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I nominate my man INSPIRED! He's really cleaned up the Autos section, gotten rid of the spammers and ensured that all credible car dealers have their full contact details and biodata posted.

I can't recall there being any more cases of scamming on the Autos section since he took over. So he gets my vote.

dmainboss:
Some of you forget some basic facts. The government does not have to guarantee this or that. There are many business men and companies willing to come in and do business and create competition. All they need is liberalisation and policies to guide it. Just open the doors and you will see over one hundred companies ready to open refineries and fight for a share of the business. The end result is simple. Prices willl go down and the product will be available everywhere. Those who keep saying fuel will sell at 150k only show they know nothing about business. Competition will always drive prices down. Its the simple law of supply and demand. The phone industry is a very clear example

Refineries are very very capital intensive projects with tight margins. Why do you think most of the NOCs are shying away from building refineries?

It is a known fact that refineries have very weak profit margins. There will be no mad scramble to build refineries in Nigeria and the petrol price will not fall anytime soon.

Secondly, you would do well to realize that in the case of the phone industry, individual choices were easy and possible. Consumers could switch networks with ease. There aren't that many marketers out there and those that exist are perfectly happy to remain in cartels to fix prices to boost profit.

Sun of god:
If only GEJ had the balls to nationalise the oil indstry and have it managed by competent uncorruptable individuals.

efisher:
^ Nationalization of the oil industry is already in progress. Shell / Total / Agip recently sold their interests in OMLs 26 and 42 to a consortium of indigenous companies. NPDC will now jointly operate the fields unlike before now when Shell was the sole operator. This is a first step in a very long process of having the NOC run all or most of the "easy" oil fields. The PIB is another cookie in the oven that will enable us exploit our resources more profitably. Your 2nd concern about having competent and incorruptible people run the industry truly calls for concern. I can only guess that we are doing something about that also.

We are talking of removal (or retention) of subsidy on imported refined Petroleum product and you're talking about 'nationalizing the NOCs' whose involvement is almost 100% with upstream crude oil. What has that got to do with fuel subsidy?
Please try and put forward statements that show your level of education o!

[quote author=A-ZeD link=topic=820105.msg9720385#msg9720385 date=1323341393]Good Article,
The problem is not subsidy, its corruption, We can remove all the subsidy we want but that corruption will still affect the so called infrastural development.
OBJ spend $16 billion on power yet no one has asked him to give a break down of how the money was spent,
Until government officials account for every 1 naira spent, Nigeria will not change
My 2 cents kobo[/quote]EXACTLY!

The Federal Government established NDDC with the purpose of massive infrastructural development. Beaf can tell you how much infrastructural renaissance has been wrought by tem.
$20 billion Excess Crude Account cash shared out by GEJ to the states with the promise that the funds will be used for massive development. Show me the impact on the common man.


All the FEderal Government will do is massively increase the weight on the common man while making promises of benefits in other areas (which are not likely to materialize).

The PDP Government that wants to convince us that billions set aside for infrastructural development in Nigeria will bring positive change to the masses. Oya, let them tell us how that has worked with the NDDC  

Last i recall, the $20 billion released from the Excess Crude Account was supposed to be used for infrastructural development. Where's the audit trail for the money spent? I sure don't see any massive improvement.

ibelab:
we can't eat our cake and still hv it, , if u are expecting good infrastructure, this is the price everyone gonna pay.

See, this is how you identify small boys still living with their mummies and daddies.
Son, when you grow up and start paying taxes like the rest of us, you'll realize that the Government actually OWES you decent infrastructure.

MRbrownJAY:
they can never understand that after taking all the money/gifts/comfort that you could get from this gal, it came to a point where even her money cant keep you with her (happy) any longer, and you need SOMETHING that makes SENSE to your life (aka being in love with the right person).

Exactly!

The OP says he never promised to marry her. So why all the abuse directed at the fellow?

As usual, double standards from NL ladies. Men are routinely expected and encouraged to spend money to keep a girl in a relationship. Now that the shoe is on the other foot these harridans are declaring fatwas

Gbawe:
No need to insult Nigerians when you don't have issues 100% correct either. Positions , in terrorist , militant and parimiltary groups, such as that held by Abu Qaqa, Cynthia White, Jomo Gbomo et al are easily transferable , from one person to the next, amongst those in the 'inner circle'. It could have been Konduga yesterday, someone else today and someone different tomorrow. Abu Qaqa is not necessarily a person per se as per the ideological make-up of those who accept that death , at any time, is an occupational hazard. "Abu Qaqa" is a position that may have different individuals deployed to man it even within a year.

And how exactly can you say with 100% certainty that i'm incorrect. We do not know for sure if this guy was ever a Boko Haram spokesman or if he ever assumed the persona of Abu Qaqa. What we can safely say is that Konduga's statement painted a picture of a relatively benign gang (compared to the real Boko Haram) whose crimes were never in the same league as a suicide bombing of the UN building.

Remember that Konduga NEVER claimed he'd ever used the Abu Qaqa identity. He claimed to have called himself 'Al Zawahiri', remember?

As long as Nigerians do not realize that it's a long way from 'stop Modu Sherrif and ANPP folks from reclaiming power' to driving a honda CR-V into the lobby of the UN building in Abuja, we'll still remain foolish!  Hear the words of the so-called 'spokesman'

Umar, who spoke through an interpreter, explained that members of the group had a good working relationship with former Governor Sheriff, of the All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) until he fell out with the group after sacking a member of the group from his cabinet, a commissioner, who was later  murdered.

According to him, “Usman Al-Zawahiri is not my real name; it was given to me to portray me as an extremist and as well to conceal my true identity. We were political thugs to former Governor Sheriff until the relationship went sour. We switched over to the late Ambassador Pinda, who promised me N10 million to work for his political party, the PDP, in Borno State during the last elections.


What possible link would self-proclaimed political thugs have with suicide bombers?

the Boko Haram spokesman we all know is one fellow who calls himself 'Abu Qaqa', not this Konduga fellow that the SSS is parading around as the spokesman.
Do you folks need anyone to tell you that the 'Boko Haram' that carried out the suicide bombings on the UN building and the Police HQ is not the same criminal and intimidation agency that Ndume is alleged to be funding? What concerns suicide bombing with ANPP or PDP?

Sadly, the foolishness of Nigerians makes it too easy for the weak, ineffective Govt to lie to them.

Odunnu:
Its amazing how much you just love to pick on me.

I don't LOVE to pick on you, silly. You actually sound very likeable so i'm very restrained in my comments to you

However, the 'Boko Haram' that Ndume was purported to be sponsoring was just interested in political intimidation and some low level assassination.

The real Boko Haram is still very much a serious threat out there and statements like yours are extremely dangerous. They can lull the unwary into complacency.

Please tell me what local Naija politics (PDP vs ANPP) has to do with a SUICIDE BOMBING (!!) on the UN headquarters. Or the slaughter of moderate imams, firebombing of churches etc.

I don't know which 'spokesman' the SSS says they have in custody when the 'Abu QaQa' fellow that has been behind all their press contact so far is still out there making pronouncements.

My nominees

Hall of Shame

Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor: For turning an issue that has been on the cards since the Soludo era (Islamic Banking) into a case of religious tension, heating up the system and further driving a wedge between Christian and Muslim relations in Nigeria. Also receives a nomination for his unalloyed support for Uduaghan (including telling his congregation that opposing Uduaghan is akin to opposing God)


Hall of Fame

Imo State voters
For steadfastly resisting the frantic attempts by Ohakim to rig the elections in his favour, in stark contrast to their cowardly Abia State brethren who happily rolled over for another round of the Orjis.

Odunnu:
Hall of shame
Senator Ndume: for being the shadow controlling Bokoharam and rendering thousands of families homeless, fatherless and childless.

if you actually believe this, i feel very very sorry for you.

Odunnu:
Hall of fame Our Senators For getting it right this time around.

What did they get right? The right to allocate to themselves massive allowances while doing essentially nothing? Pls clarify!

Relax101:
Question: Between ASUU in Nigeria and Thunder who strike pass abeg i need to know

Thunder does not 'strike'. Lightning does.

You see what we're talking about? Someone who probably considers himself a graduate does not even know the difference between thunder and lightning and he will start blaming ASUU!!!

[quote author=na2day! link=topic=548998.msg9693663#msg9693663 date=1323038928]Not really!
That's why THEFTAWARE is the best.
If you have a root on your phone, you can also do a update.zip method, writing secured setting, the same method used by os to upgrade itself.
The app is wipe proof and you cant remove it by clearing data!
It installs itself into the system partition even on phones wit NAND protection,
meaning it cannot be affected by even full system wipes/reset.
The only way to get it off is by deleting the app via adb, if u know exactly what u are looking for.
The app is completely invisible, that it get kinda scary! [/quote]Hehe. Seems those guys covered all the bases

Now, lemme see where i can grab the theftaware for free

4llerbuntu:
bros a user that is trawling android tech/development boards and asking questions like how to root, is not a part of your fabled 70%. which figure is honestly bogus and unsubstantiated.

the fact that he knows about rooting itself takes him far away from this your dumb set of contented user. in the world where such things are commonplace, it is tiresome to hear people whine daily about it. either do it, or dont. i dont want to know about your fears.
there are other boards to go share ringtones and wallpapers,


and furthermore i wonder just what your bait about busy, grownup lives is supposed to mean
considering the fact that im officially 18 (grownup) and quite unreasonably busy in my life doing a very important job, yet do whatever i want with my fone, it wouldnt be me your targeting with that statement?
if i e-knock your coconut head ehn,

You really need a reality check away from xda-developers. Despite all the hoopla about piracy and 'free' apps, less than 10% of iOS owners jailbreak.
Android holds a > 40% marketshare in the US. Most people buying these Android phones are the garden variety John Q Public who do not care about 'rooting' at all. So 70% is even an optimistic estimate sef. More than 80% will not root!
These things are only 'commonplace' to you because you spend much of your time on sites like xda-devs.

Finally, this thread topic is 'Android, Anyone?' and not 'Strictly for l33t haxorz Only'. Wallpapers, ringtones, trolls who whine about Samsung phones, apps etc are all covered here. Capsice?!

All these silly women on NL do not realize that it is far worse punishment for her if he goes ahead to marry her when he doesn't love her.

I can't understand this logic. You think the woman is the victim here yet you're keen on her being further trapped in a loveless marriage?

otokx:
Why are you guys telling lies? How much does a lecturer earn that his child will go to school in the UK? Please let us face the issues.

My brother, leave them. Such brainless statements are all too common especially among the large contingent of dolts that inhabit Nairaland.

Ask them how many lecturers can afford to send their kids to the UK.

We hear the same nonsense whenever doctors go on strike people will come here to claim that most doctors are not serious because they have private clinics, as if dem dey take N5000 build private hospital.

wascom2:
It is so saddened that no single professor or doctor in the academics has ever invented any outstanding or significant technology nor have they contributed to the progress of this country with the vast knowledge they claim to have imbibed in their realm of knowledge pursuant.

It doesn't sadden you that you're going to come out as a half-baked graduate?
At least University students in Kenya were able to come out with a home grown electric vehicle, thanks to liberal government research grants etc. What can you or your fellow students achieve?

If we look closely, many of you are still being taught with chalk and blackboard.

Only in Nigeria will Final year computer science students with a non-functional computer lab start blaming ASUU for not fast tracking their exit at the University's expense.

Please edit your post. It comes with only 512MB RAM, not 1GB.

When this drops to 50K, i could be tempted. 75K for a discontinued, dead end tablet is a bit too much.

moderatorr:
we won only once and lost twice(destroyed twice).
Does that make any meaning to you?

I give up; you're already too far gone

I support the ASUU strike 100%.

You dumbarse Nigerians will never pressure your government into doing the right thing. Agreements signed and sealed with ASUU has not been implemented yet. ASUU went on a warning strike, still no difference.

klas:
ASUU should tell us the details of the agreement that the govt reneged on. The only one hitherto publicised is about extending the retirement of all lecturers to 70 years not just only professors.

If the strike is because this, then it is rascality because the bone of contention is not whether fed govt accept but that national assembly should pass it into law rather than fed govt just issuing a circular to that effect.

If the retirement age of civil servants is 55, why should ASUU strike after being granted extra 15 years. Even below 50 years, what is the productivity of most of them?

The lecturers above 50 years of age are even the best ones sef. Those are the people who started lecturing for the joy of teaching, not all these hungry young men who are desperate to catch up with their peers in banks that are earning 3 times their salary.

You people don't know how you're joining this daft PDP government to destroy Nigeria's future. Our universities are supposed to be the drivers for our technological revolution to at least bring us to a level comparable to some of the other front line developing nations. We ought to be encouraging these people!
Now we have a system where all our bright brains gravitate towards the industry, leaving behind the Second Class Lower and Third Class folks as lecturers. This is not sustainable!

moderatorr:
do you really think he can step out and lie against eguaveon in the open? Just like that?

He didn't have to lie. All he had to do was to make very ambiguous statements that his brainwashed sheep like yourself would easily propagate. See the quoted parts below.

moderatorr:
I told him that morrocco will destroy the nigerian dream two times.
I told him to tell his boys not to allow morrocco to destroy the nigerian dream.
if they succeed with morrocco, they would succeed in all the other matches.

See what i mean?

[quote author=Omo_Tier1 link=topic=817597.msg9694778#msg9694778 date=1323068451]I guess Obuh was right whe[b] He called for the whole U20s' that played the last world cup to be kept together as a 'TEAM'[/b]. Those guys made me proud and gave me hope that Nigeria football wasn't dead afterall but this useless NFF having nothing to offer other than failures![/quote]Those guys were largely well over 20 years of age and their age is already beginning to show

speak2me:
Please please u guys should hold on,

This is not an honourable move but a tactical move to avoid the shame of his inevitable sack which was looming over his head already,

Please dont lets be fooled abeg, he must have been hinted by his NFF Inside sources to take the action as a final option above been sacked,
Honourable my foot,  

Stranger things have happened in Nigeria. How many other Nigerians will offer to resign in this manner?

[quote author=na2day! link=topic=548998.msg9688349#msg9688349 date=1322959728]Check THEFTAWARE in the marketplace, you can install the trial version (buy the full version later)
If your phone is stolen, the thief don enter wahala o!
Immediately a new simcard is put in, it will send a message to a secondary number u provided,
telling u your smartphone don waka
Then u can send some codes back to the stolen phone to either send back to u, its gps coordinate, call u back to listen to
conversations around it, set off alarm, remote wipe e.t.c
The beauty is that all these is done while the thief is unaware of what the phone is doing (its like magic or something!)
Check out the trial and try buy the full version when it expires.
I don't know anything about 9ja banks, ATM etc, cos presently i'm not there![/quote]Great, except that most security conscious users would have put a security lock/password on their phone. Thus the thief will go for a hard reset/wipe to bypass this.
naturally, the hard reset will nuke your anti-theft protection

4llerbuntu:

i still cannot fathom this thing about being scared of rooting.

what do u pple think dis rooting thing is anyway? i just dont get. . . . . . . . . .

to be honest if u scared of rooting your fone, u prolly shouldnt be on android tech boards. prolly everyone who goes there has rooted, unlocked their bootloaders and flash roms and radios like almost daily. hanging out with them might be a problem

besides im still yet to hear anyone brick his fone by rooting. of which even if that occurs is going to be a softbrick, which a simple flash will solve.

nokia still makes fine fones u know, really

More than 70% of Android users are running their phones unrooted. They still go on to enjoy a fulfilling time with the quality apps on the Android market as well as the built in functionality.
Unless you're somehow worried that Android phones are of little value without root access, what's the problem?

Finally, most people with busy lives (read: Most grownups) will not see any value in flashing roms and radios daily as long as they're running smoothly on a stable build.

[quote author=Chyz* link=topic=813395.msg9665886#msg9665886 date=1322680306]'Igbo led coup' today 'Igbo coup' tomorrow then 'Gordon-led Power Rangers coup' next week then the 'Captain Planet and the Planeteers coup' after that. Hey, whatever flies your kite my man.[/quote]Translation: "I have no logical answer to your question so I must seek to escape in jest"

I've never understood why you folks will not face the simple facts of life. The spark that ignited the killings in the North was the Nzeogwu coup. is it really a stretch to see how the Nzeogwu coup would have been construed as a deliberate massacre of leading lights from the North?

Tell me, If a group of Northerners claim they are against organized religion in general, yet when they rise up they only slaughter prominent Pastors, the CAN and PFN leadership and one or two Archbishops, will you be blamed for seeing their mission as being targeted at a specific group?

Both devices have their pros and cons. However, i'll go with the iPad 2 over the Galaxy Tab. Much more apps are available for the iPad than on HoneyComb. Also, the iPad 2 has a far more powerful GPU so games can look more detailed on the iPad 2 than on the Tegra 2 powered Galaxy Tab 10.1

Flash support isn't that big a deal these days.

ogasir2011:
The Playbook, uses the same subscription with your blackberry phone- using the bridge facility. and browsing is fast, showing u complete web pages. the playbook is multitasking- u call run all application simultaneously, still maintaining its fast processing speed

For Existing BB users: Blackberry Playbook is the BOMB

Bridge is slow, the so-called 'true multitasking' is overrated and there are very few decent apps on the Blackberry Playbook.

odiaero:

Have i been really looking into your comments? Always be nice to a Stranger, u dont know who is your Enemy. All am saying is watch what u say, it is even the yoruba brothers of urs i will send to fish u out, u dont know who is watching u, just mind u comment b4 it gets to how  u wished u have listend b4

Abeg tell me what law you will use to prosecute him.
As a 100% detribalized Nigerian, I do not support tribalistic posts or any form of ethnic bashing. But do you really expect him to be quaking with fear over your e-threats?

Remember that threats can go both ways.

PointB:
How many place have this four man gang bombed? How many people have they killed? Let us not take off our eyes from the ball because a few bad eggs disingenuously capitalize on a bad situation for profit.

the real issue here is that 1. There is political boko harem represented by Ndume. 2. There is the business Boko Haram which has also been unravelled. But the most dangerous and critical of these boko harams is 2. The boko haram who are driven by religious fanaticism and terrorism.

They are the origInal and dastardly boKo haram whose origin there is no shortage of literature on.

To lose sight of these because of the business wing will spell a disaster.

I am in complete agreement with you on this!!

This is an insult to ordinary Nigerians from GEJ.

His Government approved the importation of plastic dustbins from the UK, even when we have tens of major plastics companies in Nigeria. His Govt officials routinely travel overseas on taxpayers money for medical checkups. He has made zero effort to ensure that the gasoline consumed by Nigerians is largely from our local refineries.

Yet they will come and condescendingly tell us to patronise local products!

Abeg, Mr GEJ, some of us pay massive taxes to the FG and in return are provided shoddy roads, poor electricity, no potable water and poor security. Please do not presume to tell us how we should spend our money!

As a consumer, I will buy whatever makes the most value for my money.