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PoliticsRe: Lagos State Pays N55,941billion Accrued Pension Rights by hero2000: 7:39pm On Dec 20, 2016
Op. Punctuation error!

It should be 55.941 billion not 55,941billion (which is 56 trillion naira!)

Or do you insist that it is 55,941? Then I'll tell all Lagos GDP is not near 56 trillion.
CareerRe: Is Masters Degree Over Hyped In Nigeria? by hero2000: 1:01pm On Dec 16, 2016
Olusola Aladejebi wrote:

How pathetic, how disastrous if having walked 8km into the Sahara, I find out that the bottles in my backpack contain oil rather than water! I’ll most certainly be filled with despair. I have reflected deeply the role of higher education (especially in Nigeria). I have also read views of profound thinkers across the globe on the role of the universities. I therefore conclude that many are pursuing an education of illusion. The picture of my hypothetical foray into the desert is an apt metaphor for the reality ahead of some people.

Education, be it basic, secondary or tertiary, is aimed at learning. Impartation of relevant knowledge is, or ought to be, the most fundamental objective of any school system. To the degree it deviates from this objective, it is to that degree that the school system loses relevance. A test for any educational system is: if all students and parents are made to understand that no certificates will be given at the expiration of the course of study, how many students will remain? I dare say less than 20%.

There is clearly an undue value placed on higher education, especially postgraduate study, at the expense of acquiring useful, creative knowledge. ‘Will you do masters’ has now been replaced by ‘when will you go for your masters?’ Such talk only fuels the rabid desire for an unthinking master’s degree. There exists this spurious idea that with a master’s in hand the gates of success will open to you more quickly than when you hadn’t. Holders of such idea do not yet know that the gates of success open to the man or woman with relevant knowledge and skill regardless of where he got them or where he did not. It is noteworthy that one of the most important ‘exports’ of U. K to Nigeria is now the Master’s Degree. All over the web space you find advertisements for university upon university. They seem to understand that we place an inordinate value on a 2nd Degree. In a declining European economy they cash in quickly on our thinking handicap.

Time published in 2010 the list of the most successful college drop outs. Some on the list include Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zukerberg, Frank Lloyd Wright and James Cameron. Dropping out of college to pursue a passion and create value is not a recent phenomenon. Frank Lloyd Wright for instance dropped out of University of Wisconsin—Madison in 1886! to become America’s most celebrated Architect.
Gone are the days when the universities held the only key to knowledge. The information revolution has now provided access to knowledge on anything through the internet.

My point is not whether people drop out of university or whether they continue to post graduate study. Any idiot can drop out of school as well as any idiot can finish school. If your unique contribution will be realized by an extended stay in the university, please stay on. But never just continue to gather certificates as if they are ends in themselves. Delete the mind-set: now that I have this certificate, I can now be successful. Rather the mind-set should be: now that I have detected the unique contribution I will make in this life, I will seek relevant knowledge that will help in this quest.

In closing, Peter Thiel, an entrepreneur and billionaire, expressed the view that, ‘although higher education is definitely useful for some career paths (medicine, engineering, etc.) and people learn very valuable things in the university, there are many career paths, such as entrepreneurship, for which higher education is not useful and simply leads them to waste years they may have been doing something more productive’. I am convinced that the most creative among us will never be the ideal university student. They will find school uncomfortable for their ideas. They may find lecturers speaking a different language from the one in their hearts. Three things may happen to these most gifted ones. Some may try hard to finish schooling while keeping the fire of their new creative ideas burning. Some may detect that their continued stay in the university will drown that pure, fresh creativity growing in the hearts and hence escape for their lives! (Those on the TIME’s list above obviously thought so)Some others unfortunately because they didn’t develop the courage to step out allowed the old stuff to kill their unique creativity. Sometimes to think outside the box, you have to step outside the box (university).
Even if you are not one of the most gifted among us, you should not have the illusion that unless the university certifies you, there can be no excellence for you!
CareerHuman Systems Building Work In Ibadan by hero2000(op): 12:57pm On Dec 16, 2016
Do you reside in Ibadan and want to work with a team to deliver robust organization architecture (design) to businesses?

Note that 'architecture' is in the human element sense and NOT the physical layout sense.

Send a mail to wittyolusola@yahoo.com

Then we start from there.
InvestmentRe: How MMM Revealed The True Colour Of Nigerians by hero2000: 3:11pm On Dec 15, 2016
valdovas:
I know many ordinary participants and guiders that have pledged to provide help on the site even before the temporary freeze and their pledge is still upstanding on the site even when they can easily withdraw it and cancel it.

Personally I will provide help to others, no matter how small, God wiling, because I don't want to see people lose money.
Keep deceiving yourself. You will provide help for thousands of people!

Kwantinue. Even Alhaji Dangote won't do so.
InvestmentRe: "MMM Participant Slumps, Dies In Bank" - New Telegraph by hero2000: 3:00pm On Dec 15, 2016
iykedare:
Wow. Pity. I don't do MMM but I pity those who lost their money in the scheme. I pray it hasn't packed up tho it looks like it has. This was the way MMM South Africa ended. In their case, they rebooted the program.

My pity goes out to those Nigerians who are unfortunate to get jobs but had to resort to MMM to pay bills. The government is partly to be blamed. If there were jobs ,most people wouldn't participate in it.
Your comment blaming govt for people participating in MMM is like that of view of arrested kidnappers who say the committed the crimes because of unemployment. Are they the only unemployed folks,?
InvestmentRe: MMM Nigeria: 'I Am Doomed; I Need My Money Back...' Tears, Wailings Trail 'crash by hero2000: 5:08pm On Dec 13, 2016
At last the banking halls will be freer for us who want to do proper transactions.
InvestmentRe: EFCC Responds To User Who Called Them Out Over MMM Crash by hero2000: 4:30pm On Dec 13, 2016
playtheblues:
no money is lost. Frozen not crashed.
Hmmn. Frozen under the south pole.
InvestmentRe: EFCC Responds To User Who Called Them Out Over MMM Crash by hero2000: 4:28pm On Dec 13, 2016
Diiverexii:
Good morning ones again.

Please i want u all to understand what the MMM community is i to now and also let your Dl's understand too with understanding there wouldn't be any panic.

The community saw that GHing was faaar more than PHing and u all know @such circumstance some will get paid while some will loose their money and the mmm community will crash.
But to our best favor sergey mavrodi brought the pause mode in so that no one will looses a penny. So that this community will last long
Build you and your family up
Make sure it's sustained for as long as we want.

Please educate your Dl's not to panic but understand what is happening.
It's an advantage for you
PH now and you will not be. Matched in 3weeks from now until January end.

It is better a pause mode comes than it crashing like *ultimate circle* and other copy cats that don't have background

I hope this little explanation will lighting up your fears.

YOUR MONEY IS IN SAFE HANDS CHECK YOUR MAVRO.
How much are you being paid for this?
InvestmentRe: EFCC Responds To User Who Called Them Out Over MMM Crash by hero2000: 4:22pm On Dec 13, 2016
[quote author=ebuclassic18 post=51894089][/quote]You still don't get it. Such a scheme is not sustainable any where in the world.
InvestmentRe: EFCC Responds To User Who Called Them Out Over MMM Crash by hero2000: 4:18pm On Dec 13, 2016
majekdom2:
if te government didn't even kill it, the participants would have. Did you not hear of fake proof of payment i.e tellers.... its neve sustainable in an economy as Nigeria..m
You still don't get it. It is not sustainable any where in the world.
Foreign AffairsRe: Yahya Jammeh Rejects Election Result After Conceding Defeat by hero2000: 5:26pm On Dec 10, 2016
Catastrophe1:
Bullshii. Jammeh should stick to his gutts. After all the ones that conceaded and handed over power weren't appreciated.

CultureRe: Ooni Ogunwusi Celebrates 1 Year On Throne. Obasanjo, Soyinka, Igbinedion Attend by hero2000: 7:03pm On Dec 08, 2016
fyneguy:
Where are you from?
Even before I checked where he comes from I guessed. And I was right!

He is a Ugandan. I wonder what his beef with Soyinka is. I suspect it is because Soyinka called GEJ Nebuchadnezzar: The enemy of my friend is my enemy.
CultureRe: Ooni Ogunwusi Celebrates 1 Year On Throne. Obasanjo, Soyinka, Igbinedion Attend by hero2000: 6:35pm On Dec 08, 2016
ekestic1976:
You call your father's peer fool?
The way he talks, he seems he is a young fellow (this is not excuse his rudeness because there are many of his age who don't talk like that). His father can't be 82; more like his grandfather.
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Is The NPF Recruitment A Real Sign Of Nigeria Truly Changing? by hero2000: 6:20pm On Dec 08, 2016
Boldstar:
Bros, I was selected for ASP. No be constable. But even if na constables, constable no be person? Folks being pessimistic all over.
Op! Congrats. Police work is indeed an honourable work. I challenge you to do the work right! I know the forces of evil and injustice are rife in the NPF but I believe you can make a difference. You are definitely not alone if you decide to stand for fairness.

Remember the experiences you've had of police injustices (or of other persons' experience) and how you felt. Now put in mind that other people would feel exactly how you felt when on the receiving of police injustices.

I challenge you to be DIFFERENT!
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Latest Agro-allied & Food Sector Vacancy For Today, 5th November by hero2000: 1:23pm On Dec 06, 2016
Do you reside in Ibadan and want to work with a team to deliver robust organization architecture (design) to businesses.

Send a mail to wittyolusola@yahoo.com

Then we start from there.
EducationRe: WAEC Winners Of National Distinction / Merit Awards 2015 Emerge by hero2000: 1:22pm On Dec 06, 2016
Do you reside in Ibadan and want to work with a team to deliver robust organization architecture (design) to businesses?

Send a mail to wittyolusola@yahoo.com

Then we start from there.
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Industrial Training Placements In Lagos, Ibadan And Ilorin by hero2000: 1:20pm On Dec 06, 2016
Do you reside in Ibadan and want to work with a team to deliver robust organization architecture (design) to businesses?

Send a mail to wittyolusola@yahoo.com

Then we start from there.
EducationRe: The Polytechnic Ibadan HND Admission List by hero2000: 1:11pm On Dec 06, 2016
Do you reside in Ibadan and want to work with a team to deliver robust organization architecture (design) to businesses?

Send a mail to wittyolusola@yahoo.com

Then we start from there.
TravelRe: Drivers Attack FRSC Officials Over Sokoto Accident, Threaten To Burn Van by hero2000: 11:59pm On Dec 05, 2016
PaulIdu:
Coming from someone who thinks it's Okay to arm traffic safety officers with assault rifles .. I have seen FRSC official throw objects into the paths of moving vehicle many times so I believe the drivers
IF and if the stone throwing is true, I condemn it totally and irrevocably.

Now to giving them arms; for every problem or situation there are usually more than one way to address it. The best way should be taken. The problem that made arming FRSC officials an issue at is their safety.

Does any responsible state allow it officials to be killed anyhow while on duty? Apart from arming them, some have suggested assigning police to them on patrol. The BIG problem with that is lack of independence. If they depend solely on the police for their protection ON DUTY it will affect their autonomy.

As a person with a reasonable sense of self efficacy, FOR ME, the first argument for arming them is give them some level of respect their job requires!

Imagine yourself on patrol. A vehicle breaks down on a side of the road which causes traffic to build up. The vehicle however doesn't block the road completely. Immediately some motorist see the building traffic, they begin to take 'one-way'. The FRSC official at the junction tells them to return to their lane but they push him away with their vehicle. Remember you are the FRSC guy. What would you do?

I want practical plausible pragmatic answer.

If I was the official I would feel some kind of frustration at a situation where I am deployed by govt to do a job in which I am not empowered to do (in our system). What I believe the gun will do is to make people respect them ON DUTY for the work they do.

I salute Oyeyemi the boss for this initiative. It seems to me that he is capable of rising to the occasion when situation demands it. I would rather resign that allow my men to be mauled down by some insane driver. Is that not what leadership is about? Is it not taking responsibility for and protecting those who look up to you? Was that not what Late Lt Col Abu Ali was doing that earned more moral authority that some arm chair generals?
TravelRe: Drivers Attack FRSC Officials Over Sokoto Accident, Threaten To Burn Van by hero2000:
PaulIdu:
Did you even read the story? They threw stones into a moving car to stop it ..FRSC was created to save lives and not waste it ..please learn to use Ur head
Nairaland and some unreasonable people! Who are those liking this silly post!

Didn't you read that the stone claim was false. Nigeria's future may be at risk with the proliferation of unreasonable persons.
PoliticsRe: FRSC Now To Bear Firearms – Oyeyemi by hero2000: 9:52pm On Dec 05, 2016
uxdesigner:
i can see u have selective reasoning and comprehension. if u follow the news particularly first hand experiences of motorists shared through twitter u wont be sayn this trash. so what then will be the succor of motorists who have always been harassed unjustly by frsc officials? is the solution now to give these same officials guns? i can c how retarted ur reasoning is.

i still put up a picture of how an frsc official caused an accident and because of dat he got the beating of his life yet u kept quiet on that. i made reference to how an frsc official harassed a lady because he thought she had incomplete papers before even going through them yet ur sick mind ignored that.
mayb cos this is nairaland, in person i wont even give u room to air ur sick and pathetic views on why frsc officials should be given guns
In person you won't give him room to air his views. Na wao! Would you beat up? SMH.
PoliticsRe: FRSC Now To Bear Firearms – Oyeyemi by hero2000: 6:26pm On Dec 03, 2016
delishpot:
That is why you need a traffic police officer to work with you. You are not a crime fighting squad. So, how many FRSC officers have been killed while checking drivers license? Howmany havebbeen shot on aczive duty? How many die on active duty compared to police men? The moment you start carrying guns, that is the moment you become marked by criminal road users.
Guns would not save you, guns would mark you as a potential enemy.
If not for the fact that naija is a jagajaga country, simply taking down the car number and color you could report to the police and they take up the mater from their. But naija government like to solve problem from bottom up. They build a house before buying the land on which the house would sit
The answer is 70 in 2016 just if you didn't see it clearly.

Putting a system right is by wailing and complaining. You were right in saying that in more developed societies, they would just take down the number and the police take it from there. But we are not there yet. I don't think we will be in the next 10 yrs. So for our level of development, this is a step in the right direction.

What do you want an official of FRSC to do when 30 vehicles face on coming vehicles? Tell me. He asks them to stop but they wouldn't. So he should go to babalawo to collect do-as-I-say medicine!

If government won't arm them, or won't provide a system where people who commit traffic offenses can be gotten easily(which I am sure we can't do yet) they should just scrap the organization. Enough of exposing them to needless danger!
PoliticsRe: FRSC Now To Bear Firearms – Oyeyemi by hero2000: 6:04pm On Dec 03, 2016
shinarambo1:
When a car hits an frsc official. He would be battling for his life, and wont have time to cork a gun. Now who are is colleaugues going to shoot? The innocent passengers in the fleeing vehicleshuh
Its the work of the police to arrest such people and not the FRSC.
Even policemen who are armed are sometimes still hit by motorists. But if you do that you had better in a Ferrari or a bullet proof vehicle. The point is: having guns deters just any idiot from hitting them.
PoliticsRe: FRSC Now To Bear Firearms – Oyeyemi by hero2000: 6:01pm On Dec 03, 2016
lezz:
Violently corrupt. They manufacture offence on the spot.

Can't explain how vexatious it is while driving for nearly 4 hours in the high way and you come to a bad section of the road and you see the FRSC men besieging the road and pulling you to a side asking you to produce your driver's licence, then upon getting hold of it, the ask you to step on the breaks for break lights and order you to put on the pointer lights.

After those, they ask you to show them your spare tyre and fire extinguisher and they proceed to check their expiration dates. Loooooooolz, mad men.

All these are done without any reason other than the little voices in thier head. So why would I ever stop for an FRSC when my car is faultless and I am driving within the approved speed limits?
They seriously need the gun to compel egoistic people like you to respect the fellow man.
PoliticsRe: FRSC Now To Bear Firearms – Oyeyemi by hero2000: 4:26pm On Dec 03, 2016
This is a very welcome development. This FRSC boss is thinking.

Good strategy!

And for those condemning it: If your brother had been killed by a lawless driver, you would have a rethink.
LiteratureRe: "I Threw Away My Green Card" – Soyinka by hero2000: 8:43pm On Dec 02, 2016
From the majority of posts on the thread 3 things are obvious to me:

1. Integrity doesn't mean much to the children of these days. Soyinka said he was leaving US if Trump wins.(that is the meaning of the 'tear green card').

2. There is a certain disrespect for elders which I believe comes from a certain region which has ties to Uganda. Most of them, their grandfather is not yet 82 yet they spew insults on the honourable man. A man who spent 22months in jail for supporting their failed attempt at secession!

3. Education is really deficient in Nigeria. One would think with internet on their phone they can check information. If you ask many of what Nobel prize means, they come up blank. For your info if Prof applies for residency in any country in Europe he would get it IMMEDIATELY.
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PoliticsRe: Why I Omitted Tinubu In My Victory Speech – Akeredolu by hero2000: 4:53pm On Dec 01, 2016
mrblessed:
Power is driven by the ability to influence and control. Sometimes, power is maliciously used against the people from whence it came. And politics speak nothing but interest - whether it is short or long term. It will amount to political naivety and grave miscalculation to pay tribute to Tinubu after his uncharacteristic criticism and opposition of his party's candidacy and chairman. Tinubu broke all known convention - as a 'national leader of the party' - by making his displeasure known through his furious, open letter. That his demands were dismissed with a wave of hand depicts his true standing in the party. Again, it will be a slap on the faces of Buhari and other leaders who are determined to roll back Tinubu's influence in the South West and cut him to size. You don't need a degree in political science to understand that real political power resides with the president and the party chairman, not with Tinubu. A lesson any aspiring candidate must learn if they are to succeed. Tinubu has seemingly become a political liability; aligning with him is a clear opposition to the president, and a fastlane to failure. Akeredorlu stated the obvious when he said paying tribute to the president and chairman of party covers all leaders of the party, not minding how big or small they are, or what influence and prestige they command. This is an unfamiliar terrain for Tinubu, a pathological narcissist, who is almost always feted by political aspirants. Nonetheless, he shot himself in the leg by accepting the nominal title of ' national leader of the party', even when is he aware that there is no real power behind it. Talk about crass titlemania and the compulsive penchant to remain revelance. In the aftermath of Ondo election, Lauretia Onochie, one of President Buhari's never-ending media aides, sounded the death knell of godfatherism in the APC, by stating that no one should claim party victories in Edo and Ondo states. Pray tell, why Akereredolu - a new recipient of Buhari's favour - should defy this unwritten code of conduct.
You are building political theories just with your mouth! If you understand politics you won't say the things you said:

"that his (Tinubu's) demands were dismissed with a wave of hand depicts his true standing in the party."

You bestow on PMB the authority he does not have yet. How big is GEJ's political influence today? I am not saying he does not have but right now his party is in shambles so his influence is not much nationally. PMB's will atrophy if APC becomes deserted too. And all those who call their elders mad because of a current president should be careful. Where is the powerful David Mark today?

Even if Aketi feels animosity against Tinubu he should be wise about it. He should not be like Fayose.
Christianity EtcRe: “God Will Remove Your Name From Book Of Life If You Do MMM'' - Guy Cries Out by hero2000: 1:59pm On Dec 01, 2016
It is misleading to say that God will remove the names of anyone who does MMM. While I don't participate in the scheme for 2 reasons:

1. Since I understand economic value creation, I know that the scheme will certainly crash!

2. Since I know this I consider it immoral to participate in a scheme that will crash (even if I make my money) on some people.

What makes a person's name written in the book of life is faith in Jesus Christ and remaining in him. Some people who participate MMM are immature Christians. Immature Christians also have their name written there. 1 John 2:1 says:

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

Caveat
All sin is dangerous and should be avoided. Playing with sin may make you fall off the vine.
BusinessRe: EFCC Detains Tunde Ayeni, Ex Skye Bank Chairman, Over N1bn Bribe To Ex-fct Minis by hero2000: 3:53pm On Nov 26, 2016
sammyj:
In as much as I support fight against corruption I also believe this media trial by the EFCC should end. They should rather focuse their attention in prosecuting this alleged criminals and hope this trial will go on since the former military head of state has been fingered in one of the cases Ayeni is being detained for. Anyways we are watching in 8D angry
Which one is media trial? The newspapers should not their work again? If the EFCC forbids them from reporting, we will shout Press must not be gagged'.

Nigerians! SMH.
PoliticsRe: Lagos Is The Best Security Conscious State In Africa - Security Watch Africa by hero2000: 4:30pm On Nov 24, 2016
Lagos and development.

CareerInterested In Organization Architecture(design) And Resident In Ibadan? by hero2000(op): 1:25pm On Nov 24, 2016
Do you reside in Ibadan and want to work with a team to deliver robust organization architecture (design) to businesses?

Send a mail to wittyolusola@yahoo.com

Then we start from there.
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Next Step After Seeing Your Name On Npower Portal by hero2000: 3:34pm On Nov 22, 2016
Tino86:
Exactly, u just took it from my mouth. I am just tired of this country. I applied but was not sent a test SMS. I still don't know their criteria for test selection. They just called already employes citizens and the unemployed like that us who should have been their focal point where just ignore and left to their own faith. It virtually clear to me that this nation is dead.
Please stop the belly aching. Because you were not selected, hence the whole process is a sham! The same mentality our politicians have!

For your info, they selected just 200,000. So it means probability of selecting you is reduced.

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