₦airaland Forum

Kendzyma: d bolded should possibly b er position in world ranking

better still in African ranking

emeralddayo: eyeing MIT...God help me

Whatever ur mind can conceive,your hands can achieve

Profcamsey: I av always love Havard. I dont book space. Mod should do something to these space bookers

Havard has always been at number 2.position,wonder what made them come down

2ndOGA: The poster is merely implying that you can't join the two words together. i.e It's Good Luck not Goodluck.

Common,of course I was kidding,u can see that in my second statement.

iamsegsy: no African university?? wat of UNILORIN dis list is damn bias

University of ilorin?that will happen in the year 3035

MissMeiya: Nairaland spelling and grammatical errors:

Incorrect word: "trend"
As in: "don't derail this trend!"
Correct word: "thread"

Incorrect word: "thread"
As in: "thread carefully"
Correct word: "tread"

Those are the ones I notice most often.

But "trend"may also stand for "what is trending"

U sayin,good and luck can not co-exist?Are u indirectly saying,mr.president is not good luck but,bad luck? Doyin Okukpe over to you

But really,I want to ask...if we have an American-English,Australian-English an Canadian-English,then why cant we have Nigerian-English?

Long live make up!

Study Conducted by KeepCalling.com Reveals Top 10 Most Talkative Nations in the World

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Which citizens living abroad call home more often?

Atlanta, Georgia (PRWEB) September 03, 2014

In the first six months of this year, KeepCalling.com, a website offering international calling services, analyzed its customers calling patterns in order to reveal which nations immigrants call their family and friends more often living in their homeland.

The study focused not only on the frequency of the calls, but also on how long Chinese, Hungarians, British or Mexican people stay on the phone when making an international call overseas.

Surprising or not, in the first 6 months of 2014 KeepCalling.com customers hold phone conversations that add up to nothing less than 70 years of non-stop discussions. This number basically translates into a lifetime of pleasant conversations held by people living outside their mother country with the dear ones back home.

KeepCalling.com analyzed its figures and charts and revealed the top 10 most talkative nations in the world. The top looks like this:

#10: China
There are more than 7,200 miles separating China from the US. Which means more than 12 hours of flying. Isn't it easier to make a call instead? The answer offered by the Chinese people living in the US was an enthusiastic Yes. They frequently call China at only 1.6¢/min, so no wonder they spend so many hours on the phone.

#9: Romania
Either they are calling to talk about Simona Haleps tennis performance or just to find out whats new in their home country. Romanians seem to miss their native land a lot. Thats why Romania ranks at #9 in Top 10 most talkative countries, according to KeepCalling.com charts. Calling Romania with KeepCalling.com is as low as it gets: 0.8¢/min to call landlines and 2.7¢/min to call mobiles.

#8: Hungary
The pleasure to talk seems to be a common trait in this part of Europe, since #8 is #9s neighbor: Hungary. Do they want to cook goulash and call home to find out the recipe? Or do they just want to see whats going on with their family and friends? We dont know. All we know is that they like to keep a close relationship with dear ones living in Hungary. The rate for making an international call to a landline in Hungary is 1¢/min, while the rate for mobiles is 4.9¢/min.

#7: Greece
The third European country in the top and the most talkative European nation on KeepCalling.com is Greece. The birthplace of democracy, Greece definitely has the exercise of communication. And when communication connects customers to their friends back home, the exercise lasts longer. KeepCalling.com offers all Greeks living abroad the chance to call home at only: 1.4¢/min. This way they can take conversation to a totally new level.

#6: Mexico
The talkative nations odyssey moves towards North America, reaching Mexico. There are so many things to talk about when youre living abroad! And were not talking about economy or politics, but about the little things that bring families and friends together. no matter the distance. Mexicans know how important is to keep in touch with the people back home, so they call frequently, ranking #6 in KeepCalling.coms top. The rate for an international call is also in their favor, as 1 minute to a landline in Mexico costs only 0.7¢/min, while calling a mobile costs 4.5¢/min.

#5: United Kingdom
Are they calling to talk about the weather? Or about Prince George? We dont know. But they are certainly calling often in UK and talking for hours on end, which makes UK feel closer, no matter how far away they are. Why? Because international calls are a good vehicle when keeping a close relationship, despite the distance. British people living abroad can call home at only 0.7¢/min.

#4: Nigeria
Nigeria proudly represents Africa in KeepCalling.coms Top 10 most talkative nations in the world. Nigerians are well-known for their strong family bonds, which is also reflected in the number of minutes they spend on the phone, calling their loved ones back home. Nigerians can keep in touch at a special rate of 4.5¢/min when calling mobiles or 5.5¢/min for landlines.

#3: Canada
The bronze medal is awarded to Canada! From sea to sea, as the national anthem says, the phones keep ringing and families and friends keep talking at only 0.7¢/min. This is what brought Canada a well-deserved #3 place in the chart honoring the most talkative countries in the world.

#2: India
The world's second-most populous country also ranks #2 in the most talkative nations in the world chart. They say Indians may talk about any topic under the sun. What happens when they leave their mother country and call home to see whats new? They forget to hang up, apparently, as their long conversations brought them KeepCalling.coms silver medal. The rate per minute to call India is also in their favor. It only costs 2¢/min to call a landline in India and 1.8¢/min to call a mobile with KeepCalling.com.

#1: United States
This may come as no surprise, but the gold medal and the prize for the most talkative country in the world goes to the United States of America. So, congratulations, US, for proving that no distance is too great or too small, when you have so many options to call home, with KeepCalling.com, at only 1¢/min.

Besides international calls, KeepCalling.com offers different telecom solutions to immigrants' communities, helping them stay in touch with families and friends living back home in their mother country: Voice Credit, Mobile Recharges, Monthly Plans or Virtual Numbers.

Aidy97: My keke napep

Agbero is wasin u then

Giftedgreen: 3. Jacuzzi

Have you ever thought about the origin of the word Jacuzzi, that luxurious bubbly bath that every Nigerian musician claims to own?

It’s the surname of the brothers who invented it back in 1956.

- See more at: http://giftedgreen.com/2014/blog/2014/09/16/10-everyday-items-you-wont-believe-were-named-after-people/#sthash.OY6lKQ1q.dpuf

It can only be the Italians..trust them for that one

Aidy97: Spacebooked

With ur BRT BUS ba? LASTMA is watching u.

The panic been created by this Ebola is totally uncalled-for.
Can someone suddenly develop Ebola without been with a" primary or secondary contact,"so how can the children suddenly develop Ebola?(Ebolaa is not headache or malaria naa) wt is needed is to create a hygienic environment for the kidds.
I mean,wt about pple been in crowded buses,going to churches an mosques,attending campaign rallies...have they all contacted Ebola?an wt if this whole tin drags on till next five years...u Mean the kidds wud still be at home?pple are dying more from malaria an we haven't preventd it yet

Is amazing that the "big shorts"are nowhere to be found...talking about the likes of LUFTHANSA,AIRFRANCE,BRITHISH AIRWAYS AND AMERICAN AIRLINe ,big is not always best.

chlowi: with the recent reports coming up on the forefront of the media regarding the NA, it is now a glaring truth and i am even more convinced that there is alot of conspiracy , that the NA is littered with traitors, how possible is this that the insurgents always know what time and date and location to ambush soldiers , who feeds them with these details , even if its by coincidence that they ambush correctly soldiers of the Nigerian army , why is it that 80 percent of the time they get it right ?
Recently , few number of soldiers have been sentenced , what are the reasons behind their actions that led to their court marshal? these reasons if properly stated , were they thoroughly investigated ? like what the heck is going on ? whom do they think they fooling ?

Well said

But seriously,if the Nigerian soldiers are repelling an attack is simply means they are been defensive instead of been on the offensive..an like in football,if u defend ,u r liable to concede.so the best form of defence is to attack.

Top 10 universities 2014: QS World University Rankings
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
2. Imperial College London and University of Cambridge (joint second)
4. Harvard University
5. University College London and University of Oxford (joint fifth)
7. Stanford University
8. California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
9. Princeton
10. Yale


MIT is the highest rated university in the world for the third year in succession
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is in first place in the latest league table of the world's best universities.

It's the third year in a row that the US university, famous for its science and technology research, has been top of the QS World University Rankings.

Another science-based university, Imperial College London, is in joint second place along with Cambridge University.

Behind these in fourth place is Harvard University, the world's wealthiest university. And two more UK universities share joint fifth place, University College London and Oxford.

With King's College London in 16th place, it means that London has three institutions in the top 20.

Even though some university leaders might be sceptical about such rankings, they will all be sharply aware of their significance.

Mike Nicholson, Oxford University's head of admissions, says: "It's fair to say that it would be a foolish university that did not pay close attention to how league tables are constructed."

Rankings have become an inescapable part of the reputation and brand image of universities, helping them to attract students, staff and research investment.

No university website is complete without the claim to be in the top 100 for something or other.

How to be top

But what is perhaps more surprising is that they are a relatively recent arrival on the higher education landscape.

This is only the tenth year of the QS rankings and the earliest global league table, the Academic Ranking of World Universities, produced by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, was first published in 2003.


Imperial College London has risen to second place in the global rankings
They have risen alongside the globalisation of higher education and the sharing of information online.

But how does a university get to the top of the rankings? And why does such a small group of institutions seem to have an iron grip on the top places?

The biggest single factor in the QS rankings is academic reputation. This is calculated by surveying more than 60,000 academics around the world about their opinion on the merits of institutions other than their own.

Ben Sowter, managing director of the QS, says this means that universities with an established name and a strong brand are likely to do better.

The next biggest factor - "citations per faculty" - looks at the strength of research in universities, calculated in terms of the number of times research work is cited by other researchers.

The ratio of academic staff to students represents another big chunk of how the rankings are decided.

Big brands

These three elements, reputation, research citations and staff ratios, account for four-fifths of the rankings. And there are also marks for being more international, in terms of academic staff and students.


"Academic reputation" is the biggest single factor in these rankings
As a template for success, it means that the winners are likely to be large, prestigious, research-intensive universities, with strong science departments and lots of international collaborations.

Is that a fair way to rank universities? It makes no reference to the quality of teaching or the abilities of students?

"We don't take an exhaustive view of what universities are doing," says Mr Sowter.

"It's always going to be a blunt instrument," which he says is both the strength and weakness of such lists..BBC

oilyyariba: Another yolaba fraudster!

Can we just stop this nonsense!this is just an indictment for God sake! An he has not been convicted by any court of law,and besides,corruption is not akin to any tribe or group,it is just a state of mind and that cuts accros tribalism.

It depends on the response u have been gettin from,if positive,fine-tune your art,if negative,Slightly withdraw from giving her attention,if she responds afterwards fine,if not just fashy her! : :

In life,an more so in relationship,give your best,expect the best an prepare for the worst,shekena!
THE EYES CAN ONLY SHED TEARS,IT CAN NEVER BLEED!

tosyne2much: This rubbishh is only peculiar to majority of Nigerian dummy ladies. I swear any lady that supports this act and see nothing wrong in it is dumb and immature . I also noticed that too... Most of my dudes back den in secondary sch still hold conversation till date even if it can neva be the way it used to be then but it shldnt drastically reduce the d extent of ignoring or not holding conversation with dem anymore... Most of those ladies are jst so dumb and myopic... They tend to change and start acting awkwardly because they lack insight, foresight and don't understand the principles of life... They presume it's the best measurement of class so they drastically change... How would you neglect or stop holding a conversation with your old-time frnds, neighbours or classmates because say you enta sch... To all the ladies with this silly mentality, its hightime you changed for beta.. There's no biggie in this admission of a thing... Just that when you are so dumb and immature, it triggers pride and oppression.. THERE'S MORE TO LIFE THAN ORDINARY ADMISSION

Do u blame them,we live in country were pple(mostly ladies)see university Admission as "have arrived,"now compared to other civilised world were ppl gain admission on a platter of gold,as in u literally have options to choose from.so,they are suffering from "local champ mentality"
But verily verily,I say unto thee,never forget the pple who supported an encouraged you (an ur ministery )on ur Way up.

An how did this get manoeuvred to the frontpage?

It will be nice to move the capital Around every 15yrs or so ,that will spread development.

freety: Mine was. Daddy I want 2 drink small stout

Then ur own is "pikin" an not a baby

Ishilove: I hear busty women complain of backpain and I wonder why. I have never felt backpain, an I will never feel it

I gues ur case is unique! Infact my girl was considering reducing the "tin"by al means,but trust men for our selfishness...I was like-if you try am ehn,if I hear ram again! but within me ,I realy feel for her though

continentalceo: If you were born a muslim, hindu or Maybe of a Judaism parents like Jesus christ, will you be a Christian today? Honest question

There are many ppl born Muslims,Hindus an jews that have converted to Christianity..infact thas the highest form of belif,wen u are in it ,not because of ur parents but because of ur personal convictions

The reason women tend to fall more:they always allow their emotions to get over them,men on the other hand tend to make sense out of every situation...its easier to convince(or rather confuse)a woman than it is a man
And talkin about falling;why shud one suddenly be out of control because of annointin? The spirit of god MAKEs ME BE IN CONTROL an not OUT OF CONTROL

sexzskil: You putting mediocre, local, unknown Down Jazz with Timberland The Great? What a ruthless blasphemy! pls, come back, modify this post and remove Mr. Timbaland's name from this trash you called a post

Don baba, local?because he is a Nigerian?
Timberland great? because he is American?y font we value our own?

That's life for u,change is inevitable and those who don't adapt to change will become history
,wt a pity for Nokia...few years back they controled 1/3rd of mobile phone market,today they are goin into extinction...crazy world.

My girl's biggest problem for been busty is actually back pain,"that tin na serious load"an I realy feel for her,

the likes of Reuben" Abat iti," Doyin"Oku mbe" an Madaline "Onga" will never report such developmental strides .

zappyj: How will you see when poverty has blinded your eyes!

For records, Saraki doesn't own Heritage Bank..HB only purchased the license. HB is owned by IEI.Check google or hbng.com for further info.

So he sold the licence and yet refused to pay gbese wey him de owe?