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No qualms my brother.

mbulela:
my man don join the train.
hammer time go soon come.

this got me throwing office decency to teh dust bin ROTFLMAO 

Don't worry, we are still from teh same pro-masses constituency

mbulela:
me i no get favourite again o.
na gossip tabloid i dey read now.
it makes more sense to me and helps ease tension.
you are guaranteed plenty laughter.
I don't read Nigerian newspapers again.

ROTFLMAO. When did you become a comedian my main man? 
anyway, you don't read Naija papers. Obasanjo too doesnt. 

[quote author=alj_harem link=topic=363145.msg8555055#msg8555055 date=1308582055]offa man, how u dey today [/quote]Ina aeni, my Kanuri broda

olawalebab:
@jarus i also follow him, i know the series he quoted your "private" mail to him. You said "our" mind. You too can be a celebrated columnist because i also wait for your facebook notes, and it also make sense, give it a trial. You can go beyond the "letter to editor" you normally do

Sorry to correct you, I have gone beyond letters-to-the-editor since more than 5 years now. What I write is 'Opinion' or 'Commentary', full half page, and on two occasions, Daily Sun and Leadership have given my articles 'Guest Columnist' status, the ones Atedo Peterside, Nasir el-Rufai and Eddie Iroh are given. An higher education-focus magazine in Abuja has also just approached me for permanent column writing in their new outfit, which is expected to hit the newsstand soon.

firstly, i never wanted to go to unilag, in fact i dislike lagos as a city. Secondly, if u call those guys i work with well grounded, then u really do not know the meaning of that word. Sorry for the generalisation, but the truth is there are significant number of unilag graduates where i work and they are not impressing anyone at all. However, grads from OAU, UI, UNIBEN AND EVEN UNIJOS ARE MILES AHEAD OF THEM. Sorry, just my candid observation. NB. Is an FG hospital we are talking about here, hence any incompetence cannot be hidden.

agreed uniport is not the best school, but truth is i dont regard unilag graduates that much. I mean these guys dont care about anything academic. All they do is club and are usuallly so materialistic. I dont care who did that rating, but for sure unilag isn't that a great school anymore. Am not hating, just stating it as it is. A lot of my colleagues just happened to be products of unilag. And these guys are not impressive at all. Saddest part is they dont seem to care at all. I give it to OAU, UI, UNIILORIN AND EVEN UNIJOS. My opinion. Thanks

Really? Then where would you put OAU, Unilag and UI?

The funniest post on nairaland? where should we put UI, Unilag, Ife, ABU, Uniben, Ilorin. Very funny

Country Ranking University Name World Ranking Category Article H-Index Citation Google Scholar Impact Collaboration Total
1 UI 931 B+ 72.38 29.11 63.16 30.09 46.22 45.35 286.29
2 OAU 1388 B+ 53.35 15.32 18.47 23.68 23.02 30.25 164.08
3 Unilag 1515 B 35.17 18.50 20.27 16.76 16.29 27.76 134.75
4 UNN 1525 B 45.20 16.91 12.93 18.59 15.53

Truth is constant. Nuff said.

loma:
Just peeping in

Don't just peep o, egbon loma
Come tell us about your work in that super MNC
and those private engagements that earned you NLI and other awards( u think say I no see your pic with Segun Aganga) ;

Johnpaul88:
My best is always Mr. Femi Adesina of THE SUN.

His level of consistency is unmarched.

Infact, my friday is incomplete without having read him.

He is a class above many!

I've come to like Kulikulii too, especially in the run-up to April elections when most of his takes converged with mine too.
So close were we then that he quoted me in his column.

Jakumo:
How could anyone forget the master satirist Olatunji Dare, who played such a pivotal role in the ridicule of military dictators, back when Dare was a columnist for the Nigerian Guardian. That man's prose was a sheer pleasure to read, though since he relocated stateside, he only sends the occasional piece to a less well known newspaper whose name escapes me now.

He now writes for The Nation and he's on my list, if you check up.


Young folks of our generation know little about Olatunji Dare. At the height of his punditry career, most of us were in primary/secondary schools then. Dare Olatunji is regarded in the industry as Nigeria's most cerebral political columnist in the 90's. He's an elder in the art now, and even in his current Tuesday columns in The Nation, you still see class in his writings.

This thread is complete rubbish.Nobody has ever said Benue is Hausa/Fulani.Some Yorubas are northerners while some Igbos are South-south.They owe their allegiance to their zone.Even a Yorubaman from Benin is not a Nigerian.

Jbenue is an illiterate for coming out here to deny the obvious just because of inherent tribalism.Babangida,Gowon,Abdulsalami have ruled Nigeria for 19 years and they are Northerners.Remember that Abacha is Kanuri and not Hausa.So when you add it up,the Northern minorities have held the office of Presidency for 25 years out of 50.

I personally would rather have alliance with Fulani man that is truthful than a chameleon from Benue.I also advice every Igbo man never to believe in this unholy brotherhood extension because they killed us mercilessly between 1966 and 1970.

The only true Southerners are SW,SS and SE.Kogi and Kwara Yorubas are not Southerners

Thanks for educating him jare, if he will listen.
Some people don't know teh difference between North and Hausa/Fulani. North is a region consisting of probably more than 100 tribes, Hausa/Fulani are two of those tribes.

Maybe he should look for Middle Belt on the Compass.

I am a Yoruba from Kwara and a northerner.

I think it's good news.

Another classic from Pius, the king of Satire in this generation!

violent:
TINUBU DISOWNS [/b]THE ATTACK ON HID AWOLOWO

Free English Tutorial for MODS:

When you use[b] disown in a context, the object should take the place of a Proper noun!

It's not heard of in the history of grammar to disown an "action".  The verb "disown" is commonly used in the context of parents regarding their children and can also be used of children regarding their parents or siblings!

"Tinubu denies the attack on HID Awolowo" makes for better written/spoken English.



PS.  This is a part of my personal initiative to combat national illiteracy.

Stop contributing to national illiteracy by miseducating people here.

The statement, 'disowns the attack',  is perfectly correct, grammatically.
Disown, according to major dictionaries, means 'to refuse to acknowledge or accept as one's own'.

Attack, as even used in that sentence, is not a verb(action), but a noun(thing).

They attack HID.(action, verb)
The attack on HID (noun)

The second is clearly operative there, not the first. That is your goof 1.
Goof 2: You said 'disown', when used as a verb, the object should take the place of a proper noun. This is incorrect. You can disown an action. In fact, major dictionaries define 'disown' as 'to refuse to acknowledge'. Now tell me why you can't acknowledge an action.  I refer you to that quote by Mason Cooley: "Fearful of sentimentality, I disown my tears and melting heart". Tell me 'tears' is a proper noun!

NB: To be double sure of my stand, I consulted answers.com and dictionary.com.

Good outing by Tinubu here.

Nigeria has lost yet another fine banker, one of the very few in the industry. Worked, silently but assidously, with Fola Adeola in building GTB. While FA took the bulk of the credit, this guy too was a great brain behind him. And like someone has said earlier, how he maintained low profile while running such a high profile bank, and devoid of controversy, is beyond one's imagination.

Very humble. My GT friend told me how he used to be free with them all, eating at canteen with everybody else. And this must be true, the only time I saw him physically was when I went to cash money from GTB HO ATM sometime late last year. I was surprised seeing this man with no security details or even personal aides when he walked down to see somebody off.

I have actually heard he's been down with the big C since a couple of month ago.

Does this now confirm that Cancer has no cure?

As the asset accountant of my company, I deal with property valuation from time to time and this valuation appears fair value for sale purpose.

First, my company's asset around that house, has its land, of about same size with this NECON housr, valued at 600m in Dec last year. Given the fact that that structure is an old one, 4 billion is a fair price.

Also, in sale of asset by auction,the price should not be compared with the market value of that asset. The auctioning entity would normally give allowance for the buyer to make gains too. Consideration will also be given to the fact that he will spend additional costs to bring the property to fitting shape.

So comparing with market worth of the asset is not right.

As for Reps' car, if the depreciation policy is 3 years, a vehicle bought in 2008, no matter the value then, will have zero value(N10 scrap value) in 2011, after 3 years. So any amount sold gives a profit on disposal. But most organizations use 4 years as depreciation policy; if that's the case in FG accounting, then a jeep bought for 10m for example, will have NBV of at least 2.5m in 2011, hence except the vehicles have become severely impaired, the 200k price was ridiculous.

Jarus kuku dey around.

Trying to add 2+2 together in personal development.

Call it adult education, yours sincerely is looking forward to getting his first accounting professional certification this week. . And like I have always said, even with 3 years Accounting experience and Accounting professional qualification, I am still not convinced Accounting is my career destination. My first love remains Economics. This is why I am giving a shot a Msc(Economics) from Lag, after I realized I have been postponing same programme in a UK institution for 3 years now. I got Durham admission in 2007 but didn't go. Dropping work for the programme has not been an easy decision and I realize more and more commitments keep coming up(marrying, personal projects etc), which made me consider what I had always boasted I can't do: Masters in Nigerian university.

Now, attention has shifted from Msc to MBA as quality foreign degree I'm targetting to shore up my CV, all to prepare myself for my ultimate career goal: to be a top economic shot in Nigeria!

Kobojunkie:
WOW . . . . WOW . . . what a spin!! lol

I like the way you felt the need to add there that the VP was not a member of the "cabal" -- interesting! Not sure but do you have any supporting evidence of this to offer? lol

The whole game then was:
The Cabal (who did not want power slip from their critically sick boss, to, constitutionally, his vice)
Vs
Rest of Nigeria(who wanted constitutional provision to take its course, and presidential powers transferred to VP)

Now, how will the VP, who will be the beneficiary of the demand of the 'Rest of Nigeria' be part of teh group that wanted power remain with an ailing YRD? VP GEJ clearly wanted power transferred but was helpless an dgutless to come out(not to be seen as a betrayer, at least) and speak against the actions of the cabals who had overwhelmed him. That was why teh first action he took after being given presidential powers was to sack the cabals in teh cabinet.

mbulela:
Disclaimer: Jarus is a man whose decision is not swayed unnecessarily by anyone else.His association with journalists of repute has been exaggerated and should not be treated as anything serious or injurious to Jarus' hard earned reputation.Thank you for your understanding and apologies to Jarus for any perceived slight.

So NL critics-in-chief also have sense of humour  

mbulela:
there is nothing revealing in that.
these things have been alluded to by men under the influence in beer parlours and pubs across the length and breadth of this country.
men like yourself who are versed in the happenings of this country can't claim to be enlightened by such 'revelations'.

Maybe that's caused by my habit of dismissing of beer parlour commentators.
I actually underestimated those guys. Now I know better(and that's teh revelation!).

Kobojunkie:
For once be sure to be your research first. Dora never canned Yar adua. If you had followed what really took place, you would have known that she was pivotal in ensuring the man remained president till his death, by her action during the last days. I even suspect that was part reason why she was retained as a Minister when the then VP was made President.

Are you sure? Because from what I know, Dora was initially protecting the president, saying all was well, that the president will return this date, that date, that the president did this, did that(can't remember teh specifics again). Then it was a battle between the cabals(including Segun and Dora), who have access to info; and Rest of Nigeria, with the VP and other non-cabal cabinet members confused and didn't know where to belong. That time, Dora and Segun were the ones coming up with information about the president's state, but most times, it was easy to discern their 'info' were half-truths.

Suddenly, Dora came out to deny ever knowing anything YRD's real state of health, claiming her conscience was what directed her to come out open, bla bla. Since then, she turned against joined teh camp of 'rest of Nigeria'.

This is why I'm surprised, you said Dora was with YRD till death!

mbulela:
Jarus,the fact that you would not have done better in his shoes is a bit defeatist but even if we accept that, the crux of the matter presently is his attempt to rewrite history and spin it to his favour.it makes us the public look silly and mkes it look like he is a bearer of some secrets that changes the whole picture.

Then we are finding congruence. The part I found revealing, actually, is where he mentioned Dangote et al as those that persuaded Obj to drop Odili. Never imagined Dangote, Otedola were so actively involved in high level politics to the extent of picking VP. The cabal part is already public knowledge and even if Seguns adds one or two new things, it can't change the whole picture, on the role of each and everyone of them.

And a disclaimer: I don't 'roll' with Thisday Editorial crew to the extent of them influencing my opinion. True, I communicate fringely with 2 of them but we just compare notes(one on economic, and the other, more regularly, on political developments); that's all. And the network started just during the last elections period.

Dis Guy:
There's something im not really getting

Is it that as the spokesman for the president, he should have told the public how sick the president is? or tell the public what is happening to Yaradua in Saudi Arabia (doubt he visited him in Saudi arabia) or allowed near him

Was his crime not acting like Dora Akinyuli accusing his wife and family members?

Even Dora only made a u-turn when she realized YRD may not survive the ailment. Talk of one being a hypocrite and the other loyal to their principal till end!

mbulela:
more than that, the reason i refused to answer Jarus question is that he is biased.
He is no longer one of us but rolls with the THISDAY crew.They tell him secrets that mere mortals can't know
They will always accuse us of not seeing the full picture,that there are some finer details that can't be revealed in public.if we knew those details we will acknowledge their courage.
Jarus,like they say in the south;ALL THAT ONE NA WASH WASH!!

I am one of those who believes that Segun did no wrong in accepting that job.
the problem is his conduct in it.
It is even more disgusting that instead of hiding his head in shame  or pursuing his career away from the glare of the public,he seeks to rub it in on an already traumatised public by writing silly articles in which he thinks he is enlightened and we the public need enlightenment to save us from the darkness that pervades our polity.
confering on himself a relevance that he has since lost is not only egotistical but slightly delusional in my view.
This spin will work for some but i doubt i can be convinced and i believe neither would most right thinking Nigerians.
Not even Alaistair Campbell can spin this one right.
you don't need a whole book to apologise for your role in that govt.

Hmmnnn, as you know, I've never been a rigid critic or dyed-in-the-wool leftist. My opinions have always been moderate/midway, not criticize everything/everybody. So I'm not sure I was for you before 
My knowing one or two people in Thisday crew has not affected my judgment, either. I have never been a critic of Segun, even at the height of the Yar'adua health conundrum, because I know I would not have done better if in his shoes. As the image maker of the President, I did not expect him to do anything contrary to the interest of his principal. This anybody should have known before taking up such job.

I however agree that he is better off moving on in his career than narrating all those stories again.

Jazakumullahu khaeran. Good one.

First Nigerian Graduate President: Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'adua

First Nigerian(and African) professor of Geology: Professor Momodu Mosobalaje Olaloye Oyawoye(then of UI)

mbulela:
Before i go through the posts, i wish to register my disdain for Segun Adeniyi in particular and men like him in general.
In saner climes,men like this will seek to retreat from public discourse.
I'll rather listen to men like Chris Uba and Tony Anenih.men who have never pretended to be what they are not.
How any sane mind will hope to be enlightened by Segun Adeniyi's ramblings beats my imagination.
His reign as Yaradua's spokesman saw the elevation of lies,rumours and conspracies to a new high as government policies.I am not particularly bothered by the issue of whether he should chosen to serve in that govt.i am more disgusted by his conduct therein.how information dessimination on governance and govt during a most critical time was akin to communist era and dark ages.The propaganda of that time almost rivalled that of Aabacha's govt.
Who is interested in his book?he should go shove it i na hairy place where the sun does not shine.
He thinks he can use the space Nduka Obiagbena provides sychophants to massage their respective egos and those of their heroes can be used to rewrite the truth which history will bear witness to.
The truth is that Segun Adeniyi is no better than the Andy Ubas,Tony Anenihs, Iboris et al.
He should stuff his verdict down his own throat.History has already judged him and found him wanting.
We are not interested in the secrets he thinks he knows that we the public do not know.
it makes no difference.

Critic Mbulela at his best!!! We don start again

But I have a few questions for all of us here:

1, You are a journalist by profession and Special Assistant on Communication/Media Adviser/Chief Press Secretary or whatever the nomenclature is, is a post usually reserved for media men. Now, is getting such a position, especially without begging for it, an achievement or a rise in one's career? Will you take the job, if offered? Are editors or even public affairs commentators not allowed to take a job reserved for their profession because of their criticisms


2, Will you be the mouthpiece of a government and work/speak contrary to that government?

dayokanu:
I support Omatseyes write up

Anyone who dines with PDP is an enemy of the Yorubas

Much as I dislike PDP, I disagree with Sam Omatseye in that article. He was too hard on Awo family including use of uncouth words like 'dynasty curse' and 'Awo would have divorced the woman' etc. Also, he makes it look as if the only way can be Awoist is to be a member of ACN or associate with Tinubu.

I think the battleline has been drawn between Awolowo family and sympathizers with their Media, Tribune on one hand and Tinubu and his men(Sam Omatseye and co)  with their media, The Nation, on eth other hand.

*****Jarus takes a seat, watches who will win********