BeautifulSE:
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We don't need wawa jews here

Proudly a "wawa Jew" do you accept been a useless Afonja?

I hope they are not as useless as their brothers here in Nigeria.

NCP:


How True is this?




ok thanks.

Ignore that re.tard, everyone is Ibo to him...he sleeps and wakes up on Ibo...the guy who needs help is a yoruba fellow and he posted his ID and info on these same thread.

Omofunaab2:



Dem plenty, fanyogo, ashawo, okada, Armed Robbery

One thing they all say is that life in the east is unbearable so they had to migrate to Ibadan

Those fan yogo boys end up making enough to buy your broke a.s.s a drink or more in a bar, and pay their way through school...better than the yoruba miscreants that hop on molue buses and shout at commuters and passengers for #10 "owo da" every morning with their unwashed orijin breaths, as for ashawo we all know promiscuity is a trademark in yoruba culture, only a yoruba woman will open her wall of jericho for the next available customer when Baba Taju isn't performing his conjugal duties anymore, no be your useless men dey pursue Igbo queens upandan? Cause they know we breed umuoma's( beautiful wifey and home building materials and not easy access whores)...so much that even your men condone it and settle for inbreeding like one of your leaders who was once a President was known for, armed robbery...well I dare you to name the top 10...just 10 notorious armed robbers in the history of Nigeria till date...I need not say the rest.

Erudite professor, Igbo intellectuals are just on another level.

Ijaya123:


And yet your people keep trooping to the western region daily for their source of survival. Isn't that ironical?

So the Jews, Chinese, Arabs, Lebanese and other foreigners that come to establish their businesses in Lagos and other parts of Africa are doing so solely for survival abi? as if there are no yorubas in other parts of Nigeria, in PH alone na una dey do cabu-cabu and obioma tailoring job pass, you guys even have a whole community there..not to mention some parts of the East like Enugu and predominantly in the North...stfu with this idiotic notion that only Igbos move out to other regions, the only reason Igbos come to the so called SW is because of Lagos which is the center of gravity for all Nigerians for obvious reasons- more Federal presence and the sea port that brings in cargoes and wares mostly owned by Igbos...after Lagos the rest of the SW is a negligible slum, only Ogun has a semblance of decency and industrialization due to its proximity to Lagos...Osun, Ibadan( old money relic/glorified slum), Ekiti, Ondo and the cities are relatively dense foliage habitations dotted by inland mud houses and rusty corrugated roofs with urban presence far and in between, all primarily GDP deficient enclaves that only perch onto and wean from almighty Lagos to salvage some yoruba pride if any, thanks to the likes of Fayose who stand for the truth, in Ekiti we see IDP camps set up for social welfare to feed the staggering demography of hungry and jobless people from his state, nobody evens gives a flying fu.ckk about yorubas except when Lagos is mentioned.

If na for intellectual debate not a single "One Nigeria" miscreant will have the guts to stand the heat for more than 10mins before been disgraced with facts, the whole Nigerian system is just one huge beffudling mess, chaotic nonsense...

MrCork is just one alata boy that managed to smuggle his broke a.s s to London(that's if he's even there as he claims) another loud mouth on Nairaland, awon audio money boiz.

Those itele shoes look very brandable, posh and of high class...needs to be more publicized, need to get some for my bday..can someone be nice enough to refer me to the site? I be Ibadan boy oo! forget say I be omo Ibo

Fx55:
Sarrki my own person! Mazi seems to be unstoppable.

It's promising to be one hell of a week for Afonjas. How could IPORK miscreants start the week with such a heart-rendering news and pictures? It's so unfair and wicked of them.

Awon IPADS werey...

Sarrki just booked an appointment with his doctor for more blood pressure medication, not a good week ahead for the brother...easy on him.

DonVikings:
Dirty Dino Melaye, one of the Five gods of Ibo Jews from Wawa and Abakaliki axis.

Good morning my Jewish alobams, how was your night? I am awake now, so BEHAVE yourselves

May Dino Melaye legs fall on any Jew who quotes me.

Sense fall on you

kn23h:


More lies. Take the word of an envious ipob as truth at your own peril.

Lol someone becomes ipob when he points out your lies, kontinew.

When someone tells the truth he becomes public enemy 1, truth is no Nigerian city is up to world class urban city standard, only good in halves while the rest tells the true picture...so Eurometric data don't mean shyt...it just projects the potential growth of an urban city at a gross index, Ibadan is a quiet and modest city but its infrastructure is till of poor vintage pre colonial quality with a sprinkling of improvement here and there...only Uyo comes close to what a model world class city/state should look like..the rest are just there.

Damn No man's land needs attention.

OoduaVanguard:


Stop fooling yourself, the 'developed' part of Enugu consists of no more than two local governments, quote me anywhere. Outside that the rest of the entire state, including Nsukka, are glorified villages. It's an abomination to compare Enugu to Ibadan, on what basis please?? Ibadan has 4 bad-ass malls with Cinema plexes (Enugu has just the polo mall with one cinema which it hosts, even the Polo mall sef na Yoruba man get am ), a world class resort (Agodi Gardens), Zoo, a CBD, Industries, you name it. The fvck outta here boy.

Tell your tales to Fayose, he is your brother and he pointed out the truth...not me or any Igbo

FlyoruB:


Yinmu. You think we didn't see you and your fellow touts jacking off over what Fayose's brother said? One of you punks even said that ibadan wasn't developed because there aren't igbos there like there are in Kano and Kaduna. Like seriously?? Outside Lagos, Ibadan and Abuja which other city in the entire country hosts a standard CBD or a more than 25-storey skyscraper up till today? How come igbos have yet to 'develop' the SE to such to such a level up till today, let alone talking about developing other regions. And you expected us to allow such blasphemy to slide?? For your mind. At least that Fayose brother did acknowledge that there's a KFC at ibadan (no less than 4 KFC outlets litter the city, only Ibadan and Lagos play host to that world renowned brand), common Yoruba-owned Chicken Republic Wey one igbo guy franchised in Anambra na im your brothers dey celebrate, yet una dey run that una dirty mouth dey talk shyt about IB, gbogbo yin ti ya werre.

Ibadan is a glorified slum, deal with it...wetin concern Kfc with development? I'm really beginning to believe you are a comedian.

Basic123:

lolz,You want to give yourself hypertension be that.

There only 5 recognized cities in nigeria

Abuja
lagos
kano
ibadan
port Harcourt

All other are just city wanna be.

Whatever rocks your boat man, at the end I'll take Fayose's version of what Ibadan looks like over a silly thread

kn23h:


At the end of the day, Ibadan is developing faster than Enugu, be it 10% or 90%.

The pictures represent a truth that ibos are too envious to acknowledge.

This is not a Flavour noisy song, I wouldn't expect your medulla oblongata to comprehend what is happening.

You know nobody takes your yoruba propaganda serious anymore right? Your lies can fly among your fellow delusional yorubas, conduct a poll with a more diverse audience(not just yorubas or Igbos on here) on which city is more developed between Ibdan and Enugu, that way we settle these noise once and for all, you are becoming too predictable already.

at the end of the day those pics just represent just about 10% of the entire urbanization index of ibadan, the rest are punctuated with bad roads, heaps of filth, terrible road networks, dysfunctional facilities etc...a fellow yoruba was honest enough to point this out, so creating a 100 page threadto show pics that are 1/5th of the whole package won't change the virtual reality out there in brown rusty mud walled enclaves of Apete in Ibadan..and why does these dude always rush to create threads upandan..na so your body dey vibrate reach? oh boy dem suppose nominate you for the best Nairaland media propaganda apologist of the year, hope you get a real life job with your skillset sha

kn23h:


Is Ebonyi still a state? laaaaaal
Ebonyi the size of a local LGA in Ibadan, which gets a sizable share of state allocation is still inferior to Ibadan. Please cure your ignorance.

Which still proves my point, a small state but far more urban, organized, and even cleaner than the big for nothing slum called Ibadan, for a city with an ancient legacy, its a shame Ibadan still looks like it sprang out of 1800 in 2017.

kn23h:


@bold Typical of an Ibo boy to dream of lynching a Yoruba man. Devilish people.
I'm not the reason why you lots are so frustrated on this thread.

Definitely..for your audacious stupidity, face the Fayose's and leave Igbos out of your sh.itt

kn23h:


PSquare's networth is not even worth that of HoneyWell..... but we all know for sure that SE is incapable of generating sustainable revenue.

We Depend On FG’s Allocation to Survive, Restructuring Will Not Favour Us -Ebonyi Gov, Umahi

Read more at http://www.herald.ng/we-depend-on-fgs-allocation-to-survive-restructuring-will-not-favour-us-ebonyi-gov-umahi/#3boWJVKvvw0trSvJ.99

http://www.herald.ng/we-depend-on-fgs-allocation-to-survive-restructuring-will-not-favour-us-ebonyi-gov-umahi/

Hope you know Ebonyi which gets the least federal allocation among the SE states is by far better and urban than ibadan...this isn't media noise, these is reality.

kn23h:


Typical Ibo..... ejaculates on Yoruba threads.

These envious clowns rejoice at anything belittling Yorubas but starts fapping when their lies are exposed.

STFU, you have the temerity to drag Igbos by daring to compare that sh.itt hole of a city to Enugu, in real life you could get lynched for that atrocity, face your Ekiti brother who told your pathetic likes the truth and leave Enugu out of your misery

kn23h:


Abia boy, don't try to claim Delta state. What is your obsession with oil rich SS states?
Delta state is more developed than all Ibo state combined. In fact Davido's net worth is more than all SE GDP.

P square's networth is worth more than all the SW states in GDP

Typical yoruba...too emotional, bereft of facing practical reality and truth but so good at knee jerk reaction(s) and pitiable insecurity, your brother told you guys the truth and these clown rushed to debunk it old and recycled pics, nobody is saying Ibadan doesn't have nice places, but the overall and quite harsh reality as Fayose's brother pointed out is the city falls way below the high standards expected of it...the bane of bad governance like every Nigerian state is the reason for that...so stop all the yoruba paper media noise you guys are known for and face reality rather than bi.tcch around, btw I was born in Ibadan and I still have my heart there.

Seems Ekiti people are the realest mof'uckers in the SW region

Kagawa10:


Lol!

You can as well name all part of Yorubaland as not Yoruba! My ancestor is an Ijebu man if you must know!

No part of Delta is Ibo land! Kapish!

I have an Ijebu friend and he almost lost it when I called him Omo yoruba, apparently its an abomination to be called one in Ijebu.

Kagawa10:


Lmao!

Not everyone voted! So you think Itsekiris were only over 30000? Jeez! what kind of foolishness is this? Lol.

The fact is you're quite pathetic if you think everyone in heir villages voted at the time, only the big cities did and the main reason Warri was included while Itsekiris in other parts were never included! Besides, Warri isn't solely Itsekiris land yet many still voted NO!

Youtube reading eediot, hear this and loud, no part of Delta is Ibo land!

no part of Ijebu, Okun, Kwara, heck even Lagos is yorubaland.

meet Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna who got accepted to 8 Ivy League schools in the USA


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZIoP6zrEIY

Technology | Technology
Nigeria’s Chinemelu Ezeh on global stage of robotics

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One modern phenomenon that has the capacity of boosting production as well as diminishes the human intervention in the production chain is robots. To the average Nigerian, robots are nothing but some mechanical configurations that are domiciled within the laboratory rooms used for experimentation. But this thinking appears obsolete as the modern engage in continual metamorphosis that seeks to further isolate the human person even when the final outcome of the efforts are geared towards enhancing the value of the collective comfort for the human race.
The study of robot in the field of engineering is simply defined as an integration of electronics, electrical, computing, mechanical and material engineering, dealing with designs, manufacturing and use of robots for control, sensory feedback and information processing.

In this advanced area of endeavour, robots have emerged as ‘rivals’ to human beings as far as undertaking of tasks are concerned as they can now replicate almost any form of human activity. For instance, they now popularly employed in danger prone endeavours such as bomb detection and de-activation of life-threatening activities.

Considering the level of development of Nigeria and lack of awareness amongst Nigerians, is it not therefore antithetical that a Nigerian is making wave in robotics in the United Kingdom?

Yes, a young Nigerian named Chinemelu Ezeh a force to be reckoned with in robotic engineering. Speaking on his experiences in Robotic engineering, Ezeh declared that he derives joy in a field that is seen as ‘potpourri’ as well as melting point of all engineering fields.

Armed with a three-year scholarship for a Doctorate Degree in Assistive Robotics from the University College London, he is currently working to develop novel control interfaces for sharing control between a wheelchair user and a smart wheelchair.

He warned against locating the reliance of Robotic engineering solely within the field of complicated engineering profession, saying that Robotic engineering finds expression in almost every field of endeavour.

His explanation: “Since Robotics is versatile, it finds applications is just about any field from finance, electrical to mobile to online e-commerce. The skills gained from studying Robotics are easily translatable to other fields and this opens up many doors anywhere, Nigeria included.”

While tracing how a Nigerian, who went to secondary in Nigeria can ‘suddenly’ develop such a knack for complicated area of study such as Robotics, his former Mathematics teacher at the Nigeria Tulip International School, Mr Sabri Unal, explained that Ezeh’s decision to study Robotics engineering did not come to as a surprise.

He hinted that Ezeh had a passion for computers while in secondary school which gave an indication of where his future in educational pursuit lies. He advocated freedom, encouragement and support for children to freely develop their innate talents while growing up, adding, “the potentials of children should never be underestimated either by their parents or teachers. It is very vital to give them a chance to explore these potentials in different areas, which would show what sectors they may be best suited for.”

Back in his secondary school days, Ezeh won awards after awards as they are going out of fashion. He bagged the 1st runner-up in Abuja, in both instances in the Junior and senior categories of the Cowbell Mathematics Competition, and later emerged as Bronze medalist, Infomatrix Computer Olympiad held in Romania in 2006. He also helped programme the robot for the project that won silver in the Informatrix competition. In 2007, he emerged Silver Medalist at the Science and English Fair, which took place in Turkey, while in 2008, he placed 7th place in the Nigerian National Mathematics Olympiad.

Again, he passed his WAEC/SSCE colours in 2008 with distinction and also scored 90 percent for his Advanced level studies at the Cambridge Arts and Science, Canterbury United Kingdom. Also, he was the only student that was accepted into the prestigious Imperial College London after emerging the best graduating student.

While school environment played a key role in the development of his engineering instinct, his parents also aided the development of the interest.Recalling with nostalgia how his father, an Engineer himself and a Food Scientist as his mother, an important role, he said: “My best subject, as far back as I can remember, was Mathematics, which is a core requirement for engineering. Also, throughout the years I find that there is a joy in creating things that have never been, and that is what engineers do.”

He credits his parents with a very hands-on approach to raising their children. “They were very serious about education and so would buy us many books and educational toys. We also had many lesson teachers from a young age. They also ensured we ate healthy and they did their best to ensure we grow up with a good sense of moral judgement and character based on the way they lived their own lives,” Ezeh added.

Going on to study Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the ICL between 2010-2014, where he also had a stint a Software Engineering (Trainees) in the London Geo team of Google, where he emerged with a First Class Honours.

In his first year at the ICL, he was team leader of a group that designed and constructed a track-completing robot using assembly language, while in his fourth year, he built a robot from the scratch to demonstrate a navigation system, and designed a navigation system by simulating optimal control for path following of differential drive for his thesis, which centered on Design and Implementation of Control and Path Planning of Autonomous Vehicle.

Following his achievements at the ICL, Ezeh was awarded a full three-year scholarship by University College London, where he is scheduled to round up later this year.

With the world at his feet as it were, Ezeh said his plans include returning to Nigeria to explore opportunities the country has to offer. But unlike his predecessors who got lost in the crowd and never made a headway upon their returning home, it appears Ezeh already has a compass with which to navigate the spirit of stifling of talents that is embedded in the Nigerian space, saying, “my plan for the future is to use technology to solve some of the major challenges in Africa. I believe technology can help improve literacy levels, facilitate transparency in government, solve our power crisis and improve the quality of life of people in Africa.”

The young Nigerians was amused that Nigeria and Africa by extension are yet to grab the opportunity offered by science and technology to solve the myriad of development challenges confronting the nation.

He lamented: “I am surprised we do not have science based television channels that inspire people into the field. The British and Americans have many of such programmes. We have to face reality: modern civilisation is founded on science and technology. There is no other way to develop a nation. As writer and former Colorado Governor Richard Lamm said, ‘All we know about the new economic world tells us that nations which train engineers will prevail over those which train lawyers. No nation has ever sued its way to greatness’.

“Nations advance when they apply principles gained from the pursuit of organised knowledge, which is essentially the scientific method of thinking. Technology is the fruit of scientific pursuit. I do stress the application because at the end of the day, action counts more than just words. As a nation, we need to become more curious in science and technology in order to catch up with the rest of the world similar to what India has done.”

With papers already published in academic journals, Ezeh is also President of the UCL Robotics Society, which he co-founded. But how and where did the inspiration to go into Robotics comes from?

He stated that his school, Nigeria Tulip International School, not only influenced his interest, but also assisted with developing a rigorous background in mathematics and science.

He added that the school encouraged willing students to broaden their horizon by participating in local and international competitions. “I gained an appreciation of science and technology through the international exposure providing by attending these competitions. Furthermore, during my holidays, I would stay back in school for advanced training in Mathematics, Physics and Informatics. It was a lot of fun because we would have a lot of social events when we were not hard at work. We studied hard and play hard,” he recalled.

Ezeh said plans are underway to sustain his success story with the establishment of an organization named ‘Impactionate Ltd’ where he is the Chief Executive Officer whose aim is to primarily focus on crowd-funding for sustainable developmental projects that can be measured.

He stressed that the firm, ‘Impactionate’ encapsulates his vision, saying, “Impactionate is a company born out of a desire to be the change I want to see.” A personal vision that could be transformed into a national vision that can drive the development of Nigeria may well be within sight.

One modern phenomenon that has the capacity of boosting production as well as diminishes the human intervention in the production chain is robots. To the average Nigerian, robots are nothing but some mechanical configurations that are domiciled within the laboratory rooms used for experimentation. But this thinking appears obsolete as the modern engage in continual metamorphosis that seeks to further isolate the human person even when the final outcome of the efforts are geared towards enhancing the value of the collective comfort for the human race.
The study of robot in the field of engineering is simply defined as an integration of electronics, electrical, computing, mechanical and material engineering, dealing with designs, manufacturing and use of robots for control, sensory feedback and information processing.

In this advanced area of endeavour, robots have emerged as ‘rivals’ to human beings as far as undertaking of tasks are concerned as they can now replicate almost any form of human activity. For instance, they now popularly employed in danger prone endeavours such as bomb detection and de-activation of life-threatening activities.

Considering the level of development of Nigeria and lack of awareness amongst Nigerians, is it not therefore antithetical that a Nigerian is making wave in robotics in the United Kingdom?

Yes, a young Nigerian named Chinemelu Ezeh a force to be reckoned with in robotic engineering. Speaking on his experiences in Robotic engineering, Ezeh declared that he derives joy in a field that is seen as ‘potpourri’ as well as melting point of all engineering fields.

Armed with a three-year scholarship for a Doctorate Degree in Assistive Robotics from the University College London, he is currently working to develop novel control interfaces for sharing control between a wheelchair user and a smart wheelchair.

He warned against locating the reliance of Robotic engineering solely within the field of complicated engineering profession, saying that Robotic engineering finds expression in almost every field of endeavour.

His explanation: “Since Robotics is versatile, it finds applications is just about any field from finance, electrical to mobile to online e-commerce. The skills gained from studying Robotics are easily translatable to other fields and this opens up many doors anywhere, Nigeria included.”

While tracing how a Nigerian, who went to secondary in Nigeria can ‘suddenly’ develop such a knack for complicated area of study such as Robotics, his former Mathematics teacher at the Nigeria Tulip International School, Mr Sabri Unal, explained that Ezeh’s decision to study Robotics engineering did not come to as a surprise.

He hinted that Ezeh had a passion for computers while in secondary school which gave an indication of where his future in educational pursuit lies. He advocated freedom, encouragement and support for children to freely develop their innate talents while growing up, adding, “the potentials of children should never be underestimated either by their parents or teachers. It is very vital to give them a chance to explore these potentials in different areas, which would show what sectors they may be best suited for.”

Back in his secondary school days, Ezeh won awards after awards as they are going out of fashion. He bagged the 1st runner-up in Abuja, in both instances in the Junior and senior categories of the Cowbell Mathematics Competition, and later emerged as Bronze medalist, Infomatrix Computer Olympiad held in Romania in 2006. He also helped programme the robot for the project that won silver in the Informatrix competition. In 2007, he emerged Silver Medalist at the Science and English Fair, which took place in Turkey, while in 2008, he placed 7th place in the Nigerian National Mathematics Olympiad.

Again, he passed his WAEC/SSCE colours in 2008 with distinction and also scored 90 percent for his Advanced level studies at the Cambridge Arts and Science, Canterbury United Kingdom. Also, he was the only student that was accepted into the prestigious Imperial College London after emerging the best graduating student.

While school environment played a key role in the development of his engineering instinct, his parents also aided the development of the interest.Recalling with nostalgia how his father, an Engineer himself and a Food Scientist as his mother, an important role, he said: “My best subject, as far back as I can remember, was Mathematics, which is a core requirement for engineering. Also, throughout the years I find that there is a joy in creating things that have never been, and that is what engineers do.”

He credits his parents with a very hands-on approach to raising their children. “They were very serious about education and so would buy us many books and educational toys. We also had many lesson teachers from a young age. They also ensured we ate healthy and they did their best to ensure we grow up with a good sense of moral judgement and character based on the way they lived their own lives,” Ezeh added.

Going on to study Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the ICL between 2010-2014, where he also had a stint a Software Engineering (Trainees) in the London Geo team of Google, where he emerged with a First Class Honours.

In his first year at the ICL, he was team leader of a group that designed and constructed a track-completing robot using assembly language, while in his fourth year, he built a robot from the scratch to demonstrate a navigation system, and designed a navigation system by simulating optimal control for path following of differential drive for his thesis, which centered on Design and Implementation of Control and Path Planning of Autonomous Vehicle.

Following his achievements at the ICL, Ezeh was awarded a full three-year scholarship by University College London, where he is scheduled to round up later this year.

With the world at his feet as it were, Ezeh said his plans include returning to Nigeria to explore opportunities the country has to offer. But unlike his predecessors who got lost in the crowd and never made a headway upon their returning home, it appears Ezeh already has a compass with which to navigate the spirit of stifling of talents that is embedded in the Nigerian space, saying, “my plan for the future is to use technology to solve some of the major challenges in Africa. I believe technology can help improve literacy levels, facilitate transparency in government, solve our power crisis and improve the quality of life of people in Africa.”

The young Nigerians was amused that Nigeria and Africa by extension are yet to grab the opportunity offered by science and technology to solve the myriad of development challenges confronting the nation.

He lamented: “I am surprised we do not have science based television channels that inspire people into the field. The British and Americans have many of such programmes. We have to face reality: modern civilisation is founded on science and technology. There is no other way to develop a nation. As writer and former Colorado Governor Richard Lamm said, ‘All we know about the new economic world tells us that nations which train engineers will prevail over those which train lawyers. No nation has ever sued its way to greatness’.

“Nations advance when they apply principles gained from the pursuit of organised knowledge, which is essentially the scientific method of thinking. Technology is the fruit of scientific pursuit. I do stress the application because at the end of the day, action counts more than just words. As a nation, we need to become more curious in science and technology in order to catch up with the rest of the world similar to what India has done.”

With papers already published in academic journals, Ezeh is also President of the UCL Robotics Society, which he co-founded. But how and where did the inspiration to go into Robotics comes from?

He stated that his school, Nigeria Tulip International School, not only influenced his interest, but also assisted with developing a rigorous background in mathematics and science.

He added that the school encouraged willing students to broaden their horizon by participating in local and international competitions. “I gained an appreciation of science and technology through the international exposure providing by attending these competitions. Furthermore, during my holidays, I would stay back in school for advanced training in Mathematics, Physics and Informatics. It was a lot of fun because we would have a lot of social events when we were not hard at work. We studied hard and play hard,” he recalled.

Ezeh said plans are underway to sustain his success story with the establishment of an organization named ‘Impactionate Ltd’ where he is the Chief Executive Officer whose aim is to primarily focus on crowd-funding for sustainable developmental projects that can be measured.

He stressed that the firm, ‘Impactionate’ encapsulates his vision, saying, “Impactionate is a company born out of a desire to be the change I want to see.” A personal vision that could be transformed into a national vision that can drive the development of Nigeria may well be within sight.

22 YEAR OLD NIGERIAN BREAKS ACADEMIC RECORD AT JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, USA
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A 22-year-old Nigerian, Emmanuel Ohuabunwa, has made history at John Hopkins University, United States of America. Ohuabunwa from Arochukwu, Abia State, has done the nation proud by becoming the first black man to make a Grade Point Average of 3.98 out of 4.0 to bag a degree in Neurosciences in the university. He was also adjudged as having the highest honours during the graduation that was held on May 24 this year.

For his efforts, he has won a scholarship to Yale University to pursue a degree in medicine. Besides, he has been inducted into Phi Beta Kappa Society, a prestigious honour group that features membership of 17 US Presidents, 37 US Supreme Court Justices, and 136 Nobel Prize winners.

According to Wikipedia, The Phi Beta Kappa Society is an academic honour society. Its mission is to “celebrate and advocate excellence in the liberal arts and sciences” and induct “the most outstanding students of arts and sciences at America’s leading colleges and universities.”

It was founded at The College of William and Mary on December 5, 1776, and thus it is the oldest honour society for the liberal arts and sciences and among the oldest undergraduate societies in the US.

In an online interview with our correspondent, Ohuabunwa, who was born in Okota, Lagos and attended Lilly Fields Primary School, Lagos, said he left Nigeria after his junior secondary school education at Air Force Comprehensive School, Ibadan, Oyo State.

“My parents moved the whole family when I was 13 years old. I was about to begin SS1 at Air Force, Ibadan. When I got to the US, I was enrolled with my age mates, which meant at 13, I was in middle school. I went to Fondren Middle School, which was in the middle of the ghetto. That was one of the darkest years for me because I encountered a lot of peer pressure. Some of the students, ignorant about Africa, bullied me and called me names such as ‘African booty scratcher’ because to them, Africans were dirty and scratched their butts all the time.

“Some asked me if I lived in mud huts and ate faeces for breakfast. I remember one day, when I was walking to the school bus, a boy came from behind and punched me in the face, called me an African and walked away. It took everything in me not to retaliate. I knew that God had put me in the U.S for a purpose and it did not involve fighting or selling drugs or doing the wrong things.

“My experience during that year gave me a thick skin. I learned to stand for what I thought was right even when the opposition seemed insurmountable. I also learned to look at the positive in all situations. Even though these kids were bullying me, I was still gaining an opportunity to school in America and nothing would stop me from making the best of this opportunity.

“The shocker was that the kid that punched me in the face was black. I would have expected the blacks to be nicer to me. Nevertheless, I don’t blame those kids because they were ignorant about Africa. All they knew about us was the stuff they had watched on TV or documentaries, showing primitive African tribes, living in the jungle and making noises like monkeys.

“In regards to the whites, there might have been some minor episodes but again I don’t blame them for it because it is a problem with stereotypes,” he said.

But in spite of this humiliation and racial prejudice against him, the first in a family of three was not discouraged. He faced his studies and was always coming top in his class. After he completed his middle school education, he passed the entrance examination to DeBakey High School for Health Professions. It was at this school that his interest in neurosciences and medicine started.

“By the second year of high school, we were able to interact with doctors, nurses and other administrators in the hospital. The more I learned about medicine, the more it felt like the thing God was calling me to pursue and by being in the US I got a lot of people to support me to do this. Even though in high school, I got to see first-hand what it meant to be a doctor. We studied advanced anatomy and physiology, learned medical terminology, and learned important skills, such as checking blood pressure, pulse rate, and many more.

“I knew I wanted to go to the best school in the US. I had heard that Johns Hopkins Hospital had been ranked the number one hospital in the US for the past 21 years and I wanted to be in that environment.’’

Worried that his parents might not be able to sponsor him to the university, Ohuabunwa purposed to work very hard. He did and when the result of the PSAT came, he performed so well that he won the National Achievement Scholar.

By virtue of this award, he received certificates of recognition from various organisations including senators from the Congress of both Texas and the US. He also received scholarship from the University of Houston; Rice University, Texas A&M Honors College and many more.

He had also won the Principal’s Award during the annual awards ceremony at DeBakey High School.

“During our graduation ceremony at DeBakey, I also won the Award for the Most Outstanding Senior Young Man and the student volunteer award for my volunteer activities in the State of Texas,” he said.

But his breakthrough came when he won the Bill and Belinda Gates Foundation full scholarship to any university of his choice. He worked hard and gained admission to Johns Hopkins University to study Neurosciences.

But why Neurosciences, Ohuabunwa said, “I studied Neuroscience, because I was fascinated with the brain, its control of our behaviours and how various diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, lead to a decline in its activity. I also minored in Psychology because I wanted to understand disorders in the psyche. What causes bipolar disorders or schizophrenia. I did not just want to label them as crazy but to understand what causes these conditions and how we can treat them,’’ he explained.

But what does he consider to be the missing links in the education sector of Nigeria when compared with that on offer in US, Ohuabunwa said unpredictable academic calendar, corruption, examination malpractice and inadequate funding were some of the problems confronting his home country’s university sector. These, he said, were absent in the US.

“There were a few problems with Nigerian higher education that contributed to our emigration in 2003. The first was the number of strikes that occurred in schools. It took my uncle seven years to graduate with a degree that should have taken him only four years. A second problem was the corruption. We had heard of people going into universities, because they paid someone to look the other way. I also heard of a few cheating scandals, where people would pay someone to take their exams for them or get a copy of the exam a few days before,” he said.

But is he saying that US university system has no such problems at all? Ohuabunwa said, “Although this sometimes occurs in the U.S, it is less common because of the strict security. I remember when taking the Medical College Admissions Test, test required before one can matriculate into medical school, each student had to get his fingerprints taken every time we entered and left the hall. The whole place was packed with cameras and security staff that monitored everything we were doing. The exam was computerised to make sure that no one saw the test before the actual date.”

Another difference, he said, is that America rewards hard-work while the system also emphasises on a balance between academic life and extracurricular activities.
On how he won the scholarship to Yale, Ohuabunwa said his 3.98 GPA in Neurosciences, and many awards he had won and God’s grace, contributed to his winning the scholarship.

“As at the time of my application for medical school, I had a 3.98 GPA of a 4.0. This made me the only black student inducted into the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa. I was also awarded the Becker Family Scholarship for being the most outstanding student in the Neuroscience major at Johns Hopkins University. Furthermore, by God’s grace, I took the MCAT and scored in the top five percentile.

“That, combined with my hours of volunteer service in different hospitals across the US allowed me to gain acceptance into every medical school I applied to, including Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins, Columbia, and Cornell. As the time came to make a decision, I had narrowed it down to Harvard and Yale. Both schools, I enjoyed visiting. Nevertheless, while my parents prayed, they asked God to give us a sign of what school to attend. A few days later, I received a letter from Yale Medical School, offering me a full ride scholarship for all four years. That was the sign from God,” he said.

But would he come back to Nigeria after the completion of his programme, he said yes.

“I am absolutely interested in the health care policy decisions in Nigeria. Because there are many changes that need to occur, I will not rule out the possibility of coming back after my studies, in order to join hands with the leaders to make these changes possible.’’

He added that his ambition is to become a medical doctor specialising in brain surgery.

“Two weeks ago, my grandmother passed away after a long battle with strokes. Even during emergencies, it was difficult for her to get to the hospital, let alone get treatment. This is a common theme not only in the health care system of Nigeria, but in different countries in the world, where the poor get neglected.

“Second, Nigerian hospitals lack the infrastructure required to compete with major hospitals around the world. It would be an honour to one day contribute to this transformation that is necessary for improvements in Nigeria’s health care sector,” he said.

He, however, advised Nigerian youths who have the wherewithal, to go abroad to study. Ohuabunwa also called on wealthy Nigerians to invest more in the education of the poor rather than in acquisition of material things.

Ohuabunwa, however, said that his parents, who he described as his greatest role models, contributed a lot to his academic feat through Godly training, counsel and guidance. He also did not forget the impact that his short stay at Air Force school had on him.

“I was definitely not the brightest at Air Force. At that time, I felt like I spent more time running away from seniors than focusing on my studies. Nevertheless, I learned three things at Air Force that have served me well in the US. I learned discipline, adaptability and resilience. These attributes helped me a lot in US,” he said.

I'm ashamed that my Igbo brethren don't know the extent of Igbo youths breaking unimaginable academic records in the USA, the demography alone is frightening, when I get back from church I'll flood these thread cause it seems Igbos don't care much about important threads like this but focus on Biafra and IPOB(which is good) but we need to focus on success stories of Igbos.