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Tie da! Wey your own.
A good master deserves prayers.

KenJADE: Never mind timing but I think our Mr. X has finally arrived. Montolivo is a hit signing

Maybe!

nolongtin: R.I.P OMO INA TO N KO FUJI..

chorused, R.I.P Adesokan.

;DI am currently attending a CORN-ference. ;DI am currently attending a CORN-ference.

Pimples: I suppose when writing this you were high or incredibly stupid.

C'mon there's nothing funny in here I suppose when writing this you were high or incredibly stupid.

C'mon there's nothing funny in here

The guy na indian and I suspect the joke got copied from an Indian site.

The pastor remained in state of insanity until the Nigerian Tribune left the scene of the incident.

This is 21st century na, where the pictures na?

Can we see his legs (feet), and verify the no shoe story?

This is a foolish post meant to make all NLders look foolish or what?

ipasco: AS FOR ME I SEE THIS AS A HAPPY MARRIAGE, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Why the boy come resemble alams like that? Anyways, glad for them.

Sony Erickson T100=N23000 and Econet Sim N17, 000 in 2002 @the megaplaza. Still got the receipt.

Na when rain stop ma hin person wey carry umblella dey know say na load hin carry.....

2sexy: That's what I just learnt...

Shall we then beg you to tell us your Mugu story?

Keneking: I had written that the Abia State Governor should declare a work free day in the state to celebrate this achievement. And besides, the Ibos are now impressing me...how about the Yorubas and Hausas..period?

The struck out part of your post above reeks of immaturity anyway and if I were a Moderator, will also hide the post. The first part made sense while the latter part was .

Keneking: Spirit of Okija - You are damn right, the MOD must be racist? Or what do you think, my post was just hidden immediately it was posted. Another losre?

Rephrase what you said and was hidden....

gistcrunch: This goes to the critics. 1st and foremost, let those complaining bout da use of english put up a write up this good. ITK. 2ndly, people wey dey vex say I dey handsome, well, kill yourself. *tongues out* finally, the story never even start at all. Na still preamble be this and una don dey para. Juicy isn't it, I haven't even started the sexual excapades from home to office to inside toilet for eatery reach my own apartment. well, nothing is new under the sun, if you've not experienced it, doesn't mean it's fiction this is real. For all the haters. Get a new life, your life is boring. You spend too much time watching porn and "wanking" than praticalising what you've watched.

..So the gist continues..
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BOOOOOOOOOO............ No one wants to swallow your poo, if you like continue, if not close the thread.....................Anyways, the poll was a close call that demands a rerun.

Even in these uncertain times, great things are coming out of Nigeria.

A 22-year-old Nigerian has emerged the best graduating student of John Hopkins University in the United States. He obtained a Grade Point Average of 3.98 out of a possible 4.0 to earn a degree in Neurosciences.

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.


http://www.punchng.com/education/nigerian-breaks-academic-record-at-john-hopkins-university/

Emmyk: Read it months ago. No 4 makes me wanna laugh my heart out!

How you take get the expo na, You sure say them go send you result so when you don see kweson before exam date?

Are the witches regrettibg their move?

It is possible to live with a kidney, but without both; I seriously doubt.

Put a poll and add some good points for people to make their choices. For me, he has not changed; a fisherman without shoes.

tabashng: Currently the sidewalk of the bridge is been changed from Black/white to Green/White before the proposed maintenance work slated for July 1st to November 6th.

Is this lack of Project management skills, Wastage, or just Fraud?

Who is fooling who?

N10billion Naira Puzzle!

[size=26pt]@ Poster/house, How can i pass my exams without reading at all?[/size]

You're sitting in a church service now but cannot keep your hands off your BB and especially visiting Nairaland site, ...#Godiswatchingu#.

question: Misleading Front Page Topic : Banker inpregnates house-girl and blames wife for absence

is the man also a banker?

Yeah, good question, content is at variance with front page topic. Mods, keep your game tight!

terrifikjo: funny uh u should av went on..

Really?

timbros: 2008 post making front page? What is getting into these mods sef?
#smh

The mods are right to promote the thread, if you are a regular you'l have observed others from evne later making the front page and it is because they are helpful threads that can enlighten people irrespective of date of creation. If you got knowledge about the car in discussion, your comments are welcome.

I hope he has a D*ck as it's quite important in a marriage.

nairaman66: Pple dey find money, you still dey loose money??

cheeky!

Aunty Nurse all the way.