₦airaland Forum

Ibime:
What the writer fails to reveal is that her father was listed as a prosecution witness in the bungled-up court case against Saro-Wiwa that led to his death.

I second ono's request for proof.

However, if it turns out to be true, i can't say i'd blame him completely. If he narrowly escaped death from a mob loyal to Saro-Wiwa, stands to reason he'd be pretty aggrieved.

Ibime:
Bollocks.

The writer was there when all these things happened. That's more than i can say for you. The least anyone is expected to do (as an intelligent being) is to keep an open mind.

Ibime:
Yeah, I start noticing the difference when you justify the shelling of villages and start pulling up bullshit on Saro-Wiwa.

It should be painfully obvious to you that i wrote no word of that article. Every single word belongs to the writer. Please direct your 'bullshit' comment at her, not me.

I can easily justify the JTF's attacks on the millitants. Have i ever mentioned the shelling of villages?
If anything, you display far more relish at human death than i've ever been accused of. You've been shouting 'up MEND!' since that criminal band started ambushing and killing soldiers and policemen.

Ibime:
Whats the point of this thread? I would think nothing of the thread if it wasn't coming from Texazzpete, a well-known detractor of the Niger Delta cause. Whilst I can handle his opposition to more militant forms of opposition, he is hardly assuaging any of my fears by pulling up dirt on Ken Saro-Wiwa.

The writer is definitely correct to say that people will react indignantly to this cos he is opening up a can of worms. . .

I speak against millitancy and MEND, not 'the Niger Delta Cause' in general. Please note the difference.

Ibime:
Whilst Ken was hotheaded and idealistic, there is absolutely no fault to be placed at his door for the slaying of those Chiefs. Suggesting that Ken's rhetoric was responsible for their deaths is no different from Abacha's verdict.

Ken openly accused GB Leton and one other Chief of promising to 'deliver Ogoni' for the Social Democratic Party. If that amounts to complicity, then we are all equally guilty for the sturvs we say on Nairaland everyday. Ken did not tolerate corruption in any form, and openly spoke against it whilst his fellow Chiefs were trying to conduct backyard deals in the stained and corrupt corridors of power. Sometimes it is hard to know where these Chiefs personal interests ended and Ogoni interests started. The writer is completely wrong to state that Ken's "left wing cabal left-wing cabal that has grave reservations about the very notion of Big Business." Without pointing fingers, many Ogonis were also suspicious of these Chiefs notion of big business. To them, these Chiefs big business meant big pockets.

Gani would not be defending Ken in court if he thought Ken's rhetoric was responsible for those deaths. Truth be told, Ken only ever spoke the truth. The brutish mob who killed those Chiefs are the ones who should be held responsible for handing out summary justice to whom they view as their corrupt leaders - or as they say, the Jerry Rawlings treatment.

In summary, the writer's uncle among others were killed brutally by mobs she feels were somewhat incited by Ken Saro-Wiwa et al. She's never indicated that Ken ordered their deaths in any way but feels he has to be held responsible in some way for inflaming the mob.

What you fail to realise is that any mob justice is illegal, and all allegations that these 4 men were involved in corrupt acts are merely allegations, nothing more. They had never been proven. Whatever the result, four men were killed that day, four men who had families that depended on them to come home that night and they never did. These four men have never been remembered. Is it so wrong for her to push for their remembrance? Or for her to place some of the blame where she feels it must be placed?

Her father almost died that day. Her uncle died that day. How then can we condemn her for her bitterness?

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/06/14/the-forgotten-four/

BY DONU KOGBARA

Last week, relatives and supporters of Ken Saro-Wiwa, the Ogoni activist and writer, secured a historic $15.5 million settlement from Shell, the international oil company they have persistently blamed for Ken’s November l995 execution.

Given that Ken has, for nearly twocades, been regarded as an iconic environmental and human rights champion by many credible individuals in many countries, I wasn’t taken aback by the fact that many observers delightedly expressed the view that “justice has finally been done” when they heard about Shell’s mammoth payout.

But I didn’t participate in the widespread jubiliation because I happen to be an Ogoni who knows a lot about Ken and the events that led to his death; and I hate to offend his traumatized family and well-intentioned fans club but feel morally obliged to say that I have long felt a) that Ken doesn’t deserve the near-cononization that has been unconditionally lavished on him and b) that his so-called adversaries have been unfairly demonized, disrespected and disregarded.

Ken – who possessed a fine intellect and great sense of humour - was certainly impressive in some ways. He was one of my favourite elders for ages. I still look back with fond nostalgia at the many enjoyable interactions I had with him.

And I admire the fact that he rescued Ogonis from obscurity and put us on the map.
But no mere mortal is all good. And I think that Ken (who was, despite his pacifist reputation, prone to alarmingly extremist verbal outbursts) was partly responsible for transforming Ogoniland into a toxic location in which violent hotheads were encouraged to contemptuously dismiss moderates as “vultures” or “traitors”.

Eventually, four prominent chiefs - Edward Kobani (Ken’s onetime benefactor), Albert Badey (a former Secretary to Rivers State Government), Theophilus Orage and Sam Orage (Ken’s brothers-in-law) – paid for their moderation with their lives. They were assassinated in broad daylight by a frenzied, baying, bloodthirsty pro-Ken mob. And yet, they were just as committed to their tribe’s interests as Ken was, their only “crime” being their fear that Ken’s radicalism would cause dangerous overheating at the grassroots level and their belief that Ogoniland’s conflicts with Shell and its Governmental partners could be resolved via civilized dialogue.

My own father, who also disagreed with Ken’s tactics, was nearly slaughtered with Kobani et al and only escaped from the grisly murder scene by the skin of his teeth

I am totally opposed to capital punishment and have always regretted Abacha’s decision to execute Ken for inciting the above murders. But I also held my uncles, Edward, Albert, Sam and Theophilus in enormous esteem and have spent many sleepless nights angrily recalling Ken’s failure to nip in the bud, before it was too late, the homicidal aggression his acolytes displayed towards his political “enemies”. A road has been named after Ken. Awards have been bestowed on Ken. Memorial rallies are held in Ken’s honour. Flattering books have been written about Ken. It is even rumoured that Ken will soon star, posthumously, in a Hollywood movie.

But who remembers the Forgotten Four or gives a damn about their shameful tragic fates? Did you know that their butchered bodies were never recovered? Are you aware that their weeping relatives buried empty coffins at their funerals?

The Forgotten Four are rarely mentioned when Ken’s legacy is being enthusiastically discussed. Even when their existences and demises are acknowledged, most commentators tend to be partisan and to hint, insultingly, that they were either irrelevant nonentities or corrupt Establishment stooges.

I have tried to analyse the reasons for this terrible perceptional imbalance and have concluded that the general public’s blatant preference for Ken’s side of the story is, to some extent, completely understandable…given the following factors. Firstly, Abacha was a nortorious dictator whose operatives had gotten into the habit of targeting innocent citizens. They gunned MKO Abiola’s wife Kudirat down, incarcerated the Sultan of Sokoto and caused the death of Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, our current President’s revered sibling. So who can blame anyone who – when the ugly Ogoni drama unfolded – simply didn’t buy Abacha’s anti-Ken accusations?

Secondly, Ken was a charismatic and articulate media professional who performed magnificently whenever spotlights were trained on him. Two of his offspring also happen to be media professionals; and they’ve inherited his high profile and formidable communication skills…and have benefitted from the automatic goodwill that most journalists (whether they be Nigerian or foreign) direct at each other.

It is also worth noting that journalists almost always instinctively side with The Underdog and were absolutely mesmerised by the idea that Ken, a relatively powerless pipe-smoking literary “one of us” little guy who claimed to be motivated by principles rather than money, was a “David” of biblical proportions who’d had the guts to challenge a powerful, profit-orientated “Goliath” like Shell.

The Kobani, Badey and Orage clans probably never stood a chance of winning the majority of hearts and minds because they are not members of this cosy, global audience-friendly and essentially left-wing cabal that has grave reservations about the very notion of Big Business. The Kobanis et al are “mere” lawyers, civil servants, etc. And they don’t have a clue how to be beguilingly plausible.

When Ken’s media-unsavvy “rivals” are invited, once in a blue moon, to explain their positions, they hesitate nervously, sound like the PR amateurs they are and can’t easily razzle-dazzle onlookers into believing that their case is worth listening to.Shell has also, if you ask me, been a victim of the relentlessly effective Ken PR Bandwagon. And I’m sure that I’ll probably receive outraged letters galore for daring to utter this “unacceptable” opinion, but I am absolutely convinced that Shell did NOT urge Abacha to dispatch Ken to his Maker.
I was in London at the height of the Ogoni Crisis; and I vividly recall senior Shell employees being immensely worried when it started to look as if Ken’s life was on the line and saying that they’d asked the authorities to spare him. I also told various Government officials that I didn’t, despite my Dad’s harrowing experience, want Ken to die. But Abacha had his own agenda and did as he pleased. Appearances can be deceptive.

Some “saints” have dodgy halos and some alleged villains are not irredeemably nasty. The bottom line is that Life is as much about subtle shades of grey as about unambiguous all-black or all-white scenarios. So, yes, Shell’s Ogoni track record is definitely far from satisfactory. But Shell often does more for host communities in oil-producing areas than the Government; and I seriously doubt the allegation that Shell is dishing out mega-dollars to Ken’s heirs because it knows that it has been “evil” and is tacitly admitting that it set out to ruthlessly obliterate Ken for undermining its finances and corporate image.

I strongly strongly suspect that Shell just – perhaps naively - hopes that peace can be bought and that embarrassing quarrels that will be hard to win will be ended.

Let’s face it: If clever and dogged populist agitators (who are backed by immensely influential media outlets in all four corners of the world) relentlessly hound a rich multinational that has sensitive Western shareholders, the multinational’s management team might be well-advised to wearily succumb to the pressure and deliver whatever pounds of flesh its possibly insincere detractors are demanding.

It remains to be seen whether Shell’s pragmatic strategy will produce the desired results. But I’m not holding my breath. Some sagas are destined to run and run.
Suage Badey, who is not only the Action Congress Chairman in Rivers State but son of the late Albert says: “I have felt utterly cheated and humiliated for at least l5 years and regard the recent settlement between Shell and Ken’s kids as a conscience-less blood money transaction that should be vigorously challenged.”

http://www.234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5423979-146/Pipeline_explodes_in_Lagos__.csp

234next is reporting that a pipeline exploded in a lagos suburb late last night. As usual, the cause is said to be sabotage by vandals.


An unknown number of people have been reported dead in Ilado, a Lagos suburb, following an oil pipeline explosion.

According to an environmental protection activist, Philip Jakpor, the incident occurred at about 10 pm on Saturday following the activities of suspected vandals.

Members of the community, which is only accessible by boat, are said to be fleeing their residences because of an instruction to armed military officers to "shoot at sight" any unauthorised person within the vicinity.


Seriously, do these people never learn?

ElRazur:
I would be happy to see a more balanced approach towards religion with the creation of a ATR section. I am more than happy to be a regular contributor, and am sure there are a few people who will come out of the wood work.

Then by all means make this request in the 'Religion' section. or contact Seun directly.

People have a right to free will, and they have a right to the religion of their choice. All these retards berating people for choosing 'the White Man's God' need to STFU.

PS: Y'all can start to lobby the home video industry to desist from their negative stereotyping of the ATRs. Not Nairalanders!

Nah, i'm not as crazy as Ex Inferis
The stuff is yet to be jailbroken. BEsides, i need to finish Puzzle Quest first.

New features in OS 3.0

New Features in 3.0:

1. Cut/Paste
2. Copy/Paste
3. Shake to undo/redo typing
4. Text selection for easy mass deletion
5. MMS
6. Landscape keyboard in Notes
7. Landscape keyboard in Mail
8. Landscape keyboard in Messages
9. Forward texts or picture messages
10. Delete individual texts or picture messages
11. Sending progress bar in Messages app moved to title instead of over the keyboard area (allows typing new message while the first one is sending)
12. USB tethering
13. Bluetooth tethering
14. Stereo bluetooth (A2DP)
15. Spotlight search (searches all app titles, mail, media, contact details, and calendar appointments)
16. Search in Notes
17. Search in Mail
18. Search in iPod
19. In-App purchases
20. Option to have double clicking the home button go to the Spotlight Search
21. Option to have double clicking the home button go to the Camera
22. Preview icon in lower left hand corner for last shot taken in Camera app
23. Shake to shuffle in iPod
24. Scrolling of screenshots in App Store
25. Type of phone used under each call in Recents (i.e., mobile, home, work, etc.)
26. Call history log (including call duration)
27. Option to Share Contact in each contact listing
28. Hold link in Safari to Copy
29. Hold link in Safari to Open in New Page
30. Auto Fill contact information, usernames and passwords in Safari
31. Login to your YouTube account
32. See Comments in YouTube
33. Subscribe in YouTube
34. Rate in YouTube
35. Shake to undo what you have typed
36. Option to retry sending failed text messages, indicated by red exclamation point next to text
37. Turn-by-turn GPS capabilities
38. Maps can be run inside other applications
39. Access to dock port for accessories to communicate
40. Peer-to-peer connectivity using Bluetooth (no Wi-Fi required)
41. New Voice memo application
42. Extended Parental controls
43. Anti-phishing
44. Wi-Fi auto login
45. Note syncing in iTunes
46. Improved Stocks app
47. New calendar types (CalDAV)
48. Prompt to confirm deleting a note
49. Prompt to confirm deleting a photo
50. Option to select multiple photos to attach to an email
51. "Find My iPhone" option for MobileMe users
52. Unlimited size podcast downloads over 3G
53. Pushing home button on first home screen takes user to Spotlight
54. Pushing home button on Spotlight takes user to first home screen
55. Variable speed playback for audio books
56. App Store subscriptions
57. Push notifications
58. Audio/Video tags
59. New video streaming capabilities (HTML 5 video, h.264 and HTTP)
60. Calendar subscriptions
61. iTunes login
62. iTunes account creation
63. Encypted profiles
64. LDAP (directory services)
65. VPN on-demand
66. EAP SIM
67. Proxy support
68. OTA profiles
69. Revoke certificates
70. Exchange ActiveSync Policies
71. Media scrubber
72. More languages
73. Improved keyboards
74. Failed app updates now are shown in a duplicate icon and labeled "Paused"
75. When selecting multiple emails to forward/delete, any unread emails' blue dot are shown next to the red selector dot instead of being overridden by the red selector dot
76. Non-contact phone calls list their city and state of origin in Recents and Visual Voicemail under the number.
77. Ability to change ringtones straight from Favorites
78. Lap time display now displayed smaller and above time in Stopwatch
79. Polished Phone, Messages, and iPod icons
80. Swipe to delete notes in the Notes app
81. Advanced Bluetooth options for Handsfree devices
82. Option to close a single web page in Safari page view, which immediately opens a new blank page
83. Improved predictive dictionary
84. Blue dot now displayed in center of location circle in Maps (V1 only)
85. Listening to music while charging the battery now displays the album art instead of the battery
86. Smaller font for song title on lock screen
87. Option in Phone Settings to choose your phone number
88. Option to disable text message reminder alerts
89. Option to disable text message previews
90. Option to show subject field in text messages
91. Ability to integrate iPod music into apps
92. Clickable email links in App Store app descriptions
93. JavaScript 3x speed boost
94. 11 homescreens now allowed
95. Reboots to "slide to unlock" screen instead of homescreen
96. In Settings>General>Home>Search Results, users can choose what is searched on the phone and in what order.
97. Application count added in Settings>General>About
98. Option "Load Remote Images" added in Mail settings
99. Global address book option available if Exchange account is set up
100. Speed control in audiobooks
101. 30 second repeat option for audiobooks
102. Improved scrubbing speeds when holding white dot in song progress bar in iPod
103. When sending a text, your text box where you typed smoothly fades from white to green instead of instantly changing from white to green.
104. When moving an app across homescreens, holding the app on either the left or right side will slowly advance the app one through one homescreen at a time, without leaving empty spots in the bottom right corner or each homescreen it advances through.
105. Album name displayed on lockscreen iPod controls
106. Shake to shuffle on lockscreen iPod controls
107. Podcasts saved on iPhone now show Run Time, Time Left and Date Published
108. Screen goes from dimmed to full brightness after each song when playing the iPod while plugged in
109. WAVE file support in Mail
110. Attachment no longer automatically downloaded until user taps the attachment in Mail
111. When using a bluetooth headset with iPod, volume bar is removed and bluetooth headset name is displayed in its place.
112. A hard reset on your phone (holding sleep and home for 10 seconds) now turns it off instead of restarting it.
113. A space is no longer needed between two words for predictive texting to function.

And what the hell has this to do with politics?

Simple answer.
If you're of voting age in Nigeria and you dontvote, you lack the moral standing to criticize the leaders. It matters not if you're strongly convinced your vote will not count. In fact, the biggest achievement of pdp riggers was to convince the gullible that their vote doesn't count.
Edo state is a prime example of a state where people got tired of the pdp and kicked them out!

If you're working in nigera and don't pay taxes, then you lack the right to criticize

Provide contact details. I'm interested.

Ibime:
Texazzpete is another stunted individual whose motives are clear. On the other thread, he was laughing at the fact that the proceeds from Niger-delta oil were described as blood money, giving the excuse that we all eat from this blood money. I know you eat from the blood money, but the same does not apply here. To show how stunted his reasoning is, he brings up the ANC as an example of peaceful protest. Maybe the doofus never heard of Steve Biko or Umkhoto se Sizwe.

I wonder why these idiots choose to focus on the Niger-Delta issue so fastidiously. Can you cry more than the bereaved? Let those of us from Niger-Delta stock say what the struggle means to us and decide who we choose to support or not.

Once again you show your limited comprehension skills. I stated that the ANC did not achieve victory through violence. Was there a civil or rebel war going on when the whites left power? What's the point of bringing up Steve Biko in this discussion?
The point is clear; it was not threat of violence and/or murder that brought about the end of white rule in south africa. It's a simple point, clearly made. It's a pity you're too dense to understand.

Ibime:
I wonder why these idiots choose to focus on the Niger-Delta issue so fastidiously. Can you cry more than the bereaved? Let those of us from Niger-Delta stock say what the struggle means to us and decide who we choose to support or not.

As i've noted before, i live in the Niger Delta. In fact, i've lived there for the past four years now. I am directly affected by the insecurity caused in part by the criminals you idolize.
One wonders why you haven't come back to assume your rightful place in the creeks, joining in the fight instead of staying safely afar and cheering able-bodied young men to their deaths.

Kx:
This govt and d one's preceding it has never listened to the voice of reason.
No matter how nicely worded MEND's letter may be,I can bet whatever is there to bet
that it will not solicit dis govt's sympathy.

Incase MEND has 4gotten so soon,u dont appeal for your right,u fight for ur right.

And was it by war that the ANC took over in south africa? What did their violent tactics achieve for them?
Was it by violence that the MDC secured their joint sharing power agreement with Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF?
Did Gandhi achieve his aims through violence?

Have the Palestinians achieved their statehood through violence? Can they feasibly achieve this through violence?

WilyWily:
I thank Supreme commander JOMO GBOMO, for his excellent leadership and all our Freedom Fighters for their heroic fight to emancipate our people from the hands of Dirty Stinking Hausa/Fulani North and their corrupt collaborators Western Nigeria's. As we Fight for Justice victory is ours. They can call Freedom Fighters any name they like, its just a smear tactics, but we will not succumb to their propaganda. It's our duty to do any thing possible to free our people from the hand of THOSE DEVILS.
To Dirty Stinking Hausa/Fulani/Yoruba ugly looking Moronic Soldiers, We will keep killing you worthless Chimps until you Leave the land that is not yours, any of you captured again will be Food for our Crocodiles.

And what has been the gain to your people from this fight?
Even after all the pesky attacks by MEND, the lot of the people have not improved one bit, the so-called freedom fighters live off the state resources like parasites, oil pollution has increased due to the activities of bunkerers and pipeline thieves that work under MEND's protective umbrella. Yet there has not even been a 1% increase in derivation allowance!

All these people have done is to bring death and destruction to the people of the region, install ineffectual, corrupt local and state leaders, kill innocent people in cold blood and introduced the scourge of kidnapping to a nation - a scourge that i fear will NEVER end.

Excellent leadership, eh? That explains why the MEND forces have been losing key bases to the JTF in recent times, and have long since resorted to the 'brave' act of attacking defenceless pipelines.

As far as i'm concerned, you guys are just making noise. How many of you blacks were remotely concerned at the killings in Darfur? What did the african union do to curb the famine, starvation and oppression in Zimbabwe.

How many posts are there in Nairaland about the widespread rape of women in the congo? yet there are numerous articles on CNN on the matter!
What did the African Union do to curb the genocide in Rwanda?

If Blacks can't be arsed to care enough about their fellow blacks, why then castigate the whites?

RichyBlacK:
Over 23 million Soviets died in WWII, however, we hear more noise about the Jews killed than the Russians killed. Why?

They were casualties of war, occupation and famine. different things!

RichyBlacK:
When a white man suffers pain it is considered more of an event than when a black man suffers even more pain. The sad reality.

I find this extremely amusing, especially when many of you complained incessantly about the western interest in the happenings in darfur and zimbabwe.

LOL at the hungry people who fall for this bullshit, while MEND commanders are collecting hundreds of millions of naira from the state governments in the region, depriving the people of the Niger Delta of the resources available to them. Go find out the amount of land grabbed by Tom Polo in delta state, or the palatial mansions these crude oil thieves live in.

MEND can NEVER dissociate themselves from kidnapping for ransom. They brought this scourge to Nigeria, they opened this Pandora's box. just as we must place some blame for the anarchy and chaos in Iraq on George Bush, we cannot fail to place great blame on MEND for bringing this evil to us.

Finally, as someone said, it's funny how MEND conveniently failed to place the blame also on the Local and State Governments in the region. They know where their bread is buttered, afterall.

And i insist, there is still no proof!
Are we so desperate for scandal and scapegoat that we strive to hang the fellow on the word of 'ukpakareport'?

I'm sure if this same ukpakareport says Pope Benedict was involved in crude oil bunkering in the delta you people will believe it - hook, line and sinker.

And before any retard accuses me of being a 'Peter Obi defender', i do not know the man, and it matters not to me if he drops dead tommorrow. However i am all for the application of basic common sense and logic in thought processes of my fellow Nigerians, and i see no proof before me!

ElRazur:
Yeah the price is a bit too steep. But then let the market decide. I posted that as a few people appear to have written it off already without even having their hands on one.


Also, the Iphone is not a gaming machine. You would be tied to a phone contract, which will make it even more expensive than the PspGo.

Yeah, but can the PSP make calls? Are it's multimedia features anywhere nearly as strong as the iPhones?

People are ditching their PSPs for the iPhone. It's become an all-in-one device these days, and as devs are getting a handle on its power, games are looking really good.
The new iPhone coming out next week will have graphics easily better than the PSP's.

PS: When i say iPhone, remember that the iPod touch can run all iphone apps and needs no contract.

Badriyyah:
Since it's a fairly new game. I doubt it should be going for 4000naira. Over here that'll be a bargain, Too cheap. 8000 could be a fair deal, depends on how much RE5 costs in Nigeria. Maybe you should sell it for 6000 to 7000. lol, and preowned GTA4 is not a worthy exchange for RE5.


Good luck.

a new copy of RE5 should not cost more than N7500 - 8000. A used copy should never be sold for N8000 or 7000. 6000 may be a decent deal as long as it's in a good condition.

GTA 4 is far better than RE5, and it provides better bang for the buck. More replayability and better quality all round.

vigasimple:
I noticed that Nigerians have this 'preference' for some people, and forgeting that we are all humans, and in any events every politicians whether in Nigeria or elsewhere have political paymaster as in godfather, so they are more likely than not tainted but people who came from where governor OBI come from, or his towns men, clans men , from same local authority will vouch for him and will be in self denial.

Imagine when YAR A'LIAR first came to office, he said he is rule of law, due process, but show me your friend and I will tell you whom you are, IBORI,AOODAONNKA is YAR A'CLUELESS friends, he is then the chairman of 419 plc. period.

All the transactions in the N255million saga has been admitted by Peter OBI through him directly and through his commissioner for Infromation, and all those his 'friends' on the forum are saying it is hearsay and it is the enemy and his political opponents.

One big question, what is the Governor aides doing with N255milion on a sunday in Lagos with goverment vehicles, and OBi is the Governor of Anambra state. The law says that no transaction above N500,000 naira must be transacted in cash by state government. Even if he has any explanation for the N255Million, his position is untenable because as a chief officer of the state he himself does not obey the law and cannot expect anyone to obey the law as a result of his actions

Provide a source for your claims that peter Obi admitted moving N255 million or it didn't happen!

ElRazur:
People already buying accessories when the details of the product are not fully known?

I think adding a USB port would be the first point of hac.king on this one.

I should have thought it's obvious i was referring to accessories bought for the other models of PSP.

It does have a port for USB access. Just not a mini USB port.

ElRazur:
Please read this. It makes a refreshing read and, an hands-on review.

http://www.destructoid.com/e3-09-hands-on-with-the-psp-go-134707.phtml&skin=

lol. Gaming journalists are far more recession proof than the average teen that's budget constrained. The Biggest complaint about the PSP Go isn't really the look or feel. Afterall, most designs grow on you after a while (i.e the popularity of the massively ugly 2007 era blackberry devices). The price, however, will always remain a dealbreaker for many people. Purveyors of the used game market are also left out in the cold.

The PSP Go will likely only be a game changer when the price drops. Besides, with the newly supercharged graphics of the iPhone 3Gs and an upcoming 3rd generation iPod touch, Sony faces far more competition than before in the handheld space.

dan smith:
I have got resi 5, it's very solid, finished it already. I'm offering it up so i can save and buy gears of war 2, 8000

You want to sell a used game for N8000?

That's really messed up, man.

All it takes is ONE TV special on AIT and you people are all calling for his head. Can any of you vouch for the veracity of the story on AIT?

vigasimple:
I heared the guy OBI get 40% cut in every contract he awarded.

Now, how much does the contractor get in profits assuming he/she has to do the contract, or is it a case of just taking the money and no contract.

Apparently Anambra is now the most lawless state in Nigeria, and OBI excuse is that it is political enemy causing problems when he continue on a monthly basis to take N250million out of Anambra which is the equivalent of the security vote for that state.

Anuofia liar and a thief.

'I heard' has no place in a court of law. It's also inadmissible as evidence. If all you have to back up your ire is mere hearsay, then you may well be the fool in this matter.

lol. Blood money consumed by ALL Nigerians.
Most people here have their salaries paid from proceeds from Nigeria's oil revenues. We all consume the so-called blood money.

I don't know why you all are whining. The iPhone 3GS packs in more improvements than seen in a typical Nokia product refresh. The main reason for the public let down is the massive amount of hype drummed up for the phone.
Here's a run-down of the updated features

1. Improved camera with Auto focus, records video, allows on device video editing
2. Memory up to 32GB
3. Faster processor, improves speed at least twice. iPhone devs confirm improved loading speeds
4. Integrated Compass and Nike +
5. Tightly integrated voice controls

In addition to this, and my personal favorite is a greatly improved 3D GPU, which is strongly suspected to be the Power VR SGX. This GPU will provide graphics significantly better than the PSP's GPU and will finally launch the iPhone as a true gaming handheld.

Apple brought a revolution to the cellphone biz with the iPhone. They probably won't repeat this feat all the time, but at least this has been a decent evolution.

@Afam
I'm not going to try to hold brief for the US in any way. but in an attempt to answer your question, remember that at the end of WW2 the US was faced with the rise of yet another enemy: Communism. all over the world, communist agents were everywhere spreading the words of revolution and rebellion. We all know how that revolution took hold in China, in Vietnam, in Laos, in Korea.
Seeing the rise of communism in South and Central America, it's not too hard to see why the US would stand to gain much from training and equipping their neighbours with the tools needed to suppress the communist movements. Also there was the side benefit of training extremely promising, intelligent and ambitious career officers who stood a reasonable chance of attaining power and influence in their countries and who could be counted on to be pro-american.

Meanwhile, i've got some information that says we have a lot more in common than you think

[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=281018.msg3996631#msg3996631 date=1244490557]This is lazy journalism at it's best.
Kabila was never a student of Fort Benning.
Nigerians are so easily deceived. . . . . .Everything they read on the webspace is TRUE without tasking their brains to check.
Psssssssssssssf!!!![/quote]It's sheer laziness. They read up something on the internet and they swallow it hook line and sinker without even engaging their grey cells. I hate to generalize, but it seems to be a particularly severe affliction where Nigerians are concerned.

See people rapidly revising their opinions about Dele Giwa because of the opinions of one rabble rouser.
if there's one thing Nigeria has taught us, most of the time Professors and Politics don't mix with good results!!

Further proof that this guy is a lying scumbag

1. Joseph kabila never went to fort Benning. In fact, he received his millitary education from a Chinese millitary school, the PLA National Defense University in Beijing. At the time of his father's death, he was the Army Chief of Staff of the Congolese army.
The professor's story of the guy being in the University before being plucked out of obscurity by Collin Powell are patently false.

2. Paul kagame received millitary training in Ft Leavenworth, not Ft. Benning as the lying professor would have you believe. An easy google search (as well as Wikipedia) will easily reveal this.


When you add these lies to the fairy tale of soldiers duking it out with lions and crocodiles. . .you'd have to be a really crazy person to place any weight on this guy's story.

And right on cue, it's just been revealed that the PSP Go will not ship with a mini USB port. So all the people that bought any PSP accessory like the keyboard and the GPS add-on are out of luck.
Good times, eh?

Discerning observers will see this as another red-herring thrown up by the Nigerian Government as an excuse for their apathy towards the prosecution of these guilty Nigerians.