TV/Movies › Re: Game Of Thrones Discussion (Beware Of Spoilers) by Codedrock(m): 3:19am On Sep 18, 2017 |
Seun: Very good story, good script, very good acting. I wish I could rewatch the first 3 seasons. You wish?? Ah ah.. U can if you want to nah |
Romance › Re: The Unique Perks Of Dating An Older Woman by Codedrock(m): 12:38pm On Sep 10, 2017*. Modified: 9:24pm On Sep 10, 2017 |
Nellychinma20: Older men are cool too ,I didn't say old men Dating a guy within my age bracket is a no no for me . They are too young and inexperienced and for an intelligent person like me ,its like watching a dog poo. Lol.. Really and you really think there aren't younger guys way more intelligent than you? I mean even you consider yourself intelligent and i think your post hasn't shown so much intelligence no disrespect by the way, I'm saying if you are young and you know you are intelligent you should know there are other young intelligent people too even more intelligent than the ones you consider older. It's mostly not about the age but the mind and the personality. |
Christianity Etc › Re: OPINION!! A Worker Is Not Suppose To Put Below 1,000 Naira In An Offering Box... by Codedrock(m): 12:06pm On Sep 10, 2017 |
This is so sad.. Seeing people's comments here on Nairaland means we still have a lot to change about our mentality. Not a Christian but I'd rather drop N50 as offering and use the remaining 950 to help someone |
Forum Games › Re: Who Is The Survivor In The Puzzle? by Codedrock(m): 12:15pm On Sep 02, 2017 |
Enouwem: 73 is the answer!
How?
Consider a case when there 2^numbers in circle. Each time the number reduces by half and finally at the last number 1 will remain. example – 2^2 = 4 round 1 – 2 and 4 will be killed. round 2 – 3 will be killed. One Remains
So our aim here should be to reach to a figure when 2^n number will come and person who will be holding the sword at that moment will survive.
when there are 100 people – closet 2^number will be 64. so here our target it to find the person who is holding the sword when 64 people are remaining.
64 people remaining means 36 people killed. As every alternate person is being killed so double of 36 i.e 72. So 72 person was killed at that moment and the sword was passed to 73 from 71 after killing 72.
so the moment when 64 people were remaining, 73 was holding the sword, so 73 will survive the killings!!! . . . . . OR,
Use the Circular Left Shift method
There are 100 people. 100 in binary is 1100100. Circular left shift 1100100. We get 1001001. Convert it back to base 10. 73rd is the last man standing.
OR,
MATHAMATICAL WAY THAT EVERY NIGERIAN WILL UNDERSTAND
First 1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17;19,21,23,25,27,29,31,33,35,37,39,41,43,45,47,49,51,53,55,57,59,61,63,65,67,69,71,73,75,77,79,81,83,85,87,89,91,93,95,97,99(got sword, passed to 1)
Then 1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97(sword passed to again)
Then 1,9,17,25,33,41,49,57,65,73,81,89,97(sword passed to 9)
Then 9,25,41,57,73,89(sword passed to 9 again)
Then 9,41,73(sword passed to 9 again)
Then 9,73(73 got sword & killed 9)
Thus the answer is “73"
Oh! And for the programmers or coders.
PYTHON CODE
# find the survivor n = 100 peeps = range(1, n+1) idx = 0 while len(peeps) > 1: peeps.pop((idx + 1) % len(peeps)) # Trivia: because of changing index and len(peeps), # the code below is not exactly equal to "idx = (idx + 1) % len(peeps)" idx = 0 if (idx >= len(peeps)-1) else (idx + 1) print peeps[0]
Output: 73
JAVASCRIPT
// populate the array for 100 people var team = new Array(); for (var i = 1; i <= 100; i++) { team[i - 1] = i; }
var current; var next;
var j = 0. while (team.length > 1) { // loop until only 1 exists current = team[j]; team.push(team[j]); // move current to the end team.shift(); // remove from existing next = team[j]; team.shift(); // delete next document.writeln("Number " + current + " kills number " + next + "<br />" ; } document.writeln("The last one is number " + team[0]); //alert(team[0]); Holy shi.t man.. this is some sick shi.t brah.. pls tell me you are just a secondary graduate siting at home bored to death, cos if you are actually a working class, i put respek on ur name |
Education › Re: Here Are The Pictures Winsomelady Took During Her Graduation by Codedrock(m): 10:47am On Sep 02, 2017 |
winsomelady: Thanks. You rock! I am happy you've gone through some of my posts. By their words, we shall know them (the idiotic cyber bullies). During my graduation, I won many prizes. I represented my school in many competitions. When I was in JSS3, I competed in Cowbell Maths, competed in MAN (Mathematics Association of Nigeria) competition. I sat for and passed NECO and JAMB in SS2. I decided not to try the admission then because I wanted to study Medicine and be a Neuro-Surgeon, though I had over 200, but I knew I had no chance then when there were many with 280s and above.
I am not here to blow my trumpets, but once in a while you need to put irresponsible kids (sorry if I sound disrespectful, It is not in my character to do so.) where they really belong. You decide whether someone is an adult or kid not really by the age but their IQ and conduct
Cheers. I love you all. Peace Totally loved the way youv've handled yourself replying the "agbaya" i knew you would probably be an intelligent one. I was 14 when i joined Nairaland too and then my judgements on things were beta than many older ones here.. i always say age doesn't measure maturity you just proved it.. keep it up.. |
Business › Ten Brands That Have Become Household Names In Nigeria by Codedrock(op): 10:26am On Sep 02, 2017 |
There’re some brands that have become household names in Nigeria, so much so that most people don’t know the actual names for the product themselves. It cracks me up when I hear someone say ‘Buy me Beefy Gala.’ Even worse when people ask for Indomie, when what they actually want is Chikki noodles and not Indomie noodles, and so on. These brand names have become so popular we forget they’re not the general terms. Let’s take a look at ten of such brands.
Jik
https://www.connectnigeria.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/download.jpg
It’s hard to think of bleach without imagining Jik. Jik is produced by the consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser, and did you know they made two types? The thin bleach range is used for both garments and household cleaning while the thick bleach is used for whitening garments. The thin bleach range consists of Regular, Pot Pourri, Perfumed and Lemon Fresh. Why not consider these tips when next you go shopping.
Gala https://www.connectnigeria.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/download-1.jpg Here is Nigeria’s number 1 sausage roll by UAC Foods, since 1962. Perhaps the term sausage roll is ambiguous or simply doesn’t stick, because we hardly ever use it. Everyone calls it Gala. To differentiate Gala from others, buyers and sellers have to call it ‘Original Gala’. UAC Foods Nigeria is also the manufacturers of Supreme ice cream.
Dettol https://www.connectnigeria.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/download-2.jpg In case you never noticed, check your market list. You might get another choice when you get to the store, but Dettol almost comes by default when you think of a bathing antiseptic. Did you know that Dettol owns other disinfecting agents such as bathing soap, hand washing soap, antiseptic creams, body wash, and a range of cleaning liquids. Dettol brand is also owned by Reckitt Benckiser and they have a long list of other consumer products.
BIC https://www.connectnigeria.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/download-3.jpg
For most people, even when the pen is not by BIC, it’s a bic. BIC is a brand, and they even manufacture shaving sticks, you remember?
Omo
https://www.connectnigeria.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/images.jpg I’m not sure how old this brand is, but this Unilever brand could be the mother of detergents. It used to be an all blue powder in cardboard paper box but now there’s a range of powder and liquid laundry products.
Indomie https://www.connectnigeria.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/976889792_549-600x600.jpg This list would be incomplete without Indomie. Indomie has won our hearts in such a way that we are conditioned to think any plate of instant noodles is a plate of Indomie. It’s manufactured by Dufil Group, Nigeria’s first instant noodles manufacturing plant. They’re also the manufacturers of Minimie Chinchin and Power Oil and they have done a great job engraving the Indomie brand in our subconscious when it comes to noodles.
Super Glue
https://www.connectnigeria.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/976889792_549-600x600.jpg Super Glue is a trade name too, owned by the American company, Super Glue Corporation. They’re so popular that other adhesives attach the term super glue after their own trade name.
Dunlop https://www.connectnigeria.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img-thing.jpg
Yes, they make slippers. However, they’re not the only producers of those comfortable flip flops. Next time you come across a pair, check to see if they’re made by some other brand.
Panadol https://www.connectnigeria.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/photo-e1497874527449.jpg
Panadol is a trade name and product of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). It’s important to note that it contains the pain relief medication paracetamol, and hence it must not be combined with other medications that contain paracetamol.
Semovita https://www.connectnigeria.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/golden-penny-semovita-550x650-508x600.jpg Golden Penny Semovita Semovita is made from semolina, a type of coarse wheat. The brand- Golden Penny Semovita, is manufactured by the food company Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc, alongside other products.
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Celebrities › Ten Nigerian Actors You Didn’t Know Are University Lecturers by Codedrock(op): 12:44pm On Aug 29, 2017 |
Nollywood has been tagged as one of the biggest movie industries in the world today raking in several billions of dollars annually. The Nigerian film industry include intellectuals, professors, doctorate degree holders and others who combine acting with being an educationist and passing their wealth of knowledge to their students.
1. Hafiz Oyetoro aka Saka https://stargist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/afeez-oyetoro-saka.jpg Hafiz Oyetoro popularly known as Saka acts in Nollywood movies and is also a stand-up comedian. He is also a lecturer in the Theatre Arts department of the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education in Lagos.
2. Doyin Hassan https://stargist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Doyin-Hassan.jpg Doyin Hassan is popular for his role in Saworoide and has since gone on to appear in only Christian movies produced by Mike Bamiloye’s Mount Zion Film Productions. Doyin Hassan holds a PhD in Marketing and he is a senior lecturer in the department of marketing in Lagos State University (LASU). He is also a former HOD at the department and is currently an Assistant Director in the university’s school of part-time studies in charge of Ogba and Ikorodu campuses.
3. Kola Oyewo https://stargist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Kola-Oyewo.jpg Kola Oyewo is well known for his role in Tunde Kelani’s movie ‘Kosegbe’ where he played Mako, an incorruptible custom boss. In 1996, Oyewo joined the services of Obafemi Awolowo University, where he rose to the rank of senior lecturer before retiring in September 2011. After his retirement from Obafemi Awolowo University, he joined the services of Redeemer’s University, where he currently serves as head of the department of dramatic art.
4. Sam Dede https://stargist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Sam-Dede.jpg Award winning actor, Sam Dede known for his role in epic movie ‘Igodo’ is a man of many parts. The former lecturer at the University of Lagos is currently in the employ of the Department of Theatre Arts at the University of Port Harcourt. He is also the Director-General of the Rivers State Tourism Development Agency.
5. Prof. Ayo Akinwale https://stargist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/pjimage-18.jpg Ayo Akinwale is not only a veteran actor but also a movie producer and an academician. He was one of the best actors of his time, he has featured in several radio and television programmes and and also home movies. He is the Dean, Faculty of Arts at the University of Ilorin and also a laureate of the African Movie Academy Award (AMAA).
6. Sola Fosudo https://stargist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Sola-Fosudo.jpg Dr. Sola Fosudo who is one of the most respected actors in Nigeria is a senior lecturer and head of the Department of Theatre Art, Lagos State University and the University’s director of information.
7. Peter Fatomilola https://stargist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Peter-Fatomilola.jpg The veteran actor is a graduate of theatre arts from Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ife, and he learnt under professor Wole Soyinka. He later became a dramatic arts instructor at the OAU. Though he is retired, he still gets invitations to come and lecture in universities.
8. Prof. Akinwunmi Isola https://stargist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Akinwunmi-Isola.jpg Professor Akinwunmi Isola is a Nigerian playwright, actor, dramatist, culture activist and scholar who was a lecturer at the OAU and became a professor in 1991.
9. Tunji Sotimirin https://stargist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Tunji-Sotimirin.jpg Tunji Sotimirin is a veteran actor whose activity in the Nigerian movie industry spans almost three decades. He stared in ‘Owuro Lojo’ alongside a young Joke Silva in the early 90s and has also featured in numerous movies including Tade Ogidan’s Hostages. The funny actor is currently a lecturer in the department of theatre arts at the University of Lagos.
10. Gbenga Windapo https://stargist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Gbenga-Windapo.jpeg Gbenga Windapo is a prolific actor and comedian who recently acted alongside 2face, Ali Baba and many others in Baba Dee’s movie, Head Gone. He is a lecturer at Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education (AOCOED). Gbenga Windapo who has acted in many stage plays founded the comedy group, Lafomania, which had Saka and many other comedians as members.
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Christianity Etc › Re: The Uselessness Of African Voodoo - Ayodele by Codedrock(m): 9:59pm On Aug 26, 2017 |
clemzo101: Bros JuJu dey ooo......back in secondary a classmate once slapped another mate of ours' na so d guy begin chop sand, I was dere LIVE!!! The same guy also has one he uses, he will stamp his feet on d floor and everyone will fall.....Bros, dere is jazz oooo, just dat most of dem become useless in life....so d same guy few months ago he was doing okada, I stopped him to take me to the bank, I dashed him 1k , come and see how he almost knelt down, for my mind where did it JuJu? I still noticed some local rings on his fingers though. Jazz does not pay oooo, stay away....it will fail u one day Didn't your mind go to it that he probably staged all those things you saw in secondary school? Cos thats all it sounds like to me. |
Travel › Re: Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary Cross River: Photos & What To Know by Codedrock(op): 6:22pm On Aug 26, 2017 |
great.. pics |
Travel › Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary Cross River: Photos & What To Know by Codedrock(op): 6:21pm On Aug 26, 2017 |
Culled From: TIN Magazine
[img] http://2.bp..com/-Qm5_jc8PQBU/WUOKxfATeVI/AAAAAAAAEIk/LRXUfPP5ir4qvx3EIHEwZ4qSJ3R9hfOWwCK4BGAYYCw/s640/afi.jpg[/img] Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the highlands of Cross River State Nigeria and it is under the management of the Cross River State Forestry Commission. The wildlife sanctuary is a home to rare chimpanzees, gorillas and drill monkeys. https://media7.trover.com/T/53b4026ad809d812f40004d7/fixedw_large_2x.jpgOn Afi Mountain wild drill still survive with other endangered primates including the most endangered gorilla subspecies, the Cross River gorilla. The rugged massif (1400m) is a critical watershed for dozens of communities. Afi Mountain is listed as an IBA (Important Bird Area) for Nigeria and hosts one of the largest migratory swallow roosts in Africa. https://www.pandrillus.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/image015.pngLooking north along the west side of the Afi massif above the Boje villages. The forests on Afi Mountain are a barrier against the encroaching derived savannah from the west and north. In 1993, Pandrillus started community protection patrols using local hunters to discourage shooting and trapping, an education programme in the 17 villages surrounding the mountain, and brought the communities together as a common interest group for the first time. Pandrillus community protection programme prevailed and made great strides in controlling hunting, in particular developing popular support for protection of “The Big Three” – gorilla, drill and chimpanzee. In May 2000 the state government legally created the Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary from the northwest portion of the Afi River Forest Reserve – a production forest reserve for which logging concessions had been issued. Today the sanctuary is the best-protected area for drills in the world. The 1996 Whitley Award was awarded to Liza Gadsby for her work with the endangered drill primate of south-east Nigeria. Drills are a close relative of the mandrill baboon. With the unenviable status of being the IUCN’s highest conservation priority for African primates, these monkeys are highly endangered. At an alarming rate, extensive timber extraction, agriculture and hunting have led to the rapid degradation of the drills’ natural habitat in fragmented pockets of Nigerian and Cameroonian forests. At one time, the drill was thought to be extinct in Nigeria, until 1987 when Sandy Harcourt and Kelly Stewart carried out a survey and confirmed their continued existence. Surveys by Liza and Peter Jenkins in the following years showed that four small pockets of forest habitat did have surviving drill populations. Determined to stop the extinction of the drill, in 1991 Liza set up the first in-situ captive breeding and rehabilitation centre for any endangered primate in Africa in the mountainous Afi River Forest Reserve. Over 65 drillls have been recovered from the pet trade and rehabilitated to live with members of their own species in enclosures of up to 9 ha. In zoos, drills have reproduced poorly, but the Drill Rehab and Breeding Centre (DRBC) has recorded over 150 births to rehabilitated parents and their offspring, making the project the world’s most successful captive breeding program for an endangered primate. https://whitleyaward.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/pandrillus-2-rude.jpgVery much a local initiative run by Liza and her partner Peter Jenkins, the centre has drawn the attention of the local community to the plight of the drills in the village of Buanchor. Many men from the village, most of whom were former hunters or involved in slash and burn activities, are now employed by the project to help carry out the education programme and anti-poaching patrols. The Centre’s educational programmes have been one of the most important parts of the project; protection of the mountain with its remaining habitat and wild drills ultimately rests with convincing the local population of the importance of the drills and other animals, and their habitats. In recognition of her long-standing work with primates, the American biologist has been compared to Jane Goodall and described as ‘the new Dianne Fossey’. When Liza won the Whitley Award in 1996, she and her partner had already completed eight years of work with drills in Nigeria. Previously, she had also undertaken gorilla surveys and worked as a veterinary assistant. PROJECT UPDATEIn 1998, FFI joined the project, resulting in an effective partnership. WCS, the Nigerian Conservation Foundation and the Cross River State Commission have also collaborated with the project. FFI went on to receive funding from the Darwin Initiative, securing funding for Liza’s project for a further two years. Of these developments, Liza said ‘This is a far cry from our community ranger days and I am proud that those first brave efforts have developed into an official program’. In 2003, Liza received Continuation Funding from WFN in recognition of her ongoing work and in 2005 she went on to win the Chevron Conservation Award. Pandrillus, the NGO she established in 1988, is now well known nationally in Nigeria. Liza and Peter hope to launch the next exciting phase of the project – the release of rehabilitated drills back into the wild on Afi mountain – in 2006. The release will be combined with surveys of the remaining wild populations and post-release monitoring to assess the success and future priorities of the drill conservation initiative. VISIT AND CONTACT AFI MOUNTAIN WILDLIFE SANCTUARY Pandrillus Nigeria Drill Ranch H.E.P.O. Box 826 Calabar, Cross River State Tel: +234 (0)803 550 6257
PICTURES OF AFI MOUNTAIN WILDLIFE SANCTUARY [img] http://21stcenturygossip.files./2014/02/wpid-afi-mountain-wildlife-sanctuary-jpg.jpeg[/img] Ubi Sam Ettah was Drill Ranch Manager for 10 years before accepting his current position as Conservation Coordinator for the sanctuary. https://pandrillus-usingthe.rhcloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/img_09242.jpgpicture of Afi Mtn. Road to Afi Mtn. Wildlife Santuary https://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/8393443.jpghttps://afrotourism.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/afimountain1.jpghttps://imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2017/04/28091154/2_WCSNigeria_CRGsilverback_2014.jpgMore Details And Pics From Source BelowSOURCE: http://www.takemetonaija.com/2017/06/beatiful-pictures-from-afi-mountain.html |
Celebrities › Re: Yvonne Orji Celebrates 33rd Birthday As A Virgin by Codedrock(m): 6:27pm On Aug 25, 2017 |
kennygee: In this day and age?
Yes it should, virginity is becoming endangered.
Teenagers lose it everyday. If someone can keep theirs for this long in this immoral and sex driven time of ours, I will give them a medal if I can.
It is not easy. Lol.. i'd love to argue this longer with you in real life cos i cant type.. but to conclude my argument, i guess that's what u believe, because you believe virgins should be given medals doesn't mean everyone should believe it too.. I mean you saying virgins should be celebrated is also like me saying non-virgins should be celebrated, if you get wat i'm saying.. later. |
Celebrities › Re: Yvonne Orji Celebrates 33rd Birthday As A Virgin by Codedrock(m): 4:39am On Aug 25, 2017 |
kennygee: It doesn't have to be a lie.
I have a friend who was also a virgin till she was 33. Her husband confirmed it.
Its a choice, people should stop bashing women who choose to be virgins.
Some of the reasons for these choices are Spiritual and because people bash virgins, it now feels like a shameful thing to be a virgin, virgins now have to keep their status to themselves so they don't get bashed.
One thing is sure, God's standard didn't change before, it won't change now.
A sin is a sin, but a sin against one's body is worse. Lmao.. Last time I checked most Virgins are still quick to say they are Virgins.. And secondly I think it's a personal thing.. No one cares to know keep it to your self. Or why is she sharing the news she prolly wants the public to think high of her like she's saved a thousand homeless and poor kids. It's a choice and I don't think anyone should be celebrated for being a Virgin. |
Health › Re: Young Lady Who Survived Gas Explosion Recounts Her Ordeal (Photos) by Codedrock(m): 7:32pm On Aug 23, 2017 |
Ummm.. "God" could have actually avoided this horrible thing that happened to her totally, i mean she cant tell me she wouldn't have preferred this not happening to her at all, and i am kinda sure those that died also believed "God" would and should protect them too but, well, he didn't |
Romance › Re: Ladies! Does Keeping Your Virginity Till Marriage Make You A Better Person?? by Codedrock(m): 11:20am On Aug 23, 2017 |
Lalas247: Look it has nothing to do with making you a better person .. it's just a choice like Some ppl drink smoke... some don't it's their choice no one cares .. now does it determine your character no
Have friend who kept it till marriage .. wedding night come she calling me asking me what she should do .. gave her my best advice 1 year later he has cheated and to put cherry ontop he has a kid now outside wedlock ... She dey do shakara before holy Mary .. look at her now ( not saying ppl should loose it or not but it doesn't make anyone a better person it's just a preference , religion and society is what makes ppl hold on to it the most ...... Said my mind.. I often use that comparison you used above |
Travel › Re: We No Longer Issue Visas To Nigerians – Netherlands Embassy by Codedrock(m): 11:03am On Aug 23, 2017 |
AnonyNymous: Stop this clickbait nonsense, its really irritating. Is Nairaland a blog? Or a FORUM? Is the main aim of Nairaland just traffic, or do they care about interactive discussion?? They just reminded Nigerians the new process they've set to enter their country through France (which means, its not something that just happened) instead of issuing visa directly and you guys are here with your sensational headline. Its annoying, really. I saw this sh*t on Naij.com yesterday thanks to UC browser but I wasn't surprised because that's the trash I'm used to from them. But Nairaland, c'mon, you can do better than this. Bro, this is even fair, there are ones really bad that even a blog wouldn't do. That's what we get for having an administrator ( Seun ) who cares really less about users experience.. last time I checked, he doesn't check frontpage topics.. he said it himself. |
Career › Re: Top Six Most Successful Women In Corporate Nigeria by Codedrock(op): 10:49am On Aug 22, 2017*. Modified: 2:41pm On Aug 22, 2017 |
LMAO.. Like my post if you find the picture below to be true and funny..
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Career › Top Six Most Successful Women In Corporate Nigeria by Codedrock(op): 1:30pm On Aug 21, 2017 |
The murky waters of corporate Nigeria isn’t exactly awash with successful women, its still a territory controlled predominantly by the male folk. Interestingly, times are changing and a lot of women are fast raising to the top of the food chain. Here are some of Nigeria’s board room amazons.
6. LINDA IKEJI https://www.viviangist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Contact-Linda-Ikeji-Blog-Phone-Number-and-Email-Address.jpg Most popular blogger in Nigeria, Linda Ikeji is best known for her controversial publications. After graduating from University of Lagos where she studied English Language, Linda started blogging in 2006. Her blog which started out as a gossip column has become the most celebrated blog in Africa and the one stop portal for information, entertainment and gossip. Her use of technology to carve a niche for herself and create an innovative platform has made her a source of inspiration to many young bloggers. She is the highest paid blogger in Nigeria. Her worth is said to be over a billion naira.
Just within the past 12 months Linda Ikeji has made quite a lot of influence in the country as a whole. At the moment Linda Ikeji is currently hiring people in her newly launched media company. Linda Ikeji lauched a movement last year called: :|"I had rather be self made" personally funding young women to start businesses of their chosen.
5. HAJIYA BOLA SHAGAYA Industry; Oil,Real Estate https://buzznigeria.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bola-shagaya.jpg One of the wealthiest businesswomen in Nigeria, Hagiya Shagaya started her sojourn into corporate Nigeria when she joined the Central Bank of Nigeria as an audit staff. She left to pursue other business interests in 1983. She currently sits on the board of Unity Bank Nigeria and is also the founder and CEO of Bolmus Group International- a diversified Nigerian conglomerate with interests in oil, real estate, banking, communications and photography. The real estate development arm of the group builds and owns dozens of luxurious residential properties in some of the nations high brow areas. The 57 year old socialite boosts close ties with some of the most powerful people in the land including former military head of state Ibrahim Babangida. During the last political dispensation she was a frequent visitor to the villa to see the former first lady Patience Jonathan.
4.MO ABUDU Industry; Media https://buzznigeria.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/mo-abudu.jpg TV Producer, Media Mogul, Human Resources Management Consultant, serial entrepreneur and philanthropist, Mo is one of the most powerful and most successful women in Nigerian Media. Born in the UK in 1964 where she spent most of her formative years. She holds a Masters Degree in Human Resource Management from the University of Westminster, London. She started off her career in the UK as a recruitment consultant in 1987. She went on to work for the Starform Group, managing Corporate Credit Management from 1990 to 1992. In 1993 she joined Exxon Mobil to Head Human Resources and Training.
She has been described by Forbes as Africa’s most successful woman. Driven by a passion to change the narrative about Africa, she moved beyond her very successful show “Moments with Mo” to found Ebony Life TV, Africa’s first global black entertainment network. With a mix of original reality programming, drama series, news magazines and talk shows — Mo Abudu has created a signature brand oozing class, this master piece in creativity has resonated with black audiences both in Africa and in diaspora. Ebony Life TV now airs across Africa, the U.K. and the Caribbean; discussions are under way to bring it to the U.S. and Canada. EbonyLife TV with an asset base of N2 billion keeps expanding its frontiers exporting Nigerian stories to the world as was evident with “Fifty,” EbonyLife’s first feature film, which was picked up by Netflix and released worldwide on the streaming platform two weeks after its Nigerian theatrical premiere, its no surprise she is called Africa queen of TV.
3.IBUKUN AWOSIKA Industry; Banking,Furniture https://buzznigeria.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ibukun-awosika.jpg Born to a Nigerian Father and Cameroonian mother, Mrs. Awosika holds a Chemistry degree from the University Of Ife. Upon graduation she took a sales job at a furniture company. Three and a half months later, she resigned her position to set up her own furniture manufacturing company. She started in January 1989 with 2 carpenters, 2 sprayers and 2 upholsterers from the back of her father’s house. Today she is the Founder and CEO of The Chair Center Group which include thriving subsidiaries; The Chair Center Limited, Sokoa Chair Center Limited, Furniture Manufacturers Mart Limited, and TCC Systems and Services Limited. The Chair Center Group is a market leader in office furniture and banking security systems. She once famously said “I know my strength and I can see or smell an opportunity 10 miles ahead. I am innately proactive and I am also an ideas machine”. She is known for her campaigns to raise and mentor the younger generations of ladies to become successful women. The 54 year old business magnate,serial entrepreneur and writer sits on the board of various prestigious establishments including The Nigerian Sovereign Wealth Fund (NSWF), Cadbury Nigeria Plc, She is also the Chairman of First Bank Nigeria Plc Nigeria’s oldest and foremost financial institution and a powerhouse in the financial sector. She has grown her businesses to a net worth of more than N 3 billion ($18.6 million)
2.UJU IFEJIKA Industry; Oil https://buzznigeria.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/uju-2.jpg The Ahmadu Bello University Zaria trained lawyer turned business mogul is a big player in Nigerian oil sector, with an investment portfolio that can make many men look mediocre. She started her first job in the oil sector while on National Youth Service as one of the junior counsels at Texaco Petroleum (before it merged with Chevron), and within a few years she had risen to the coveted position of company secretary. She moved on to start her own company, Britannia-U in 1995 with her severance pay of N 10 million from her former workplace and a $23 million loan from Union Bank Nigeria. With policy inconsistencies Britannia-U didn’t start operation until 2001. Britannia U was awarded 100% equity for the OML 90 oil bloc in Apaja, a bloc previously owned by Chevron. Her operations now cover the entire spectrum from exploration to production, refining,trading,supply and distribution. Britannia U also owns interests in shipping and Sub Surface Engineering affiliate companies. Her company has extended its services to Ghana and the US.
1.FOLORUNSHO ALAKIJA Industry; Oil,Fashion https://buzznigeria.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/folorunsho.jpg Top of the league of successful women in Nigeria is the 65- year old Lagos born business baroness. The mother of 4 is Nigeria’s richest woman with an estimated worth of $1.6 billion. Mrs. Alakija, a graduate of Secretarial Studies from the Pitmans Central College London, She started her career in 1974 as an Executive Secretary at Sijuade Enterprises, Lagos, Nigeria. She later left for the former First National Bank of Chicago, now Fin Bank. She quit banking to pursue her passion for making cloths, she set up Supreme Stitches which over the years metamorphosed into Rose Of Sharon House Of Fashion, which specialized in making clothing for the elite. Part of her clientele included wife of the then military head of state Ibrahim Babangida. It was at this point she expanded her business interests, founding Famfa Oil. She is currently Vice Chairman of Famfa Oil, an exploration company with 60% stake in oil bloc OML 127 located at the Agbim oil field, one of Nigeria’s largest deep water oil reserves. She remains the Group Managing Director of The Rose of Sharon Group which consists of The Rose of Sharon Foundation, The Rose of Sharon Prints & Promotions Limited and Digital Reality Prints Limited.
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Romance › Re: Soldiers Force Lady To UnCloth In Public For Wearing Camouflage [PHOTO] by Codedrock(m): 8:39pm On Aug 15, 2017 |
NwaAmaikpe:

Well deserved!!!
The constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria prohibits the wearing of camouflage by bloody civilians. Guys give this 100likes to show this guy be mumu.. There are beta civil ways to deal with stuffs like this but Nigerian military always wants to stay babric always want to molest and get violent with civilians. She could have been fined for this or some other civil penalty |
Christianity Etc › Re: This Is How A Christian Should View Homosexuality by Codedrock(m): 5:20am On Aug 14, 2017 |
Bridgetania: this niqqa nailed it!
Seriously..homosexuality is a sin!..just like stealing,yahoo yahoo(fraud),impersonation,fornication(whether na one girl/boyfriend u get ooo it is stil sin).. Lying,worldliness,exam malpractice, vulger language,cheating and deception,drunkeness,idolatory,adultery,immorality of any kind... All my stay in nairaland i hardly come upon a post discouraging pre marital sex or worldliness..or fraud... Lemme guess..?...thats because majority of youths if i may say 60% are guilty of this...
Homosexuality wasnt the major reason why God destroyed sodom and gomorrah...the major reason was because nobody! Not even a single person feared God or was found righteous in these cities...while one person is engaging in fornication, the next person is gay while the other is a murderer...nobody cared about God..who he is? And what he wanted?...this is why God wiped them out.. Have u asked yourself..if everyone was gay or if homosexuality was the only sin..then how did they pro create?...
Now if we remember before this event,God had previously wiped out the whole earth..was it just because of fornication?..no...it was because evil of all kinds were multiplying and nobody cared or thought about God...so he decided to wipe the whole world...saving noah and 7 others...
Now we all know homosexuality is a terrible sin...lets talk about fornication....85% or more of the whole christaindom both youths and adults are guilty of this sin.. Dating now has become an acceptable norm in the church..and when u talk..someone will come out and say 'nobody is perfect'. What about yahoo yahoo aka 419 or fraud is now the order of the day...almost 70% of the male population in my area of residence are into this business..mostly students..but on sunday like this..see them starch their trousers and shirts,pick up their bible and whistle on their way to church?..please who is decieving who?.. Starting from homosexuality to exam malpreactice,impersonation,fraud,indecent dressing,porn to that circular music is sin...so its better u are genuinely born again and youre practicing holiness than for u to come and spit on homosexuals and still end up in hell with them.Because the bitter truth is...if u that is keeping just one babe or guy happens to be in a vehicle with a gay/lesbian and a motor accident occurs...Both of you are going to the same hell fire..even if nah different department...
On judgement day...God will not pardon the liar or fornicator and condemn the gay...nah the same lake of fire them go swim ni... So its better u stop being hypocritical and step up your christian game by living a completely holy life. I condemn #one. I condemn all... No.. he didn't nail it.. You did!! Spoke my mind |
Christianity Etc › Re: This Is How A Christian Should View Homosexuality by Codedrock(m): 5:49pm On Aug 13, 2017 |
newsynews: Sorry dude, but you misunderstood the point of this thread. This thread doesn't excuse other sins. What it does is to point to homosexuality as a sin cos gays don't see it as one, especially one that cries to God for vengeance. Fornicators know that they are sinners, so they don't go about begging people to accept them that way. But gays want their sin to be legalized. This is why God is always angry at them same way He hates murderers cos both sin cry to Him for vengeance. The worst part is that they want to make the whole world gay.
And the Lord said: The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha is multiplied, and their sin is become exceedingly grievous. I will go down and see whether they have done according to the cry that is come to me: or whether it be not so, that I may know. - Gen. 18:20-21
You See, even after God sent 2 angels to confirm the news He got of Sodom and Gomorrah, the men of that city, both young and old still wanted to rape the angels. That's how horrible it was that the angels had to destroy the city immediately.
The point of this thread is to keep Christians away from showing support to the sun of homosexuality or even feeling indifferent about it.
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But the one that was hammered on in the Bible is the sin of homosexuality. The Bible didn't point out the other sins for one reason which is cos they were sins people committed before Sodom. But God had to destroy Sodom cos of homosexuality. That's why Sodom was recorded in the book of Genesis for homosexual sin as seen by the Bible passage above where even angels almost got raped by the YOUNG and OLD Men of the city.
Today, the word sodomy or sodomite stands for homosexual.
So you see, you are missing the point or intentionally trying to destroy this thread by likening homosexual sin to other sins. Mind you, this thread is about homosexuals not fornication. Countless threads on fornication have been on nairaland even on front page. I don't think fornicators visited the thread to drag in homosexuals so as justify their own sin.
You can go open an anti-fornication thread somewhere else.
Laws against homosexuals were not implemented until Gays started demanding for their way of life to be made Law and generally accepted. That was what led to the laws against them cos a sane society see their lifestyle as barbaric, even animals know better than them.
They claim to just wanted to be in their bedrooms, but now they want to be in public.
Currently there are cartoons with gay characters. Hollywood movies now have gay characters and gay scenes. Magazines are now featuring gays. They are now venturing into school curriculum. That's just a few. Google is your friend, but I doubt you will research cos you are in bed with homosexuals.
They don't want to make the world gay, yet Obama who ensured the legalization of LGBT in American became furious at Goodluck Jonathan for allowing an anti-gay law to hold in Nigeria. What about how they have been trying to implement that law in Zimbabwe. If not for Mugabe, that country would have been a sewage by now. What message did you think Obama took to Kenya? Pls research.
Yes, God had already decided to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah and the actions of the homosexual made it worse by trying to rape the angels of God. Idiots 
You speak of Abraham but you don't know how he bargained with God but couldn't win. He started from 50 righteous men, begging God to spare Sodom if there could be 50 righteous men in the city. &e even brought down the number to 10 but there couldn't be found righteous me. up to that number. So you see, there was no righteous man except Lot. Why wasn't there more than one righteous man? That's because those that were not gay, people like yourself, saw nothing wrong with the activities of homosexuals. And one thing about allowing one sin to fester out of control is that it allows the growth of other sins. The people saw nothing wrong about homosexuality, which means they approved it. Their approval of it enabled them to become sinful too. Once you see nothing wrong with evil or fail to speak against it, then you will one day do evil. His saved Lot cos he was always vexed by the actions of the people of Sodom and Gomorrah. Those that were destroyed saw nothing wrong with their sin. That's the same mindset you want people of today to have. That mindset destroyed the gays and non-gays of Sodom. You want God to destroy us. Shame
As far as I can see, I think this thread is to make Christians take a stand against homosexuality according to what the Bible states. The Bible doesn't advise to be indifferent about homosexuals or even see nothing wrong with it. The Bible command we shun such and not accept them into our midst. Lol.. man you are so funny.. . Your arguments are so funny. You really think if trumpet sounds right now you are going to make heaven?? You probably hate gays than murderers judging by the way you have argued.. I mean with what I'm seeing you can even kill a gay person and rationalize it. The bible says you are supposed to love sinners and preach to them.. But bro you are totally ready to harm people who are not hurting anyone. I mean I don't believe in heaven or anything the bible says but I once was a Christian and I understand what it is like to be a real good Christian. I support religion and I don't believe in any religion just in case you are wondering. @ NPcomplete bro you are doing a great job arguing with someone like this oo.. I can't argue with people like him online cos I will type to death.. I can only argue with his likes offline.. |
Literature › Re: Flora Nwapa: Nigeria And Africa's First Female Novelist (Biography) by Codedrock(op): 8:14am On Aug 13, 2017 |
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Celebrities › Re: Meet Ten Popular Nigerian Celebrities That Are Not Graduates by Codedrock(op): 10:18am On Aug 10, 2017 |
gozzlin: Beautiful. University education does not determine your success. Fact. And its not even entertainers alone who become successful without degree there are tons of people out there doing great... Being truly intelligent and smart isn't a thing you get by schooling its a thing you create and get within yourself by thinking well and acting.. |
Celebrities › Meet Ten Popular Nigerian Celebrities That Are Not Graduates by Codedrock(op): 3:22pm On Aug 09, 2017 |
[img]http://2.bp..com/-3J4LoCJk1Ks/WTZSxmJUeFI/AAAAAAAAEDE/XH504r04mxU7V7oVwEm3xRkkWb_3XZFTACLcB/s640/Nigerian-celebrities-who-are-not-university-graduates2-728x410.jpg[/img] A university is a foundation of higher (or tertiary) instruction and research which awards academic degrees in different academic disciplines. Universities regularly give undergraduate education and postgraduate training. In spite of the fact that bagging a university degree is imperative, a few people who don’t have college degrees have taken off in their careers.
Here are 10 successful Nigerian celebrities who did not complete their University education.
1. TUFACE IDIBIA
Innocent Idibia was born in Jos, Nigeria. He is from the Idoma ethnic group in the southern part of Benue State, in central Nigeria. He attended Saint Gabriela’s Secondary School in Makurdi, Benue State. He enrolled at Institute of Management & Technology, Enugu (IMT), where he did his preliminary National Diploma course in business administration and management. While attending IMT, he performed at school organised shows and parties, as well as other regional schools such as the University of Nigeria and Enugu State University of Science & Technology. He also composed songs and jingles at the GB Fan Club at Enugu State Broadcasting Services (ESBS) in 1996. He eventually dropped out to pursue his music career.
2. GENEVIEVE NNAJI
Nnaji was born in Mbaise, Imo State, Nigeria but grew up in Lagos, the fourth of eight children and was brought up in a middle class environment. Her father worked as an engineer and her mother as a nursery teacher. She attended Methodist Girls College (Yaba, Lagos), before transferring into the University of Lagos. She gained admission into the University of Lagos and dropped out after getting her first role.
3. DON JAZZY
Don Jazzy whose real name is Michael Ajereh was born in Lagos State. His family lived in Ajegunle, Lagos where he was raised. He was educated at the co-educational high school, Federal Government College Lagos. Don Jazzy found an interest in music early in life and at age 12, began to play the bass guitar. He also gained knowledge of traditional and percussion instruments.He enrolled in business management studies at the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo state but dropped out in his first year.
4. MERCY JOHNSON
Mercy Johnson Okojie hails from Okene in Kogi State. Born in Lagos to a former naval officer, Mr Daniel Johnson and Mrs Elizabeth Johnson, she is the fourth child in a family of seven. Right after her secondary education, she auditioned for a role in The Maid, a movie that was to launch her into stardom. Her outstanding performance in that movie paved the way for her into getting more roles in movies such as Hustlers, Baby Oku in America, War in the Palace, and many more. The curvy actress has never had a university education. She once revealed she got into the Nigerian movie industry because she failed the university entrance exams (JAMB) several times.
5. D’BANJ
D’banj who just welcomed a son with his wife, Didi Kilgrow has won several music awards, including the awards for Best African Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007, Artist of the Year at the MTV Africa Music Awards 2009, Best International Act: Africa at the 2011 BET Awards, and Best-selling African Artist at the 2014 World Music Awards, Evolution award at the 2015 MTV Africa Music awards. He reportedly dropped out of school when he was in 300 Level while studying Mechanical Engineering. 6. 9ICE
9ice attended Abule Okuta Primary School and CMS Grammar School, and dropped out from his law course at the Lagos State University to concentrate on music. He grew up in a polygamous home of five wives and nine children. His parents found about his singing career a year after it started around 2000. Before then, 9ice wrote his own songs, beginning at age 14. As a big fan of Pasuma Wonder, he kick-started his singing career with Fuji music. He derives his inspiration from his environment, and music from the likes of Ebenezer Obey, King Sunny Adé, Tatalo Alamu, the late Alhaji Ayinla Omowura, and the late Alhaji Haruna Ishola.
7. RAMSEY NOUAH
Nouah was born in Edo State to an Israeli father and a Yoruba mother who hails from Owo, Ondo State. He grew up in Surulere, Lagos, where he attended Atara Primary School and Community Grammar School. He obtained a diploma in mass communications at the University of Lagos, after which he pursued a career in acting. He is married to Emelia Philips-Nouah. The couple have two sons and a daughter, named as Quincy, Camil Nouah and Desiree Nouah.
8. WIZKID
Wizkid was born on 16 July 1990 in Surulere, a residential and commercial area of Lagos. He grew up in an interfaith household with twelve female siblings. His mother is a Pentecostal Christian and his father practiced Islam. In a 2012 radio interview with Tim Westwood, he said that his father has three wives. During his upbringing, he listened to songs recorded by King Sunny Ade, Fela Kuti, and Bob Marley.Wizkid started singing at age 11 and went by the stage name Lil Prinz until 2006. He dropped out of Lead City University in his second year.
9. BISOLA
Bisola Aiyeola who was one of the popular housemates of the Big Brother Naija Show and well known for her short comic videos on Instagram is not a university graduate. The talented lady disclosed this while she was still in the Big Brother Naija house, although she mentioned that she would love to go to the University. Bisola is also a mother of one and a fast-rising Nollywood actress.
10. CHIDINMA EKILE
Chidinma Ekile, the sixth of seven children, was born in Ketu, Kosofe, Lagos State. Both of her parents are from Imo State. She worked as a business promoter in Lagos prior to auditioning for the third season of Project Fame West Africa. Chidinma started singing at the age of 6, and grew up with a disciplinarian father. When she was 10 years old, she joined her church’s choir. She attended primary and secondary school in Ketu prior to relocating to Ikorodu with her family. She initially wanted to study mass communication. Chidinma initially declined her admission into the University of Lagos due to her advancement in the aforesaid competition. In an interview with YNaija, Chidinma said that she has always taken school seriously and her decision to enroll at Unilag was inevitable.
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Christianity Etc › Re: The Uselessness Of African Voodoo - Ayodele by Codedrock(m): 2:32pm On Aug 04, 2017 |
I was always skeptical about voodoo,witchcraft and all that even when i was into religion too, my friends kinda hated me whenever i disagree with them with good points. But as i grew older i knew i wasn't skeptical anymore i was sure voodoo is full of bullshit and tricks. |
Celebrities › Re: Nigerian Po.rn Star Kingtblac In An Orgy With 6 Girls 18+(pics,video) by Codedrock(m): 6:44am On Jul 28, 2017 |
This guy is getting more popular.. i'll take this as a progress,looks like our country is getting more civilized even though the hypocrisy is sill there. And it looks like his porn is basically amateurish though. The part, part where they were playing Mayorkun's MAMA got me laughing BTW.  |
Literature › Re: Flora Nwapa: Nigeria And Africa's First Female Novelist (Biography) by Codedrock(op): 7:27pm On Jul 21, 2017 |
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Literature › Flora Nwapa: Nigeria And Africa's First Female Novelist (Biography) by Codedrock(op): 2:43pm On Jul 21, 2017 |
[img]http://1.bp..com/-818WTZPrDbU/WSBTMgykMlI/AAAAAAAAD-8/UXWu3i_93rYQZPNuhTRhfqyDH3OkhySdwCK4B/s640/Flora-Nwapa.jpg[/img] Professor Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa (13 January 1931 – 16 October 1993) known to her native Nigerian ndi-Igbo people as Ogbuefi Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa-Nwakuche and the world as Flora Nwapa was a great Nigerian writer (novelist), teacher, administrator, and a forerunner of a whole generation of African women writers. Flora Nwapa is best-known for re-creating Igbo life and traditions from a woman's viewpoint. With Efuru (1966) Nwapa became black Africa's first internationally published female novelist in the English language. She has been called the mother of modern African literature. Flora Nwapa described Flora in “Women and Creative Writing in Africa” about how she came to write Efuru that she enjoyed direct contact with her culture and tradition and Efuru was actually based on her early exposure to folklore which was a direct personal contact with Oguta Lake which was near her birth place. She writes: "…the story of Efuru struck me in a most dramatic way as I was driving at a speed of 80 miles per hour along Enugu-Onitsha Road. I got to my destination, borrowed an exercise book and began to write Efuru’s story. I wrote chapter one … and did not stop until I finished the entire novel.(526) She was a contemporary of the legendary Ghanaian playwright Dr Efua Theodora Sutherland (27 June 1924—2 January 1996) who published her first literary work 'Foriwa' (1962), and others such as Edufa (1967), and The Marriage of Anansewa (1975).
She also is known for her governmental work in reconstruction after the Biafran War. In particular she worked with orphans and refugees that where displaced during the war. Further she worked as a publisher of African literature and promoted women in African society. What is not known, however, is that by putting the children of of Ogbuide into print, Nwapa who is also a poet, short story writer, and children's author was able to tell her own story, and release her own anxieties and feelings of disenchantment with a society that :destroys its gifted females." Flora Nwapa`s women -centered text evolve from the myth of Ogbuide - the female deity of Oguta people- who symbolizes beauty, wealth, power, and self-fulfillment for her children, especially the women.
For Nwapa ability to write implied a measure of autonomy, an ability to shun passivity and acquiescence in the face of mistreatment and injustice. Writing also enable Nwapa to exercise some control over the circumstances of her life. Her books explore frustrations associated with love and sexuality, they emphasize simultaneously the individual and the collective nature of personal relationships. This intermingling of the private and public, personal and political, is present in most of her novels. Themes of female empowerment, male-female relationships, sexual abandonment, culture-conflict, as well as expressions of female desire and sexuality, and hope reflect the pulse of Ugwuta women`s lives. Criticism of her work is often influenced by feminist politics because of the woman-centered nature of her fiction. Her work holds an important place in feminist discourse but has also garnered attention for its literary merits.
She herself said "When I do write about women in Nigeria, in Africa, I try to paint a positive picture about women because there are many women who are very, very positive in their thinking, who are very, very independent, and very, very industrious." (from an interview with Marie Umeh, 1995).Nigerian novelist). When Nwapa died on October 16, 1993, the late Nigerian-Ogoni environmentalist, writer and activist, Kenule "Ken"Saro-Wiwa, in paying tribute to her at the funeral said, “Flora is gone and we all have to say adieu. But she left behind an indelible mark. No one will ever write about Nigerian literature in English without mentioning her. She will always be the departure point for female writing in Africa. And African publishing will forever owe her a debt. But above all, her contribution to the development of women in Nigeria, nay in Africa, and throughout the world is what she will be best remembered for.”
LIFE AND CAREER
Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa was born in 13 January 1931 at Oguta, an igbo town in eastern Nigeria, which was then a British colony. Both of her parents, Christopher Ijeoma and Martha Nwapa, were teachers. She was educated at the University of Idaban, receiving her B.A. in 1957. Nwapa continued her studies in England, earning in 1958 a degree in education from the University of Edinburgh. After returning to Nigeria in 1959 Nwapa worked as an education officer in Calabar for a short time, and then she taught geography and English at Queen's School in Enugu. From 1962 to 1964 Nwapa was an assistant registrar at the University of Lagos. During the Nigerian Civil war, which broke out in 1967, she left Lagos with her family. Like many members of the Igbo elite, they were forced to to return to the eastern region after the end of the conflict. Nwapa served as Minister for Health and Social Welfare for the East Central State (1970-1971). Her tasks included finding homes for 2000 war orphans. Later on she worked for Commissioner for Lands, Survey, and Urban Development (1971-1974). In 1982 the Nigerian government bestowed on her one of the country's highest honors, the OON (Order of Niger). By her own town, Oguta, she was awarded the highest chieftaincy title, Ogbuefi meaning “killer of cow”, which is usually reserved for men of achievement. https://www.lornebair.com/pictures/27709.jpg Besides writing books, Nwapa established Tana Press, which published adult fiction. It was the first indigenous publishing house owned by a black African woman in West Africa. Between 1979 and 1981 she produced eight volumes of adult fiction. Nwapa set up also another publishing company, Flora Nwapa and Co., which specialized in children's fiction. In these books she combined Nigerian elements with general moral and ethical teachings. As a business woman, she also encouraged with her own example to break the traditional female roles of wife/mother and strive for equality in society. However, Nwapa did not call herself a feminist but a "womanist," a term coined by the American writer Alice Walker in her collection of essays, In Search of My Mother's Garden: Womanist Prose (1983). As well as being a distinguished member of PEN International and the Commonwealth Writer’s Awards committee, she was also the President of Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA). In 1989, she was made a Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Maiduguri and remained so till her death. https://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41QK12A15BL.jpg Appearing in 1966, Flora Nwapa`s Efuru was the first internationally published book, in English, by a Nigerian woman. Efuru is based on an old folktale of a woman chosen by gods, but challenged the traditional portrayal of women. Efuru, which Nwapa started to write in 1962. The Promised Land by the Kenyan Grace Ogot appeared also in 1966; both works were path-breakers. Nwapa sent to manuscript to her good friend Chinua Achebe in Lagos and after some editorial suggestions, Achebe sent it to Heineman Educational Books for publication in the African Writers Series (No. 56). Nwapa sets her story in a small village in colonial West Africa as she describes the youth, marriage, motherhood, and eventual personal epiphany of a young woman in rural Nigeria. The respected and beautiful protagonist, an independent-minded Ibo woman named Efuru, wishes to be a mother. Her eventual tragedy is that she is not able to marry or raise children successfully. Alone and childless, Efuru realizes she surely must have a higher calling and goes to the lake goddess of her tribe, Uhamiri, to discover the path she must follow.
The work, a rich exploration of Nigerian village life and values, offers a realistic picture of gender issues in a patriarchal society as well as the struggles of a nation exploited by colonialism. The novel has at its core fundamental feminist concepts like women's agency, women's empowerment, sisterhood and gender equality. However, in an interview by Marie Umeh in 1993, Flora Nwapa refused to be called a feminist; she said, "I don't even accept that I'm a feminist. I accept that I'm an ordinary woman who is writing about what she knows. I try to project the image of women positively." (Umeh 27). By looking at her novels which include in addition to Efuru, Idu (1970), Never Again (1975), One is Enough (1981), and Women are Different (1986), one can see that Nwapa is a writer who dedicated her efforts to discuss women's issues of struggle, quest for independence and success in their native patriarchal Igbo culture. However, she did not call herself a feminist writer because, in my viewpoint, her writings do not qualify in the Western criteria of feminism to be called feminist. The concept of feminism as a movement and a school of thought seemed to exclude the black woman from its agenda. Thus, in order for a work of art to be considered feminist, it must, according to the Western criteria, abide by a set of rules, and to mention some, these can be like showing the rebellion of women towards their own cultures and traditions and showing how they refuse to succumb to patriarchal practices and attempt to overthrow the whole hierarchy. Nwapa's second novel, Idu (1970), was also a story about a woman, whose life is bound up with that of her husband. When he dies, she choices to seek him out in the land of dead rather than live without him or prefer motherhood to anything else. The critical reception was mainly hostile. Eustace Palmer in African Literature Today and Eldred Jones in The Journal of Commonwealth Literature compared it with Elechi Amadi's The Concubine (1966), also published in the African Writersn series (No. 25), but not in Nwapa's favour. The war novel, Never Again (1975), drew its material from the Nigerian Civil War (see also Chinua Achebe's Beware, Soul Brother, 1971, a collection of poems, and Elechi Amadi's Sunset in Biafra, 1979). The protagonist, Kate, who starts as a supporter of the Biafran cause, ends struggling simply to survive. Wives at War, and Other Stories (1980) dealt with the Biafran conflict.
Nwapa wrote short stories, poetry and children's books, such as Mummywater (1979), which brought to life a water deity - the water goddess Ogbuide or Uhamiri appeared also in her adult fiction; Mummywata was her westernized Igbo counterpart. A central theme in her fiction was childlessness, from her early novels to Women Are Different (1986), in which her four major female characters choose between such options as self actualization in their career and the marriage institution, life in the town and in the country. "Her generation was telling the men, that there are different ways of living one's life fully and fruitfully," one of the women concludes. "They have a choice, a choice to marry and have children, a choice to marry or divorce their husband. Marriage is not THE only way." Noteworthy, spinsterhood without children is not a positive option and Nwapa never had the interest to deal with the theme of lesbianism.
Flora Nwapa died on October 16, 1993 in Enugu, Nigeria. Until her death she was a visiting professor and lecturer at numerous colleges in the U.S. and Nigeria. Nwapa was married to Chief Gogo Nwakuche, a business man; they had three children. She remained Nwakuche's first wife, although he took other wives. Because she wanted her children to have a father, she did not leave or divorce him. At the time of her death, Nwapa had completed The Lake Goddess, her final novel, entrusting the manuscript to the Jamaican Chester Mills. This work focused on the lake goddess Mammy Water, the eternal spring and mythical inspirer of Nwapa's fiction. Legends tell that the fairy godmother has her adobe on the bottom of Oguta Lake, near the author's birthplace.
FLORA'S bibliography [img]http://4.bp..com/-V6xhabrcZSQ/UKj66gFhyqI/AAAAAAAAAVY/FVR6jYaT8c4/s400/Never-Again.jpg[/img] Novels
Women are Different, Enugu: Tana Press, 1986; Africa World Press, 1992, ISBN 9780865433267 One Is Enough, Enugu: Flora Nwapa Co., 1981; Tana Press, 1984; Africa World Press, 1992, ISBN 9780865433229 Never Again, Enugu: Tana Press, 1975; Nwamife, 1976; Africa World Press, 1992, ISBN 9780865433182 Idu, Heinemann African Writers Series, No. 56, ISBN 0-435-90056-0; 1970 Efuru, Heinemann Educational Books, 1966; Waveland Press, 2013, ISBN 9781478613275
Short stories/poems
This Is Lagos and Other Stories, Enugu: Nwamife, 1971; Africa World Press, 1992, ISBN 9780865433212 Cassava Song and Rice Song, Enugu: Tana Press, 1986 Wives at War and Other Stories, Enugu: Nwamife, 1980; Flora Nwapa Co./Tana Press, 1984; Africa World Press, 1992, ISBN 9780865433281
Children's books
The Adventures of Deke, Enugu: Flora Nwapa Co., 1980 The Miracle Kittens, Enugu: Flora Nwapa Company, 1980 Journey to Space, Enugu: Flora Nwapa Company, 1980 Mammywater, 1979; Enugu: Flora Nwapa Company, 1984 Emeka, Driver's Guard, London: University of London Press, 1972; Enugu: Flora Nwapa Company, 1987
Legacy Flora Nwapa is the subject of a documentary entitled The House of Nwapa, made by Onyeka Nwelue,that premiered in August 2016. On 13 January 2017, Nwapa's birthday was marked with a Google Doodle
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