₦airaland Forum

ScipioAfricanus: Whatever!
He did wrong, called the woman personally, apologized and helped her

The one wronged am sure has forgiven. If na u u go return d money abi?

it looked like repentance but i think its just an eye service. If nobody noticed what he did the first time, i don't think he would have done this.

dlex21: the matter is not getting the message...the matter is the way forward...no be say the so-called airtel fast sef, we r managing it n they still wanna block it...i pirry them, they wil sooo lose customers....again, whats d way forward??
that reminds me...av to use up ma remaining mb b4 dey disconnect it*sobs*

the network is even so bad to think of using it finish

Public university lecturers have been on strike for
five months with no sign of a resolution to the
crisis.
But the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board
has added a new twist to the case, with its
commencement of sale of forms to candidates
seeking admission into tertiary institutions next
year.
This is happening when most universities are yet
to conclude their admission process for the
2013/2014 academic year, while others are still in
the process of registration.
Therefore, some Nigerians have questioned
JAMB’s decision when a set of fresh students are
still awaiting their first lectures at the affected
universities.
Ms. Taiwo Ogunyale and her fellow freshers are
one week into their registration at the University
of Lagos, Akoka. Ogunyale, who was admitted to
study Microbiology, criticised JAMB’s sale of new
forms, saying it could lead to a backlog of
candidates awaiting admission into universities.
“Selling forms at this time when universities are
still on strike is not that good. So I don’t think it
will help matters because most universities are
not ready to admit new students. It will only lead
to a backlog,” she said.
In 2013, a total of 1,503,931 candidates sat for
JAMB’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examinations. In the previous year, 1,493,604
candidates sat for the examination.
Meanwhile, it is expected that at least, 1,500,000
candidates would sit for the examination slated
for April 2014.
Considering the sheer size of candidates sitting for
the examination annually, many identified the
expected financial gains as a major factor
responsible for JAMB’s decision.
For instance, Mr. Oluwatobi Tijani, another
fresher, recalled buying form for the 2013
examination for N5,000. With that in mind, Tijani
concluded that JAMB must be after the proceeds
from the sale of the forms.
He said, “JAMB is just using it (sale of forms) to
make money from candidates. I heard some
candidates even paid up to N20,000 for late
collection of forms last year, so they are just
exploiting us.
“I expected JAMB to liaise with the schools and the
lecturers and this might require holding on for a
while to see how things would turn out before
selling fresh forms.”
At N5,000 on each candidate that sat for
examination early this year, JAMB raked in about
N7.5bn revenue from form sales alone.
A parent, Mr. Akin Ogunduyile, also described the
sale of forms as capable of compounding the
ongoing crisis in the education sector.
According to Ogunduyile, there is currently an
overwhelming pressure on facilities in the
universities, even without new admissions.
He said, “There is a problem already. The
universities are not through with one set and they
are trying to take another, while they are crying
that there are no facilities. The strike has already
affected the system, so I don’t know how they
want to accommodate them.
“I look at it as if they are only interested in the
money they want to make from the forms. I
don’t think they are interested in giving our
children qualitative education as long as the cash
flows in.”
He, however, appealed to the Federal
Government to expand and improve on the
facilities of public universities across the country.
Another parent, Mr. Mike Ananigie, who
described the situation as “embarrassing”,
blamed it on the lack of organisation in the
country.
Ananigie said, “JAMB should have liaised with the
appropriate authorities. They can afford to hold
on for a while to restructure the education
system and the school calendar. But I think the
disconnect was because of lack of organisation.”
Earlier this year, the former Minister of Education,
Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufai, explained the shortage of
infrastructure in the universities.
For instance, Rufai said UNILAG had the facilities
to admit only 6,000 out of the 99,165 applications
it received for the 2011/2012 admission year.
A PhD student of Guidance and Counselling for
Educational Foundations, UNILAG, Mr. Ayodeji
Olawole, who agreed that JAMB’s decision might
have financial inclination, however, added that the
situation would have little effect on the country’s
university education system.
Olawole said the processing and registration of
UTME forms usually take candidates some time to
conclude, adding that students would only be
required to wait at home for some time should
the situation lead to a backlog.
He said, “It does not disturb anything since the
final year students would sit for their final
examinations the moment the strike is called off.
“And also, the candidates buying the new forms
will have to do registration, sit for the examination
and wait for their results before they start
processing their admissions; so all of these take
time.
“Although, JAMB might be thinking of the money
they will make from the sale of forms since they
already have a budget for the year, I think the
worst that can happen is for students to sit at
home for a while if there is a backlog.”
Also, Prof. ‘Supo Jegede of the Department of
Adult Education, UNILAG, said it would not have
much effect on the education system except to
add to lecturers’ workload.
Jegede said, “I don’t see anything wrong with it
(sale of forms). Lecturers might probably do
extension work. That will mean that we can’t go
for holidays and that is not a problem, after all,
we’ve been at home resting for some time now
due to the strike.
“In addition, university work is a different type of
work; lecturers can schedule their work in a way
that it will suit them. We should also consider that
some candidates will not buy forms early and
then the private universities and other institutions
that are not on strike are also there to use the
forms.”
According to a statement issued in Abuja by
JAMB’s spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, earlier in
November, the early sale of the application forms
is to enable candidates desirous of tertiary
education to have access to the forms so that
they could prepare ahead for the examination.
The forms officially sell for N4,000 each, lower
than its price the previous year.
In a phone interview with Saturday PUNCH,
Benjamin defended JAMB’s decision to sell forms
in spite of the ongoing strike action in public
universities, saying the examination was not
meant for the affected universities alone.
He said, “We conduct examination for the entire
tertiary institutions in Nigeria including private
universities, polytechnics and colleges of
education, so it’s not just for public universities.
Other tertiary institutions constitute almost 70 per
cent of the people that the examinations serve.
Also, some of the schools have almost finished
their sessions, but we can’t wait till all the schools
are ready before we commence with the selling
of forms. If we have to wait for the schools to call
off their strike, we may not be able to meet up
with our timeline.”
Benjamin also denied that JAMB was interested in
making money from the sale of forms at the risk
of creating a backlog of students awaiting
admission into public universities.
He said, “I don’t think they will have a backlog
and if there is, if a university writes to us that they
can’t admit, we will just suspend the university
for that period. But no university has complained
that with what is going on, they will not be able
to admit. We are not a profit-making
organisation, so we are not after profit; we are
after service. We are not selling forms to make
money; we brought down the price of forms to
N4,000 this year so that people can afford it.”
In the examination, JAMB said it would also be
testing candidates on two general books- The
Successor by Jerry Agada and Potter’s Wheel by
Chukwuemeka Ike- to enhance their reading
culture, irrespective of their courses.

They usually say, after God you ask Google.

Caracta: Does playing outdoor games count as exercise? I do not wish to engage in rigorous exercise so I don't damage my bones Staying fit is important to me so I slightly exercise once in a while.

is your bones that flexible?

idnoble135: The Holy Spirit understands english but you see, the English language can not effectively communicate some things of the Spirit. New words are added constantly to english which tries to provide more words that can express human thoughts and feelings in a better way.
You see, the Holy Spirit prays through you with tongues. Scriptures says he searches the deep things of God

9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man,
the things which God hath prepared for them that
love him.
10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep
things of God.
11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the
things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of
God. 1 Corinthians 2:9-11
So there are things that exist that we can not fully express in words. And so, the importance of tongues, which is that we can communicate with the Father at the highest level possible. So the Spirit of God(Holy Spirit), knows the deep things of God, so that by praying in tongues, we are partnering with the Holy Spirit to pray God's will for us.

"For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful. What is the conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding." (1 Corinthians 14:14-15).

As the face off between the Federal Government
and the Academic Staff Union of Universities took
another twist on Thursday, indications have
emerged that the organised labour in the country
would mediate in the crisis.
The Acting Minister of Education, Mr. Nyesom
Wike, had ordered ASUU members who had
been on strike since July to return to work or risk
being fired .
However, the National President of the Trade
Union Congress, Mr. Bobboi Kaigama, said in a
telephone interview with our correspondent that
the Nigeria Labour Congress and the TUC would
intervene in the crisis.
Kaigama and the Acting General Secretary of the
NLC, Chris Uyot, had on Tuesday called on the
Federal Government to pay the arrears of salaries
of the striking lecturers .
The TUC president said on Thursday that the
organised labour was preoccupied with the
resolution of the crisis and would avoid blaming
either party involved in the crisis.
Kaigama, who said he had held a discussion with
his NLC counterpart, Mr. Abdulwahed Omar, on
the issue, added that efforts would be made to
ensure that the matter was resolved without
either side conceding defeat.
He said, “Well, we have to intervene in this crisis.
I have heard what has happened. The NLC and
the TUC would intervene so that the conflict is not
worsened.
“We don’t want to blame anybody on either side;
we just want to do it in such a way that there is
no winner, no vanquished. Omar and I have
discussed it.”
www.punchng.com/news/nlc-tuc-to-mediate-in-fg-ASUU-dispute/

abuc: ASUU has over stressed their luck. They should have resolve the strike issue a week ago. Its very funny for them to be making new demands instead of calling off the strike. Now some universities have resume which I think is a big slap on ASUU face. Just 2 days ago, Pro-Chancellors demanded lecturers and students to resume. ASUU is gradually moving towards a state of personal destruction. FG may divide them and make the Union ineffective as they did to Governors Forum. They should peacefully accept FG Negotiations since they have promised to yield to some of their demands. I honestly want ASUU to remain united in order to always pressurize any seating Government to take care of our Instituions in order to meet Global Standard and compete with Global institutions.

On a serious note, which Government have really accepted 100% demand in any negotiation? I have not seen such, though I stand to be corrected. In every negotiation, both side need to shift some ground for it to work or its no longer negotiation. The students are the ones suffering all these gamble and chess game. Lecturers are also demanding for 5 months salary arrears they did not work for. Please what will be the direct benefit of these students that have wasted over 5 months doing nothing rather be on facebook, twitter, nairaland and newspaper stands arguing about Man City and Chelsea. Will the demand also help Lecturers to stop stealing other people work on the Internet and then resell to students as Course Materials? The Universities must resume next week or else, all the lecturers will be sack... That is my final resolution

u av spoken my mind

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said
it will not suspend its ongoing strike until the four
months salaries owed its members are paid.
The union also wants the immediate
implementation of the N1.2tn offer by the Federal
Government to public universities, starting with
the release of N100bn this year. The balance of
N1.1tn is to be spread over five years from 2014.
These were some of the resolutions reached by
members of the National Executive Council of the
union who converged on Kano on Friday to
deliberate on whether to call off the over four-
month-old industrial action or not.
A source, who was privy to the resolutions
reached during the President Goodluck Jonathan –
ASUU leadership meeting three weeks ago, told
The PUNCH on Sunday, that the fresh demands
were some of the issues to be tabled before
Jonathan by the leadership during their next
meeting. A date for the meeting is yet to be fixed.
According to the source, a strong commitment
to two demands, among other pending issues,
must be obtained from the President before the
industrial action will be called off by the union.
He said, “The issue now is on trust and we do
not want a situation where promises will not be
kept. The authorities have failed us in the past and
we do not want a repeat of that.
”That was why we decided at the NEC meeting
that the government should pay us the arrears of
salaries being owed us since we started the strike
on July1 before the strike can be called off. The
salaries should not be paid piecemeal.
“We also insist that the Federal Government
should start the implementation of the offer made
to us when we met the President some weeks
ago.
“For instance, the N100bn he (Jonathan) agreed to
inject into the university system in 2013 should be
released to the universities immediately. So, we
decided that before the strike could be called off,
these two conditions and others must be met not
by promises but by real action.”
The NEC members, who met behind closed
doors at the Bayero University, Kano, were said
to have reviewed the reports of the various
university congresses on the strike.
Our source, who did not want his name in print,
added that the death of a former National
President of ASUU, Prof. Festus Iyayi, was
discussed at the NEC meeting.
Iyayi, a University of Benin lecturer, died in an
auto accident involving the convoy of the Kogi
State Governor, Idris Wada and an ASUU vehicle,
on his way to Kano for the meeting.The union’s
National Welfare Officer, Dr. Ngozi Ilo, was
injured.
Our source said the accident “almost led to the
discontinuation of the ongoing negotiation with
the Federal Government.
He added, “Some members expressed the belief
that he (Iyayi) was killed by the government and
therefore argued that the ongoing negotiation
should be called off. Tempers rose but some
members argued that the President should be
respected because he had created the record of
being the first Nigerian leader to meet with the
leadership of ASUU on the issue of making the
nation’s university system better. They also
argued that students and parents should be
considered.”
It was also learnt that after arguments for and
against, about 60 per cent of the members of the
NEC voted in favour of the discontinuation of the
strike while the remaining 40 per cent voted no.
But it was gathered that the NEC members
unanimously agreed that before the strike could
be called off, the leadership should ask the
government to pay the four-month salary arrears
being owed university teachers while the offer
made by the government should be
implemented immediately.
A key component of the agreement reached by
both ASUU and the Federal Government when
the President led the government team was that
government would inject N1.2tn into public
universities.
The government also agreed that the N1.2tn
would be domiciled at the Central Bank of Nigeria
to show its commitment to the agreement.
The money is expected to be released on
quarterly basis to the universities so that there
won’t be any problem about implementing the
deal.
The National Universities Commission and the
Trade Union Congress will be the joint guarantors
of the agreement while the Minister of Education
will be the implementing officer. The government
also agreed to revamp public universities by
ensuring that all the issues that always lead to
strike were dealt with once and for all.
A majority of the chapters of the union had
agreed to the suspension of the strike following
the fresh commitment the leadership of ASUU
obtained from the government.
ASUU National President, Dr. Nassir Fagge, did
not pick the several calls made to his telephone
line by one of our correspondents on Sunday to
confirm the fresh demands.
The University of Lagos chapter ASUU Chairman,
Dr. Karo Ogbinaka, and his counterpart in the
Lagos State University, Dr. Adekunle Idris, also
refused to divulge information on the outcome of
the NEC meeting.
ASUU had embarked on the strike to protest
against the failure of the government to
implement the agreement they signed in 2009.
The pact largely centered on better funding of the
universities, a declaration of a state of emergency
in tertiary education, better wages and payment
of earned allowances to lecturers.
It had suspended the NEC meeting penultimate
week following Iyayi’s death.

Bathe, Cream and apply Perfume.

KANO – The leadership of the Academic Staff
Union of Universities, ASUU, National Executive
Council, weekend, met in Kano. The secret
meeting,Vanguard gathered lasted from Friday
night to Saturday morning.
However, at the end of the meeting, lecturers
were not forthcoming with the outcome, which
sources say was borne out of the promise made
to President Goodluck Jonathan by the union to
inform him of its decision before going public.
It was learnt that the NEC meeting which attracted
‘fair representation’ from over 50 universities was
held at Mambayya House. Vanguard gathered
lecturers were divided on the issue of suspension
of the over 5months strike.
The Universities lecturers were conveyed to the
venue of the secret meeting in two Coaster
buses, secured by the union’s Kano chapter, in
order to avoid the attention of the press and
public.
A competent source close to ASUU told
Vanguard in Kano that “we still have 40 – 60
percent situations here after the meeting; the
resolution from the north favours the call off
while their peers from the South strongly support
the continuation of the strike”.
According to the source, “however , we were
able to take a middle course that would be
pleasant to Nigerians, but that will not be
discussed now at the public domain until we
meet Mr. President in line with our last
discussion”.
Effort to reach Dr Nasiru Fagge, the national
President of ASUU was abortive as he failed to
pick up calls.
Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/11/strike-ASUU-secret-meeting-keeps-mum/

achina boy: what of ukwa, utunke,agbaraotii,okammanu,okpa, give me their dammmm names

you can try google those ones.

Dis na for those wey no sabi the oyinbo name for
we native foods, learn them now o.
(All na packaging sha...)
1. Kuli kuli - Peanut bars
2. Donkuwa/ Robo Alata - Hot Charcolit nuts
3. Kilichi - Beef Crackers
4. Dundun/fried yam - Yamarita
5. Fried Potato - Potarita
6. Pako (Chewing stick) - Dental Sticks
7. Boli - Barbecue Plantain
8. Roasted corn - Corn Aflame
9. Eko/Agidi - Corn Jellos
10. Moin moin - Bean pie
11. Isi ewu - Goat-hedo lickins' (remember your
fingers)
12. Garri - Grain o' fibres
13. Bokoto/ Nkwobi - Hoof salad
14. Ogi/Akamu - Corn Caramel
15. Kpof kpof - Energy Buns
16. Chin chin - Dough Rocks
17. Zobo - Juice Rosa Afrik
18. Kunnu - Grain Alive
19. Bread and Akara - Bean cake Burger
20. Ofada rice - Unpolished Rice for Vegetarian
21. Adalu(corn & beans) - Lentils & Grain Salad
22. Ifokore (yam porrige) - Continental Yam
Casserole..
...and so on

Is it possible for you to name 10 People You Think Will Attend Your Funeral

I have failed at this as a Yoruba man. I find it difficult to speak in my language without adding an English word to supplement it. But i wonder that, that is different with the Igbos and Hausa. Can you speak yoruba without adding an English word?

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)
may to hold its postponed National Executive
Council (NEC) meeting on Friday to decide whether
or not to call off the strike it began since July 1st.
This was made known by an official on condition
of anonymity
The source was however uncertain if the NEC
meeting will still be held at the Bayero University,
Kano where it was initially proposed to hold.
The leadership of the Union postponed the
scheduled Kano NEC meeting following the demise
of one its key members, Festus Iyayi, a former
President, who died last Tuesday in a ghastly
motor accident on his way to Kano for the
postponed NEC meeting.
The source debunked speculations in the social
media that ASUU has called off its NEC indefinitely,
explaining that the union only postponed the NEC
meeting as a mark of honour and respect for the
late Iyayi.
The source also confirmed that ASUU officials that
were supposed to participate in the NEC meeting
last week Wednesday had converged at the
Bayero University, Kano, before news of Iyayi's
death filtered in and disrupted the agenda for the
meeting.
The Union has been on strike since July 1 over the
2009 agreement it reached with the Federal
Government.
ASUU has said it will deliberate on Federal
government's offer and take a position after its
forthcoming NEC.

Some people can't wait o.

We don know say na next year we go resume. No problem!

U and ur spouse determined not to have sex till you're married. Now assuming on the wedding night, u guys are so tired and worn out, can u wait till the next day?

I don't think they are necessarily more matured compared to the fact that they are more intelligent.

Let her waste her money

I think the average cost of living in each state of the country is different, simply ask someone you think is okay to your own taste in your state how much he spends...ok

Christmas and New year of course...

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Point of correction, you don't pay tithe, you prove God with your tithe. If you want the blessings of tithe then, give it and if not...

Its not so sure it about the strike...