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airmark:
Apart from being wasteful, he hasn't learnt how to play with his back to goal. Each time he lost possession yesterday it put pressure on the defence. That's another part of his game that should be improved. .

You are very wrong there. His game is A class in hold up play, that's why we are praying for him rather than pursuing him cos he's got great aspects to his game apart from finishing

Ballzproblem2:
What about world cup qualifiers,two times in a role,them no born Mikel well to say shit.you no say Nigeria men no get filter for mouth, you can take osimhen rant against finidi for example.where was Mikel ? If them born am we make en chook mouth see wether in no get collect .
Jackson is an easy scapegoat,that guy everyone picks on because they think they can bully him and get away with it ,the same Africans insulting him will be quick to cry racism if them touch saka.

Make everybody they their they.

Mikel is commenting on where there is audience. If he starts making his podcast about Super Eagles rather than Chelsea, that's hustling backward. Leave Super Eagles yarns to Victor Ikpeba them, Mikel is after what profits him

BlueRayDick:
A student who graduates with 5.0 CGPA in history & international relations and another who graduates with 5.0 in Mathematics have equal chances of landing a graduate trainee role simply because they are both smart.

Apart from interview performance, you may not know it but even a 4.0 GPA Maths will be valued over a 5.0 GPA History applicant, so long as the job involves commerce and numbers. They are most likely being interviewed by a numbers man if you are talking Financial services industry, and no numbers man will rate a 1st class History over a 2.1 Mathematics

raumdeuter:
Na Geography we dey use relax, or to follow babe go attend Govt or Commerce class

Damn right, those courses are what we use to step down or relax brain small

My first degree is in Maths with Economics. The economics was 1/4 of the course. Because of scheduling issues the economics classes were always clashing with the Maths modules or on a Wednesday afternoon when everyone else has shut down for Sports activities when we travel to other unis to play football matches. I barely attended Economics classes but will sometimes go to what they call study session (I've forgotten what they call it, it's where you will be working through questions in the presence of a PHD student monitoring the class but lectures aren't being delivered). I will be seeing guys in those classes that haven't seen me all year. I will just come in, solve some breakeven or price-elasticity questions, finish all the questions in like 15 minutes, and the full-time Econs students will now come and be asking me to teach them. Meanwhile I'm just meeting the concept for the first time but based on Maths, if you sabi any kind of simultaneous equations or linear algebra, those questions will be like piece of cake. I just dey laugh.

I can count on hands the number of times I attended Economics classes throughout my whole degree and it didn't stop me acing the Econs section of my degree. I no come rate my Econs classmates at all, or any social sciences after few months.

raumdeuter:
, I can take govt exams without ever attending classes. Sometimes it just seem like current affairs to me and by reading enjoyable things like History, Newspaper and Novels you can scale History, Govt and Literature WAEC exams

I always laugh when social science talk about passion. STEM guys who just read newspapers, encyclopaedias and listen to radio for fun will pass all those social science courses with their eyes shut

I have a A in Geography GCSE today without once ever reading for exam, not for one second. My Bs in English, English Literature and French exactly the same. STEM guys will eat all those course for breakfast with just 10% effort the arts guys will be putting in.

BlueRayDick:
Lmao.

A Yoruba education graduate who intend gets employed at EY or KPMG will take ICAN the same way an accounting graduate or Engineering graduate will and they will all pass once they are sound.

U can argue all u want but there are people who studied mass comm and other art related courses working in the big 4. In fact just go to linked right now and type “ Mass communication kpmg” ; u will see profile of people who studied mass comm and currently working in KPMG pop up.

If u are smart u are smart ; forget all these Okpata yarns about dexterity or no dexterity

ICAN is proof enough of your ability to handle manipulating numbers. I actually respect degree in Languages cos it involves learning rules and coding it into a way of speaking, as well as retentive memory. Language graduates often do well in commercial setting.

iamoyindamola:
I We use to think this way but it's wrong
Intelligence without passion is a total waste, are you saying this is the way they do abroad
We have people who are intelligent that did arts or social science and they can also cope in pure science.
Will you force them to pick a niche they don't like

Mass Com is not a passion, it's a last resort

You can accept Law, Economics, Business or
Languages as proof of intelligence from arts course, maybe even Philosophy, that's it

Languages is proof of reasoning and following rules to construct a language (similar to coding), so is Law. Economics and Business include Maths and Commercial acumen. The rest na rubbish

iamoyindamola:
Nah you are discriminating
You think SS and Arts are for dullards or second class students

I'm discriminating with full chest

We all know the dumb ones drop out into arts early, right from SS1 and the smart ones go science route. That's the class at which we start to choose specialty in my day and I've never seen someone in Class A pick Arts. It's usually from Class B to D they pick arts. After nature has already made you find your level since SS1, you can't come and be forming hothead later.

This thread was on Nairaland front page last week about the top 37 WAEC performers from 2009 and what they are doing now. I meticulously went through each one. Not a single one read Arts subject in uni.

https://www.nairaland.com/8184851/top-waec-scorers-2009-where#131568132

BlueRayDick:
Which one is dexterous?

Is it not that they will first train them in those jobs ni? If u are an engineering graduate who gets employed in EY or First bank, u will have to undergo training like everyone else. All those talk about dexterous is just to massage ur STEM ego. The same training they will give a Yoruba education graduate is what they will give a mech engineering graduate who has been drafted into their graduate trainee program.

The crux of the matter is , most STEM degrees are useless in Nigeria because there are no much STEM jobs waiting for them in the labor market. so, I don't the need for continuous bashing of social sciences job. Maybe if u were talking about labour market in the UK, US and the west in general sha it will make sense.

In the bank or in EY will you not do calculations?

You can't be taking risk of telling a Masscom graduate to put 17% on something and they will be looking at you like ode. You think it's a joke but most non stem people cannot do basic everyday calculations required in those jobs.

STEM course is a test of natural intelligence. It is proof that you can handle some concepts and calculations. Go and check all JAMB highest scores, they all end up in STEM. The only social science that intelligent students go on to do is Law or economics. So once you see STEM, LAW or Economics on their degree, you know a process of natural selection has already taken place to weed out the dumb ones from the smart ones and you can go ahead and interview the smart ones instead of wasting time..

You think its a joke but employers do discriminate on this basis and I take this very serious in my personal life. I have been fighting my niece for the last year. She is a prodigy but refusing to do Maths A Level. She is talking of Philosophy, Sociology A Levels, Biology and bla blah blah. I said Biology is good for Medicine but at your level of genius, you must include Maths to really rubber stamp your genius so employers can see it. Any Tom, Dick or Harry could score well in Philosophy by writing long essay, but science is where genius is proven.

This is her GCSE result below. 7 is equivalent to A, 8 is a A* and 9 is A**.

How will someone with this kind of result reduce themself to the level of an average Jane by taking sme sme courses that any Chinyere can do. You must show Maths A Level, and even if she goes on to do Medicine or Science in Uni, the Maths A Level will give her the foundation to be great in any STEM course she does.

BlueRayDick:
The way u guys always bash social sciences , arts and humanities course graduates ehn; one would think Nigeria is a country where there are job opportunities for STEM related courses.

The funny thing is the people who form bulk majority of unemployed in this country are actually those who studied STEM courses.

Go to KPMG, EY,PWC,Delloitte, Banks, Insurance companies, HR consulting firms, etc; na engineering graduates, Biochemistry graduates, Geology graduates, etc full there.

How many jobs are available for STEM course graduates in this country? If not that the aforementioned companies absorb them, where do u think those STEM people will be working ?

In the real sense of things sef, STEM is like waste of time in this country because most of the graduates of STEM courses don't work in STEM related jobs.

STEM allows you to work in all the fields you mentioned. A basic competence in Maths is guaranteed with STEM which is an element in all the jobs you highlighted and is what all those roles are looking for. Whereas with social sciences, you cannot guarantee any competence in Maths whatsoever. The only social science guys that are dextrous are lawyers and economists. Any other social science and your CV is going straight in the bin. Harsh reality of life.

@ iamoyindamola

Please see if you can change the name of your league to OFFICIAL NAIRALAND PREMIER LEAGUE

Muki done ghost me

Theflint1:
...

Student loan is just a ruse to increase school fees to a sustainable amount that can fund the universities operating costs. They will all go bad. Masscom guys still need to drop out the tertiary education system sha

Ibime:
It's the set-up for increasing school fees. It's designed for low uptake. Especially in a country that cannot track its residents

Student loan is one of the worst performing loan types in Western countries, even when they can track their residents, so FG have written it in a way that fixes their liability to a manageable amount

The honest truth is tertiary education is not for everyone. Let the decision on going to university be a business decision. You will pay that money to study a STEM course, law, medicine etc but those Masscom guys need to find their square root into the jobs market than wasting time on a non value adding course.

oliverano:
I think he didn't understand what he posted.

More like first manager to score 6 goals in premier league history on his "FIRST AWAY DEBUT" I'm not sure about this but this could be his point!

Definitely his point

popizaino:
Enzo Maresca is the first manager in the history of the Premier League to see his team score 6 goals in away game in the Premier League.

Copied.

Fake news

Newcastle beat Sheffield 8-0 away just last season

Conte beat Everton 6-3 at Goodison Park

Leicester beat Southampton 9-0 away just few years ago

Manure beat Nottingham 8-1 away in 1999

etc etc

Notice that Madueke has 1 Premier League hattrick to Rashford 0

Gucciboy:
Alright but do you agree we still need another defensive midfielder?

Fatigue is coming,if not here with caicedo feeling lazy already.

We have 4, our only problem is Enzo hugging one of the two spots and not putting in the work.

Whizlight:
Kdh has always been a worker. I'm surprised many people don't remember him from his early days where he played DM

You Sabi

That's why I didn't complain about his signing. He is at worst functional and will save us from Ugochukwu

Gucciboy:
Doesn't mean he can hold down our midfield like Gallagher did last season.

Can Enzo x kdh play pivot without defense leaking goals? That's a weak combination

Terrible weak

If weak, it won't be due to KDH but due to Enzo not holding his side

KDH will work well with Lavia or Caicedo or any non-lazy partner but cannot do two mens work like Kante to cover an Enzo

Enzo5:
Hall a defensive midfielder?

84 matches played in that position. He only started this AM shït last season

Gucciboy:
Ibime how do you classify kdh as defensive midfielder? I'm shocked

You may be thinking of last season, go back 2 and 3 seasons ago and check his position

Gucciboy:
Hear me out ,We need a new defensive midfielder

Our midfield is too porous and open

Both Lavia and KDH are DMs and can do the job.

All we need to do is drop Enzo if he doesn't fix up

Even if you buy World best DM now, Enzo has too much power and will always start, putting you back to square one

kingBolton:
We concede a goal from a set piece
Chelsea fans - improve the defence
We concede from sloppiness in midfield Chelsea fans -improve the defence.

Is it that you guys didn't see the express of a midfield we had in the first half and the disaster class Moises drop in the first half ?

The manager had to drop Enzo deeper in other to control the game in the second half but na defenders we dey blame.

A game that colwill dropped a very good performance but na defenders we dey blame.

Before you blame a defence, first look at the midfield

Our defence is very serviceable

Ballzproblem2:
Difference between drogba and mikel.mikel is a clown,a bench warmer talking all high and mighty.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Russia blocked telegram because it offers terrorist and enemies of state unlimited privacy and protection because there is little to zero censorship

France, UK, USA, EU..
Putin is a dictator, Pavel Durov is global citizen, he must be protected, he's fighting for free speech. Lol, as if he (Pavel) was a threat to Moscow, they will allow him to leave Russia. Moscow simply crippled his business because he refused to cooperate with the government.


In 2024, France arrested telegram founder because he's platform is sponsoring terrorism.
Pavel is a dumb guy, why will he allow jihadist and terrorist to use his platform? He should be jailed.

Dumb people everywhere

We are getting there

So Russia blocked telegram because it was offering privacy to terrorism (infact, Russia was mostly concerned with those criticising Govt)

France arrested Telegram boss for denying their security service access to those organising terrorism etc on the platform

If Telegram boss was in Russia, would he be

(a) arrested to face charges like in France

or

(b) Fall out of window like numerous Russians having problem with Govt

LordAdam16:
First, the topic we're hashing out is the West's vindictive and ruthless MO relative to the East.
In fact, in an earlier comment, you already conceded that the likes of Germany and the UK are not free speech absolutists because of their history.
Durov's arrest is the latest example that the West is just as psychopathic as any rival power but glosses it up in suits and virtue signaling.
When push comes to shove, the West will suppress dissent as harshly as Xi and Putin. Different methods, same outcome.

Section 230 repeal is a different kettle of fish.
That is an intra-Western conflict. The liberals have a chokehold on mass media (from news to social networks).
The conservatives are trying to break this stranglehold and have been unsuccessful.
Another thinly-veiled attempt was the proposed TikTok ban under Trump.
Many of you on the left opposed the ban until TikTok became a tool for pro-Palestinian activism.

Currently, the West is the Emperor without clothes
The West destroyed a German-Russian pipeline and blamed Russia.
You were an outspoken proponent of this narrative.
That's just one of a litany of horrific examples of the West abusing its privilege.

Hell, the economic reasons for brownnosing the West is another letdown.
As a % of GDP, remittance outflows from the UAE and Saudi Arabia exceed every major Western country.
Indians run the UAE. Russia is the prime economic nerve center in the Caucasus.
Eliminate the illegitimate Western economic warfare against the Global South and there'll be just as many Third World migrants in the Second World as in the First World.

When I see many of you go out of your way to talk up the West, especially while simultaneously dunking on the Second World, it betrays a lack of understanding of what is possible when the West is not allowed to run roughshod on the rest of the planet.
It's the difference between being in a family with just one breadwinner versus another where multiple members have fat stacks.
The West, for all its attractions, is a major disappointment. It is in all our best interests that its primacy is at the very least challenged.

-Lord

I'm disappointed with this response. Stay on topic and stop flooding the topic with distractions about remittances and other unrelated issues.

Can you explain what Section 230 is, and why Republicans tried to repeal it?

Section 230 is a law that says that Tech companies are NOT RESPONSIBLE for what users post on their platform

Republicans tried to dismantle it, and hold tech companies responsible for users post, and Google, Facebook, Twitter etc was dragged before the Senate where the Republican Senators (Ted Cruz and all your heroes) gave them a grilling and tried to repeal the law, thereby making tech companies liable for the nonsense Okpa or some nutcase types on their platform.

So imagine my shock when you are holding France accountable for arresting Pavel for criminal activity on his platform - not for what is typed, but for him refusing to work with them to fish out criminal activity on his platform which is harming French society. And bearing in mind, that France has no Section 230

So do you support the repeal of Section 230 or not?

Ghostagain:
oh, it's the corrupt and biased teacher coming to teach me how to give up my belongings for his bible... Oh déjà vu.
I never said I were interested in the binance thing, nor did I ask you to educate me on it.

As an adult with reasonable intellectual background, I can educate myself on things which interest me.

You are talking to yourself at this stage. Nothing concern me with the inner workings of your mind. I couldn't care if your ancestors sold belongings for Bible or mirrors 200 years ago and it's disturbing you now. Tell that to your shrink or social worker, I was trying to have normal conversation with you.

Adieu.

Ghostagain:
If Pavel were living in Russia, what would have happened? The worse case would have been that his platform would have been blocked in France. That's it.

If Pavel were living in Russia, he would have given Russia access to everyone criticising Government as they asked, or he would be dead like Alexei Navalny

Russia is where free speech is absolutely prohibited. In saner climes, you can have free speech, but hiding criminal activity is where the line is drawn.

Ghostagain:
Nope, I'm not educated on that topic.

I will send you bill for school fees later

Ghostagain:
Controle your tong.
Can the Nigerian government arrest mark Zuckerberg for "failing to comply" ?

Go and ask Binance executives

Ghostagain:
"Failing to comply with"...
The fact remains, he offered a free speech medium and he is being arrested for that act.

Nairaland is a free speech medium, why is Seun not being arrested?

The minute Seun allows gun running, fraud deals, money laundering, terrorism deals to go unchecked on his platform and refuses to release those details to Government, he will be arrested.

Stop yarning premium opata

Ghostagain:
I think the problem is your ability to understand. Not every sentence we say must be about duvol. I don't really care about duvol but I do care about free speech which is the reason his case is interesting to many.
He is being arrested for providing a platform which offers free speech.

No, he is being arrested for failing to comply with authorities request on those committing gross illegal activities on his platform, of which there are many, that's why I asked you which part of his charges relate to "free speech".

Not everything is related to the miniscule things that concern you. Free speech is everywhere and is being exercised by millions of people on WhatsApp, Text, Phone, even on TV etc. He is being charged simply with failing to work with authorities to identify those using his platform for terrorism, fraud, drug dealing, money laundering and illegal arms sales. No dey yarn wetin no dey charge sheet. Either he starts providing those details or he will be seen as aiding and abetting. Nobody is concerned about the millions of Okpa chatting rubbish per second on Telegram.

Ghostagain:
I was clearly giving my own perspective of free speech.

That's fine, but you jumping on quotes of others fingering hypocrisy in Durov arrest, so that's the conversation