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Anyone that graduate from any school outside Nigeria is considered a Foreign school gradauate. If you are comparing Nigeria Universities with Universities in Africa (Ghana, S/African, Zimbabwe etc) then there will be some basis for comparison. However, if you are comparing Nigeria Universities with the top tier Universities  in the world (North America, Europe, Australia etc),  then there is no basis for comparison.

Unfortunately, the quality of learning from the Nigeria Universities has dropped considerably, no proper research and development, not enough professors, lecturers are busy selling handout and failue to buy means failing the course, too many strike discrupting academic work, lack of up to date learning materials. and teachings are too theoritical with no practical significance in most cases.

Those Nigeria University graduate that manage to work extra hard to excel in Nigeria will always do well at any school abroad regardless.

In the light of the most recent nuclear disaster in Japan at Fukushima, It is important to understand the key disadvantages of this type of power usage in Nigeria.

some of the disadvantages includes:

1. Radioactive waste
 The production of nuclear power produced a lot of waste material. This waste material is extremely hazardous and difficult to dispose of safely. Most radioactive waste produced by a nuclear power plant is keep on site or is buried underground in huge concrete pits. This waste has to be carefully looked after for many thousands of years.

2. High risks associated with accidents
While the chance of a nuclear accident happening are relatively low the risks associated are extremely high. Even small radiation leaks can cause devastating effects on the surrounding environment and people. A cataclysmic accident can cause widespread radiation poisoning across many countries as the Chernobyl Nuclear disaster proved.

3. Terrorist Targets
Due to the wide spread damage a reactor breach could cause, nuclear power plants could become favoured terrorist targets. Some nuclear reactions also produce plutonium in large quantities which could be used in nuclear weaponry

See the two youtube link below for an explanation of the Fukushima nuclear reactor problem:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdbitRlbLDc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZIvPRMCLr0


If Nigeria Government could not even run NITEL/MTEL, Nigerian Airways, Hospitals, and many other government minisitries efficiently, I doubt if they can run a nuclear plan efficiently, safety will be compromised and thousands of Nigerian life will be in grave danger. I see a disaster waiting to happen.  If Japan with all the technology had problems dealing with the recent nuclear disaster, Nigeria will be in big trouble.

I hope those clueless politicians don't put it in the South South.  Abuja is the best location for this plan, so when the disaster happen, Abuja resident will all face the radiation and health complication first before it spread to other part of the country.

@snthesis (m)

According to the decree that set up COREN, they are suppose to regulate and control the training and practice of engineering in Nigeria, ensure and enforce the registration of all engineering personnel and consulting firms wishing to practice or engage in the practice of engineering in Nigeria.

Unfortunately COREN exist only as a toothless bulldog that does not live up to it's mandate. they register individual engineers who complete the application forms, have 4 years engineering work experience and pay the processing fee, then the individual have a stamp as a qualified engineer to use the title Engr.  

Unless you are working for the Government, registeration with COREN is at best optional, there is no enforcement of anything as far as I know. take a look at the Job openings for Engineers advertised by some major companies in Nigeria (i.e MTN, GLO, Chevron, Mobile, Shell, etc) and tell me where registration with COREN is a requirement to be employed as an Engineer. You do not need COREN registration to be employed and be addresses as an Engr in the Private sector.

I worked as an Engineer with my business card addressing me as Engr for over 10 years in Nigeria without registering with COREN, my employer did not care about COREN registration and this is true for thousands of engineers enployed in the private sector using the title "Engr"without COREN registration today.

Does COREN have a set of standard of engineering practice in Nigeria? do they ensure that anyone with engineering degree write and pass some prescribe examination before being licence? how many people have COREN prosecuted for using the title Engr without registration? do they vet applicant transcript and/or work experience and prescribe some confirmatory examination or interview applicant to ensure that they know what they claim in their application?, do they set some kind of professional engineering practice exams for applicant to sure they understand the standard of engineering practice in Nigeria (i,e engineering law, professional ethics and liability)?. so how is COREN regulating engineering practice in Nigeria, simply giving people stamp for working for 4 years in engineering and having an engineering degree does not make that individual a qualified Engineer.

Engineers are Professionals that apply Scientific principles to design and develop things, machines, devices, systems & processes that help improve the way we do things, improve public safety and better the lives of the people.

Unfortunately there is no proper regulation and licensing of engineering profession in Nigeria. The result is that anyone with an engineering degree call himself or herself an Engineer.  In North America, the title "Engineer" is a protected title. and unless you are licensed as a Professional Engineer, you can not call yourself an Engineer (though you may work in engineering).  it does not matter that you have an Engineering degree.

To answer your question,     No - Nigerian graduates, i.e Engineers are not useless (Nigerian Universities need to step up R&D to increase the stock of knowledge locally & compete globally)

I am a Nigerian trained Engineer that have not only practice engineering in Nigeria but currently a practicing Professional Engineer in North America. And except for the advanced technology and strict professional engineering licensing requirements/regulation, engineering (depending on your specialization) is basically the same anywhere in the world.

It is all about the excitement of wanting to get what they can not get.

When a man and a woman who are madly in love start considering to become married as husband and wife, the last thing on their mind is legal issues about division of assets at divorce,  yet we see statistics showing that about 50% of all marriages ends in divorce.  

So if you are rich, have large assets, a professional (eg managers of businesses, physician, etc) or have large inheritance from wealthy parents that could potentially be target for an angry ex-spouse and her/his lawyer during a divorce.  It is in your best interest to have a prenuptial agreement in place before the marriage, to prevent waste of money and years of emotional anguish, on a litigated divorce. The prenuptial agreement will clearly specifies the assets that each of you had prior to the marriage and how you want your individual asset before marriage to be divided if divorce occurs.  Also, a nasty and complicated legal problem could arise at divorce where one spouse has financed the education of the other spouse, then the marriage ends before the supporting spouse can be either rewarded by an increased standard of living during the marriage or compensated by increased share of the marital assets at divorce.

Generally, for many people that get into relationship for economic and business reasons (Gold diggers) with no intention to remain in the marriage for long, a prenuptial agreement will help protect the assets of the wealthy spouse that is being targeted by the Gold diggers at divorce.

The decision whether a wife should or should not work should be made by those involved in the relationship considering what is best for them and most importantly if they plan on having and raising children.

If the man is financially solid enough to guarantee financial security for his family now and in the near future, the wife have no business working and slaving for anybody unless she is doing it for the wrong reason. She should take on her role as the home maker and take good care of her home, her husband and children and make the home a place to be. The children will benefit from her undivided attention and care. as raising an academically successful children is a very difficult and challenging task, expecially if they live in the West. The mother have a huge role to play in making sure the children turn away from drugs, gang and tenage pregancy by creating a conducive, stable and loving home for her family. She can not do this effectively if she slave arround working and looking for more $ like the man, while allowing the children to raise themselves. if they children are very young, daycare is not the answer.

Yes, the global economic crises make it difficult for one income to sustain most family this days and as such, most woman have had to roleup their sleeves and enter the work force to bring in extra income to support their family, and help her husband ease the family financial burden if he is not doing well financially.

Finally a woman that decides to stay at home and look after her family is not a liability, her work is very important and the money that her husband make from working should be available to her as well.

It depends. If she decides to stay home full time and look after the children, her work is as important (if not more important in raising and influencing the children positively) than the man that work and hardly stay home to spend quality time with the children.

However, unless the man is extremely wealthy/rich materially and can provide a solid financial security, I think it is ok for a woman to also work (if she want to and best if the job is less demanding) to keep her professional skills and trainning current, gain some level of financial security/independence and provide a financial fall back support for her family if anything happens to her husband.

Unfortunately Buhari will not win due to massive rigging.  See how PDP/Jonathan will win the election tomorrow in this video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl5JSE1YrCs&feature=player_embedded#at=13

Some of the reasons are as follows:
- They do not have papers and need to hook up with a white woman to get it (true for many ilegals)
- Ninja women tends to be disrespectful to their husband in the west & potentilly a train reck when u marry them
- White women are seen as trophy by many successful black men
- White woman are most likely to respect a succesful black man than a Ninja woman given the same condition
- Too many Ninja women in the west like to be baby mama, have many children by many fathers for the money/child support
White or black woman, there is no guarantee that the married will last. If the man is very rich.

The institution called marriage is fast eroding due to the crazy "No fault devorce law" and the disproportionate application of the family law in favour of women in the west. The man brings in his asset, wealth and money (which increases in value over time) while the woman brings in her beauty (which decreases in value over time) into the relationship. Until the man makes the commitment and sign the dotted line in a marriage that has 50% chances of success in the west, she will be at her best behavior, and change shortly after the contract is signed. If he is unlucky, he will know no happiness again thereafter, he is just a sperm donor that she can dispense with at anytime. If she want a divorce and he does not, she simply can find a way to provoke and trap him into an argurment and make false abuse claim, have the Police remove him from his house. There after she file for divorce to get 50% of his asset and also provide child support if they have children. If the man unfortunately lost his job or buisness then he is in big trouble, she will not only abuse him and drive him insane, she will divorce him if he does not find his feet quick enough.  An average woman in the west will file for a divorce if her husband suddenly wins a $2m lottery just to get 50% of the money of him.

Since 75% of all divorce cases are initiated by woman for financial gain, many educated and career oriented woman (mostly black womenj) in the west are having a hard time finding a good man to marry. Many informed men want a date without the commitment and risk associate with marriage. The result is a culture of single motherhood with many children that may or not know their biological father.

Are you a professional?. do you have the right education and training to find a job outside Nigeria?. If u decide to go (most Nigerians do not believe it when they are told the truth - for them the grass is always greener over there), please make sure you have a return ticket that u can change the date anytime when u are set to come back after some hardship in Qatar, do not sell your property, do not quite your Job in Nigeria, take ur vacation and go during that time. may be u may be able to find a Job cleaning floor, doing some type menial dirty Job, begging, prostituting, or doing drugs if u are lucky. If u already have a good Job in Nigeria, do not waste ur time and money travelling to Qatar only to return back after a few days.

Everyone should be allowed to campagne anywhere is the country. The country does not belong to any one politcian. It looks PDP does not like competition and so desperate to rig their way through and also preventing oppositon from campaning in some part of the country. I am so dissapointed about PDP antics.

I think Nigerians should consider voting for Buhari instead. Buhari seems to be the only candidate that can deal with crime, kidnapping and corruption squarely in nigeria without fear or favour.

It is a scam do not waste your time hoping to get money from doing nothing. you will loss your money instead

It is the by-product of western civilization. The #1 reason that women divorce their husband is primarily because of money.  75% of broken marriages in the West are initiated by women, in some cases, the man did nothing wrong to warrant such behavior from the woman.

In the west (North America) there is a huge financial benefit for a woman to break up her marriage for whatever reason that she can come up with, expecially if the man is rich or suddenly wins a million $ lottery.  At least she will get 50% of the man's wealth and everything that he has got.

A woman living in the West might consider breaking her marriage for one or more of the following:

1.  The man is rich and have the resource to pay her divorce settlement running into millions of dollars after the breakup
2.  The man wins a lotery running into million of $ and she want 50% of the money
3.  She  has a new boyfriend and want to move in with him
4.  The man is jobless and can not take care of her
5.  She is sick and have bipolar disorder
6.  The man is a  cheat, a drunk or abusive
7.  The man is too loving and caring and threat her like a queen  ( see the youtube video part 1 and 2 below)

Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U93BBNq5A64

Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MONNcL1Rglw&feature=related

It depends. If he/she is out of control and hanging out with wrong friends, it is best to have him/her go to secondary school in Nigeria if the parent can afford to do so, otherwise, it is highly likely he/she will not make it through to a University, it does not matter what the parent do. Reseach shows that it is easier for a black kid (boys mostly) to get into Prison than into a University after high school.

Finally, there is no right or wrong answer to this question. Though many kids raised in the West tends to play truancy, do drugs, lack respect, rude, lazy and just do not care about their actions expecially when they are still below 18.

vaughn17 it is a scam. tell ur friend to count his loss and forget it. if he does not, he will loss more money before he realize that he is dealing to very smart scammer. And he will loss big time if he does not stop sending this scammer money. I am a Nigerian and I know what I am talking about. the hospital thing and talking to the Doctor is arranged and a scam to take money from your friend,

Bola (or Macjve01), you are a very sick, ungrateful and crazy woman who do not know what is good for her.  If you are so stupid and foolish to let this man go, u will regret it. Nursing is one of dirtiest Job no one want to do except blacks like u in record numbers because no one will hire u in any other profession. how dear u insult a man like love and take care of business at home like that. where are u going to find such type of men that will cook, do house chores, take care of the baby and love u? ur response to his love and kindness is to cheat on him and rub it on his face.

Those good for nothing Tugs that u are sleeping around with now will never do that, they will never treat u like a woman, they will get u pregnant, u will beg them to marry u and give them ur money, yet they will take it and dump u like a hot poteto. U are probably sleeping with Doctors in ur huspital, he will never marry u, u are waisting ur time chasing shadow. God help u if u get HIV/AID, u will end up a single and unhappy woman, then u will run back to Nigeria to beg him, he will refuse u and move on with his life witha woman who will respect him. That man should walk out of this abusive relation before u kill him, if u are not careful u will end up in jail.

you are not differernt from the crazy woman in this youtube video

Part 1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U93BBNq5A64

Part2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MONNcL1Rglw&feature=related

The story is always similar, men going to Nigeria to marry and bring ungrateful wife who marry him just to get a visa to America, use him to get training as a Nurse, once she starts working, her mother in  Nigeria start pressuring her for the $$ and encouage her to divorce him. Some crazy men become frustrated and snap instead of walking away.

Nigerian men, get good and advance education and a real job. When u are ready to marry, do not go to Nigeria to find a wife (unless u want to keep her in Nigeria or relocate to nigeria), it does not work, u will have better chance of a happy married life if u marry a good educated white woman here. most Nigeria women (there are exceptionallly few good Nigerian women) want to be single mothers producing multiple children by multiple fathers for money.

So blame the system, if this people were in Nigeria, I bet that they all will be happily married and the women will be alive today

Not a good idear to hit anyone for what ever reason - man or woman. people do this and get away with it in Nigeria to some extent. If you live anywhere in the West (North America and Europe), and if u are a man and u hit ur wife - pronto! -   u will end up in jail, it does not matter if she provoked u to hit her or not. 

WEARNING
Those of u in Nigeria that are still busy hitting anyone that provoked u, (man or woman), it is in ur best interest to stay away from living in the West otherwise, u are going to jail straight away whenever u hit ur spouse (wife or husband) and he or she decides to pull the plug on u by dialing 9-1-1 on his or her phone. The Police will be very happy to throw u into jail and ur career and everything u have worked for in life will go down the drain with it.

For the lady that says that she will kill the man that hits her while sleeping, u will end up spending the remaing part of ur life in prison if u attempt it. u better stay away from living in North America and remain in Nigeria where everything goes. if not, u probably will be under Police surveillance by now following ur online post here suggesting that u are a potential man killer

Yes and No depending on where you live:

in the West - Marriage is mostly considered old fashion by many, a contract that put restriction on the couple. if you divorce (so easy to divorce), everything you have (house, property, money, business, debt etc) is shared equally at 50% between the two of you. if you have Children, she gets custody and he is on the hook for paying child support until they are 18. He will most likely live the house (if they buy one - it does not matter who actually pays for the house). Her boy friend may decide to move in to the house with the children there. Some of this Children may be abuse by her boyfriend, drop out of school, do drug, end in prison, or in a street gang etc. And finally, she can call the Police on him and have him arrested and put in jail if he sleep with her without her consent.

In Nigeria: - Marriage is considered an achievement to some degree. if you divorce (not common), everything you have (house, property, money, business, debt etc) is not shared equally between the two of you. He will most likely take every thing and she get nothing unless those things/money that she has to her name. if you have Children, he gets custody and look after the children. She will most likely live the house (if they build one - it does not matter if he used her money to build it). His girl friend may decide to move in to the house with the children there. Some of this Children may not be treated fairly by the new woman. and finally, she can not call police on him and put him in jail if he sleep with her without her consent.

Having lived in Canada for 7yrs now, here is my advice:

She should not file for him now, instead she should send him invitation to visit her in Canada on a visiting visa (he can stay up to 6 months at a time). This will enable him come to Canada, talk to people in his profession and let him make informed career decision with respect to his next move

She should follow her heart and use the period to watch him very closely and decide if he will turn out to be someone who would likely abandon him shortly after receiving his PR card, as many men use marriage to scam women into sponsoring them to Canada only to end up with a broken heart and bills to pay.
If he shows any sign of infidelity or not really in love with her, she should save herself the trouble, and not bring him here, instead, she should relocate to live with him in Nigeria

She should file for his sponsorhip if & only if she does not have anything to hide (eg involvement in prostitution etc). He will find out once he is here and the marriage will be over, and she will be on the hook to provide financial support to him for 3yrs from the date he land here. God help her if he can not find a Job and end up in welfare within the 3yrs, she will be on the hook to repay all the bills to the Government

She should bring him here if and only if she will still love and respect him without making his life miserable, if he end up with a menial job driving taxi, delivery pizza, cleaning floors etc making $10/hr.