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Family / Re: In One Word Describe The Relationship With Your Dad by chineji(m): 7:11pm On Dec 19, 2012
please what is the new price of garri now
Politics / Re: Governor Imoke Has Chronic Kidney Disease - SaharaReporters by chineji(m): 1:19am On Dec 18, 2012
How does this affect the price of garri in the market
Celebrities / Re: The 7 Children In 'the Sound Of Music' - After 40 Years (pics) by chineji(m): 6:03pm On Dec 17, 2012
how does this affect the price of garri in the market
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: Manchester United Vs Sunderland (3 - 1) On 15th December 2012 by chineji(m): 5:03pm On Dec 15, 2012
So has the price of garri reduced in the market what's this trash doing on the frontpage niggas are in africa dying there are over there making their money its only in nigeria a graduate will be unemployed for 10 years and still have enough strength to rant arsenal and barca shame on the negro race
Politics / Re: How Okonjo-Iweala's Mother Escaped From Kidnappers - Police by chineji(m): 9:23pm On Dec 14, 2012
This people are well learned foolish kidnappers want to reap where they did not sow do they know how the woman suffered to train her daughter she went to harvard courtesy of her fathers money mtscheeeew when their father was bleeping increasing population they know no shey thunder fire those kidnappers bastards as if na okonji make their family poor

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Education / Re: I Need Serious Help Please by chineji(m): 11:21pm On Dec 13, 2012
Yeah just drop the info
Education / Re: I Need Serious Help Please by chineji(m): 10:48pm On Dec 13, 2012
Ok thanks at least I can start there but am still hoping on this fishery school if not for strike and shit they would have released results and lists
Education / Re: I Need Serious Help Please by chineji(m): 10:23pm On Dec 13, 2012
I don't grab you please explain yourself better
Education / Re: I Need Serious Help Please by chineji(m): 10:04pm On Dec 13, 2012
I only chose mechanical engineering cause its related to marine engineering i would have gone for it but i later discovered no maritime school admits once you are higher than 25 and you cannot do masters in marine engineering unless you have a bsc in it
Education / Re: I Need Serious Help Please by chineji(m): 9:34pm On Dec 13, 2012
whats that supposed to mean am a 17 year old boy in my waiting period seeking for professional advice and that is all you can say mtscheeeeeew
Education / I Need Serious Help Please by chineji(m): 9:25pm On Dec 13, 2012
I just passed out of secondary school this year.
Career / Dont Bother Earning This Five College Degrees by chineji(m): 5:41pm On Dec 13, 2012
If you want to earn a college degree that will impress employers, you might want to avoid these five majors...
Article Highlight

Top Degrees To Avoid:

Architecture
Philosophy or Religious Studies
Anthropology or Archaeology
Area Ethnic or Civilization Studies
Information Systems

By Terence Loose

Do you want to go back to school to earn a degree that could help you impress employers?

If your goals include job offers upon graduation, you'll want to choose your major carefully, says Vicki Lynn, senior vice president of Universum, a global talent recruiting company that works with many Fortune 500 companies.

To help navigate the numerous options available today, we took a closer look at five degrees you may want to avoid, and five more employer-friendly options to consider instead.
Unwanted Degree #1 - Architecture

Earning a bachelor's in architecture might impress a lot of people, but according to a 2012 study by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, "Hard Times, College Majors, Unemployment and Earnings: Not All College Degrees Are Created Equal," it might not impress a lot of employers.

And that can be tough to take, says Lynn, since architecture is such an industry-specific major. "If there's not a job offer waiting when you graduate, then it can be very frustrating because it can be very hard to maneuver into another career path with this degree due to its narrow focus," says Lynn.

Perhaps that's the reason the "Hard Times" study found a 13.9 percent unemployment rate among recent architecture grads. The study's co-author, Dr. Anthony P. Carnevale, says this is due to the national collapse in the housing industry.
Degree to Earn Instead: Business Administration

If you like the idea of pursuing the building industry, but want to keep your career options at a maximum, then a bachelor's degree in business administration could be a more employer-friendly choice. Recent general business grads had a respectable 7 percent unemployment rate, according to the "Hard Times" report.

So, why are employers after this degree? Because of its versatility. "Just about every client I talk to hires business majors," says Lynn. "They have so many opportunities. Pick an industry, any industry - pharmaceutical industry, banking, technology, energy industry, health care industry - they all hire business majors."

Click to Find the Right Business Administration Program Now.

If you were to choose business administration and management as a major, you'd likely get a solid foundation for directing and controlling an organization's activities, says the College Board, a nonprofit research organization that promotes higher education.

Related Degrees:

Finance
Marketing
Public Administration

Unwanted Degree #2 - Philosophy or Religious Studies

Searching for the meaning of life as a philosophy or religious studies major is a noble endeavor, but unfortunately, it's not super exciting to employers.

"In my opinion, these degrees are not at all marketable," says Lynn. "I don't even know what people do with these degrees to be honest. Unless they're willing to go all the way to a PhD in philosophy, for instance, their career paths are zero."

And while she does respect these studies, she advises students to at least minor in something such as business or economics.

As for the verdict from the "Hard Times" report? Not too inspiring. Philosophy and religious studies recent grads had a 10.8 percent unemployment rate.
Degree to Earn Instead: Elementary Education

Nothing says "the meaning of life" like the next generation. Yes, kids. So a bachelor's degree in elementary education could satisfy that hunger to find a deeper meaning in your studies. Recent grads in this field also had an impressively low 4.8 percent unemployment rate, according to the "Hard Times" study.

"We'll always need good teachers," says Lynn. "With the aging population, teachers are going to retire and we'll have to build the pipeline of new teachers." And who better than education grads to help fill in the need?

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As an education major, the College Board says you'll learn how people learn and how to teach them. They say you're likely to take courses such as education in a multicultural society, education of the exceptional child, philosophy of education, and teaching methods.

Related Degrees:

Teaching Certificate
Special Education
Psychology

Unwanted Degree #3 - Anthropology or Archeology

Interesting? Yes. Important? Definitely. Marketable? Not so much...

Lynn says a bachelor's degree in either anthropology or archeology is "totally limiting. Except for on a faculty or doing tours to the Parthenon, I don't know what you would actually do with this [degree]. Maybe there's some career in excavating or some other specialty, but I would assume the demand for these degrees is really small and shrinking."

Again, numbers from the "Hard Times" report seem to back that, with recent grads in these areas logging a 10.5 percent unemployment rate.
Degree to Earn Instead: Criminal Justice

If you still have that yearning to "dig" for the truth and like the idea investigating facts, a bachelor's degree in criminal justice is a more employer-friendly way to satisfy your curiosity.

It might satisfy employers a little more, too, at least according to the "Hard Times" study. It found that recent criminal justice grads had a 7.6 percent unemployment rate.

Click to Find the Right Criminal Justice Program Now.

As a criminal justice major, the College Board says you'll study everything from how terrorism affects society to the role of drug rehabilitation to every aspect of the law.

Related Degrees:

Paralegal Studies
Law Enforcement
Homeland Security

Unwanted Degree #4 - Area Ethnic or Civilization Studies

Quick, what exactly does a bachelor's degree in area ethnic or civilization studies help you pursue? Not sure? Chances are neither are most employers, says Lynn, and that could be a problem for landing a job.

"Some degrees have really bizarre names, and if you have one of those and you have to try to explain it to the recruiter or an employer, it's not helping you, so I would avoid them. These two fall into that category," she says.

Unfortunately, the data from the "Hard Times" report backed Lynn up, noting that recent grads in this field yielded a 10.1 percent unemployment rate.
Degree to Earn Instead: Psychology

If you're interested in studying people and the way they think, a good fit might be a bachelor's degree in psychology - a field in which recent grads had just a 7.6 percent unemployment rate, according to the "Hard Times" study.

"A lot of these graduates find jobs in health care institutions, senior citizen centers, or nursing homes," says Carnevale. He says that the aging baby boomer generation is driving growth in the health care industry, which is opening up opportunities for majors not usually associated with the industry, like psychology.

Click to Find the Right Psychology Program Now.

As a psychology major, the College Board says you might study such topics as the relationship between the body and mind, the roots of violence, and the way humans act and think.

Related Degrees:

Education
Human Services
Sociology

Unwanted Degrees #5 - Information Systems

At first glance, a bachelor's degree in information systems might seem like a great fit for the "Information Age." And in truth, it might be. But it's also true, says Lynn, that this degree suffers from being related to - but not the same as - more sought-after degrees such as computer science.

"It's sort of the step child of technology degrees," says Lynn. "At least from my experience, it's kind of a mixture of the sciences, business, and maybe some humanities pulling together. So it suffers from 'What is it and what does it train you to do?'"

And looking at numbers from the "Hard Times" report, she may be onto something. This degree scored an 11.7 percent unemployment rate among recent grads.
Degree to Earn Instead: Computer Science

If you're into computers and how they can be used to help people, a bachelor's in computer science might be a better choice, especially if you want to be marketable to employers upon graduation, says Lynn.

"Computer science majors are getting all the attention," says Lynn. "So I think it is more clearly understood and offers more opportunities."

Again, the "Hard Times" report corroborates that, with recent computer science grads having just a 7.8 percent unemployment rate.

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Career / Re: Highest Paid Jobs In Nigeria Apart From The Oil Industry. by chineji(m): 5:59pm On Dec 12, 2012
The maritime industry pays more than any industry but it requires money to become a certified marine engineer or captain but at the end its worth it
Politics / Re: Ojukwu’s ‘will’ Declared Fake by chineji(m): 6:01pm On Dec 01, 2012
whats with his kids and property has their dad not trained them enough hasnt he carried them to the best schools in the world if i become rich tomorrow all my money at the time of my death will be donated to charity
Education / Re: Federal College Of Fisheries And Marine Technology Resumption Date by chineji(m): 12:05pm On Dec 01, 2012
They have but its not being updated please does anyone have information regarding the school
Education / Re: Federal College Of Fisheries And Marine Technology Resumption Date by chineji(m): 12:13am On Dec 01, 2012
Please reply me
Education / Federal College Of Fisheries And Marine Technology Resumption Date by chineji(m): 11:53pm On Nov 30, 2012
fellow nairalanders
Family / Re: One Child Policy Should Be Introduced In Nigeria by chineji(m): 8:26pm On Nov 30, 2012
if i become president tomorrow that is the first law i will enforce
Family / Re: One Child Policy Should Be Introduced In Nigeria by chineji(m): 10:17pm On Nov 29, 2012
If not for chinas one child policy poverty rate would have still being in the dungeon for christs sake why do nigerians compare the country to us china and co those countries aside their population have large land masses we don't in nigeria nigeria is like a state in usa and we keep on increasing population saying kids are Gods gift after all boko haram members and all these ashewos and touts wee once a "children"
Family / Re: One Child Policy Should Be Introduced In Nigeria by chineji(m): 9:49pm On Nov 29, 2012
Well no one will tell you what to do with your uterus but like it or not you giving birth to many kids indirectly affects everyone first of all to get into the university is very difficult except for those whose parents can afford foundation programmes predegree or go to private unis and population explusion has never been an advantage to any country no matter the level of education
Family / One Child Policy Should Be Introduced In Nigeria by chineji(m): 8:45pm On Nov 29, 2012
Nigerias population is increasing at an alarming rate the schools are stretched all the facilties are stretched the other day I was watching a program on aljazeera and they said nigeria will have the same population as USA by 2030 for a country that's just two californias unemployment hunger poverty starvation is on the rise something has to be done about the population and the only way to do that is to enforce one child policy what's ur take on this nairalanders
Education / Re: Nautical Science Practitioners And Aspirants by chineji(m): 2:24pm On Nov 22, 2012
Nautical science is a course that deals with the navigation of a ship
Education / Re: Nautical Science Practitioners And Aspirants by chineji(m): 10:12am On Nov 22, 2012
Really u know about it but its really scarce we have four maritime schools in africa and only two are recognised by IMO that's the regional maritime university ghana and the arab academy for maritime transport in egypt the ones in nigeria are trash
Education / Re: This Private Versities Are They For Real!!! by chineji(m): 7:27pm On Nov 21, 2012
when man don write jamb theres nothing left to do than enter private schools admission is really difficult in private and state schools thats why folks go there
Education / Nautical Science Practitioners And Aspirants by chineji(m): 7:04pm On Nov 21, 2012
due to the growing need of seafarers in nigerias maritime sector degrees like nautical science marine engineering have become hot cakes whats ur take on this guys
Education / Re: Pls Wat Are The Careers Under Business Education {b.ed} by chineji(m): 9:07pm On Nov 20, 2012
Business education is only relevant to teaching u could teach accounting business studies and stuff like that
Gaming / Re: Need Help With The Elder Scrolls 5 Skyrim Pc Version by chineji(m): 11:54am On Nov 17, 2012
I finally figured it out she kept attacking me cause I stole a horse I went back to whiterun paid my bounty and she stopped attacking me I have completed the quest
Gaming / Re: Need Help With The Elder Scrolls 5 Skyrim Pc Version by chineji(m): 9:33am On Nov 17, 2012
I know its easy but one of the npcs keeps attacking me(irileth) I used a horse and killed the dragon but when I come down to absorb the soul she attacks me if I attack her and her health finishes it will just replenish
Gaming / Need Help With The Elder Scrolls 5 Skyrim Pc Version by chineji(m): 10:31pm On Nov 16, 2012
hey guys i recently got the elder scrolls skyrim on my pc but i cant beat the quest dragon rising cause irileth keeps attacking me please how do i fix that bug
Religion / The Nigerian Church Is Losing Its Purpose by chineji(m): 7:49pm On Nov 14, 2012
There has been a lot of tittle-tattle lately as well as so many discordant tunes on the propriety or otherwise of jets and gifts to pastors and men of God. The debates have been loud and raucous with so many people speaking from a position of little or no information. A lot of emotive vibes and outrage, for or against the perceived or real manipulations by men who supposedly have been given charge over the souls of millions, has become public fodder. Everyone appears to be venting their spleen wherever you turn.

Hosea 4:7-9
New King James Version (NKJV)
7
“The more they increased,
The more they sinned against Me;
I will change their glory into shame.
8
They eat up the sin of My people;
They set their heart on their iniquity.
9
And it shall be: like people, like priest.
So I will punish them for their ways,
And reward them for their deeds.

But what exactly should we do or say? Supporters of ostentatious and obviously manipulative men of the cloak are quick to put the critics in check by quoting “touch not mine anointed” lines ostensibly to show that men of “God” are above reproach and as such “lesser” men have no right whatsoever to criticize or condemn perceived wrong doings of these high men of “God.” But is this the case? Are these men truly above reproach? Is it biblical for the “under shepherd” to feed fat on the flock while the flock groans and hopes for a better day? All these we shall examine in this piece. Let me appeal that this treatise may exceed the usual length allowed for articles on this blog as it comes laden with supporting Bible passages, but I assure you, it will be worth your while. Take a sip of water and follow me patiently.

And plead with your boss at work to learn from it as well if he frowns at you. Who knows, your boss may have unwittingly contributed to purchasing a Limo, Hummer or Private Jet for his Pastor lately.

Christianity was first brought to the shores of Nigeria by the European missionaries in the early 1800s. When they came, they built hospitals and schools. In fact, many Nigerians aged late thirties and above, were products of missionary schools, which were either free or came with negligible or paltry school fees. The early missionaries and churches in Nigeria were predicated on love and social services to their immediate communities. Many people in the age range I quoted above got quality education and even health care, courtesy of missionaries and churches.

But fast forward to the present day. Church members are coerced to part with money they barely have, with either a promise of God blessing them in return or with stern warnings of perpetual poverty or even threatened with the danger of hell if they refuse to give “cheerfully”. God’s blessing in church today is now for sale and even your offering must be spoken to, so that it can bring forth plenty harvest.

(remember our local priests “babalawo” have a culture of asking clients to rub their bodies with monies and ask for whatever they wish for).

As a matter of fact, a particular church I know, a few years ago had a special offering called ‘dominion jet offering’, where adherents were made to donate towards the “ministry’s” jet only for the jet to be converted for the use of the self styled Bishop later. *My lips are sealed*

In the course of my research, I discovered that a teacher’s son in a secondary school of one of these various prosperity promising centers, who lives in the church enclave, could not afford to send his son to the school, as a teacher and also amember of the church. His son was rather sent to school in a nearby town.
The modern Nigerian church tasks it’s members to donate towards various projects such as universities and elitist secondary schools, but curiously, the poorer members of such prosperity centers can neither send their wards or kids to such schools, neither do the churches have a program to cater for the poor amongst their flock.

Unlike the early missionaries who accommodated both the rich and poor in their schools, it is no longer business as usual for the poor. You either sow and get rich so that your children can also benefit from the schools built by the church you attend or find a lesser alternative, while hoping for a better day! The Church has become a class conscious body.

The passage in Act 4:34-35 which Reads: “(34) Nor was there anyone among them who lacked; for all who were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold, (35) and laid them at the apostles’ feet; and they distributed to each as anyone had need.” has been totally ignored. In Nigeria’s contrivances of prosperity churches, it is survival of the fittest, elimination of the “poor” or unfit. How wonderful, won’t you say? No longer are we our brother’s keeper. Like 50 Cent, we have resolved in churches to get rich or die trying.

We have been told that prosperity is a sign of God’s favor to his own people, but after reading and studying the lives of great men of God– men who brought great revivals in their time– I had to ask if Jonathan Edwards, a man who preached and thousands wept to the altar in one day, yet he wasn’t rich, or Smith Wiggleswort, a plumber whom God used to heal many sick and raised a lot of dead men, yet wasn’t stupendously rich, were missing a trick. Tozer, John Wesley etc were great men of God, who neither built castles nor owned the choicest properties in their time, but they made such differences in the body of Christ so much so that till this day, their works still speak for them. Unlike our spirito-christian magicians, these men lived simple lives, but turned many around towards righteous and holy living. Their time was termed the period of the great revival in history.

Severally we have been reprimanded to “touch not mine anointed” but is this the correct application of this scripture? In which context was this phrase used? It is found in Psalm 105:15 and was repeated in 1Chronicles 16:22. That passage was written to praise the works of God when he took out Israel out of Egypt and saved them from harm, even though they were few. It was never about a pastor or a leader, it was written to praise God in taking care of a called out people. Anointed vessels are men who allow God to do his bidding through them.

Note that those people who must do his bidding must be “called out” and what is the “church”? It simply means “the called out ones”. Therefore that Passage can also mean “touch not the church”. Do NOT be deceived, it was never written to protect or immune “penterascality” or ‘pastopreneurs’ from criticism. It was written as a mark or seal of God’s protection upon his chosen ones.

The concept of giving and speaking to your money to work for you is another strange doctrine that has been introduced to make unsuspecting and unlearned Christians to part with their money without question.

Several times they have called this subtle extortion mechanism: ‘seed’, claiming the passage of seed time and harvest in Genesis 8:22. But God was not using seed figuratively. It was a definite and correct use. In fact he said; the summer, winter etc shall not cease. You don’t pay for God’s blessings. Obed edom was blessed in 2 Samuel 6:10-12 not because he paid God aspecial seed but because the presence of God dwelt within him and his household.

Unlike the short-cut pay and receive theology of our modern day pastors, God’s blessings dwell securely in his presence. It is better to live holy and have God on your side, than give plenty, while continuing in sin.

There is nothing wrong in showering your pastors with gifts, but let’s look at some biblical examples of men that God used mightily. Were they louts, who busied themselves with soliciting gifts or were they men who had reasonable sources of income? Amos was a great prophet but hear him in Amos 7:14-15:

14 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and agatherer of sycomore fruit:

15 And the Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me, ‘Go, prophesy unto my people Israel’.

And let’s look at Paul, one of the greatest apostles who ever lived. Acts 18:1-3:

18 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;

2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Romesmiley and came unto them.

3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
He was a tent maker. He HAD A JOB. He was no lout neither was he a beggar or a manipulator. His hands provided for his needs.

I wish to bring a few scriptures to light in Philippians 3:18-19 18

(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
and 2 Timothy 3:1-2 3:

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
It is very clear that we are approaching the last days and like Jesus said, “shall I find faith on earth”? It a question we all should ponder on. Ask yourself, what is the purpose of your Christian faith? Is it to serve God or marmon? Is amassing worldly cash and acquiring worldly goods the reason Christ died on the cross? Do not get me wrong, being prosperous in not a sin, but it is written in 2Timothy 2:4:

No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
And in Colosians 2:9, we read:

For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead, bodily.

If God is genuinely sought, he will be found. Having the presence of God dwelling in you is a guarantee of his fulness. The rate at which wrong doctrines are taught and imbibed is alarming and this is a pointer to alarming biblical illiteracy levels among Christians. As God said, ‘like people like priests’.
1Peter 4:17 17:

“For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begins with us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?”.

What is the gospel of God? I doubt if it means amassing wealth or accumulating worldly goods. Pastors must be careful in fleecing the flock as it is written that The souls of those in their care will be required of them.

Our peculiar situation shows clearly that there are fundamental flaws in the teachings of the church as written in our opening scripture. Hosea, as quoted above, suggests that as the priests (pastors, bishops, archbishops, General overseers etc) are increasing, so is iniquity and sin on the rise. Looking at Nigeria today, we have a church in almost every corner, yet the crime and immorality rates are rising exponentially.

It is time for the men of GOD to face their true calling which is preaching the gospel. But if they persist in milking the flock, God said he will use even stones, to achieve his aims, if men refuse to do his bidding.

Study the scriptures and be diligent. Do not let a man created in ‘like-passions’ pull a wool over your eyes in the name of God.
A lie can travel very fast in time, but in one swift moment, the truth will pursue, overtake and annihilate it. There is too much hot air emanating from our pulpits, but where is the fire of revival?

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