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Omudia:
That was me and my moniker isn't fake. I'm Urhobo and I will choose Oodua republic any day over Biafra. That moniker was banned yesterday and that's why I switched to this one.

You are certainly not Fratermathy. I know all his aliases! Stop trying to impersonate him. _(yawn)

fratermathy:
@laudate:

I think you should just ignore this thread. I really doubt the sincerity of the OP's identity.

I don't know who Omudia is but it's certainly not me.

Noted. I get you my brother.

joelreg:
Who are you to order them where to agitate.
Your business
Your pain
How
How
How is it your headache
Abi busybody or you are intimidated.
Wetin concern you, just mind your business.

To make it your ambition and definitely endeavor to live quietly and peacefully, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we charged you,
1 Thessalonians 4:11 AMPC


Peace
goodbye

You are asking: "how is it my business?" You made it my business by bringing it to a public forum where people from different ethnic groups (including my humble self) congregate to mingle and share their ideas. If you didn't want to make it my business, then you should simply have written it in your diary and slotted it under your pillow. Period. Then no one would have seen it, talk less of commenting on it.

FemiFimile:
Oloriburuku omoale! ko gba eleyi O... Koni da fun e. Iyalaya e. Ode buruku

Let me guess.... you were just describing yourself with all those words you used up there? Or you were simply letting everyone know the middle names you were baptised with, at birth?

Ganiyat72:
Lol. Stop assuming everyone on this board with female handle or prefix is actually female. That guy u quoted is a yoruba muslim boy.

If u don't know, learn it today from me. 40% of female handles in this politics section is male that are behind it

Just like your own. You are an IPOB youth, masquerading as a muslim female.

And they just ended up killing the man like that!! Chai! May his soul continue to rest in perfect peace...

Businessideas:
What's this man saying? Is it discos that blew up gas pipelines delivering gas to power plants? Why can't people say the truth in their life? The power plants are down because they don't have gas and if no power is generated,how does he expect them to deliver electricity to homes? He should hold the senators from the Niger Delta responsible for not doing enough to stop bombing of gas pipelines in their constituencies.
For the past few months, I am yet to finish the Kilowatts of electricity I loaded on my meter because there's hardly light and I wonder how the discos manage to survive when we their customers have not recharged for months yet someone is still blaming them?
It's not their fault and as a matter of fact,they're more of victims of intense political power play. I support the government's move to move over to hydro power generation since the gas power plant is at the mercy of the miscreants that called themselves militants

Guy, you must be in the minority. Under which DISCO does your premises fall? It cannot be Eko Disco, because those people will do anything to make your credit on the meter finish, as fast as possible. For those with defective meters, Eko Disco has specialised in dishing out estimated bills that do not bear any correlation with the amount of kilowatt you have consumed.

They have refused totally to fix faulty pre-paid meters. And they always give fake excuses to those who want to buy new ones. That estimated bill business, pays off for them - big time! So they are really making money!

FemiFimile:
U will soon call ipobexposed an igbo man, even urself 99% of ur post is igbo matter.
Bloody IPOB! Nairaland is 4 sharing story, i post news from all zones, dat dont mean am from all zones ode oshi!

You have obviously NOT done a content analysis of my posts. Most of my posts are drawn from the Politics section, TV/Movies, Business, Properties etc. Posts relating to the Igbo are quite few. Or do you think you chaps are so important? Anyway, like I said before, thanks for confirming that you are an IPOB youth. I don't know why you were feeling ashamed to own up to your true identity. Here, you can have the floor. I have nothing further to say to you. And you are right - that term 'ode oshi' describes you perfectly. It is most likely to be your middle name. IPOB youths like you have miniscule intelligence.

FemiFimile:
It is dry, come correct IPOB YOOT! I am a bonifde omo ogun, that was raised in lasgidi.
My close relations and family are igbos, i dont hate dem. I am not a hater like u.

See this one. Anyway, thanks for contradicting yourself and revealing the truth. Your relations and family are all Igbo. Now we know where your IPOB membership comes from. And I am not a hater, so stop accusing others of things that you are guilty of.

FemiFimile:
It is dry, ccome correct IPOB YOOT!

oh, thanks for confessing to us what exactly you are. I always knew you were one of them, and now you have confirmed it.

fratermathy:
That's definitely not me.

Guy...I don talk am! See as dem dey use your name score cheap points for here. How body??

FemiFimile:
Ooooo Noooo! Baba ti turn up!
Dis thread go sweet die. Tell that mumu IPOB YOOT, Urhobo will close rank with Oduduwa Rep.

See this hopeless mumu. Were you not the one ascribing a fake moniker to Fratermathy? Look at this silly IPOB youth masquerading as an Omoluabi.

FemiFimile:
Fratermarthy will not use his actual moniker but i guarantee u that was him. Like i said all the groups have never complained so far. Y dont u wait until they do before u start complaining on their behalf? This is one thing I hate about IPOD YOOT.

Look at this yeye alakori. You are the one that keeps blowing the Biafran trumpet all over the place, and keeps tallying the number of American congressmen lobbying for your proposed republic. Are you not Nnamdi Kanu's boy - the Secretary-General of IPOB youths? You are now pretending to hail from the south-west. Don't let me unmask your fake disguise on this thread. Anu ofia.

joelreg:
Don't you think that for you to comment and start to disagree on their affair you don't want them to go

Point out exactly where I disagreed with them leaving, in black & white.

ifenes:
So basically working in an office for someone else makes you fulfilled? I don't think earning £750 a week as a truck contractor ( your own truck) is without value. Tell me how many jobs will earn you that.

Doctors are necessary just as a plumber is necessary or a Builder. But when the country focus on becoming doctors, lawyers, zoologist chemist etc in a society that has no high demand then it is a waste. You do it for the money right but how much does a average banker earn in Nigeria ? Why waste so much years in school learning something that has 5% of happening. So many university graduates roaming the streets but less farmers when food is largely imported.

You can't look down on other skills but can only look up to them.

What makes you think I work in an office? There was nothing in my post to suggest that I do so. What I said was that I need to use my intellect to create something of value and that is what makes me fulfilled. I can do that in any setting. I do not have to work in an office to do so.

Secondly, money is not everything to everybody. It may be a prime motivator to some people, but for others it may not be. I have seen people in high-end professional careers, earning far more than what you quoted here. Yet they were depressed, because they were not following their passion, or doing something in a field where they could use their talents, and get intrinsic fulfilment.

I had a friend who I felt had a very successful career as an investment banker, in a high-flying multinational financial institution. But he was always very miserable. He had all the good trappings of life, anyone could wish for. But one day, he suddenly resigned and left everything to take up a role in the creative industry that paid less than a third of what he earned, and today he is far happier than he used to be.

Doctors, lawyers, engineers, etc. are essential in any society. So are other vocational skilled workers like plumbers, bricklayers etc. But in Nigeria, can you compare what the vocational workers earn on a monthly basis, with those in the professional fields?

Unlike in foreign countries where they are paid by the hour, in Nigeria many of these vocational workers lack basic education and are paid stipends per day. Very few of them have managed to break through the cycle of poverty, and build up their business using a proper structure.

These days you find automobile engineers or mechanical engineers opening up mechanical garages, and employing mechanics or technicians to work on vehicles.

Those mechanics probably know more than they do, but because of their exposure the graduate engineers have been able to build up a successful business on the backs of such mechanics, or by harnessing the skills of these technicians.

I am not looking down on any profession. You asked: "Why waste so much years in school learning something that has 5% of happening." But my own point is simple.

Even if you do not end up not practising what you have studied at uni, the skills, rigour and discipline you put into acquiring your degree, will always come in useful as an applied skill, in any other field you choose to go into. So university education is not overrated.

I mentioned Ibukun Awosika earlier, who is the Chairman of First Bank. She actually studied Chemistry in university, as well as an MBA. I doubt if she has ever used her degree to get a job. But the skills she picked up at school, were applied in the business world, and today she is one of the highly-rated business women in the country.

Finally, you mentioned Zoology. It may interest you to know that there are over 27 different branches of Zoology from Aquaculture, Oceanography, Virology, Parasitology to Environmental Management and Toxicology etc. You can always specialise in any field.

The sad thing is that because people have such a poor perspective of such courses, they do not even bother to find out what they can do with it.

And each year, our private sector firms end up contracting jobs in such areas to foreigners, because our own people can't be bothered to undergo specialisation in these fields.

FemiFimile:
Listen to Fratermathy moniker on this thread. IPOB YOOT!

Liar!! Where is the proof to show that the moniker you quoted belongs to Fratermathy? You think everyone is as deceitful as you, ba? And is Frathermathy the sole authority that determines who the Urhobo align with? Stop these lies, you IPOB youth! Go and create another thread in support of Biafra like you normally do.

ifenes:
University education is good but not necessary. But when you say education, I'm sure you only think of going to Uni and getting a degree certificate. Unfortunately that's not the only form of education. For example many people don't have a drivers license in the UK because they failed the theory test and they pulled out after many attempts . It means they are not prepared to drive. I drive the HGV trucks and it took me 3 months to practice my theory and practical. Trust me I feel well equipped to not only drive but know the rules and regulations, heights of whichever truck I drive and what type of bridge I can pass through. I am also well skilled to know hazards and road signs. That is education that took 4 months.

You mentioned people driving cabs in Europe, trust me they more money than many graduates in Europe....provided they are licensed. Do not look down on other skills and think going to uni is the only solution to life. I think a carpenter can be more successful than a bank manager in Nigeria if he knows his trade and is good at sales. Take a look at what the society consumes and you can easily produce lots of financial success by serving them. University certicate in Chemistry is of no importance in Nigeria, so why do people still go for it? Just to be called a graduate? Crazy!

Guy, you claim that "I'm sure you only think of going to Uni and getting a degree certificate." That is untrue. If you read my post carefully, with an open mind, you would see that I stated clearly that education is a stepping stone and a tool. I never claimed that it was an end in itself.

The requirements to acquire a degree certificate in a university varies from one department to the other, and from one course to the other. Even when you are studying for a degree, the process of study, research, analysis, evaluation, verification etc., demands some kind of discipline that comes in handy, at some stage in life. There is something called applied skills and application of knowledge, where skills learnt in one discipline can be applied to another, in order to get a better result.

In case you haven't noticed, the best furniture salesmen today, are university graduates. Ask the likes of Ibukun Awosika the owner of Chair Centre and Sokoa who is also the current Chairman of First Bank. She owns one of the largest furniture factories in Nigeria. Or talk to Tony Ezekiel of Itex Furniture Company in Abuja, about how he has made millions from his furniture sales. They employ lots of carpenters, but who hears about them? It is probably because those carpenters are uneducated or lack exposure.

I am sure that when it comes to medical care or legal defence, you would not say that "university education is good, but not necessary."

Your priority would be to get access to the most qualified doctor available to treat your health concerns, or to get an expert lawyer to handle your defence, if you ever find yourself on the wrong side of the law. The same scenario would occur, if you needed to build a house. You would seek for the best engineer, architect or project manager to assist you with the construction. I doubt if you would leave any major construction project solely in the hands of a bricklayer or a plumber, even though they would still come in useful at a certain point in the life of the project.

There are vocational skills that can be learnt on their own, but if you do have an education, I believe it makes it easier for such learning to be grasped more easily, by the recipient. There are other areas such as conducting research, critical thinking etc., that are taught in most classes in the university which end up coming in handy, when you eventually apply for a role that requires such skills. NASA scientists for example, would definitely not agree that university education is overrated. Chemistry graduates can always put their skills to use by synthesising compounds, healthcare products etc., from different substances, if they are able to do so. There are over 10 different branches of Chemistry such as Analytical Chemistry and others. Their degree is not useless.

Driving a cab or a HVG truck is not for everybody. I would never feel fulfilled in such a career. I need to use my mind and my intellect to create something that has value. Professional success is not all about money. The worker should also derive an intrinsic value or inner satisfaction from whatever role or task he engages in. I am not looking down on those with skills in driving and other such areas, but the truth is that university education still has a lot going for it, and should not be discarded or looked down upon.

God2man:
Decent dressing is the best way of showing people that you have gone to university.

Ehn?? Tell me you are joking....right? Or were you being sarcastic?

gunners160:
bros, their is no justification for foolishness. A fool is a fool and a bitch is a bitch. The lady in question knows very well that this man is a serial wife oh sorry wives changer. A cheat is a cheat but she was so occupied with greed and forgot logical reasoning. Even if she is not aware, I am sure one or two persons would have given her a grapevine information pertaining the man. To move in with this man is uncalled for na, performing the role of a wife when their is nothing being paid on her head is stupidity. If she had even stayed in her father's house and do visit the guy once in a while at his place of residence, it would have been beta but she sold out her dignity and stayed with him, please what else does she has to offer?

Guy, calm down and stop raining fire and brimstone here. Like I asked before - was she aware of his wives before she agreed to date him, or after she had started dating him? There is a difference between the two. How are you sure the grapevine would have given her the information? Maybe she didn't get to know until it was too late.

In many Northern Muslim homes, you find men having 4 wives. Would you castigate such women in the same manner you have done here online?

czarr:
he said in Nigeria bros

Is that supposed to make a difference?

mubarak89:
I love to think so . But more seriously, YES. Plus it's a passion too; I believe that if we push ourselves, transition from school to life-after-school can come with less troubles and I try to 'teach' that in the simplest way possible.

Guy, you are doing a good job.

A lot of the men calling this babe a b'itch, already have live-in girlfriends or lovers and are coming here to rain curses on the girl.

Many of the babes calling the girl a whor'e, a 'slut and other unpalatable names have either shacked up with guys in the past, or have spent weekends or long holidays in a man's apartment, as his live-in lover. Some have collected money from such men to meet all kinds of needs...and are here forming sainthood.

I just dey observe, dey laugh. Am not in support of this Edoga woman, but the girl has said they did business together, and she wants to be settled with her own share from the business. Yet some guys who cannot even overlook a loss of ten naira in their own business, are calling her names.

Yes, she knew he had 3 wives. But was she informed about this before she agreed to date him, or after the relationship had begun, or after it had gone on for a length of time? Does anyone know how convincing the man was, or what lies he fed her to get her to agree to his advances?

Yet very few people are condemning the man, and heaping all the insults on the girl. See life.

Bishop1monte:
No problem. Example of dress code In my school usmanu danfodiyo university

God forbid!

quentin06:
Dress code is a necessity for a decent institution.

Find below my recommended dress codes for our Tertiaries.

Oh, you want to wear suits to class every single day of the week? When you are not a bank worker? Have you even entered Unilag classrooms before? No aircon, lack of adequate seating arrangements, plenty heat etc. There was a particular course that I had to take for one semester. The ratio of students to available chairs, was like 2 to 1. I had to make do with seating on the floor for that course, throughout the entire semester. Thank God for my rugged pair of jeans.

GidiParrot:
University of Lagos management has introduced a dress code for the students of the institution to curb the indecent dressing among the male and female students.

This was made known on a notice pasted in the school, it was stated clearly that lecturers and administrators are empowered to correct/exclude students from lectures and official business when they are not properly dressed.

What do you think?

http://www.lasgidionline.com.ng/2017/02/unilag-introduces-dress-code-to-students.html

Lai lai! It cannot werk...! Or isn't it the same Akokites that I know? When we were graduating some years back, this was the same way the authorities gave us a dress code insisting that only the following colours were permitted to be worn under the academic gown on graduation day: black, navy blue, white, grey and brown. Omo, on graduation day come and see shocking colours that the girls were wearing - like yellow, orange, peach, pink, red, torquoise etc.

At the end of the day, what happened? Nothing!!

Cire80:
Of course I know the meaning but I'm not going to tell you because it makes no difference. You guys have been asking for meanings since and when meanings get provided, you twist your comments. Very mischievous lot

No mind dem...they're a bunch of revisionists.

BCISLTD:
story...why are u insisting on settlements..u are a big thief...what are u suing him for...u were never legally married..he owes u nothing..ur just trying to ruin his reputation or blackmail him...you are going to jail

Did you read the story well? The did joint business together, and I guess the money she requested was to be her own share from the business venture...

greggng:
Remember they were in business together and those business yeilded some assets which she is entittled to benefit from

You hit the nail on the head.

arena07:
you only mentioned a friend of yours that is an architect that later switched to other career but I can mention ten of my friends that are doing great over there than when they were in Nigerian professional skills like doctors,power engineers and IT specialists

And you are sure they did this using their Naija-acquired certificates, without going through a retraining programme or recertification channel in order to acquire the foreign certifications/qualifications they needed to work within the system? Think again, bro'. Or did they study for their bachelor's and masters' degree courses in Canada? Let us know the real truth.

arena07:
what makes you think I can't sponsor myself through legal means to travel abroad?besides nobody says it is rosy over there but with hard work and prayer you will be better than average youths here in Nigerian...

Ah, ok... I never said you cannot sponsor yourself abroad through legal means. Don't put words in my mouth. I was merely giving the facts about what you need to consider, so that you do not think going abroad is a ticket to paradise or a solution to unemployment, or an escape route from joblessness. Goodbye and goodluck.

Where is Dino Melaye, the clown of the Senate? Instead of buying expensive cars and collecting chieftaincy titles, why can't he assist in attracting companies, investors, commercial firms into this area, by working with the state Ministry of Trade & Commerce to create opportunities for new investment? Isn't he supposed to be liaising with the Ministry of Works to provide infrastructure and capital projects for his people? Why can't he liaise with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to set up agric projects that would benefit from the fertile soil in that area?

The guy thinks that by acting as a court jester in Abuja, he will move ahead in his quest to put millions in his pocket. Instead of setting up fish farms, small-scale agro-processing projects etc., that would benefit the people, he was dashing them indomie. Fake human being.

simplyFish:
For Naija if Yu no learn something for a living....anyway me don wise up cha ooo....wen I finished my OND den I started hunting for job...did dat for 2 years in which I Av a knowledge of catfish...i just sat down nd ask my self why am stressing mysef looking for job....dat was ow i start fish biz on a small scale since 2011 till date I give thanks God....guys wise up don't wait for dis government oooo....nah wayo wayo government oooo...do something

Well done!! May you reap the fruits of success in your endeavours, and may the blessing of God Almighty prosper you, and make you great.

arena07:
lol yes I said travel legally I have lots of friends that travelled to Canada through federal skilled work and they are doing wonderfully fine besides if you have the money for pay tuition fees in those countries I mentioned with Hard work and prayer that person will be better than average Nigerian youths...business in Nigerian this period is hard unless agriculture even with farming it will take lot of time before you can make head way

Ask your friends to tell you the real truth of what they are going through over there in Canada. I have friends and family that live in Canada too, and it is not as easy as you make it sound to get a job, even through their federal programme.

Many people spend time, money and resources to get into that programme. I know an Architect who had a successful job here in Nigeria and travelled to Canada under one of their skilled programmes. He had to retrain as a physician's assistant in order to get a job over there. His architectural qualifications here, were of no use there. At a point, his relatives from Nigeria had to send him money to keep body & soul together in Canada. After looking at the time & effort it would take to get recertified, he opted for a change of career. Think it through before you embark on any scheme. The grass is not always greener on the other side. Good luck.

arena07:
don't mind him... he thought it is all Nigerians that wash toilet abroad even with that their is dignity in labour in those countries besides we have lot of Nigerians guys working as a professional in there respective field abroad like Doctors, nurse,engineers etc

Go and talk to the doctors, nurses, engineers etc. that work over there and let them tell you what they passed through, before they could get a job. If you got your medical, nursing or engineering degree over here, you would still have to retrain to get their own certifications over there, in order to work within their system. And this takes time, effort and resources. The only time this is not required, is if you graduated from their own universities or colleges.

By the grace of God, I have had the privilege of working in 3 different continents in more than 8 countries. I have seen Nigerians in different places/situations, and observed first hand what they go through. If you still do not believe me, please hop on a plane to these foreign countries that you love so much and stay there for a few years. You will come back to compare notes and wish you had done things differently.

One word of advise: do not compare yourself with Nigerians that hold dual citizenships over there, or who have rich parents and families that sponsored their trips and education in those foreign countries. You would be making a huge mistake!