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That la manga is very nice although quite pricey.


The prices are on the website.

You wicked o.

Daniel058:
lol, u wan apply..
U fit??

Like I said, husband scarcity dey.

Folks can't be too picky.

So, all of you there never marry?

Noted.

Kencruz:
. . . . . . ..

You still haven't explained your point.

Are you hoping to run for governorship in the future, are you needing a job, assistance of some kind, do you want to ask for a political appointment, do you have security related info,


Btw, you're the one in yellow right?

Op are all of you in your profile, unmarried?

Husband na husband abeg, there's a scarcity.

^ must you insult nlers because of the op's unclear point?

DollyParton1:
I don't need to lie on issues like this.
The last time I was at a hair dressing salon, I left a tip.
You just have to generalize don't you? And how many naija chics do u even know.

some places you are expected to leave tips.

other places, you are not.

i think possibly places that are unionized (officially/legally) do not push for tips, since they push for salary increases instead.

enomakos:
it is human nature but very common with blacks

i wonder why.

nekaa:
Just know how to fry yam and eggs and you are material enough.

if he'd even just served fried egg and yam, that alone could cut many deals for him, not to mention if he went one step further and served pounded yam or something solid like that.

dundu sef go reach.

https://i48.tinypic.com/2ypjb5j.jpg

lolz

does he have something against nigeria?



where is he from btw?

why did he branch at Minna?

and why not take the train?

so. . . . . . .

affirmative.

And again... We aspire to study law/Enginering/medicine... Since widout dat.. we wont have braggin rights befo our peers.

so, in your opinion, people who study these fields are only doing so for bragging rights? Maybe some, (same as in any other career or field), but that's not an entirely accurate analysis since its not everyone who fits that description.

afterwards... We wnt to study in d best university, so we wont look odd befor our peers.

really? That's the reason for wanting to go to a good university? Nothing to do with your personal preference and/or your personal goals?

And wen we gain admission, We want to b d best student in d class to show dat we are beta dan odas...

bro, you've got it twisted. What is your background, if you dont mind my asking.

And even wen gain employment, We stil flaunt our credentials (to show that we own d latest cars...phones etc) and crave promotions; and afta being promoted, We stiil have dz insatiable cravin for higher positions.

which people are you referring to?

Middlefinger1:
A dog that barks does not bite so says an adage.
They should park well joor.

just dont invade people's homes.

kennygee:
All that's been on the news is "Igbo this, Igbo that".

.

any publicity is good publicity.

i suspect some folks want to keep the google searches active.

do you folks get paid for opening threads?

are there like a lot of transformers lying around or something, i dont get what all this drama is about.

if there are, then why are they not being distributed to the communities as needed?

lord have mercy.

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Ie the lagos metropolitan area.

NaijaTalkTown:
Nigerians are known through out Africa for their dominance in other people's domain

it actually goes both ways, meaning its also the other way round.

Nigerian counterparts in Africa are secretly wishing for a civil war to break out in Nigeria.

common knowledge.

In the movie, the four elements were earth, fire, wind and water.

what was the water?

Internet: 13 years of growth from ground zero in Nigeria from 1960- 1996


It had been long in coming, but then in 1996, seven years after it was introduced in the United States, the nation’s telecoms regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) did the right thing. It licenced 38 internet service providers to sell internet services in Nigeria.

On January 1st the following year, Linkserve Limited immediately began commercial operations in the country, thus becoming the very first internet service provider (ISP) in Nigeria.

The nation, finally, had stepped into the internet age. Yet today, fourteen years after, the country is still struggling with the infrastructure of this technology.

Nigeria, like every other country in the world on its first encounter with the internet had struggled to understand its seemingly overwhelming power – still is; we dare say. But then, industry observers and experts who have keenly watched the country take its first baby steps in this direction say the growth so far had been phenomenal.


Nigeria Internet Group formed

In 1995; a year before these companies were registered, a body known as the Nigeria Internet Group had been conceived as a non-governmental organization with the aim of promoting and facilitating full access to the internet in Nigeria.


The Nigeria Internet Group was formed in 1995 after the first internet workshop organized by the Yaba College of Technology in collaboration with a number of organisations including the Nigerian Communications Commission, National Data Bank, Literacy Training and Development Program for Africa (University of Ibadan) and Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON), with the direct assistance of the United States Information Service (USIS), Regional Information Network for Africa (RINAF) and the British Council.

The workshop was put together in order to raise the level of awareness of the benefits of internet in Nigeria and provide a forum for discussing the future of networking.
Four years later, in May 1999, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in collaboration with the Nigeria Internet Group (NIG), organised an Africa Internet Summit (AFRINET ’99), hosted by the Federal Ministry of Communications.

The summit, which took place at the ECOWAS Secretariat from 11-13 May 1999, focused on the sustainable development and utilization of the Internet in Africa, and sought to create a common forum where African Internet practitioners can come together and discuss policy issues peculiar to Africa.

The Nigerian Government then had been supported by United Nations Development Programme Agency UNDP/IIA in a US$ 1million project to assist NITEL establish the internet backbone. UNDP/IIA was also strengthening NITEL’s telecommunication training school to become a regional internet training centre.

Growth
A report by the International Telecommunications Union, focused the period 1996 – 2009 on telecommunications development on nations of the world. According to the data on Nigeria, which the source claims was last updated in July 16 2010; users of the internet in Nigeria in every 100 persons interviewed as at 1996 were 0% and it ran this way for four years.


The line lifted off the bottom for the first time at the tail end of the year 2000. But the figure had been so insignificant; a shocking 0.3%. Between the year 2002 to 2004 it rose to 1.5%. Three years later in 2007, it struck 7% and then it rose speedily in the 2008 to touch 15.9%. In comparison, it’s North African counterpart; Egypt, had touched off the 0% ground mark in 1997, striking two percent in 2002, 5% in 2004 and then rising steeply and speedily to twelve percent in 2005 to finish at 16.2 % in 2008.


Another study like the one conducted by the world bank was carried out in Nigeria in 1999 by local based analysts. Their data revealed that the entire nation had a total of about 3,000 internet subscribers in a population of about 140 million people. Internet users as at that time too had been estimated to be about a 100,000.

It was also recorded that about 81 internet host sites were already fully functional in the country. The host sites had been identified to fall into commercial, academic, research, international and government related areas.



http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/10/internet-13-years-of-growth-from-ground-zero-in-nigeria-from-1960-1996/

Nigeria seeks input on history of internet



It has been disclosed that the Nigerian Internet community has commenced plans to gather information on the history of the internet in the country.

Their aim is to collate an overview of how the internet industry in Nigeria has evolved. . . .


The team leader said that the project would run in three phases, while the timelines for the next two phases have yet to be decided.

Bolarinwa noted that the project would involve development of work plans with assigned tasks across phases and by identifying specific recipients to write for each sector as well as development of questionnaires.

The team leader said the project would include public announcements on the subject, collation and editing of responses, publishing of the draft and a comments period.

It also includes the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and Minister of Communications Technology, academia, private sector, media, civil society groups and individual end-users.

Furthermore, she promised that contact details would be kept very confidential and respondents would be expected to add the organization, affiliations they represent and perspectives on the internet in Nigeria.

“Please share any facts, milestones, personalities or events that pertain to the growth of the internet in Nigeria,” she solicited.

According to her, this is part of a wider strategy to further strengthen and entrench a cohesive and united voice for Nigeria in the ecosystem.

Speaking on the strategy, Bolarinwa said it is to capture in this first round a general background of how the internet ecosystem and its use evolved in Nigeria.


http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2012/04/nigeria-seeks-input-on-history-of-internet/

42n8dzydoo:
The same way you feel....

I'd like to say what I feel,

Miami has so much appeal,

A great place to get a seafood meal. . . . .