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Politics / Re: Another Bomb Blast In Abj Dec 31 2010 by Africain: 10:31am On Jan 01, 2011
greateros:

Many dead and several wounded.

The RED CROSS is seeking blood donation from any body that have the heart to donate.


ITS TIME GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN RESIGN WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT!

GEJ HAVE TO RESIGN!

ALL HEADS OF NIGERIA SECURITY AGENCIES MUST RESIGN!

ALL MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MUST RESIGN!

NIGERIA IS UNDER TERRORIST ATTACK AND THE PRESIDENT IS NOT ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT!

INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE LOOSING THEIR LIVES EVERY DAY AND THE LEADERS CANT DO NOTHING ABOUT IT! RATHER THEY CLASSIFY IT AS COLLATERAL DAMAGE!

For the blood donation, which hospitals? And where please? I am O+, could help many!
Education / Re: Jamb (utme2011) Fingerprint Scanner by Africain: 11:40am On Dec 06, 2010
Jamb site going seamlessly. Use Safari, it's faster.
Politics / Re: Why Are The Ibos Hell Bent On Claiming The Niger Delta Even Tho It Aint Theirs by Africain: 1:39pm On Jan 16, 2010
@all here. Come.
The question the first poster of this topic asked, even though he asked it in a wrongly constructed phrase, is a very important question. What is the problem with my country, Nigeria? Is the problem with this country peculiar only to this country? I don’t think so. The problem is everywhere! What is not everywhere, I think, is our approach to this issue. Insults or banter on one another on this forum is absolute nonsense! We are not all kids. Like Sorcates, if there ever was any man who set out on a discussion just for the pleasure of discovering the truth, I am such a man.
The question, in other words, bk baybe99, had asked earlier in this forum essentially bothers on our unity as a nation! I understand, from some sources, that ‘world power countries’ have prophesied that in 15 years beginnnig from 2003, if Nigeria remains a single nation, Nigeria will never split again! Recently, Nigeria got into the list of ‘Terrorist Nations’! And here we are arguing instead of discussing!
The poem again surfaces:

My Homestead,
What is it
To me?

Three foxes
Entwined in the neck
Set themselves out
To run a race
A race
To free our land incarcerated

But,
Each runs
His own direction
Each says
I go first
Each says
I am better
Arguments ensue
Arguments by foxes!

But,
So far, so gone?
So far
How far-
Brother mine, how far?
Politics / Re: Why Are The Ibos Hell Bent On Claiming The Niger Delta Even Tho It Aint Theirs by Africain: 12:50pm On Jan 16, 2010
Abagworo:

you seem new to nairaland.FYO,we have something in common.'the gift of poetry'.i would suggest you summarize to 5 or 6 lines next time.

Those lines are from a book "Song of Sarowiwa", an epic poem for performance. You see, if you read that line aloud and at a fast pace, you won't see the length at all. But all the same, thx for your advice. Keep it up.

Mublock90:

@Africain no vex abeg but the thing too long now ! haba. Most people on the thread are here 2 squabble . undecided

Thx. I'll give you a briefer one next time.
Politics / Re: Why Are The Ibos Hell Bent On Claiming The Niger Delta Even Tho It Aint Theirs by Africain: 11:26am On Jan 16, 2010
Abagworo:

@nairalanders.i suggest that we unanimously call for the ban of ''Africain''.i seriously suspect that he is obssessed with long unending poems.i had to scroll down 2mins to get to end of his single post.

to be fore-warned is to be fore-armed.

My brother, ban, is not the issue being discussed. There is an issue being discussed here, and my post was in response to that, in a poem, for the intellectuals, who understand and appreciate the art! That you scrolled for 2mins to get to the next post and you are angry shows that you need to sit up for a good intellectual discussion. My brother, contribute your ideas, not your power!
Literature / Re: An Ode To The Literary Section Guys by Africain: 10:40am On Jan 16, 2010
@Jcob, brother, your piece is excellent. Don't have enough time now, would have given it a critique cover!

Inaugurating the Scrolls

Upon the vast wings of the West Winds
I send my scrolls across to my brothers
Onshore –poets!
As I stand upon the shoulders of mountains
I see them spring up in laughter
Laughter full of walls
Walls full of hands
Hands that write the thoughts
Of the poet in the minds of them offshore
And the shadows of the sea rise in response
The blue waters gather themselves to feast
And from her far hut, she hastens
To the ground –the sun, and lights it up
I could see smiles in silhouettes of stars
Embracing the feast with open arms like a long lost lover
And from where I stood
I could nod to scrolls planted everywhere
And with her sprite bright smiles, the sky chairs the feast
A great fast, I must tell you!
The generous heart of the West Wind
Has left no thoughts immersed
Even hearts afar off
Limp and give a shout
And now, brothers
Shall we have it again!

©2002 Ford Manuel
Abuja, Nigeria

African epic: www.emergingicons..com

Keep it up, y'all!
Politics / Re: Why Are The Ibos Hell Bent On Claiming The Niger Delta Even Tho It Aint Theirs by Africain: 9:04am On Jan 16, 2010
@posters: go to www.emergingicons..com, if you have time to read, and research, and understand BIGGER WORDS! You will find answers to your questions there.

Song of Sarowiwa VII (some subsequels)

VII


There is Fire on My Roof

And on Your Roof Too,

Is the Same Fire!


My clansmen I cry

Listen to the tone of my voice

Listen to the supplication

Of my lips

And the meaning

Of what I say

Remove

The cotton wools

In your ears,

Remove them quickly

So that the wind

That my lungs produce

Can creep

Freely

Between them





Who,

Who have become

Little children

Who wear in the left foot

The footwear meant

For the right



Who,

Like a woman

Who is accursed

Who cannot sit

Her mounds down

In her husband’s hut

It does not befit you

To behave like women

Who drag a little matter

And talk droopily about it

Does not befit you



*



And you our neighbours

You there: my brothers

With hearts blown up;

Yes, it is you I’m talking to.

Listen now

Listen to the cry

Of your brothers



Answer me now

Answer earnestly



How far is the difference

Between the lion

With the black fur

And the other

With the brown fur



How do you display

The difference

Between a slave,

And a free-born,

How do you draw

What separates them?



To hell

With the sceptre

Of old traditions

And meaningless customs,

To hell

With them



What does the custodian say?

What does he say,

About old beliefs

And nebulous practice?

Did the gods ordinate

These customs?

Where did they gather

To ordinate them?

Whose shrine

Did they go

To pronounce these

Customs?

To hell with him

The custodian

To hell with him

And his empty words



Did they not sleep

In the same womb?

And are they not

Of the same path;

Were they not crafted

Of the skills

Of the same man?



Answer now

Answer earnestly!

*

Again, shall you say

Because the scar

Of the betraying spear

Is still fresh and frail

You shall not give ear

To the cry of your brother

About to be smashed

By his adversaries?



I ask you again

Brother mine,

Shall you say

Because your own brother

Led you into the hands

Of defeats

Your balm of brotherhood

Will forever suffer

Humiliation?

Do you think

Manhood is proved

Merely on this wise?

,
Come now

Let us see!

Come,

Let us see

What is it

That we cannot

Share as brothers?



What is it

That we cannot

Put a knife of justice

In between?

,
Have you forgotten

So soon

The mid-night song

We crafted together

Solemnly

Hunting for crabs

In the wild sea!

The song ran:



Brother, brother mine!

There! There!

The moon is still up

The moon has not dropped dead

The moon is still blazing bright and apt

Revealing paths right and dazzling

Revealing cobwebs

Crippling our progress

A little further, a little further

Brother,

We shall pack crabs

We shall gather crabs

We shall shout across to the villagers

For more trays and basins

Not creels

We shall ask for more rafts

To ferry ashore heaps of crabs!

Only a little further, a little further

We shall find crabs!



Have you forgotten

So soon

My brother

From the gold coast!

,
Aaa!

Why,

Brother, can’t you see?

The monsters come

They come to us

Call us each to one side

And say:

I set a prize

Here is a string of blades

Blunt blades, you can see

Only wrap them

Around your ankles

Around your wrists

Around your fist

And fight your brother!

You are right

But he is wrong

I set a prize

Fight!



And we fight each other

And while we are cut up

In the fight

The monsters go out

Stealthily

Like a jesting ripple at sea

And carter away

The wealth in our house

And it occurs again

Another time

They ante up butchery prizes

And we fight and wound

Why, why, why?

Brother mine!

Why do we fight!

,
*

Come,

Bring out

Your arrows and bows

Gather them here

Let us make a Big Heap

Of them

And set them aflame

We will watch it

Reduce to ashes



Gather up your guns

Cutlasses, knives, daggers

Arrows, spears,

Your amulets, your charms

All of them

All the crafts

Made by our own hands

Which ignite the fire of enmity

Upon the piths

Of our huts



Bring them all out

Let us set them ablaze

Let us make a caricature

Of our adversaries

Let us show the world

Our oneness



Come,

Let us smash

The mirror

Standing in the centre

Of the arena

Displaying our past

Furiously,

Let us demolish

The walls separating us

Let us smash to pieces

The black pot

Of our past

We do not want

Our differences

Reflected in them

We do not want

To remember

The scene yesterday

Between us



Come now,

Let us tie again

The string of brotherhood

And stand

As one people



Where is he

That says

We must fight

With irons and metals;



Where is he

That stirs up

The water of anger

In our youth



Bring him out quickly

And we will banish him

Out of our sight

Out of our filthily

Decrepit homestead

Out of this land



We want oneness

We want victory

We want one fist!
Politics / Re: Yar'adua Interviewed By BBC: He's Alive Afterall! by Africain: 10:17am On Jan 13, 2010
Apart from all these, how can the President of this great nation -Nigeria, speak to us in an unofficial language? The official language of an officer in Nigeria is English, and not Hausa! I am certain that thing was not his voice. Wherever Mr. 7 Point Agenda is, pleassssssssssssssssssssssse, if you truly love this nation as we understand you do, let us see your very face on our television, speaking to us. Even if you will not return now, let us know you are still alive, and then you will do even better if you transfer your powers to Mr. Goodluck! If you truly love this Nation o! Abeg! cry angry embarassed
Politics / Re: Pictures Of Protest In Abuja 12-01-2010(more pictures) by Africain: 12:50am On Jan 13, 2010
My Homestead,

What is it

To me?



Lousy watermaid

Blessed, adorned

Boasting, basking

Twitching, spinning

Bequeathing her endowment

To alien seas

But laughing,

Always laughing and boasting



My Homestead,

An edifice of wrongs

Mounted in the centre

Of the arena

And her new-comers

Always crave her blessings

They say:



O Mother Edifice

Here we’ve come

Before you, your children

Bless us, bless us

Only with the wisdom

Of our forefathers

The labour of our heroes past

Shall not be put to shame

Help us to grow

In their footsteps

O Mother Edifice



My Homestead,

What is it

To me?



Three foxes

Entwined in the neck

Set themselves out

To run a race

A race

To free our land incarcerated



But,

Each runs

His own direction

Each says

I go first

Each says

I am better

Arguments ensue

Arguments by foxes!



But,

So far, so gone?

So far

How far-

Brother mine, how far?

more protest at www.emergingicons..com
Literature / Re: Which Books/Novels Are You Currently Reading? by Africain: 11:57pm On Jan 12, 2010
Read a poem with a difference today. Read www.emergingicons..com
Literature / Song Of Saro-wiwa by Africain: 11:47pm On Jan 12, 2010
Song of Saro-Wiwa is an epic poem written to be read aloud, performed or enjoyed in different moods. Quite long, here is one of the subsequels. You can read all at www.emergingicons..com. Enjoy!

*

The young boys

In their puberty spree;

The young boys

Whose seams

Are red hot

With the blood of our fathers

In the shuttle:

They abandon school

They say,

They do not know why

They ever created a thing like school

What is the meaning?

What is the gain?

You only go there

To receive canes!

When you speak in your mother’s tongue

They bark like dogs

At you

When you speak in your mother’s tongue

They scream and shout

They bark at you

They say

Your mother did not know

How to read and write

She did not know

Where the letter A

Should face

She was a stark illiterate,

A goat!



When your brother

In the classroom

Turns to you

In discussion

And you set out

In your native dialect:



Bros

That thing

Weh she talk

No enter my head O!



Shu

E be like say

She no wan

Make we sabi am

At all at all

Make she stop

To dey talk

For this language na



Shu

We never reach

That levels na



If to say

She dey yan

For we language

For pidgin

Check am na

Abi?



If to say

She dey flow

For we tongue like this

This thing

Weh she dey yan since

For just dey enter

For just dey flow

For we brain na



Oboy ye

E for just dey flow

For we inside

Like we oil o

Abi how you see an?

Abi no be so?





When you speak in vernacular

In your own native

When you speak Africa

They say it is jargon

It is a strange language

Prohibited in schools–





Thirty-two hard strokes

Of the cane

On your bare buttocks!



When you fail

To put a sum right

And you cannot try further

Because hunger sucks

Because hunger pricks you,

The teacher says

You are a block-head,

An idiot,

The animal!

And twelve strokes

Of koboko

On your bare buttocks!



The young boys blab

They say:

To hell

With school,

To hell

Even with its teachers;

Those monsters

To hell with them,



We shall be farmers;

We shall be sea lords;

And we shall be rich

We shall not want

To hell with school

And its teachers



Brother mine,

Do you remember it at all!



*



My people, consider

One more time,

Consider

Those jostling moments,

Those silver mornings

With the fishes

And other sea combatants:

Crabs, prawns, bull-headed gulls

And the harvests!



*

When at dusk

When the wind

Frothing around the coasts

Rises and begins to stroll

Softly and lightly

Across the face of the sea

So pleasant, so peaceful

And the sea gulls

Majestically gallop

Amidst the waters

The prideful rivers of my people



Calmly and stealthily

Like a mid-night wind

Sneaking through the tattered ears

Of my wrinkled curtains

Emerging in my room

And over my corpse

Stretched, blowing away

The fumes;

Like a deformed lily

Drifting the whole sea

In search of its lost stump



So calmly, so softly

In your raft

You ferry here and there

And shatter your traps

Sprinkle and fling,



You fling a trap

Far to the left

Then the right

Then behind

Then in front

So that

You drag out the yoke

Of our river

Like a Crane

Offloading

A large cargo at the port



*

And when you have returned

All stretched across the mat

Like fish dried up in the rack,

Your heart begins to linger

And your mind follows

Then you begin to count

The number of hooks

In the traps

Then you begin to count

The cells in the traps

And in your frozen desire

You measure all fish

In the river basin

Matching them with the holes

In your bat-wings

Spread over the sea!



And you imagine

That, only so near

Just at dawn

These aimless creatures

Shall decorate

And answer a call

Under your traps

And you alone

Shall bear the single name

The single hailing

Of emptying the contents

Of a river!



*

And,

With the blast

Of the first cow-horn

Resonating, faintly

Stretching far and wide

Like the voice of the gong;

Through the mysterious fluting

Of the crowing cock;

Through the frozen ears

Of the new-comer

Ascending in heavenly gallantry

On the wings

Of the frothed morning dew



And firstling any creatures

You hasten quickly

And swiftly

Like a wheel

Newly oiled

Rolling down a slope

Swiftly as if you alone

Drift that river!

You hasten down the beach

Stampeding drastically

Across the shingles




And in your stretcher

You dive into the vast sea

And begin to drift

First to the left

Then the right

Then behind

Then in front

And soon you return

And the entire beach

Rises for you



O Brother Mine,

Do you remember

The entire homesteads

And neighbouring villages

Wail your praise!



Then your name

Spins among the people

Like the whirlwind

In the reign of harmattan

Then your name

Evokes sweet songs

Upon the lips of your people

, more at www.emergingicons..com
Literature / Re: Short, Witty Quotes! by Africain: 11:39pm On Jan 12, 2010
Let me create my own, don't know if it will mean something, but let's try.

"In a haste, is the statement of nonachievers."

"Civilization is the result of a man's quest to satisfy his lost -the woman"

"The world is still in a mirage, because what she holds as civilization, is madness"

Well, take a deep breath, and plunge into real stuff for once. Try Song of Saro-Wiwa in www.emergingicons..com
Art, Graphics & Video / Re: Most Cutting Edge Photorealistic Renderin And Head Replacement So Far. by Africain: 8:02pm On May 06, 2009
grafikdon:

@African, anyone who recommends only Poser as a primary 3d tool to a newbie who wants to be in this for the long haul deserves to be pushed down a jagged hill and shot.

Big bros, well, the guy said he asked me to begin with Poser 7 because it will work well with even less processor speed unlike other 3d software.

I sense you are a guru in this thing already, it wont do harm if you teach little brother na? Please recommend some software good for a newbie to begin with -that has all the necessary tutorials available almost everywhere for easy learning and usage. Blender has lots of tutorials on their site, and forums with free help. I need to know which to begin with.

Somebody again said for you to excel in 3d world, you must first have an excellent background in Arts and drawings. I think its true. Do you think so?

Kemjisuper:

@Grafikdon
I only partially agree with you. You're right that an ONLY POSER recommendation is very wrong, but POSER as an personal introductory tool to the world of 3d modelling and animation sounds like a very valid recommendation to me. I've learnt a lot so far using POSER than I have done studying 3DSmax9 and C4D on my own. Where did I learn the little I know about polygons, meshes, UV maps, texture maps, lighting etc.

I'm not saying I'm content with POSER - I'm just saying I'm using it as an introductory tool to learning 3d modelling and animation. I will definitely migrate to the other "High and Mighty" 3d softwares later on, but for starters (where you have no personal professional 3d mentor), Newbies - just give POSER a try!

@Africain
Here are some Amateur POSER animations done after less than 4months of practicing with POSER 4
1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTmDYZ_okY0
2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9YHQ8nKeGQ
3.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8Z8xZKwLkA
4.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpL8TbAzYH0


Thanks big bros. I learnt one or two things from your brief animations. Especially the Ugonna sexy , something. at least if i'm able to do a full animation like that in less than 2 months, I don try bi that na. Abi? Bros. Thanks. Look forward to more of your mentoring.

Bassline:

My personal recommendation will be to start with Cinema 4d by maxon. It's good as an entry level tool and will accomodate you as well, as you get more professional. Plus, it has very good integration with After Effects from version 7.  This is invaluable for Motion graphic work.

Thx. Please can I get Cinema4d for free? Have any link? So I could install it and try it. Thanks a great deal.
xothermik:

although im primarily a 3ds max user. i think i will advice you to start with maya. the reason is simple,iv been watchin a lot of behind the scenes and read cg mags and as for character animation goes, i think maya might have a small leverage. most of the big animation productions (surfs up, star wars clone wars, kung fu panda etc.) were done with maya. how ever there are other great apps that will get you very far(and i dont think poser is one of them) i think for this part of the world it will be better if u take maya or max. like i said there are other apps i mean xsi or modo were pretty much unknown by most of us but thanks to graphikdon we've seen just what you can achieve with different apps if you give it enough practise and determination. there are about 5 great apps that will really get you going if u set ur mind to it. i might not be able to remember them all graphikdon please give us those apps again u once mentioned. i makin reference to graphikdon because i think he has had a very broad knowledge on most if not all this apps so it will be nice if you can give this fella ur advice. as for me i think u shud pick maya.

Thanks for your response! Been long waiting for it. I'll try Maya, but somebody complained the fact that Maya requires so much of Processor and RAM. That it slows down your practice and destroys your inspiration. Well, will try it since you guys have recommended it here.

Thanks thanks thanks guys. Please do continue the good work, will soon post my little designs.
Computers / Re: IDM, DAP, Mass Downloader, Etc: Which is the Best? by Africain: 7:15pm On May 05, 2009
brianromel:

Africain apparently seun does not know about your charge,if he did he would certainly close your account,as you said nairaland is a forum and forums around the world are for people wanting to know at no charge. About something they don't know.
If you want to market your idm payment scheme,there is nairalist created for adverts like that that.
The previous poster did a good job by posting a way to get it crack as thats how i got mine to work.
You on the other hand want to charge for free information on an information free site.
Shame,i wonder how many customers you have gotten,most likely none.

Interesting!!! cheesy

Unfortunately, brianromel, I've got some already! undecided Surprised?

You got yours cracked? Meaning, you have illegitimate serial number, for a software that is legitimate! How do you differentiate that? Nigerians have been banned from a number of transaction sites on the internet, courtesy of people who crack software! Not hack, but crack! That's bad!!!
Did you read my post really very well before your response? I don't think so. Now just to recall, I didn't say 'I will give you a cracked key', I said I have a code that will allow you to use IDM for as long as you want! Whether it's a cracked serial number or a purchased bulky serial number, you don't know. And again, I didn't even say 'I will give you a software that can help you do that!' I said, I'll give you a code! The shame, in any case, is actually not on me, but on you. cheesy

There is no reason why you think Seun should delete my account, because we are not rippers or swindlers (right words first used by Astuto), and we didn't imply swindling in our post. Take it easy!!!!! angry grin
Computers / Re: IDM, DAP, Mass Downloader, Etc: Which is the Best? by Africain: 9:43pm On May 04, 2009
astuto:

Aw, come on. what's dis? IDM for sale, eh? Are u guys gonna put up everything for sale at this nairaland forum? i thought we guys were here to HELP each other. Ah-ah! na wa o.
Anyway sha, we shall try to disuade such as much as possible.
Hey, if u want unlimited IDM, just google it and include the word "crack, serial or hack" and u'r good to go. If u have any difficulty, just email me @ chukwunyereiv@yahoo.com. I shall help u for FREE. i got mine for free, anyway.

Let's join hands to rid Nairaland of rippers and swindlers. Na wa o. IDM for 1000 naira. Can u imagine?

Dearest astuto, Nairaland is not a place for rippers and swindlers, has never been such and will never be for such things or people. Nairaland is a discussion forum, a market place of products and ideas. Nairaland is not just for people who take on others from very shallow mindset.

Have you been to IDM website recently? You would notice that Nigeria is now no longer included in their lists of potential markets. Last year when I first started using IDM, it cost $30-$40 USD! The owners created it for sale! If you got yours free -there must be a serial number u used. Y don't you just put the serial here for everyone to use rather than requesting for email contact? Or, you could still get the crack software, whatever, and just put it here for everyone to use. Criticism is a very blind fellow, sometimes, leaves you with little or nothing to fall back on.
Computers / Re: IDM, DAP, Mass Downloader, Etc: Which is the Best? by Africain: 10:05am On May 04, 2009
Internet Download Manager increases download speed with built-in download logic accelerator, resume and schedule downloads. I've been using this IDM software for more than 1yr and it's been very impressive. Much better and higher than DAP (both free and paid versions). It also works well for those with dialups like Multilinks, starcomms, reltel, etc. You will enjoy it more if you have broadband connection (any speed). You can download files as big as 500mb in just 1hr! Supports Windows Vista, YouTube, Google Video, MySpaceTV, FLV Grabber, IE7 and Firefox

You can download a free trial of it for 30 days. Download link: www.internetdownloadmanager.com

After 30 days, you will stop enjoying the download speed until you pay in dollars for it.

We can help you with a licence code that can allow you use IDM forever! But YOU MUST PAY US JUST N1000 (ONE THOUSAND NAIRA ONLY) to get that code, and instructions for usage.

If you are interested, please contact us by email: newtimesnigeria@gmail.com. Your subject should be: IDM Serial Number. When you contact us, you will get our method of payment, and how to get the code immediately we comfirm payment of just N1000! Enjoy your download with any type of internet connection.

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Art, Graphics & Video / Re: Find Out What Your Child Would Look Like Wit Cg by Africain: 10:10pm On May 03, 2009
xothermik

i really don't get u. Are u saying you used some kind of 3d software with photo tool to calculate pixels (or lines per dots) to get the child photo, or u used same guy's younger photo to do that? angry
Art, Graphics & Video / Re: Most Cutting Edge Photorealistic Renderin And Head Replacement So Far. by Africain: 9:57pm On May 03, 2009
xothermik

Men, it's like you are into Computer Graphics. I'm just entering o. Newbie, u know na. Abeg, I bin wan ask you. As a newbie for this 3d world, plenty questions full my head to ask person weh don dey d world te te. I hope say I fit ask you, sha.

as a newbie in d 3d world, which app you think say make I start with, and reading materials. Somebody for SA don advise me say make I start with Blender, another say na LW, another say na 3dsmax, other say na Maya. my friend for yankee say na Poser 7 or no other. I dey VERY CONFUSED my guy. Abeg, which one you think say make I start with?

Thanks for your piece of advise. And please if you don't mind, huke up with me at eggchumen10@yahoo.com for chat on yahoo messenger. Would be wonderful just talking with you. I sense you have been observing the 3d world for long -you must have gathered some skills I may need. Pls, help oooo. I dey die for 3d world!!!!
Romance / Re: Love Or Compatibility: Which Is More Important? by Africain: 8:31pm On Feb 07, 2009
Well, a lot to learn here!

I think love should first be considered. Compatability is a life process. When you fall in love with someone, you will be ready (whether the man or the woman) to adjust to 'things' the other person really likes. Love is just so important! Sometimes though it's the other way round. You first find the person compatible with you, and then 'something' like 'love' begins to develop over time. But this second way is not as sweet as the other. Love surpasses all things! You were never compatible with Jesus Christ before He came and died for you! Even now, you are still not compatible with Him, but you learn to love Christ and obey His commandments. That's how life is designed!
Webmasters / Web Developer Vacancy In Abuja by Africain: 12:48pm On Jan 15, 2009
A small but dynamic team of ICT experts operating the next generation ICT company in Abuja requires the service of a young but good Web Applications Developer for immediate employment.
Qualities expected:
-should possess fundamentals of web development such as HTML, XHTML, CSS, and others
-Should be very good at Java,PHP, MySQL, Perl, and others
-Should be very good at Photoshop, and other web animation packages
-Should be ready to travel, and give talks in schools
-Should possess good interpersonal skills
-May or may not possess Microsoft Applications Developer certificate
-Should be ready to do business!
If interested, send CV immediately to newtimesnigeria@gmail.com
Location: Abuja
Literature / Re: Breaking News: For Those Who Can Write! by Africain: 4:20pm On Dec 03, 2008
GERMANE1:

I AM INTERESTED. YOU WILL SOON GET MY ARTICLES: POLITICS, UNIONISM(SCHOOL), SOCIAL REFORMATION AND CRITIQUE ARE SOME OF THE TOPICS I LIKE WRITING ON. I AM PRESENTLY A CORP MEMBER.


Good!
Literature / Re: Breaking News: For Those Who Can Write! by Africain: 11:33am On Nov 29, 2008
baloolaspo:

refers to your subject above that is very good. am also a writer inwhich i develop mysely with when i was in school under the club call ASPIRE, Africa student partnership for impact and relevence called ASPIRE, I engage my in this area, motivational words such as how to acomplish aim, goals , plan, time managemet etc good ady baloonian777@yahoo.com

Dear, you can send us your latest article on motivation. But before you send, please try and properly edit your article, as we have specified in our post above, and then send us a copy! Thank you.

Meanwhile, this is to bring to your notice that the deadline for accepting articles and other contributions for publication in our First Edition of the journal, is now officially over. Any entries you send from this point on will be considered for our future editions.

For those who sent in their entries, your articles, short stories, farce, poems, jokes, sports analysis, business insights, stockmarket focus, etc, are wonderful! Keep up the writing!

We also want to express our profound gratitude to Seun Osewa (Nairaland President) for giving us space in his world! May God continue to inspire you many more years ahead! Happy New Year in Advance, Seun!!! Thank you

Editor
Literature / Re: Breaking News: For Those Who Can Write! by Africain: 11:16am On Nov 15, 2008
Important Update: For those who are asking that the First Edition Entry Deadline be extended, the deadline has therefore been extended to Friday 28 November, 2008 to allow you complete your articles. Please note that this date shall not be extended further than this for the First Edition. Meanwhile, if you can't meet up with the First Edition Deadline, you can still make your contribution for other editions coming out after the First Edition.

For those who sent in their entries, keep up the writing!  cheesy cheesy cheesy

Editor
Literature / Breaking News: For Those Who Can Write! by Africain: 4:02pm On Nov 04, 2008
Breaking News: For Those Who Can Write!

What to say and how to say it is a skill very few of us possess. You find, time and again, that you know what to say and how to say it but are not provided the platform upon which to stand and say what’s on your mind. Are you out there with such a skill as to write with brevity and clarity what your mind can well picture? Would you join a small dynamic team of creative writers, reporters, correspondents, photo journalists, expert reviewers, sports analysts, though you are one yourself or not one yet, and change our falling society with your remarkable writing skill? Can you really write? Then write in now!

Areas of Interest

1. True Nigerian Stories: tell your true life stories of encounters, struggles, challenges, failures and victories in life with a view to encouraging somebody somewhere about to go through similar experiences. Include as much details as the story would require, but please leave out descriptions that will only arouse amorous feeling in your reader. Use the short story format.

2. Sports Analysis: Pick any interesting and current issues in any area of such sports as: Soccer, athletics, basketball, handball, boxing or others, and write an article, a commentary or a highlight of a player’s skill or a recent game, analyze those areas that will interest your reader and, perhaps, keep him reading your article even two weeks later.

3. Business World: are you an economist, an accountant, or a financial analyst? Can you put your skills into writing, explaining technical issues to non-technical readers with such simplicity as to allow your reader no room to miss your drift? What issues would an investor need you, a professional, to throw light on? The stock market, the capital market, the oil and gas sector, the forgotten but now remembered sector of agriculture, such issues as will move our nation forward and play a positive role in the 7-point agenda of Mr. President. Write in.

4. The Arts/Nigerian Movie Review: have you got brilliant short stories you would like published in a weekly journal? Is it of your opinion that you have written it well, and edited it well? Send us a copy.
Have you got the skill to review a movie? Pick up one of the latest Nigerian Movies in your neighbuorhood, review it and send us your review. Our Arts/Crafts Section will feature interviews with renowned Nigerian painters, sculptors, dynamic and award winning Nigerian actors and actresses, literary scholars, and others working in the arts.
Book Reviews and Research Notes will from edition to edition garnish this section. Other sections in the journal will feature Gender Inequality Issues, Youth Empowerment, job notices, market statistics, health issues, jokes and drama.


Conditions

Whether or not you are a university graduate is not our prerequisite, and being one does not necessarily determine how well you can represent your ideas in writing. While a university degree in English, Literature, Mass Communication or any similar fields will give you the necessary skill to try your hands on writing; our only prerequisite is that you know what to say and how to say it.
All entries will be well reviewed, edited, some researched, and if nothing is found to be lacking in your write-up, we will accept and publish it.

Just let us have a look!

Send all manuscripts or write-ups by email to newtimesnigeria@gmail.com .Your write-up must be: (1) Well written and well edited, (free from grammatical and typographical errors); (2) Must not exceed 2000 words (for True Nigerian Stories), and ranging from 500 to 1500 words for all other articles or analysis; (3) Must be sent as a Word Attachment using Times New Roman font, Text point 14 and; (4) Must not contain explicit sexual descriptions and offensive language. Include your short biography stating your name, email, phone number, complete address, current occupation, and an undertaking that your write-up is your original creation. Names will be withheld upon request.

Please Note: If you would like your write-up considered and published in our First Edition showing up on the 24th of November, 2008, your write-up must reach us on or before Monday 17th, November, 2008. If your article or write-up is published, we will send you information about your status in the Journal Team and other types of rewards (both financial and cumulative) as shall be determined by the Editorial Team.

Our journal, (name withheld for now) has its motto as: True then, true now! It is to be published monthly from Abuja and distributed nationwide within Nigeria, and hopefully, reaching other African countries later next year.

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