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proverbs are phrases expressing basic truth, which may b applied to common situation. or simply say it is a striking or paradoxical assertion. u hardly hear a wise one speaks without proverbs. let me open d show. I will b sharing this Warri common proverb.
I no gree, I no gree na him dey tear shirt.
mraning: little things (problem) can escalate, if not properly handle.
Roll in urs n d meaning, or just ask for others to provide d meaning

congratulations Lanicky, d first Miss Nairaland n d newest queen in the world, I was 101% sure that u will win.
Hmmmm! believe me d second edition will b tougher.
to her fellow contestants, I throw way three gun in d air for u, gbosa!!! the Wise one once said, it is better to try n fail than not to try at all, if u did not win today, that does not stop u from winning tomorrow.
I want to use this medium to say thank u to all those who supported n voted for Lanicky, if it were not u, it won't have been possible. congrats to u all

I STILL STAND WITH LANICKY 101%

Richy4:
That could be the Nigerian way of handling it... ie by asking the student to live the lecture hall... but the fact that they ask them to live the class does not mean it was how the rest of the world does it...

That lecturer could be employed in another country and mistakenly ask a student to live the class thinking it was normal... he could be fired for doing that...In my first degree in Nigerian Uni, what i thought was a heavy offence by Nigerian lecturer's standard was nothing....

Eg. you are permitted to drink soft drinks with light refreshment in the class when lectures was going on.Coke biscuit etc. but u cannot try that in Nigeria.

U are permitted to put your phone in a silent mood or answer your phone in the class when lectures were going on. according to school authority, u never can tell which was an emergency call..but the institution i attended, it is like a taboo.

You can wear anything u want...as long as you registered for that course. it is your right to be in that class because u paid that lecturer to teach you. so he has nothing to do with what u are wearing.his job was to teach nothing more...at the end of every semester, student were given survey questioner to speak about how lecturers performed. and no lecturer would like students to complain about them or for fear of being removed from that course.

so do not be to fast to disagree with me. a lot of male lecturers are helpless around the world due to what female students puts on to school..
Nigerian lecturers are lucky that they can send a female students away even when they have paid large amount to be taught and nothing will happen... it is not so every where...

indecent dressing may b allowed in other countries, but here in naija our culture frown at it. also d certificates issued by Nigerian universities r in learning n xter. d xter here is our culture

MisterDreamz:
Stupid question! Those who made useful things those days asked better questions then(The aircraft came up because of the question "why do insects/birds fly?)
Which object is immovable or unstoppable in the first place?


#Meanwhile,don't mind me.

Aiit

prof800:
This generation..!
This is supposed to be in the jokes section.


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That is why the real physicists stay off this thread.
Well let me just indulge you.
There is no object in the universe that is not moving.
And motion itself is relative. So there will also be no connotation as "unstoppable". Even light itself and some sub atomic entities like electrons and photons in extremely high velocities- the closest particles to being unstoppable will bow when they get close to a black hole.
At least you remember the "theory of relativity".
Please let us ask reasonable questions.

my prof sir, I sincerely appreciate ur comment, truly every object in d universe is moving or vibrating at its own frequency just that we may not see some of them with our eyes. as regards to this question so much knowledge had being shared here.
sir I like to ask u this question, like u said, everything in d universe moved, does d sun moves?

dchoosing:
What kind of questions do they ask during during fupre screening

last year was simple chemistry, physics, English language, maths and biology. its also depends on d course u wish to study. past question n answer r also available too

kenonze:
Hmmmm.

Anything Ijaw youth is synonymous with violence.

There are always different fashions.

Both PDP and APC fashions are all killers.

fallacy of division, u can not just conclude that bcoz some of ijaw youth r engaged in violence, therefore d entire ijaw ethnic group r violence people. u can condemn d act not d entire ethnic group. simple question for u, is gej a violent man?

Oyiboman69:
the law of momentum conservation. the energy lost by object one is equal to the energy gain by object two.
so lemme say action and reaction are equal and opposite. law of motion, first law I guess.

that's to say one of the objects will lose it's stand, I think that any object that is unstoppable should b able to crush anything on its path.

Remii:
in physics, movement not necessarily an advancement in only one direction, could be cyclic, periodic, etc

Hmmmm interesting

Remii:
If stuck together, vibration. If no sticking, unstoppable object continue to bounce

that's to say it won't pass tru d immovable object, hence, d unstoppable object has been stopped

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Fellow Nairalander, a colleague of mine asked me this question and I felt like asking it here too, to find Solution to it. below is the question.

when an unstoppable object collide with an immovable object, what will happen?

Pls we need a solution to the question.

Richy4:
Op u did not balance your write up. You should have equally added what a lecturer should do when a female student intentionally decide to come to uni dressing provocatively...

And decided to sit in front of the class with breast exposed for the world to see....

Is he supposed to send her away? because

1. since she paid for the programme. he has no right to do so
2. there was no dress code.
3. The student body will see it as annoying and wickedness from the lecture's part.

I am not trying to be the devil's advocate. but
what was he supposed to do should such situation arise?

I do not agree with u, on d question u asked, d lecturer can ask her to leave d class or order her to sit in d back seat.

God bless FRN

Glamourv:
Nice one anyway,But not all girls will do dat,tank God for my case, I av graduated,n I dated my top lecturer for the whole year in school till now,ntin bad has happen,and very soon am getting married to some1 nice.

wat do u mean by nothing bad has happened?

OKOROXXX:
SO WHAT IF IS A FEMALE LECTURER LIKE MY OWN CASE? WHAT SHUD I DO?? AND IM GETTING TEMPTED ALREADY. FREE SCORES, MONEY, AND FREE KPEKUS....

u b confirm Okoro

OKOROXXX:
SO WHAT IF IS A FEMALE LECTURER LIKE MY OWN CASE? WHAT SHUD I DO?? AND IM GETTING TEMPTED ALREADY. FREE SCORES, MONEY, AND FREE KPEKUS....

confirm Okoro

good venture

umehmj:
wanna wish these people a happy new month from the bottom of my heart. you guys in one way or another has added a lot to my life. i hope that somehow i will also get to add to yours, just the way you added to mine. happy new month:

WhyNa

rubsaphy

djpaparazzi

gevans

seemples

collinsemegreat

provocateur

debbie

respect bro

WhyNa:
Wishing you the same pal

respect to u bro

let me vote before It's too late, I humbly vote for d following pretties
Lanicky
mimzy
diasyluv
optional1
refiner
ivyy
Eurydice
chubbyT

Cc NLJega

*As FG explains reasons for reduction
By Soni Daniel, Henry Umoru & Ola Ajayi

ABUJA—THE Senate has taken a swipe at the executive arm of the government over the alleged manner MTN’s N1.04 trillion fine was reduced to N330 billion.
It described the reduction as short changing the country and therefore summoned the Attorney General, Governor of Central Bank, Minister of Communications and Accountant General of the federation, to come and explain their roles in the affair.
The fine which was imposed on the operator by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, last October, was for alleged operational misconducts.
The reduction which is the second after the Commission earlier reduced the fine by 25 percent N780 billion also drew the ire of the House of Representatives committee on communications, which regretted that the decision was made without allowing the committee to conclude investigations on the case.
FG explains
Meanwhile, the Federal Government yesterday explained why it decided to soft pedal on the MTN fine saying it was to give impetus to foreign investors in the country.
The Minister of Communications, Mr. Adebayo Shittu, at the venue of an Achiever’s Award ceremony in honour of Senator Lekan Balogun, the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, weekend, said there was need to give foreign investors impetus to continue investing in the country and that the reduction was one of those strategies.
He, however, said that “as far as we are concerned, the MTN issue is a closed matter. The Federal Executive Council has remitted a substantial part of the penalty to them. Nigeria as a country must move on. We must not do anything to drive away foreign investors. Foreign investments are potent means of bringing about development and wealth creation.
“Again, we must not forget that before MTN and other telecoms operators came on board, Nigeria had only less than 500,000 telephone lines. Today, because of their involvement,
Nigeria now has more than 152 million lines and MTN is the dominant operator in the field. It controls almost 50 per cent of the lines. Though they (MTN) have violated the law and we have put in the necessary penalty, we must put a halt to the limitless crisis so that we don’t discourage foreign investors,” he added.
Attorney-General speaks
Speaking in a similar vein, the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, said: “The MTN matter has been concluded at the executive level and a position taken by the Federal Executive Council and communicated to the company.
“In fact, the NCC has already written to MTN conveying the position of Nigeria on the fine to MTN and that is the true position as far as that matter is concerned.’’
Although Malami declined to give reasons the Executive approved a significant reduction in the fine for MTN, a top official of the Presidency conversant with how the deal was arrived at, said the reduction was done to protect the interest of over 500,000 Nigerians working in MTN Nigeria.
But the senate insists the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, and governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, have some more explanations to give.
Also summoned are the Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of National Communications Commission, NCC; the Accountant-General of the Federation and the Managing Director/CEO of MTN.
When they appear before the Committee, all the parties involved are expected to explain the extent of their culpability or otherwise.
In a letter, titled RE: SETTLEMENT BETWEEN NCC AND MTN OVER FINE, dated June 15, 2016, and addressed separately to all the actors, Chairman, Senate Committee on Communications, Senator Gilbert Nnaji, expressed dismay over the settlement agreement of N330 billion reached with MTN, out of a whopping N1.04 trillion.
He said: “As a Committee and representatives of the Nigerian people, we are saddened about this development at a time when the Nigerian economy needs all the available capital infusion to bolster it.
“It is our strong opinion that Nigeria has been shortchanged in this whole process on account of the ridiculous settlement payment plan; coupled with the disparity in the exchange rate regime when the fine was imposed ab initio compared with the current prevailing exchange rate when it was agreed to cut the fine to N330 billion.”
Senator Nnaji lamented very strongly that “NCC could engage in such a negotiation that is tainted with a lot of questionable conclusions without the knowledge of the Committee.
“The committee is worried about this development because it is on record that during our last investigative meeting with all the relevant parties to this matter on Thursday, March 10, 2016, the Committee was informed that the case was still in court and that it was adjourned till March 18.
“The committee was not aware of the outcome of the court case neither was it privy to any active negotiation that led to the fine being reduced to N330 billion.
‘’It is our concern that Nigeria has been shortchanged in this whole process on account of the ridiculous settlement payment plan; coupled with the fact that parties involved in the negotiation were either oblivious of the exchange rate value of the Naira to the Dollar when the sanction was meted out originally, compared to current exchange rate regime when the value of the Naira is now on the downward slide.’’




http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/06/n1-04trn-mtn-fine-senate-summons-ag-cbn-gov-accountant-general-others/

WILLIAMS10:
Hmmmmm..is secession really a helpful solution?if I give u Nigeria on a platter,how will u divide it?four regions wld be my guess..will u consider the mid-west problem(Edo and delta),even with pockets of Igbo communities e.g. Okwasshiukwu..even if u call them South-South,where they not extracted from the western region in 1962?also consider their proximity..now,let's go across the niger bridge,rivers,Abia,akwa ibom,IMO,anambra,how close are they?do u remember the creation of 12 states that further separated them in 1967?..
Now,away frm geography,what happens to family ties(inter-marriages)?
Is it flag independence that matters or viability of the state?will weak states not depend on foreign powers(neocolonialism)?

I'll stop here,for now.

Sir, all i am saying is that secession should not b use as excuse, for the failure of us not to be able to practice true federalism. I have one question for u sir, do u think that we really see ourselves as one? n do you think this fedro-unitary system of govt will work some day?

engrhorla:
Well, sir, I am not a political student! But I know little about politics

It is possible that True Federalism can lead to Secession but that could be managed!
The constitution that will be enacted can take care of that.

Definitely there is the bad side of Federalism!

Also, I think Nigeria is somehow too young as a democratic country to practice True fiscal Federalism!

why are some people afraid of secession? if any region wish to go so b it, after all it is not by force to stay together as one nation in this 21st century.

honestly without saying much words, d answer to Nigeria problem is true federalism, where every state strive to develop her region, not this fedro-unitary system of govt we are practising currently. God bless Nigeria

God bless Nigeria

xtophy:
I fear ulcer pass anything.... ulcer aside 4 nw pls, hv u noticed dat.....................

The state workers would have warned the
state government about something bothering
them... After a month or two of total
negligence, the workers embark on an
indefinite strike and expectedly on the
following day, the foolish governor of the state
will then deem it fit to wake up from his
slumber and start shouting NO WORK, NO
PAY.... this is one of the stupidest sequence I
have noticed in this country and it needs to be
checked. # God bless Nigeria

yes #God bless Nigeria , we pray others join us in praying for Nigeria

Oil prices extended their gains to multi-month highs Thursday following another drop in US supplies and the prospect of further disruptions to output from key producers Nigeria and Canada.
The commodity has almost doubled since hitting near 13-year lows at the start of the year as a global supply glut has eased thanks chiefly to a weakening dollar, signs of a pick-up in the world economy and falling production from Nigeria and Canada.
On Wednesday the Department of Energy said US commercial stocks fell much more than expected in the week to June 3, fanning talk that demand is improving in the world's biggest oil consumer.
"The inventory has been dropping for three consecutive weeks, showing that the supply-demand relationship has leaned towards a balance," CMC Markets analyst Margaret Yang wrote in a note.
At about 0645 GMT, US benchmark West Texas Intermediate rose 26 cents, or 0.51 percent, to $51.49 a barrel, its highest since July. Brent gained 14 cents, or 0.27 percent, to $52.65, its highest since October.
Expectations that the Federal Reserve will not raise interest rates until September at the earliest has put downward pressure on the dollar, making the black gold cheaper for anyone buying it with other currencies.
The chances of output from Canada picking up in the near term a slim as fires in northern Alberta, the country's main oil producing region, led to at least two companies shutting down production facilities. Canada is the biggest supplier of oil to the United States.
And in Nigeria, which is a member of the OPEC exporters group, rebels have rejected a truce offer from the government, fuelling fears they will continue attacks on installations that have already halved the country's output.

By Levinus Nwabughiogu

ABUJA - The Presidency, Wednesday, announced a take off in the recruitment of 500,000 unemployed graduates who would benefit from the N500 billion social investment Programme of the All Progressives Congress, APC, led federal government.
A statement from the Office of the Vice President by his media aide, Mr. Laolu Akande said that the Buhari presidency will start taking applications via online for positions in the 500,000 direct teacher jobs scheme, through an internet portal named npower.gov.ng.
It stated that applications were expected to start coming in on June 12, as the portal would formally be launched on Saturday, June 11.
The statement therefore asked young unemployed Nigerians to visit the website and apply.
The statement further read thus: "It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari in his May 29th Democracy Day broadcast to the nation formally launched the unprecedented social investment programmes already provided for under the 2016 Appropriation by the administration.
"The 500,000 Teacher Corps, nicknamed N-Power Teach on the portal, is one of the three direct job creation and training schemes Nigerians can start applying for from Sunday, June 12.
"Others are N-Power Knowledge which will train 25,000 Nigerians in the area of technology, and N-Power Build, which train another 75,000 in the areas of building services, construction, utilities, hospitality and catering, automotive vocations, aluminium and gas services.
"All trainees would be paid for the duration of their training.
"The N-Power Teacher Corps initiative which will engage and train 500,000 young unemployed graduates, is a paid volunteer programme of a 2-year duration.
"Unemployed Nigerians selected and trained will play teaching, instructional, and advisory roles in primary, and secondary schools, agricultural extension systems across the country, public health and community education-covering civic and adult education.
"Besides their monthly take home pay estimated at about N23,000, the selected 500,000 graduates will also get computer devices that will contain information necessary for their specific engagement, as well as information for their continuous training and development. They get to keep the devices even after exiting from the programme.
"According to the plan of the Buhari administration, the N-Power Teacher Corps programme is an invaluable opportunity for young Nigerians to make immense economic and social contributions to the nation while developing their skills. It will also help to address the problems of inadequate teachers in public schools.