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The government stole those rights from DStV. It's an abuse of government.

Is it ok to rob the rich to give to the poor? What if you are the one who is rich through hard work? Can I rob you of the money you want to use to send your children to private universities and use it to pay federal lecturers?

Based on what goodguy posted, the ban on night browsing is not permanent. I'm a little bit relieved. It seems as if the ban on night browsing is being used to compel the cyber-cafes to get registered. Seems reasonable.

"That there is no more privacy for any internet user in the cybercafé." is a problem, but a much smaller one.

Only when I touch it. I'm hoping it's just a power supply problem. Now I'm printerless.

@otoks:

In other words, you support the law because it doesn't seem to affect you. What if in the future NEPA becomes more stable in your area? What if you learn how to install and properly configure anti-spyware and anti-virus programs? What if you decide to use the night for LAN gaming since browsing goes on during the day?

If a law is bad, it is bad. You shouldn't keep quiet because it doesn't affect you personally. Or else tommorrow, a new law will be created that affects you and others won't care because it doesn't affect them. It does not affect me, but I am concerned about it because it affects others in whose shoes I was in the past. Thanks.

Seun, I believe you own a cyber café that is why you are bitter.

It's because I spent two years doing day-and-night browsing in a cyber-cafe before I got Internet access at home. If I didn't spend all that time doing research, I won't know many things I know today.

90% of those who stay out all night to perform the so-called NIGHT BROWSING are not doing it for educational purposes. It is mainly for pornography and 419!

At least 80-90% of night browsers are legitimate. Probably more. Why harm them with such a law? Look, all that will happen is that many policemen will use it to make money from cybercafes that can't afford the law.

Tell me, what would somebody, a student or worker, be doing all night in an internet room?

Have you ever done night browsing? I have. So maybe you should listen to me (and others).

During the two years I was in and out of cyber-cafes, I saw people using night browsing for academic projects, search for educational opportunities, personal research, entertainment, genuine business, et cetera. If a cyber-cafe isn't friendly to scammers, they won't use it. The methods they use are so crude that they can be easily caught. Students love to use night browsing for their projects because it's cheaper. This law is robbery to them.

Isn't the person going to work or school in the morning?

A lot of people who do night browsing are self-employed. Others are students on holidays, or victims of ASUU strike. Still others might have work to do in the morning but they stress themselves to do their research or even letters at night in order to save money. Night browsing, as I said earlier, is cheaper [/b]than browsing in the day.

Cyber Cafés will not close down, though there will be a reduction in income.

Have you ever tried to run a business? Do you know that so many businessmen are in debt, and barely making enough profit to keep their business running? Any [b]unexpected loss of revenue can cause a small business to capsize. In areas where there's a lot of cyber-cafe competition, many will definitely close down.

The genuine ones will continue to patronise

The scammers will also continue to patronise the cyber-cafes they were patronising before. Why not? Do you think a corrupt cyber-cafe owner care about the law? Only the genuine ones will be hurt because they'll stop night browsing. The corrupt cyber-cafes will just bribe the police to look the other way. Apart from that, the scammers will just start to do more scamming during the day. This measure unjustly harms many people.

If you have a telephone line with internet connection, your ISP would ask for a copy of your drivers licence or you international passport.

Don't make me laugh. Scammers are experts at forging documents. Don't forget Oluwole.

Addendum:
All over the world, governments are using "security" as an excuse to curtail peoples' freedoms. Yet even if such laws do not work, it becomes impossible to remove them. It's our social duty to oppose harmful/useless laws. Such laws are approved to the detriment of the common man because our politicians are richer than us.

As KAG has emphasized it's all hearsay.

If someone can come to the forum to lie about her own death, why won't people start rumors about ghosts just for fun? All it takes is for someone to tell a lie along the lines of "did you hear that so and so happened at so and so place" and because you all believe in ghosts you'll be passing it around until everyone believes it's true. Some rumors are based on true stories twisted by mischievous elements to make them seem fantastic.

Under close examination, supernatural claims tend to crumble into nothingness. They can never be proven.

zPixel, you sound like someone that's serious about comics. What venture are you into?

Cuando Seas Mia ("when you are mine") is better because it has a sensible ending. It has an ending!

You are competitors. You are not expected to help each other. Let others help you!

Ok, I'll allow your topic. So, we're supposed to tell you when you'll see your boyfriend again? Yeah, we are definitely qualified to tell you that. We have the power to see the future, and we must help you!

The first-ever comic book store in Nigeria has opened in Kaduna, Kaduna State. The outlet, called Planet Comics, is situated in the heart of Kaduna GRA, beside mega-popular video club Video Mars.

Why Kaduna of all places? Why not Lagos?

Well, Kaduna also a commercial hub like Lagos, but how will I get to check out their comics?

Can you list all the foreign magazines you currently have? So I'll know whether you have something I want?

Where will real life stories that happen to one fall under?

A real life story may fall under any section depending on its subject. A real romantic story will fall under romance, while a story about crime will fall under the crime section. A business success story will fall under business.

Ok, I'll rephrase my statement: Normal men won't kill in order to get a woman.

They can only kill for self-defence or protection of important people from physical harm. However, this topic is about an action that's clearly criminal: killing a man to get his girlfriend. The difference is very clear.

How do you feel about the EFCC's decision to ban night browsing in cyber-cafes throughout Nigeria?

I think it's a wrong decision because:
1) It's ineffective. Scammers can afford to pay for home access (4000 naira a month).
2) It's unjust. It is unfair and immoral to punish innocent people along with the guilty
3) It favors the rich and punishes the poor. Rich people don't use cyber-cafes.
4) It favors the large ISPs that sell home access. Why isn't night browsing at home banned?
5) It is bad for the economy of Nigeria. Many cybercafes will be forced to close, investments lost.
6) It is bad for the labor force. When cyber-cafes start closing up, more people will be jobless.

Actually, it doesn't even favor the rich. Rich people use Nigerian ISPs with limited bandwith, like Multilinks. If those who were formerly doing night browsing all start using home access, it will affect the speed at which rich people who don't use cyber-cafes can download files on the Internet, due to more competition for limited bandwidth.

So this is a regulation is bad for business, bad for employers, bad for EFCC because it won't work, and especially bad for people who cannot afford Internet access at home. The only people who will gain from this are the licensed ISPs that provide Internet access to home users. Are they the ones that pushed the EFCC to do this?

Read about it here: www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=57920 Do you support this?

@nico: If you don't understand the ideas your business is based on, your employees will cheat you. It's much better to pay people to teach you the ideas you need than to pay them to think for you.

The vacant positions are listed here: http://www.cenbank.org/jobs/recruitment.asp

You should have indirectly made it clear from day one that you're the kind of girl that wants marriage. He might not even have considered it seriously. He might be thinking it's not something he should think about yet.

Here's what you should do. Ask him when he plans to get married. Then listen carefully, and say no more. If you listen carefully, you will hear what he has to say and not what you want to hear. Good luck!

Thanks. I notice that the forums under technology (Computers, Internet, Webmasters, Etc) are not getting much attention. What do you think is responsible for this?

I'm hoping to reorganize it so we have a main Career Board under which we'll have:
- Education
- Jobs
- Hardware (computers and gadgets)
- Software (programming and applications)
- Networks (phones and Internet)
- Arts (fiction, graphics)

Then under the entertainment section we'll have:
- TV/Movies
- Music/Radio
- Jokes
- Poems
- Celebrities
- Fashion
- Sports
- Books

And then the rest will fall under General Discussion, which I may merge with the Offtopic section. Also, new forums may be created for things like birthdays, holidays, et cetera. Also, the romance section may be divided into two subsections.

What's your opinion about these changes?

Slavery is a good thing because it makes us appreciate freedom.

Murder and [[asault]] are also very good - they make people cautious.

All the evil things in life are very very good. Well done!

Alrightie, let's chat! spiritually, I'm actually one of you!

What is a god?

Your request isn't clear. Can you explain yourself more clearly?

There's a separate thread for beginners on this forum:
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-17942.0.html

I bought it barely 2 months ago for 21k. Do you still think I should throw it away?

I have a problem with my printer. It doesn't even come on anymore and I get electric shocks when I touch it.

How exactly did Intercontinental bank promote the site?

I guess the answer is "NO!"