₦airaland Forum

Drchristian:
Merit list? are u insinuating only ur people can meet d merit list? using futa, ui and oau as a case study, u will find all tribes representing on d list...there sud b a slot for Nigerians. ..that's wot make it federal university

Go and ask JAMB your silly question

Emilokoiyawon:
Are you saying that the Registrar Chris Igbokwe has absolutely NO input on this list? Are you willing to swear your life on this?

He has no imput on the merit list my friend. more list will come where he will have imput, its called VC's list plus qouta system list. shut up and stop this ignorant rants

Alcatraz003:
Yes Hausas and Yorubas are too proud to go to a breakaway region and we deserve the bragging right as we have conquered the igbos in all spheres.

I really don't like doing this but posts like yours leaves me with no choice. Igbos should just be allowed to leave.

so why the crying here, continue putting yourself in big disadvantage

toysleek:
Not more than 75% ...should I do the maths for you?

still on the higher side by far, i just 99% because OP used it, even if you do the math on the admission i will not be 99% as OP said, kind of figue of speech

Alcatraz003:
The igbos blame us for their loss and have vowed never to forget. This is the reason why you see them pass the misinformation from generation to generation of igbos.

The foregoing is responsible for the inferiority complex they exhibit in Nigeria today amd why they are truly 5th Class citizens. The igbos make hitherto compassionate individuals to their plight turn around to hate them because the wallow and bask in the euphoria of the irrelevant existence in Nigeria.

The Igbos will continue to be bested and oppressed by Yorubas and Hausas for generations as a result of their innate battle for rediscovery after a disastrous loss of a war they should have planned better.
I dont pity them anymore, i only wish they can be set free because they have suffered a lot.

All the above line have been repeated one million times by your people whenever igbos edge them out in anything. You are the ones suffering from acute inferiority complex. Igbos come to you lands and grab admissions, you fail to do same in igbo land and start crying up and down.

Drchristian:
Shut da fuvk up, I'm a benin lady, we dont own lagos...we are not like u bush and refugees homeless people evading lands and always crying of victimisation and also laying claims to our Niger Delta Republic lands.

can u pls get me a link where a single benin man claimed lagos is benin' s land like ur silly leader? Osu people and their malformed brain.

Let oduduwa Republic comes then u shall know where it belongs

Benin Lady my foot!! your last sentence said it all. Meanwhile we are praying for Oduduwa for ages, please let it come quick. Unlike you who get annoyed over biafra

Emilokoiyawon:
That does not explain the extremely one-sided provisional list. There is no statistic reality where this is remotely possible. It rather smells of some serious tribalistic decision making.

UNN did not give admissions, JAMB did. You should rather be bothered about the fact that some northern states will later be admitted on quota system while your people will not benefit

uniklinkum:
Sell your porkies to peeps that have not foray into your enclave, y'all are backward as the rest of the country. Plus a suicidal dose of nepotism and tribalism. The fact that most people don't get down at your corner fuels your nauseating lies. Mediocrity!!! Look at the mirror and see the state of public infrastructure and government working in your neck of the woods.

Lol, thank GOd you know the country is backward, there is no way our region will be immune to the backwardness inherent in the dysfunctional system, however, unlike most other regions, our culture of meritocracy has made excel in individual accomplisments

This MUMU afonjas will never create thread to criticize quota system or the fact the fact that the north enjoy tax form alcohol but destroy alcohol entering their states. in both cases the North have shortchanges all of us, but they will cowardly shut up, but a merit list from JAMB is why are crying up and down

uniklinkum:
The nemesis for your utopian republic was when y'all took your madness to ore, we have never been afraid of dishing to y'all hot beating. Your progenitors still gat the adekunles, alabi ismahs, akinnrinades engraved in their subconsciousness.

Hehehe, you call it utopia yet you are crying because the principle of MERIT which we uphold was applied to your disadvantage. Biafra is not utopia, its a real emancipation from mediocrity that will liberate Africa, you weakling who depend on injustice to thrive will not understand

Alcatraz003:
Why will any yoruba student attend school in Biafra sef? When i was in enugu for my one year compulsory professional vocational course, we yorubas faced hell but we stuck together with the hausas and survived to the glory of God.

The fact is that the igbos are still butt-hurt about the Civil War loss and pray for calamity to yoruba land everyday while working assiduously to actually their hateful fantasies.

The igbos know they cant match the hausas in ferocious violence so they have now turned their attention to we yorubas who they feel they can subdue in their misplaced assumptions. This is why i warn fellow yorubas to be careful of the enemy who stays in your land and enjoys the hospitality but plots everyday to harm you.

God will grant them biafra so we can separate in peace.

This is no hate speech but a clarion call for vigilance by every omoluabi.

Lol, wailing weaklings everywhere. Go to Kano, Sokoto, Maiduguri, Katsina etc and see Igbos doing great against all forms of oppression and killings. JAMB gave the admissions based on the people who applied and got the cut off points, do you want JAMB to admit someone that did not apply??

Lol, Paralympic medal list was also 99% igbos. Merit is the keyword. Remeber there was no post UME exam so the list is directly from JAMB presided by a yoruba man. North will benefit from quota system in the second list, yorubas will lose out due to their lack of adventure because igbos will still grab enof from merit list in the west and the north will get in through quota

The subject matter of premarital sex whenever it pops up in social discussions is one that is bound to engender loads of altercations and contentions especially as regards the rightness or wrongness of it. This simple yet complex social issue is one deserving of utmost attention, especially in our contemporary social setting that is fraught with decrepit logic and unsubstantiated justifications for the positions adopted by the opinionated segments of the society.

The question as to the justification of premarital sex or sex wholly, is one that ought to be answered or approached from the aspect of morals or naturally negative/positive consequence(s). When one relishes in a vista of what is obtainable in our society today, the reverse is the reality.

However, a problem arises when we either as individuals or as a society, try to appraise practical social issues that borders on the natural existential conditions of man in the society with arcane religious/metaphysical abstractions. The consequence is a logical error which takes the form of a naturalistic fallacy. This is because the question of “sex” is one that is intrinsically tied to the individual’s personal choices and natural freedom and constitutes one of the fundamental individual/human right(s). Sex, matrimonial or pre-matrimonial, is similitude to freedom. It is one of the things the freedom to exercise which gives the individual person a sense of humanity and natural self realization as an entity.

Denying a self actualizing and free moral agent the freedom to make this choice is similar to slavery. This is because you enslave a particular aspect or element of the individual person and this very act has deeper psychological consequences on the individual and for the society at large. It is inhibitive of the individual’s natural potential seeking manifestation/realization in spatiotemporal reality and degrades the worth of the human person in the same way that slavery does.

Perspicuously, to the question – “Is premarital sex wrong?” my answer is in the negative, there is nothing wrong with premarital sex. When the question is further rephrased and presented in religious terms –“Is premarital sex a sin?” I will say that the latter is not a question because it has no sociological or natural basis in the comity of morals. Supposed it was, and then the answer will be a capital NO! The justification for this is because one cannot use relative religious prejudices as a yardstick for appraising or judging issues that has universal natural underpinnings.



This is because religion is relatively arcane and seats atop cerebrumendiformity (an epistemic state in which a person sees his/her own ideas as being perfect and absolute, thereby rejecting any form of criticism, opposition or opinion to the contrary. It is a form of epistemic bigotry). We should be addressing the question of premarital sex in the light of morals because it has to do with the negative/positive consequences of the act and the effects of such actions on the human society.

Consequently, premarital sex is not wrong because the very act is the actuality of a natural potential inherent in the human person and involves two consenting individuals exercising their natural rights to self actualization. More so, there is no reasonable argument or prove to substantiate that two individuals making use of their natural endowments or exercising it to seek self-realization is contrary to nature.

As some would have us believe that premarital sex is inherently bad and religiously gross, there is no rational or biological prove that shows that when two consenting individuals engage in premarital sex, that something contrary to nature happens or that the laws of nature becomes violated. Premarital sex can only be wrong if we can be able to establish with logical and empirical facts that having sex or sexual gratification is not a natural phenomenon. Otherwise, a religious basis that denies consenting individuals their fundamental right to sexual self-realization constitutes a metaphysical superfluous. It is a crime against nature.

Premised on the above, premarital sex only becomes bad or immoral when the consequences of the act brings about unnecessary burden on other members of the society or just like rights when it becomes a problem and or infringes on the rights of others. Otherwise, any claims to the contrary are illogical and unfounded. Denying individuals their right to sexual liberty base on religious or cultural conventions or for any other reason similar to, can only be justified by intellectual poverty.

On the contrary, virginity till after marriage is not a thing of pride; it only reduces the entire worth and dignity of the human person down to their sexual organs. The human being is worth more than that. In a civilized epoch like ours, such deprecate make-believe systems that attaches greater value to the sexual organs more than the human brain with all it has, can and will still achieve is a debase and morally crass way of thinking that deserves to be done away with.

Conversely, the supposed terminus ad quem of this clumsy religious and social make-believe system which was to tame the sexual urge/disposition(s) of the young and single stratum of the society has conspicuously been defeated, hence, a need to be practical and realistic in our approach to this natural phenomenon. The uncouth act of painting the natural disposition of sex among the unmarried groups in our societies and the need for enjoying sexual self-realization has resulted in many, engaging in unsafe sexual practices clandestinely in this disease ridden age for fear of being castigated upon by the society, resulting in the spread of many sexually transmitted disease(s) (STD) like gonorrhea, syphilis, staphylococcus aureus, HIV, etcetera.

In Latin, it is often said: “Nemo dat quod non habet” which means “no one can give what he does not have”. It logically follows that sexual self-realization is not a disposition characteristic of exclusively married couples, but it is something that can also be found within the unmarried ones. These dispositions are not imagined like the make-believe systems that proscribes them. The characteristics are expressed because they are natural in the first place. If the unmarried were devoid of this characteristic, it would have been axiomatic that sex is restricted to married couples. You can only give out what you have.

The preservation of one’s sexual organs till after marriage under the linguistic and cultural cloak of virginity has no special benefits on the individuals neither does it contribute to societal development or entail high moral standard. One can be a virgin and be both socially and morally vile. One can also be freely having sex and still maintain high moral standards. In a sense, the arguments for virginity being the mother of religious and social ethos only hypes hypocrisy and augments the individual’s delusional level when it comes to morals. If there is any part that should and really counts in the human body then it is the human brain.

This is where morality and reason resonates and not between the legs. People are respected for their ideas and what they can contribute to the development of their societies and to the betterment of the human lot at large, and not for being the longest conscious or unconscious virgins. I’m not kicking against virginity for being bad; my point is it should never be used as a yardstick for judging an individual’s moral standing, neither should any individual be denied natural sexual self-realization on the basis of sex being exclusively reserved for the married.

Proactively, having proved to a reasonable extent the moral justification for premarital sex, and defending it in the light of it being a natural characteristic of the human person, and also taking into cognizance the highlighted excesses resulting from the practices of it, seeking how we can ensure a sexually safer society becomes what is pertinent as opposed to the denial of it. What we should be doing is carrying out both private and public orientation and re-orientation as regards the issue of sexual intercourse. We need to educate the masses both the married and unmarried on how to practice safe sex instead of expending energy to deny the reality. It is colossally hypocritical and foolish for one to think that the unmarried stratum of the society should stop engaging in sexual activities simply because cultural or religious conventions tag it “BAD”.

The family, the religious and educational institutions, private/public organizations all has a role to play in stopping this menace. We can save millions of lives annually by giving people proper sexual education rather than acting in a bigoted manner and ignoring the obvious. Sexual discussions should be encouraged within the family, peer groups, the school classrooms, etcetera in order to promote sexual literacy and for us to be able to build a more progressive society. The subject matter of sex shouldn’t be something that is regarded as a taboo or sacrilege and thus excluded from the circles of public discourse only to be talked about in the closet.

We need a revaluation of what we qualify as morals. We need a radical social shift when it comes to our view of sex. What we should be talking about is ensuring that it is consensual, and not something that is forced by one party on another. And also that the persons involve be ready to take full responsibility for whatever be the outcome of their choice, rather than wasting time and energy to deny the natural. Choice is a fundamental right of every individual person and no individual deserves to be robbed of this fundamental right so long as it does not infringe on the choices of others.

I’ll submit by calling on people of all nations to rise, unite and fight against that which denies any individual person his/her fundamental liberty to utilize and to express his/her freewill.

By: Patrick Benblag

The Concerned African

http://thenationonlineng.net/premarital-sex-not-immoral/

what about the International Conference Center, any update??

Fayose the best governor in Nigeria

kenonze:
Senseless.


Keep blowing up pipelines.
Keep polluting the environment


Meanwhile somewhere in Baga Bronu state

It was Fish harvest galore

we hope they export the fishes and earn FOREX to get us out of recession

is this how they plan to raise money to fund their budget of yams??

Everything in Nigeria has a structural problem. We are wasting our time until the states are empowered to do things without Abuja interference

Either Fulani herdsmen or Ritualists

I said it

Buhari should be blamed for appointing incompetent hands that bring disgrace to the country

Is buhari the president of yorubaland, what has nigeria gained should be the right question, yorubas will destroy buhari presidency by trying to take undue advantage

AZeD1:
If I say Buhari is a woman, you can call it my opinion but it's stupid and I should be told.

you will rather be given the evidences of why buhari is a man and not a woman

Lol, afonjas looking for consolation

This shows that Shekau is resting somewhere inside Aso Rock. Afonjas what do have to say?

Last Thursday, the Federal Government, obviously terrified by the burden of expectations on it, launched what is without doubt an exercise in propaganda. It is a social orientation campaign named “Change Begins With Me”. Introducing the campaign, the President said, “Our citizens must realize that the change they want to see begins with them.” And then, “Before you ask ‘where is the change they promised us’, you must first ask how far have I changed my ways, (sic) ‘what have I done to be part of the change for the greater good of society’.”

This is an audacious attempt to alter the definition of “Change” the APC proposed when it approached us in selling its beautiful ideas for Nigeria. The governing party’s idea of change has been widely archived, and it’s just impossible to convince the people that the change they promised isn’t creating three million jobs yearly, providing free meals for public primary school public, offering N5,000 stipends to unemployed youths, adopting Social Welfare Programmes to cater for the poor, free maternal and children healthcare services, amongst similar visions as laudable as they were popular.

This is why the definition provided by the President is a contradiction of what the APC told us, that it would lead the way to our redemption. The Change promised Nigerians was framed as institutional and systemic, not this grand campaign for exceptional individualism. The problem, as I’ve repeatedly said, is not the person, not the Nigerian. It's the institutions, stupid, to creatively quote an exceptional American who also came to power chanting Change. Institutions aren't made by people, they are made by rules, fair rules impartially administered, hard to bend. That is the Change we were promised, it was the Change we expected and voted for, it is the Change that is demanded.

Have you ever paused to ponder why Nigerians beat traffic lights in Abuja but obey traffic rules in London? It's because the UK institutions are strong. So, the change we anticipate must begin with institutions changing people. Telling some people that change begins with them is like telling a robber to stop stealing. No, you've to build a strong Police to change him, and strong social services so that petty theft for survival is diminished. Citizens are often only as good and as incorruptible as the country wants them to be, through its institutions.

An expatriate friend, an Australian, beats traffic lights in Abuja and he actually once described it as fun. He'll never try it in his country. Why? It's not patriotism. Words like "change begins with me" will never stop people from disobeying traffic rules. To achieve this, you need surveillance cameras and strong penalising institutions. Wait, why do you think Americans are afraid of evading tax? It's the horror of having to deal with IRS. It's not patriotism. Who's afraid of FIRS? Definitely not the Nigerian big man who's sure of his ability to make phone calls and get any case against him dropped! So, change should begin with the President addressing institutional lapses like those employment scams at CBN and FIRS, and apologising to the nation for condoning such nepotism.

Truth is, this “Change Begins With Me” campaign may only further give the President more excuses to skip electoral promises. He and his handlers will claim they failed to deliver as promised because the citizens didn't change. Our President may go down in history as just another politician if he does not stick to the dream he promised which got him elected, with honest apologies or explanations where necessary. He's to lead and inspire a generation by giving them a functional nation to strive to change their realities. Change begins with having stable power supply, equipped and upgraded hospitals, developed road infrastructure, rehabilitated schools, countered nepotism, defeated crony capitalism...

Yes, you don't need a witchdoctor to understand that the change promised by the APC means overturning our social conditions. Our people are hungry, forex is unstable, businesses are collapsing, and instead of changing their conditions, the government is shamelessly telling them that change begins with them. What the hungry citizens need isn't an empty slogan, what they need is a favourable socio-economy to stay alive and thrive in. To say #ChangeBeginsWithMe when inflation is on autopilot is an understating of the nation's reality, it's a state-authorised insult. To deploy a slogan as facile and silly as #ChangeBeginsWIthMe in 2016 is an insult to the intelligence of even the dullest of the Nigerian electorate. Change means an improvement in the quality and responsiveness of our institutions, and we will never let the President CHANGE the CHANGE!

If Nigerians had not changed, they wouldn’t have volunteered to campaign for Candidate Muhammadu Buhari who, addressing delegates at his party’s National Convention before the elections, said, “I can't give you a pocketful of dollars or Naira to purchase your support.” What he offered in place of dollars was a beautiful dream. In that dream, the people saw a Nigeria where they don’t need a “connection” anymore to secure a job. But that has happened under his watch. This is why I suggested #ChangeAlongWithMe as a more sensible slogan elsewhere, because the President was elected to pave the way for the change by, for instance, installing functional streetlamps and establishing strong penalising institutions for citizens to obey traffic rules, and by stopping recruitment scams at our federal agencies for the citizens to get the sense and essence of a Nigeria without nepotism. Psychologists call these conditioning!

But the usual governmental praise-singers, in their serial bid to endorse the campaign, say its critics are ignorant, revealing their amusing misconception of Civics. Some have written that Nigerians have a sense of entitlement. They miss, of course, embarrassingly, that Nigerians are not requesting effective institutional change from the President. We are demanding it as he promised. It's our right, paid for in blood and votes, it is not a privilege to which entitlement and too much of entitlement can be attached.

Nigerians are waiting for the President have them conditioned into what he wants them to be, possible only through his policies and actions. He has access to the public treasury and administrative machinery to shape the destiny of this nation. That the government is resorting to psychological propaganda to hoodwink Nigerians into embracing a contradiction of its promises and capabilities, is dispiriting. Change begins with action, and with the President not abdicating his responsibility to champion it. May God save us from.
http://saharareporters.com/2016/09/16/change-does-not-begin-empty-slogan-mr-president-gimba-kakanda

Grundig:
Ilorin?
Maiduguri?

Where is sango ota/sagamu/abeokuta?
Where is Onitsha/nnewi/awka?

Its like the size of the cities played a role in the list.

omoelesa:
The same dirty Aba,or another one.

Na him come carry first, you see? the world knows more than you do

you forgot the minister of power, work and housing is a lawyer

I knew he never wrote the speech neither did he understand one single sentence from the speech. This is what happen when you keep appointing incompetent people to prove your vindictive stance

trapQ:
You ignored Rivers state. The state with the highest per capita income in Nigeria. The most sustainable state in Nigeria.

I'm guessing you don't know that per capita income is the true measure of wealth of a country.

#GutterNews

Research showed that both PH and ABA has higher consumption per capita than Lagos

Godemcee:
osu igbo blaming yoruba for ur misfortune as usual,why can't u blame fulani or Hausa una dy fear them.the dude u quote is igbo like u.Igbos don't even like themselves how can dy like other tribe

Lol, what is this afonja crying all over about? afonja and their imaginary "igbo misfortune" Demanding for freedom or equalility is misfortune to afonjas that's why they will always submit to slavery. Living in denial means success to afonjas