₦airaland Forum

coolestboy: U people keep sayin students are nt dedicated and committed 2 there studies and so on. But, do u know dt most of these students are still in there adolescents/ teenage stage? They hardly know d importance of dis education at thier stage, and how do u xpect them 2 plan for wat is irrelevant to them at that stage they are?
80% of d blame goes to the teachers and 20% to the parents.
80% to the teachers because of d following reasons:
1. They are being paid 4 dis job and 99% of them hardly perform their functions.
2. The students spend d larger percent of their time in school. 7-5pm in skul, 5-8pm at home and d rest is meant 4 rest.
3. How do u xpect uneducated parents to teach wat they dont know, though, their part is needed but d teachers have been pedagogically trained to impact this knowledge, so y are they not performing up to task.
4. 80% of teachers have better businesses and shops dat they monitor and this has consequently declined their commitment as well.
Finally, we call teachers 'THE NATION BUILDER', are they really building the nation or destroying d nation just 4 their self interest?
TEACHERS, UR CONTRIBUTION AND TOTAL COMMITMENT IS NEEDED.

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warripekin: I got this from a Catholic blog site.Please read carefully before you post your comment.
Anyone who's moved around in Catholic circles knows the kind of things visitors tend to be curious about: who the movers and shakers in the local church are, who's just taking up space or keeping seats warm, and so on.
Whenever I've visited Nigeria over the years, one name above all registered on the mover-and-shaker meter: Matthew Kukah, a priest and intellectual who holds a master's in public policy from the Kennedy School at Harvard and a doctorate from the University of London. Kukah's writings on civil society, democracy and Christian/Muslim relations are required reading across Africa. He's played a leading role on national commissions devoted to electoral reform and human rights violations, and chaired a federal commission devoted to reconciliation between Shell Oil and the indigenous Ogoni people in the Niger Delta. Just last week, Kukah joined the Nigerian senate on a retreat to ponder constitutional reform.
Kukah's résumé is so distinguished that, in years past, when I would ask Nigerian friends why he hadn't been elevated to the episcopacy, their wry answer often was: "He's too smart to be a bishop!"
As it turns out, they didn't have enough confidence in the system. Benedict XVI named Kukah as the bishop of Sokoto in northwestern Nigeria last June, which, among other things, makes him a point man for relations with Islam. The city is home to the "Sokoto Caliphate," and its sultan is considered the spiritual leader of Nigeria's roughly 85 million Muslims, accounting for half of the national population.
All this is by way of saying that when Kukah speaks on Nigeria's current wave of violence fueled by the radical Islamist Boko Haram movement, it's worth paying attention. Kukah's credentials don't automatically make him right, but they do guarantee he'll be taken seriously.
Founded in 2001, Boko Haram is allegedly responsible for about 10,000 deaths in the last decade, including an estimated 620 in the first six months of 2012. It's made a specialty of attacking Christian targets, including churches during Sunday services.
This week, Kukah gave an interview to Oasis, a project devoted to Christian/Muslim relations founded by Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan. Kukah's views fly in the face of two bits of conventional wisdom: first, that what's happening in Nigeria is primarily about tensions between Muslims and Christians; and second, that what's needed is a robust military crackdown on the terrorist groups.
Kukah makes three key points:
There is no religious violence in Nigeria, but rather chaos bred by political corruption and mismanagement of the country's resources, especially oil.
Despite spectacular assaults on churches that generate headlines, the bulk of Boko Haram's victims are actually fellow Muslims.
Reliance on armed force to beat back Boko Haram risks turning the Nigerian military into "an army of occupation," as well as creating a "meal ticket" for security agencies that benefit from the chaos. Kukah said this year, Nigeria plans to spend more than $6 billion on security, roughly the same as the entire national budget two years ago.
Here's the heart of Kukah's argument.
"The problems of Nigeria, the terrible violence above all, has nothing to do with religion," he said. "The problems here arise from the mismanagement of the country's resources and from the inability of the government to control the situation. Every crisis in Nigeria is immediately linked to religions, but we have never had any crisis at all arising from either Christians or Muslims fighting over religious issues. The real reason behind the current crisis is political and economic."
According to Kukah, the bloodshed fomented by Boko Haram is simply an extension of the violence in the last 20-plus years in Nigeria's Delta region and in the southwest, all of which he traces to corruption and a lack of confidence in public administration of the country's wealth.
"You could stop this situation today and tomorrow it will appear in a different place," he said.
Kukah underscored that Christians aren't the only victims.
"The fact that they attack churches with extraordinary violence makes the media come to the conclusion that they are against Christians, but this is not true," he said. "They kill Christians, but they also kill Muslim women and children. They are criminals who attack churches, media houses, police stations, markets ... They have attacked Muslims leaders and institutions, and they have killed thousands of Muslims, indeed, a far greater number than the Christians."
Kukah concedes that Boko Haram invokes militant Islamic rhetoric, but insists that "the mere use of this language does not make their criminality religious in any sense."
In terms of an exit strategy, Kukah argues that civil society rather than the military is the key.
"The federal government should set a target for the withdrawal of the military from our streets," he said. "The political class must be encouraged to find a solution to what is clearly a political problem and not a religious one. Community leaders, not necessarily religious leaders, must be encouraged to take charge by embarking on initiatives that aim at bringing communities together."
Of course, it might be tough for many Nigerian Christians sorting through the rubble of their churches, destroyed by Muslim militants expressly vowing to wage holy war, to swallow that this isn't at some level a religious conflict. Still, Kukah's analysis is a reminder that situations are usually more complicated than they seem at a distance, and it's always worth taking seriously the perspectives of those who actually live in these neighborhoods.
Finally, Kukah said his diocese of Sokoto has so far been spared any violence.
"I have encouraged our people to remain alert, but we have decided not to change our lifestyle, that is, changing times for mass and prayers, due to fear," he said. "I have told my people that fear is not in the vocabulary of any true Christian."
[John L. Allen Jr. is NCR senior correspondent. His email address is jallen@ncronline.org.]
John L Allen Jr's blog
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/vatican-and-lcwr-fired-archbishop-and-getting-boko-haram-right

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Ejiné: Racism, Tribalism & Sectarianism section.

Reason: To remind myself that even though lots of us humans have evolved as a well-developed species, there are still some of us who never quite made it past the 'walking-with-your-knuckles' stage.

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skerries: Now everybody had agreed and accepted that corruption is rift in our society, the question is what
can we do to wristle the situation before it's engolf and destroy all of us.Can we all do somthing before is too
late, or do we squat in our ham and watch our nation being destroyed by these greedy cows and low life politicians

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ekt_bear: Capitalism is one of the best things that has ever happened to man.

You get to sell what you produce at the highest price you can.

If you have a valuable skill or a special talent, capitalism rocks for you

so i thought too!

london2lasgidi: Slavery

colonialism

neo-colonialism

capitalism

capitalism??

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erniewhez: we keep talkin while they keep bombing r pple n churches.c hw painful they felt d repraisal?blieve me if 1 mosque is succesfully bombed,jihad wil b openly declared.an average practicing muslim is an extremist even their elites.@ evry bombed church they rjoice secretly.lets start bombing d mosques.

who will rejoice after the death of innocent souls? am not here to convince you otherwise, just to let you know no "reasonable" muslim will rejoice with such, it pains me more to hear people claiming to be muslim are behind some of it . if you think bombing mosque is the only way? then please yourself

Gbawe: This is the crux of the matter. The fact is that those speaking about defending the unity of Nigerians , in the face of current developments, are fraudsters who only want to maintain the status quo. No one is more empowered than David Mark to push for a re-negotiation of the terms of our unity to account for present day reality. The fact is that the likes of Mark, IBB, OBj, Anenih et al love the current arrangement favouring elitism, continuous historical priviledge for a select few, garish bigmanism, "winner takes all" mentality and the hideously unfair control of Nigeria's wealth for use by a very small percentage of folks. There is not an iota of social equity or devotion to leadership for the common man in those folks.

Ordinary Nigerians are being duped by their wealthy 'local champions'. There is no basis , in factual context, for "our oil" or "we feed Nigeria" arguments when[b] majority of Nigerians[/b] (perhaps as many as 90% or more) benefit very little from the Nation's oil wealth. All these feudalistic claims should be levelled at the elite ruling class, from all corners of Nigeria, and not fellow ordinary Nigerians who enjoy similar levels of poverty and , if we are politically sophisticated, should ordinarily be allies whether they are from an oil producing State or not.

The only folks benefitting from Nigeria's oil wealth, and indeed other sources of national income, are those involved with Governance. Will it take Nigerians a million years to gain the sophistication to see that? We are better off challenging the status quo that condemns most Nigerian, regardless of their State of origin, to common poverty and dearth of development instead of feudalistically viewing other ordinary Nigerians as our enemies. Our callous and greedy leaders, from all Nigerian States, are the enemies. We must seek to force them to give us a better deal. Aregbesola is correct here.

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baby-boy:
Ojoro of the HIGHEST ORDER (115-113)



all of them should be 118-110 but since Pacman's win over Marquez was debatable but its was a one sided fight am sorry am not a fan of Pacman but he won that fight hands down even Bradley and his crew didnt expect the result

Against Marquez of the 3 fights they fought, i believe Marquez won 2 of them and nobody came here and say "cheating". what is go is good goose is also good for the

why not seriously think of adopting? a child is a child?

You dont have to prove to anyone you a man, we all know you are, have faith!

A Bigot will always be a Bigot?

BH, some might not know the real reasons behind BH, they are the long oppressed and marginalised member of the society, and now the have a way of showing their anger under the guise of religion. People ask why are some of the leaders in the north not coming out to condemn them? the truth is that they are SCARED.

BH people see the society as if the educated have conspire against them to keep oppressing them, i believe thats where the name BH name came from.

For long time i saw this coming, because if you keep oppressing a person one day he will react one way or the other? can you imagine growing up begging for food every day? You only eat remnants with insults, you are only useful when it comes to menial jobs or as political thug, no one wants to associate with you?

This Almagiris have long been oppressed and neglected in the society and now they have grown to see the society as its enemy. they have no value for life since they have never been cared for, so why will they care for you? with no guidance they tend to indulge in drugs to keep them away from their reality and crime for survival.

With no education, they are easily manipulated using religion as a tool, as it is said religion is the poor mans opium.

So to some extend i will agree with Bamanga, they believe they are fighting for justice in their own way.

what got us to this level? i will blame the society first and the govt. second.
we as individual, we should have assisted and cared for them and the govt should have encourage them to go school.

omo harry: Hello, can any one answer this quize?

A MAN MADE AN OBJECT BUT NEVER NEEDED IT

THE PERSON THAT BOUGHT IT NEVER USED IT

THE PERSON THAT USED IT, NEVER SAW IT.

WHAT IS THAT OBJECT.

COFFIN?

PDP in action

Be careful for what you wish for, for your prayers might be answered?

rabzy01:
A man suspected to have been in company of the suicide bomber who struck a church in Jos on Sunday was killed in error by fellow worshippers as he was actually a church member and not an attacker, relations and authorities said yesterday.
Mr. Adams Joseph Ashaba was lynched to death on the suspicion that he came along with the bomber and tried to escape just after the explosion at the Church of Christ in Nigeria headquarters.

But the Special Task Force and the deceased’s relations yesterday said the late Ashaba went to the church along with his wife and two children to worship on Sunday, and he was mistaken to be together with the suicide bomber.

“(The) alleged suicide bomber killed by the angry youths at the premises of the church on 26 Feb 2012 was identified as Adams Joseph Ashaba, a member of the church and not a suicide bomber as alleged,” spokesman for STF, Cpt. Mdahelya Markus, said in a statement in Jos yesterday.

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=155607:christians-tried-to-bomb-church-in-bauchi-police-say&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8

very interesting, i guess our prayers is been answered

this is our way, if u r not interested then leave it, it not by force!

2sexy:
Yes, suxes2006 is right. affiliate marketing does have it usual procedure. It is an aged old tested system

spyder880:
My brother na money go determine the completion date o I have been soaking garri and drinking for the past two weeks

thats delayed gratification! when you finish, some morons that did not know the pains/garri involved, will be asking HOW did he do it?

suxes2006:
A genuine affiliate site does not work like this.
You give the company's site, I register as an affiliate
and promote the product in any way I can!

SHALOM

does it have to work according to your spec? if u r interested and serious then give it a trial, then come back here and write about your experience? then you can say if its genuine or not.

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dmainboss:
NL is becoming a bunch of guys who don't mean well for Nigeria. They spew all kinds of negativity and crap. If you hate this country so much, why not relocate to another country. The man has taking a stand and to be honest, no former IG has ever critisized the police force like this man just did. No one has ever spoken the truth like this. Whether he will match it with action remains to be seen but he deserves to be given the benefit of doubt and help to his word. He has even provided direct numbers to his office. Let's all come together and do our part. Most of you spewing crap have nothing to contribute to Nigeria but ur negativity and evil wish. What have you ever done for Nigeria? Nonsense!

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X-2-X:
I have observed (see spyder and robben's roofs for example) that nowadays people tend to have higher pitches on their roofs (compared to buildings of the 1990's and early 2000's). Is there some kind of reason for this trend or is it just considered fashionable?

High pitches are common in temperate climates due to the need for steep slopes (to discourage  build up of snow) on roofs. I think a low pitch roof would not only suffice in Nigeria but would also be cheaper (less Aluminium). I am therefore a bit at a loss why our people tend to prefer high pitch roofs nowadays. Am I missing something?

i thing its more for the appeal and looks, as considerations

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what happens if an armed robber/prostitute/fraudster kills someone? then it is right to go after his brothers or am i missing something?

mohid:
It’s unfortunate that the PDP govt. has so shot itself in the foot that any positive initiative taken by GEJ is viewed with so much pessimism. That said there is still a thin line between cynicism and being plain silly. Every child knows that all the opposition candidates Ribadu went after were all as guilty as hell, and who dares forgets how he sent the yahoo boys in Benin and Ikeja scampering all over the place and reduced our rating as the ‘Most Corrupt nation’ prior to his ascent. If all he does is put some perceived enemies of GEJ in the oil sector on their toes, so long as they are guilty, then it’s good enough for me. Its been a tea party for graft ever since he was removed as EFCC Boss, If i have got roaches and rats in my living space and the exterminator takes care of only the roaches I have got part of my problem solved, the rats will have their own day of reckoning soon.Gbam!

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we deserve the leaders we get!
the truth is, the level of poverty has gotten spiritual, so people cant even think anymore, they sell their future for kobo and pdp have the money to confuse the masses.
if not so, then tell me after 12 yrs see where we are and they still win elections it just beat my imaginations, most we vote for a party? why not vote for individuals based on character

sentenced, death by hanging

Since Nig is out of ACN, i didn't go out of my way to watch any of the matches. Yesterday was the first match i watched SUDAN VS ANGOLA. Before the match started  i betted on Angola to win, in fact thought it was going to be a workover.

But when the match started, i saw a Sudanese team that i believe can take on any team and come out with something, the level of play was something else, i think the future for fball is in Africa?