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ClassicMcGee:

i meant pinning the thread to the top of the programming section...

You got the Info's you news so why front page?

For me, it one day a week.

anibi9674:
ok.

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clevvermind:
Nigeria is beating Argentina comfortably.

Says who?

Imagine giving foreigners who don't pay tax ranches with tax payers money and expecting people to just watch. That's hard to imagine.

sarrki:
Lol

For they shall gather but coz there gathering is not of thy lord

1 million shall fall by the right and from the left

Adolf Hitler had loyalists. Satan does.

Threat is a matter of perspective. A warning might look threatening to you.

Religion: Links to academic decay in Nigerian universities



By Leo Igwe
22 June 2018 | 3:30 am




The overwhelming emphasis has been on how the different religions have contributed to the growth of education and learning in Nigeria.
It is widely known that religious organisations have been at the forefront of building and managing schools, colleges and universities.
Christian missionaries introduced the formal education system to Nigeria while their Islamic counterparts have established several schools and other institutions of learning.
In fact, today over 80 per cent of the private schools in the country are owned or managed by mainly Christian and Islamic religious individuals or groups.

However, little attention has been paid to the negative effects of religion on the educational system especially the fact that religion undermines academic programmes.
Religious involvement in education has not always translated into academic excellence.
In fact, in many cases, religious teachings and practices are conducted in ways that obstruct learning and acquisition of knowledge.
Recently, students from some universities across Nigeria responded to interview questions on the state of religion and free thought on the campuses.

to one student, campus religiosity had become a nuisance to the environment. She said: Hmmm! religion in my school is at another level.
Almost everyone is religious or at least believes in the existence of some imaginary beings controlling the universe.
From 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. every day, my faculty, in fact, is the noisiest place on earth as all the classes are taken over by the different Christian fellowships.
The mosque behind the faculty building won’t give one a chance either, with their loudspeakers.
You will find no place to study and can hardly concentrate on anything.
There is at least one mosque beside every single building in the school, including the administrative block.
Actually, universities have sections in their premises where places of worship could be constructed.
So one wonders why the university authorities have refused to act and take steps to sanitise the place and restore some order.
University authorities should be able to demarcate and ensure a separation between prayer and study/reading/lecture halls.
But a student pointed out that such a measure could not be taken because many university lecturers were usually behind these prayer meetings.
A student at a university in Enugu said: …all official social events begin and end with prayer including the inaugural lecture of the Faculty of Applied Natural Sciences. The lecturers encourage students to pray to God to help them pass their courses and they give religion-flavored lectures.

In an elective course on genetics that I did in my first year, the lecturer, after teaching outdated 1980s research work that regarded homosexuality as a genetic aberration went ahead to tell us that the mind was like a garden.
If you keep it clean, clean stuff will grow in it, if not, rubbish will grow in it and went ahead to state how this could be overcome by sheer will and the help of the spirit.
So many university lecturers mixed their teaching with religious preaching. They evangelise the students during the lectures and seminars.
According to one student: It’s sad to note that majority of our scholars and academicians are under the massive spell of religious conformity. Professors who are paid to transmit scientific knowledge are rather busy preaching to students in order to advance their religious agenda.
In the same vein, another student linked the high religiosity among students to the university management: The school management itself is deeply religious and virtually all policies, including employment and admission, are carried out with religious bias.
Almost all the professors in my department are pastors, bishops, deacons etc. At least one of them owned a church.
They leave no chance for critical thinking, and proselytize at any given time.. So what has been going on in the universities is a gradual religionisation of the campuses and a campusisation of religion.
Religion is slowing taking over the academic space, and eroding the culture of learning and intellectual inquiry in these places.
Not surprisingly, campus religiosity has been linked to noise pollution.
In fact, some students observed that the noise that emanated from students religious observance could not allow others to adequately prepare for their examinations: One student said: It’s now time for examinations and on stepping inside the school in the evening, you’d think it’s a crusade ground.
The noise from the prayer grounds won’t even let students who have come to study understand anything.
So many students end up not performing well in their examinations and in other academic engagements.
Despite the high level of religiosity on campuses, some students said there was a future for free thought or atheism in the universities.
Free thought, they noted, could help improve the quality of teaching and learning on campuses.
For instance, some noted that atheism could help change the attitude of students and lecturers to learning.
As one student noted: Atheism would go a long way in at least raising the consciousness of the lecturers.
They need to be reminded that they are academics, not clerics and that they are in the universities to study and research not to pray, to teach and impart knowledge, not to preach religion. Also, I think students should start taking hold of their destinies.

A student pointed out that in one university in Enugu students used to say: “My present course is not important. God already knows my future and what I will be.”
Whilst others say: After all, everyone is going to school.
It’s only God that determines who will get what: It is not how many hours you spend in the night class that matters”. Religion is used to sanctify lack of academic diligence and intellectual laziness.
Students noted that this kind of reasoning was rampant and that the spread of atheistic viewpoints would at least mean fewer people subscribing to this mediocre way of thinking otherwise the university would keep producing half-baked graduates.
Nigeria has indeed been producing low-quality graduates and Nigerian universities are ranked low globally.
But spreading the value of free thought on campuses is fraught with risks because the intense religious climate makes it very challenging for students who are atheists or freethinkers to come out.
One student explained his own predicament: Anytime I made myself known to anyone that I am no longer a sheep to any imaginary shepherd, and that I no longer have time for church activities, they look at me with massive disbelief.
They imagined that I had been initiated into some sort of cult.
For a university full of intellectuals in diverse fields of knowledge, in this second decade of the 21st century to be this religious is unbelievable!
In fact, I stand the risk of not graduating if my supervisor finds out about my views concerning religion.
I hope nobody from my department gets to read this.
This statement testifies to how campus religiosity has made freethinking dangerous.
Another university student observed: Free-thought, specifically atheism, perhaps will require a lot of efforts to take roots here.
Everywhere I mention or hint at it, there is a reaction and it is usually unpleasant, like when some disinfectant is applied to a wound.
And like in that analogy, free-thought is a much-needed panacea in these parts.”
According to this student, with the spread free-thought, the religious bias in recruitment and promotion of persons will drastically reduce.
Only academicians and administrators with the know-how will be put in their employed instead of this ‘my church member’ racketeering going on in the system.
And then we will “have better lecturers, a better management setup, and an all-around better academic institution. Furthermore, a student in Katsina also struck a note of cautious hope and optimism.”


https://m.guardian.ng/opinion/religion-links-to-academic-decay-in-nigerian-universities/

The public university folks love to claim grades are dashed out in private universities because of high school fees but we know better that it is the other way round.

Obaseki and Oshiomole are still saints compared to Igbinedion.

I understand your situation. Even Hitler had loyalist. Devil too has.

JixNation:



I didn't remember any name like Umeruo till the match ended yesterday.

Etebo is a world class midfielder I beg.

When Sunday Mba was on form too around 2013/2014 he was a world class player.

owelle22:
We just need to draw Argentina

Am sure Croatia will beat Iceland

If we draw by a good margin like 3-3 then we are good. Argentina's only hope hinges on beating us. Aiming for a Draw is risky.

demolinton4comi:
I can achieve this with python and libraries like sk-learn and scipy

How will you achieve it? demolinton4comi? What approach.

Hmmm.

Funny.

Emperornice:
Show me 1 person wen know Moses family forJos ,I go show you community wen know for Benin, northerner my foot

Stop letting bare parlour gist confuse you. Google him up and read his interviews.

Argentina handed a World Cup lifeline by Nigeria beating Iceland... but Lionel Messi and co must win big in their Group D decider on Tuesday
By Matthew Smith For Mailonline
13:41 EDT 22 Jun 2018, updated 15:17 EDT 22 Jun 2018


Nigeria's victory over Iceland on Friday afternoon will have been celebrated as vehemently in Buenos Aires as it was in Lagos.
Argentina looked destined to exit the World Cup at the group stage for the first time since 2002 after their embarrassing 3-0 defeat to Croatia.
However, Nigeria's 2-0 victory over Iceland has blown Group D wide open, and keeps the World Cup dreams alive for Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero and their team-mates.


After two games, Nigeria have three points, while Argentina and Iceland both have one. Leaders Croatia, on six, have reached the last 16 with a match to spare.
Crucially, Iceland's goal difference is marginally better than Argentina's - minus two, while the South Americans are on minus three.
Goal difference is the primary decider of group ranking at the World Cup, after points, unlike in the Champions League where head-to-head takes precedence.
The final games in the group kick-off at 7pm UK time on Tuesday, with Argentina playing Nigeria in St Petersburg, while Iceland face Croatia in Rostov.



Iceland require a win and for Argentina to beat Nigeria, but for the margin to be narrower

Argentina must win their match, and at the same time better Iceland's result against a Croatian team who may rest players, given their knockout spot is secure.
So for example, if Argentina win 3-0 and Iceland win 1-0, then Argentina qualify on goal difference. If they win 2-0 and Iceland win 1-0, then Argentina would also go through - both sides would have four points and minus one goal difference, but Messi and Co would have scored three goals to Iceland's two.
Of course, if Iceland draw or lose and Argentina win, then Messi's hopes of being a world champion can continue.
However if both sides win 1-0, then Iceland knock Argentina out, as their goal difference would be minus one to Argentina's minus two.


Nigeria will qualify with a win over Argentina - and with the right results a draw will suffice
Iceland therefore require not only a win and for Argentina to beat Nigeria, but for the Argentina winning margin to be the same or narrower than their own.


Nigeria meanwhile will progress if they beat Argentina, or if they draw and Iceland fail to win by more than two clear goals.
Nigeria would also be likely to progress with a high scoring draw, regardless of the Iceland result, as number of goals in all group matches follows goal difference in deciding the rankings.
So, should Nigeria draw 2-2 and Iceland win 2-0, for example, they would have the same number of points and goal differences of zero - but Nigeria would have scored four goals to Iceland's three, and would progress.






http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-5875255/Group-D-permutations-Argentina-avoid-World-Cup-elimination.html

emezuo17:
. No grew up in Kaduna, he is from Edo state

He is a northerner. his father and mum were killed in one of the numerous Kaduna rampage by Muslims against Christians. Even Niger immigrant are undisputed Nigerians.

Ziggylady:
Story for the press...if it was an Igboman criticising another Igboman then 'Igbos are not united'

That's what Igbo's say.

PointZerom:
What did the Yorubas do when MKO was killed?

They started NADECO mango plantashun,l and ate mangoes all day.

mrborntodoit:
Most of our elders are dull and unexposed, the exposed ones are only there for their selfish gains so it is up to our youths to use the next presidential election to decide .


Every Nigerian deserves equal treatment so you deserve as much land as a Fulani

These same herdsmen were tagged as foreigners by buhari and el rufai in time past so why use N170b to fund killer foreigners against locals who's tax's pays his salary.

Omooba77:
That is the truth; I should have lands for my pigs;ducks and hens in Sokoto, Kano and Borno.

Exactly. Lalasticlala won't see this thread oh. Na tonto dikeh him go dey find for celebrity section.

One only has to put the opinion of Buhari against his previous opinions to see the level of paradox we are dealing with here.

Why appeal to foreigners who are killing those you swore to protect?
Why hasn't this same govt intervened in cocoa farming, piggery, poultry, and fishing?
This is a clear attempt to take mediocrity to another level.

ClassRep001:
Ipod youths right now wishing it was iwobi or Moses who scored.

Igbos after seeing the news

Moses is northerner. Get your bigotted facts right.

The task is I need to cluster news coverage from different news outlet from media houses. I still need it.

The Igbo's didn't provide five percent of the entire 2015 polls vote as some persons are implying here but contributed that percentagr to a particular candidate total votes.

This is one thing you can't take away from the Yoruba's. They criticize irrespective of the region of the presidency. When Jonathan was being harassed and denied aso rock they were the first to rise. They also criticized him when he messed up his good will.

When OBJ was there they criticized him accordingly.

johnmartus:
so north complain to you?

North don't need to complain. their attitude towards oil expresses their heart and we all know Buharis main focus is the north.

I look at projects like this one, the Lagos-Kebbi rice, Kaduna potato, Ondo cocoa, Atlantic city, Edo corn cultivation and power plants and I realize Nigeria and more particularly the south isn't entirely doomed. There is hope after all.

hisses . . .

vintino:
Just filled your address and zip code, it will b delivered to d nearest Nipost, but you might pay at Nipost depending on d weights of ur goods.. Bt all in all u will win

That simple?
I guess I will have to go to one nipost close to my address and ascertain my zip code then order it.

One more thing, how is the exchange rate now? I know banks don't use the official figure. My ATM is expired.