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ibiso1986: guy, I'm from rivers.. Though its true that some youths don't have the qualities, but not all, the ones that have the qualities don't fight for their right.. Have they tried interviewing some educated peeps from the riverrine part of rivers state that experienced colonisation.. U just might be surprised.. ChikenaDon't be a dolt. They don't have too go to riverine areas to interview anybody. They advertise vacancies in papers and all online job forums. If your much vaunted intelligent folks cannot be bothered to apply, write the test, pass and go for the interviews, they've got no reason to complain. it beats my imagination the lies you people tell to yourselves. Face the facts, the vast majority of the youths in these sort of protests are NOT graduates. And not all graduates must be employed. Advise your brothers to educate themselves and ensure they are fit for gainful employment in other areas...it must not always be about oil. |
gykes: Lol, have u heard of b@stard 2.2 hybrids by wu-wei??.... it's very very stableAren't those just for the Z10? |
noblezone: It is really amazing how the fall out of Amaechi and his benefactors has turned to the "ear of GEJ and Madam Patience".It really is amazing how you paid lapdogs can pretend that the rivers state crisis does not have the hand of the President in it. |
[quote author=Red_Card]are you now calling it a phone or a camera? From all you have written up there, it shows that the only good thing about the phone is the camera. Pls tell me if Nokia just produced the best camera or best phone.[/quote]Not my fault if you struggle with comprehending simple written English. I'd have thought the initial blurb was clear enough...or at least you could take time out to follow the source link. |
Sample photos https://cdn.conversations.nokia.com.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sharpness-in-difficult-lighting-conditions_small.jpg https://cdn.conversations.nokia.com.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sharpness-with-movement_small.jpg https://cdn.conversations.nokia.com.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/large-sensor_small.jpg Source: http://conversations.nokia.com/2013/07/11/nokia-lumia-1020-picture-gallery-zoom-in/ |
Excellent low light performance and image stabilization https://d35lb3dl296zwu.cloudfront.net/uploads/photo/image/13339/LB_7235.jpg |
https://cdn2.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/8571849/lumia1020photos1_640_verge_super_wide.jpg http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/11/4513556/nokia-lumia-1020-release-date-specifications-features Nokia is making its Lumia 1020 handset official on Thursday. The Finnish smartphone maker has just unveiled its latest flagship Windows Phone on stage at an event in New York. The Lumia 1020 is a big upgrade over Nokia's previous Windows Phone efforts for one reason alone: a 41-megapixel camera. Nokia is taking its PureView 808 sensor from its Symbian days and adding a number of enhancements to bring it to Windows Phone. The 41-megapixel Pureview sensor includes optical image stabilization, 6-lens Zeiss optics, and a xenon flash, making it the centerpiece for the rear of the phone. It can shoot still images at 38-megapixel in 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios. At the same time as it captures the high-resolution images, it also takes an oversampled 5-megapixel image using the sensor that can then be easily shared thanks to its smaller file size. The Lumia 1020 supports 1080p video capture, complete with 4x zoom and up to 6x at 720p. Nokia is releasing a Pro Camera app with the Lumia 1020 to take advantage of the sensor and manually adjust flash, focus, ISO, white balance, shutter speed, and exposure. It also includes a number of editing functions to crop and alter photos. Nokia is bundling a leather wrist strap with the Lumia 1020, making it even more point-and-shoot-like, but a optional Camera Grip accessory provides a casing for the device with extra battery, a shutter button, and even a tripod mount. |
J12: Nothing beats xperia.Not sure if serious. |
LastApostle: I ponder when people make unguarded statements of the political imbroglio prevailing in Rivers state. One doesn't need to be a student of political science to fully grasp the diatribe of political manoeuvring as currently bedevilled the oil rich state.How dare you mention these people and 'conscience' in the same sentence? Anyway, not even you paid dogs can change what is permanently on video, where the cultist House of Reps member said "How will he be fighting my President" All the crisis in Rivers State right now, all the violence...all is on GEJ. I hope it's truly worth it for him. As I hope you're well paid for your sycophancy. Dog. |
yuzedo: Soooooooooo, did they still ate d patty rice and malt or did the fooood waist??Dude, this is inappropriate. Somebody died, show some respect! |
Cutejay: I like the top of the wedding dress very modest no unecessary exposure btw lovely bride wish you both a happy married life.If na Deeper Life, that wedding gown na unforgivable sin! |
Massive giveaways on the AppStore right now for the APpstore's 5th Anniversary. Infinity Blade II, Traktor DJ, many many more apps are available for free. There's a list here http://www.techtola.com/2013/07/the-best-apps-and-games-ever-made-for.html |
LMFAO!! Look at all these gullible kids! So this Stevebent opens his own blog, posts his own crappy post with pictures stolen from a Mobileaks render (made before the Samsung ATIV event for Windows 8 devices) and brings it here to Nairaland and not only do we have the usual gaggle of sheep that cannot reason their way out of a paperbag commenting on how 'Samsung is taking everyone for a ride'....we have a mod that puts this shyte on the homepage! Samsung's next high end phone will be the Galaxy Note III. There will be no Galaxy S5 until Q2 2014. That's a fact! I'm sure Stevebent is laughing hysterically at you gullible folks from his base in Ibadan. here's where he stole the picture from http://www.mobileaks.nl/14412/samsung-premiere-smartphone-van-20-juni-krijgt-vorm |
samwind1508: 2. tecno knew they were going to enter the tablet market and they needed to do something different that would create the wow effect, so if f7 carried the quad core chip the tablet was going to struggle so f7 in all its glory got stuck with a dual core.I'm sorry, but this makes absolutely no sense. DeeManD: Superb tablet, this. Just ran the antutu test, and got 13138.yeah, I've just checked and the 3G Nexus 7 is way more expensive. This is actually a pretty good deal then, for that price. |
samwind1508: no u are just a sorry ass of a human being that can't afford any and yet can wonder at how people are being ripped off and yet cannot provide a cheaper version except a mouth versionWhat's with these Tecno treads that make some of you so antsy sef? I'm merely asking questions and you're flaring up like this... As for your 'can't afford any' crack, I think folks who know me on Nairaland know I can easily afford to buy any gadget in the market. Now, my point is, the most expensive Tecno phone now is the Phantom, and it's sold for 35k. Still uses the Mediatek MTK6577 SoC from early 2012...and that chipset has since been replaced by the quad core MT6589 series which brings in an upgraded CPU and a much improved GPU (SGX 544 vs the way inferior SGX 531). Phones running the 6577 chipset are now way cheaper these days, in the $150 range. I'd expect Tecno to reflect this in their pricing and leave the 35k range for their quad core series. Then again, the Phantom's build quality looks nice, so I could be wrong and that's where Tecno is having to increase the cost somewhat. I came in here with no intention of an argument...we're having a conversation on phones here. Please don't misconstrue my words, or assume you and I have the same financial challenges. Thank you |
Elsafema: where do u see Nexus 7 for that amount and what advantage has it over n9Nexus 7 16GB is sold for around 40k +. Downsides? No rear camera, Wifi only (the 3G version is rare, may be around 5k more) Upsides? Stock Android (so guaranteed updates from Google for years, faster processor, better GPU) Lagusta: everybody wants to find a way of tackling tecno shaa!!!!I'm not tackling anything/anybody. I think Tecno is ripping off its buyers, though. |
Ok, quick question. What exactly is the wisdom in buying this tablet for 36k when for an extra 5 - 10k you'll get a Nexus 7, running a much faster chipset, better screen and guaranteed updates from Google to the latest Android versions? |
tosmartak: Lord_Reed: Thank you. Our products are both dual core, not single core. Probably u missed it but I think they were stated. Nevertheless, we thank you for the observation, even though incorrect. We are here to serve you better. And by the way, our products are UK designed product and they conform with UK specs, one of the reasons we put 365 days warranty on them. Here are the specs you probably missed.This is false, of course. The MTK6517 does not ship with the PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU. It ships with the far more inferior single core SGX531 GPU. Between your fake specs and your dubious version of Android (4.1.4), your stuff certainly doesn't inspire confidence |
codemaster2much: heard the one with the exynos chipset is more powerful as it runs the exynos chipset with up to 8 core... 4 for less power intensive task and the other 4 for Power intensive task... need your reply fast... thanksQualcomm version is a much better deal than the Exynos version. The Exynos is SLightly more powerful, much worse battery life, poorer XDA support, no easy compatibility with the stock Android ROM from the Google Experience device. |
Protip: If you must buy a Galaxy S4, do not buy the Octacore Exynos 5 version. Pure rubbish from Samsung. Go for the Qualcomm version instead. Better battery life, more XDA activity, compatibility with stock Android from the Google Experience version. |
cold: I'm still wondering how 19 men of the elite 'hotshot' squad got engulfed by the conflagration. Not 1,2 or 3 but 19! Someone must have been careless,an egregious error of judgmentDon't be daft. Wildfires in that part of the world can move at up to 11km/hr unaided. When you factor in reported wind speeds of 45mph pushing embers, sparks and flames...Try outrunning that in a forest when the wind (and hence fire) suddenly changes direction. |
DICKtator: Lightning? Sango(?) travelled without visa? or perhaps ThorI pray your death is treated with this much levity when it happens. |
SniperInADiaper: Not cool at all....that you have no sense of humor, right? I agree! |
obadiah777: WELL DAYUMMMMM. I GUESS HE GOT GOOD GENESNo. YOU have got bad eyes. How can you be trying to guess someone's age from a heavily airbrushed photo? |
[size=14pt]REFORMATTED FOR EASIER READING[/size] http://salvationdigest..co.uk/2013/06/the-crimes-of-buhari-wole-soyinka.html The grounds on which General Buhari is being promoted as the alternative choice are not only shaky, but pitifully naive. History matters. Records are not kept simply to assist the weakness of memory, but to operate as guides to the future. Ofcourse, we know that human beings change. What the claims of personality change or transformation impose on us is a rigorous inspection of the evidence, not wishful speculation or behind-the-scenes assurances. Public offence, crimes against apolity, must be answered in the public space, not in caucuses of bargaining. In Buhari, we have been offered no evidence of the sheerest prospect of change. On the contrary, all evident suggests that this is one individual who remains convinced that this is one ex-ruler that the nation cannot call to order. Buhari, need one remind anyone – was one of the generals who treated a Commission of Enquiry, the Oputa Panel, with unconcealed disdain. Like Babangida and Abdusalami, he refused to put in appearance even though complaints that were tabled against him involved a career of gross abuses of power and blatant assault on the fundamental human rights of the Nigerian citizenry. Prominent against these charges was an act that amounted to nothing less than judicial murder, the execution of a citizen under a retroactive decree. Does Decree 20 ring a bell? If not, then, perhaps the names of three youths – Lawal Ojuolape (30), Bernard Ogedengbe (29) and Bartholomew Owoh (26) do. To put it quite plainly, one of those three Ogedengbe – was executed for a crime that did not carry a capital forfeit at the time it was committed. This was an unconscionable crime, carried out in defiance of the pleas and protests of nearly every sector of the Nigerian and international community religious, civil rights, political, trade unions etc. Buhari and his sidekick and his partner-in-crime, Tunde Idiagbon persisted in this inhuman act for one reason and one reason only: to place Nigerians on notice that they were now under an iron, inflexible rule, under governance by fear. The execution of that youthful innocent for so he was, since the punishment did not exist at the time of commission – was nothing short of premeditated murder, for which the perpetrators should normally stand trial upon their loss of immunity. Are we truly expected to forget this violation of our entitlement to security as provided under existing laws? And even if our sensibilities have become blunted by succeeding seasons of cruelty and brutality, if power itself had so coarsened the sensibilities also of rulers and corrupted their judgment, what should one rightly expect after they have been rescued from the snare of power. At the very least, a revaluation, leading hopefully to remorse, and its expression to a wronged society. At the very least, such a revaluation should engender reticence,silence. In the case of Buhari, it was the opposite. Since leaving office he has declared in the most categorical terms that he had no regrets over this murder and would do so again. Human life is inviolate. The right to life is the uniquely fundamental right on which all other rights are based. The crime that General Buhari committed against the entire nation went further however, inconceivable as it might first appear. That crime is one of the most profound negations of civic being. Not content with hammering down the freedom of expression in general terms, Buhari specifically forbade all public discussion of a return to civilian, democratic rule. Let us constantly applaud our media those battle scarred professionals did not completely knuckle down. They resorted to cartoons and oblique, elliptical references to sustain the people’s campaign for a time-table to democratic rule. Overt agitation for a democratic time table however remained rigorously suppressed military dictatorship, and a specifically incorporated in Buhari and Idiagbon was here to stay. To deprive a people of volition in their own political direction is to turn a nation into a colony of slaves. Buhari enslaved the nation. He gloated and gloried in a master-slave relation to the millions of its inhabitants. It is astonishing to find that the same former slaves, now free of their chains, should clamour to be ruled by one who not only turned their nation into a slave plantation, but forbade them any discussion of their condition. So Tai Solarin is already forgotten? Tai who stood at street corners, fearlessly distributing leaflets that took up the gauntlet where the media had dropped it. Tai who was incarcerated by that regime and denied even the medication for his asthmatic condition? Tai did not ask to be sent for treatment overseas; all he asked was his traditional medicine that had proved so effective after years of struggle with asthma! Nor must we omit the manner of Buhari coming to power and the pattern of his corrective rule. Shagari’s NPN had already run out of steam and was near universally detested except of course by the handful that still benefited from that regime of profligacy and rabid fascism. Responsibility for the national condition lay squarely at the door of the ruling party, obviously, but against whom was Buharis coup staged? Judging by the conduct of that regime, it was not against Shagaris government but against the opposition. The head of government, on whom primary responsibility lay, was Shehu Shagari. Yet that individual was kept in cozy house detention in Ikoyi while his powerless deputy, Alex Ekwueme, was locked up in Kiri-kiri prisons. Such was the Buhari notion of equitable apportionment of guilt and/or responsibility. And then the cascade of escapes of the wanted, and culpable politicians. Manhunts across the length and breadth of the nation, roadblocks everywhere and borders tight as steel zip locks. Lo and behold, the chairman of the party, Chief Akinloye, strolled out coolly across the border. Richard Akinjide, Legal Protector of the ruling party, slipped out with equal ease. The Rice Minister, Umaru Dikko, who declared that Nigerians were yet to eat from dustbins – escaped through the same airtight dragnet. The clumsy attempt to crate him home was punishment for his ingratitude, since he went berserk when, after waiting in vain, he concluded that the coup had not been staged, after all, for the immediate consolidation of the party of extreme right-wing vultures, but for the military hyenas. The case of the overbearing Secretary-General of the party, Uba Ahmed, was even more noxious. Uba Ahmed was out of the country at the time. Despite the closure of the Nigerian airspace, he compelled the pilot of his plane to demand special landing permission, since his passenger load included the almighty Uba Ahmed. Of course, he had not known of the change in his status since he was airborne. The delighted airport commandant, realizing that he had a much valued fish swimming willingly into awaiting net, approved the request. Uba Ahmed disembarked into the arms of a military guard and was promptly clamped in detention. Incredibly, he vanished a few days after and reappeared in safety overseas. Those whose memories have become calcified should explore the media coverage of that saga. Buhari was asked to explain the vanished act of this much prized quarry and his response was one of the most arrogant levity. Coming from one who had shot his way into power on the slogan of displine, it was nothing short of impudent. Shall we revisit the tragicomic series of trials that landed several politicians several lifetimes in prison? Recall, if you please, the judicial processes undergone by the septuagenarian Chief Adekunle Ajasin. He was arraigned and tried before Buhari’s punitive tribunal but acquitted. Dissatisfied, Buhari ordered his re-trial. Again, the Tribunal could not find this man guilty of a single crime, so once again he was returned for trial, only to be acquitted of all charges of corruption or abuse of office. Was Chief Ajasin thereby released? No! He was ordered detained indefinitely, simply for the crime of winning an election and refusing to knuckle under Shagari’s reign of terror. The conduct of the Buhari regime after his coup was not merely one of double, triple, multiple standards but a cynical travesty of justice. Audu Ogbeh, currently chairman of the Action Congress was one of the few figures of rectitude within the NPN. Just as he has done in recent times with the PDP, he played the role of an internal critic and reformer, warning, dissenting, and setting an example of probity within his ministry. For that crime he spent months in unjust incarceration. Guilty by association? Well, if that was the motivating yardstick of the administration of the Buhari justice, then it was most selectively applied. The utmost severity of the Buhari-Idiagbon justice was especially reserved either for the opposition in general, or for those within the ruling party who had showed the sheerest sense of responsibility and patriotism. Shall I remind this nation of Buhari’s deliberate humiliating treatment of the Emir of Kano and the Oni of Ife over their visit to the state of Israel? I hold no brief for traditional rulers and their relationship with governments, but insist on regarding them as entitled to all the rights, privileges and responsibilities of any Nigerian citizen. This royal duo went to Israel on their private steam and private business. Simply because the Buhari regime was pursuing some antagonistic foreign policy towards Israel, a policy of which these traditional rulers were not a part, they were subjected on their return to a treatment that could only be described as a head masterly chastisement of errant pupils. Since when, may one ask, did a free citizen of the Nigerian nation require the permission of a head of state to visit a foreign nation that was willing to offer that tourist a visa.? One is only too aware that some Nigerians love to point to Buhari’s agenda of discipline as the shining jewel in his scrap-iron crown. To inculcate discipline however, one must lead by example, obeying laws set down as guides to public probity. Example speaks louder than declarations, and rulers cannot exempt themselves from the disciplinary strictures imposed on the overall polity, especially on any issue that seeks to establish a policy for public well-being. The story of the thirty something suitcases it would appear that they were even closer to fifty – found unavoidable mention in my recent memoirs, YOU MUST SET FORTH AT DAWN, written long before Buhari became spoken of as a credible candidate. For the exercise of a changeover of the national currency, the Nigerian borders air, sea and land had been shut tight. Nothing was supposed to move in or out, not even cattle egrets. Yet a prominent camel was allowed through that needles eye. Not only did Buhari dispatch his aide-de camp, Jokolo later to become an emir - to facilitate the entry of those cases, he ordered the redeployment as I later discovered – of the Customs Officer who stood firmly against the entry of the contravening baggage. That officer, the incumbent Vice-president is now a rival candidate to Buhari, but has somehow, in the meantime, earned a reputation that totally contradicts his conduct at the time. Wherever the truth lies, it does not redound to the credibility of the dictator of that time, General Buhari whose word was law, but whose allegiances were clearly negotiable. On the theme of double, triple, multiple standards in the enforcement of the law, and indeed of the decrees passed by the Buhari regime at the time, let us recall the notorious case of Triple A Alhaji Alhaji Alhaji, then Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance. Who was caught, literally, with his pants down in distant Austria. That was not the crime however, and private conduct should always remain restricted to the domain of private censure. There was no decree against civil servants proving just as hormone driven as anyone else, especially outside the nation’s borders. However, there was a clear decree against the keeping of foreign accounts, and this was what emerged from the Austrian escapade. Alhaji Alhaji kept, not one, but several undeclared foreign accounts, and he had no business being in possession of the large amount of foreign currency of which he was robbed by his overnight companion. The media screamed for an even application of the law, but Buhari had turned suddenly deaf. By contrast, Fela Anikulapo languished in goal for years, sentenced under that very draconian decree. His crime was being in possession of foreign exchange that he had legitimately received for the immediate upkeep of his band as they set off for an international engagement. A vicious sentence was slapped down on Fela by a judge who later became so remorse stricken at least after Buhari’s overthrow that he went to the King of Afro-beat and apologized. Lesser known was the traumatic experience of the director of an international communication agency, an affiliate of UNESCO. Akin Fatoyinbo arrived at the airport in complete ignorance of the new currency decree. He was thrown in gaol in especially brutal condition, an experience from which he never fully recovered. It took several months of high-level intervention before that innocent man was eventually freed. These were not exceptional but mere sample cases from among hundreds of others, victims of a decree that was selectively applied, a decree that routinely penalized innocents and ruined the careers and businesses of many. What else? What does one choose to include or leave out? What precisely was Ebenezer Babatope’s crime that he should have spent the entire tenure of General Buhari in detention? Nothing beyond the fact that he once warned in the media that Buhari was an ambitious soldier who would bear watching through the lenses of a coup-detat. Babatope’s father died while he was in Buhari’s custody, the dictator remained deaf to every plea that he be at least released to attend his father’s funeral, even under guard. I wrote an article at the time, denouncing this pointless insensitivity. So little to demand by a man who was never accused of, nor tried for any crime, much less found guilty. Such a load of vindictiveness that smothered all traces of basic human compassion deserves no further comment in a nation that values its traditions. But then, speaking the truth was not what Buhari, as a self-imposed leader, was especially enamoured of enquire of Tunde Thompson and Nduka Irabor both of whom, faithful to their journalistic calling, published nothing but the truth, yet ended up sentenced under Buhari’s decree. Mind you, no one can say that Buhari was not true to his word. Shall tamper with the freedom of the press swore the dictator immediately on grabbing office, and this was exactly what he did. And so on, and on, and on. |
Goddex: Jang was military administrator of two states and now a two time elected governor of Plateau state. All together, he has been governor four times. He was governor of two states when Ameachi was a nobody. He knows exactly what he is talking about. Ameachi is not Jang's mate.And with all this experience, his state is still a hotbed of insecurity. Work done = Zero. |
Wisdytech: Is MR NELSON MANDELLA dead? I was out of TOWN..... Am just coming back now... Where i was i had no INTERNET CONNECTION! What i heard in the morning before i left was that he was in a serious STATE of SICKNESS. Pls Can any body confirm this??The only thing dead is your brain cells. You now have Internet connection if you can post on Nairaland. Instead of doing what anyone with an IQ over 20 would do and Google it up (or check out any of the news sites) you open up a thread in Nairaland to ask God-fearing people this inane question. Smh |
Tinoxky: These days its all about money! Money!! Money!!!, when Last has it been announced that doctors when on strike because of Inadequate Equipment in the hospital?When one considers that the entire OP talks about an impending Strike by Resident doctors to improve training and equipment, one wonders what kind of 'garri school' you attended. |
berem: All you blaming the woman should get your brains checked! If you don't know how it feels to loose your only grown up kids in one day, you have no right to condemn her. The Morgan of a guy acted suspiciously and he is being accused of the death of MC LOPH. If he did kill him, only God will judge!To think my tax money goes towards subsidizing m0r0ns like this one! You probably support the custom of forcing widows to drink water from washing their dead husbands corpse. Afterall, shebi we don't know how it feels for the Mother-in-law to lose her son? Abeg go through the OP again and show us where the Morgan guy was 'acting suspiciously'. |
toshmann: They can always go to TahitiYou think it's a joke, but Tahiti is actually a much more picturesque and exotic tourist destination than the UK. |
daywatcher: Muslims serving Arab interests, Christians serving western interest. When will Africans wake up?Tell me when the Pope has ordered his adherents to wipe out another race/country? Tell me when the Pope has advocated for violence and bloodshed to achieve religious revolution. People who revere the Pope carry out religious revolutions by distributing pamphlets and leaflets inviting you for religious revivals and sermons. Followers of the Ayatollah's teachings plan religious revolutions by beheading infidels like yourself ![]() |
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