish - keep handles of members on the site active against their wish? At least such members aeren't dead, so it's not about any 3rd parties making that decision for them.

Let's not derail this thread further sir. You should be able to deactivate your account now. There was a bug which prevented it earlier.

I choose to ignore this disrespectful kid.

arsetalks:
Seun, can you please delete this account itoritseju? She is my ex, she died exactly 10 months today. I mistakenly stumbled upon it on the webmaster section while looking for couple of Nigeria celebrity blogs to acquire. Please delete this account for my sake. It is depressing for me, and I may find myself checking her post out every now and then. Please do me this favour.

If you want proof that she is dead and I am not being malicious, go on facebook and search for Toju Olley-Douglas.

This is a very selfish request. Can you imagine Awolowo's wife saying that she wants all records about the existence of her late husband to be deleted to make it easy for her to forget that he ever existed? When people die it's important to allow their good works to be remembered.

arsetalks:
Seun, can you please delete this account itoritseju? She is my ex, she died exactly 10 months today. I mistakenly stumbled upon it on the webmaster section while looking for couple of Nigeria celebrity blogs to acquire. Please delete this account for my sake. It is depressing for me, and I may find myself checking her post out every now and then. Please do me this favour.

If you want proof that she is dead and I am not being malicious, go on facebook and search for Toju Olley-Douglas.

This is a very selfish request. Can you imagine if Steve Job's wife said that she wants all records about the existence of her late husband to be deleted to make it easy for her to forget that he ever existed? When people die it's important to allow their good works to be remembered.

Topics removed. OP should be banned for breaking the following rule:
3. Don't THREATEN, advocate, or encourage violent acts against any person, tribe, race, animals, or group.

But we will let it slide. Happy weekend!

Jackeeh:
Lol. I guess he hates being tied to one spot too. I think a kernel would be better. Something strong to keep him in and roomy enough for him.

Good idea.

Aisha Buhari can't be 35 years old. Isn't Zahra her daughter?

Poor women. They were probably married by force. The delay in tackling Boko Haram has cost a lot of lives. Victory won't bring them back.

laykhorn:
Oga Seun, How does relatively low profiled people like myself who have nothing more than some knowledge in C, Python and Web development under their belt contribute? I want a reply

Develop websites and management portals for local businesses around you using your knowledge. When your skills are world class, offer the same service to foreigners over the Internet. At that point you'll start earning dollars. You can also choose to become a webmaster.

@uc97: Thanks. Where did you buy it from? Is it very quiet?

ronald4lif:
Why did she come then

lagmostkuit:
Same question I was gonna ask sef

Perhaps they are course-mates and she wants to borrow his textbook, or they are church-mates and prayer meeting takes place in his house.

femi4:
You must be from the moon.......you mean laptop doesn't require much power?

Yes. A laptop draws less than 60w of power. That suggests a 600va generator which costs less than 14k and uses little fuel can power up to 8 laptops while drawing an insignificant amount of fuel. To work from 8am to 5pm I don't think you'll spend up to 1000 naira daily on petrol.

Youngzedd:
How many data centers do we have in Nigeria?

Data centers don't have to be in Nigeria except for sensitive businesses like banking. It makes a lot of sense to use data centers in countries where electricity is very cheap for most web-based businesses. The cost of hosting is insignificant compared to what you can make online.

voltron:
Until software developers can grow out of their geek culture and learn to be innovators and entrepreneurs, there is no hope competing against foreign competition.

The geek culture in software development is not unique to Nigeria. The geek culture in Silicon Valley hasn't stopped Google from doing well.

Youngzedd:
Una dey joke. How can ICT survive without power.

The software development aspect of ICT actually doesn't require much power. How much power does a laptop require?

Columnists in Nigeria excitedly announce the latest electric car technology, and how it means progress. Yes, it means progress for humanity as a whole, but for Nigeria in particular, it is demonstrative of a trend that is extremely dangerous.

Oil prices have dropped. They will continue to drop. Technology is making it feasible to get oil in places that they previously were not accessible from. The big multinationals are selling their oil fields in Nigeria. When you see people exiting a business, what is this indicative of?

Oil is dying. The western world knows it, that is why they are heavily investing in converting the things that used to use oil to electric. The newest cars are electric or hybrid. This trend will continue, because there are many ways now to generate electricity from non-oil sources. 30% of Germany's electricity is renewable and non-oil. Their cars will be powered by this same electricity. What will they need Nigerian oil for?

www.nairaland.com/attachments/2232568_gasflaringpollutionnigeria_jpeg1bd04d828d4e1e50cc0f01c3a0cd8234

People do not really realise this, but almost any income you see in Nigeria is trickle-down oil money. Our entire government (the biggest spender) is almost entirely powered by oil money. Even the taxes collected are re-collected oil money.

Even the new fangled e-businesses – if you have someone buying a pair of boots, he got the money from his job at a security company, who make their money guarding oil workers. So much of the money rotating about comes indirectly from oil.

Now when the oil prices drop, and they will, a lot of that money will dry up. People will stop having free cash, and the economy will dry up. So we will become dependent on our manufacturing and exports. Which don’t exist.

Are we going to build a machine manufacturing industry now? An industry that took Germany and Japan the last 100 years to build? What chance does Nigeria have, considering how few engineers we have, and how all good engineers easily find jobs in the U.S or U.K? To do so will be next to impossible, realistically. Nigeria will likely never be able to compete with other countries when it comes to machine manufacturing.

I am biased, but we do have a chance. Our programmers. I have worked with programmers all over the world, in Germany, China, India, etc. And I have found something – Nigerian programmers are actually great. The programmers in Nigeria are great, the ones working outside of Nigeria are great. Nigeria has a unique chance to build a manufacturing and an export industry right now by focusing on knowledge based skills.

The industry of producing information based intangibles is new. It’s like when countries were building cars at the turn of the last century. That’s where we are right now. If we invest right, Nigeria can become one of the top five exporters of software and software products. And when that oil dries up, our liquidity will come from the software.

The government of a country is responsible for the long-term outlook of the country. The software industry is one of the few viable industries that can be invested in right now to give Nigeria the long-term ability to export goods and earn revenue. Entertainment is another one. Other older industries like machine manufacturing or tourism will be really hard to activate because of the existing competition out there.

The private sector is supposed to be selfish. And everyone in the private sector needs to realise if their business is long term oil dependent. If it is, they should start investing in industries that are not. Software is one of them.

Action plan

1. Private sector: Divest into non-oil dependent industries. Consider the software export market and outsourcing centers. Build software local so you have expertise for the future.

2. Government:

- Fund the tech departments of universities somewhat better.
- Government software should exist as tiny modules that are completed by smaller companies, so there is steady project flow to keep the companies occupied (not monolithic contracts). To make this happen, there will likely need to be a very well designed technical department to design such.
- Incentivize software export. E.g for the first $10,000 brought in via an exported piece of software, match it with $10,000 tax credit
- Have trade-fairs where Nigerian companies can demonstrate what they have built

3. NGOs

- Create avenues that enable developers understand how they can sell software (not just create it)
- Help software developers come up with structures around what they build so it becomes commercially viable
- Create paths-to-market that make it easier for devs to monetize
- Do not just focus on products under your ‘leadership’. When you see folks doing good stuff, give them the additional resources they need (e.g design talent) even if they did not pass through your ‘program’

The danger for Nigeria is real. Our entire economy is based around a resource that is rapidly losing value. We really cannot afford to wait much longer before investing in viable things we can export in the future. When economies shrink rapidly, war breaks out. Businesses collapse. The government takes on debt.

Germany started its push to transition to renewable energy in 1980. 34 years later, they have achieved 30%. It takes time to create a transition such as this. We need to start now.

Source: http://techcabal.com/2014/10/29/software-developers-help-save-nigeria-oil-dries/

Author: Mark Essien, founder of Nigeria's biggest and best hotel booking site (Hotels.ng)

Photo Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/59138075@N00/1236287628/

And I want a private jet with female celebrities as the pilots and air hostesses.

remsonik:
She's heavily pregnant and you can see the baby bump from the pics of her corpse released

Yes and she could have been pregnant for some else. I think the unfortunate woman has been abused enough. She has paid more than enough for her sins. We should let her family grieve in peace.