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olrotimi: jus listen to urself, arent you a pathetic pessimist? 'Economy is bad' we keep crying and people are buying tear rubber cars, small children are using BB Z10, Lumia 925 & galaxy phones, gurls are wearing 120k brasillian hair, more 'common men' otherwise thought to be poor are using BB nw than ever b4 with 1k2 monthly subscription! Look at the brighter side bro, leave ur banana iceland and relocate to main land(reality)

Brus, ..so this is your DEFINITION of Economic Progress on a NATIONAL LEVEL?

Phone and Brazilian hair?

Damn, which SCHOOL did you learn your Economics

Damn! ****falls down and die***

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Because Obama made some off-the-cuff comments (not even praises!) about Nigeria, Kenya, GEJ, Terrorist, Kenyatta, Trade, Power and lack of electricity in Nigeria ....... "The 40-Laptops Crew" are falling over each other to congratulate each other!
Wetin we no go see for this Kontiri?


Why not remind me of "why and How" he visited Africa a few times in the last 6-years and never even bother to look the way of GEJ! ...not even ONCE!

Small-minded peeps.


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^^^You Badt, very Badt!

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sureteeboy: The women said they hardly afford 2 meals per day.
In other words. They are just trying to use those men as their source of income.
Relationship is love, and not a job opportunity

In every relationship, that is exactly what a woman thinks about first!
Love may then follow later.
You wonder why people like Ojukwu, Abiola, those Governors who are Old and Ugly-Fugly still manage to marry the prettiest and youngest girl in town? (Those women simply dump their struggling Boy friend )

Simply put: Women are smarter and deadlier, anyway you dice it.

3ace: My brother, that's not even the problem o. The problem is that men in Zamfara State are now after 12 and 13 year old girls. The result now is that you will now have an increase in the number of unmarried adult women. No thanks to Yerima! Solution; instead of them whining, they should reduce procreation of female children. Once their is scarcity for these goons to select from, they will start looking the way adult women. Am I talking somebody!

A-M-E-EN!!

You smart-die!

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BTW: I noticed that "women" have completely "divorced" this topic! WHY NOW?

Siena: Really? There was widespread importation of cars into Nigeria from North America back in 1972?

Our source of "new cars" were very limited as most of the modern world were on Left Hand Drive vehicles. I mean Major Car Manufacturers (aside Japan) drive on the use "Lefty cars".

Just imagine if we were still on "Righty" up till now?

Even U.K would have changed to 'Lefty' if not that they wanted to protect their "Home Market" so that British Citizens would find it difficult to buy "cheaper cars" from other E.U countries (But Nigeria does not have such qualms as we dont produce nadda!).
Same reason why they wont join the Euro Monetary Zone and spend Euro ...but want to benefit from the free-Trade Eurozone!


List of right-driving countries

1. Afghanistan
2. Albania
3. Algeria
4. American Samoa
5. Andorra
6. Angola
7. Argentina
8. Armenia
9. Aruba
10. Austria
11. Azerbaijan
12. Bahrain
13. Belarus
14. Belgium
15. Belize
16. Benin
17. Bolivia
18. Bosnia and Herzegovina
19. Brazil
20. British Indian Ocean Territory (Diego García)
21. Bulgaria
22. Burkina Faso
23. Burundi
24. Cambodia
25. Cameroon
26. Canada
27. Cape Verde
28. Central African Republic
29. Chad
30. Chile
31. China, People's Republic of (Mainland China)
32. Colombia
33. Comoros
34. Congo
35. Congo (former Republic of Zaire)
36. Costa Rica
37. Croatia
38. Cuba
39. Czech Republic
40. Denmark
41. Djibouti
42. Dominican Republic
43. Ecuador
44. Egypt
45. El Salvador
46. Equatorial Guinea
47. Eritrea
48. Estonia
49. Ethiopia
50. Faroe Islands (Denmark)
51. Finland
52. France
53. French Guiana
54. French Polynesia
55. Gabon
56. Gambia, The
57. Gaza Strip
58. Georgia
59. Germany
60. Ghana
61. Gibraltar
62. Greece
63. Greenland
64. Guadeloupe (French West Indies)
65. Guam
66. Guatemala
67. Guinea
68. Guinea-Bissau
69. Haiti
70. Honduras
71. Hungary
72. Iceland
73. Iran
74. Iraq
75. Israel
76. Italy
77. Ivory Coast
78. Jordan
79. Kazakhstan
80. Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (North Korea)
81. Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
82. Kuwait
83. Kyrgyzstan
84. Laos
85. Latvia
86. Lebanon
87. Liberia
88. Libya
89. Liechtenstein
90. Lithuania
91. Luxembourg
92. Macedonia
93. Madagascar
94. Mali
95. Marshall Islands
96. Martinique (French West Indies)
97. Mauritania
98. Mayotte (France)
99. Mexico
100. Micronesia, Federated States of
101. Midway Islands (USA)
102. Moldova
103. Monaco
104. Mongolia
105. Morocco
106. Myanmar (formerly Burma)
107. Netherlands
108. Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao, St. Maarten, St. Eustatius, Saba)
109. New Caledonia
110. Nicaragua
111. Niger
112. Nigeria
113. Northern Mariana Islands
114. Norway
115. Oman
116. Palau
117. Panama
118. Paraguay
119. Peru
120. Philippines
121. Poland
122. Portugal
123. Puerto Rico
124. Qatar
125. Réunion
126. Romania
127. Russia
128. Rwanda
129. Saint Barthélemy (French West Indies)
130. Saint Martin (French West Indies)
131. Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)
132. Samoa
133. San Marino
134. Sao Tome e Principe
135. Saudi Arabia
136. Senegal
137. Serbia and Montenegro
138. Sierra Leone
139. Slovakia
140. Slovenia
141. Somalia
142. Spain
143. Sudan
144. Svalbard (Norway)
145. Sweden
146. Switzerland
147. Syria
148. Taiwan
149. Tajikistan
150. Togo
151. Tunisia
152. Turkey
153. Turkmenistan
154. Ukraine
155. United Arab Emirates
156. United States
157. Uruguay
158. Uzbekistan
159. Vanuatu
160. Venezuela
161. Vietnam
162. Wake Island (USA)
163. Wallis and Futuna Islands (France)
164. West Bank
165. Western Sahara
166. Yemen


List of left-driving countries

1. Anguilla
2. Antigua and Barbuda
3. Australia
4. Bahamas
5. Bangladesh
6. Barbados
7. Bermuda
8. Bhutan
9. Botswana
10. Brunei
11. Cayman Islands
12. Christmas Island (Australia)
13. Cook Islands
14. Cyprus
15. Dominica
16. East Timor
17. Falkland Islands
18. Fiji
19. Grenada
20. Guernsey (Channel Islands)
21. Guyana
22. Hong Kong
23. India
24. Indonesia
25. Ireland
26. Isle of Man
27. Jamaica
28. Japan
29. Jersey (Channel Islands)
30. Kenya
31. Kiribati
32. Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)
33. Lesotho
34. Macau
35. Malawi
36. Malaysia
37. Maldives
38. Malta
39. Mauritius
40. Montserrat
41. Mozambique
42. Namibia
43. Nauru
44. Nepal
45. New Zealand
46. Niue
47. Norfolk Island (Australia)
48. Pakistan
49. Papua New Guinea
50. Pitcairn Islands (Britain)
51. Saint Helena
52. Saint Kitts and Nevis
53. Saint Lucia
54. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
55. Seychelles
56. Singapore
57. Solomon Islands
58. South Africa
59. Sri Lanka
60. Suriname
61. Swaziland
62. Tanzania
63. Thailand
64. Tokelau (New Zealand)
65. Tonga
66. Trinidad and Tobago
67. Turks and Caicos Islands
68. Tuvalu
69. Uganda
70. United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)
71. Virgin Islands (British)
72. Virgin Islands (US)
73. Zambia
74. Zimbabwe

Just compare the "bolded" of both list, where do you think we should belong?

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@Aboki: You seem to have comprehension problems or what?
I was not at the scene, neither were you, when the accident happened so l will take it that we are both referring to the "eye-witness account" that was listed in the story, on page one, quoted below.
I concur that some part of that bridge was 'bad' (like there is any part of Nigerian road that is very smooth! ).

Now, this is a driver that drives public transport (and presumably undergo "special training" and is under higher expectations of "duty of care", compared to just any other private driver) and this is NOT his first day at work (No need to pretend on that) so he definitely must have passed that bad road before and knows it is there. The argument about "act of nature or unforeseen circumstance" does not hold water! That bridge did not become "bad" five minutes before he drove on it now!

I have driven on Lagos Ibadan Express a few times and even l know where the road is bad ...and where to slow down to a crawl of say 50Km/H, even though l can do at least 120Km/H conveniently on that road. It is called "common sense and duty of care to myself and other road users".
If l decide to "speed" over these dangers and turn-around to blame the "bad road", then l must be "this Aboki or some sort of very unintelligent being, like a mechanic"! (Pun not intended! )

lottoe: Tragedy struck on Monday on the Funsho Williams Avenue bypass, Surulere, Lagos State, after a yet-to-be identified soldier was crushed to death by a LAGBUS, one of the buses in the state mass transit scheme.

A mechanic, Taiwo Akindele, said the accident was caused by the bad state of the bridge.

He said, “The accident happened around 7.30am. It involved a red LAGBUS with number ‘30’ written on the body. It did not have a number plate.

“The driver was on top speed, not knowing the bridge was dilapidated. As he approached a bad spot on the bridge, the vehicle began to swerve dangerously towards the left of the bridge.

“But the driver turned the steering and the soldier, who was on a motorcycle, was pinned to the railing of the bridge. As the bus driver strived to control it, the bus dragged the soldier and cut through his bowel. He died on the spot.”

Akindele added that other soldiers arrived at the scene around 10am, while their presence caused panic in the area.
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A resident who pleaded anonymity said, “This is not the first time [/b]we will be witnessing accidents here. We all are afraid for our lives.”

Questions:
*Why would a Driver be ON TOP SPEED on a Bridge,.... not to mention top speed on a Bridge with "dilapidated portion"? [b]That is how they drive, RECKLESSLY!

*Why was the Driver "striving to control" the Bus or why was the Bus "swerving dangerously"? Does that not tell you that "He COMPLETELY LOST CONTROL" of the Bus? HE was driving at a speed not commensurate with the danger (prevailing conditions) inherent on that bridge, at that time.

* Other drivers have driven on that same "bad part of the bridge" before and after this accident... without crushing other vehicles or drivers. WHY HIM? Looking at the reported damage on the bridge, (This was a "gap on the two interlocking parts of the bridge), all you need do is slow down to get over it. WHY DID HE NOT SLOW DOWN? The same problem is on ALL our Bridges due to lack of proper maintenance, you just need to exercise more diligence and care. SLOW DOWN!

I dont like arguing for "argument's sake" and your analogy of "Pilot" is simply silly!
A pilot knows where and when he would encounter "turbulence" and takes evasive action immediately otherwise, every turbulence would have resulted in an air-crash! Gerrit?
Even Pilots know when to "reduce speed" (or increase it) if they face certain "unusual, prevailing conditions" like turbulence!
It is still part of his duty of "due diligence" and duty of care to their passengers and other aircrafts nearby!; Looking at the reported damage on the bridge, (This was a "gap on the two interlocking parts of the bridge), all you need do is slow down to get over it. WHY DID HE NOT SLOW DOWN?

Well, try and run over a child on somewhere in Lagos ..and stand there to tell passers-by that "its not my fault, the child should have used the Pedestrian Bridge" .... and let us see if they wont treat you to a "necklace".
I advanced climes,, l am definite that your "speed at that moment" and other factors like (where you drunk, was your brake alright, e.t.c) will be taken into consideration in deciding the length of your jail sentence, ....irrespective of whether the child should have used a Pedestrian bridge or a Zebra crossing. Even if you pass on all those counts (including that you were driving at a "common sense speed" at that point, you will still get a Driving ban, at the least.... and if you breach it, you still go to jail.

Like l said earlier, l wont argue just for arguments sake. Am off.

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Mr Aboki: Well Said...

However, the matter of the Driver being at fault remains a matter of Jurisprudence. Lets assume that the allowed speed limit on that road was 90Km/hr and the Bus driver hit that pothole at that exact speed;

1. Would we blame the driver for hitting a pothole that shouldnt have been there in the first place?!

2. Do we blame the driver for losing control of his vehicle as a result of an 'Anormaly' in the road?!

3. Do we blame the driver for killing a Pedestrian or Motor cyclist that shouldnt have been on that road at all _{as a result of point number 2 above?!}?!

4. How do we say the driver was reckless?! What if he lost control as a result of a burst tyre?! Would we still balme him for killing a motorcyclist as a result of something beyond his control?! What if it was a vehicle that lost its tyre rod _{Like most Hondas}, Do we blame the driver as well?!



_{Finally:: It will biol down to a matter of he said|she said.. The driver can maintain that he wasnt speeding.. [b]And any judge will agree. Its like a case of knocking down a pesdestrian crossing the express road in Nigeria.. The matter is simply adjudged 'manslaughter' and its normally settled with the Police asking you to please assist in the burial of the deceased.[/b]}

@Aboki: You need to read the first post on this thread properly.
There-in you will see that "the driver lost control of the vehicle".
It is a Driver's "duty of care" to always be in control of the vehicle you're driving.: Irrespective of whether it is raining, there is pot-hole, Pedestrian crosses a major road, e.t.c., YOU the driver of a Vehicle is responsible for whatever damage your vehicle causes, due to LOSS OF CONTROL. End of story!

Do you run over a child crossing a road (instead of using a Pedestrian bridge) and claim its not your fault?
Why then are you called a "trained Driver" or do people just wake-up and start driving a vehicle?

You should continue to reduce your speed to match the prevailing conditions.
Note: Speed limits are "advisary".... You can go below it but you should NOT EXCEED IT.

Accidents have happened at 180Km/H, at 100Km/h and even at 40Km/H before now, depending on the "prevailing conditions".
If speed limit is 120Km/H on an express road, l bet you know you have to slow down to say 80Km/H if it is raining? .... and even 50Km/H, if the road has pot-holes and it is raining at the same time, huh?

Road is bad is never an excuse for loosing control of your vehicle. ..... well in sane climates sha!

Mr Aboki: Is a Bike supposed to be on that road for starters?!

Dont mind them, blaming the Bridge for all the accidents.
Granted, the Bridge is dilapidated but common sense should tell us that when you approach a dilapidated bridge, YOU SLOW DOWN.

From the accounts given, the Bus was OVER-SPEEDING and the Driver could not control it. Period.
The Okada Soldier was just on the side of the BUS when this happened and he pinned the Bike and its driver to the Railings, slicing him into two.

l wish the Soldier was a lil-bit more cautious and give a wide-berth to those crazy drivers.
Thats what l do whenever l see them nearby.

The way these LAGBUS drivers started out, especially when thy had this "dedicated lane" was as if they are now Demons and will crush anything in their path!
When you have AREA-BOYZ high of Sheepe and Opaa-eyin soaked in Warri Alcohol driving such long Vehicles, now that is a toxic and explosive mixture!

My Sympathy goes to the family of that soldier.

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take dat: This has nothing to do with GEJ as it is a long held practice. Most countries colonized by Britain make payment to their retired colonial officers. The retired colonial officers were known as constitutional casualties. It was argued that Her Majesty's government was not the employer of these civil servants.


The genesis of these payments was a 1934 order made by Her Majesty's government, which established Her Majesty's Overseas civil service after she received Colonial Report No 306. Part of that Order said that "should a territory in whose public service officers were employed become independent, these officers would be entitled to expect in the event of premature retirement officers, resulting from constitutional changes they would receive compensation from the Government of the territory concerned.

[quote author=pretty_boi]Does this shyt make sense to you? So because other countries are doing something, we should then do it...even when it's wrong? So because GEJ didn't start it,his government can't /shouldn't stop it? What kinda dead post did you type up here man?[/quote]Every Govt makes decisions in the best interest of its own citizen (Okay, not every Govt, if we consider Nigerian Govt! )
The Queen employed those people to serve her interest ...and did they do just that by plundering this country for decades?

Now, 60years after independence, can we not MAKE LAWS IN THE INTEREST OF OUR OWN CITIZENS?
Why do we have a National Assembly if they cannot examine EVERY Bilateral Agreements and MAKE FURTHER LAWS (which is their right and duty) to protect their own citizens?
Just pass another law that will abrogate that initial one, end of story.

Imagine if such laws is in America, wil she not quickly ask congress to abrogate it?
Why should Nigeria still stick to a law that does not serve her national interest, in 2013 ....... if not that we have stewpid leaders who are concerned and directed only by selfish interest and corruption!

Why are we blessed with leaders that keep embarrassing us worldwide?
Shame on this President Jonathan, Shame on the National Assembly of Nigeria

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Pukkah: Someone should please prove this news item to be untrue because it makes no sense at all.

Pray, why should Nigeria that's still struggling to provide basic infrastructure add the pension bill of some very old folks to its already humongous recurrent expenditure?

Why should Nigeria that is yet to properly cater for its pensioners strut offshore to pay pension to uninvited colonialists?

Why should Nigeria with a scary rate of youth employment be paying pensions to British citizens of 81 to 106 years old?

Why should Nigeria that has no well-articulated social benefit system in place for its citizens pay pension to citizens of Britain which has a robust social welfare package in place?

Why should Nigeria reward colonialists that were uninvited and worked in the interest of Britain?

Why should Nigeria add to the loot and plunder the colonialists went away with?

Why should we be reminded of colonialism in such a rude manner?

At this rate, even kidnappers, militants, Boko Haram terrorists, oil theft thieves, etc will soon be on pension.

When a man asks "WHY" for seven times, l think he deserves and ANSWER, a very blunt and
honest answer!

ANSWER: Because we have "A MOW.RON AND A DAFT" leading our country! Period!!

You think they call him "JONA-DAFT" just because they are jealous of his wife?

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Ama28: Why do you think that in Child Right Act 2003 a man alone cannot be allowed to adopt a baby girl.

The same "warped thinking" that got us where we are today, where women, gradually over the years have used (taken advantage of their weak femininity) to SKEW laws and Regulations in their favor so much so it gone to the extreme left now.

For example, a man is not allowed to put his name on the birth cert of his child if he and the mother were not married before the birth of that child and he has not single right over that child.


Now, what would you call that?

That LAW was REPEALED LAST YEAR! ... but it took decades to get to that last year!

Gradually, "the system" is waking-up to what women are doing (up to) in a man-woman relationship.

I guess women have been treated so badly in the past, thus the need to enact these one-sided draconian laws in their favor but the situation has gone full circle NOW.
Men are now the endangered specie in most relationships.

TRUTH .....like it should be told.

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I think that clown should be sanctioned by the school.

Maybe rusticated for the next 3years (hopefully he will use the time to think deeply about posting arrant nonsense as academic papers)

..or completely expelled for bringing the name and brand of UNILAG into disrepute.

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Evil Brain: UNILAG should have reacted to this much earlier so that the Huffington Post and other sites that carried the story could have included an update with the school's response. And their response should have included a disclaimer by Henry Boyo. By now everybody who read about this would have concluded that UNILAG is a rubbish school and forgotten about the details.

This is too little too late.

You know we people naah, ...very "reactive" instead of being "proactive".
I bet the reaction even came when someon eread it and called their attention to it.

Prof probably did not have electricity in his office all day long! Even his internet access was epileptic!

Naija tinz as those End of time boys will say!

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vivianc: Pls I also need help cos I don't know how to handle this and its ruining my relationships.

I'm not the yelling type and honestly I don't like to be yelled at, especially by a man. So depending on what he said to me while yelling, if they are really hurtful things then that ship has sailed. I might forgive but I find it difficult to reconcile cos i would always wonder how those hurtful things could come out of his heart and what more is in there.

Honestly, this has been my burden. The going will be so rosy but immediately the guy yells at me maybe with hurtful words, the next thing that will come outta my mouth will be "its over between us!" And that's it, it doesn't matter how long we have been together or how sweet he has been.

What if this happens when I get married? The sentence; "Its over between us!" comes out so freely from my mouth. I'm so scared of myself and the things I can do.

I don't know if the problem is from me or not cos we always think we have no flaws. So if there is any role I play in this I would love to start working on myself. But since I can't see it, I pray someone here can. Please help me ..................


Sorry Op for maybe hijacking your thread. Just that I have been struggling with this for sometime now and i'm too shy to create a thread for it. So please forgive me..........

Am joining the party very late! ...just saw this. I'll be very brief as well.

*Reflect on that statement itself: (It is Over between us). What does it really mean (a) to you (b) Generally (c) to him

If what it means to you is what it means to (b) and especially (c ) l mean your darling then, is it really over as in dead and buried?

If it is not really over as in you dont mean "this relationship is dead and buried" ... dont say it.
Look for another phrase to express your anger You can even call him a kunt-sucker!

It appears to me you say that phrase but you dont attach its real and general meaning to it ... but others do! ...and take you seriously.

Its good you have identified that it is doing you harm.... adjusting is the next stage.
Another thing is to tell your Pal (if you find it difficult to drop the phrase) that he should take note: If l say it is over when l am angry with you, dont take it literally.... I dont mean it is really over, l just mean you're a d.ic.k head (or something like you hurting me and l feel like kissing you! )

I am a bit temperamental myself and l am working very hard on it.
Once l get into "the mood", l just look at you and switch my mind to something else that l like (like my kids).
It has a calming effect on me somehow. ..... and l reduce the "vibration" a bit.

Cheers

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honeric01: Just imagine how the world will look lik if we have multiple islamic denomination just like in christianity.. Hhmmm i'm trying not to imagine at all.

Multiple sects in christianity has caused enough confusion already, adding multiple islamic sect is going to run the entire world mad.

Islam already have multiple sect now?

or have you not heard of Sunni Muslim, Shiite (Shyte) Muslim, Alawite, e.t.c?
Even in Nigeria, we have Anwaru Islam, Ahmadiyah Islam, e.t.c!

Why do you think Syria is on fire while Saudi Arabia, Quater and Bahrain are pouring Terrorist into that place while Iran, Iraq and others are trying to defend their stand?

Think again, abeg.

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Otegbeye: Otegbeye said the meeting, held on September 19, also gave approval for the development of 45 units of luxury apartments and installation of solar-powered traffic lights at Agodi Parliament Junction.

He said that the construction of the luxury apartments would cost N1.667 billion while the traffic light would cost N350 million.
Source

So it is LUXURY APARTMENTS that the masses of your state need, at this moment when many of them are homeless?

>>>Or are you just trying to build houses for you and your cronies, on tax-payers money

Hmmm...these thieves in govt think they are smart!

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BTW: good move on tackling that "baby-Boko Haram" right away.

[quote author=ozo_emeka]BAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa


They realized their funding will go to ZERO if they keep affiliating with that Stanley DUDE RESEARCH indeed... Where are all the supporters?[/quote]Its not even about funding in the first place. Even my former primary school will dissociate itself from such nauseating assertions made by a supposedly "Graduate" of a higher institution (where did he get his Bsc sef?)

Its about "BRAND, IMAGE AND CREDIBILITY" ..... the same thing our "Oga at the Top" was trying to deface and destroy when he atrociously decreed (in his dreams anyway) that he has changed the "Brand's name' to MAULAG!

Unilag would conveniently make enough money from JUST selling "entrance forms" only!
There is a reason everyone (including those that finished from other universities in Nigeria) wants to associate with that "BRAND NAME" Unilag!

Good product they say, needs no 'hard-sell'.

Greatest of the Greatest Akokite!, G-R-E-A-T!!

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kossynerule:
U really need to leave this country.

Why naah?
Dis is my Kontiri and no place like home!


But seriously, l have lived and worked abroad for quite a while (and l still do when l want anyway) and l see these being put into practice.

I see "Artisans" (especially bricklayers) picking-up a Building plan "DESIGNED" by University trained Architects and Builders ... and implementing that plan brick-by-brick, with the Engineers just doing "checking and occasional supervision". I see their "Auto mechanics" picking up the blue-print of a car (Designed by a University trained Engineer!) and studying it, to diagnose certain knotty problems.

But mind you, these Artisans gets paid heavily, if not more at times, for their work! Infact, "labor cost/workmanship" is the biggest cost in any venture over there.
You need to see how they use the "Jeeps, 4x4" we glorify in Nigeria, to carry dirty boots, cement and their trade tools.

In Nigeria, we dont give them the proper recognition and l guess thats why most of our people prefer to be "shirt and tie Engineers" (easy access to stealing!) even when our educational curricula is suffering and deteriorating.


***Sings: l love my Kontiri l no go lie, na inside am l go live and die, when e push me so, l push am so, e push-me, l push-am, l no go go****

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Ikenna351: Simple, because Americans don't drive diesels. The moment they start, Petrol cars will become "problematic" in Nigeria, to Nigerians.

Ikenna.

So you saying Nigerians are stewpid and just do 'follow-follow' ?
C'mmon, that is a very silly and self-denigrating opinion.

Diesel vehicles are still comparatively noisy (reason l hate them) and they are "slow to pick-up speed from zero", .....compared to a petrol engine.

Its a no-brainer really and l am surprised you cant figure that out.

I dont know what anyone can do about "combustion rate" of diesel fuel (compared to petrol) since its inherent in its "chemical make-up" to burn slowly (why it lasts longer) but then slow combustion simply translates to less "power bust"

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25Calibre: Your name is naija hottest gay, you better stay firmly in the closet, because if you are apprehended, you will be sent to jail.

You forgot to put the "castrate first" before going to jail.......part of the punishment?

Badt boy arzee-digger!

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Silkmoth33: Boyo may not have said so! But he should have protested and deny ties linking him to d pgd as mentor.

Here, [url]mambaonline.com/2013/09/11/student-scientifically-proves-gay-marriage-is-wrong/[/url]

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How can l back Boyo, on this kind of madness?
I chop winch?

I know Boyo one-on-one at Unilag for close to 25yrs now, (academically) and l would still stick my neck out that He would NEVER ascribe to this kind of foolishness.

Trust me on that.

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[quote author=Nigeria’s This Day]has published an absurd article about a graduate university student who claims he’s “used science to prove that gay marriage is improper”.

The newspaper reports that University of Lagos post graduate student Chibuihem Amalaha has made “many discoveries and inventions” in science and technology. Now, he’s turning his efforts to the issue of gay marriage.

“In recent time I found that gay marriage, which is homosexuality and lesbianism, is eating deep into the fabric of our human nature all over the world and this was why nations of Sodom and Gomora were destroyed by God because they were into gay practice. That is, a man marrying another man and a woman marrying another woman,” says Amalaha.

He explains that “God gave me the wisdom to use science as a scientist to prove gay marriage wrong”.

Amalaha says that his ‘groundbreaking’ experiments have shown that the north and south poles of two magnets are attracted to each other while same poles repel each other.

He concludes that this “means that man cannot attract another man because they are the same, and a woman should not attract a woman because they are the same. That is how I used physics to prove gay marriage wrong”.

His other high-school standard experiments include showing that negative ions are attracted to positive ones in the process of electrolysis. “That is what electrolysis is showing us, that gay marriage is wrong in the area of chemistry,” he states.

Despite massive evidence that homosexuality is all too common in nature, Amalaha further insists that biology also indicates that same-sex attraction is unnatural.

“We have seen that the female of a fowl is called hen and the male of a fowl is called a cock. We have never seen where a cock is having sex with a cock and we have never seen where a hen is having sex with another,” the learned man states.

Amalaha claims that he’s the first person in the world to scientifically show that same-sex marriage is wrong, adding “In general, same sex marriage is evil. It should be stopped by those practicing it”.

Disturbingly, his “discoveries” have been backed by Dr. Henry Boyo at the Department of Physics at the University of Lagos. He said: “You can quote me anywhere, the guy’s concept is germane and it has been scientifically proven to be true.”

It’s debatable as to whether the embarrassing article is more damming of the standard of education at the University of Lagos or of the standard of journalism at This Day.

The uncritical and uninformed article is likely to add to the ignorance and prejudice surrounding homosexuality in Nigeria. Current legislation punishes homosexual acts with up to 14 years’ imprisonment, or death by stoning in northern regions of the country.

President Goodluck Jonathan has yet to sign a law passed in parliament in May that will jail anyone involved in same-sex marriage ceremonies (including the guests), anyone showing same-sex affection and anyone who does not turn in gay people to the authorities.

Amalaha plans to have his “work” published in international journals and is intent on winning the Nobel Prize in science. We wish him the best of luck[/quote]Honestly, my intention was just to correct the impression created by one poster equating a bricklayer to an University trained Engineer, l never bothered to dig into what that "Prof" Chibuihem Amalaha "proved"!
I now went to read the article and lo and behold, l am convinced that it is not only that useless "Engineer" that is to blame but even Thisday newspapers and its Editor must be products of same failed education!

Just imagine, a simple rhetoric like "Like-Poles repel" has suddenly become a Scientific research and invention!
Even chickens are not left out!
He even wants to win Nobel prize? Abi Thisday Newspapers is now awarding its own Nobel prize?

Dis my Kontiri people no go kill persin o!

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cold: Disturbingly, his “discoveries” have been backed by Dr. Henry Boyo at the Department of Physics at the University of Lagos. He said: “You can quote me anywhere, the guy’s concept is germane and it has been scientifically proven to be true
A senior lecturer in his department backed up his claims so what are they on about? But i've gotta say that research & its findings are deeply flawed

sorry, "Boyo" is NOT i "his department" as you claimed.
"Boyo" is in Physics Dept while this guy is doing a PGD in the Dept of Chemical Engineering, a stone throw away from the Faculty of Science.

Even at that, can we have a "link" to where Boyo claimed his concept is "proven scientifically"?
Thanks.

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Now, let me address and explain the Unilag rebuttal openly:
*The guy involved graduated as an "Educationist" (a Secondary school Teacher), specializing in teaching chemistry. (B.Sc Edu)
*He had aspiration of becoming a Chemical Engineer in the future thus he opted for the "conversion program" (PGD) which would allow him to take some courses that he could not have taken in his Bachelors degree days since he wasn't in the department of Chemical Engineering.
Its a year long program and very packed.

Now, as a PGD student of Unilag, this chap made a write-Up in which he made so many "unsubstantiated, unverified and unresearched claims" ......and "signed-off" on it as "Dept of Chemical Engineering, Unilag". He gave the impression that UNILAG took part, verified and endorsed his claims!

Now, that is a very giant leap for a "Chemistry teacher, doing a PGD"!
His intention was to cash-in on the status of Unilag (l suspect that is why he actually enrolled for the PGD course!) and make it appear like his publication was researched and vetted and peer-reviewed at, and by UNILAG Dons! What a load of rubbish?

Unilag, being the citadel of learning it is, only came out to issue a disclaimer and to set the records straight.
They said "You cannot attach our name to a "publication" which have not been put to the test, as required by all academic research standards.

That dolt is not even doing a proper "Masters Degree" where he would be required to do proper empirical research!
If he is sure of his publication, he should then submit it to Unilag (or any University) for REVIEW by Doctoral students and Professors.

Every idiot cannot just jump up anywhere,rush to a Newspaper and claim to have the cure for HIV and not put their "solution" through rigorous test/research and analysis.
If drugs where made that way, we would all end-up as Guinea-Pigs, for testing-testing! ...even though that is a common phenomenon in Nigeria of today.

Any claim, no matter how high-sounding it is, without any research and peer-review to back it up, is nothing more than a postulation..... which my gate-man is also capable of making.

Well, l understand that poorly educated folks like to ridicule people with sound education, since it is a mountainous challenge for them. I understand that.

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UNILAG: The University of Lagos writes to dissociate itself in its entirety from the actions, publications and research of this individual. We further state, for the avoidance of doubt, that his publication has nothing to do with his programme and has no relationship to his studentship of the University. Indeed our postgraduate diploma students ordinarily only take conversion courses to improve their capability for the chosen specialization and do not undertake research. The case of the writer who has a background in Education (Chemistry) is not different.

Although the University is a market place of different views and ideas, its platform should not be used for the propagation of ill-conceived, unsubstantiated and ill-digested opinions that have no basis in rigorous empirical research. The University of Lagos, which stands for excellence in teaching and research, cannot and should not be associated with such puerile and pseudo-scientific postulations.
The University reaffirms its mission, which is to be a top-class institution for the pursuit of excellence in knowledge through learning and research as well as in character and service to humanity.

shortgun: So what are they saying

This write-up is supposedly coming from professors, doctors,phd holders e.t.c, yet one cannot make sense of the article.

I've always said, the problems of Education in Nigeria is with the Lecturers and managers of our Universities.

How come the road side mechanics,bricklayers,carpenters are able to train their apprentices to become experts and in turn train others, yet our lecturers with their doctorate degrees n ph.ds cannot produce a graduate who can create job for himself not to talk of creating employment for others.

The fact that you confirm that you DONT UNDERSTAND AND CANT MAKE SENSE OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, is an indictment and an indication that you are a poorly educated fella with very low intelligence, if any at all! That rebuttal was written in the simplest of English!

You asked a very foolish question using the road-side mechanic/bricklayer and carpenter analogy.
You are one of those reasons this country is backward, people like you think "Copper and Gold" are the same thing simply because they are both "metals"!

For your education, bricklayers, road-side mechanics, and their "level" have their place in every society.
They are called "Artisans".
They fulfill a very important role in all societies and are not to be despised BUT please, understand that they are very different from Professional Engineers, Architects, Builders, Scientists, e.t.c.

I know you dont know the difference between them (from what you wrote) but let me inform you that there is a different role for Engineers (University trained) and say, a Mechanic.
In the world of science, there is what is called SPECIALIZATION, which breeds efficiency!.

Despite their difference (which l will explain to you soon), they work together and compliment each other.
The job of a University trained Engineer IS NOT to go under a vehicle to change the fuel pump or drain the Oil just like it is not the job of a University trained Architect to carry the bricklayers 'knife' and lay bricks or mix cement with sand!
Their JOB IS TO DESIGN.
They design to specification, as required. They work mostly with their brains (not hands) and put their ideas on paper!
That is why they are called RESEARCHERS

The bricklayers/Road-side mechanic's job is to "BUILD" .... (based on the design they are given by a trained and professional Engineer/Architect) using their hands and legs. Their job is mostly "physical" as opposed to "mental", for an Engineer.

If all the world's Engineers spent all their time doing repetitive and mundane jobs like "Artisans", the world will still be stuck in the age of Abacus machine and Donkey-ride travel.

Next time, please get a good University Education but if you cant (for intelligence or other reasons) be a good Artisan and stick to your end of the bargain. Dont be a road-side mechanic or bricklayer and call yourself "Engineer"!

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adeokunade: does it mean that if you have son, you can allow the boy to be wearing necklace.

@adeokunade: There is a world of difference between "a BOY' .... and "a MAN".

Just likel would not expect to find a Condom in the wallet or wardrobe of "a boy"...... but perfectly responsible if he were "a MAN", as in a grown man.

As for a Necklace, its an "adornment" ... something that is used to enhance one's beauty!
And who says it is only women that need adornment?

I guess l am not the only one that noticed that majority of women will condemn a man using a necklace (though the same people will agree if makes women look good!) since they are under the wrong impression that it is only women that are supposed to look good.
After-all, if a man looks too dashing, he might just become the subject of more than "one female's attention" (and women dont like competition at all )

Shoes, nice shirt, sun-shades, well-cut pants/trousers, wristwatch, perfumes, just to mention a few, all fall into the same category of "adornment" that makes us look good ... and it is not meant to be exclusive to women alone.

Now, dont get me wrong, "MEN" must do it in moderation" ..... as they have other means of adorning themselves (like good shape, lovely biceps, no pot-belly, clear skin, clean smell, e.t.c)

****Puts on a nice boot-cut Jeans, tops a Big boy T-Shirt and a Necklace, jumps into sneakers and sprays a sweet perf, time to go....
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......go meet Madam in the next room****

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25Calibre: Female children are headaches, the task of raising daughters is just monumental.

Sons are much more easy, you enjoy your life.

Although I think this is a movie script

I humbly disagree with you.
I have male and female children and l can tell you that Female children tend to be very close to their Dad ... than their Male counterpart. My Female Queens will make their Husband to be, very jealous, with the way we relate (I hope it never happens l have a wife who does not trust my integrity, with my own children! Tufiakwa!!).
Male children on the other hand, get "very assertive early in life" and this can lead to a straining of their relationship with their Dad. Just my experience.

Author: My daughter told me that daddy did not want her sister and herself to go out because he was having sex with both of them. I thought I didn’t hear her well. I asked her to repeat what she said, she repeated herself again and asked me to confirm from her sister.

I summoned my younger daughter immediately and she said the same thing. My life crashed that very moment and I asked if they could repeat what they told me before their father. They said they would. When he came back from the office, I sought an audience with and told him what the girls said. He said I was joking and said I should call the girls. I did and they repeated what they told me.

My husband denied vehemently and the girls insisted that it was happening. I was confused and I sought the counsel of our pastor, he called my daughters and they told him the same thing. I was confused and I didn’t know who to believe. This shattered my world and my husband became something else. He was hurt that I of all people refused to believe him.

I made arrangement and took my children back to the UK with me. Although it cost me a lot moneywise, I couldn’t leave my children with him any longer, a lot of things changed for him. He lost all his friends, even his family members abandoned him. People alluded a lot of reasons he would sleep with his daughters. Some said he did it for spiritual purpose. Some said he was using them for money ritual and I also had a reason to think that his fortune changed just after I left, automatically, he must have used my girls.

I didn’t want to have anything to do with him any longer. He tried to make me see that it was the devil’s machination to destroy our family, but I was past caring. I raised my children alone, although he offered to help several times, but I didn’t want to have anything to do with him. I learnt later that he remarried years after we left him. He became ill with psychiatry problem and he had to be remanded in a home.

As with me, l see beyond the surface, in "stories" like this. It is likely fabricated BUT trust me, a lot of situations like this, exist in real life.
I try to "learn the lesson" from such events even if it may not be true that this one really happened.
I have highlighted a few lines which l want ALL OF US TO REFLECT ON.... because "You never know"..... .

And adage says "The wise one uses the calamity of others, for his own wise counsel"!

1.) Having sex with your blood relation is taboo, not to talk of your own blood-children! For this children to make this allegation, something serious must have happened (The father either did it or something made the children to manufacture it!)

2.) The father had already told his own wife, their mother, that he "grounded them for misbehavior" ... and he denied this event ever happened.
Question: Why would a woman, a wife and mother decide not to believe her husband (knowing that he does not have such an antecedent before now) and instead believe the children?

3.) She confessed that her husband "was hurt" that she did not believe him. If we reverse the roles and it was "Mummy' that was alleged to be handling her Boy-son, would she expect the Husband to believe that son over her own denial? Honestly speaking, if l ask: in this type of situation, will most men not just "slap the son and tell him to shut-up, rather believing their wife" ..... while most women will believe their daughters over their husband? Why is that so?

4.) She packed "her children" and left! This makes me wonder, in most cases when there is a "family breakdown", the first thing that enters a woman's head is to "take the children away" or separate the father from the children (even if the problem was between her and the husband only!). Why is this so?
Is this supposed to be a psychological and emotional punishment for the husband? Do women "think twice" or do they 'pause and slow down' or at times think and say "what if l am wrong"?

5.) She said "I raised my children alone, l dont want them to have anything to do with their father". I am wondering (and l may be wrong), do women like to take credit for raising the children alone? I mean, do they think its a thing of joy, something to be proud of, if they prevent the father from playing his natural fatherly role and "raise the children alone"
While it is NOT in all cases, children raised by a single parent (father or mother) definitely have a "latent deficient personality" lurking under the surface! There is a reason we are supposed to have "father and mother" as each one contributes a different part to our conception, nurturing and eventual personality.

6.) Finally, the "innocent man" has been destroyed beyond redemption. Is there a lesson for ALL OF US to learn in this story ...or do we just read it and laugh it off?

*Have you taken decisions that destroyed someone else's life... without thinking twice?
*Have you decided "rashly", where you could have used "wisdom" ... and "let time soak-up a problem so it could be easier to manage"?
*Do you trust your partner completely and would stand up for him or her (except concrete, hard evidence proves otherwise) irrespective of what other think?
*Do we all realize that there are "some road" we should never traverse ... and some "rivers we should never cross" in our family relationship?
*Do we realize that on some issues, they are like "eggs", once broken, can never be mended together again. Do we "take a breath and pause wella-wella" on such issues?

- While blame those children, l blame the Mother even more. She is an adult and is expected to be more discerning (but then what do l expect when even her (the mother) said her husband recent good fortune could be attributed to him sleeping with his own daughters!).

- She was also the one that 'acted' on this information by tearing the family apart. She was also the one that refused to listen to the pleadings of this innocent man, (her own husband who looked after the family in her absence!).

- I dont want to speculate but l can just imagine what she must have told all those friends of the man, that quickly dissociated from him, after this incident. How come she did not even take into account, her husband's "previous good deeds" as a father and husband? How did she forget so easily, over an unproven allegation?

Well such is life. Let us be guided, going forward.

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