Without been told, even in Nigeria eastern state has the highest cut off points to public schools, even at that, they produce highest numbers of students seeking admission in tertiary institutions, 2015/2016 WAEC five southeastern state + Delta were among top ten best, Abia and Anambra were 1st and 2nd best in WAEC 2015,
No southwestern States made to ten and eastern states have dominated this area form 90s till date, this is not new, those who doesn't agree with the report should change the start square at home before thinking aboard, I get am before na poor man hope.

Ritchiee:


You are a little brainy because you know you don't have anything to measure up to the Yorubas.

Ok.

Nigerian Shatters[b] World Academic Record[/b] In Russia

A YORUBA SHATTERING WORLD RECORD IN MEDICINE.No Igbo has ever come near this..

A Nigerian student, Victor Olalusi, has reportedly scored 5.0 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) at the Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, a world record.

This piece of information was made available by the federal ministry of education on Wednesday in Abuja, when it honoured the young doctor, who achieved the feat in 2013, arguably the first in the world.

Olalusi shattered any existing record in Russia with his 5.0 CGPA score Young Dr Victor Olalusi shattered any existing record in Russia with his 5.0 CGPA score
PM News reports that Olalusi, who was the best graduating student in the whole of the Russian Federation in 2013, studied in RNRMU under the Russia-Nigeria Bilateral Education Agreement when he achieved the enviable feat. Dr MacJohn Nwaobiala, permanent secretary in the ministry, said a lot of Nigerian students were brilliant but Olalusi was a genius and had become an ambassador not only to the ministry but to Nigeria and Russia. He said: “We have to search the Guinness Book of Records for anybody who has achieved 5.0 in a university. It is curious and strange that all those that evaluated his performance could not find reason to reduce a point from him.
Read more: https://www.naij.com/502444-meet-nigerian-scored-5-0-cpga-russia-shatter-world-record-photo.html

I THINK THAT IS THE WORD..IF ANY DUMB CAN SAY IGBOS ARE BRILLIANT THEN YORUBAS ARE GENIUSES

FKO81:

I can see you are pained by this report

Yes,I am pained that we did not see the report to see on what ground the fake assertion was given by the paper.We know there is no America report.I am also pained that you are pulling Nigerians in the mud claiming that the criminally inclined Igbos are brilliant than all AFRICANS which none of us including Igbos can defend stoutly.SO I AM NOW GIVING THEM THE GREAT YORUBA NATION BRILLIANCE AND ACHIEVEMENTS SO THEY WOULD KNOW WE ARE NOT ALL DUMB LIKE THE IGBOS WHO HAD SHOWN A LITTLE BRILLIANCE AND ACHIEVEMENTS THEN THINK THEY ARE ON TOP OF THE WORLD.
And remember that one of your people called me out

Ritchiee:

Yes,I am pained that we did not see the report to see on what ground the fake assertion was given by the paper.We know there is no America report.I am also pained that you are pulling Nigerians in the mud claiming that the criminally inclined Igbos are brilliant than all AFRICANS which none of us including Igbos can defend stoutly.SO I AM NOW GIVING THEM THE GREAT YORUBA NATION BRILLIANCE AND ACHIEVEMENTS SO THEY WOULD KNOW WE ARE NOT ALL DUMB LIKE THE IGBOS WHO HAD SHOWN A LITTLE BRILLIANCE ACHIEVEMENTS AND THINK THEY ARE ON TOP OF THE WORLD.
And remember that one of your people called me out

Without been told, even in Nigeria eastern state has the highest cut off points to public schools, even at that, they produce highest numbers of students seeking admission in tertiary institutions, 2015/2016 WAEC five southeastern state + Delta were among top ten best, Abia and Anambra were 1st and 2nd best in WAEC 2015,
No southwestern States made to ten and eastern states have dominated this area form 90s till date, this is not new, those who doesn't agree with the report should change the start square at home before thinking aboard, I get am before na poor man hope.

YORUBAS ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE TO HAVE GOTTEN 5.0 CGPA{THE HIGHEST IN THE WORLD} FROM THEIR VARIOUS UNIVERSITIES.Igbos have none

PROF TONY ADEGBULUGBE:

For a young Engineering student of a University, taking active part in students politics, a turf reserved for students of law, Arts , Social sciences was considered the height of unseriousness. This fellow became the Speaker of the Students Representative Council.Upon graduation, he scored a First class with an all time record of 5 over 5 GPA in Electrical Electronic Engineering.The student then was Anthony Olusegun Adegbulugbe.The University: University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU).This prodigy has been defined early

Read more at: http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/175420/1/prof-anthony-adegbulugbecontributor-to-2007-nobel-.html

DR VICTOR OLALUSI:

Nigerian medical student conquers Russia with 5.0 CGPA in 7 yrs.
Student Pulse gathered that Olalusi scored 5.0 Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) in the university's Faculty of Clinical Sciences for seven straight years to become the best graduating student in the whole Russian Federation in 2013.

http://pulse.ng/student/dr-victor-olalusi-nigerian-medical-student-conquers-russia-with-5-0-cgpa-in-7-yrs-id4030282.html

AYODELE DADA DANIEL:

Ayodele Daniel Dada, the star graduand of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), is already the toast of many companies.

The 29-year-old Psychology graduate set a record for achieving the maximum 5.0 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) in the university.

After receiving his scroll at the 2014/2015 convocation, he said he has been approached by many companies, three of them multinationals.

http://thenationonlineng.net/secrets-of-my-5-0cgpa-by-unilags-best-graduate/

This has been nation headlines for more for more than two decades
http://www.punchng.com/again-south-east-leads-in-wassce-performance-chart/

This came as no candidate obtained five credits and above, including English and Mathematics from four Federal Government colleges.

The schools are the Federal Government Girls’ College, Bajoga, Gombe State; FGGC, Bauchi; FGGC Gboko, and the Federal Science and Technical College, Kafanchan.

To secure university admission in the country, a candidate must obtain credits in five subjects and above, including English Language and Mathematics.

Anambra State came second with 28, 379 out of 46, 385 candidates. While Abia State scored 63.94 per cent, Anambra got 61.18 per cent out of 100 per cent.

Edo State took the third position with 38, 052 of its 62, 327 candidates getting five credits and above. It had 61.05 per cent. Rivers and Imo states came fourth and fifth respectively.

In the 2014 May/June WASSCE rankings, Anambra State led the pack, while Abia State came second.

However, with 4.37 per cent, Yobe State came last on the 2015 rankings list with only 646 candidates obtaining five credits and above including English and Mathematics. Fourteen thousand, seven hundred and eight-four pupils, comprising 10, 807 males and 3,977 females, sat for the examination in the state.

Aside from Yobe State, seven other northern states occupied the rear positions in the rankings involving the 36 states and Abuja. They are Zamfara (36th), Jigawa (35th), Gombe (34th), Katsina (33rd), Kebbi (32nd) Bauchi (31st) and Sokoto (30th).

Lagos with 68, 173 out of 141, 963 candidates that sat for the examination placed sixth on the rankings. In fact, 32, 595 males and 35, 578 females obtained the required benchmark for university admission.

The statistics obtained exclusively by our correspondent on Thursday also revealed that Osun and Oyo states placed 29th and 26th respectively. While 8,801 candidates out of 48,818 obtained the basic entry requirement for university admission in Osun, Oyo State recorded only 21.03 per cent success in the examination.

Of the 78,896 candidates Oyo State presented, only 16,588 of them obtained five credits and above including English and Mathematics.

The breakdown, according to a WAEC source, is the consolidated results approved by the council following its National Examinations Committee meeting held in November.

One million five hundred and ninety thousand, two hundred and eighty-four candidates sat for the examination in which only 562, 413 candidates obtained credits in five subjects and above including English Language and Mathematics.

In other words, 1,029,871 representing 64.63 per cent failed to obtain admission requirement to the nation’s universities.

The former Head of National of the council, Mr. Charles Eguridu, announced the release of the results last August.

A further breakdown of the 2015 results, showed that the seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th positions went to Bayelsa, Delta, Enugu and Ebonyi states in that order.

Ekiti State placed 11th with 8,954 out of its 21, 333 candidates that sat for the examination getting the required admission benchmark.

Kaduna, Ondo, Abuja, Kogi, Benue, Akwa Ibom, and Kwara states came 12th, 13th, 14, 15th and 16th in that order.

Ogun State with 75,994 candidates occupied the 19th position. The state bagged 32.89 per cent with its 25, 006 candidates, comprising 12,059 males and 12, 947 females, obtaining five credits and above including English and Mathematics.

In the 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25 slots are Cross River, Taraba, Plateau, Nassarawa, Kano and Borno states in that order. While 15,903 candidates out of 62,511 obtained the benchmark in Kano, 5,347 out of 21,695 got the same results in Borno.

Niger and Adamawa states occupy the rankings list ahead of Osun State. They placed 27th and 28th. While Osun State recorded 18.03 per cent success, Niger and Adamawa states got 19.66 and 18.08 per cent respectively.

Meanwhile, in the performance register for the 104 Federal Government colleges in the same examination, the Federal Government Girls’ College, Benin, outshined the others with 230 of its 232 pupils getting the university admission yardstick.

The Federal Government Girls’ College, Kazaure, occupied the second slot with only two of its pupils also missing the benchmark. But while FGGC Benin, obtained 99.14 per cent, its Kazaure counterpart, got 98.10 per cent.

The breakdown showed that the Federal Government College, Rubochi, came third with its 146 candidates, comprising 94 males and 52 females, out of 156 that sat for the examination putting up good showings.

The Federal Government Academy, Suleja; FGC, Okigwe, and the FGC, Nise, came fourth, fifth and sixth.

From the Unity schools in Lagos, the FGC, Ijanikin, which occupied the seventh position in the rankings, emerged the best in the state with 357 out of its 387 candidates that sat for the examination obtaining the basic university entry requirement.

It came ahead of the over 100-year-old Kings College (18th), Federal Science and Technical College, Yaba (21st) and the Queens College (54th). While 361 out of 452 candidates obtained their papers at KC, 181 out of 413 females succeeded at QC.

Occupying the eighth, ninth, 10th, 11th and 12th positions are the FGC, Okposi; FGC, Ikole-Ekiti; FGGC Efon-Alaye; FGGC, Minjibir, and the FGC, Jos, in that order.

From the statistics, The PUNCH findings revealed that of the 74 candidates that sat for the examination at the FGGC, Bajoga, no one got the basic admission requirement.

It was the scenario at the FGGC, Bauchi and Gboko. Whereas 143 candidates sat for the examination in the Bauchi school, 144 females did the same at the FGGC, Gboko.

For the FSTC, Kafanchan, of the 40 candidates, comprising 29 males and 11 females that sat for the examination, no one also obtained the minimum entry requirements to the university.

Of the 26 Unity schools occupying the rear positions on the performance chart, 22 of them are located in the North. The other four colleges are the FGGC, Ikot Obio Itong, Ukam at 89th position; FGGC, Calabar (92nd); FSTC, Uyo (93rd) and the FGC, Idoani, Ondo State occupying the 96th position.

In the May/June 2014 WASSCE, 529,425 candidates, representing 31.28 per cent of the candidates, obtained the minimum university entry requirement. One million, six hundred and ninety-two thousand, four hundred and thirty-five candidates sat for the examination that year.

In May/June 2013, 639,334 candidates, representing 38.30 per cent, qualified to seek admission to university in the country. One million five hundred and forty-three thousand, six hundred and eight-three candidates sat for the examination.

FKO81:
Without been told, even in Nigeria eastern state has the highest cut off points to public schools, even at that, they produce highest numbers of students seeking admission in tertiary institutions, 2015/2016 WAEC five southeastern state + Delta were among top ten best, Abia and Anambra were 1st and 2nd best in WAEC 2015,
No southwestern States made to ten and eastern states have dominated this area form 90s till date, this is not new, those who doesn't agree with the report should change the start square at home before thinking aboard, I get am before na poor man hope.

I am not going to go into that with you again that it was due to MCs but all the same kudos to you.And the cut off marks thing you have been blabbing about in the Unity schools,I am sorry,Yorubas do not go to unity schools the way you do there so the competition is not much.
Prof..you must get serious and leave the START of race speech and try to get to the end of the race so you can be the winner..that is what Yorubas are doing not staying on the starting line blabbing.THE END DETERMINES THE RACE
YOU MUST BE WINNERS LIKE YORUBAS NOT BLABBERS AND LOSERS

FKO81:
This has been nation headlines for more for more than two decades
http://www.punchng.com/again-south-east-leads-in-wassce-performance-chart/

This came as no candidate obtained five credits and above, including English and Mathematics from four Federal Government colleges.

The schools are the Federal Government Girls’ College, Bajoga, Gombe State; FGGC, Bauchi; FGGC Gboko, and the Federal Science and Technical College, Kafanchan.

To secure university admission in the country, a candidate must obtain credits in five subjects and above, including English Language and Mathematics.

Anambra State came second with 28, 379 out of 46, 385 candidates. While Abia State scored 63.94 per cent, Anambra got 61.18 per cent out of 100 per cent.

Edo State took the third position with 38, 052 of its 62, 327 candidates getting five credits and above. It had 61.05 per cent. Rivers and Imo states came fourth and fifth respectively.

In the 2014 May/June WASSCE rankings, Anambra State led the pack, while Abia State came second.

However, with 4.37 per cent, Yobe State came last on the 2015 rankings list with only 646 candidates obtaining five credits and above including English and Mathematics. Fourteen thousand, seven hundred and eight-four pupils, comprising 10, 807 males and 3,977 females, sat for the examination in the state.

Aside from Yobe State, seven other northern states occupied the rear positions in the rankings involving the 36 states and Abuja. They are Zamfara (36th), Jigawa (35th), Gombe (34th), Katsina (33rd), Kebbi (32nd) Bauchi (31st) and Sokoto (30th).

Lagos with 68, 173 out of 141, 963 candidates that sat for the examination placed sixth on the rankings. In fact, 32, 595 males and 35, 578 females obtained the required benchmark for university admission.

The statistics obtained exclusively by our correspondent on Thursday also revealed that Osun and Oyo states placed 29th and 26th respectively. While 8,801 candidates out of 48,818 obtained the basic entry requirement for university admission in Osun, Oyo State recorded only 21.03 per cent success in the examination.

Of the 78,896 candidates Oyo State presented, only 16,588 of them obtained five credits and above including English and Mathematics.

The breakdown, according to a WAEC source, is the consolidated results approved by the council following its National Examinations Committee meeting held in November.

One million five hundred and ninety thousand, two hundred and eighty-four candidates sat for the examination in which only 562, 413 candidates obtained credits in five subjects and above including English Language and Mathematics.

In other words, 1,029,871 representing 64.63 per cent failed to obtain admission requirement to the nation’s universities.

The former Head of National of the council, Mr. Charles Eguridu, announced the release of the results last August.

A further breakdown of the 2015 results, showed that the seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th positions went to Bayelsa, Delta, Enugu and Ebonyi states in that order.

Ekiti State placed 11th with 8,954 out of its 21, 333 candidates that sat for the examination getting the required admission benchmark.

Kaduna, Ondo, Abuja, Kogi, Benue, Akwa Ibom, and Kwara states came 12th, 13th, 14, 15th and 16th in that order.

Ogun State with 75,994 candidates occupied the 19th position. The state bagged 32.89 per cent with its 25, 006 candidates, comprising 12,059 males and 12, 947 females, obtaining five credits and above including English and Mathematics.

In the 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25 slots are Cross River, Taraba, Plateau, Nassarawa, Kano and Borno states in that order. While 15,903 candidates out of 62,511 obtained the benchmark in Kano, 5,347 out of 21,695 got the same results in Borno.

Niger and Adamawa states occupy the rankings list ahead of Osun State. They placed 27th and 28th. While Osun State recorded 18.03 per cent success, Niger and Adamawa states got 19.66 and 18.08 per cent respectively.

Meanwhile, in the performance register for the 104 Federal Government colleges in the same examination, the Federal Government Girls’ College, Benin, outshined the others with 230 of its 232 pupils getting the university admission yardstick.

The Federal Government Girls’ College, Kazaure, occupied the second slot with only two of its pupils also missing the benchmark. But while FGGC Benin, obtained 99.14 per cent, its Kazaure counterpart, got 98.10 per cent.

The breakdown showed that the Federal Government College, Rubochi, came third with its 146 candidates, comprising 94 males and 52 females, out of 156 that sat for the examination putting up good showings.

The Federal Government Academy, Suleja; FGC, Okigwe, and the FGC, Nise, came fourth, fifth and sixth.

From the Unity schools in Lagos, the FGC, Ijanikin, which occupied the seventh position in the rankings, emerged the best in the state with 357 out of its 387 candidates that sat for the examination obtaining the basic university entry requirement.

It came ahead of the over 100-year-old Kings College (18th), Federal Science and Technical College, Yaba (21st) and the Queens College (54th). While 361 out of 452 candidates obtained their papers at KC, 181 out of 413 females succeeded at QC.

Occupying the eighth, ninth, 10th, 11th and 12th positions are the FGC, Okposi; FGC, Ikole-Ekiti; FGGC Efon-Alaye; FGGC, Minjibir, and the FGC, Jos, in that order.

From the statistics, The PUNCH findings revealed that of the 74 candidates that sat for the examination at the FGGC, Bajoga, no one got the basic admission requirement.

It was the scenario at the FGGC, Bauchi and Gboko. Whereas 143 candidates sat for the examination in the Bauchi school, 144 females did the same at the FGGC, Gboko.

For the FSTC, Kafanchan, of the 40 candidates, comprising 29 males and 11 females that sat for the examination, no one also obtained the minimum entry requirements to the university.

Of the 26 Unity schools occupying the rear positions on the performance chart, 22 of them are located in the North. The other four colleges are the FGGC, Ikot Obio Itong, Ukam at 89th position; FGGC, Calabar (92nd); FSTC, Uyo (93rd) and the FGC, Idoani, Ondo State occupying the 96th position.

In the May/June 2014 WASSCE, 529,425 candidates, representing 31.28 per cent of the candidates, obtained the minimum university entry requirement. One million, six hundred and ninety-two thousand, four hundred and thirty-five candidates sat for the examination that year.

In May/June 2013, 639,334 candidates, representing 38.30 per cent, qualified to seek admission to university in the country. One million five hundred and forty-three thousand, six hundred and eight-three candidates sat for the examination.

Chairman..you must get serious and leave the START of race speech and try to get to the end of the race so you can be the winner..that is what Yorubas are doing not staying on the starting line blabbing.THE END DETERMINES THE RACE
YOU MUST BE WINNERS LIKE YORUBAS NOT BLABBERS AND LOSERS..ABI
DO YOU LIKE BEING LOSERS.WAKE UP AND SMELL THE OGI

Ritchiee:



Chairman..you must get serious and leave the START of race speech and try to get to the end of the race so you can be the winner..that is what Yorubas are doing not staying on the starting line blabbing.THE END DETERMINES THE RACE
YOU MUST BE WINNERS LIKE YORUBAS NOT BLABBERS AND LOSERS..ABI
DO YOU LIKE BEING LOSERS.WAKE UP AND SMELL THE OGI

Pained loser running helter skelter over nairaland doesn't change the fact that Igbos are ahead

YORUBAS ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE 2 NOBEL LAUREATES.Igbos have none

TONY ADEGBULUGBE:

In 2007, he was acknowledged globally as a Contributor to Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change (IPPC) Assessment Reports which won for the IPCC the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize along with US Vice President Al Gore. This Nigerian Professor, Anthony Olusegun Adegbulugbe who turned 60 on 2 April 2015, has had a checkered career in the academia,business and government spanning over 38 years.

Read more at: http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/175420/1/prof-anthony-adegbulugbecontributor-to-2007-nobel-.html

PROF WOLE SOYINKA:

THIS IS A VERY RECENT GOOD NEWS FROM PROF WOLE SOYINKA,NOBEL LAUREATE'S STABLE.


http://pulse.ng/movies/ake-movie-adaptation-of-wole-soyinka-s-book-to-debut-at-cannes-film-festival-id4902323.html

Mr Dapo Adeniyi, the Executive Producer of the film made this revelation in an interview he granted NAN in Abuja recently.

READ MORE: Watch trailer for Wole Soyinka's childhood story

The movie, now translated to French, will be shown first at the Festival International du Film pan African de Cannes which runs through April 16 to April 20.

“This film festival holding in the city of Cannes focuses on African works," He began.

“Since the film is an adaptation of the world famous book “Ake”, one of the books that earned Soyinka the Nobel Prize in 1986, we decided to showcase it at the world stage.

“It is a scintillating film adaptation of one of the most captivating childhood reminiscences of all time.

“To make sure that people understand and appreciate the story in France, we have to do the French translation.”

Speaking of the book from which inspired the film, Mr. Adeniyi said, “Aké: The Years of Childhood” is a memoir by Nigerian writer, Wole Soyinka, that was first published in 1981.

“It tells the story of Soyinka’s boyhood before and during World War II in a Yoruba village in western Nigeria called Aké, where the author spent the first 12 years of his life.

“It combines a beautiful child-view narrative technique with direct echoes from the war as heard or imagined down in Ake, Abeokuta.

“It is a spectacle not only for our time but for generations to come."

20-year-old Nigerian sets record; graduates as youngest commercial licence pilot
By Debo Oshundun/NAN
A 20-year-old Nigerian, Favour Odozor, has emerged as the youngest with the Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) in both Nigeria and South Africa.
Mr. Odozor who graduated alongside 15 other trained pilots at the Afrika Union Aviation Academy (AUAA), Mafikeng, South Africa on Saturday was described as the new hope of the African aviation industry.
Capt. Allan Roebuck, Director of AUAA, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Johannesburg that Mr. Odozor completed all the 37 flying procedures in record time.
“The academy is proud of this young Nigerian, with the award of licence and certificate to him. Today, I can say he is the youngest commercial licence pilot in both Nigeria and South Africa.
“I cannot say now if he is the youngest African to attain that record, but I’m sure he is the youngest in South Africa and Nigeria,’’ he said.
The AUAA director noted that it requires a lot of hard work, focus, punctuality and discipline to be trained as a commercial pilot.
“It is not enough to be academically sound to be a good pilot. It requires focus, punctuality, and discipline to get the commercial licence and certificate.
“It has been a long road for the group of qualified pilots to obtain their licences. With the award of certificate, they can fly commercial planes,’’ Mr. Roebuck said.
He said the new pilots underwent two years of rigorous training and 37 flying procedures.
Favour Odozor (right) with colleagues in training
Favour Odozor (right) with colleagues in training
On his part, Mr. Odozor said he had always dreamt of becoming a pilot.
“Flying a plane has been my childhood dream, and I am happy today that I’m a licensed commercial pilot at the age of 20.
“I never expected myself to be the youngest Nigerian to get the commercial pilot licence, not to talk about in an advanced country like South Africa. I was just pursuing my childhood dream of being a pilot.
“But I thank God that I have now made history, as a record licensed commercial pilot in both Nigeria and South Africa,’’ Mr. Odozor said.
He said his immediate plan was to go for his instrument type and rating courses.
“Aviation training is very wide. This is just the beginning. My immediate plan is to enrol for my instrument type rating and Boeing 737 training courses,’’ Mr. Odozor said.
Mr. Odozor has equalled the record set by Ed Gardner, a Briton, who obtained his commercial pilot licence at the age of 20 in 2008.
Before heading for South Africa for training, the Nigerian attended Uchenna Secondary School in Owerri, the Imo State capital, graduating in 2009.

When we start operating at the same cutoff marks, Igbos can now debate with other Nigerian schools.
Even white men have taken note of Igbo students in the GCSES.

If Igbos were to start listing personalities here like one pained guy is doing, Nairaland will crash once again.
Imagine SB competing with northern states in IQ talking....

15-yr-old Nigerian girl becomes youngest pilot to fly cross-country
Nigerian girl becomes youngest pilot to fly cross-country1irmen, 15-year-old Kimberly Anyadike of Nigerian descent flew a single-engine Cessna cross-country from her hometown of Compton, Calif., to Newport News, Va.

Anyadike is thought to be the youngest female pilot to complete the journey, which took 13 days. She arrived home in Los Angeles on Saturday, July 11.

15-yr-old Nigerian girl becomes youngest pilot to fly cross-country

15-yr-old Nigerian girl becomes youngest pilot to fly cross-country1

Anyadike learned to fly at age 12 through the Compton-based Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum, which offers aviation lessons in an after-school program for disadvantaged youths, the Los Angeles Times reported. It was their plane that she flew on her cross-country trip.

The brave teenager came up with the idea for the trip on her own, the museum’s founder, Robert Petgrave, told the Times.

“I told her it was going to be a daunting task, but she just said, ‘Put it on. I got big shoulders,'” Petgrave said.

Along for the historic ride were an adult safety pilot and 87-year-old Levi Thornhill, one of the Tuskeegee Airmen during World War II.

“They left such a great legacy,” Anyadike said of the U.S. Army Air Corps’ all-black combat unit. “I had big shoes to fill. … All they wanted to do was to be patriots for this country. They were told no, that they were stupid, that they didn’t have cognitive development to fly planes. They didn’t listen. They just did what they wanted to do.”

About 50 Tuskeegee Airmen autographed the young pilot’s plane during her journey, the Times reported.

“I wanted to inspire other kids to really believe in themselves,” Anyadike said.http://africanspotlight.com/2015/08/06/15-yr-old-nigerian-girl-becomes-youngest-pilot-to-fly-cross-country-photo-video/

Captain Chinyere Kalu, born 1970, is the first female pilot in Nigeria. Capt. Chinyere grew up in a supportive extended family. Her decision to start a career in Aviation was spured by her adventurous aunt, who was well known for travelling overseas within their hometown. As the matriarch of the household, her aunt approved of her decision and then she began her journey into aviation.

She schooled in Anglican Girls Grammar School, Yaba, Lagos and then trained as a Private and Commercial Pilot, SP.12 Batch, NCAT, Zaria (1978). She took several aviation courses in UK, USA, and Zaria.

She wanted to have the opportunity to travel round in the world and keep an adventurous lifestyle. So she took up the male dominated and challenging career and became the first female pilot in Nigeria.

She’s married to Mr. Okoli Kali with children. In 2011, President Goodluck Jonathan appointed her as the Rector and Chief Executive of Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) (formerly Nigerian Civil Aviation Training Center)- which is the largest aviation training institute in Africa. Prior to that, she was the Head of the College’s Flying School where she served as an contractual instructor.

http://woman.ng/2015/06/first-women-first-nigerian-woman-pilot/

THERE ARE LOTS AND LOTS MORE IN MUSIC,ACADEMICS,FILMS AND MOVIES,POLITICS,ICT ETC

EVEN THE CITIES OF THE YORUBAS LOOK ADVANCED AND CITY LIKE THAN THAT OF THE IGBOS

ONDO STATE

Ritchiee:
THERE ARE LOTS AND LOTS MORE IN MUSIC,ACADEMICS,FILMS AND MOVIES,POLITICS,ICT ETC

EVEN THE CITIES OF THE YORUBAS LOOK ADVANCED AND CITY LIKE THAN THAT OF THE IGBOS

ONDO STATE

Poor boy, I can feel you have complex problem, you are showing me the shithole I visited few days ago, boy you need to tour round the country you will be ashamed of yourself
Visit this thread one out of three cities in Anambra https://www.nairaland.com/3027070/onitsha-one-biggest-river-port

Ritchiee:
THERE ARE LOTS AND LOTS MORE IN MUSIC,ACADEMICS,FILMS AND MOVIES,POLITICS,ICT ETC

EVEN THE CITIES OF THE YORUBAS LOOK ADVANCED AND CITY LIKE THAN THAT OF THE IGBOS

ONDO STATE

you are behaving like one who has an acute inferiority complex.
This thread is for the Igbos to celebrate their achievement so why are you here with a dumb comparism like a pained low esteem sisi.
If you are pained by this news, go and stand in the middle of an express.. SADIST

FKO81:

Poor boy, I can feel you have complex problem, you are showing me the shithole I visited few days ago, boy you need to tour round the country you will be ashamed of yourself
Visit this thread one out of three cities in Anambra https://www.nairaland.com/3027070/onitsha-one-biggest-river-port

All what I saw there are residential kind of buildings all over the place.Please where is the city?
We have those houses too but they are not mainly situated in the cities only.You don't follow the trend in the world where cities should look like what we have only in Yorubaland and other great cities of the world but they are none existent in igboland


IBADAN

IBADAN WITH ITS BROWN ROOF PART WHICH WE CALL OLD IBADAN ALSO HAS NEW IBADAN WITH LOTS AND LOTS OF MODERN BUILDINGS THAT WHEN COUNTED WOULD BE MORE THAN THE MODERN HOUSES IN THE 5 EASTERN STATES.


OKAY,PLEASE GIVE ME AN AERIAL VIEW LIKE THIS FROM YOUR ENCLAVE {IGBOLAND}.IF YOU GIVE ANY AERIAL VIEW CITY LIKE PIX LIKE THIS,THEN I WILL SAY TUALE4U NA LIE DEM NO GET

Ritchiee:

[s]All what I saw there are residential kind of buildings all over the place.Please where is the city?
We have those houses too but they are not mainly situated in the cities only like we don't follow the trend in the world where cities should look like what we have only in Yorubaland and other great cities of the world but they are none existent in igboland


IBADAN

IBADAN WITH ITS BROWN ROOF PART WHICH WE CALL OLD IBADAN ALSO HAS NEW IBADAN WITH LOTS AND LOTS OF MODERN BUILDINGS THAT WHEN COUNTED WOULD BE MORE THAN THE MODERN HOUSES IN THE 5 EASTERN STATES.


OKAY,PLEASE GIVE ME AN AERIAL VIEW LIKE THIS FROM YOUR ENCLAVE {IGBOLAND}.IF YOU GIVE ANY AERIAL VIEW CITY LIKE PIX LIKE THIS,THEN I WILL SAY TUALE4U NA LIE DEM NO GET [/s]

Low life, you don run from academic achievements, you what to shift goal post to cities remind me when ever you clear those rubbish buildings that occupied 95% of your cities, then we can debate. go to Enugu city, Onitsha, Owerri, Awka, Asaba, Umuahia, Abakeliki. You will be ashamed of yourself

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From Achebe To Adichie: Top Ten Nigerian Authors
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Rebecca Jagoe
Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka are two names synonymous with Nigerian fiction. Yet the literary output of the country is far from limited to these two greats. Here, we look at ten authors whose international success attest to their talent and the depth in contemporary Nigerian literature.

Quote from Ben Okri's Mental Fight on the Memorial Gates (Constitution Hill, Hyde Park | © Alessandro Lucia / Wikimedia Commons
Quote from Ben Okri’s Mental Fight on the Memorial Gates (Constitution Hill, Hyde Park | © Alessandro Lucia / Wikimedia Commons


1. Chinua Achebe (1930-2013)

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe | © Penguin Classics
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe | © Penguin Classics
‘If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.’

Chinua Achebe is one of the most internationally-acclaimed writers from Africa, and his death in 2013 saw an outpouring of tributes from across the globe. Though he has often been called ‘The Father of Nigerian Literature’, he twice refused the Nigerian government’s attempt to name him Commander of the Federal Republic – first in 2004, then again in 2011 – in protest against the political regime of the country. His first novel Things Fall Apart (1958) is an intimate account of the clash between African native traditions of the Igbo people in southeastern Nigeria and European colonization. Weaving together oral tradition with Igbo folk tales, Achebe’s works reveal a tapestry of cultural norms, changing societal values, and the individual’s struggle to find a place in this environment.

2. Wole Soyinka (b. 1934)

Wole Soyinka | © Methuen Canadian List
The Beatification of Area Boy by Wole Soyinka | © Methuen Canadian List
‘The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.’

When Wole Soyinka, a playwright, poet and writer won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986, Achebe joined the rest of Africa to celebrate the first African to receive the award. Soyinka’s writing often focuses on oppression and exploitation of the weak by the strong. None are spared in his critique, neither the white speculator nor the black exploiter. Wole Soyinka has also played an important role in Nigerian politics, which has at times exposed him to great personal risk. The government of General Sani Abacha (1993–1998), for instance, pronounced a death sentence on him ‘in absentia’. His works include novels such as Aké: The Years of Childhood and Death and the King’s Horseman. You Must Set Forth at Dawn: A Memoir is Soyinka’s own look at his life, experiences, and thoughts about Africa and Nigeria.

3. Femi Osofisan (b. 1946)

The Women of Owu by Femi Osofisan | © University Press plc
The Women of Owu by Femi Osofisan | © University Press plc
‘Nowadays, / When the strong fight the weak, it’s called / A Liberation War / To free the weak from oppression.’
– Women of Owu

As with many Nigerian writers, Femi Osofisan’s oeuvre – encompassing plays, poems and novels – is informed by colonialism and its legacy, and is a clear protest against corruption and injustice. Nonetheless, his exploration of the themes surrounding the complex history of his country are rarely literal. Instead, Osofisan employs allegory and metaphor, and his writing often has a surrealist bent. His first novel, Kolera Kolej (1975) tells the story of a Nigerian University campus that is granted independence from the rest of the country in order to halt the spread of a Cholera outbreak. His best-known play, Women of Owu (2004) is a retelling of Euripides’ The Trojan Women. Osofisan translates the play to the Ijebe and Ife war that devastated the Owu Kingdom in 1821-26.

4. Ben Okri (b. 1959)

The Famished Road by Ben Okri | © Vintage Random House
The Famished Road by Ben Okri | © Vintage Random House
‘To see the madness and yet walk a perfect silver line. … That’s what the true story-teller should be: a great guide, a clear mind, who can walk a silver line in hell or madness.’
— Birds of Heaven

Ben Okri is a renowned novelist and poet whose written works defy definition. He is often termed post-modern, yet his seamless interweaving of the spirit world into his stories belies this genre. Yet the author also rejects claims that his work falls into the ‘magical realism’ category, seeing his writing not as a venture into the realm of the fantastic but instead a reflection of an upbringing wherein myths, ancestors and spirits were an intrinsic component. ‘Everyone’s reality is different,’ he once said. His most famous work is The Famished Road (1991), forming part of a trilogy with Songs of Enchantment and Infinite Riches. It chronicle the journeys of Azaro, a spirit-child narrator.

5. Buchi Emecheta (b. 1944)

The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta | © Heinemann African Writers Series
The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta | © Heinemann African Writers Series
‘God, when will you create a woman who will be fulfilled in herself, a full human being, not anybody’s appendage? she prayed desperately.’
— The Joys of Motherhood

Born in Lagos to Igbo parents, Emecheta moved to London in 1960 to live with her husband Sylvester Onwordi, who had moved there to study. The couple had been engaged since the age of 11, and whilst the marriage produced five children, Onwordi was a violent partner. He even burned her first manuscript, prompting Emecheta to leave him and establish herself as a single mother. Her novels draw heavily from her own life and address gender imbalance and enslavement, and how women are often defined through the narrow framework of sexuality or the ability to bear children. Her most acclaimed work, The Joys of Motherhood (1979), has as its protagonist a woman who defines herself through motherhood and validates her life solely through the successes of her children. Emecheta was awarded an OBE in 2005.

6. Sefi Atta (b. 1964)

Everything Good Will Come by Sefi Atta | © The Armchair Traveller
Everything Good Will Come by Sefi Atta | © The Armchair Traveller
‘She says the lesson to learn is that the world is round, which means that if I run too fast I might end up chasing the very homeland I am running from.’

Sefi Atta is a sensitive writer, who broaches polemical themes in a subtle and nuanced manner. Everything Good Will Come (2005), her debut novel, is the story of Enitan, an 11-year-old girl waiting for school to start, and her friendship with the girl next door, which receives little support from Enitan’s deeply religious mother. Set against the backdrop of the military rule of Nigeria in the 1970s, it is at once coming-of-age-tale and quiet campaign against political corruption and the repression of women. Atta is widely known for her radio plays, which have been broadcast on the BBC, and her short stories, that have appeared in a number of journals including the Los Angeles Review.

7. Helon Habila (b. 1967)

Oil on Water by Helon Habila | © Penguin
Oil on Water by Helon Habila | © Penguin
‘Life is seen as an ongoing war between art and philistinism – and although the philistines may win some of the battles, it is literature that always wins the war.’

After graduating from University of Jos in 1995, Helon Habila worked first as a junior lecturer in Bauchi, then as Stories Editor for Hints magazine, before moving to England in 2002 to become the African Fellow at the University of East Anglia. That same year, his first novel was published: Waiting for an Angel is a complex book that interweaves seven narratives, collectively speaking of life under dictatorship rule in Nigeria. The book won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize in the African region, spurring the author to greater success. His two subsequent novels, Measuring Time (2007) and the latest, Oil on Water (2011) were equally well-received, and the list of awards and honors the Habila has gained attest to his sophisticated and poetic literary voice.

8. Teju Cole (b. 1975)

Open City by Teju Cole | © Faber and Faber
Open City by Teju Cole | © Faber and Faber
‘Perhaps this is what we mean by sanity: that, whatever our self-admitted eccentricities might be, we are not villains of our own stories.’
— Open City

Born in the US to Nigerian parents, raised in Nigeria and now living in Brooklyn, Cole’s upbringing is as varied as his career. Photographer, art historian and novelist, he is also Distinguished Writer in Residence at Bart College, New York. Open City (2011), his debut novel, is set in New York five years after 9/11, follows Julius, a psychiatry graduate, as he wanders aimlessly first through the city, then as he travels to Brussels, rootless and on the rebound from a previous relationship. Whilst the geographical locations play a fundamental role in the novel, the narrative above all reads as a mapping of Julius’ inner world, as the divergent references and meandering associations woven into its structure mirror often inexplicable thought processes. He has previously published a novella, Every Day is for a Thief (2007), and he is currently working on a non-fictional narrative of contemporary Lagos.

9. Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani (b. 1976)

I Do Not Come to You by Chance by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani | © Phoenix
I Do Not Come to You by Chance by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani | © Phoenix
‘His advice went in my ear and did a U-turn right out. Like most teenagers, I was sure that my father knew nothing about life.’

Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani is a novelist, journalist and essayist who from an early age demonstrated an affinity for the written word, winning her first writing prize aged 13. As a journalist, she has contributed to the New York Times, the BBC, the Guardian and CNN, amongst others. Her debut novel I Do Not Come to You By Chance (2010), is told in a witty and irreverent tone that belies the fundamental issues it addresses. The book’s protagonist Kingsley is unable to find work, and so turns to the shady world of email confidence tricks. The 419 scams are too often cited by xenephobes and racists as the main export of Nigeria, yet Adoabi addresses this contentious issue with humor and lightness, creating a story of family, aspiration and the hard lessons that come with age.

10. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (b. 1977)

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | © HarperPerennial
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | © HarperPerennial
‘I think you travel to search and you come back home to find yourself there.’

Chimamanda is part of a new generation of Nigerian authors swiftly growing in reputation. Each of her three novels have garnered universal acclaim and a slew of awards. Her first two books dealt largely with the political atmosphere of her native country through the prism of personal and familial relationships. Purple Hibiscus (2003), winner of the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize for Best First Book, tells the story of the 15-year-old Kambili, whose father is mysteriously involved with a military coup that destabilizes the country. The publication of Half of a Yellow Sun (2006) confirmed the author has a uniquely talented voice. Set amidst the Nigerian-Biafran war, the book chronicles its everyday horrors through the differing lives of its four protagonists. Her latest novel, Americanah (2013), is at its heart an enduring love story between Ifemulu and Obinze, childhood sweethearts who are separated when one goes to study in America. Nonetheless, it still manages to take in such themes as racism, immigration and globalization.http://theculturetrip.com/africa/nigeria/articles/from-achebe-to-adichie-top-ten-nigerian-authors/

https://www.nairaland.com/2537205/igbos-dominates-nigeria-prizes-science
The Nigeria Prize for Science and The Nigeria Prize for Literature are Nigerian science and literary awards presented annually since 2004. The award is sponsored by Nigeria LNG in partnership with the Nigerian Academy of Science and the Nigerian Academy of Letters.[ The prize describes itself as "bringing Nigerian scientists and authors to public attention and celebrating excellence in scientific breakthroughs and literary craftsmanship in the nation."
The Prize for Literature rotates among four genres - Fiction, Poetry, Drama and Children's literature.
The Prize was initially $20,000 each in Literature and Science. This was increased to $30,000 in 2006, and again to $50,000 in 2008. In 2011 the prize was increased to $100,000, making it the largest African literary prize and one of the richest literary prizes in the world.
In 2009 the Literature Committee could not decide on a winner and the prize money was given to the Nigerian Academy of Letters instead

Winners year
1 Sam Ukala, Iredi War 2014 - Igbo

2 Tade Ipadeola, The Sahara Testaments 2013-Yoruba

3 Chika Unigwe, On Black Sisters' Street 2012-Igbo

4 Adeleke Adeyemi (Mai Nasara), The Missing Clock 2011-Yoruba

5 Esiaba Irobi, Cemetery Road 2010-Igbo

6 Kaine Agary, Yellow Yellow 2008 Southsouth

7 Mabel Segun, Readers' Theatre: Twelve Plays for Young People, Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo, My Cousin Sammy, both won 2007 Yoruba and Igbo

8 Ahmed Yerima, Hard Ground 2006- Hausa

9 Gabriel Okara, The Dreamer: His Vision, Ezenwa Ohaeto, Chants of a Minstrel- both won 2005-Ijaw and Igbo

THESE ARE SOME OF THE BEST PIX FROM SOUTH EAST..ANAMBRA

ANAMBRA IS THE CYNOSURE OF THE SOUTH EAST

NONE OF THEM CAN COMPARE WITH IBADAN 1ST PIX..ONE BUILDING THERE WILL BUY 100000 OF THOSE IGBOLAND ENVELOPES AND ONDO 2ND PIX AND THE OTHER YORUBA CITIES

3RD PIX.. ANAMBRA 4TH PIX..ANAMBRA

ANAMBRA
I AM PICKING THE VERY BEST PIX O

Ritchiee:
THESE RE SOME OF THE BEST PIX FROM SOUTH EAST..ANAMBRA

ANAMBRA IS THE CYNOSURE OF THE SOUTH EAST

NONE OF THEM CAN COMPARE WITH IBADAN 1ST PIX AND ONDO 2ND PIX AND THE OTHER YORUBA CITIES

3RD PIX.. ANAMBRA 4TH PIX..ANAMBRA

Ode! that area is called Harbour industrial layout it's industrial section of Onitsha, it not the State capital, that's the third major city that control 90% of nation transactions after Lagos and Rivers state-CBN if you don't know, let me cure your ignorance.

1ST PIX IBADAN

2ND PIX ONITSHA ....lol

I like the way black men attack and humiliate each other...keep it up!

FKO81:

Low life, you don run from academic achievements, you what to shift goal post to cities remind me when ever you clear those rubbish buildings that occupied 95% of your cities, then we can debate. go to Enugu city, Onitsha, Owerri, Awka, Asaba, Umuahia, Abakeliki. You will be ashamed of yourself

YOU HAVE POSTED ALL ON THE INTERNET EXCEPT THE BROWN ROOFS SIDES YOU DON'T WANT US TO SEE

lol....YOU MEAN THESE ENVELOPES.
ENVELOPES' CITIES

FKO81:

Ode! that area is called Harbour industrial layout it's industrial section of Onitsha, it not the State capital, that's the third major city that control 90% of nation transactions after Lagos and Rivers state-CBN if you don't know, let me cure your ignorance.

The harbour industrial layout could be the best skyline in the east.

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Aigbofa:


The harbour industrial layout could be the best skyline in the east.

That was what I thought because the others just look residential like.