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The Top 3, as far I believe:

1, Saraki
2, Tinubu
3, Kalu

She saw you live in London. She won go London!!!

bilymuse:
Brash
Kwara is a village , underdeveloped , filled with illiterates. Saraki is the only politician of note from the state, that is why he tread the political landscape unchallenged. He plays amala politics and treated the people with utter disgust and contempt by ruling the state as a extension of his private company.

Shame on kwarans and all the apostles of amala politics.

Stats:
His state (kwara) standing his high, his regional ( north) standing low, and national standing ( Nigeria) low. Saraki is not in contention for the top political grandmaster slot.

Bring another person and let's compare!!!

It only shows your ignorance of Nigerian politics. Saraki's influence goes beyond Kwara. It is national. All parties scramble for his membership. If he was not influential, why didn't EFCC touch him over SGBN. He didn't support Third term and nothing happened. Maybe you expect him to install all the governors of the 36 states before he becomes nationally powerful.

PS:Tinubu installed Fashola as Lagos governor. Is Lagos also rural?

I give it to Saraki too:

Reasons:
-Son as Governor. Not just any Governor, the most powerful Governor today! Former Chairman of Northern Governors forum, later All Governors forum, played a great role in installing Yar'adua as President. He remote-controlled the last PDP national convention. Journalists will tell you this

-Daughter as Senator: Arguably the most powerful female-senator.Recurring nominee for Senate President. Anti-Third term, yet Obasanjo couldn't do anything to her

-SGBN: If Societe Generale bank was owned by another person, the person would have been languishing in jail now. But EFCC dare not move near Saraki, even as he didn't support Third term

-Chairman of Northern Union: For Saraki, a Yoruba, to be commanding events in the north is no mean feat.

-Have Saraki in your party and count Kwara and Kogi as your states even before election!!!

DAYOKANU, I knew you were a 'Great Ife', but I didn't know Seun too was. When did you graduate? From which department? When did Seun also graduate? What course did he read?

By the way, I finished 2006.

Loving God should be natural. He creates you, sustains you. Nobody deserves to beloved more than Him. So He is out of this equation,as He can't be compared with man.

In Islam, we are expected to love Prophet Muhammad more than even ourselves. This is why we Muslims become more annoyed when you insult our Prophet than when you insult us personally.

After prophet, you can love any other person next(yourself,parent,wife,sibling etc), but you are encouraged to love your parent next, giving their role in your life. After parent, if you like you may like your wife more than yourself or any other person, depending on how you want it.

Phemour, are you from Offa or schooling there? Where do you live in Offa?

I'm an indigene of Offa, grew up there but now working in Lagos?

Let's talk now

Ibime:
lol. . . I guess your school didn't sing 2-12 times table like we did in primary 2.

Anybody that attended my primary 2 class must be good at maths because we sang that every morning at class assembly.

Sincerely, that simple maths goes beyond 2x2 table. It's BODMAS at play. Some people are so weak in maths when they see bracket sign they get scared.

So poor in Maths was I in primary school that i was nicknamed I DON'T KNOW MATHS, because I once told our class teacher I didn't know maths, when i was asked one question in class.In JSS and even till SSS2, I hated to see x+y+z stuff. But overnight, shortly before I finished secondary school,I just can't explain how it happened,and Maths became my favourite subject. I had B2 in WASSCE, but I knew I was worth A1, just made some mistakes.

I have never looked back since then. Maths courses were my best in the university.

sharp man:
I strongly believe that everyone born of a women is naturally brilliant in SOMETHING. You only need to figure out what you love doing and what makes you tick.

Except of course you have what i call 'negative home support' (meaning the witches and wizards in your village still dey follow you).

So i still think that ANYONE can make a first class.

This is why I have tried to avoid interchanging GENIUS & NATURALLY BRLLIANCE in my previous posts. I think Genius is more general. Natural Brilliance is just an aspect of Ingenuity, the academic form of ingenuity.GIFT is closest to the NATURAL BRILLIANCE we are talkng about here. I'm aware that the definition of BRILLIANCE goes beyond academics(we can have brilliant footballer like Kanu Nwankwo), but I presumed, brilliance as it relates to this topic is ACADEMIC BRILLIANCE. So I needed not tell anybody that by brilliance I meant ACADEMIC BRILLIANCE. Zidane was widely acknowledged as a SOCCER GENUIS, WIZARD etc.

While Zidane or Kanu are naturally brilliant footballers, they may not be naturally brilliant academically. So what we are saying is that FIRST CLASS is for people that are NATURALLY BRILLIANT ACADEMICALLY. Your belief that everyone born of a women is [b]naturally brilliant [/b]  is true but thank God you added that brilliant in SOMETHING. Something may be football. Inasmuch as that something is not ACADEMICS, then forget FIRST CLASS.

I also agree with you that You only need to figure out what you love doing and what makes you tick.
. Yes, if you figure yourself a brilliant/gifted footballer, then pursue it and become Zidane. If academics, go for it. But surely we are not all equally naturally gifted in everything.

The bottomline, again, is you need a considerable level of NATURAL ACADEMIC BRILLIANCE before you can think of First Class, just as you need a level of NATURAL FOOTBALL BRILLIANCE before you become a First Class Footballer like Zidane Kanu etc. This is why despite despite the efforts of their brothers to make them become world class players too, Ogbona Kanu and Oliseh's brother could not sustain it. The absence of NATURAL BRILLIANCE  that can make them FIRST CLASS footballers like brothers is the factor here.

Genius are born!!!

When I first posted my view(2nd post) on this topic, it had not been pushed to the Home Page then. Expectedly, the decision to push the topic to its deserved place(front page) has popularized the thread and a lot of interesting comments have followed. I took my time to read all the comments and hereby wish to add the following:

THIS NATURAL BRILLIANCE TALK: I still very much believe NATURAL BRILLIANCE is key to having First Class. It's a necessary but not sufficient condition. Natural brilliance makes you a potential First Class student, but CONSCIOUS PLANNING AND DETERMINATION completes it. Noble as CONSCIOUS PLANNING & DETERMINATION is, it's a pity it RARELY (I said rarely please, so not totally impossible)does it without NATURAL BRILLIANCE. Many students are really highly determined and plans a lot, but they are hindered by this NATURAL BRILLIANCE. In my university days, I knew many classmates of mine that were heavy readers, consciously planning and targetting First Class, but they were not just First Class materials, naturally.So they didn't have it.

Again, NATURAL BRILLIANCE does not guarantee First Class, it only makes it easier. You need extra efforts. So a naturally brilliant student that doesn't consciously pursue and work for First Class may not have it.

It is important to also add, as somebody has already mentioned here, that a not-too-naturally-brilliant-student(it's just hard for me to remove this NATURAL BRILLIANCE thing.I just believe in it) can also make First class, but he'll do very GREAT WORK. I need not define great work, because it has alreday been overdiscussed in previous posts here.

A First Class material is anybody with potential to have First Class. Not all First Class materials graduate with First Class.Some factors such as unseriousness,disinterestedness,family problems,victimization etc prevent some First Class materials from having First Class but even with 2-1 they distinguish themselves.

FIRST CLASS & WEALTH: It's a pity some people have smuggled this DEFEATIST ARGUMENT into this topic. The topic is not DO FIRST CLASS STUDENT END UP BEING RICH,GREAT ETC? The thread starter only wants to know TOP SECRETS OF FIRST CLASS STUDENTS please. You can tell me Bill Gate, Yar'adua,Abiola, Gani Fawehinmi,Jimoh Ibrahim etc did not have First Class, but you can't tell me FIRST CLASS doesn't have advantage.Money is not everything please!!! A First Class grad that is worth his certificate will not struggle to find job, except God only wants to try him. I never spent 3 weeks at home after my graduation before I got offers from three different companies. I'm not saying First Class is a key to greatness, but no doubt, it helps, especially for a fresh grad looking for job.

FIRST CLASS BY POLITICS: I doubt if you can make First Class by bribery. Not possible in my school, and I'm almost sure of other schools too. To make First Class you need to make A consistently in 70% of your courses? Can you bribe 70% of your course lecturers, from year 1 to 5? Most people bribe not to fail, that is, to have E,d or C, but A, even with bribe, very rare.

FIRST CLASS & PERFORMANCE AT WORK: Admittedly, First Class grads are not necessarily the best performers at work, post University. Class of degree is, to a large extent, academic. Some 2-2 grads are smarter in work places. Nevertheless, chances are that anybody that really made and is worth First Class, will not disappoint in work place.

The above again brings to the fore the oft-debated issue of WHY DO COMPANIES EMPHASIZE CLASS OF DEGREE WHEN SOME 2-2 ARE SMARTER THAN 1-1 GRADS? The simple answer is, the company, not knowing any of you before, cannot say Mr A is good and Mr B is not. Certificate then becomes the only thing that readily says who you are. Of course, calling everybody for test/interview means graet cost(financial & time) to the organization. So there has to be benchmark for screening. Resorting to the readily available benchmark(Class of degree) comes handy!

folem:
Yakubu is 3rd in Super Eagles All Time Scorers Table.

Nigeria Top 10 International Goalscorers

Goals Player
37 Rashidi Yekini
24 Segun Odegbami
17 Yakubu Aiyegbeni
17 Sunday Oyarekhua
16 Samson Siasia
15 Thompson Usiyen
14 Austin "Jay-Jay" Okocha
14 Julius Aghahowa
13 Nwankwo Kanu
13 Obafemi Martins

Thanks. What more? Maybe those who say he doesn't replicate club performance in Eagles shirt expect him to score 100 goals for eagles too in 4 years!!!

javalove:
Gbam!!!!!!

I don go d site but them refuse give me password. i have not gotten my confirmation mail up til now since last week. Shows their level of poverty. I say dose guys no get money.I hate them like shit _{hope mum doesnt get to see this statement else m in soup} . They are also into 419 too but lots of africans always claim they are in nigeria even tho they are not.

They thrive on abusing Nigeria in their Football forum. They have not yet sent me confirmation email too since I registered last week. But who cares!

javalove:
Gbam!!!!!!

. Kaaada fun gbogbo won lapapo

But I don't think we need to curse them.

olabowale

Sultan Bello was just stone throw from where I stayed(MCAN lodge, Sheikh Gunmi college). I had friends that were serving there, so frequented the place. Also, I visited City Campus everyday to study for my ICAN.

I was shaking as I read this. On rin mi la(very nauseating)

babs787:
Insha Allah, I would raise a thread on some practise infused into Islam in the name of beautifying Islam (Bidiah) which happens to be common among some Islamic societies.

Pls do. I can't wait for this topic. It's going to be interesting and educative for the open minded.

Not unexpectedly, we'll also see some of those that indulge in these bid'ats trying to defend them!!!

Pls start the thread. Or should I set the ball rolling?

I do not know of any exceptionally outstanding player in this olympic team, like Mikel and Taiwo in 2005.

The best player in one match turned out to be the worst in the other, but I'll go like this:

1, Ogbuke
2, Nsofor
3, Adeleye
4, Sani Kaita
5, Osaze
6, Okoronkwo
7, Vanzekin

What do you see of it?

At last, Nigeria's Yak, the highest scoring African ever in English Football, has reached 100 goals in England.

http://www.kickoffnigeria.com/static/news/article.php?id=2509

Interestingly, many Nigerians don't celebrate this guy. They see him as just a lucky player. But I don't think an average player could have been that consistent.

His secret? He has goal sense, I believe.

Before you say, as usual, that Yak has not been scoring in Eagles' shirt. Let me remind you that he is now in Top 7 highest scorers of all time for Eagles(a list topped by Yekini, and Siasia second).

Seun:
Maybe that, or maybe you need a more interesting job.

My job is interesting o!!! But you know, work no fit be like play. Naira na play now!

We are still in August. 2008 still has four months left. October/November would have been the best time to start the nomination.

Unfortunately, there has not been any consistently outstanding player this year unlike the years of Ronaldo, Zidane,Ronaldinho and even Kaka last year.Despite the Champions league, Euro, ANC, Olympics, and other competitions held this year, there has not been any outstanding performer that will be so glaring that almost every football follower will agree that he's indisputably the best. During Ronaldinho years, it was always very glaring.

Well, based on January-August 2008, I go like this:

WORLD:
1, Messi
2, C. Ronaldo
3, Torres

AFRICA:
1,Adebayor
2,Muntari
3,Yakubu

Regular nominees, Drogba and Essien have not had particularly outstoanding year.

By the grace of God, I belong to this category. My secret? God's help of course.

But from experience, the following could be useful:
1, NATURAL BRILLIANCE: Most First class grads are naturally brilliant,not strugglers. Sure you still have to read. Yes, you just have to read. But if you see student X and student Y read for 3 hours, subject to the same condition, and X scores 80%(or let's say graduates with with Firts Class) and Y scores 50%(or more generally, graduates with 2-2), what is at play there is natural brilliance. First Class materials don't struggle academically, they are naturally brilliant. In my class for example, the guy that read most was not among the Top 60 students in class. Likewise, I wasn't among among the Top 20 heaviest readers, if hours spent reading is anything to go by.

2, OPTIMISM & SELF BELIEF : Most First Class students have self-belief that they can make it, right from year 1. They don't get swayed by the common pessimistic ranting of majority of the students that YOU CAN'TMAKE FIRST CLASS;THEY WONT GIVE YOU. First Class materials dismiss such claims, and go ahead pursuing it.

3, LONG TERM TARGET Most First Class studenst don't use the Fire Brigade approach. It involves setting targets and being conscious of it. I started a conscious pursuit of it right from my year 1. I always targeted A in every course.

4, CALCULATIONS: Most First Class students always have their brains doing calculations and permutations on how to achieve their target.Don't be surprised if you see a First Class reading a purely theoretical course but having calculator by his side.He is using the calculator, not for the course he's reading, but for calcualting stuffs and assumptions like: 'If i had B in this course,what will my GP be?', 'What if I misfire in a 30 marks questions(i.e misinterprete) in this course and eventually score D, won't i drop from First Class'. He will simply take his calculator by his side and work out what his GP will be under these assumptions.I, for one,didn't look at A from the point of scoring 70% but from missing 30 marks. 30 marks is too big to miss in a course.So in any course I didn't miss up to 30, I scored 70% and above and that was A. Later, A became so easy for me. I scored A in 76.6% of all the courses I did from year 1 to 4.

5, COMPETITION: I have always hated playing the second fiddle in my life. I think many First Class students also share this. I can't stand not being among the 'frontliners' anywhere I find myself. So the desire to top my class motivated me to study hard. My class was especially very competitive, and I can't afford not to among the best, if not the best.

I hope that helps!!!

You can read more on my blog: http://jarushub.com/2013/03/17/top-10-secrets-of-first-class-students/

So proud of my school and course that I carved my username from it.

A Great Ife in the house!!!

nossycheek:
If Allah forbids smoking, are all those chain smokers and taba takers not muslims?

Why are u reasoning like this? How many times do you want to be told that the fact that a Muslim does something does not mean Allah sanctions it. Then why do we have the term 'sin'?

Or can we say Christianity sanctions prostitution when you see all the Glorias, Elizabeths,Marias, Felicias etc in brothels?

I need to work on my SELF DISCIPLINE and TIME MANAGEMENT.

I HOPE THAT WILL SOLVE MY PROBLEM.

tpia:
Easy with the butt kissing there.

@ bolded: no she's not. (unless she's a spy).

She may know more about some of you in the muslim section and some others on Nairaland, but your statement is a big fallacy.

I stand by my statement. For your information, Mukina2 is far more active in Sports section than Islamic section. She's also always present in many other boards like Romance,Entertainment etc.

There is no disputing her knowing much about Nigerian football. But remember there are millions of Nigerians who can't name 5 Super eagles Players(in other words, who don't watch football). In that sense, she knows about Nigeria more than Nigerians.

Kajiko!!!

I served in Sokoto March 2007 to 2008. I started serving in Rabah Local Government, but was later reposted to Gudu LG.

Not a bad experience really.

Did or are you serving also serving in Sokoto? Tell us something!!!

419JA

So Ghanaians kuku call us!!!