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As I type this, it is already 21-12-2012 in Australia, and I am expecting the doomsday prophets or philosophers to put another twist to their speculations.
Last year there was a man in USA who "calculated" that the world was ending. It failed!!

Why are so many doomsday prophecy? Or is the advent of internet helping to spread speculations faster than before? Or Are people really tired of this present world? The Witnesses(followers of C.T. Russell) believe in a new paradise, so are people really yearning for a paradise on earth?

What is your stake on all these fake prophecies?

KINGwax: ^^
Smh
Ppl who take a point outta a whole to make name are cowards and want nothin bt cheap popularity.
Stp paintin my country so black! Can u tell me it's nt worse in d states?
A begiii

I can really conclude that U are a clown!! Why must the comparison be with the states as if I am an American. It's like your conscience is worrying U. Confess now or it will be too late.
What is eating U up like this bro?

KINGwax: mtcheeeew!!!! Upon evrytn u typed, not even a half 'like'.
Anyone wey alwys dey paint naija black as if na we worst pass na comfirm mumu.

lol, lol; lol: lol.

So you make comments here so people would like. your comment shows how shallow our reasoning are. Yes, I expected such comment because we are afraid to face the truth.
My comment pains you because e touch you well well. Tell me which statement in my comment is not true.

My friend go through all my posts, U'll notice I am consistent in using the collective pronouns - our, us, we- when referring to any Nigerian issue. I am part of the society and I also want to know what to do/change to have a better Nigeria and you are here looking for 'likes'. Na wa oooo. Are you one of the political praise singers?

Did the OP call these people "celebrities"?

I thought I was poor with grammar?

@TOPIC:: Cheating in relationship is a global thing, but Naija own is getting out of hand not because of the above mentioned reasons, but because an average Nigerian is a cheat. From politicians embezzling public fund, contractor collecting money n abandoning d work or over-bloating the quotation, Clergy catching on the weakness/trust of their members to dupe them, civil servant do "pay to play" aka how much be my own, civil servants collecting salaries for doing no job, extortion by our law enforcement officers, businessmen using faulting/manipulated scale to cheat customers, to spouse doing projects they cant tell their partners. We cheat daily in our different jobs. Honesty is alien to most Nigerians, and there can't be any magic to make it different in relationships including marriage.
Unfortunately, it is getting worse by the day!!

jidegirl12: Debrief so what do you reward with those points for doing chores and keeping their spaces clean please?

Nobody is perfect to learn from others in as much as I sometimes think I am doing everything right.( I think so )

All her friends in school earns money for doing stuff too so why can't she? She's doing great with her grades and very responsible helping the needy some kids will stay home and play Xbox , also she pays her tithe from her earnings and has a piggy bank for the rest, I just think she deserves it

Now I feel bad.

My extended mother-in-law, please don't reward her with money because her peers are getting same thing. Rather, teach her to learn to be positively different from others. Rewarding her with money depends on her age. I think rewarding anyone below 10yrs is not very proper (personal opinion though). Even if she is older than 10, you should do it as a way of teaching her financial responsibility but not because others do same. And you should monitor how (on what) she spends the money.

Keep doing the good work while I do same here with her "to-be"

babaearly: akwa ibom people dey look you oh

dasparrow: @Post

Go canines! Nigerians should take note. While people in advanced nations are training these intelligent creatures to do amazing things, some Nigerians are busy putting dogs in their cooking pot. It is well.

Are dogs less or more animals than others like goats, sheep,cows which we all eat? Abi U don't know these ones can be trained too.

Better still, are dogs worse than snakes n monkeys? Or just the Nigerian sickness that we see everything others do as bad and ours as good just because we are the ones doing it?

Awoofawo: na long throat dey worri you! Community ko, community ni! Cause of doing good to community I should now dishonour my papa/mama memory abi? It seems you are lacking in your cultural upbring! Even oyinbo ppl den dey celebrate their belove departs, so how com our is different now? We alway hate everything about our heritage, and the exclaim wow!!! When white men re-introduce us to the cultural we jettison in the first place. Shor on you! When papa/mama goes home, there will be plenti plenti, orisirisi assorted dishes, especially my belove garri ijebu plus eja dindin!!!

I know U are being clownish by calling me "long throat"
FYI, I am not anywhere near ya community so nothing concern me concern how U waste ya money. Culture is dynamic I guess U know. We have actually changed our culture in the negative direction. As a kid I witnessed about 2 burials of people in their 30s. They were solemn and no food or drink whatever. But in the same community today, a budget of 80K was made for food at the burial of someone younger than myself.
If U were patient enough to read through my post, U would have seen where I said U should entertain ya guest, but don't waste money. I am not surprise at ya attack, last time I checked, NLders are allergic to objective debates.

Awoofawo: It's considered shameful not to able to give your aged one a befitting send-off on their exit for sinful plane! Omo rere agbehin gbogbo wa! Only poor man would just dumps the remaining of his belove depart without all the necessary rite of honour!

How about U take that money and do something in the community that your departed relative will be remembered for a long time. Like giving scholarship, building or equipping a library in his/her name. It is goo to entertain your guest, but not the exorbitant n arrant waste of money people do these days.

It is a good thing we all ask ourselves this soul searching question. But, most of us are guilty by demanding from bereaved friends and relatives. It even sound a bit sane when the bereaved has a "well to do" child. I have attended funerals where the parents buried their sons(well trained) and cooked. It was disgusting to see people eating at the burial ceremony of someone in his/her 30s-40s. If we the youths don't stand our grounds to root out some of these abnormalities, then they will keep hunting us.

Akinlawson: Lazy and old cargoes teachers, shifting blame on corpers.90% of those teachers are due for retirement, going to classes with 1972 lesson note to teach pupils. Why won't they fail?

You are very correct. Everyone is looking for who to blame in Naija!! The funny thing is, if U are young teacher employing new techniques to teach they take it as pride. How many of them go to up-grade their knowledge?
One of the things they learned back in education is Class management, but people change and Naija is fast changing!! When I thought in gov't school on a part-time basis, come see some of these "pro-teachers" sleeping in the class.

Naija truly needs help!!

One of the best teacher I have encountered in life was a corp member. So, this generalization is fallacious.

The former corper in question had a BSc in Engineering. Posted to my school while most of us were struggling to score 50-60% in Mathematics. He made us to know that the only way to know Maths is "solving Maths everyday". By the time he finished his one year service, he was hired on contract. In 2years time he turned most of us from D and E student(in Maths) to A and B students. That was when I dumped my dream of Medical science for Engineering. Though I have not seen or heard about him for over 20yrs, I hope I will be able to trace him one day.

Kudos to Ebi Joe (Nickname) where ever U are!!

Same people asking for accountability from people in gov't think it is "un-African" for someone to be accountable on his/her wedding day. Our greed for free things makes our political office holders to show the present level of mediocrity. There is a big difference between someone's wedding ceremony and the community New Yam Festival. Positive things we should copy we won't, only copy negative body exposure/indecent dressing.

@OP, just give out the IV a week or 2 to the wedding Day. Take the reception venue outside where U or ur spouse-to-be reside.

Please stop this joke!!!

pappy2000: @ Op I love your courage but I will strong advice you to do something else with your life.Teaching is a very myopoc job and you will see your dream fade away if you settle for teaching n couple with the indignity in the profession,the parent and the owner of the school sees you as nobody and you can beat a child even when the child is clearly wrong couple with the fact that the private school owners sees the school from pure biz perspective.You won't understand all this until you enter into the trade n before you know it you will be counting years in the job,Its better u hawk on the road than teaching unless you get some good international school which pay well and even at that teaching does not broaden your horizon

U statement demeans teachers and the teaching profession!! That teaching is been poorly rewarded in Nigeria doesn't make it worse than hawking. The two jobs serve different purposes. If your conclusions are valid, why do we still have many people teaching in private schools all over Nigeria? I bet U'll want your child to attend a private school one day as most average Nigerians do. So, who will teach them? Teaching is a calling for some people, for others it is a way to make ends meet.

We need more good/sound teachers in our educational system!!

Nice thread with sincere and useful responses. I respect every response on this thread except few.

@OP,
Like many have said, it depends on the private school and the cost of living in the area. I did same thing in 2004-2006 just for 10K a month. It was very poor, but it gave me freedom to run a lesson center, took on a part-time teaching in govt school, and most importantly allowed me to attend job interviews. In 2006 I was face with 2 options: NNPC or Graduate studies in UK. U can guess my choice.
Most Private school tie U down even when they pay close to civil service scale. So decide on what U want. Yes, U may not be able to settle down with a private school that pays less than 40K/month, but it is a stepping stone. U take money from there and go for job scouting or start small business. PLEASE, never despise humble beginning.

Best of Luck!!

chucky234: Wetin concern fake lives inside the pics na,u better go sleep for under Ijora bridge.

Is like U didn't read through the posts that queried the OP and said the pics were Photoshopped. Did U have any problem understanding my post? BTW, why does it affect U that much? Abi, anything about U that is fake?

The fake lives we live have made it impossible for us in Nigeria to believe any thing again. The technology of Photoshopping is less than 20yrs in Nigeria, yet any art or picture that brings out great creativity is said to be Photoshopped. Hmmmm, see the dark side of technology? It makes some human to loss their reasoning ability.

BTW, those were great pictures. I know nothing about art/pictures, but I love and I appreciate them.

Kids everywhere on Nairaland!!

Is either you've not seen up to 100 dry coconut in ya life. The chance of seeing a dried coconut at various stages of germinating is about 5%. If U are yet to see one doesn't make it impossible.
I have seen it many times especially when my grandma was alive and give us coconut whenever we visit. We should learn to use internet to learn not to spew hatred or expose our ignorance.

Virick: Go ahead and google "germinating Coconuts" its in the early stages of growing into a tree. The milk has apparently crystallised. There are many recipes one can make with that fluff. Folks, Please .

Keep teaching some kids here, God will reward U!

I maybe late on this as I believe U may have gotten tons of advice.

The truth is the 1st babe had much hopes on some other guy somewhere. When that didn't work she suddenly came back to tell U 'YES'. Please, dont fall for that, she will leave again whenever another guy show. You will never be her priority!! She can cry U a river, her 'NO' should stand.

To the ladies, if U like a guy, don't wait for another babe to declare the guy 'date-able' before U make up your mind. It has caused many bleeding hearts.

jidegirl12: Nope... I already have suitors for them from family friends... raising them together here

Reminds me of a family friend who used to call me son-in-law. We grew up being fond of the girl in question.
After JS3 in late 80s the girl sent 2 pages of warning letter(No mobile phone then) to me. One of the lines read
"If my mother still want you to be her son-in-law, she can get pregnant and born another daughter".

Till now whenever we meet we laugh ourselves to tears. I hope you know what you are doing!!

So much for prestige!!!

Curious_city: Does that mean a YES? If U are correct about your location, then we are closer than U think. I can bring my twin boys to see your "succulent" "rich" girls!

"Wonderment"!!! U are raising your future sons-in-law?
Nice way to preserve family heritage.
BTW, mine are raised in the village with no roads, only a dirty pond for drinking water. I was thinking U'll permit me to bring them with our Village head's wheelbarrow.

Ok, your daughters aside, why don't we just meet, maybe you can offer me a position in your company?

jidegirl12: Well.... what can I say? some people think they can bully me online and get away with it.

You'd be surprised yourself if you see me face to face....I really don't like violence but if you e-provoke me you'll see a monster!

Does that mean a YES? If U are correct about your location, then we are closer than U think. I can bring my twin boys to see your "succulent" "rich" girls!

So this thread is still ongoing?

I am really appalled the way some people reason. In any case, it is bliss to hide under anonymity to claim 'what we wish to be' as being 'what we are'

I want to meet @jidegirl in person!!

This is what joblessness can cause!!

Yesterday, a friend called just to confirm if Obama is going to give 666.

What kind of nonsense is this from Nigeria. When would mind our business and demand good governance from our leaders.

So, all the monies our relatives send from America will link us to 666? Or all technologies including the one the @OP is using to spread these lies will give us 666?

Kai, Nigerians, when will we stop disgracing ourselves. I need to limit my time on Nairaland!!

I will like to know and meet Mr(or Mrs)Coogar in real life.

@Pro1 thanks for some good/simple reasoning !!!!

I wish I am fully single and searching, I know the set of people to punish.

Why can't we Nigerians look beyond the nose? We still have a long way to go with the types of mentality some of us have. Some of the responses here are the reason everyone wants to steal or embezzle govt money in order to get rich and be accepted, yet we all complain of crime/corruption.

If the views of the majority on NL is to go by, then this KUNTry is properly FVCKED!!!

This thread shows the type of people we have in Nigeria and on Nairaland.

I think what the OP mean is knowing that the guy/girl is from a poor background or that the parents
are nobody in the society. Nigerians carry this class stuff too far. Imagine Nigerian students in the
western world discriminating base on "who ya papa be for naija?".

If you look into your family line, someone must have been poor before you came to see the riches. So a
guy/gal from poor background today can be rich tomorrow. Ever seen a rich empire crumble? I think we have many
presently in Nigeria. Come to think that most of us want to turn to 'oyigbo', yet the people we copy don't
discriminate base on class. Why don't we copy +ve things.

I had a classmate whose father came for visiting days(in Sec. Sch) with a bicycle in the '90s. He want to d Uni and
girls shunned him, because he was poor. Today he is a supervisor in Shell with a large economic empire. Many of those
rich girls started stalking him. I leave the rest to ya imagination.


"A king was once a crying baby, a skyscraper was once a blueprint".

Sometimes last year, a female friend who was engaged confided in me that he slept with another friend of mine. I spoke with her and tried some healing therapy as she sounded remorseful. But before I knew, they were going steady with their sexual encounters. I kept quiet as it didn't concern me. She professed loving the guy and wished she could marry the guy. The guy lied to her that he wasn't ready. That he was focus on his studies and not ready for family distractions. Even after the girl's intro last December, their affairs continued till 1st quarter of this year when the guy announced that he was preparing for his marriage. According to them, they stopped sex, but still very close to each other. The guy got married about 4months ago, but is living far away from the wife(Though making plans for re-union).

But this my guy tells this his (ex?)sexmate any misunderstanding that is going on with his wife. I told him before his marriage to stop telling her details of his marriage, but when he didn't I just had to stay mute. Presently, the girl tells me every details about this my friend's marriage. Things that my friend won't even tell me. Is this really healthy? If not(as I think), how do I make this guy see the truth before he ruins himself and his marriage

Smooyis: An empty hand is d devils workshop. Wise of u not to give satan a chance by being job selective. Many have been jobless for years because they are too proud and neva want to start little. They think of what others would say if they venture into certain lowly areas. And such they remain in one place for years. I congratulate u broda for the true naija spirit of neva say die in u. And i believe u and ur graduate co-drivers will make it. Because u will not indulge in those vices d illiterate ones do because u kno that u have a future. And like to say ur wife is a lucky woman to have someone like u. Goodluck sir.

Hello there, I would not and I cannot castigate anyone(graduate, undergraduate abi over-graduate) who chooses to do any type of job to eke out livelihood. I have a circle of friends who engage in any form
of work. But my pains is in the arrogance that is being displayed by the employer. Employing graduate(and I read an article where he claimed some of the trainee are PhD's) as truck driver is what we are clapping for a man who uses all connection to FG to kill honest competition?. Now this is the mentality of a member of the National Economic Team of the FG. Have you ever heard of unskilled and semi-skilled labor? If he employs graduates with all amount of excitement, what happens to the SSC holders, others with City and Guild? Are they not suppose to be covered in their economic plan?
Many graduates are running transport services in Nigeria(Okada, taxi, boat/ferries), this is out of no other means. But for an employer of Dangote's level to make make HND/BSc the minimum qualification for driving
his trucks leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

I have been a loud advocate for the Nigerian project, but I am beginning to have a rethink.

Emmy9898: My dear, you are miles ahead of me. I didn't know that Dangote is a member of GEJ Economic team.

But to be honest, I never ceased to be suspicious of the tone of some of the comments here. From the comments, it seemed to me that all one has to do to be instantly crowned a hero on Nairaland, is to announce that one has just accepted a Dangote truck driving job.

Anyway, I am politically naive, but I do share your suspicions.

You can read the news here:
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/jonathan-expands-economic-management-team/96765/

He has been there since last year.

And to think that Dangote is a member of GEJ economic team tells us what plans they are having for our future.
Very soon, he will recommend this for the FG to implement as a way to reduce employment.

Up Nigeria !!!!

jonath0012: bros, Dangote just wants to mock our educational system. soon he may want the service of professors as cleaners in his apartment

Yet people are here clapping for him. I value dignity of labor, but the way we Nigerians are doing, there is no hope for
those who can't go to the four walls of the University.
Everyone cannot be graduates, that is why we have skills like drivers,welders, masons etc. In oil coys Nigerian university graduates are welders while high school graduate are doing same job in other parts of the world.

I repeat, I WEEP FOR NIGERIA and HER YOUTHS