₦airaland Forum

I like this wave of kidnaps going on around the country. Those who have stolen our yams used it to build a false wall secluding themselves from those they have improvised, kidnappers come to remind them "you are not far away as you think you are still within us".

I wish they will discover another charge and add 20 years to his jail term

deebrain:
I COMMAND THE DOLLAR TO CRASH BEFORE OUR NAIRA.

DOLLAR, WEAKEN TO N150 TO ONE DOLLAR IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST!


CAN I HEAR YOUR LOUDEST AMEN?

Sadly economic reality don't work that way.

Naira when/where will you stop falling?
when you knock Satan?

Not good at all. It will go on to empower already very powerful governors more.
If they will do that then they should grant local government autonomy.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has reassured Nigerians that in spite of the difficulties posed by the current recession, the future of the country’s economy is bright.

arabbunkum:
Bloody liar Mohammed

Betapikin101:
Mr liar have come again o

rawpadgin:
this deserves an Oscar for being a terrible liar

arabbunkum:
Bloody liar Mohammed
May your future and that of your household be as bright as that of Nigeria.

Where is t lie here be specific please if you are talking about his antecedents ok but today the man has not lied now. Haba. If it's your Pastor/Imam that said that will you call him a liar. H said future an not present.

Jangbajantis:
Did Buhari ask them for a bus?

why you dey jealous?

That's true, I remember when the Governors were suing FG to court that ECA was illegal

HopeAlive14:
This is a case of:

Jesus I know, Paul I know.

Who art thou, Pastor?

TRUE

sinceraconcept:
true sir. I'm a yoruba but Yoruba women are very brainless and all they know is bleach,gossip,do Olosho and use juju to hold men. It's a shame that Yoruba tribe doesn't have intelligent women like Okonjo or Ezekwesili,but all they do is watch Yoruba film and take bleachers like Flakky Ididowo,Laide Bakare, the educated ones take Kim Kardashian,Nicki and all those nonsense women as role models.

so what your Yoruba daughter grow into?
A. Brainless gossiper
B. Olosho and bleacher
C. Kim Kardashian like
D. witch that use Juju to hold men
You can phone your wife, use 50:50, or ask Nairalanders

Is it not this woman that wanted to sell our Federal govt. colleges when she was minister of education?
Now why is she against sale of Federal Govt assets?

herzern:
And Your Hero that didn't plaqiarise speech.......

Isn't his area of specialization lootinq the nation dry??......payinq/fendinq qlorified militants??.....privatisinq the Nation's Commonwealth.........

Buhari plagiarised speech....He has plaqiarize it naa niyen..........

If He is disqracinq yhu internationally..... Apply for the Zimbabwean citizenship!!!!!!......

I'm a core hater of Buhari but I'll support him on this!......don't you know there are foreiqners on this forum??..........Whatever you say to him.....it is directed to the Country as a whole!.....

In a saner society......after this accusation.....Citizens will be cautious with their approach......You don't just ridicule your President......

For someone that spent most part of last year touring the world saying Nigerians are corrupt, I least expect this of him. And you defending him is pathetic and shows that you are a dullard like him

Agimor:
Everyone using the word plagiarism as though he was the first person to have plagiarized someone's work.. Back then in I can at least point like two lecturers who plagiarized people's work hence its not a new trend. The only negavity there is that it's coming from the presidency.

Yes and that is exactly what makes this one different

Plagiarism small self. What do you expect of someone without a certificate?

mars123:
Copy and Paste or plagiarism in this context is not a crime, is it? People do copy part of each other's work. artistes, writers, film directors, students, are all guilty of this, it's not a new thing...next!

If you copy you have to state it. Acknowledge the real author. It is wrong not to acknowledge the real author.

This thing in FP?
Is she a Mod's girl friend?

Political gimmicks.
Did the OP say farming discourages grazing?
Hmnn Grandiose Delusion cattle has not visited his farm before then.

You never do your job to ensure say I get light, na how I spend my money be your problem now?

Love Machine:
Dangote is exploitative.

and you are what? ODE

The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. Exodus 14:14

Can't I use it as CCTV too?

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[size=22pt] SO WHAT [/size]

Berbierklaus:
[color=teal]You caught them eating not fecking
If na woman now,they will say she is jumping into conclusions .


But the woman sef get her own for body.
Dissolving the marriage is the way to go before we see headline

"MAN BATTERS WIFE TO DEATH OVER PERCIEVED INFIDELITY"

toto and prick matter sef [/color]

Forget that thing the man must have been tipped off about it and timed them.
so no case of jumping into conclusion here.

Aha Chelsea na crime to bet Una?
Chai make Una no cut my ticket ooo

DanjaNinja:
My GRE Experience: Lessons Learnt - J.

General Tips
#Tip 1: Don’t rely on any one single book.

Each book has its strength and weakness. Combine them all for maximum impact.

#Tip 2: What books do I need?

1. Grubber 2015
2. Barron’s GRE
3. Nova GRE Math Bible
4. Kaplan
5. Princeton Review

#Tip 3: How can I get these books?

If you can afford physical copies of these books – Sweet, go head and buy them all. But If you can’t afford any or you’re a ijebu madam like the lovely,intelligent MsNas or like myself, simply send a blank mail to selfstudy360@gmail.com or selfstudy.version2@gmail.com for soft copies (Pdf’s). #MoneyMustNotWaste

(a) selfstudy360@gmail.com contains:

• Barron's New GRE 19th Edition
• Cracking the GRE 2013
• Gruber's Complete GRE Guide 2012

While

(b) Selfstudy.version2@gmail.com (New*) contains:

• Gruber's Complete GRE Guide (2015)
• Mahanttan Prep - 5* lb. Book of GRE® Practice Problems (2013)
• Nova’s GRE Math Bible (2008)

#Tip 4: When should I take the GRE?

Take the exam at least 4 months before you plan to send your admission applications. That way, if you don’t meet your targeted score (not your portion…Oya say Amen!), you would still have enough time to retake the exam without duress. For example, if the deadline for admission application is September 15th, the ideal time for taking the GRE should be by May. The reason for this is simple: If you don’t meet ur target score, you can retake the GRE by June thereby providing ample time for sending your application. This is not a rule but a suggestion.


#Tip 5: How much time would it take to prepare for the GRE?

Minimum: 2months @ 4-5hours per day.
Note: The number of hours do not really matter, it’s the amount of problem solving skills learnt per unit time that counts. Some people learn quickly while for others, it might take longer to read and understand new concepts. So remember, 4-5hours are just recommendations, whether u spend more or less time – ultimately, it doesn’t matter. What matters is how much u learn and how fast you can correctly answer questions. If it takes u 4-5hours per day to achieve this goal, so be it. If it takes u less time, so be it. If it takes you more time, so be it. No one cares. Ultimately it’s your scores that matters.

#Tip 6: Can I prepare within a month?

Yes u can, but it’s not advisable. You need time to internalize and completely memorizes the GRE strategies.

And lastly,

#Tip 7: Don’t be deceived by your score on POWERPREP II.

You took the sample test on PowerPrep II, you had an average of 160-165, you feel good and cant wait to take the actual test. Truth is Powerprep II does not compare to the actual test. On a scale of one to ten, one being very easy and ten being very difficult, Powerprep is a 4.5 and the actual test is an 8.5. #OkBye

Now for the part you’ve been waiting for: My GRE Experience.

This is a summary of lesson learnt from my personal experience, please feel free to add your insights and contributions. Sharing is caring.

You probably know this already but just to refresh your memory - The GRE is made up of three parts: Analytical writing, Verbal and Quantitative.
1. Analytical Writing
2. Verbal
3. Quantitative

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO ACHIEVE HIGH SCORES.

FOR ANALYTICAL WRITING:

Books and Resources needed for Analytical Writing:
Official GRE Topic List (30%) + Kaplan (60%) + Barron (10%).

(a) Official GRE Topic List: GRE maintains a list of every possible topic that you will find on the actual test date!!!!!! It’s totally legal and you can find the list here:
Pool of Argument Topics: https://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/analytical_writing/argument/pool

Pool of Issue Topics: https://www.ets.org/gre/revised_general/prepare/analytical_writing/issue/pool

The list is quite exhaustive: 200 issue task topics and 200 argument task topics. Once you have the list, group the topics into categories and proceed to (b). I believe if u know the possible questions, your chances of success should be up 30%.

(b) Get a copy of Kaplan’s New GRE Premiere and head to the Analytical Writing Section. Read, digest and understand the essay development template for both the issue task and the argument task as discussed on chapter 15 – Chapter 21 (New GRE Premiere - Kaplan 2011-2012 edition. Newer editions should be better). Don’t bother reading anything else on Kaplan, the rest of the book is useless. With the Kaplan template, you can begin to draw up possible responses to each topic category from the GRE topic list that you obtained from the GRE website. That way, on the test day, coming up with responses won’t be all that difficult because you’ve seen it all – abi how una see am?

(c) Get a copy of Barron: While this may not be compulsory, it will help you in paragraph development. Read and understand the “Claim, Grounds and Warrants” development on chapter 6 (Barron’s New GRE 19th Edition).

The last and most important step is to PRACTISE, PRACTISE AND PRACTISE. Practice using the available topics from the GRE list in a timed mode – your practice should mimic the real test. For the GRE, its 30minutes per writing task but for you, its 22 minutes. Why? It’s always better to practice with less time – It makes you stronger.

Practice with POWERPREP writing platform or Notepad to get a feel of the nature of the typing platform. Don’t practice with Microsoft Word.

One Again, PRACTISE AND PRACTISE. It’s ultra-important you do so. You can only write well by constant practice.

My Experience: I didn’t practice enough. Truth be told I practiced only once and the end result was abysmal. I could only manage one sensible paragraph for the issue task – Big Poo. The way time flies when ur messing up is simply amazing. The argument task was much better, I wrote 4 sensible paragraphs –all within 23 minutes.
Score: Surprisingly,I scored a 3 on the writing section. since the total score is the average of both scores, I assume I made a 5 on argument and a 1 on issue…lol..just my opinion.

Generally, Argument tasks are easier than issue tasks – for Argument tasks, an essay or issue with faulty premises is given; your job is to identify and logically explain them while for the Issue writing Task, you have to develop your own argument from scratch. Finding faults is easy (argument task), writing from scratch is less easy (issue essay). But for you reading this right now, a minimum of 4.5/6 should be perfectly achievable. Why? Cos you know every possible topic, you have pre-planned responses and your “hand dey hot” due to constant writing practice.

One last tip: As soon as you are done with a particular section, whether you performed well or not, it’s best to completely ignore that section, it belongs to the past - it doesn’t matter anymore. Whether you did well or not, does not matter and if you believe you didn’t perform well, it still doesn’t matter. Focus completely on the next section – You have seven (7) more sections to deal with and you need a focused, optimistic mindset to proceed successfully. There’s no use crying over spilt milk. [/b]

FOR QUANTITATIVE

Books You Need for Quantitative:

Grubber (25%) + Barron’s (25%) + Nova GRE Math Bible (25%) + Mahanttan (25%).

Do you have to read them all from cover to cover? Not really. Each book has its strength and weakness’s. You want to be prepared for every possibility. Better you write the GRE once than write it twice. Think of the cash - $200. Think of the time spent on preparation – weeks, even months and finally, think of your Goals. So grab does books and study like mad. The end justify the means.

Lesson 1: Study each question category and solve the most difficult questions you can find on that category to re-enforce your understanding of that category.

For example, if you had prepared with Grubber like I did, you will find the data interpretation, graphical and statistical questions difficult. Why? Grubber does not really delve into these sections. Barron in addition with Manhattan and Nova does a better job. So read and understand the underlying principles and skim all books for difficult questions on all topics.
Likewise, if u ignore Grubber’s Data Comparison and algebra strategies, you might not do so well. But then, there are notable exceptions. Individuals with an engineering, mathematical and statistical background would generally do better in the Quantitative section – they’ve been doing these problems for years. Also those with an aptitude for numbers would better. Does that mean those with little mathematically backgrounds would end up with low scores? – Nope. Just read up and practice, you might end up doing better than the so called Math wizards.

The GRE Quantitative consists of two sections made up of 25 questions each. Each section runs for 40minutes – that’s an average of 96 seconds per question – which leads to lesson 2.

Lesson 2: When studying and solving quantitative questions, set a time limit of 50 seconds per question and stick to it. Like previously stated, practicing with less time makes you stronger and faster.

Lesson 3: Solve lots of Quanttitative questions.

Manhanttan and Nova Math Bible offer a huge collection of quality quantitative questions. Solve as much questions as you can on both books. Luckily, if you don’t know the answers, solutions and explanations are provided in both books.

My Experience: I studied solely with grubber. Algebra and data comparison were a walk in the park but “I hear “ween” for Data interpretation/Statistics, Combinations and Graphs. On the actual test, I saw 6 hefty graphical and data interpretation problems and some others I can’t recall @ the moment. Were they super hard? – Not really but “them hard small o”. To answer them, you need to understand the question (30secs), solve for solutions (30-40secs) and compare possible answers (10secs). If u get it wrong, u start all over again. But as you start over, remember Time dey go ooooo!
That’s why you need Lesson 4.


Lesson 4:Someone on this thread advised - if you find any question difficult, simply mark that question and move on to others.. You may return to that question later. Don’t waste time trying to solve one question for over 1 minute, skip and return later. This is so true!.

FOR VERBAL

Books you need: Grubber (90%) + Barron (10%).

Honestly, You can actually survive by using only grubber. The verbal section seems like the easiest section on the GRE but don’t be complacent o! This section is pretty tricky. I remember one particular essay with about seven (7) paragraphs. It was so dense that you could barely understand the content of a single paragraph; It also felt like it was written in another language. It was that difficult.

Also,the verbal section is made up of several subsections all mixed into one. You will find sentence completion (synonyms and antonyms) and essay comprehension all packed into one.
My Experience: I scored a 157/170 – Not bad @ all given that Grubber was the sole book I used. I won’t lie, am an avid reader – I guess that helped. However, if you study the Grubber Verbal Strategies: Latin and Greek Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes; the Most Important/Frequently Used GRE Words and Reading Comprehension Strategies – You should have no problem with the Verbal section. Grubber does an excellent job by building ur vocabulary, teaching new words and providing some interesting strategies for essay comprehension.
There are other books like Princeton Review but since I didn’t use it, I can’t say much about it. This is where external input is advisable. Those who used Princeton, oya speak up.

Final Advice:
Unlike Jamb (wicked people) that provides a single opportunity to write the exam per year, the GRE gives you 5 chances per year to write the exam (better people). But because you can doesn’t mean you should. Prepare well and write it once. A score of 160 per section is totally achievable. Just read and solve a huge collection of difficult questions in a timed mode.

Oya it haff do, una bye bye, I don try.


UPDATE 1: If you had to choose one Book for Quantitative Analysis, Barron's should be it. That Book is the truth. The best GRE Quantitative prep book ever.

UPDATE 2: Listen all, i just found this incredible online resource for GRE materials. Its a facebook group but its by invitation only. So drop ur email addresses or send me a pm and i'll send you an invite to the group. Here's the group link, however it can only be accessed by members of the group:

https://www./newgremaster/

After joining the group, head to the file section and you will find every book and test questions there. #OneLove
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UPDATE 3: Added Kaplan New GRE to "selfstudy.version2@gmail.com". If you want a copy of the Kaplan GRE book, send a blank mail to selfstudy.version2@gmail.com" .

I'd like to join the Facebook group. Thank you

OP sorry for your loss but Glo's 10Gb data is #2,500. That's what am using

Since when has salary paying become an achievement worth reporting like this?
APC nonsense

Clone2020:
Number 8 and number 1 contradict each other. How can you say it's bad to give silent treatment and bickering then you say it's also good to fight??

No both are saying one and the same thing. Let it out, do not bottle it up, because if both parties keep silent over each grievance and only retaliate silently, one day it will explode
and escalate into a big quarrel which may lead to divorce. But letting out every little offence and fighting over it has a way of rekindling the love when settled. So No 1 and 8 are on point

If the Targaryens are resistant to heat and fires why does the heat of the molten gold kill Viserys Targaryen ( Daenery's brother in season 1)? Thought the trait runs in their blood.

APC is all foam no beer