::Nigerian Ginger's Writing Pad::

“Yahoo-yahoo”, a.k.a. Internet Advance Fee Fraud, to which many Nigerians and foreigners have fallen prey to. It has given Nigeria a bad name because some of the perpetrators come from this country. Now a group of Nigerian musicians have come together to say that Maga (or nave, or foolish fraud victim) “no need pay”. I’m at a loss to understand if that means that should he fall victim, his money should not be taken away or…?

Anyhow, here’s the video:

How they do this is amazing and beyond me. This video (the last one taken December 18) gives you a 5 minute ‘live’ trip on a street of earthquake-struck Haiti. It is provided by cnn.

You can “use your mouse to click and drag around the video to change the view. You can also zoom in and out. Pause and explore at any time by pressing the play/pause button under the video to stop and look around”. Amazing is the word and you should see it and pray for the people you pass by on this Haitian street!

CLICK TO VIEW (Will take you to CNN website)

The latest news report is that Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria’s Vice President says that President Yar’adua is still in charge of the country. The Punch newspaper quotes him as saying that the president “might soon return to the country to continue his good works with renewed vigour and vitality.’ This is absolute bunkum – meaningless political claptrap. Yar’adua is said to be in coma. Those close to him say he’s been slipping in and out of coma. Medically, this is not possible because coma is not exactly a diazepam-type induced sleep. “Slipping in and out of coma” is therefore a lie.

What is the problem with Jonathan? He is either a very clever sly snake, waiting for the right moment to take action and strike, or he is the most clueless politician ever to find himself in the position of the vice president of a nation.

Come to think of it. Jonathan has never really been elected for any political position in Nigeria. He became governor in Bayelsa state when his erstwhile boss stole money, was impeached and then jailed. Later, when former president Obasanjo needed to complete his political equations – machinations, he thought to bring on someone from the Niger Delta, in order to placate the people of that zone. Along came Goodluck Jonathan. His fortune does befit his first name – “goodluck” all the way.

He has always tried to cut the figure of the loyal second-in-command. Or, he is just watching for all the hawks around Yar’adua to completely open up their backsides so he knows whom to strike when/if power eventually falls into his hand.

You may not blame him too much especially considering the number of (especially northern) corrupt politicians who are waiting for him to make a false move so as to label him ambitious and untrustworthy.

But does he take Nigerians for fools? Please Goodluck Jonathan , if you have nothing sensible to say, just keep quiet! You will look less inane.

If you were ever interested in getting good domain names, and If were you, I’d be heading over to grab mine now. Visit a NIRA Registrar site like Netregit.com.ng - search a name you like and register it before anyone else does.

Reason: good domain names are hard to find, the easily-remembered name that fits with your project idea. You would usually find that someone had thought of the name before you did, and so you end up settling for a name with a hyphen such as we-b.com when what you wanted was web.com

The good news in this is that the appearance of many new cctlds (Country top level domains), we now have new and fresh options.

The latest entrant to this field is Nigeria with the .ng tld. Though you cannot register on the second level, such as name.ng, you can grab the .com.ng of your dreams.

Go and make a search now: http://netregit.com.ng Is this an advert? Sure! An advert for Nigeria, an advert for any person smart effort to reserve his name before it is too late.

Why this post now? Because yesterday NIRA (Nigeria Internet Registration Association) released to its accredited Registrars a list of Premium domains. With that list is now put to rest the fears of anybody that a good name he finds now may be taken away and sold for millions of dollars.

As at my last check at netregit.com.ng the following domain names are available:

web.com.ng
inter.com.ng
net.com.ng
mall.com.ng

and more…

I don’t like people saying “Happy holidays” or “Season’s greetings”. It’s a bit like coming to a birthday party but ignoring the celebrant. You arrive through the door with a smile on your lips, only it’s a fixed smile directed at everybody and at nobody…just enough to make you look friendly and welcome into the party.

You look around, record faces and rove with your eyes, trying to see if you recognize anyone. Ah yeah, over there is the celebrant…but who cares man! We’re here to have fun, enjoy… the celebrant is only the occasion, but who cares. And you know what? You greet everybody but the celebrant.

“Season’s greetings guys!”. What season? Oh well, time for holidays you know, to frolic, exchange gifts and feel good. Ok, ok, so you need an icon? How about Santa Claus? St. Nicolas of Bari (the original Santa Claus) will be full of guilt each time he sees his icon, for it was never his intention to substitute the original celebrant.

Another icon? Ok, the Holy and the Ivy. What BS! Anything, but anything that will prevent me saying hi to the real celebrant, for if I do look at him, he’s gonna make demands on me, and boy am not ready!

But he’s only a Child! What can be as harmless as a child? A child is the celebrant and all a child asks for is love. Ok, children try to steal your heart also, but you end up the better for it. Let him steal your heart.

Merry Christmas! Christmas is the birthday of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, born to Mary of Nazareth, who was betrothed to Joseph. Nice people really!