slimghost:

Sack her because yorubas proclaimed her guilty? hahahahahahahha. Sane Nigerians are waiting for the outcome of the investigations being carried out by both GEJ and NA.

Which Yorubas?

The correct think for her to do is to resign whether guilty or not

That's the problem with bureaucracy. What's there to investigate? Not while she is still in office...

#SackStellaOduah

www.fb.com/nigeriannewsportal

Today is D’prince’s birthday and he released these childhood pictures on Instagram. Happy birthday to him.

www.fb.com/nigeriannewsportal

I just hope many Nairalanders will read this.

BTW, you write quite well bro, More ink to your pen.

You started well but ended up saying trash, even after telling us your piece was going to be unbiased you also ended up supporting the FG...... I won't forgive myself for wasting my time on this crap.

Okay, lemme check it out

homesteady: Please it's Onyeka Onwenu! Not oweni!
@picture, she looks pretty!

#

Corrected

For a woman of her age.....She is really stunning

http://nigeriannewsportal.com/onyeka-oweni-graces-the-cover-of-genevieve-magazine/

Who noticed how the word censor on nairaland changed the f word on the url the op posted to bleep....hence making the link incorrect as it leads to a 404 error page

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Ice prince has releases the track list for his anticipated new album titled Fire Of Zamani. See the track list below

http://nigeriannewsportal.com/ice-prince-releases-track-list-for-new-albumfire-of-zamani/

We've all been blaming ASUU for been insensitive and selfish.

We all know Strike actions are always use as the last resort when negotiations fail.

In the present ASUU:FG Scenario what other alternative to strike actions would you have suggested ?

Nigerian superstar Naeto C and South African airwaves hotshot, AKA, have been announced as the co-hosts of the upcoming 10th Annual Channel O Africa Music Video Awards.

The two will bring a one-two star punch to the star-studded live show, taking place on Saturday, 30 November at Walter Sisulu Square in Kliptown Soweto, which is expected to be attended by the who’s who of the African entertainment scene.

http://nigeriannewsportal.com/naeto-c-aka-to-host-channel-o-africa-music-video-awards/

princesa: Hehehe, so mazi scaled tru...


nairaland's tortoise, always in every story...

#take it literally oh, congrats

LMAO...

OMA4U: Oga Mazi_Omenuko, sebi I tok am.
Congrats! In fact, you really tried with the essay and you deserved the feat.
To others, congratulations! Hope to read something educating and fascinating in the final round.

@Fynestboy, please can you do me a favour by posting the next 4. I mean from 5 to 8 position.

It wouldn't be a bad idea

In the spirit of sportsmanship I want to wholeheartedly congratulate the four essayist who made it to the finales, I use to think I was a good writer until I read some of your essays you guys churned out. You guys gave me a run for my money.. Nairaland sure got some brilliant talents. The judges were awesome, their critique was well taken and the professionalism with which it was carried out is totally out of the box.... This particular competition has exposed me to a whole lot of new things about writing, more especially getting to know Obynoscopy(little secret, i checked out your profile and I noticed you have a diary, and it kept me busy all through the day). He is a literary genius(No thanks to those who debated on this)

And to Mazi Omenuko, I followed your works right from the literature section and never for once did I imagine you contest with amateurs like us, i even rooted for you being a judge. Ever since I read your NYSC work, I have seen you as a demigod in literature....Without in anyway trying to kill the fun of the competition, I have no doubt whatsoever that you will finally emerge the champion.

Finally I want to thank our dear Moderator Fynestboy for this wonderful initiative. Its stuff like this that adds value to peoples life. Its been a phenomenal experience. thanks once more and good luck to the four contestants......

And the first position goes to


Mazi Omenuko


<<<<Runs outta thread>>>

Fynestboi: really? U knw them already? Oya tell me...

*point the mic to him*

I don't want to kill the suspense....

♥Dεs•Chγκσ♥:

My fellow contestants.. I dey see una jare.. Come to think of it, in all of Nigeria, we're among the pioneers of this debate. Do you feel how I feel now?? If you do, oya, reach that corner collect Alomo and Fayrouz.. All on me.

You got me, I'm quite apprehensive...

Fynestboi: Ehm ehm... *Grabs the mic* hello two two...



I salute the patience like attitude of our contestants, i must say the performace of all contestants are all impressive..

Anytime from now the result of the first four contestants would be unveil...


Stay tune

We know them already!!!

Obinoscopy: Hi everyone, how is our Sunday going? Hope all the Christians went to church today? And I hope all our Muslim brothers and sisters are resting well in preparation for work tomorrow?

I will be appraising the essays of several contestants of this first of a kind educational debate. I must say that I had high expectations from our contestants. I had hoped to learn a few things from their essays. I must admit they met my expectations to some level and I did learn a lot from their work, but I must be quick to add that there is still room for improvements. One of the major setbacks of most of the contestants work was the paucity of standard reference materials. Some that managed to use, were referencing Wikipedia which is very wrong. But, all in all, they tried. It is not that easy to sit down and piece together an argumentative essay of 1000 words and above. I might have done even worse if I were in their shoes. To that end, I will say they all did marvelously well.

Infoscope and Deschyko both wrote in opposition to the motion that Strike is a wrong approach to solving Nigeria’s Educational problems. They took a rather unpopular stance as it would appear that more contestants were in favor of the motion. Their provision of historical details of the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ (ASUU) strike in Nigeria goes to show that they were well versed on the topic.

However I would say that their work lacked the desired persuasiveness. The two contestants were quick to blame the Federal Government for all the woes betiding the educational sector but they were slow to explaining why strike is a BETTER approach. Infact, I had even thought Infoscope was in support of the motion when I was reading paragraphs four (4) and five (5) until I got to the sixth (6th) paragraph. This statement of his below was responsible for my confusion:

I think he shot himself on the foot by making that comment.

Deschyko’s statement that “five out of the nine agreements [between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government (FG)] focuses (sic) on the improvement of educational standard and quality in the country” is very apt as it could counter the notion that ASUU embarked on the strike solely for selfish reasons. But he however failed to mention and elaborate on all five agreements. In fact, a lay reader might not even know which group reached the agreement and what the agreement was all about.

However I must not fail to commend both Deschyko and Infoscope’s command of diction, their well sequenced paragraphs and correct spellings. That being said, there is still room for improvement.

Don Salvy, Sammytolly4Jesus and Mikebis all wrote against the motion that Geniuses are born not made.

Sammytolly4Jesus work was okay. I really loved his play with words especially the following: “we weren’t (sic) born with the alphabets imprinted on our foreheads,” “a chauffeur also wasn’t (sic) born with wheels in his hands,” and “Lionel Messi. . .wasn’t (sic) born with football in his legs.” Those expressions were very apt and really spiced up his work. Despite the rich content and examples, his work was very poor in persuasiveness. I felt he could have done more to convince his readers. He failed to explain and establish beyond reasonable doubt, the difference between Child Prodigy and Genius and this is enough to weaken his argument’s foundation. Conclusively, I will say Sammy did well. I really hope he makes it to the next round, same goes for the others.

Despite the scantiness of Don Salvy’s work, I must say his use of the Intelligent Quotient (IQ) score to buttress his argument was quite impressive. His illustrations were very explanatory and clear. But, like I said earlier, his essay is very scanty.

The same might be said for mikebis. It would seem mikebis did not finish his work, probably due to time constraints or internet logistics as his conclusion was very poor. However his mentioning of the three ways by which geniuses are made (Learning, Thinking Ability and Determination) was quite inspirational. He would have done a lot better with his argument if he had committed more time, resources and energy towards it.

So that is my appraisal, folks. I wish all the contestants the best. Let us remember that this competition is not a do-or-die affair. The essence of this debate is not for superiority display but for us to learn from each other and keep our brains busy by engaging in healthy arguments. May the best four make it to the next round. Amen.

Expect more appraisals from the other judges.

Thanks for the appraisals, you couldn't have done any better. Your constructive criticism can only make us get better. Meanwhile I noticed you didn't do any appraisal on some of the essays.

That's food for him...

Obinoscopy: The results of the individual contestants will be revealed to them privately if they so wish. Any contestant who wants to know his or her score should send a PM to either myself or the coordinator after the Four Contestants have been announced. However the scores of the four contestants will be revealed and analysed here.

As regards the contestants knowing their strengths and weaknesses, be rest assured that the Judges will do a Critic/Appraisal of all the contestants work. There in, every contestants can know his or her strong/weak points even before the results are announced.

Thanks.

Alright, I think that's fair. I leave it to you guys to do your job. I have no doubt that you guys will do a wonderful work.

See ya

Caracta:

The essays will be scored but we'll only release the result of the first four. We hope you don't mind.

No, since it's an intellectual affair and not a do or die affair as was earlier stated, I think the results of all the contestants should be released so that they(we) know where their weaknesses are. It will only make them get better, moreover it will make the whole process transparent.

Think about it my incorruptible judges.

Thanks

I am a contestant and I have gone through all the essays, am I allowed to put down my reservations, make an appraisal of some of the essays and counter some of the points?

Purely subjective.

Space booked, meanwhile I saw some really intimidating essays

Hmmmm, a lot of compromises,
Good luck to my fellow contestants anyway.