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I was educated on the extreme diversity of the North by my gateman 3 years ago. I called him abokii one day and he humbly corrected me that he is not Hausa, he called the name of one tribe in Taraba State where he is from.

But Northerners no blame us ooo, Y'all speak the same language



Shuuuuu.... NL don de redflag abokii?

Nigerian students shine in Dubai
by Gbenga Ojo, October 20, 2016 at 12:00 am

STUDENTS of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun (FUPRE) in Delta State, put up a remarkable performance at the just-ended yearly Technical Conference and Exhibition – PetroBowl competition – at the World Trade Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirate (UAE). It was organised by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
Five universities won tickets to represent Nigeria at the African regional contest held last March, at the University of Benin (UNIBEN). Of the five, only FUPRE, Niger Delta University (NDU), and Igbinedion University, Okada, made it to the event through sponsorship.
Delta State University (DELSU) and Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST) could not make it.
Thirty-two universities participated in the global contest. FUPRE got to “Elite 8” by defeating two world-class universities – University of Manchester in the United Kingdom (UK) and University of Houston in the United States (U.S.). the institution eventually emerged the fifth Best Petroleum University in the world.
Petro Bowl Competition, initiated in 2002, is a platform for student-chapters of SPE to exchange ideas on latest techniques in the petroleum industry. They are asked technical and non-technical questions about oil exploration and best practice.
FUPRE has represented Africa three times. In 2014, it emerged African champion in the regional contest, and represented Africa at the World Petro Bowl in Amsterdam, Netherland.
Also last year, FUPRE represented Africa at the global contest held in Houston, Texas. The team leader, Stephen Ibrahim, a 500-Level student of the Department of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, told CAMPUSLIFE that his team members gave their best performance and brought their experience to bear in the contest. Coming fifth in the contest, he said, would give the team a leverage to review its performance and come out stronger in future contests.
A member of the team, Bilau Adeniran, also in 500-Level Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, said he was proud of the team’s achievement. He said: “I show my deepest gratitude to Almighty Allah for everything. I am proud of my team. The competition did not give us victory only but also made us a family.”
SPE is the largest individual-member organisation of serving managers, engineers, scientists and other professionals in the upstream segment of the oil and gas industry, with more than 168,000 members in 144 countries. The Society has 368-student chapters across the world.

http://thenationonlineng.net/nigerian-students-shine-dubai/

blackprowler:
It's all crap. I've tried to stay away from Nairaland but I can't help commenting whenever I read one of our egregious stupidities which have no end? I am a solar businessman. I am also a mechanical engineer. In secondary school, we are first taught in physics that energy can never be created or destroyed. It only transforms from one form to another. It gets more complicated as you get higher and higher degrees. Can the "inventor" tell me how much energy is required to transport three human beings for any stated distance, and then tell me how much energy the solar panel (bought from a shop, lol) produces? I know the answer. NIGERIA IS A JOKE! Ignorance is a very big problem in this country

Easy guy, I feel you. I follow up on shell eco-maraton, where energy efficient vehicles are produced and the most energy efficient car(actually a tricycle) can actually accommodate one person and truth be told, you were correct when you mentioned "carry 3 human beings" because the weight differential would be better a nightmare for the said tricycle and how much energy does say two solar panels transmit to how many batteries. What got me laughing was the no engine part, haba! What moves the tires then, how would you change gears? WiFi or Bluetooth?


I believe a friend of the guy or his relation who doesn't understand the workings of engineering put up this thread here as as a publicity stunt...... But unfortunately for them, we have thinkers here.

shamecurls:
Op!

You need to be detailed. How can a tricycle move without engines. Yes! It's solar powered I know, but which one is no engine and only batteries? How is it then moving?

My thoughts exactly, and I seriously have doubts that student did that project alone. Either way, nice innovation.


Proud futo alumni

I kinda like what this dude did.

Has the world gone mad? What is dis?

Guy thank God say the thing no explode for the middle pocket(you know? Center of Gravity). Na service of songs we for dey plan now.

@OP, I am so disappointed. I used to be a fan of yours, I follow very few people on nairaland, cos I chose sensible people only. Your posts here used to be engaging and intelligent, but for this particular post, it's clear something terrible has destroyed your sense of reasoning(I mean no insult). Check yourself, and retrace your steps before it's late, advice no be curse.




BTW, I just unfollowed you. I know you will care less anyway.

Praise the Lord!!! Finally, Nigeria can now breathe a sigh of relief.

hahn:
A baseball bat. Just in case you need to knock someone out

that could come in handy.

tosyno1990:
ekiti
state university,ado ekiti

Thanks for the information.

I had an uncle who studied this course in the UK, he is late now. I'm surprised to hear that it's been offered here in Nigeria. I would like to know the universities that offer this course.

crisycent:
All I see is one fat pig.

NIGHTMAREOO7:
Pukes!.

Y'all puking and calling human beings like yourself pigs makes me wonder what extraordinary things you have done with your lives. SMH

vivalavida:
This Xmas mumsi go worry u tire. U must leave Warri n come to Owerri naa

in fact I no comeback this December again.

vivalavida:
@czarchris and @youngeagle, what are you guys waiting for? When are we celebrating you here?

guy calm down nah, abi my mumsi don give you contract to dey worry me bah? Still searching bro, the hustle is real.

jopretty:
Nka wu ajuju mbuchi ozo. Indi Anambra n'eme ka soso ha bu ezigbo ndigbo igbo ndi ozo awuruzie 'igbo aturu' eziokwu iha juogburu onweya n'jo.

Nwanyioma, anyi bu ndi Igbo na aga na ihu karia ndi ozo na obodo a, mana ndi Anambra wetuo obi ha na ala.

Igbo bu Igbo ka anyi nile ga na ihu.

Jesu?!! Abeg Saudiaramco get tweeter handle?

Let's call a spade a spade and not a shovel.

O wu ihe nwute na ndi Igbo enwe ha ofu obi, gi juo mu ihe a ndi Anambra na eme ajoka. A bu mu ezigbote nwafo Imo State. Mana ndi Anambra bia ha na akpomu nwa onye Igbo. Maka chukwu ihe a ajo gbuo udele na njo. Mu buru nwa onye Igbo, onye Anambra aburu kwanu nwa onye ole?

How? I used to watch this woman's movies back in primary school. Now I look like her elder brother? Na lie, I no go gree.

Forget about the long story, the man is just insecure. Inferiority Complex is a serious psychological disorder. If you like change the number 7 days a week, person wey go cheat go cheat.

Chelsea ndo oooo this is f**king hilarious. I'm opening an account with access bank tomorrow morning.... . Damn!!! ROTFLWKMD












@vivalavida get in here bro.

This government should sale Aso Rock and the National Assembly Complex.









Mtcheeeew! Nonsense!
Clueless, unserious, fo*lish, zero brain government.
So putting national assets for sale is the solution for the mess Nigeria is in now, as a result of useless policies that the same government put up in the 1st place? And they used dangote to sale it 1st so it won't be like it was the government's idea and APC zombies have jumped into the bandwagon.

Liar Muhammed on the move again .....smh.. .. APC, God dey watch una

This is just scary

9jalyte:
Buhari did not just inherit a larger amount of money, he inherited a far better Nigeria than what OBJ met in 1999. I really forgive him when he says PDP destroyed Nigeria in the last 16 years because after PTF, he went to Daura, God knows if he was aware of what was happening in Kastina town, let alone what was happening in Nigeria. Maybe we should enlighten him and his ignorant supporters. We need people to ask these questions:
1. How many Universities were in Nigeria before 1999 (private and public), and how many do we have now.
2. How many other tertiary institutions were in Nigeria before 1999 and how many did we have by 2015
3. How many federal Medical Centres and other tertiary health centres were in Nigeria before 1999 and how many did we have by 2015
4. How many government agencies were in Nigeria before 1999 and how many did we have by 2015
5. How many people were in federal government payroll in Nigeria before 1999 and how many did we have by 2015
6. What was the minimum wage in Nigeria in 1998 and what was it in 2000, remember what Nigeria had in reserve and the turnaround in the earning of public servants
7. Compare the manpower in the public institutions in terms of number and capacity, number of government funded training for lecturers and doctors and other public servants before 1999 and after.
8. Compare how many kilometers of road paved in Nigeria before 1999 and how many in 2015
9. compare number of dualized roads by 1999 and by 2015
10. compare how many communities were linked to the national grid by 1999 and by 2015
11. I don't want to talk about tele-communication.
12. compare the size of middle class in Nigeria in 1999 an by 2015
13. compare our banking sector before 1999 and by 2015 and then by 2016
14. compare our democracy, particularly INEC of 2014 and INEC of 2016
15. Compare the number of new cars in Nigeria in 1999 and the number today ( i am not talking about tokumbo)
16. compare the rail system before 1999 and today

And so on and so on. After making the comparisons, I guess I will not be the one that will make you tell APC "shut-up". If Buhari is lamenting when he not only inherited a better Nigeria, but a more reasonable sum of money, it means if he had become the President by 1999, Nigerians would have asked the military to come back. But it is good he is here today, we have to deal with his problem once and for all so that he will retire back silently to Daura and remain silent for ever, otherwise he would have been causing tension with his threats and his followers would have continued to dress him in borrowed robes. Too bad for him, he should have known that the best actor is the on that leaves the stage when the ovation is high-Gej comes to mind.

God bless you plenty plenty for this assessment, these zombies believe all Nigerians are dullards like themselves. Obasanjo inheriting $3billion in the federal reserve and buhari inheriting $30billion comes to mind.

When will you zombies ever learn? Always playing the blame game.













OK, what have your president achieved with what he has?

HtwoOw:
Please for heaven's sake return our oil to 150 per barrel

Mama piss return our $35M

Dasuki return our $2.1B

Return our broken oil pipes to its original state

Return our $20B from Denziani

The list goes on and on


Then let's talk about returning everything back to where we met it

Interesting analysis, but I'll leave the attached picture for you to ponder on.







AND the list of this government's incompetence goes on and on.
Imagine a minister for state of agriculture saying that rice will get to #40,000 a bag and his oga who earlier wanted this country to import grass from Brazil instead of food for human beings to eat, opened his mouth to say "Nigerians eat too much rice, that's why it's expensive". Clueless government.

freshvine:
Isi onye ocha ada la

Girl you funny, no more igbuozu na high sea.

Braden102:
What's the Sqft. Those style of houses you guys have in Nigeria are so ugly ,colonial and outdated.They also look complicated and may incur unnecessary expenditure. The homes in the photo below are very simple,yet elegant,straightforward ,and also easy to build and complete within a short period of time. In fact,you do not have to waste money on conventional roofing nor stairs because prefabricated stairs is much cheaper. Colour is also important in the finishing . White ,grey and peach colours gives a modern look to a building.

now I'm hooked, been seeing this type of building designs lately, and I must say they look simple, neat and nice. What's the average cost of building something like this with the OPs description /taste? I'm kinda thinking in that angle right now.

gabe:
Somebody please shoot this guy...

my thoughts exactly

This man should be speedily rushed to a psychiatric institution especially that for the chronically mad. HABA! !!