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oscarsam:
I Respect how you backup statements with valid facts. it shows how knowledgeable you are in the field of the Wise.

But the main thing I still seek to hear from wise people is:
can we possibly attribute most people's failure to spiritism or they probably are not following the main Principles needed to succeed in their area of pursuit?

More often than not, people do not attain the desired success in their pursuits or endeavours because they fail to adequately do what is required to attain such success and NOT because of some spiritual influence.
Now, the reason why people fail to "adequately do what is required for success" takes different dimensions. Some people may be simply ignorant of what is required of them to do in order to attain success; some may realize what they need to do to succeed, but may lack the determination, discipline and diligence to do it; while some on the other hand may know what to do and be determined to do it, but may lack the skill, ability or talent for doing it well.
So, as you've put it in ur post, we can say most people fail in their pursuits because they do not follow the "principles" needed to succeed. However, you should note that because the human society is complex and the humans themselves are dynamic, the set of "principles of success" that worked for Mr A might not work for Mr B.

shogsman:
Started tutoring my kids myself when a private tutor said its 5k daily for my 2 kids.

What classes are your kids? Perhaps I can manage 2k.

Chithauri:
Thank you sir. God bless

you're welcome

https://schoolings.org/tag/government-approved-scheme-of-work-for-senior-secondary-school-in-nigeria/
you should find this site useful.

Racoon:
The world is changing but God's standard never change.

Most people no longer care about any fvcking "God's standard".

Calabar1stSon:
Back in those days, parents would always advised their female daughters that talking to boy who get them pregnant.

Infact religious organizations preach against it even more but you find many of their members involved in the act.

Do you know even at 18 I still thought that kissing a girl would get her pregnant?

What went wrong with the society of today? Why is Pre-marital sex a norm in the society today?

Once you take God and religion out of the equation, you will realize that there's nothing really bad or evil about premarital sex as long as it is done sensibly and "unaddictedly". It's just like every other thing that we enjoy doing.
Fortunately, these days many people no longer allow God or religion to govern their lives.

oscarsam:
I understand your point of view where you see the Wise as being contempt of whatever they have.

But then, to be Wise means to know it all from the foundational aspect as well as gain mastery on how(a particular area of life) is being played.
Just like King Solomon is known to be the most wisest Man on earth and he still amassed so much wealth.

So to me, a contempt life has more to do with one's personality and should not really be attributed as a form of being Wise.

For example, some poor ignorant people are still contempt with the little they have, and their contemptuous life is not a criteria to qualify them as being Wise.

What I said about the wise not being desperate to amass wealth or material possessions is not exactly the same as the reference you are making to being content with whatever they have.
A wise person will also strive like everyone else to meet his basic needs and live comfortably. However, once he is reasonably comfortable, he will not be desperate to keep amassing wealth that he really doesn't need(like our foolish politicians do). This is different from being content with what he has.
Some people are content with being poor not because they are wise, but probably because they are religious or they see such contentment as a good virtue.
Now that you mentioned king Solomon, you will also recall the famous conclusion this wise king made about amassing wealth and material possession: "Vanity upon vanity...". This realization of Solomon is what many other wise people often realize that discourages them from vain pursuit of wealth (which is what many people regard as success). And you should also note that king Solomon's wealth was not necessarily as a result of his wisdom, but rather as a consequence of first being a prince of a wealthy king, and then becoming a great king himself. So naturally, Solomon was bound to be wealthy whether he liked it or not.

oscarsam:
So much Wisdom Sir. This has really blessed me this morning most especially the last phrase.

But then, what would you suggest to be the cause of most wise people's limitations in life.
Do you think it all has to do with spiritual forces or they are probably not planting their seeds on a fertile soil?

In my opinion, most GENUINELY wise people are not as desperate or as determined as the not-so-wise people to acquire material possessions, make money, become famous etc (standards by which success is often measured), because they can more easily and clearly see the futility and vanity of such things as a result of their wisdom.
In other words, wise people are not so concerned about the sort of "success" that ordinarily people run after. They are more interested in merely living peacefully while pursuing their passions happily.

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star4ever:
Not willing. All the efforts were forcefully made.

This appears to me to be where the main problem lies: as long as he is unwilling to get out of the habit, it will be hard to make him stop it. As soon as he's no longer under the influence of whatever is done to force him to stop the habit and is at liberty to do as he wishes, he will most probably relapse.
Further, because of the number of years he has been in the habit of taking hard drugs (18+ years!), it will be hard for any therapy to completely and permanently free him of the urge to take drugs. Hence when he is out of therapy and the urge to take drugs comes (it will surely come again), he will most likely give in and relapse (since he personally has little or no determination/willingness to stop).
For this reason, to make him stop permanently, there's need to make him genuinely and seriously willing or ready change. To do this, try to make him realize what he is losing as a result of drugs abuse (he is wasting away his one and only life!) and show him what he stands to gain if he stop.

Martinola:
Damn covid 19.
I really dnt care or get worried abt dis poo.
The shitty updates can keep rolling out but i really dnt gv a hooting f+ck

Maybe you will start to get worried when you or someone you know contract the virus.. do you really think ALL the countries of the world reporting high number of cases and death from coronavirus on a daily basis are lying?

GoodBoi1:
Yes, I've been working. Corona virus didn't really affect my activities. I'm glad knowing that the tithe and offerings financially empowers the church to bless people with material substances and do other good works.

You're one of the few lucky ones bro. Personally, coronavirus pandemic has made things very terrible for me (I teach in a private secondary school).. feeding alone has now become quite difficult, so paying tithe is out of the question for people like me. Notwithstanding that I'm a stranger, I won't mind whatever little change I can get from you sir. 2020 274 729; A. A. R.; Polaris bank. Thanks.

StacyO:
That's why I scan them before proceeding.
It's your type I'll just skip.

How exactly do you "scan" them? and what do you mean by my type?.. abeg no jump into hasty conclusions about me o. Me that I'm a complete gentleguy.

StacyO:
That's why I scan them before proceeding.
It's your type I'll just skip.

How exactly do you "scan" them? and what do you mean by my type?.. abeg no jump into hasty conclusions about me o. Me that I'm a complete gentleguy.

Ginaz:
I don’t think so. All my female friends have businesses .. we even have a group chats we talk about normal happenings about life . It’s such a worrying thought people should think the female gender have shallow thinking or ain’t intelligent enough to converse deeply with . Not all men converse intelligently too.

Just cos you met few women who couldn’t hold intellectual talks doesn’t measure as a yard stick for all. Everyone can’t converse or have the same rate of intelligence irrespective of gender status.

I didn't say all... I said a great majority of girls. Personally, I have a few female acquaintances who are intellectually sound. But on the whole, intellectual discourse is much more commoner among guys than girls. And of course, to buttress your point, there are girls who converse more intelligently than some guys.

StacyO:
I feel more secured around guys (very very).
With guys,it's more of business,jobs,IT,computer programming, robotics n the likes of it.

With girls, its all about boyfriend this,boyfriend that,eyelashes this,eyelashes that,lip gloss this lip gloss that. Wtf, who needs all these things

Are you sure that's really why love being around guys? What about what they give you in the other room?

Ginaz:
You hang around dumb females then !!! Change your circle or maybe you are the same dumb category with them . I don’t see how you can comfortably be friends with guys and say you can’t find at least even one female that converse intelligently . Pure lies !!! You just wanna have a reason to hate your gender .

A great majority of girls naturally loathe tasking themselves intellectually. How many great female thinkers, philosophers, scientists, inventors, programmers etc can you name?
I think a girl who prefers intelligent conversations to meaningless chit-chats will probably find more delight in keeping company with guys (plus she will get other delightful things too, if she doesn't mind).

Zombiekiller010:
Why is this corona not spreading fast in Oyo state that has no lockdown

Don't be deceived by the figures released daily by the NCDC: the actual number of infection is much higher than that!
The number of people NCDC is able to test daily is what is limiting the number of those who test positive. If NCDC could test more, we would definitely have more confirmed cases.
NCDC has only tested about 24K people so far (in a population of about 200M!), out of which around 4K people are positive. Just imagine what the number of those who have the virus could be if NCDC is able to test 10K people per day.
I believe the virus is spreading fast (you may have it already, lol), but we are not able to test people fast enough to detect those who are infected.

NoSidonLook:
The church keeps leading from the front

Some people that have never done anything worthy of note even in their compound will still find one thing to say against the church. But it keeps marching on

Some will say Pastors and other religious leaders are waiting for cure from science before they can resume their business

Virus that started from science laboratory. Who else will provide cure if not science.

Did we hear it started from any religious place.

Others will say Religion is looking up to Science in this time. Science is leading

And I ask. Are these Scientist aliens
Or don't you know their many 'religious' scientist around the world.

Even most of the men of old that fronted for science were religious men
Isaac Newton
Michael Faraday
Gregor Mendel
Galileo Galilee
Al Quarismo (famous Arab scholar)

According to the great physicist and genius of the 20th century Albert Einstein, "Science without religion is Lame."

Atheism doesn't make you are smart.
It's not by too much grammar.

Most men that change the world of science na religious men.
Atheist na talk dem sabi

You're missing one very vital fact. These great scientists you alluded to did not make the kind of extraordinary discoveries they made because they prayed or fasted (which a religious person would do), but rather because they thought and reasoned deeply (which is what science is basically about).
In religion, you make less use of your intellectual power in solving your problems and rely more on a "sky daddy" to help you. In science however, you realize your intellectual ability to solve diverse problems and understand different phenomena around you.
Summarily, scientists could be religious simultaneously, but whatever scientific thing they do should never be ascribed to their religion.
BTW, the fact that someone is "religious" doesn't necessarily mean they believe in "god".

all is well

FTC

This is the real definition of dilemma! Now we have to choose between coronavirus and hunger.

ElectroLyte:
Finalizing....

sonnie10


Best Attempt
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amrichy = 21

2nd Best Attempt
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Fresia01 = 20

Runner ups
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Goalnaldo = 16
odinga1of = 16
Plut01 = 15
Opera240 = 15
folake4u =14
ibkayee = 9
bolaji3071 = 8

Dear Mr sonnie10 , our puzzle master has finally released the results of the puzzle exam he gave o and with my solution being assessed as the best. Please sir I'm really hoping to get something from you no matter how little. Once again, my account details are: 2020 274 729; A. A. Richard; Polaris bank. Thanks.
Mr Seun , please I don't mind getting something from you too sir; I'll be very grateful.

ElectroLyte:
One of the best attempt so far bur missed 12 and 16

12 - oaroloye: Usually hang around Religion section, his post can be as long as 3rd mailand bridge as a result of quoting references and responding to people on the same post

16: diaries section: as soon as you make a thread on you can continue to post without been interrupted

CC: amrichy

I knew I was going to miss number 12 (I only tried to look for a moniker that fits the puzzle). But for number 16, my thinking for choosing SCAMMER was that when a scammer makes a post (with the aim of scamming) he could use another moniker to be the FTC and yet another moniker to make other comments, just for the purpose of making his scheme look credible or genuine to unsuspecting readers. Hence only him is the OP, FTC and the commenter with different identities.
Besides, the hint you gave for number 16 was misleading if what you had in mind is DIARIES. One would have thought you were referring to a person; no one could have possibly guessed you were referring to a section on nairaland. Anyways, weldone again on setting up the puzzle; it was a good mental exercise for me. Now, I hope I'll be getting something from you, no matter how little (2020 274 729, A. A. Richard, Polaris bank).

Yenefer:
Atiku is unrepentant corrupt politician

This matter is not about politics, it's about business. BTW, almost all Nigerian politicians are unrepentantly corrupt.

IamCookie:
Death is inevitable

But it's postponable.

For those that have the answer(s), here is what I'm curious to know: what happens if Nigeria fails to repay the loan as at when due? What penalties are attached to defaulting the payment?

What is your point really?

Veebliz:
Some grammatical mistakes you make and things you say wrong.


Hello, everyone. Before I shoot, I’d like you to read this:

After learning some Spanish and having to correct a lot of English in WhatsApp groups, I’ve discovered that some of us say some things wrong. Some like saying things like “English is not our language”, “Who English epp? (Who does English help?)” “Does it add money to my account?” especially when you correct them. But most of these are said out of ignorance. English is not your language, but why do you use it? English has helped a lot of people, YES! It has. Why else do we use English to teach at school? In fact, more research has been done in English than in any other language, 98% of scientific materials published today are in English, I’m not saying that other languages are inferior, but the truth is that, some people do need to stop being ignorant and face it – English really DOES matter…and YES – it can add money to your account in so many ways; you think about it.

Yeah, I feel like it’s important for me to add this: I’ve come across some Nigerians who speak English as their first tongue; I do as well, so the idea of saying English is not our language doesn’t make any sense at all. I have no problem with anybody speaking any indigenous language.

The English language is not a foreign language to Nigeria, it has mixed with our cultures in a unique way, and therefore has become ours – one of our languages, even though I don’t speak the language of my indigenous tribe, I still have some of their cultural values instilled in me, I cherish and respect them.

Aha! I must not skip this; I've interacted with Brits and Americans on the internet, so I see them make silly mistakes as well, but the ones I've written here are some of the mistakes I see my country people make often. Let’s see some of the grammatical mistakes people make and things they say wrong.

1) The verb – to make;

Of course, you would have definitely seen some people make mistakes with this verb, it’s common to hear people say things like:
“This picture makes me TO remember my past.”
“Eating all the time will make you TO be fat.”
“If you use this medicine, it will make you TO sleep.”
I am sure you’ve already spotted the mistake, right? – Yeah, I made it obvious. The verb – to make doesn’t take “to” after it, so the correct thing to say in each sentence above is: “This picture makes me remember my past.”
“Eating all the time will make you (be) fat” – in this kind of sentence, it’s more common and therefore more natural to skip the verb – “be”.
“If you use this medicine, it will make you sleep.”
The only time it’s fine to use “TO” after the verb – to make is when it is in the passive; for example, “I was made TO kneel down yesterday at school.” NOT I was made kneel down yesterday at school.”


2) The verb – to enable;

This verb requires “to” after it, but it is so amusing that some people would leave out “to” using this verb but would use it with the verb “to make”.
Here is an example: “This software will enable you TO work on your computer efficiently.” NOT “This software will enable you work on your computer efficiently.”


3) The verb – to allow;

This verb also requires “to” after it.
Here is an example: “My parents will not allow me TO go out today.” NOT “My parents will not allow me go out today.”


4) The verb – to reply;

The mistakes made with this verb are pretty common, this verb is intransitive, which means it cannot go with a direct object, therefore, it needs a preposition for it to make sense, and therefore, you reply TO somebody or TO something. NOT reply somebody or something.
“Why didn’t you reply my messages?” is WRONG. The correct thing is: “Why didn’t you reply TO my messages?”


5) The idiom – to be about to do something;

Hahahaha , I remember hearing someone say: “I was just about asking same thing.” Well, the correct thing is: “I was just about TO ask you THE same thing.”


6) The noun – stuff;

Yeah! This particular noun is such a pain in the ass for some people, it is uncountable, so, it cannot take an S after it and an indefinite article can’t be used with it either.
“Please give me five minutes – I want to get my STUFF” NOT “Please give me five minutes – I want to get my stuffs”.
“Where did you get all this stuff?” NOT “Where did you get all these stuffs?”
“Where IS all my stuff?” NOT “Where are all my stuffs?”
“This is good stuff.” NOT “This is a good stuff.”
The only context where stuff can take an S is if it’s used as a verb: “Ade always stuffs himself with so much junk food.”


7) The nouns – slang and jargon;

English is weird, yeah…but it’s not hard. So many people make mistakes with these nouns - These nouns are uncountable – yeah you read it right; UNCOUNTABLE.
I remember reading an article sometime ago, it had: “20 slangs you will hear in Nigeria” as its title: If you’ve been reading this article carefully, you will have known what is wrong with the sentence.
Numbers can’t be used with uncountable nouns, so the correct thing is: “20 SLANG WORDS/EXPRESSIONS/TERMS you will hear in Nigeria”. Or simply put: “Some slang you will hear in Nigeria.” – So you can use “some” with uncountable nouns and countable nouns as well.
“That is internet slang.” NOT “That is an internet slang.”
“Too much slang was used in the movie.” NOT “Too many slangs were used in the movie.”
“His messages were full of jargon.” NOT “His messages were full of jargons.”


8 ) The noun – information;

I don’t need to explain this, just keep it in mind that it is UNCOUNTABLE.
“Thank you for that information.” NOT “Thank you for those informations”
“What a wonderful piece of information!” NOT “What a wonderful information!”
“I want to share some information with you.” NOT “I want to share you an information.”


9) The noun – advice;

This is uncountable as well: make sure you do not mistake it for the verb: advise. The noun is spelt with a C and the verb with an S.
“I need (some) advice from you.” NOT “I need some advices from you.” NOT “I need an advice from you.”


10) All what;

If you’ve been saying this, then you need to STOP saying it! This is WRONG! It should be either: “All (that)” or “All OF what”.
“All (that) I’ve been saying is that….” NOT “All what I’ve been saying is that…”


11) The noun – headache;

Just as people make mistakes with uncountable nouns, they also do the same thing with countable nouns – it’s very common to hear “I am having headache”. This sentence is wrong. It should be: “I have a headache.”


12) The noun – news;

This is an uncountable noun.
“This is good news!” NOT “This is a good news!”


13) The expression – in the twinkling of an eye;

I’ve heard and seen people say: “In the twinkle of an eye.” – This is wrong of course: it should be: “In the twinkling of an eye.”


14) The famous – “I don’t get”.

Okay, I don’t want to be too annoying because I KNOW that some will get angry reading this article, but guess what? Learning never ends. We are used to saying this, but you should know that the verb – to get in this case is transitive, so it needs an object to sound okay.
So I recommend that you start saying: “I don’t get IT.”
Saying “I don’t get” has always sounded weird to me, I’ve asked some foreigners just to be sure it's not just me but they said it sounded weird to them as well.


15) The noun – furniture;

I usually see furniture makers put up a sign like “ABC furnitures.”
This doesn’t work in English; it’s an uncountable noun, so you already know the drill.
“They like playing with furniture.” NOT “They like playing with furnitures.”


I am Nigerian, so I speak more Nigerian English, I don’t hate it, I just like when people make good use of it because I know what it feels like when you murder someone's language. When I was in junior secondary school, I remember saying something wrong in Yoruba while I was playing with my friends, you needed to have seen how three of them were throwing corrections at me. (
There are so many people who care about mistakes – especially in English.
These are just a few of the mistakes. I could keep on writing and writing, but I will leave it here.
So, I hope this helps your English if you’ve been saying it wrong.




Ermmmm, one last thing before the final full stop: This is for people who can’t do without starting a sentence with or using “Am”; What exactly is wrong? Please stop making this horrible mistake, if you can’t use the contraction: “I’m…” then use: “I am…”
It’s not hard work. The pronoun I is just one letter.

Thanks for reading.

Veebliz.

Very educative English tutorial. However, you need some tutoring yourself on proper use of punctuations, except your errors were due to negligence, perhaps.

Electrolyte , where u dey now? sonnie10 needs you to confirm the correctness of the solution I provided to your crossword puzzle. Abeg, don't be the one to hinder this generous man from helping me solve my hunger problem.

sonnie10:
You get it right, I do my part.

Here is the complete solution to the puzzle sir:
1.ISHILOVE
2.SPAMMERS
3.ANDYRUIZ
4.NWAAMAIKPE
5.MUKINA2
6.AFONJAS
7.AIRFORCE1
8.MOBILENIGERIA
9.ISLAM
10.TONTODIKEH
11.LALASTICLALA
12.HARDBODY (this is the only nairaland moniker I could find that fits the puzzle)
13.EXPLORERS
14.
15.SEVENTEEN
16.SCAMMER (this is quite brain-tasking)
17.ELECTROLYTE
18.AUTOS
19.HARDMIRROR
20.SUPERMODS
21.FTC
22.BMC
23.TOMFRENCH

I must say it was your promise that gingered me to attempt the puzzle. Once the OP ascertains that the solution above is correct (or at least, the most correct of all the solutions provided) please keep your word sir : 2020 274 729; A. A. Richard; Polaris bank. Thank you

ElectroLyte:
Last Year August I made a quiz here How much do you know about Nairaland I wasn't encourage at first due to low response considering the fact that I put a lot of time and effort into the work. Initially I want to make it a monthly basis to add more fun to this forum.

Am here again with my Nairaland Crossword Quiz 2, still the same tagline How much do you know about Nairaland?

Look at the clue, answer the quiz and submit your entry. Unlike the last time that i quickly give out the answers, am not going to do that until the end of the month if no one get all the answers correctly.

In this edition I Introduce a Final Horizontal Problem to be solved.
The word is related to leaf of a drug substance.

Lets see who get it faster

#StaySafe #StayAlive

Here is the complete solution I'am able to come up with after many hours of brain-racking and nairaland searching (no. 12 and 16 are very difficult!):
1.ISHILOVE
2.SPAMMERS
3.ANDYRUIZ
4.NWAAMAIKPE
5.MUKINA2
6.AFONJAS
7.AIRFORCE1
8.MOBILENIGERIA
9.ISLAM
10.TONTODIKEH
11.LALASTICLALA
12.HARDBODY (this is the only nairaland moniker I could find that fits the puzzle)
13.EXPLORERS
14.
15.SEVENTEEN
16.SCAMMER (this is quite brain-tasking)
17.ELECTROLYTE
18.AUTOS
19.HARDMIRROR
20.SUPERMODS
21.FTC
22.BMC
23.TOMFRENCH

Weldone on your effort in putting up this puzzle, you try no be small. Now I'm awaiting my prize (to be honest, it is the hope of getting something from solving the puzzle that motivated me to attempt it; man is very broke right now!)

Fresia01:
Pls can I get a clue on 12 and 16 .
I know that the word in number 12 should have - -r- -o- -. For 16, I'm lost!

have you solved 10?