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a lawyer and human rights activist, Prof. Itse Sagay, said in a telephone conversation with Saturday PUNCH that there was no technical difference between the two acts and that persons involved in either should be made to face the wrath of the law.

So Prof. Sagay called Punch or Punch called all these lawyers to get media attention? Did the president suggest an offender should not face the full wrath of the law in any way? Even the false accusation about Jim Nwobodo being jailed by Buhari who is known to have jailed countless people carelessly and 'lawfully' creating new laws as he wished to jail whoever he wishes rightly, is it wrong to criticize that? Does being a smart dictator make you less corrupt?

“Which of them is allowed in our law whether he calls them in different names? They are both punishable under our penal laws. Stealing is even worse than corruption. Both of them carry a legal element of deliberately taking what does not belong to someone with the intent of depriving the taxpayers.”

I thought you said they're the same and one object? Why then does it have two constitutional interpretations Sir Fred?

Silly

I think it's always good to plan early, best of luck with your wedding..

APC is apparently going to undo this government's achievements out of hate. There're traffic jams in most of Nigeria's populous cities, we're currently trying to encourage car manufacturers to move to Nigeria, GE is already installing a $1 billion manufacturing plant in Calabar, Innoson, Kia and others are working, Toyota is on the way, how can we start moving backwards in the name of inclusion? The average citizen in Nigeria's lower class has more important concerns and needs than the possible reduced price (which is still actually unaffected) that can come with reduced importation tariff. So please go back to the drawing board Sir, and think about more things you can improve rather than ignorantly acknowledging this government's achievements.

deriod:
imagine d Governor just getting his PVC now , but some idiot are saying he's in charge of inec ,he's stealing their PVC ,seriously I think qualitative education should b paramount in d manifesto of the incoming government ,
SAI BUHARI

This is pure irony, right -- your signature

sincerenigerian:
No we were not shocked by the decision of Buhari to boycott the fake debate. We were actually hoping for the boycott which we (his supporters) appreciate he made that decison. Why should we trust NTA/AIT and their fellow sellouts to conduct a fair debate? This is the same NTA and AIT in conjunction with their unprofessional lot in the media broadcast a propaganda documentary about the amiable General.

We were not shocked at all.

Here is Buhari debate of 2011 that Jonathan didn't show up for.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsRhP4eRFSU

So I watched the interview in a bid to see how Buhari had wanted to solve some of our problems. From the video however, he isn't able to address most questions thrown to him directly but rather tends to cling to past 'atrocities' (blame game as Nuhu Ribadu put it) or gave insufficient responses. On another note, I had never listened to Ibrahim Shekarau speak before but I got to really like him in this debate, in fact I was amazed that we had such a candidate in 2011.

That asides, It would be fair to summarize his responses as:

1. Power: He didn't really know how to solve the problem but rather continued to talk about how so much money had been spent on it without any result even after the 'interviewer' tried to bring him back on topic. Both Nihu Ribadu and Ibrahim however gave excellent responses.

2. Correcting anomalies in govt. expenditure: He didn't seem to understand what the 'interviewer' was saying and instead spoke about how to make the economy better. When he was recalled again however, he said he would 'convince' the legislators to accept less allowances et al. The other aspirants didn't seem far better on this point.

3. Education: Buhari said there was nothing wrong with our educational system, though he added it needed improvement. When however the interviewer reiterated on this and also asked him why his children were educating in foreign private schools, he said that's part of democracy. He was not comparable with other candidates on this. Ibrahim again beat all of them hands down. I'm surprised by his deep understanding of this problem even at 2011.

4. Health: Here he thought we should look for help from foreign personnels to help/teach us so we can produce drugs as well as supervise usage of funds allocated to healthcare. (Eh, Nuhu Ribadu congratulated Fashola for having an excellent healthcare system in Lagos), I don't really know who beat who here but Nuhu Ribadu had excellent suggestions on how to stop outsourcing kidney, heart et cetera problem to foreign hospitals, start drug manufacturing and also stated that we actually have some of the best doctors in the world.

The funniest and last question which got me amused however was when the interviewer asked why the next president should come from the North, I don't know why the Interviewer asked the question but Ibrahim gave a good answer and also talked about how PDP had corrupted the word 'zone'. It also became apparent that this was the strategy used by the PDP/Jonathan, (all the present aspirants/candidates were from the North).

If this is what you're presenting for Nigeria, then you truly do not mean well.

naijaboiy:
Its possible for you to get married to your first Love.

But I don't know if it's possible for the both of you to be together from the onset till you finally get married.

Most times they separate and end up meeting other people that they may date for a while before fate brings them back together again.

And one of the reasons for that is: you want to really know if your first love is the best for you.

Good work OP. If Nigeria begins to participate actively and win International competitions, it will be only a matter of time before companies start sponsoring similar competitions here in Nigeria. Good human resources are scarce in Nigeria

Democracy is flawed. What is democracy if the citizens can't actually make a valid choice? In the US SuperPACs are responsible for "corrupting democracy" through massive sponsorship of select candidates. Malawi fielded 14 presidential candidates in her 2014 elections but the results were nearly canceled because of poor election conducts (casualties were involved) and most likely it wasn't free and fair. Nigeria on the other hand has improved the credibility of her elections but currently stuck with two presidential aspirants as her best presidential candidates out of the numerous political parties in Nigeria; indicating maybe that the others were too poor to buy a presidential form or reject a step down/don't contest bribe.

If Dictionary.com definition of democracy: "Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. a state having such a form of government."
is right, then I think it's high time Nigerian youths began planning the best for herself. It is not news that our election primaries process is flawed -- AO Omobawale has an entire article on it http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajpssi/article/view/34167
We need a better election primaries process, Nigerian youths need to know the exact steps required to participate in the leadership and development of Nigeria constitution-wise.

Majority of people in our "House of Assemblies" are corrupt and there are few people currently in Nigeria's politics that can lead us. What this means is that we need more capable Nigerians participating actively in our politics.
Our current electoral act is messed up, in February 2015 there are two processes involved in voting, one is 'accreditation', the other is the voting. I don't know why that is needed when we have moved to e-voting and spend billions of naira a day on it. There's no merit I can deduce from this process except to reduce the number of voters and thus increase the amount of votes that can be abused. In addition, we have PVCs now and a better national identification system, yet our electoral act prevent any form of online voting even if accompanied with proper identification technology. Who is deceiving who? If our politicians can't understand how to make our state better by taking advantage of technology, then they need to be changed or trained. I don't see the point of online campaigns or advertisements when we're faced with a Hobson's choice and and majority of the people who will vote are gullible innocent illiterates who don't participate in online media.

If we really want things to be better, we have to actively start making it better now. Our concerned youths need to turn their attention into developing systems that help enlighten the majority of the Nigerian populace, improve literacy and reduce the information gap rather than working to develop a new Facebook. In this regards I respect people like [url="https://www.facebook.com/chyko07"]Chike Mgbemena[/url] and his team, plus various others who I don't know that have been building apps and website in this regards. And also members like Obiagelli, OAM4J, NairalandOP, Scribble, Jaideyone, Sincere9gerian, Afam4eva, Litmus, Ngakwe etc who contribute to the politics section. Our entire democratic system needs overhauling, the Internet provides us with a platform where we can unite, speak and act with one voice. We can't fold our hands and continue to wait for someone to give us a "credible candidate", we need to start building them now. Thank you.

Hmmmm, so this is what Buhari intends to do before he goes to the grave? It might work though but it's obvious that he's willing to die for Nigeria.

In addition, Buhari doesn't have the kind of mind/democratic listening we need for economic growth. All the period he was fighting corruption (in the south??), he never thought of how he could setup an anti-corruption monster such as EFCC (setup by OBJ in 2003) and even since its formation has not thought of how he could contribute to this organization in Nigeria but has been consistently trying to regain power as the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Received my new HP Omen and Laptop spare part today. Thanks Specuit Cargo

"The rice revolution: :1.9 million metric tonnes of the commodity was produced in the 2013 dry and wet seasons, contributing N320 billion to the GDP and creating 670, 000 jobs in the process." [url="http://dailyindependentnig.com/2014/04/local-farmers-add-2-9m-mt-nigerias-rice-stock/"]Read more[/url]

Approval/funding for Nigeria's power construction projects (It's sad that no Nigerian company can be awarded this kind of contract though :/ )
[url="http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/fg-approves-1-72-bn-counterpart-funding-for-hydro-dams/149335/"]Read more[/url]

Mambilla Dam (The biggest in West Africa) coming to life. [url="http://nigeriapoliticsonline.com/hydro-electricity-work-to-resume-on-mambilla-dam-minister-of-power/"]Read more[/url]

Dangote in partnership with ITF and CTIN to create jobs for 10 million Nigerians. [url="http://thenationonlineng.net/new/n15b-deal-20-million-artisans/"]Read more[/url]

GE's $1billion manufacturing plant to create 2300 jobs [url="http://www.fmti.gov.ng/component/content/article/52-fdi-news/141-fg-seals-1bn-deal-with-ge-on-manufacturing-assembly-plant.html"]Read more[/url]

Calabar NIPP power plant coming on after Kogi and Ondo [url="http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/fg-anticipates-december-take-off-of-563mw-calabar-nipp-plant/188073/"]Read more[/url]

EchoFund to administer FG's $9million funding for startups. (NB: A startup in Nigeria got $10million seed funding recently). [url="http://techmoran.com/fg-sets-aside-9million-innovation-fund/"]Read more[/url]

Tony Elumelu $100 million seed funding for startups. [url="http://4us.ng/politics/tony-elumelu-foundation-launches-100m-pan-african-entrepreneurship-initiative-to-fund-10000-start-ups/"]Read more[/url]

"The Federal Government is taking steps to increase the investible funds available to the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Agency (NSIA) from its current $1.5billion to about $5billion" [url="http://thenationonlineng.net/new/fed-govt-mulls-5b-sovereign-wealth-fund/"]Read more[/url]

FG - MFB 220bn SME funds helps SMEs collect up to 250,000 Naira loan without collateral. [url="http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/stakeholders-commend-fgs-use-mfbs-disburse-n220bn-msme-fund/"]Read more[/url]

These are some of the few I know, now list yours.

Hello, Chairman BizBloke, does this mean I can come to collect my items today? I did receive the email that China cargo has arrived.

BizBloke:
[color=#000033]Say4gunit,

Products all cleared and picked up; available for pick up.

Three batches of Freight (China) arrived, cleared and available for pick up. List and pictures coming soon.

Thanks.[/color]

Indeed, if all tablets came with bluetooth keyboards, life would be different with tablets. Maybe this is a market someone should explore

HI, sent an email to china@specuitcargo.com for about 2hrs+ in regard to the yesterday order.

Yet to hear anything

Thanks

BizBloke:
[color=#000033]Hi SkyDancer.

[size=13pt]INVOICE[/size]
Product Cost: $49.49

Freight Fee: $13
Service Charge: $5

Sub-Total: $67.49
Discount: -$2.00

TOTAL: $65.49 (N12,440)

The first product is N16,130 separately; for both orders, the total is N28,570.

Thanks. [/color]

Okay great. I can't find your account details to make the payment, how do I proceed and are you able to process instantly? I need to repair my PC before I travel back for Xmas so it needs to arrive by 20th worst case.

Thanks

CRAZYMADMAN:
For those using Android phones
you can learn html, JavaScript, CSS, jquery, PHP, MySQL — and to some extent python with just 920 text editor and ksweb ( I believe they are the best at what they do, believe me I have searched and searched)
for python, you can use qpython3
for Java, use AIDE
errm, which one remain again?

Interesting, seems ksweb is very suitable for learning web dev, any suggestions for Java/C++?

BizBloke:
P.S: The Product Cost above is a discounted price and if payment isn't made before 7am tomorrow morning, your TOTAL would be N16,510.
Thanks.[/b][/color]

OK Thanks, final item:

www.aliexpress.com/item/free-shipping-NEW-Original-for-HP-Pavilion-DM4-Laptop-LCD-front-Bezel-Cover/2048910155.html

Please let me know the cost separately and in total with the Jacket.

Thanks.

If anyone needs, I can also help them get this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.n0n3m4.droidc&hl=en

How about this?

www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-Slim-Custom-Fit-one-and-two-buttons-bridegroon-Men-s-Business-Dress-blazer-suits/881117297.html

Hi, how much for this watch?

www.aliexpress.com/item/Aipker-latest-fashion-stainless-steel-fatory-price-sim-card-vogue-smart-watch/32243564218.html

Thanks

Do you have HP Omen?

noel76:
@ skydancer my 1T. Byte external hdd has refused to open, instead its display an error msg. "File corrupted format ur drive b4 u can use it" pls hw do I open d hdd or recover my very important files. Tanks

I would suggest you take your computer to a technician if you don't know how to safely remove/install your hard drive. If you're in Lagos you may call She She on 080 23897867

enet1:
Thanks so much all of you who have answered my question.God will replenish ur reservoir of knowledge ijn.Skydancer,i forgot to mention dt ads usually pop up during browsing.So which type of antivirus would you recommend that i should get on the system and should i forget abt formatting the system? i will be expecting your answers asap

Did you try running System Restore yet? Your system is clearly infected by Adware.

enet1:
Goodmorning skydancer and all the computer gurus and the contributors onhis thread,May the good lord bless and replenish all your efforts. I use a HP elitebook intel core i5 laptop 250 gb of HDD and 2gb RAM,i got it last yr september,but for 2 0r 3 months now,it has been hanging and gettin slow so so much especially when i browse on the internet,pls what do you guys advise that i do to make it functional very well as b4? i use free antivirus on it and there is free space of 143gb on the local disk.i was tinking of either formatting the system or buyin an original norton antivirus on it.Pls i need professional advice on which step to take cuz i dont want the system to crash finally. If i will format it, how much do they format laptop in computer village.God bless you all in advance.

Hi Enet, you don't need to format your laptop if it's just only being slow. It is possible that your system has been infested with spyware/adware (although you don't seem to mention having problems with ads while browsing). First try using system restore and if it doesn't work, you can come back here and provide more information that can help diagnose your pc. You could also email me directly if you want us to speak.

Cheers.

Hi everyone, listen closely. Have you ever been in a hackathon before? For starters, a hackathon is basically an event where real stuff is done within a short time while sacrificing sleep and risking possible brain overheating. I'm privileged to be part of a group planning the world's first most strategic virtual hackathon on Education ever and it will not end in 3 days, because it is designed to be a phenomena.

The power of group thinking and brainstorming can never be overemphasized and a virtual hackathon removes all the barriers you can think of, allowing you to mix with different people all over the globe, hack together and develop working solutions in a short time.

Our first edition named 10x10 Virtual Hackathon will make your brain groan and grow under the stress of brainstorming, multiple git commits and spasmodic online meetings.

If you want to learn how to work in virtual teams, learn a new wide set of tools and resources or possibly take away winning prizes and media coverage, there's no better opportunity for you
Sounds interesting?

Whether you're a programmer or entrepreneur, you can apply right away on http://f6s.com/10x10virtualhackathon-2014#/apply and share with others.

You can learn more about the event at http://www.virtualhackathons.com Whether you're a team or an individual, we will put you in a strategic team where you will HACK EDUCATION together with people from different regions and culture. You will be notified if you're accepted by 7/8th of October. Remember to read up the schedule on our website and let me know if you have any questions. Cheers!

Well, although the twitter handle looks suspicious, it's quite authentic, and it doesn't seem that this is a fake unless of course it was hacked... But we still need to be on tougher lookout, if BokoHaram ever regroups again, it would be deadlier

https://twitter.com/ChiefBisongEta1

Dlordisgreat1: Many thanks, i have ownership proof.

Contact me by email if you still haven't found help.

jibbzion: At last! Our agricultural sector is having a look-in by our 'so-called' government.

'look-in', you should probably see this:

http://businessdayonline.com/2014/04/breaking-down-nigeria-rebased-510-billion-gdp/#.U-vGDPldVrc

donigspain: My HP Compaq Mini Laptop is faulty.

ORIGINAL KEYBOARD FAULT
- All the keys work except keys A S D F G Z C.
- Key Z repeats itself multiple times once you boot to desktop. Stop only when you hit the keyboard a little.

I was advised to get a new keyboard which I went for yesterday at Computer Village. I tried many keyboards but they kept repeating the following error sequence:
- All keys respond when punched
- Key Z no longer repeats itself
- When you press key A it displays AZ, key S displays SX, key D displays DC etc. and these are the keys that DON'T WORK in the original keyboard.

The technician cleaned the Keyboard Controller on the motherboard with brush (no spirit) and tried the keyboards again but it still repeated same errors. He now concluded that the Keyboard Controller is faulty and cannot be changed. I only have to make do with external keyboards.

MAIN-POINT:
Engineers in the house, what do you think of the above situation.
- Is the technician's diagnosis/troubleshooting correct?
- If yes, is the keyboard controller fixable/repairable?
- If yes, what will it cost me to fix it?

adetwin MARKone deji2009 skydancer Oxone BetaTechnicians

The techician's diagnosis is correct. Here's what I will personally suggest to advice if your problem is an OS problem. Instead of booting your PC in modal mode, use the typical fix startup problems or any other mode that will quickly allow you to boot into a shell. Such as 'repair my computer'. Check if problem is present, and if it's not, then you could try using system restore or at least we can find a way to remove whatever malware may be responsible for the problem.

If however, the problem is reproduced in this mode, then it may be a bios problem like Deji suggested (assuming your installed keyboard is compatible with your PC). Hopefully you would be able to easily update your Bios.

Dlordisgreat1: Dear computer gurus,

Come to my aid, i changed my system password few days ago, i have been using my former password for long, changed it due to my siblings, they too love games, i don't use it since then, i ON it now, but it giving me incorrect password, tried all possible passwords, all effort has been proved abortive,
Now, i am trying to reset the password, i insert my flashdrive, it saying the disk is not a password reset disk,
please all, come to my aid, am dying, i can't afford to lose all my files. Formatting is not an option.
Please!!!!!!
Acer core i3, windows 8.

Thanks in anticipation.

Eh, there're many ways around this. You can hack it if you can get a good engineer around you and you have ownership proof. Simple way with anyone available however is to simply install another OS and retrieve your original files using admin mode.