This is the result if cancelling environmental sanitation in Laos. Nigerians don't act unless they are forced to. Disgraceful

that does not look like d type of mugshot images we see all the time

awwwh. I really should get back to writing

Why are we supporting this? People beat up Government opposition and we are acting like it us something we need. The pro-government part were spared. It's like 100 people storming the National assembly to beat up PDP members and leaving APC. This is absolutely wrong.

Super old photos. plus I can't spot any male student in the crowd?

Kathmandu:
I thought you do use Google? Continue advertising yourself here.



Get education fast

Again. Grow up. Learn to address people like the Christian you claim to be.

prettyboi1989:

who dash arabic fourth most spoken language? this list below contain the most spoken language of the world by number of speakers

OK it is the 5th . Noted

Kathmandu:
Old mama, why should i waste my time doing Google on something i can reel out from my fingertips? If this brain you used in typing this trash is what you call matured brain then i Pray Brain to fall on you.

grow up and act like a lady

Afam4eva:

So, why are we learning Arabic instead instead of Spanish and Hindi? Where did you place Chinese? Is Arabic a global language like French and Spanish? Is it more sort after than Italian and German? What exactly is the reason for introducing Arabic if not through the Islamic angle.

sorry. Chinese is no 1. making it the 5th. Arabic studies has been around since the 80s same as french. I went to an igbo school in Festac in the 90s. it was french/Arabic back then. We had no Arabic teacher. We all took french. Teaching Arabic is NOT the same as teaching the Koran. We took igbo and yoruba. Does not mean i can read an igbo or yoruba book. We learn enough to pass exams. There are millions of Muslim in Nigeria. if they choose to learn Arabic, that's their choice. It will not be made compulsory. If you want to advocate for more french teachers in public school( we can get from Cameroon) or introduction of Hebrew or a language that would benefit the average Nigeria...fine. The islamization thing is getting old and is just silly at this point.

Kathmandu:
Are you really okay? Mandarin has more speakers than Arabic.


Which kind of Neanderthal education do they imbibe in this muslim folks

Simple Google would have helped you discover the information. mandarin ko. Instead you decided to get rude instead of getting an education. kids

Why is that a random person will post stuff on their social media and some idiotic blogger would think it is OK to use it without permission??

Afam4eva:
Sometime si just wonder why we choose to tow the path of tomfoolery. What business does Arabic have been taught in Nigeria. After English and French, the most important languages in the world are Spanish, German, Portugese, Italian and Chinese in not particular order. Why Arabic for christ sake if there isn't an undertoned attempt to colonize us with Arabic and Islam. let's say the truth and shame the devil.

Actually Arabic is the 4th most spoken language in the world. Spanish, English, HindI and Arabic........in that order

perth:

you are sick, why not compulsory French as our second official language instead of fckin Arabic. bunch of nincompoop

it is Arabic/French

Hitting my head on the wall. And they say Nigerians are the most educated in Africa

"How is our baby doing?" "how my pikin" are very common terms of endearment... Atleast for me. It shows that you consider the other person's kids as dear as if they were yours. Some men just like to address women with sweetie; dear; honey mostly out of force of habit. It may/may not mean anything. Can't wait to see you means can't wait to see you. Since they are close friends as you connote. My point. the conversation can be interpreted differently.

Married people should be allowed to have friends of the opposite sex. Some of these friends have been there for years. Are women expected to cut off All male friends completely because of marriage. The rapport will definitely reduce but don't ask women to only have family members as the males in their lives and we won't ask you to do the same.

Keneking:
"Former MBGN and the first black person to win the miss world pageant..."

-Why the racial description?

Because South Africa has won but a light skinned one . Hence the description.

So do we also beat up any woman not related to our husbands that come to the house since it is now acceptable behaviour?

gimakon:


How you mean spoilt protected?

Spoilt (speaking for experience-Bahraini; Qataris and kuwaitis). Majority of them don't work by choice even though they are superbly educated.Yet they all have maids. Under those black abaya are crazily expensive shoes and bags. Protected because they have huge inheritances that the husband cannot touch Islamically and only God will save you if any of their women report you for harassment. This does not include Saudi o. Those ones follow culture not Islamic teachings.

gimakon:
Ideology of Arabs make them stupid.

They don't value women. Wetin fit them na to steal their money and let them be.

They feel it's about the money, money isn't all.

Arabs are something else. Them go soon do no one would want to have anything with them again.

Don't mistake the culture of Saudi Arabia for all of Arab land. Arab women are one of the most spoilt protected people in the world. Do some research.

There is a huge misconception about Arab countries. The GCC nations( even though they dey quarell now) actually are excellent places to make money if you are a SKILLED PROFESSIONAL. Coming through labour visa is one of the biggest mistakes Nigerians keep making. You cannot get any good job without upgrading your visa and it is almost impossible to do so. You get no money; live in camps and are really better off remaining in Nigeria. All these agents promising you opportunity will only get you a Labourer visa. We have been singing it, yet people still line up these agents' pockets with money to come and be doing modern day slavery.

There should be a Nigerian association in Oman ( we have association everywhere. Let her find their contacts. They seriously frown at maid abuse in the GCC countries now following all the negative press so someone would be able to be of help.

lexy2014:
I appreciate ur time and responses. u were a wonderful conversationalist. tnx again

it's ok my brother. We all share diverse views on this feminist issue and it's ok. If I must know, I am also a "meninist'. Once represented a man in court seeking child maintenance from the wife for the three kids. Trust Naija, people...men and women.... were snickering in court but we didn't care. If a woman raising kids can ask for child support, so can men. I believe fathers too should get some form of paternity leave too. So my grouses is not simply for women, it is equality for mentry too.

Personally speaking, I am grateful to the men in my life. From my father who nurtured me to the peak of academic excellence to a husband who brought me into his field and in his own Nigerian man way has helped me strike a balance between a 6 day gruelling work schedule, kids and home life. Embracing feminism does not mean I have forgotten their roles in my life or trying to be the head of the house. No.

lexy2014:
Alele-Williams is more than 80years old.if in ur opinion she went 2 school in d 80s, then when did she qualify 2b a professor and later a VC in 1985? every human being is in a box irrespective of gender.can a man get pregnant? like I said if u want 2 prove that u can do what a man can do who is preventing u? u are d only one standing between u and any ptofession u want to pursue. I no a very successful female mechanic who didn't sit down whining and complaining about gender inequality. she went 2 learn and she is d better 4 it.mind u she was tutored by d same men u say put women in a box. would u as a woman no matter d rate of unemployment go and join men in offloading bags of dangote cement? how many would u b able 2 carry? how many head pans of concrete can u carry from 7am to 6pm for 2500naira a day?madam pls stop deceiving urself. if u are married, then u should settle ur gender inequality issues with ur husband. a married woman wouldn't b here saying she isnt appreciated or supported. that clearly shows u aren't resolving ur issues with ur husband

This is the irritating part about Nairaland. You tend to get unnecessarily personal. So because I use the time we in describing the plight of the average woman must mean I am referring to my personal life. You are right I am decieving myself. I thought I was conversing with somebody intellectual.

lexy2014:
of course u did d man a disservice. d man sent his child 2 school in an era when it was a rarity yet u still think d man was a clueless man who lacked d initiative about his daughters education. like I said neither of us were there but d evidence speaks 4 itself, d man sent his daughter 2 school. period. this is someone's father we are talking about who both of us never knew. just cos u are advocating 4 what u think is right doesn't mean u should say derogatory things about him.show some respect. if he trained his daughter 2b a good&submissive wife, when has that become a bad thing? if her father taught her otherwise how do think she would successfully manage her home as a wife, mother&VC in 1985? or do u think being a professor and VC is d same thing as owning a provision store? its not everything a man can do that a woman can do& vice versa and there shouldn't b a debate about that.if u want women 2 climb trees&hunt feel free. u work in d construction industry. u can try out a few of d real jobs in d field &c how it goes. I doubt if u are married and u talking about how other people should run their homes.when u get married then u will no that campaign is different from governance. U said "We have seen our mothers live lives of servitude and perseverance"... I don't no what u mean by this but I didn't c this in my immediate and extended families. Feminist advocate "women should b allowed 2 work"....at d same time u are saying "A woman is now expected to contribute to the household run d home&train d kids..." this y I say feminism is neither here nor there. Let me inform u, many men even those who aren't well to do, would rather their wives stay @ home 2 take care of d home. but its women who insist on combining home making with working. no one expects women 2 contribute financially. its women who feel they should, some 4 fulfilment and some 4 security just in case something happens 2d man.its all about understanding and what d couple decide is best 4 their home. so most of these things u are saying about men&women are very inaccurate and I suspect they are things u read cos that's not what is on ground. I c this "we demand a life of balance, of support , of appreciation...." and I wonder if u were not appreciated, would b working were u are working right now? u using d word "we" and I don't no how u could generalise. In ur own life, who isn't supporting u or appreciating u?speak 4 urself cos from my mum, 2 my aunties, 2 my sisters, 2 several women I have known, what u saying isn't just d reality. d problem with u guys and this ur feminism thing is that u ignore d little things& u start having grandiose dreams&demands 4 things that are already around u& that are there 4d taking.

Are Nigerian homes&marriages perfect:NO. there are roles and each gender complements d other and despite all the hardship, Nigerian couples are doing a great job supporting each other

Training of the girl child was a norm in the 70s and 80s. Then it was acceptable. Women went to school in the 80s. My mother is a trained lawyer and she was born 1960. My grandmothers didn't get to school. It was not a rarity to train women in the 80s. Nothing wrong with beingvtrained to be a good and submissive wife as long that is not all a woman is being bred for. See. you assume that because I am a woman, I cannot do "real" work like bring an on site labourer or handle a forklift. Already you have put me in a box of incompetence without knowing my physical capabilities but because I am a woman, I can't do "real" jobs. You see zee problem
You see how you assume my marital status? you keep affirming my position. So because I am a feminist, you doubt that I am married. you see life. And that ends this conversation.

lexy2014:
neither of us was there 2no d rationale behind Alele-Williams' father sending her 2 school. I think u have done d man a disservice by insinuating that he didn't have d initiative as far his daughter's education was concerned. if a man was able 2 send his child 2 school in that era, that was a man who knew how 2b a man&father not a feminist. I worked in a bank sometime ago and I had d privilege of having several women as superior officers, operation managers &business managers. even d head of my unit was a woman.d bank always rewarded d value u brought irrespective of gender. d bank was even biased in favour of women when it came 2 transfers. during my time there, female staff are never transfered away from their husbands but married men could b transfered anywhere. if a female staff gets married and her husband is in another city or state, she will b transferred 2 where her husband is. But married men in d bank don't enjoy that luxury. At best they move their families to were they are or they shuttle between their station and d location of their families.isn't that gender inequality?like I said b4 when u prove urself u can never b ignored. D world recognises value and reward not minding gender. u have proved urself in a male dominated environment, in a conservative country as a black woman....what else are u looking 4? U are right I don't understand feminism because its neither here nor there

Doing him a disservice?? hmmm... let me give an analogy. Killing of twins. It was seen as bad luck. The generation who followed the custom didn't think it as wrong because thats all they knew until they were taught differently. Now today's generation are already oriented to know that killing of twins is wrong. Likewise the girl child. Our forefather generation grew up seeing the girl child being trained to be wives and mothers; go to the farm, stream and market. They were not part of the elders. They did not hunt or climb trees or were forbidden from certain festivals. (this is not a blanket statement because i know we have had few woemn leaders in our history).That is what they grew up knowing. imagine a situation where the women who fought for women liberation and segregation in the early 1900s did nothing, there is a huge possibility that the father would be grooming her to be a good and submissive wife. It does not make him a bad person. He does not see it as wrong.
In terms of the African home front, you have to agree that the circumstances is increasingly unfair to the Nigerian woman. Times are hard and both parties need to bring something to the table now. A woman is now expected to contribute to the household, rum the he and train the kids and the man expects the status quo of wife to remain and still look presentable so that he does not "cheat". Women are human too. We are not infallible. Too much is expected from.the Nigerian woman, that's why more and more women are getting radical. We have seen our mothers live lives of servitude and perseverance. We don't want that . we demand a life of balance, of support , of appreciation. That's what modern day feminist want.

No doubt feminism is grossly misunderstood . Some people think it is about being free to do whatever we like; wear whatever we like and be the chair boss at home. No. We are not looking to usurp the position of the man. We just need men to embrace some subtle changes, just like the people in the 'twins are evil' days and those in the ' women should be barefoot and pregnant" days.

AyilaraFingar:
can you please list the rights women of this 21st century are deprived of?..maybe if you make a list and explain how you are been deprived,we would understand better. Thanks

Ofcourse especially in Nigeria. We may have the right to vote and work now but we are still being held back in the name of "culture". A woman is viewed as a failure no matter how much she has achieved if she is not married. Even though the failure rate of Nigerian marriages is at a whooping 45.92 % in 2012 ( I handled a lot of divorce cases back in the day so this is a high Court statistics). In some cases, we earn less than men for doing the exact same positions. Women are not considered for top military positions even though it is seen as per other advanced countries that women can hold their own on the battle field. Many brilliant military strategists have been the wives of legendary conquerors over history but they are always relegated to the back. For me, the issue of 'bride price' in Nigeria is a major source of concern. Because instead of the average man to see their wife as the girl that they wooed and asked to marry and spend their life with them as supportive partner; they end up seeing the girl as someone they have bought and paid for( even if the bride price is miniscule). They become lord and master and claim to have religious backings. They expect the wife to bury her dreams and aspiration and raise their kids instead of striving to create a balance where both of them can attain a level of personal fulfilment. I could go on and on but I think these are some of the modern day needs for feminism. Feminism no be feminazi. I think there is where many men get it twisted. Feminazi want control or superiority. feminists want equity. equal treatment for equal work done.

How did the girl saying the baby hates her new rocker turn to she found motherhood too stressful? Motherhood is stressful!!! Especially when you spend money on an automated rocker like that and the baby no gree stay for am.

lexy2014:
there is a certain Grace Alele-Williams( don't no if uv heard of her), a beautiful woman that I love and respect so much. She is a professor of mathematics education and d first female VC of a Nigerian university. she was appointed d VC of uniben in 1985 and she served that glorious institution 4 8years. she was a colossus. after her service she has since served on d board of several notable Nigerian companies including chevron. what mama showed us with her life is that it doesn't matter who u are, were u from or ur gender, when u work hard and prove urself, u will stand out. Mama didn't become a professor by d grace of feminism or gender equality. it took hardwork and diligence. As at 1985 when she became a VC it was under d regime of then president babagida. IBB was a Muslim northerner and head of d Armed Forces Ruling Council(AFRC) d highest decision making body in d land. Most members of d AFRC were northern Muslims and all soldiers but they all had tremendous respect 4 mama not because of feminism or gender equality but cos she had proved herself and continued doing so as VC. while she was at UNILAG, she worked at d institute of education 4 ten years.she distinguished herself and this was her stepping stone 4 greater success in d academia. if mama could succeed in 1985 with no internet or gender equality mentality, under a military regime, then what's ur excuse? success as woman will never b given 2u on a platter. U have 2 prove urself and when u do, no Jupiter can deprive u of ur place in history

You don't get it. But for the struggle of feminism many years ago, Grace Alele Williams' father would not have bothered sending her to school because there was the mentality that girls did not need to be educated. And Grace was all about women empowerment. You should read some of her articles. don't understand why people deliberately misunderstand feminism. You think women want things handed to us. Less than 100 years ago, we could not vote; we could not hold top positions because our "delicate" brains could not handle it. We were better off barefoot and pregnant. I am a senior contract manager in one of the top construction firms in Qatar and the only black female in the entire building of over 300 staff members. I know I will not be here today if those women didn't fight and die for the right to be more than house wives. Every body should be a feminist especially men who would only be fathers to daughters.

AmoryBlacq:



Hey shut up there

in the East when the missionaries first set up schools

it was women that made up majority of the students

even till date women obtain education more than the male in that region ....... did the women need feminist movement for that

instead of you to strive hard and achieve your potentials like every other individual, you want abstract favours to be handed to you simply because you own a vagina

All these small small boys on Nairaland are insufferably rude and lack home training. Telling people that they dont know from Adam to shut up thinking everybody is their mind. Grow up and read a book and educate yourself

nkkylove95:
As a girl,I've got to say this is the most sensible topic I've ever come across on Nairaland.The word FEMINIST repulses me cos my mama taught me how to make it in life by not hiding behind the cloak of FEMINISM. Girls,have an education either formal or informal to make it in life then try to be a submissive woman to a honourable man you married.

But for this feminism that so repulses you; you won't have gotten this education u speak of. In the western world, you have been sent off to finishing school. in Africa, you would have been married off at 12. Internet is a good source of information. You should try it

In this generation of "literacy", people are still falling for pyramid scheme? Come on people! Don't let greed erode common sense

Story that has been showed to be a lie is making front page? Ok

lonelydora:
Beyonce has introduced makeup-free to the world now. Everybody is now following her these days. Well, I like it natural.

Alicia Keys