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Events / Re: How To Throw A Nigerian Wedding With N49,950 Only by bonasera: 5:43pm On Dec 29, 2015
HateU2:
That guy must be from :- lipsrsealed lipsrsealed
IBADAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Entry-level Data Inventory Analyst In An Oil And Gas Company - (21 Locations) by bonasera: 9:49am On Nov 14, 2015
Can I have benin details and location please??
Celebrities / Re: Basketmouth Flaunts Gift From Jay Z (photo) by bonasera: 9:54am On Jun 04, 2015
jnrbayano:
Is being "good friends" with Jay-Z gateway to heaven?
E consine u?
Health / Tips On Making A Presentation On Paper by bonasera: 9:09pm On May 18, 2015
Hello good Samaritan, I am required to make a presentation on a big sheet of paper and I have no idea how to go about this. I've scanned google and nothing helpful. Pls drop tips on how to format and present my data on the cardboard. I'm good with PowerPoint only. Thanks a lot
Phones / Re: Etisalat Introduces New Data Plan by bonasera: 2:51pm On May 04, 2015
IzonOwei:
#2500 for 4.5gig...way cost effective..

1k FOR 3 FUCKING GIG!!!!!!
Politics / Re: Nigerian Police With Big Stomach- Can He Still Do His Job? See Photo by bonasera: 2:49pm On May 04, 2015
nairawallcom:
MOST OF THEM ARE LIKE THIS AND YOU JUST WONDER ...
PLS ANSWER THE QUESTION
WHEN HE FINALLY DECIDES TO SWALLOW HIS PRIDE
Health / Re: Help - A Yelowish Fluid Coming Out Of My Penis by bonasera: 2:40pm On May 04, 2015
Nigger u need to reduce your butter intake grin
Politics / Re: Photo: Did Anyone Noticed This About The March 28 Presidential Election ? by bonasera: 10:10pm On Apr 29, 2015
jonaji:
Could this be divine ? Or a normal coincidence ? Your thoughts are welcomed!!!!

ARE YOU SERIOUS OYA TAKE MEDAL!!!!!!!!!!!
Career / Re: Common Questions And Answers On Oil And Gas Careers by bonasera: 10:06pm On Apr 29, 2015
ElDeeVee:

Chairman na u dem need 4 chibok oooo

Hahaha, crude oil no dey sambisa side. Guys job hunting, you should join this group on facebook. Search for "Job Links Nigeria". It has current info steadily for all grads

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Career / Re: Common Questions And Answers On Oil And Gas Careers by bonasera: 8:59pm On Apr 29, 2015
Lordbinsmar:
thank you very much sir may God Almighty continue to bless U,am A 200level mech engr student(abt to resume for 200L),but i started learning welding before gaining admision into the university,and i do learn during holiday,shortbreak and weekends at a very big fabrication shop that deals mostly with metal works.soo am thinking abt having a certification in welding after graduating or wud a master degree be better.please sir i need your advice because i want to start planning for my future.

Impressive @planning your future. You should keep this up, you are already on the right path. All you need do is to finish with your 2.1 or "good result(first class)" like our mathematician. Your experience, plus the internship you would do would place you waaay ahead of your peers. Also plan for your internship and get it done in a company in your area of expertise (Mechanical Engineering). All the very best!!
Career / Re: Common Questions And Answers On Oil And Gas Careers by bonasera: 8:55pm On Apr 29, 2015
ElDeeVee:
Hello xfire, I'm a fresh grad of mathematics with a very good result (if u know wat I mean)..pls wia do u think I can fit in d o&g sector plus which professional cert(s) do I need to get to gimme a chance of working in d sector..
Anybody can also respond....God bless us all

Bros, carry your "good result" and teach maths at chibok and leave the oil money for us.. grin
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Oando Graduate Trainee Recruitment 2014 by bonasera: 12:36pm On Apr 24, 2015
Okay I just got the call. Ahhhhh shoki da!
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Oando Graduate Trainee Recruitment 2014 by bonasera: 12:20pm On Apr 24, 2015
My phone was off oh sad I've turned it on and waiting. Should I flash dem? Any weapon fashioned against me shall lose election
Politics / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Opinion On Oba's Statement About Igbos by bonasera: 10:45pm On Apr 10, 2015
A few days ago, the Oba of Lagos threatened Igbo leaders. If they did not vote for his governorship candidate in Lagos, he said, they would be thrown into the lagoon. His entire speech was a flagrant performance of disregard. His words said, in effect: I think so little of you that I don’t have to cajole you but will just threaten you and, by the way, your safety in Lagos is not assured, it is negotiable.

There have been condemnations of the Oba’s words. Sadly, many of the condemnations from non-Igbo people have come with the ugly impatience of expressions like ‘move on,’ and  ‘don’t be over-emotional’ and ‘calm down.’ These take away the power, even the sincerity, of the condemnations. It is highhanded and offensive to tell an aggrieved person how to feel, or how quickly to forgive, just as an apology becomes a non-apology when it comes with ‘now get over it.’

Other condemnations of the Oba’s words have been couched in dismissive or diminishing language such as ‘The Oba can’t really do anything, he isn’t actually going to kill anyone. He was joking. He was just being a loudmouth.’

Or – the basest yet – ‘we are all prejudiced.’ It is dishonest to respond to a specific act of prejudice by ignoring that act and instead stressing the generic and the general.  It is similar to responding to a specific crime by saying ‘we are all capable of crime.’ Indeed we are. But responses such as these are diversionary tactics. They dismiss the specific act, diminish its importance, and ultimately aim at silencing the legitimate fears of people.

We are indeed all prejudiced, but that is not an appropriate response to an issue this serious. The Oba is not an ordinary citizen. He is a traditional ruler in a part of a country where traditional rulers command considerable influence – the reluctance on the part of many to directly chastise the Oba speaks to his power. The Oba’s words matter. He is not a singular voice; he represents traditional authority. The Oba’s words matter because they are enough to incite violence in a political setting already fraught with uncertainty. The Oba’s words matter even more in the event that Ambode loses the governorship election, because it would then be easy to scapegoat Igbo people and hold them punishable.

Nigerians who consider themselves enlightened might dismiss the Oba’s words as illogical. But the scapegoating of groups – which has a long history all over the world – has never been about logic. The Oba’s words matter because they bring worrying echoes of the early 1960s in Nigeria, when Igbo people were scapegoated for political reasons. Chinua Achebe, when he finally accepted that Lagos, the city he called home, was unsafe for him because he was Igbo, saw crowds at the motor park taunting Igbo people as they boarded buses: ‘Go, Igbo, go so that garri will be cheaper in Lagos!’

Of course Igbo people were not responsible for the cost of garri. But they were perceived as people who were responsible for a coup and who were ‘taking over’ and who, consequently, could be held responsible for everything bad.

Any group of people would understandably be troubled by a threat such as the Oba’s, but the Igbo, because of their history in Nigeria, have been particularly troubled. And it is a recent history. There are people alive today who were publicly attacked in cosmopolitan Lagos in the 1960s because they were Igbo. Even people who were merely light-skinned were at risk of violence in Lagos markets, because to be light-skinned was to be mistaken for Igbo.

Almost every Nigerian ethnic group has a grouse of some sort with the Nigerian state. The Nigerian state has, by turns, been violent, unfair, neglectful, of different parts of the country. Almost every ethnic group has derogatory stereotypes attached to it by other ethnic groups.

But it is disingenuous to suggest that the experience of every ethnic group has been the same. Anti-Igbo violence began under the British colonial government, with complex roots and manifestations. But the end result is a certain psychic difference in the relationship of Igbo people to the Nigerian state. To be Igbo in Nigeria is constantly to be suspect; your national patriotism is never taken as the norm, you are continually expected to prove it.

All groups are conditioned by their specific histories. Perhaps another ethnic group would have reacted with less concern to the Oba’s threat, because that ethnic group would not be conditioned by a history of being targets of violence, as the Igbo have been.

Many responses to the Oba’s threat have mentioned the ‘welcoming’ nature of Lagos, and have made comparisons between Lagos and southeastern towns like Onitsha. It is valid to debate the ethnic diversity of different parts of Nigeria, to compare, for example, Ibadan and Enugu, Ado-Ekiti and Aba, and to debate who moves where, and who feels comfortable living where and why that is. But it is odd to pretend that Lagos is like any other city in Nigeria. It is not. The political history of Lagos and its development as the first national capital set it apart. Lagos is Nigeria’s metropolis. There are ethnic Igbo people whose entire lives have been spent in Lagos, who have little or no ties to the southeast, who speak Yoruba better than Igbo. Should they, too, be reminded to be ‘grateful’ each time an election draws near?

No law-abiding Nigerian should be expected to show gratitude for living peacefully in any part of Nigeria. Landlords in Lagos should not, as still happens too often, be able to refuse to rent their property to Igbo people.

The Oba’s words were disturbing, but its context is even more disturbing:

The anti-Igbo rhetoric that has been part of the political discourse since the presidential election results.  Accusatory and derogatory language – using words like ‘brainwashed,’ ‘tribalistic voting’ – has been used to describe President Jonathan’s overwhelming win in the southeast. All democracies have regions that vote in large numbers for one side, and even though parts of Northern Nigeria showed voting patterns similar to the Southeast, the opprobrium has been reserved for the Southeast.

But the rhetoric is about more than mere voting. It is really about citizenship. To be so entitled as to question the legitimacy of a people’s choice in a democratic election is not only a sign of disrespect but is also a questioning of the full citizenship of those people.

What does it mean to be a Nigerian citizen?

When Igbo people are urged to be ‘grateful’ for being in Lagos, do they somehow have less of a right as citizens to live where they live? Every Nigerian should be able to live in any part of Nigeria. The only expectation for a Nigerian citizen living in any part of Nigeria is to be law-abiding. Not to be ‘grateful.’ Not to be expected to pay back some sort of unspoken favour by toeing a particular political line. Nigerian citizens can vote for whomever they choose, and should never be expected to justify or apologize for their choice.

Only by feeling a collective sense of ownership of Nigeria can we start to forge a nation. A nation is an idea. Nigeria is still in progress. To make this a nation, we must collectively agree on what citizenship means: all Nigerians must matter equally.

Source: http://www.olisa.tv/2015/04/10/chimamanda-adichieoba-lagos

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Health / Re: No INSULT Please.... 19 Years Still Bedwetting... by bonasera: 11:58am On Apr 08, 2015
Ignore all criticisms. In addition to all these, I think there are some exercises to improve pelvic muscles. Goodluck
Romance / Re: Things Which U Should Never Do For A Girl by bonasera: 11:30pm On Apr 04, 2015
Unibenstudent:
1)helping her wash clothes
2)helping her write her exams
3)allowing her slap u playfully
4)giving her liberty to flirt with other guys when u r dating her
5)helping her carry her handbag
6)condoning her shouting on u
7)add urs

BULLSHIT Sir. Great UNIBEN by the way.
Gaming / Re: ROAD TO GRANDMASTER - By Akinov !! by bonasera: 9:53pm On Apr 03, 2015
chessguru:
Hi guys, i am the Chessguru but i am yet to dominate the chess scene in Nigeria, in fact most of the Elite players have serious doubts about my ability to perform well in the masters Category , Chess my Official FIDE profile (http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=8504458).... This thread will document an ATTEMPT FOR ME TO BECOMING A GRANDMASTER Of Chess . To become a GRANDMASTER Of Chess the first thing is to work towards Chess mastery... become Grand master strength. of course it is a very difficult task but the most direct way is to win (OUT RIGHTLY) The African individual chess championship ) which is a route i am aiming at. but a chess player aiming for the African Chess champion title must first of all clear all doubts at home before stepping out to the very Wild African Tarrain.... so Ladies and Gentlemen , my first target is to conquer Nigeria !! .... this thread shall document the steps taking towards chess mastery !

FIRST MISSION !!
Target - 38th Edition of Nigerian Breweries Plc International Chess Championship (Lagos)[b] (National championship) [/b]14th-18th October
3rd Lagos Chess Classic 21st -25th.(Lagos) October

Aim - To train with a special Training regimen and put in my BEST into playing at the two major international chess events in Lagos
*(April- may) Systematic training, Drills and study average of 4 hours /day (optimum delivery)
**(June - July) Systematic Training Continues (but with more Practice time)
** (August -September) # DRILLS, STUDY & TRAINING AIMED SPECIFICALLY @ THE TOURNAMENTS

****This system may not be fool proof but it is better an attempt is made than for one to have no plans at all........... i am under no pressure to deliver- my target is simple * Be at your best- hit your peak and see how you play against Nigeria's bests !! lets go there

Serious?? OYA TAKE MEDAL!!
Celebrities / Re: Ice Prince Hot Girlfriend Reveals Cleavage In New Birthday Photos by bonasera: 7:20am On Mar 29, 2015
mysticgal:
She's too doll babyishundecided

Which one be dolbaby ish. Fine, u no gree fine. Badbelle, eesallowed!
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: CITA Petroleum Aptitude Test Invitation by bonasera: 7:00pm On Mar 03, 2015
Hello house, dose who did their first interview on thursday, the petroleum peeps pls contact me. I'm the guy who did first. Thanks.

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Jobs/Vacancies / Re: 2015 Nestoil Recruitment by bonasera: 6:59pm On Feb 27, 2015
I never hexperred it. They said IN two weeks time. It could be a day.

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Jobs/Vacancies / Re: CITA Petroleum Aptitude Test Invitation by bonasera: 8:43pm On Feb 26, 2015
sylvo:
Invites has started rolling in.....who else has got for next stage??
When was It sent? Time?
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: CITA Petroleum Aptitude Test Invitation by bonasera: 10:32pm On Feb 09, 2015
Abeg who knows if there will still be another stage or if it is final? I don too lie give dem for here
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: CITA Petroleum Aptitude Test Invitation by bonasera: 10:27pm On Feb 09, 2015
tobiflink:




Guys, I was surprised too. I'm sure that was his first time at Chams. Ednut1, if u were there, you'd just be looking at him enjoying his display of I know it all. Lol! Kudos to the guys who teased him by switching on the PCs.
Haha! u know dis!
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: CITA Petroleum Management Trainees Scheme (MTS) 2015 by bonasera: 10:17pm On Feb 09, 2015
autofreak2020:

but the website look like a blog or scanty website.
lol fresher
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Oando Graduate Trainee Recruitment 2014 by bonasera: 9:19pm On Jan 19, 2015
blesseenE:
Oando Filling Station at Nkpor roundabout Onitsha got burnt yesterday. It was really terrible....
I'm touched... embarassed

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