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Politics / Re: FFK: The COVID-19 Vaccines We Are Taking In Nigeria Are Not Bill Gates Vaccines by Topiipii(m): 7:33pm On Apr 01, 2021
EBMedia:
"The COVID-19 Vaccine We Are Taking In Nigeria Are Not Bill Gates Vaccines And We Are Not Being Used As Guinea Pigs" - FFK

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has said that the COVID-19 vaccines being taken in Nigeria are not ''Bill Gates vaccines'' and the vaccines have been tested and trusted, IgbereTV reports

He also stated that Nigerians are not being used as ''Guinea pigs.''

He said this following the backlash he received after taking jabs of the vaccines on Tuesday March 30, months after he described same as evil and Gates Killer vaccines. FFK was hugely criticized on social media last night after he shared photos of himself taking the Oxford/AtsraZeneca vaccines.

Reacting to the backlash on his Twitter handle this morning, FFK said that the vaccine he took was from the World Health Organization and not the one from Bill Gates. He said he will never take any vaccine linked to Mr. Gates.

His tweets read;


https://twitter.com/realFFK/status/1377167880366682120?s=20

Below is a video of him receiving the vaccine.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnHmQbj3bL4


OP Please update your post to include this link:

https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2020/06/05/bill-gates-covid-coronavirus-vaccine-750-million-oxford-azd1222/
Politics / Re: Indecent Dressing: "Amotekun Not Established To Address Trivial Issues" by Topiipii(m): 12:18am On Dec 05, 2020
iamdannyfc:

But "gb" is one consonant
Sammy07:


gb is a consonant.

e is a vowel.

so what you did here is rubbish.

two consonants can't meet in Yoruba language.
'gb' is in line with your original post, but it's okay if you want to continue to argue or maintain that you're right.
Words like 'alangba, 'alantakun', 'nnkan', 'ijamba' etc are obvious exceptions.
Politics / Re: Indecent Dressing: "Amotekun Not Established To Address Trivial Issues" by Topiipii(m): 9:10pm On Dec 04, 2020
Sammy07:
Truth! Amotekun shouldn't tolerate violence.
They're meant to protect our region against external forces.

and by the way, Yoruba language should be guilded, some ignorant people are writing Ponmo as Kpomo, Pele as Kpele, Patapata as kpatakpata, whereas two consonants don't meet in Yoruba language.

I think Yoruba language should be made a compulsory subject in Jamb (just like English) as a mode of admission into southwest university.

else, IFA religion should be a compulsory course just like GNS in the universities and polytechnics. Maybe IFA 101 grin

3 pages and no one has called you out on this rubbish.
gbenu e soun
Hope you understand what I did there

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Health / Re: Please Help, I'm Always Fatigued And I Sleep A lot. by Topiipii(m): 9:02pm On Dec 04, 2020
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Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by Topiipii(m): 7:01pm On Jun 29, 2020
iWise:


I'm not exactly arguing with you, i just needed you to provide clarity on why you made that assumption.

On a different note, it might interest you to know that there are departments in schools outside the so called "top 30 rank" with scores atleast equally as high. I know a certain university which runs a certain program with more than 80% of its intake last fall scoring above 320.
It's definitely possible, my list was strictly based on ECE and its ranking, some of those schools rank outside the top 30 overall.

iWise:
PS. The basis for the initial discourse was that the instigator claimed that a score of 320 is unusual for Nigerians. Having noticed that his objective was to cast Nigerians as inferior to some other people, I then provided the rebuttal that, based on the data he provided, a score of 320 is unusual for any country that takes part in the test thereby rendering his claim trivial.

This discussion hardly qualifies as exhibiting "statistical prowess".
We seem to be on the same page even though my comments were limited to Nigerian scores. You're right in your rebuttal, unfortunately GRE still doesn't release percentiles for the overall score.
As for the inferior comments, I don't like it too when people make comments like that. It reminds of Nigerian recruiters who like to claim that our graduates are not employable.
I wish our scores are higher though, it seems to get worse every time the report is released.

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Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by Topiipii(m): 6:43pm On Jun 29, 2020
sheke01:


apologies for the snide remarks
No worries.
Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by Topiipii(m): 5:51pm On Jun 29, 2020
iWise:


You can't just assume normality. Did you verify that the data is indeed normally distributed? An easy way to do that would be to plot a histogram.

Again, if you look at the data cited by the person of interest, the spread for Nigerian quant scores is 7.9. This automatically tells you that the mean value is not a very reliable measure of central tendency here - the median will provide a lot more insight. The same can be said about almost any other country in that report. This is why I concluded that his hypothesis is rather trivial.

Once again, the idea of measuring a person's or a group of persons' performance using a comparison to averages is rather silly. What one should be more interested in is the entry cutoff at a majority of schools who require the test score - if a school tells you a certain score is good enough then it is by default good enough, so the argument of performing below average becomes rather "academic".

Entry scores are usually lower than 320, that should tell you a lot about the number of applicants scoring that high. I did an exhaustive search of this a while back for Electrical Engineering, less than 25 of the top 164 schools in my list requested for GRE scores >= 320 and they're all in the top 30 ranking.
I know mean is not a reliable measure and so does every person who has taken an intro class in statistics. I wanted to comment earlier about skewed data, but it will only lead to more argument. If the minimum score is 130 and the average score is 144.9 and 145.8, what percentage of people can you assume scored above 320?

P.S. Of course, it is trivial. Are we supposed to be exhibiting our statistical prowess here?

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Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by Topiipii(m): 5:17pm On Jun 29, 2020
sheke01:


it's not by plotting graph and writing big write ups. If you are half as good analytically as ur graphs looks then you will know that mean(average) is not the best among the center measure of tendency. Very low scores will greatly skew that distribution.

Do you even consider Simpson paradox in that data set you analysed and plotted. Data can always be analysed and interpreted to support any side of argument

The plot was based on what ETS released for every country, so I don't know the reason for the snide remarks. If you think 320+ is not unusual, then give us your proof since ETS report is not good enough.
Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by Topiipii(m): 4:51pm On Jun 29, 2020
sheke01:


You're head is so on point. People filling up the thread with posts yet they know not the meaning of unusual. If only they had checked for synonyms of unusual they would have known that 320+ is not a rare score for Nigerians
The admit person is right, 320+ is unusual. Our average scores are 144.9V and 145.8Q from the 2018 report. The 2014 and 2016 reports were just a little bit better.

https://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/snapshot_test_taker_data_2014.pdf page 20 (24 of 72)
https://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/snapshot_test_taker_data_2016.pdf page 20 (24 of 72)
https://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/snapshot_test_taker_data_2018.pdf page 20 (24 of 73)

I took the liberty of plotting the values from the 2018 report and checked to see what percentage of people scored in the range 155-165 for both Quant and Verbal.
Verbal:
Mean: 144.9, Standard Deviation: 7.4, P(x>155) = 0.08615, P(x>160) = 0.02065, P(x>165) = 0.0033

Quant:
Mean: 145.8, Standard Deviation: 7.8, P(x>155) = 0.1191, P(x>160) = 0.03434, P(x>165) = 0.00692

Total number of test takers: 6,861

Less than 1% of test takers scored more than 165 for both sections and 8.6% and 11.9% scored above 155. How is 320+ not rare?

For anyone interested, I plotted the curves at:
https://homepage.divms.uiowa.edu/~mbognar/applets/normal.html

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Travel / Re: General USA Student Visa Enquiries-part 15 by Topiipii(m): 11:19pm On Jun 07, 2020
Is there anyone who studied or is studying PhD Finance or Economics here? I need to ask a few questions.
Education / Re: Can You Solve This Math Question? by Topiipii(m): 12:05am On Apr 16, 2020
Mrshape:
This is the correct question.
Lalasticaala this has already been solved you would have put the other one on FP
Everyone is afraid of it

https://www.nairaland.com/5794496/make-y-subject-formula

Check the other thread.
Education / Re: Who can make Y Subject Formula by Topiipii(m): 12:04am On Apr 16, 2020
Mrshape:
This

Travel / Re: The United States had nothing to do with the relief materials nigerians in china by Topiipii(m): 2:54am On Apr 11, 2020
@justwise, I hope this is on the front page already?
Food / Re: The Animals Boys Caught After Morning Training (Photos) by Topiipii(m): 5:57pm On Apr 08, 2020
ayyoshert:
These are Genets,
Same order/genus/family with Civets.
They are smaller and have elongated neck and head.
You're right, common genet.

http://animalia.bio/common-genet
Crime / Re: Fake Soldier And Robber Of Corps Member Arrested In Lagos by Topiipii(m): 12:02am On May 20, 2019
Ask yourself this: If our soldiers don't collect bribes from motorists, will this person be bold enough to attempt this act?
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Barcelona Vs Liverpool: UCL Semi Finals (3 - 0) On 1st May 2019 by Topiipii(m): 9:44pm On May 01, 2019
Gooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!

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Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 14 by Topiipii(m): 2:55pm On Apr 06, 2019
Gloryemo:
Not always so in every case sha. Life is not black and white. There have been people who attended elite schools and took advantage of all the resources but still people when attended average schools are doing better than them. It is good to want what is good and work towards it but still you can't calculate anything accurately about the future or predict accurately someone's success based on the school they attend.

At least someone who never went to high school is making decisions that is affecting over 180 million people LOL...


On what basis are you making this claim? I hope you realise that there's a difference between attending high school and not presenting a certificate?
Foreign Affairs / Re: Heavy Shooting In 2 New Zealand Mosques many dead by Topiipii(m): 5:22am On Mar 15, 2019
Another day another sad news, I read somewhere he streamed it live on Facebook/twitter.

https://twitter.com/MatthewKeysLive/status/1106389821000343553

https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/new-zealand-christchurch-shooting-intl/index.html

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mynd44, lalasticlala
Crime / Re: Attack on New Zealand Mosque by Topiipii(m): 5:06am On Mar 15, 2019
Another day another sad news, I read somewhere he streamed it live on Facebook/twitter.

https://twitter.com/MatthewKeysLive/status/1106389821000343553

https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/new-zealand-christchurch-shooting-intl/index.html

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mynd44, lalasticlala
Business / Re: What To Do To Make Money Online? by Topiipii(m): 10:29pm On Feb 28, 2019
Uwaeromosele:

my Oga, I have searched.
no one bearing that name.
that's why it is Confusing.

Check this link:

https://www.thumbtack.com/-Lyndhurst-NJ/service/2747881

They don't have a website as far as I can tell, but they seem to reply to messages dropped on the link above.

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Religion / Re: Man Goes Mad After Prolonged Fasting And Praying (photo) by Topiipii(m): 2:30am On Dec 31, 2018
For those not averse to reading long articles, a possible explanation may be found here

https://www.esquire.com/uk/latest-news/a25651175/the-other-side-of-paradise-how-i-left-a-buddhist-retreat-in-handcuffs/

People have committed suicides after going through similar experience while practising buddhism
Politics / Breaking News: Former US President George H.W. Bush Is Dead At 94 by Topiipii(m): 8:28am On Dec 01, 2018
George H.W. Bush, who in one term as president reasserted the U.S. as the world's lone superpower, rallying an international coalition against Iraq's Saddam Hussein in the first Gulf War and presiding over the fall of the Berlin Wall and subsequent collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Friday. He was 94.

The announcement of his passing was made in a statement by his son, former President George W. Bush.

"Jeb, Neil, Marvin, Doro and I are saddened to announced that after 94 remarkable years, our dear Dad has died," his son said in a statement released Friday night.
"George H.W. Bush was a man of the highest character and the best dad a son or daughter could ask for. The entire Bush family is deeply grateful for 41's life and love, for the compassion of those who have cared and prayed for Dad, and for the condolences of our friends and fellow citizens," the statement read.

Grandson George P. Bush said on Twitter Friday night, "He was more than a great man; he was a good man. His courage was matched by his compassion; and his dedication to country was equaled only by his devotion to his family."

One of the most experienced public servants in U.S. history, Bush served two terms as vice president under Ronald Reagan before becoming president in 1989, capping off a career that included stints as director of the CIA and U.S. ambassador to China and the U.N. in the 1970s.

A longtime pillar of the moderate wing of the Republican Party — he was national chairman after the Watergate scandal left the GOP in disarray — Bush lent establishment credentials to Reagan's conservative insurgency, becoming his running mate in 1980 after losing the presidential nomination to him.

But for all of the foreign policy successes of Bush's lone term in the White House, it was a basic domestic issue that effectively undercut his shot at a second: his decision to raise taxes to address a deficit that had exploded under Reagan. Conservatives cried heresy, and repercussions still ripple through the GOP today.

Serving as president from 1989 to 1993, Bush and his wife, Barbara, who died in April, remained prominent public figures long afterward. They stood apart as a genial reminders of a political era that many Americans preferred to recall as more bipartisan and cooperative than perhaps it really was.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/president-george-h-w-bush-dead-94-n942536
Education / Re: How To Achieve High Scores On The GRE by Topiipii(m): 1:23am On Jul 07, 2018
Remen:
My bachelors degree was evaluated by WES Canada... Can it be used also in USA or I have to start the whole process again. Please I appreciate your response.
Remen:
Please someone should reply me
No it can't, they're different countries. You'd have to contact WES about this, but be specific with your questions/request when you do. A friend of mine had the same issue, they simply used the old transcript and then completed the process from their end.

P.S. I mentioned being specific because, they took my friend's inquiries to be a sort of authorization and then transferred his transcript to U.S WES.
Pets / Re: Six Sheep Take On A Dog In A Funny Fight (Video) by Topiipii(m): 8:18pm On Jun 24, 2018
deepwater:


Guy you have just being bamboozled, the guy sold paracetamol to you and you bought it without brand name self.

Buffalo don't put up any circle as such. They only refuse to flight during a chase when they are thirsty and on the river bank. As in they stand to drink water even in the face of death .

What happened in this video is just a dog exhibiting it's natural instinct to keep sheep's in line. Check that dog it must have a trait of a German shepherd in it, it's a cross breed definitely but haven't been trained properly to polish it's shepherd skills. If well trained it will guide the sheep's to food and drink as well protect them and you won't see a fight in between
Finally! Someone who understands sheep herding.
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by Topiipii(m): 7:06am On Jun 23, 2018
justwise:


lipsrsealed
lincoffm:
PUBLIC NOTICE


This is to inform all candidates that registered either of the tests through me to ignore the accusations by brightdocare. If anyone have a complain I believe we have a platform we used for previous communications and they can always reach me there. I respond when I’m able because I have lot of people to attend to. Patient is a key! No one is interested in taking what doesn’t belong to him.

For justwise I will advise you always make a proper investigation before typing. Yes we know you are a moderator. We thank God for your life. But I was on this same platform months back to complain about 3 individuals that got registered for test without paying in Naira. You saw it and ignore but now a individual came online to lay a false accusation you jump like a rabbit. justwise you need to be wise in discussion making.

I choose to ignore brightdocare and I still won’t answer his complain or respond his email until justwise unban me on travel thread because I did nothing wrong.


There’s no way error or issues won’t occur sometimes but come to think of it how did brightdocare sit for an examination they didn’t receive the payment ?


I have been receiving several mails from client asking if they are safe. I’m using this opportunity to inform you all that you are safe and if anyone have a complain. Please kindly email wlincoff@aol.com...


Regards,

https://www.nairaland.com/1832477/how-achieve-high-scores-gre/380#1832477.12177

cc justwise
Sports / Re: Matthew Wolff Designed The Super Eagles 2018 World Cup Jersey by Topiipii(m): 7:43pm On Jun 07, 2018
adecz:
undecided

Na Lionel messi younger brother.

But the black color in the jersey doesn't
have any significance in our country
, apart
from the fact that Africa is the "dark continue".

Colors in a national Jersey should nhave
a meaning.

The soil? The Eagle's Colour?
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 13 by Topiipii(m): 4:38am On May 27, 2018
charlyduru:
Good day everyone, please does anyone know where one can do a university level linear algebra and calculus as a friend who is not from a management background wants to go for a management masters degree ?
Perhaps online preferably
www.edx.org or www.coursera.org
I don't know if the school your friend is applying to will take it, but the classes are free.
Crime / Re: Policeman Beats A Lady For Refusing To Allow Him Check Her Pants (Photos) by Topiipii(m): 11:50pm On May 24, 2018
kandiikane:


I experienced this delay tactic they do at Murtala, both going and leaving. I was travelling with both my gambian and British passport, I was one of the first to leave the flight, got to the first barrier they said I need yellow fever vaccine certificate(I was coming from the UK), had to give them 2000 naira before they let me go to immigration. Immigration too was another problem, I had my Gambia passport with me(told them it was part of the ecowas so did not need a visa), they passed and passed my passports amongst themselves, by the time they were done with me, I was the last one leaving immigration. I gave them 500naira and they started to complain, like what are they going to do with 500.

Leaving nigeria was another issue, the hand luggage I came with they said I could not leave with it. I ended up wearing all my clothes from my hand luggage just so i won't leave them behind. This was after paying excess, I was not going to give anymore of my money to the baggage handlers. Almost got in a fight with one stupid girl like that. Went to immigration, they passed and passed my passports around so much that I literally disassociated . I literally thought I was high, I swear, as in this cannot be real. They scanned my handbag and said I couldn't take my vape in, then they started harassing me for money and went in my handbag and took all my money.

To enter the flight, I got called out on the tarmac next to the flight to open my luggage, for what I don't know. I was so frustrated I dumped every single thing in my bag on the floor, they ended up putting it back in, telling me to calm down. I was the last one on the flight. Smh, the shit that goes on in that country is not normal. I don't know whether it was because I was a foreigner, they took extra time out to frustrate my life.
It's not because you're a foreigner, they're just naturally useless. I say 'useless' for lack of a better adjective.
Crime / Re: Policeman Beats A Lady For Refusing To Allow Him Check Her Pants (Photos) by Topiipii(m): 7:01am On May 24, 2018
lovelylad:
You ddnt read the article,did you?
I did read the article; my response is directly in line with the article. It seems you quoted me while I was editing my comment, I had to post an incomplete one before it gets pushed to the second page. It would also seem that you were too busy looking for victims to see that my comment had changed even before you posted yours. Please go back and re-read the post you quoted.
iamjavadem:
..and did they try to check anybody's pant? Haba!!! Is that even a nigerian police uniform? Unlss that camera is poor.
The headline is a double entendre; according to the article, the policeman was trying to check her panties, just not the one she had on. If you like, tell them you have the most shameful thing in your bag, they won't care all they care about is wasting your time as long as they didn't get that bribe. In my case, the driver of the bus received a mighty slap when he tried to goad the policeman, he even went as far as cocking his gun when it seemed the driver will not back down. As I said earlier, those who travel along that route are quite familiar with this issue.

P.S. At the emboldened, really? there's no way you'd mistake that uniform unless you want to claim you've never seen it before.
Crime / Re: Policeman Beats A Lady For Refusing To Allow Him Check Her Pants (Photos) by Topiipii(m): 6:07pm On May 23, 2018
DrRasheed:
Based on this we can't judge the guy here...
We don't know what went down or what's at stake cuz NO police officer will do that.
And there's no nude person here..
They do that, it's a delay tactic they resort to if they don't get bribes; in fact, they'll tell everyone in the bus to come down so as to check your luggage one after the other. I experienced it in 2011, more than once as well. I'd like to think it occurs along that axis (the one that leads to the eastern part of the country), because I've gone through other routes without having a similar experience. Usually, they'd let the bus go if the driver is willing to bribe them, but how how many police checkpoints are you going to bribe before you get to your destination?

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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Manchester United Vs Sevilla :UCL (1 - 2) On 13th March 2018 by Topiipii(m): 9:43am On Mar 16, 2018
jelel6:


8 teams!!! Don't overdraw the line!!! The Spanish dominated with just two teams. Athletics was close but never won it. And sadly to say, the Europa league is just not for English teams. To win it, clubs have to actually want to win it. The English teams who really can win it don't bother prioritize it because finishing in the CL places is more important for them. But with the way things are going, two of the big six will have to make do with the Europa league in the coming years. even if they treat it with more or less like the FA Cup, I expect them to still have some couple of wins going forward.
I'll quote this post only because the other one is long, but bear in mind that this reply is for both.
You're kind of missing the point as regards the dominance we're talking about (unless your definition of dominance is different). The dominance is about the league and not about one or two clubs, in fact I mentioned Europe and not UCL, but you strangely ignored that part probably because you were in a hurry to pass your point across. I saw a statement yesterday about Spanish teams producing 18 out of the 48 quarter final teams in the last six seasons and I suddenly remembered that Malaga was actually one of them despite struggling in the league and having financial issues.
Mancity can be the best team in the world and win the UCL 10 years in a row, but that will not translate into European dominance, other teams need to step up. You seem to have forgotten your own argument in which you mentioned checking how far English teams when you were talking about their dominance. The Spanish teams consistently produce 5 to 6 teams in the later stages and win a lot of matches that's why they have such superior coefficient. You really need to study how the ranking is done, it's very straightforward, just like how you'd calculate your CGPA, it's based on the number of teams you send to Europe and not UCL alone; I doubt you'd have been shocked I mentioned 8 teams if you really know how the ranking system works.

P.S. La liga never dominated with two teams, Atletico played two finals in three years and you mentioned close, they only lost to R.Madrid, another Spanish team how is that not dominance?
In 2015 (it could be 2014, I'm not so sure now) no Spanish team lost to a team from another league in Europe, all the teams that crashed out were knocked out by fellow Spanish teams, does that appear like something only Madrid and Barca did?

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