₦airaland Forum

FarahAideed:
VAT means Value Added Tax ...Can the FG tell us what Value is being added to digital service that we need to be taxed for after being taxed to even come online ? What is the the Value Added ?

We already pay tax to even come online in the first place , it's not like we are using some new Value the Buhari govt enabled for us to attract me Value Added Tax..the people that need to be VATTED are the bandits because they are the only people Buhari has created extra Value for since he came

The aforementioned firms are cashing out without paying tax

Mancrossfire:
But why is your mother this controversial

Blame that yeyetic blogger on Instagram dramatic people

BoboKush:
Why are you deceiving ha
Most schools accept 3.0 cgpa or 2.1
You will have to do PGD first
Or search for few universities that accept 2.2

That is not true

One good thing I liked about BB is their compressed data. With N1,500 am covered for a whole month unlike other phone brands that drains data

Annie001:
You obviously don't have one and if you do he must be so useless reason why you could talk like this
I am not responsible for your unfortunate situation please

Of course yours is

It is because of abuse of privileges

Bukola94:
don't say there is no progress. just say there is little and slow progress. others country have left us far behind. even with our population, no advance tech development and science not taking advantage of to it max

At least we have moved from landline to mobile, partial digitisation of the banking sector and media

Bigredmachine:
No corruption is not the reason why we don't have cities like these in Nigeria...

It's our mindset and the way we think...

The countries that harbor this cities whose image u displayed here are corrupt if not more corrupt than Nigeria

From the poor to the rich, our way of thinking is very very bad

Correct

RiceProducers:
Very good tax. Carbonated drinks are poisons

Very good Indeed until they tax for using air

Sufferingboy:
Okowa becareful of those inside your govt,some are working for your enemies.

Remember all this I am saying now,I saw something in my dream that is why I am warning to be careful.Your political enemies are already to do anything to bring down political career.

Okowa be wise,and follow my advise build more projects for Ukwuanis this year.

But Okowa is not on this forum

motionarena:
Nope I don't think so.
I think the show out lived its relevance.

Back then when it was popular it aired on local tv and was easily accessible.

Now local TV is a thing of the past Ultimate Search doesn't really appeal to audiences now there is multiple contents to choose from.

Also d show never really had a dedicated channel.

@Speaktruth88 this is the reason

BlockResearcher:

The real reason why it didn't go as expected is because there was no dedicated channel and it was not a live event accessible to everyone 24/7. . Period

This was why it didn't trend @.
Speaktruth88

This was why it didn't trend
Speaktruth88

DannyXpress:
No it flopped because there was no nudity or plenty sex scenes for the viewers just like BBN

That is not true, Nigeria idol trended last without nudity. Just say there was no controversial post from them. An average human being likes controversial topics and news

Annie001:
Olodo

You say that again because your father referred at the bolded.

musicwriter:
You must be kidding me.

What happened to pidgin? What happened to the creole languages that already exist today among our native languages? As a matter of fact (though I don't recommend it) let me tell you something. The easiest way to achieve homogeneity in Nigeria is outlaw other languages and make pidgin the only language in Nigeria for everything. That's the common language every Nigerian can speak. Pidgin is actually our lingual franca in the true meaning of the word!!.

Of course, you'll laugh at the mention of pidgin, just because British people didn't bring it. If Britain brought us pidgin to Nigeria, we'll be falling on top of ourselves competing who'll speak the best pidgin........ a sad legacy of our slavery.

I support Pidgin language with my full chest

Iamdbull:
Dbull on this one!!!



If this boy is 15 then that his older daughter should be around 18 and if she's 18 then it means ........ Make I shut up

Yul Edochie got married at the age of 24

Annie001:
Na una dey spoil Nigeria
Fish brain people
The purpose of citing a work is to enable verification and also allow other researchers to check out that source.
So I should type nairaland.com and be searching for what he said ?

If you don't know anything please keep quiet

musicwriter:
My brother, the whole thing at the background of the turmoil we have in this country is our not acknowledging the reality of our heterogeneity and working by it as opposed to our present disposition of not working by it, as if it doesn't exist. We cannot wish it away!! It's an up-hill task. It's like running on top of a mountain instead of running downwards.

Once we acknowledge our heterogeneity and work by it instead of working against it, we'll find peace because we'll agree to disagree and we'll create something that would work for us. This is the reason people are calling for restructuring. A restructured Nigeria would be more natural and it would attend to some of our problems. If nothing is done to acknowledge our heterogeneity, we'll end up in a second war as a nation.

Thank you

Those calling for restructure didn't consider the mode of communication.

Lightway:
That's what happens when fools control social media. They won't confirm anything. Just post and believe

I was disappointed when TVC your view and the punch newspaper hurriedly carried this news

mysticwarrior:
If you are a married man living with your wife, don't ever allow another man live in your house, if you are a married woman don't allow another girl or woman live in your house, world people are dangerous.

And you think none of them will cheat?

musicwriter:
You and I have been enslaved with the English language. That's why. It's tragic that you don't even know it. As they say, "the best slave is the one that doesn't know he/she is a slave".

For your information, once upon a time, ENGLAND also spoke Greek, Latin, French when they were enslaved by Greece, Rome, and France, respectively. But today, they no longer do that because they've freed themselves.

Again, what we're talking about is how to re-claim our minds like England, so that you'll realize who you're. Wake up brother! Wake up!

We should just let things remain the way they are or better still split the country.

musicwriter:
For any such paradigm shift, it's expected there'll be some sort of disorientation for a couple of semesters. That's because the students have to pass through some period of re-orientation back to our African self. This already happened during the days of colonialism when we moved from learning in our native languages to learning in English. In the book: how Europe underdeveloped Africa, the author Walter Rodney talked about that towards the end of the book. Africans lost their minds from then on till this very day. What we're talking about is how to re-claim our African consciousness because we're not English people. We are Africans!!

A homogeneous Nigerian society is not possible because the constituents that make up Nigeria are different nationalities forcing ourselves to be one instead of being true to ourselves and living heterogeneously. That amounts to a war against nature!! Here's what you need to know: you can't fight a war against nature and win.

Those clamouring for the bolded text are hypocrite. First they condemn English language yet they express themselves in English. They condemn western influence forgetting that it eroded some archaic practices.

Lordbinsmar:
My students understand mathematics better when I explain to them in Yoruba. Sometimes I do code switching.

That your student understand it better doesn't mean others from other schools or state do. That professor didn't research well, he just draw his conclusion based on a small sample from a major tribe. He didn't consider other factors such heterogeneity and diversity of Nigeria. Possibly of migration of student from one state to another.

HellVictorinho3:
The ambition of that professor can't work because even if you create Hausa schoois in Lagos,it doesn't mean you won't still have people struggling with STEMS.


My point is there's nothing that can stop you from having SOME people that can't learn XYZ stuff
with or without the use of English and that means the exercise will end up a waste of time and resources......... it's inevitable for a language barrier breaking language like English to be indispensable to the co-existence of the states in Nigeria where you have several people with several languages.



Indispensable meaning it must be taught in all classrooms.

Tell am oh.

smd:
The benefits of teaching students some subjects in Yoruba is far far more than all those reasons you are raising against it. All I know the end will surely justify the means.
You can conduct your own personal research.
Most of the developed nations use their native language to teach.

The problem with some Nigerians especially those for the major tribe, is selfishness. They don't consider other tribes yet they clamour for one Nigeria

musicwriter:
Of course, there'll be Yoruba schools in Edo as well and in all other states in Nigeria. The student would continue studying chemistry in Yoruba language in Edo undisrupted.

When will you people get it?

Yoruba taught in Edo schools , I laugh in Swahili . Schools that they taught Wazobia years back had to allocate their teachers to other subjects since the students were not performing well in those languages. Aside this, the minorities will not give in for adoption of a major tribe. The small peace wen we dey enjoy, make we manage am

musicwriter:
What a contradiction!!

Indeed, Nigeria is a heterogeneous society!! How can we be a "heterogeneous" society according to you but you want a homogeneous system of education like Japan?

There'll be Yoruba schools in Kano.

There'll be Hausa schools in Lagos.

There'll be Igbo schools in other states.
etc.

It would cater for our diversity and that's when the diversity would make sense because it would be natural. The way Nigeria exists today is not the only way it can exist or should exist. So many things could be finetuned to work better.

Let me make easy for you, Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba are not the only tribes in Nigeria. You teach a kid Chemistry in Yoruba, he migrates to Edo to learn another thing entirely

pacino26:
It is rather unfortunate that the Bible and Quran were translated into various African languages but no book in science or engineering got translated into any native African language.

The Chinese, Japanese, Russians and other Bon English speaking countries teach sciences and arts in their own language.

It is about time we wake up.

The bible was translated to those languages however few persons use such bibles( translated versions).

nextstep:
So what's the problem in teaching maths in each of the ethnic languages/groups? I mean, if you are in Kwara or Niger State, teach in Nupe... if in Delta, you can teach in Uhrobo or Igbo. Textbooks can be translated, as can exams, and other materials. Even the smaller ethnic groups have populations larger than some countries, so we have enough authors, teachers, and students to make it worthwhile.

We're not addressing the question of national assemblies, or even employment, but instead focusing on education in mother tongue - which is the point of this topic.

You teach in the aforementioned languages to the detriment of students migrating from other states ( especially kids whose parents who at the police force, army and among others)? .

Bobbyjay001:
That's not the point here bro. Teaching mathematics and other science subject in local language doesn't mean people won't understand and speak English language.

Doing this will make people understand more about the subject . At least notes and questions will be written in English. Only explanations should be done in native tongue.

This reminds me of Prof. Olopade of LASU, ECE department. He's a professor but explained mostly in Yoruba which made many of us enjoyed and passed his courses

Cut some slack here, the proponent is from a major speaking tribe in Nigeria. Aside that, Nigeria is heterogeneous country not homogeneous. A student taught in Yoruba, migrates to another state where he is taught in Efik or Tiv, do you expect him or her to perform well?. Many mathematical terms are borrowed from other languages which are difficult to translate in our local language. This project is dead on arrival

musicwriter:
Of course, English would still be studied in schools. The professor never said English should not be studied in Nigerian schools. English would still be studied but science subjects would be prioritized in our native languages.

If you ever wanted to be like Japan, Germany, China, Korea, Russia, that's the only way it could be done.

These countries are homogeneous. What works for country A might not work for country B. Nigeria is heterogeneous to begin with hence the use of our languages in STEM is useless. The homogeneous countries speak and understand single language