₦airaland Forum

salientP:
There's no girl I meet these days, after exchanging pleasantries next question is "what do you do for a living?"

Girls una wan kill guys? Heh?

Nooo...we jus want to make sure that u're marriage material.

rafmike:
I'm 21, I live in my brother's house which is close to my school (College). He goes to work 7am and comes back 6pm daily. His wife is also a worker who goes to work 8am and comes back 4pm daily... My lecture days and time aren't fixed. She's got female (neighbors) friends who lives very close to us. Often she calls me to zip and unzip her dress whenever she's preparing to go to work or whenever she comes back from work instead of calling her female friends. Some of the zip in her dress are located at discrete locations yet I unzip them all. Is this appropriate? Plz I need matured advice.

so this is a near case of Joseph and Potiphar's wife...thats if u are a christian.

Jus be careful anyways...and keep things casual wt her. If u notice any change in behaviour seductive-wise...butt out of the house.

Tallesty1:
I know from the beginning that women don't like nice guys, what they want is a gentle man, a gentleman who is stubborn, untamable, controlling, confident and independent. they don't want a man that will be nice to them all the timw (aka nice-guy). they all need a good kick in the as's somtimes and nice guys can't do that cause they pamper-women.

Truckload of crap

OP...Please, forget the Londoner. Its crystal clear that he is nothing but a time waster son-of-man.

As for the new 'sharp-sharp' guy dt wants to wed u as quickly as possible, pls be very careful.
Don't jump into Mr. Sharp-sharp arms just yet cos Mr. Time waster is no longer an option.

Be very cautious...

Great story dicefrost.

OgologoDimkpa:
Stop lying, you're an APshit supporter.
Shikena!

This is exactly the problem with Nigerians...we practise partisan politics @ the detriment of the polity.
If that Niger bridge collapses someday...innocent lives will be lost, and some ignoramus will still come here and be shoutin APC...PDP.

Hello everyone

Pls ds question is directed @ xfire, jarus and everyone with useful info abt NIM, ISMI and IPMP. Pls which of these is better in terms of trainin, certification and recognition.

I will be extremely grateful for helpful responses.

It was a sunny Wednesday afternoon. I wandered into my Father’s room, bored stiff and looking for something, a short article to read or photo album to look through, in order to kill time. The cable subscription had expired earlier that morning and there was precious little for me to do.
As I surveyed the room, my eyes fell on Warren’s A Fighting Chance on the dressing table. A thick hard-covered book that was far heavier and intimidating than my Mother’s aged bible. It belonged to my brother, Senator*…not his real name. I remembered seeing him staying up late in the night obsessively poring over the book and enthusiastically telling me how great the book was and that I really needed to read it. Senator read a lot of abstract foreign political books and autobiographies so I figured this one was no better.
I picked up the book nonchalantly and while perfunctorily reading through the introduction…I was hooked!
The book may not be quite common yet since it was only first published this year.

It is a remarkable autobiography about the personal struggle of one brave woman to toggle America’s financial policies, bankruptcy laws and reforms in order to relieve the recession that had hit the country’s economy at the beginning of the new millennia. It’s about fraud and bailouts and elections.
It gives a vivid description of the struggles of America’s middle class families and small firms in the fight for equity and a ‘level playing field’ against the oppressions of giant corporate firms and credit card companies with their armies of lobbyists that thronged the White house and US Capitol, influencing financial policies and tax reforms that further diminished the working middle class and enriched their pockets. A classic tale of narrowing the gulf between the rich and the poor
Now, it isn’t just a definitive account of any historical event – it’s what she saw and lived through. It tells a very personal story about mothers and daughters, daycare and dogs, aging parents and cranky toddlers.
It’s also a story about losing, learning and getting stronger along the way. It’s a story about what’s worth fighting for, and how sometimes, even when we fight against powerful opponents, we can win.
It’s central theme cuts across diverse cultures and races - Corruption, fraud, unemployment and insensitive policies that has crippled the economy of many nations, only in some climes, it is more sleek and sophisticated and less brazen. But the outcome is pretty much the same.

First, a quick review into A Fighting Chance
Elizabeth Warren, an unlikely political star shares her inspiring story. She came from a modest background. Her father was a maintenance man and her mother worked the phone at Sears. She had three elder brothers.
As a child she yearned to go to college and then become an elementary school teacher. Early marriage and motherhood seemed to put that dream out of reach, but fifteen years later she was a distinguished Law Professor with a deep understanding of why people go bankrupt.
Then came the phone call that changed her life: could she come to Washington D.C to help advice congress on rewriting the bankruptcy laws?
Thus began an impolite education into the bare-knuckled, often dysfunctional ways of Washington. She fought for better bankruptcy laws against the giant banks that were benefitting hugely from the policy – and lost. She tried to hold the federal government accountable during the financial crisis but became a target of the big banks. She came up with the idea for a new agency designed to protect the consumers from predatory bankers and credit card dealers, and after battling tooth and nail to get the bill passed – she was denied the opportunity to run it.
Finally, at age sixty-two, she decided to run for US Senate representing Massachusetts in order to champion her cause of transparency and accountability with the working class in the fore of her vision, up against Scot Brown – a very popular Republican Senator with a large arsenal of campaign funds fully backed by the corporate giants. On November 6, 2012 she won the senate election by a large margin.

A Fighting Chance describes a 21st century failing American economic system – one in which the rich were grabbing with both hands as much money as they could get from the heavily indebted and helpless tax-paying middle class through influencing harsh financial reforms, loan deals and subsequent de-regulation of banking policies while the Congress and Senate looked the other way. The economy was systematically rigged - A condition that aptly describes the Nigerian situation.
Being a dissenter of much of the norms in Washington, she spoke out rightly about a lot of issues affecting the economy – many not palatable to the corridors of power. At first, she was a lonely voice, and then others pitched in aggressively. They blogged, wrote articles, did editorials in newspapers, published books, organized public debates – they were persistent. After a decade-long struggle, things were finally taking shape in the right direction, albeit slowly.
In her words: Change is hard, nail-biting blistering hard but it is possible. And when we get really fired up and fight shoulder to shoulder, we can win.

Now, I am no political expert neither do I have any background in economics or finance but I have a good knowledge about the way things should be handled. There are a lot of things wrong with our economic budgets and policies and very few people are speaking up. The gap between the rich and the poor is widening everyday and we turn policies and reforms along partisan lines.
Nigeria is our cultural heritage and we should fight to protect its democracy and sovereignty. Our ethnic and religious diversity should be our strongest points not our weakest link.
A lot of us out there have brilliant ideas on how the economy can be improved, and transparency and accountability in every sector of the economy upheld. But we shy away from public offices or get there and lose focus on what we are really fighting for. This is very disheartening.
If we do not get involved in the policy making, who will put the positive reforms out there?
If we do not speak out collectively as a generation hungry for change, irrespective of our ethnic, religious or political affiliations – we would remain in the same quagmire that has ensnared us for decades, entrusting the future of our country to the same political big wigs that has done us far more harm than good.

Change is possible – an accountable and transparent Nigerian economy with effective education, health and economic policies and equal opportunities for everyone may be a near pipe-dream but it is achievable. We may not witness enough of the dividends in our time but we can set the wheels in motion.
This is a clarion call to all Nigerians, let us rise up and speak against this vicious cycle of corrupt government practices, rigged elections and fraudulent elected officials.
As a single voice, I cannot be heard, but together and persistently we can make one hell of a noise, echoing deeply in every crevice and corner of Aso rock and beyond.
Nigeria is our legacy – and it is darn well worth fighting for.

Happy Independence.

Hello Xcapist

I just saw ur tag...i havent read most of the books u pointed out tho, buh ur review was so compellin that i would seek out the e-version of it. I would be grateful if u can help me wt a download link - thats if it is available on the internet.

I know a couple of inspirational books that u all might find really interestn altho i dnt have the energy to do a book-by-book analysis. Buh u can check out a
A Fightin Chance by Elizabeth Warren...its highly interestn.

I may post some other ones later

Cheers.