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CelebritiesRe: Finally I Found Teebillz Barber by DaVinChiSam(m): 2:22am On May 02, 2016
Congratulations oh. For a Job weldone. Oya take one plate of from Edible Catering. I go pay
CelebritiesRe: This Is Why Mercy Johnson Is The Most Talented Nollywood Actress (Photo) by DaVinChiSam(m): 8:03pm On Apr 28, 2016
She is one of the best nollyWood Actors no doubt. But definitely not because of this silly picture...
SportsRe: Throwback: Iheanacho Representing Imo In A Junior Tournament by DaVinChiSam(m): 6:24pm On Apr 28, 2016
This picture looks like it was taken in the early 90s
CelebritiesRe: 2baba Celebrates His First Daughter's 10th Birthday by DaVinChiSam(m): 9:26pm On Apr 27, 2016
Father 2facebraham. Has many children...

Very soon when boys start flocking around her he will start facing what all those ladies fathers went through with him...

I concur with the poster below.
CelebritiesRe: Obiba Sly Collins: "I Have Slept With More Than 150 Nigerian Women" by DaVinChiSam(m): 5:42pm On Apr 27, 2016
Lol. This man was my host when I visited Ghana... Good to know he stopped weed. I used to perceive the thing from my room every morning...
CelebritiesRe: Flavour Shares 'Crying' Photo Of His Daughter With Anna Banner by DaVinChiSam(m): 1:39pm On Apr 27, 2016
Cute Babe. But...

Mr. Flavour which one you dey biko kwanu?

Today is Sandra tomorrow Anna Next tomorrow na Chidinma. Yet next week na mastercraft which one na?

lipsrsealed
CelebritiesRe: Mercy Aigbe, Her Ample Curves And Her Son Step Out In Style (Photos) by DaVinChiSam(m): 9:23pm On Apr 24, 2016
Cool
CelebritiesRe: Naeto C's Wife, Nicole Stunning In New Photos by DaVinChiSam(m): 9:22pm On Apr 24, 2016
Fine
CelebritiesRe: Linus Idahosa Checking Stephanie Out (photo) by DaVinChiSam(m): 4:19pm On Apr 22, 2016
Nice

Linus: oh Babay, you look like nigerian Jollof rice.

Steph: Stop joor, its sweeting me...

FamilyRe: How Do I Tell My Wife by DaVinChiSam(m): 11:26pm On Apr 17, 2016
ponkitibobo:
Am not a story teller.....use ur brain
My brother you do not have to be a story teller to pass information... If you had listened to your own advice and used your brain in passing this information in the first place then we probably won't be having this discussion...
PoliticsRe: Osinbanjo And Okowa Visit Focados Oil Terminal by DaVinChiSam(m): 8:51am On Apr 17, 2016
Em so wetin make we do?
PoliticsRe: Why People Join Boko Haram By Charlotte Alfred (PICTURES) by DaVinChiSam(m): 8:50am On Apr 17, 2016
This is serious
FamilyRe: My Elder Brother Used To Me Up Mercilessly Growing Up! by DaVinChiSam(m): 11:07pm On Apr 16, 2016
Na wa oh... If them say make una go rehab now before its too late una no go gree... Nigerians self... Until you enter stree begin to craze you no go use your hand go submit for Yaba left... Which kain thing you take we make you dey type this kain thing na? You smoke hypo?
FamilyRe: How Do I Tell My Wife by DaVinChiSam(m): 8:38pm On Apr 16, 2016
I don't know which is worse, the story or the way its told...
EducationRe: Igbo Of South Eastern Nigeria, Most Brilliant Black Africa Race — US Report by DaVinChiSam(op): 4:30pm On Apr 11, 2016
We need Kill Goat for Broda Lala before we fit see FP
EducationRe: Igbo Of South Eastern Nigeria, Most Brilliant Black Africa Race — US Report by DaVinChiSam(op): 6:16pm On Apr 10, 2016
olawalebabs, Fynestboi, Richiez
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EducationIgbo Of South Eastern Nigeria, Most Brilliant Black Africa Race — US Report by DaVinChiSam(op): 2:31pm On Apr 10, 2016
A United States academic report for 2015 has suggested that
the Igbo of South Eastern Nigeria are the most brilliant black
Africa race. According to the report: “a search through the
promotional materials of school for a black student – all
schools and colleges would always show some black faces in
their promotional materials if they have any – reveals that
they have had at least one black student, and it was,
unsurprisingly, a Nigerian Igbo.”


This is just as two teenage Nigerian high school students,
Harold Ekeh and Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna, have broken a
record of being accepted by eight Ivy League schools in the
United States. Ekeh is a 17-year-old senior student at Elmont
Memorial High School, Long Island while Uwamanzu- Nna is
a high-school student from Long Island, New York.
Schools within the Ivy League are Brown University,
Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College,
Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of
Pennsylvania and Yale University.


However, the feat, according to two online news portals,
NBC News and MSN, revealed that both teenagers are faced
with “a big decision to make soon.” For instance, Ekeh was
granted admission by 13 universities, including all the eight
Ivy League schools.


The NBC News reports that Ekeh is faced with the dilemma
of whittling down his college prospects, having applied to 13
colleges, with the hope to “maybe” get into Stony Brook
University, about an hour east of his home in Elmont, Long
Island.
But, in recent weeks, the cascade of reply letters started
pouring in: Harvard. Yes. Yale. Yes. Princeton. Yes. Not only
did he get accepted to all of the schools he applied to, those
include all eight Ivy League institutions. Speaking with NBC
News, Ekeh said: “It’s very, like, stunning.
It’s like getting hit with a brick, honestly. When you see
congratulations, you’re like, wow your hard work has paid
off, definitely.” The straight-A student has accomplished the
rare feat of getting into all of the nation’s Ivy schools,
crediting his parents’ work ethic for setting an example and
a desire to strive in his adopted homeland after emigrating
from Nigeria 10 years ago.


“I find that I’m very over-involved,” Ekeh said, counting
advanced placement classes and extracurricular activities,
such as science research, school plays and being editor-
inchief of his school newspaper, as filling up his time. Ekeh,
who scored a 2270 out of 2400 on his SATs, said: “I do have
conflicts that maybe I’ll have this programme at the same
time as I have another programme and so it’s hard to
choose which one to be involved in.
I expected to maybe get into Stony Brook, a couple of other
safeties, just based upon the SAT and the GPA, but I was still
never certain of anything. There are so many variables taken
into consideration in college admissions, so I was never
certain of anything at any point.”


Ekeh, one of five brothers, said he wants to study
biochemistry and become a neurosurgeon. He is inspired by
his grandmother, who began showing symptoms of
Alzheimer’s when he was 11. He wants to find a cure. “There
are so many researchers working for Alzheimer’s disease
right now and many neurogenic disorders that definitely a
cure can be found soon,” he said.
As for where he is going to college, he isn’t quite sure, but
would like to stay close to family. “I am leaning towards
Columbia right now because I’d like to stay in New York City
for I guess the rest of my career and work at Mt. Sinai,” Ekeh
said, adding that America has given his family a life they
might never have had in Nigeria.


Meanwhile, Uwamanzu- Nna, who also had found herself in
the same situation, told MSN News that she has a big
decision to make soon. The Elmont High School
valedictorian, who was accepted into all the eight Ivy League
schools, also gained admission into Johns Hopkins
University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York
University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Uwamanzu-Nna is the daughter of Nigerian immigrants, who
said her parents instilled in her the value of education.
“Though I was born here in America, I visited Nigeria many
times. And I’ve seen that my cousins don’t have the same
opportunities that I have.
So, definitely, whatever I do, I want to make sure that it has
an impact on Nigeria,” she said. She also said her own
tenacity and persistence helped shape her into becoming a
great student. But as with a lot of students, she did face
hardships with some classes.

“I struggled with numerous classes in the past. But I guess
what allowed me to be successful, ultimately, in those
classes, is my persistence and my tenacity,” she said.

Though
Uwamanzu- Nna hasn’t decided on which college to attend,
having scored a GPA of 101.6, and with a recent invitation to
the White House Science Fair, reports indicated that there’s
no doubt that she would continue her academic excellence.

The report that suggested the outstanding academic
performance of the Igbo revealed that if only environmental
factors were responsible for the different Intelligence
Quotients (IQs) of different populations, the world may
expect to find some countries where Africans had higher IQs
than Europeans.


The report cited empirical backup using theories
propounded by eminent scholars such as Richard Lynn, a
British Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of
Ulster and Arthur Jensen, who was a professor of
educational psychology at the University of California,
Berkeley.
The report’s findings also revealed that while the fact
remains that black immigrants to the U.S have shown
achievements that were superior to native black Americans,
studies had also shown that it had been a phenomenon
studied since the 1970s at the least.
Using Lynn theory, who was also an assistant editor of the
controversial journal Mankind Quarterly, who is known for
his views on racial, ethnic and national differences in
intelligence, the report revealed that: “Failure to find a single
country where this is the case points to the presence of a
strong genetic factor.”
For Jensen, the report said: “Regression would explain why
Black children born to high IQ, wealthy Black parents have
test scores two to four points lower than do White children
born to low IQ, poor White parents.” The report also stated
that at first, it was just the Caribbean blacks who were a
subject of this unexpected outcome.
As black Africans kept immigrating into the U.S, they showed
even higher levels of achievement than the native blacks.
Many scholars theorised on the reasons for these
differences, from Thomas Sowell’s proposal that this
disproved the validity of discrimination against native blacks
as an explanation for their underachievement (Sowell,
1978), to other scholars who suggested that these
immigrants were just the most highly driven members of
their home countries as evidenced by their willingness to
migrate to a foreign country (Butcher, 1990).



Credits: New Telegraph

skytrendnews.com/2016/04/09/igbo-south-eastern-nigeria-brilliant-black-africa-race-us-report/

SportsRe: Desire Oparanozie Battered During AWCON Match by DaVinChiSam(m): 11:43am On Apr 10, 2016
That awkward moment when you're reading this comment to find an awkward moment but there isn't any, and still you're reading this comment and you're starting to realise it says nothing important and you just wasted a couple of seconds of your life but you're still reading and you don't even know why. That's awkward... You should give me a like for wasting you're time, lol
PoliticsRe: Why Buhari Was Absent At Emergency FEC Meeting – Presidency by DaVinChiSam(m): 12:14pm On Apr 09, 2016
We know...

When it comes to Meetings in Nigeria Baba is not interested. He only likes meetings abroad discussing nuclear weapons that does not concern Nigeria

Sai Muhammed AjaLa Gulliver Buhari

PoliticsRe: "Why I Danced Hold-tight With Obasanjo" - Patience Jonathan by DaVinChiSam(m): 12:14pm On Apr 09, 2016
Please
How do I unread this nonsensse?
CelebritiesRe: Kayode Ogundamisi Slams Mo Abudu For Asking Artists To Sign 'slave Contract' by DaVinChiSam(m): 6:58pm On Apr 08, 2016
Thank God for people like Mr. Kayode
PoliticsRe: Jonathan & Ben Murray-bruce At The Burial Of Alamiyeseigha (photos) by DaVinChiSam(m): 6:50pm On Apr 08, 2016
Cool.


Meeting of Mr. Common Sense x Mr. No Sense


lipsrsealed
PoliticsRe: EFCC Arraigns Ibrahim Abdulsalam, NAMA MD And Directors For N2.8b ‘theft’ by DaVinChiSam(m): 8:23am On Apr 08, 2016
Hmm Interesting
BusinessRe: Nigeria’s Inflation Projected To Cross 12% Threshold by DaVinChiSam(m): 8:22am On Apr 08, 2016
Hmm
PoliticsRe: "House Rent Should Be Paid Monthly In Nigeria" - FCT Minister by DaVinChiSam(m): 8:22am On Apr 08, 2016
Lol. Landlords no go gree
CrimeRe: Lagos Chief Flogs Pregnant Bread-Seller (graphic Photo) by DaVinChiSam(m): 8:44am On Mar 31, 2016
Hmm
PropertiesRe: Trying To Rent A Property In Lagos? Read This by DaVinChiSam(m): 7:45am On Mar 31, 2016
Okay Noted
CareerRe: What Do I Need To Know As An Aspiring Banker! by DaVinChiSam(m): 7:45am On Mar 31, 2016
You no go school?
PhonesRe: Streaming Or Downloading Videos, Most Cheaper?? by DaVinChiSam(m): 7:44am On Mar 31, 2016
I don't think streaming is cheaper. Try Rivering
or Seaing betterstill Oceaning
CelebritiesRe: I Used To Be Julius Agwu's PA - Ubi Franklin by DaVinChiSam(m): 7:33am On Mar 31, 2016
You gotta start somewhere in life... Hope you are treating your current PA well so that he will celebrate you in future
WebmastersRe: How To Choose A Domain Name For Your Blog by DaVinChiSam(m): 7:28am On Mar 31, 2016
How do you change you ..com to a .com?
PoliticsRe: Rivers Rerun: INEC Favouring APC, PDP Alleges. by DaVinChiSam(m): 7:27am On Mar 31, 2016
Funny

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