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Some of us are talking out of ignorance. For a pilot to cough out about 10million naira just to be a pilot, do you think its easy? Moreover, pilot is very different from degree, we are talking of practical aspect.

You hardly find an unemployed pilot in any country. If not that our airlines are opting for expratriates, all those 170 wou have got a job.

For your information, the more a pilot stays at home, the more he becomes a sky-risk to flight. Since the job is about practical, a pilot must always fly every now and then or else, be expecting an air crash soon.

Infact, no pilot suppose to stay a day at home.....they are different from your yeye certificate una dey carry all about

ayobase: Unemployment 'HITS'........just ONLY 170 without work as pilot.

Then how will we decribe that of Engineers? ROCKS?

They can make them Co-pilots, and if there are already, then employ them as 'reserved' co-pilot!

See this people o!

Just 170 pilots without job and it HITS, when millions of graduates are roaming the streets without jobs.

Abi pilots special ni?

Been a stakeholder in the aviation sector, I have known overtime that Nigerian airlines are the ones killing the local innitiative. They always resort to expatriates simply because they are cheaper to get in terms of renumeration and salary compared to Nigerian pilot.

The situation is even worrisome to the extent that almost all the ground operations of arik air are eexpatriates especially those manning the international route. Moreso, dearth of aviation schools with up-to-date equipment is another problems contributing to this unemployment. For a pilot to start flying in Nigeria, d basics is for him to have atleast 200hours flight time. How can a fresh graduate get 200hour flight time when there is inadequate flight training equipments.

For some gullible thinkers here, OAU landscape was designed to better and improve that of UI. Obafemi Awolowo concived the idea and he saw the shortcomings in the design of UI, he thereafter, contracted the architectural work and design of OAU to Aeriel Sharon, an Israelis who was the best architect of his time.

In contrast, in terms of landscape and architectural design, there is no university in Nigeria that can ever beat OAU. In terms of educational standard and attainment, OAU ranks among the best. For over 20years, OAU has been ranked 1-4th in Nigeria. This shows OAU is a class on its own

Though, i graduated from OAU, i will alwys dispute all these useless ranking institutions because they do not have cogent basis for ranking universities. Be that as it may, the ranking is a welcome development which am very proud to associate with.

Whether OAU is living on past glories or not, the point is that OAU is a model to so many universities in Africa and the world generally. I can't count several industrialists and university owners who have visited OAU in the past to study the architectural layout so that same can be replicated in their private-owned-universities.

By far, minus educational standard, OAU is the most beautiful campus in Nigeria. I mean, OAU is just too beautiful to behold that you will always marvel to see such a marvelos architectural masterpiece given to us by ARIEL SHARON. OAU is also the citadel and fountain of vibrant and eloquent unionism in the country. No other university in this country could boast of a strong sense of activism as much as OAU. OAU is the bedrock of ASUU in Nigeria and it remains so.

If you are reading this comment, and at the same time, you are also a nairalander, just know that the platform you are using to reply was created by an OAU graduate

Andrea bocelli and Prophet obadare of CAC should be among.

Prophet Obadare was able to memorise the whole chapter and verse of the Bible despite being a blind man. Isn't that wonderful??

Andrea Bocelli has won several Grammy awards, he is a musician, soloist, and classical tenor. He has won an award of the most handsome man in the world before, the greatest Tenor singer of all time( even Luciano Pavarotti is trailing him), perfomed for over 50 presidents and prime ministers of different countries in the world. Inducted into the USA and Canada music hall of fame,etc.....I want u all to go and listen to andrea bocelli's voice....u will damn love it....yet, he's blind

The Ogun state's industrialisation project has received a strong boost as thirty-five new firms have opened their production plants in the state's industrial estates in the last two years.

Some of the new companies are WEMPCO STEEL MILLS, DANGOTE CEMENT, MAY&BAKER and GOLDEN PASTA. Others are GOODWILL CERAMICS, ADE DISTRIBUTION AND INVESTMENT LIMITED AND AFRICAN FOUNDRIES LIMITED. Apart from that, 80 new companies presently have their applications before the state government via the ministry of commerce and industry. This disclosure was made by the State's commissioner for commerce and industry, Bimbo Ashiru, "We need to realise that commerce and industry is the key. Let me put it this way, if you are talking about internally generated revenue, it has to be driven by commercial activities in the state.

The state, in its bid to maintain its position as the largest industrial estate in Nigeria, has introduced many incentives for investors and this include a one-stop shop which has reduced bureaucratic bottlenecks in seeking the necessary permits to do business in the state. Mineral resources in the state include Limestone, Bitumen, Phosphate, Kaolin, Tar sand and clay some of which can be mined for the next 500 years, according to analysis.

The State's industrial estates include Abeokuta-Lagos/Abeokuta estate, Ota-Idi Iroko estate, Agbara-OPIC estate, Ijebu Ode-Ikangba estate, and Ogijo-Ikorodu estate, others are Ilaro-Ibeshe estate, Sagamu-Benin road estate and Ijebu Igbo-Oru estate.

Mr. Man...are you also part of Nigeria's future

If your lot should govern the future of this country...it wuld be that bad more than Somalia and Pakistan

tokunboh: There was no crisis that would have prevented RSHA from sitting. They house of assembly passed the appropriation bill into law after the said fracas - based on this, can we say the house was not able to sit? People called for Chidi Lloyd's head because the dastardly act he carried out is still in the public domain - just wondering why the NASS resolution did not address this act of terror.
Evans Bipi and other people have come forward to say the speaker was not impeached by 5 people but by the required percentage of honourables as required by law. Amaechi's supporters and the press are the ones telling the whole world that 5people impeached the speaker. It would be nice if they can release the CCTV recording of the impeachment to the public to prove their case or is it that they have something they are hiding? Why are they not bold enough to release the said CCTV footage? It is not in our place to be judge over this case, let them take it to court and let the court decide whether the impeachment was legal or not. People should stop saying 5people impeached the speaker, the CCTV footage can put an end to this grey area. Thank you

See how Dangote dey look like bodyguard to IBB and Abdulsalam....if IBB and Abdulsalam are compelled to release their financial worth and wealth, Dangote's money go be likea learner

I have said it before that Mimiko is a curse to Ondo state. The man is a cunny and egocentric person. This is the reason why you can never sight or see any cottage industry in Ondo state.

Those governing the state do not have foresight nor do they have brain to steer such a sophisticated state.

The problem some of our Igbo brothers are having is that to them, is not as if Okorocha is not working or has not performed to a certain level, what they can't stomach is seeing their okorocha saying yes sir to Tinubu or Buhari.

Even before Okorocha started romancing with APC, these set of people are the one flaunting the works and achievement of Okorocha on Nairaland. Now, that okorocha has alligned himself to a party that they cnt stomach, he has become a failure and non performer to them.

Nevertheless, Uduaghana, martin elechi, dickson, Theordore Orji and Obi's achievement combined cnt surpass what okorocha has done. There's no way you wouldn't makeitics, because one's tribe cnt win elections for someone.

Infact, the only party as at present that's owned and controlled by Hausas is the PDP....can we now see the logic

Someof us here are naïve and incongruous. There is a practice by any president or prime minister of any countries, whenever they are flying or passing tru the airspace of a particular country, a cabled message would be sent to the ATC, greeting the president of the country and telling him he/she is passing through the airspace.

This practice has been for long and I recognise the fact that Obama never did that to GEJ to show how much hatred he has for Nigeria and GEJ in general. The period also coincide with the NGF brouhaha where 16 was pronounced greater than 19. This scenario affected the image of Nigeria that some presidents are even avoiding our airspace...

I want to rejoice and congratulate my brothers across the Niger for this initiative which will definitely ease the burden of travelling all the way from east to Lagos or Abuja.

Nevertheless, Ethiopian airline intervention in Enugu airport is much more strategic with no politics attached. Nothing concerns GEJ with any airline flying to and fro cos the airlines would be the one to know if the route is profitable to them or not.

By congratulating our brothers across the Niger, this shouldn't be an avenue to start abusing and cursing the southwest. I have seen some of us have started using derogatory words and comments on the southwest. Like I said before, this feat is more economical than political as a lot have started hailing GEJ as if he brought or compel ethiopian to fly direct to Enugu

I dnt knw why some tribes just have this inner mind of hating each other. What we dnt knw is that a lot of Yoruba and Igbos are marrying themselves everyday. A lot of Yoruba and Igbo are partnering for businesses everyday.

Am a yoruba man, almost all the men in my family got married to Igbo women and am also planning to follow suit. Infact, the lingual franca in our family is Yoruba and Igbo. We co-exist peacefully without rancour. If you people want to break up this country or want to start a war, what do u want those people that have married other tribes to do?

May God have mercy

It saddened my heart for a newspaper to involve itself in selective journalism. @OP, the news you quoted actually was Sun Newspapers fake news, owned and managed by Orji Uzor Kalu. Am very ashamed that becos you wanted to score cheap political advantage, you intermittently used Sun Newspaper as a point of reference. The newspaper in question is owned by an easterner, with an eastern agenda.

Even the owner whom I suppose every tom and harry should stone to death for shortchanging the future of Abians, has become the mouthpiece of Ndigbos. No other newspaper actually reported that people died in detention, and this should be a figment of some people's imagination.

Infact, the useless +rji Kalu has almost all his businesses concentrated in Lagos. Why cnt he take those businesses back to Abia to develop his people?. Some people are not shameful at all

Did FAAN and NAMA used dialogue before grounding the helicopter conveying Oshiomole to a social function?

Infact, Oshiomole should ground it to maximum paralysis. This FAAN spokesman is suffering from diarrhea of forgetfulness and obsolete disillussionment. The same fate was meted to Oshiomole, and none of the aviation agencies gave a cogent reasons for the grounding of the helicopters

deandavid: u don see wen dm dy flog persn like dat 4 catholic church? I wont take dat kind of lash, unless i dy gate of heaven and God say i nid 2
take 100 lashes 2 enter paradise.

Modern processions of hooded Flagellants are still a feature of various Mediterranean Catholic countries, mainly in Spain, Italy and some former colonies, usually every year during Lent. They also occur in the Philippines during Holy Week. For example in the commune of Guardia Sanframondi in Campania, Italy, such parades are organized once every seven years.

Some Roman Catholics in Philippines practice flagellation as a form of devout worship, sometimes in addition to self-crucifixion (during the end of Lent season).

all these sacrifices are child play compared to what's obtainable among the royal houses in Ijebu-Ode. The practice has been age-long and I know its still in vogue

Immediately an incumbent king diesn I.e, the Awujale of Ijebuland, his body would be butchered and cut into three parts. The three pieces of the body would be buried at the three entrance that enters Ijebu Ode. This tradition has been age-long like I said, but I understand the incumbent has devise a way to circumvent this practice by instructing his children to embalm him immediately he dies so dat his body will be useless to the kingmakers.

Moreso, there is an age-long tradition in which a prince who wanted to be made a king would be instructed to eat the liver of his predecessor. And as he would be eating, d kingmakers would be intermittently asking him wat he's doing and he will reply them "am eating king"...direct translation meaning "mon joba".

Therefore, the present king of Ijebu-ode has directed that such barbaric act should stop forthwith and him should be accorded a full burial rites....

FYI, these assertions might be untrue, but, there are element of truths in it

ziky2010: If what u are saying is true,then dat is a very bad example.There shld be no preferential treatment irrespective of who u are.dats inequality at d highest level

This is not a matter of being untruthful or not...the lady was in my platoon, fair in complexion and tall. She left camp on the day of swearing-in and came back a day before pass out.infact, from wht some of our soldier friends told us was dat some SSS were attached to her inside the camp ground. She was allocated the same chalet with the state cordinator.

We should even give her kudos for coming all the way to camp. I know hundeds of influential people in this country whose children never dorn the nysc attire. And dey would be d first to ave d certificate. From what I know, she built a computer lab for one secondary school as her project

I remember when I did my nysc at Oyo state in 2011, batch B, the daughter of the incumbent of oyo state, ajimobi, also did her service with us at iseyin. Most of us wonder why someone who's from Oyo state will actually serve in Oyo state.

Anyway, she spent 3 days in camp and left. She came back to camp a day before pass out. Infact, she came with the first lady of oyo state and was allocated a room with the state cordinator. She was later posted to the governors office.

I know anybody dat served during this period will testify to what am saying(2011, batch B, Oyo State).

I laugh so tey I nearly missed my house.

Never mind my grammatical errors

The first time I met wole soyinka, I was at 200level in OAU. He came with retinue of aides who helped carry his bags and folders. All these aides were Professors and whites. He was so accommodating that he penned his signatures on anything we presented to him. From that day onward, I decided to study the man, his life, his cuase, devotions and those things that inspired him to greatness

What some of us couldn't remember is that Soyinka was more brutish towards turai and OBJ with the use of english. Soyinka is widely known for his usage of pen and mouth to criticise any oppresive regime right from independence. His use of words and pen endear him to every countries of this world that he was given a life ticket to enter any country of his choice without visa. Even not all presidents or prime ministers do enjoy that kind of privilege.

Nevertheless, the question we suppose to ask is this...
Would this be the first time Wole Soyinka is using verbal attacks on any government he percieved oppressive?
Let it be clear to anybody who care to knw that the OP is a coward. If the OP know that he's the tue son of his parents, can he boldly say all these to Wole soyinka physically? As far as I know, there's no human being on earth that Wole soyinka can't take on and the better we live with that.

Whether soyinka is demented or senile or mad or whatever, that's subjective. But we should be rest assured that in future, if there's going to be any injustice to malign PEJ or GEJ, Wole soyinka is going to come out and defend them again.....

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What will you called the set of people who are in the habbit of tipping their pastors for special prayers? Is it right to call it a gift or a bribe?

As for me, I always bribe my dad a lot so dat I can get plenty things from him. Whenever I bought bottle of groundnut, singlets, boxers, nice shoes and sandals, wrist watches, etc, I always expect him to triple my money when going back to school

Anytime I watch Mama G films, am always pissed seeing the woman doing bad things to her in-laws.

The woman must be a bitch in real life

even the minister of youth and sport, Abdullahi is over 50 years old.....

Had it been that the group loyal to wike wanted to put a fight, it would have been bloody.

Was it not this time last year when Amaechi hosted PEG and GEJ at the rivers state government house. Infact, we saw where amaechi was dancing with PEJ and Jonathan dancing with amaechi's wife......politics and politicians are bastard. No permanent friends, but permanent interest.

I have observe of late that most governors in Nigeria always have problems with their predecessors.
Orji kalu brought theordore orji as governor, their end wasn't good
Odili brought amaechi, their end wasn't good.
Amaechi brought wike to government, the end was so pathetic
Ladoja brought akala to government, the same akala back-bite ladoja by sponsoring impeachment on ladoja.
Victor attah brought Akpabio to government, till date, their relationship isn't rossy
The Uba family brought in Ngige, their relationship deteriorated to the extent that Ngige was abducted by the Uba family
Tinubu brought Fashola, at a time, they almost quarrel over the sharing formula.....hehehehehe....I dey laugh in pidgin
Audu abubakar brought idris of kogi, their relationship deteriorated also...
Goodluck brought in Sylva, their relationship collapse to the extent that Sylva was never re-elected
James Ibori brought Uduaghan, their union became frosty to the extent that Uduaghan participated in the process of arresting Ibori, etc

Its like this scenario is a national issue

I guess something must be wrong with Nigerians of these days. A thread was created to celebrate Nigerians living in diaspora who as a result of distance, still imbibe our culture, and some faceless persons derailed it to settle some sinister scores.

IMO, @OP, bring up your kids in the way dat will dignify humanity, never listen to these nairalanders who are so filled with hatred and bigotry.

Right from the day I was born, i now know that Nairaland house the most useless , incoherent and incorrigible as members. From what my inner mind is telling me, those people castigating soyinka and supporting PEG are so daft, idiotic, incongruous, lunatic and at d same time unintelligent.

Dnt tell me that am abusing or cursing oooo, from some of the comments above, some people are not concerned at all whether PEG switch off a whole GRA for 11 days and her security details telling the governor in his domain to look for another route cos the queen is around. Is this not barbaric and stupendous?

Nairaland has descend to the abyssimal level in which some people are even supporting Abacha's daughter rants against Soyinka. The contributions of Soyinka in restoring democracy is far and above every contributions Niger-Deltans made. Let it be clear to everybody that this present youths of Nigeria are the most gullible. If you criticise d president and his wife, u are seen as evil and stupid even if what u are saying is very germain. But if u support PEG and PEG, even if u are armed robber or ritualist, dey see u are the best person to ever come out from dis country.

I cnt imagine this scenario where PeG will come and spend 11 days in Victoria Island in Lagos, and all the roads linking VI would be blocked.....that's insanity of the first order. Anybody anywhere, maybe on facebook, twitter, nairaland, or any social media, dat doesn't see anything wrong in PEG....
Locking a GRA for 11 days
Locking the GRA against the state governor
Insulting the governor publicly
Using her position to causing uproar in Rivers state
Wanting to use 4billion to build an edifice for her project in abuja
Causing national embarrassement to GEJ in international outings
Instructing NAMA to shut the airspace against any aircraft whenever she's on air
Etc, that/those person(s) are/is a lunatic and bastard unfit to live among the living

Reading this article, I was crying out my soul, sensing that there's nothing impossible in this world. If PEG's recklessness could have started attracting prints media as at 2010, I wonder what the woman will turn herself into if GEJ is voted into power by 2015.

Can any sensible persons differentiate betweenwhat abati wrote about PEG and what soyinka said? Abati was also re-echoing the political appendage influence of PEJ. Infact, this write up escapsulate every negative things about PEG. I never knew PEG was this bad as at 2010....may God have mercy

And some people want to make us believe that Ibadan is the most dirtiest city, whereas, ibadan is just a learner where aba or abia state is interms of cleanliness.