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TV/MoviesRe: Crowd Waiting For BBNaija 2018 Finalists At The Airport by larryjayz: 1:46am On Apr 24, 2018
These are the Lazy Nigerian Youth he's talmbout.
TravelRe: General Australian student Visa Enquiries Part 2 by larryjayz: 11:06am On Jun 28, 2015
Hello guys, I'm a post grad student in Australia on a year and a half visa (3 semesters) i was thinking about doing a postgrad research for 6 months to make it 2 years so as to qualify for graduate visa but was told i can apply for PR. I've been going through the visa types and I'm not sure which one to apply for, i dont have any work experience as i came here after my NYSC, please i need your contributions, Thanks.
TravelRe: General Australian Visa Enquiries by larryjayz: 6:29pm On Feb 10, 2015
Congrats bro, we will be doing a lot of courses together. Hope to see you soon.
ideamaster:
Okay. I have been following this thread for a while now. I always come here to read 'good news' from pple to encourage myself. Lol.

It's time to post mine now. My grant for 573 visa came in today. I applied on the 30th of Jan. I did my medicals a week b4 that day. Met a guy at the clinic applying for Griffin Uni. He did his medicals that day and applied for the visa that same day. He got his grant last week.

Curtin Uni, here I come. Thanks to malkinburg, larryjayz and every other person on this thread.
TravelRe: General Australian Visa Enquiries by larryjayz: 9:54pm On Feb 08, 2015
That's good, what department did you finish from?
Talktotd:
Curtin Uni is one of the best in WA. I finished from there and live just about 10mins away.
TravelRe: General Australian Visa Enquiries by larryjayz: 4:55pm On Feb 06, 2015
Sorry bro, maybe you should save yourself the stress and use an agent. I used BCIE, started 2nd of October and got my visa 2nd of December.
deaero:
I initially applied to USQ and they never responded... I used the online application and they wrote sumtin like defer decision. Since then they haven't made any decision. Or an offer. Before UC gave me a place. And I applied for international business.
TravelRe: General Australian Visa Enquiries by larryjayz: 9:39pm On Feb 05, 2015
Congrats bro, will also be coming to perth in two weeks time via Qatar Airways. Are u staying in a backpack?
equlibrium:
20 hours and finally in australia grin
I love my new home already
TravelRe: General Australian Visa Enquiries by larryjayz: 6:57pm On Feb 05, 2015
Pls how much did your ticket cost. The one way ticket I got from Qatar Airways was 280k.
malkinburg:
New info. Transit visa to oz through Malaysia is on hold for now. U will have to apply for a social visa if u still want to transit. It is still 1k. Got mine few days back. My friend who applied was told to check back next week. Will update the forum when they start reissuing. If u still want cheap ticket through the Malaysian route u have to package ur application like ur going to visit Malay. Dem Don dey vex say we Don sabi de way.
TravelRe: General Australian Visa Enquiries by larryjayz: 12:47pm On Feb 05, 2015
So happy reading great news in this forum, those still in the process I pray God grant you all your heart desires. Got my visa 2nd of December and I'm leaving for perth in 2 weeks time.
TravelRe: General Australian Visa Enquiries by larryjayz: 7:53pm On Jan 26, 2015
I'm raising mine.
TotsAdorb:
Hi everyone,

I am keen to meet fellow Nigerians in Perth, so if anyone fancies a meet up please raise your virtual hands and we can arrange something...

Looking forward to meeting all y'all..

Thanks.
TravelRe: General Australian Visa Enquiries by larryjayz: 12:47pm On Jan 25, 2015
Thanks a lot, are you also studying at curtin?
TotsAdorb:
I am...It is beautiful in Perth! It's very clean and green and the people are nice. It still has a small town feel to it in some ways so you'd find that the shops still close at 5pm on the weekends and you might not find some of the big brand names you'd find over east. But regardless of that, it is a good place to start your Australian journey and I reckon you'd do just fine with your major.
TravelRe: General Australian Visa Enquiries by larryjayz: 11:49am On Jan 25, 2015
Good day beautiful people, anyone in perth? I will be arriving on the 22nd of February. I've been given admission to study chemical Engineering at curtin university. Pls how is the place like?
Foreign AffairsRe: BREAKING: Uganda Supreme Court Strike Down Anti-gay Law. by larryjayz: 4:01pm On Aug 01, 2014
Ok, to everybody saying we shouldn't loose sleep over what two adults do behind close door. What if they start kissing and romancing in public?They will say its their freedom. I wouldn't want my children to witness something like that, or would you want yours.
CultureRe: The Tom And Jerry Relationship Between The Igbos And Yorubas. by larryjayz: 12:56pm On Jul 14, 2014
guonno: THIS MAN HAS SAID IT ALL: THE PRINCIPLE OF NO PERMANENT FRIEND OR ENEMY(THAT'S HOW A TYPICAL TWO-FACED MAN THINK). I USED TO TELL PEOPLE THAT A HAUSA MAN IS BETTER THAN A YORUBA MAN IN TERMS OF RELATIONSHIP.
Yea we got you, why not pack your luggages and leave Lagos for Borno state?
SportsRe: Did Messi Deserve The World Cup Golden Ball? by larryjayz: 11:54pm On Jul 13, 2014
Fifa is the most corrupt prominent organization in the world.
SportsRe: Germany Vs Argentina: World Cup Final (1 - 0) On 13th July 2014 by larryjayz: 11:06pm On Jul 13, 2014
Ronaldo waiting for the Spanish super cup, uefa super cup and club world cup. Another world best waiting. Thank you Germany.
BusinessRe: Punter Backed Germany To Beat Brazil 7-1, Wins $46,000 [pix] by larryjayz: 4:52pm On Jul 09, 2014
I'm absolutely sure you don't have one quarter of that. And I know that cos you just reasoned like a wannabe. Go get yourself a job and quit b!tching about money that you don't have.
hardbody: Lol. Ok. on a salary scale of N24m plus per annum, i earn more than that in a month. Does that still make sense to you? I am coming strictly from my perspective and so do not see how N700k amounts to 'making it'. Its less than a couple of guys monthly take home. That is my point, i have not in anyway suggested that N.7m is not good money, especially when won on a bet, but it does not go beyond the short term.
EducationRe: Preparing for GRE by larryjayz: 6:56pm On Jul 08, 2014
Hello jamebox, I want to go to US for my masters but graduated with a 2.7 gp, I have my TOEFL already and will be writing my GRE soon. Having gone through the schools I chose TAM, but will I get admitted with my low cgp.I want to study chemical engineering MSC.
jamebex: Sorry for the late response. I was somewhat busy lately. Concerning your question, one word answer is practise. Just Practise, practise and practise different kind of question from prep guide that is close to what you will see on test day. But on a more personal term- how did you prepare for the last test? how long did prep? what is your background in quant and verbal? This will help focus your effort more on specific areas where you are a tyro and less on areas you are adept at.
EducationRe: Preparing for GRE by larryjayz: 6:48pm On Jul 08, 2014
Please what about chemical engineering?
mathways: @b2dl,
The best US universities in the Oil and Gas industry are in Texas.The three top universities in Petroleum Enginnering in the states are:
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas
University of Texas(widely know as TAMU).
Stanford University ranks third with TAMU and is a very great university.
Texas would be better because it's very rich in oil.You can also try Alberta University,one of the best in Oil and Gas Engineering in Canada.
Imperial College,London tops in the UK followed by Robert Gorgon,Aberdeen angus in scotland.
With all these I think you should have a clue now.Visit the site of these universities to learn more.Let me know as things go.I'll be pleased to tell you what I know.Wishing you the best.
EducationRe: Preparing for GRE by larryjayz: 6:44pm On Jul 08, 2014
mathways: @b2dl,
The best US universities in the Oil and Gas industry are in Texas.The three top universities in Petroleum Enginnering in the states are:
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas
University of Texas(widely know as TAMU).
Stanford University ranks third with TAMU and is a very great university.
Texas would be better because it's very rich in oil.You can also try Alberta University,one of the best in Oil and Gas Engineering in Canada.please what about chemical engineering?
Imperial College,London tops in the UK followed by Robert Gorgon,Aberdeen angus in scotland.
With all these I think you should have a clue now.Visit the site of these universities to learn more.Let me know as things go.I'll be pleased to tell you what I know.Wishing you the best.
Music/RadioRe: Is Real Hip-hip/rap Facing Extinction In Nigeria? by larryjayz: 2:27pm On Jul 08, 2014
anago18: this is above you brother, rap is about written, punchlines and metaphor. those niggi in naij are just clowning around, go soak yourself in a cannibus and rakim album and you will wanna shoot those Nigerian clowns dead.
That's Deep bro!
Christianity EtcDavid Did Not Kill Goliath, The Bible Is Not Infallible! By Femi Aribisala by larryjayz(op): 11:31am On Nov 10, 2013
David Did Not Kill Goliath, The Bible Is Not Infallible! by Femi Aribisala

By Opinion Editor on November 10, 2013

One of the myths of Christianity is the infallibility of the bible.
Quoting Paul, some Christians insist every word in the bible is “God-breathed.” (2 Timothy 3:16).

When you identify contradictions in the bible, they either refuse to acknowledge them or try to rationalise them away with highfalutin apologetics.
However, these apologetics have not made the contradictions disappear. All they do is establish that these bible-fanatics are not committed to the truth.

Christians generally believe little David killed mighty Goliath, according to the “infallible” account of 1 Samuel 17:50-51. This feat is drummed into us from childhood.
However, the same “infallible” bible also credits the killing of Goliath to Elhanan, one of David’s mighty men.
2 Samuel says:

There was another battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jair from Bethlehem killed Goliath from Gath.” (2 Samuel 21:19

This record of Elhanan (as opposed to David) killing Goliath can be found in many bible translations but other bible translations of the same 2 Samuel 21:19 say Elhanan killed “the brother of Goliath.” These translations include the King James Version (KJV); New King James Version (NKJV); The Living Bible (TLB); and New Living Translation (NLT).

Of the latter, the New King James Version is remarkably unreliable.
As a matter of policy, King James sometimes adds its own words to bible verses, effectively doctoring their meaning.
Although the translation says Elhanan slew “the brother of Goliath;” the words “the brother of” are written in italics, indicating that they do not appear in the original Hebrew text but were added at the discretion of NKJV translators.

However, my purpose here is not just to demonstrate the fallibility of the bible. Bible-worshipping Christians will always reject that fact no matter what.
My purpose is to determine if David killed Goliath.

The question then arises as to which version are we going to believe? Should we believe the classical position that David killed Goliath, or should we believe the equally biblical position that Elhanan killed Goliath?

For a number of reasons, the account stating that David killed Goliath is the less believable.
It is in the tradition of kings and rulers to take credit for other people’s achievements under their kingdom. David was no exception to this.

Saul and David
The account of David killing Goliath is so full of contradictions that it is clear it is the fabricated version.
One of the problems with the account has to do with the inability of bible-writers to determine precisely when David first met Saul.

We are told that when Saul transgressed against the Lord, God sent an evil spirit to trouble him. (1 Samuel 16:14). Someone then recommended to Saul that he should hire David to play the harp, offering the dubious thesis that soothing music is a demon-repellent.

But then the man recommending David said something strange: he extolled David, a young teenager who was not even old enough to be in the army, as a man of war:

I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war.” (1 Samuel 16:18

This description is a giveaway. It is obviously written after the fact. There is no basis for describing David, a youth keeping sheep, as “a mighty man of valour” and “a man of war.”

By all accounts, David was not even a man yet. On this recommendation, Saul sent word to Jesse, David’s father, that his son should be seconded to him.
However, David entered Saul’s service not as a harp-playing musician, but as his armour-bearer, even though we are told later that Saul’s armour was too heavy for David. (1 Samuel 17:38-39).

Nevertheless, whenever Saul came under attack by the evil spirit, David would play a harp and the evil spirit would depart. Saul quickly took a liking to David, and he sent to his father a second time that David’s secondment to him should become permanent. (1 Samuel 16:22).

However, when we get to the incident where David is alleged to have killed Goliath, we discover to our surprise that this same David, who was supposed to be Saul’s armour-bearer/musician, had never met Saul before.

In that contradictory account, David was just a young boy tending sheep. His father sent him to deliver lunch to his two brothers at the war-front.
On arriving there, he found Goliath terrorizing everybody and offered to fight against him.
He was then brought to Saul who, on meeting him for the very first time, said to him:

“You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.” (1 Samuel 17:33).

However, in the earlier version, David was specifically introduced to Saul as “a man of war.”

Contrary to the earlier account where Saul sent emissaries to David’s father twice, he now did not know who David’s father was.

Conclusion - The bible is a book written and compiled by men; and men are not infallible.
Music/RadioRe: Kendrick Lamar Declares Himself King Of New York by larryjayz: 4:37pm On Aug 15, 2013
ShymX: Lost to which Prof Green? - you're a joker! Serius Jones ate him up and he would eat him up everyday of the week, fresh outta bed, real talk.

What world knows better? You mean the same Eminem no new school rappers and old school rappers have in their top 5 dead or alive? Only his nut-huggers like you rate him that high - real rapheads don't rate Eminem. Who talks about Eminem apart from 50cent, Slaughterhouse (because he signed them) and probably a few other white bummy rappers? EM isn't even the best from Detroit - Elzhi is better than him. Late Proof was better than him - and J.Dilla (R.I.P) never rated him - end of story.

Ja Rule was more popular than 50cent when they went at it - but we all know who won that based on what happened afterwards. The Game went head-to-head with G-Unit and he's still out there standing. However, with Canibus, his career ended before it started after the beef - yet you still think he won.

Bruv, you don't know about rap! undecided
point of correction, pls go listen to the freestyle em did with proof with Nas's hate me now beat, proof said Em isn't the best white rapper but the best rapper, pls check it out and correct me if I'm wrong.
PoliticsRe: Oyo-2015: Ladoja And Akala Teamed-Up To Takeover by larryjayz: 5:20pm On Jun 06, 2013
Baba_Eleko: Awon mejeji oni ku ire. sad sad
Amin o, Won o ni Ku daa!!
PoliticsACN To Maku - “You Are A Serial Blackmailer” by larryjayz(op): 6:29pm On Jun 04, 2013
ACN Replies Maku’s Attack On Fashola - “you Are A Serial Blackmailer”

The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has reacted to a comment by the Minister for Information, Labaran Maku, in which he said the only achievement of Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, is “environmental sanitation”.

Maku made the statement at the 2013 ministerial briefing on the transformation of the road sector in Nigeria, being part of activities marking the mid-term achievements of the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan.

He went on to say that the good road networks in Edo and Lagos states were roads rehabilitated and funded by the Federal Government, citing Benin Ore road and Benin- Auchi expressway as practical examples.

But reacting, ACN said that Governor Fashola’s refusal to honour Maku’s tour of folly remains the reason why Maku made the nonsensical statement that Fashola is doing nothing when every other opinion thinks otherwise.

In a release in Lagos, signed by the State Publicity Secretary, Joe Igbokwe, the party said that it is ridiculous and senile for a so-called information minister to demonstrate this low level of opinion about a globally lauded government just because Lagos refused to entertain the kind of banality Maku and his ilk have employed to extort states in the name of good governance jamboree.

According to him, “Ordinarily, we would not be drawn to join issues with Maku because he does not know what good governance is and will never recognise one, if he comes in contact with it. We know that Maku is a professional jobber and for a man who said he employed student unionism to live like a king, says of the moral depravity of the character who is no more than a jester and praise singer in a government that has failed in every facet of governance.

“We know that Maku is merely vending sour grapes because the Lagos State government saw through his folly of organising a programmed revelry in the name of good governance tour when he had done nothing to uplift his ministry in the years he had been the Minister of Information. One would have expected a parodist like Maku to come to Lagos to unveil the new Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the new Lagos-Abeoukuta Expresway, the new Lagos-Badagty Expressway, the new Aiport Road, the new Apapa-Oshodi Expressway, the modern, state of the art schools, hospitals, modern railway, etc, which his government has fixed with the whopping 52 per cent monthly allocation it corners every month. But here we are, Maku jumped over the death traps which the so-called federal roads have become in Lagos to come and play pedestrian PDP politics in Lagos.

“If Maku in his voluntary blindness, saw only progress in the environmental sector in Lagos, can he tell us even one sector his PDP Federal Government has made a mark in fourteen sordid years of waste laying in Nigeria? Can he show us what he has done in the Federal Ministry of Information for the period he has been minister? Can Maku tell us any fruitful achievement, except the ones he conjured in the heat of his extortion drive, the PDP governments he has patronised in his tour of folly did better than the Lagos State government?



“We challenge Maku that rather than sounding so incredible to even himself, he should tell Lagosians and indeed Nigerians those so-called structures his government built in Lagos from which Lagos is collecting tolls. We feel it is a pity that someone that occupies such a position as Maku has reduced it to his low level by his infantile desire to take liberty with the truth because his extorting mission is the worst for the Lagos State government’s refusal of his tour of folly.”

Lagos ACN further stated: “One would have thought that once the Lagos State Government disallowed his frivolous jamboree of good governance tour, that Maku would have come to Lagos to show us what the government he serves as a chief propagandist has done in the health sector, the education sector, the security sector, the science and technology sector and indeed every other sector in Lagos, especially as they relate to Lagos. But he did neither of these because there is nothing Maku and his government can show for the trillions of naira it spends every year.

“But Maku, blinded by the fury of his unmet demand came to Lagos to expose the ignorance that has made him a misinformation minister who thrives in singing the praises of a bland and incompetent administration that has failed in all spheres of governance.

“Maku came to Lagos to play the blind PDP politics of denial of the great transformation going on in Lagos, even when his party’s governors loudly acclaim these achievements and have come to understudy some aspects of Lagos governance. We wish Maku some luck in this ludicrous mission but we wonder how Maku can recognise what good governance is when the government whose praises he blares has become a huge joke and a piece of ribaldry among Nigerians.

“Lagos ACN wants to tell Maku to concentrate on telling Nigerians what the government he is serving has done with the hefty 52 per cent of monthly allocations it corners and uses to feed indolent, incompetent bootlickers like Labaran Maku himself. We want Maku to stop fooling himself and extorting state governments on the pretext of conducting governance tours when the government he serves has not made any dent on the many gargantuan problems that continue to assail the nation.

“Labaran Maku is a poster boy of corruption. He revealed how he extorted and lived like a king during his days as a students leader so we believe his present sour grapes is borne out of the way and manner the Lagos State government shunned the revelry he is mounting all over the states at present.

“In the blind fury of such unrealized dream, Maku is acting deaf, blind and dumb in deference of the putrid politics with which his party has wrecked a well endowed nation but we want to put him on notice that Lagos is different from the looting paradise they have turned the country and the states under their control to. We want him to know that Lagosians know what good governance means because they are feeling and touching it. Lagosians do not need mercenary extortionists who do not know what good governance means.”
Source: Daily post online newspaper
Link: http://dailypost.com.ng/2013/06/04/you-are-a-serial-blackmailer-acn-replies-makus-attack-on-fashola/
PoliticsRe: PDP Wants Fashola Impeached Over Tolls On Roads by larryjayz: 5:37pm On Jun 03, 2013
imsu.boi:
You're as clueless as a new born child wailing in a midwife's arms!
He is as clueless as jonathan!
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Jose Mourinho Appointed As Chelsea Manager by larryjayz: 5:08pm On Jun 03, 2013
Suljosh: just because all your life u've been a failure, don't mean others will fail too.
That is why they call you people agbero fans, you are disgrace to yourself..
Nairaland GeneralRe: Our Biggest Fear ? (Pictures) by larryjayz: 10:13pm On May 31, 2013
yuzedo: my bigest fare is dat a demon person will put supper glue inside my vaseline contanier wittout me knowin and den when am lonely at nite.......................................................... embarassed embarassed embarassed embarassed embarassed embarassed embarassed embarassed angry angry angry
self-servicer!!!!!
PoliticsRe: CPC's Fashakin Replies Reuben Abati by larryjayz: 7:58pm On May 29, 2013
Akpan107: Nothing on earth can stop GEJ's 2015 ambition. These people are just wasting their (already) unproductive time.
I think you are also a product of same-sex marriage together with abati, when its not that you are blind, jonathan is the worst president this country has ever had.
PoliticsRe: Predict GEJ/PDP Slogan In 2015 by larryjayz: 11:08pm On May 28, 2013
We already in this b.I.a.t.c.h.e.s, vote me for 2nd term.

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