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Western religion is the problems we have in Africa in general. They made us believe that God lives in heaven and Satan lives in the ground. That's why if you drop your biscuit while you were a baby then, you'll say Satan has eaten it.
Likewise, we have holidays for western religions. Tell me what traditional religion has a recognized holiday in Nigeria?
Halloween is a nationally celebrated festival in the USA, why can't new yam festival be thesame in Nigeria or Sango day be.
Why do I have to go see my pastor because I wanna take a 45 mins drive to Lagos because of witches and wizards sucking blood on the roads.

Rank Country Average IQ
1 Hong Kong (*Not a country but listed for examination) 107
2 South Korea 106
3 Japan 105
4 Taiwan 104
5 Singapore 103
6 Austria 102
6 Germany 102
6 Italy 102
6 Netherlands 102
10 Sweden 101
10 Switzerland 101
12 Belgium 100
12 China 100
12 New Zealand 100
12 United Kingdom 100
16 Hungary 99
16 Poland 99
16 Spain 99
19 Australia 98
19 Denmark 98
19 France 98
19 Mongolia 98
19 Norway 98
19 United States 98
25 Canada 97
25 Czech Republic 97
25 Finland 97

Countries With The Lowest Average IQ
1 Equatorial Guinea 59
2 Ethiopia 63
3 Sierra Leone 64
4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 65
5 Zimbabwe 66
5 Guinea 66
7 Nigeria 67
8 Ghana 71
9 Tanzania 72
9 Sudan 72



source http://www.statisticbrain.com/countries-with-the-highest-lowest-average-iq/

@Brandnew2 I agree with you.

Hey all, this is not in anyway meant to disrespect anyone with those names. I just want to know how the carriers of those names feel with the "stigma" attached to the names.
Once again, I'm not in anyways trying to disrespect anybody.
Thanks

3 +[ (3*3) (-3 + 3)] = 3
you have to treat (3*3) (-3 + 3) as multiplication which equals to 0
which leaves you with 3 as the answer.

1. Askhole
(n) someone who asks many stupid, pointless or obnoxious questions
2. Bedgasm
(n) a feeling of euphoria experienced when climbing into a bed at the end of a very long day
3. Masturdating
(n) going out alone to a movie or restaurant
4. Textpectation
(n) the anticipation felt when waiting for a response to a text
5. Chairdrobe
(n) piling clothes on a chair in place of a closet or dresser, see also floordrobe
6. Cellfish
(n) an individual who continues talking on their phone so as to be rude or inconsiderate of other people
7. Nonversation
(n) a completely worthless conversation; small talk
8. Destinesia
(n) when you get to where you were intending to go, but forget why you were going there in the first place
9. Erroist
(n) someone who repeatedly makes mistakes, or is always wrong
10. Carcolepsy
(n) a condition where a passenger falls asleep as soon as the car starts moving
11. Hiberdating
(n) when a person ignores their fiends in favor of a boyfriend/girlfriend
12. Ambitchous
(n) striving to be more of a bitch than the average bitch
13. Youniverse
(n) used to indicate that a person has knowledge only of him or herself, their universe consists of only them
14. Internesting
(n) the cocoon of blankets and pillows you gather around yourself whilst spending long periods of time on the internet
15. Columbusing
(n) when white people claim to have discovered something that has been around for years, decades, or centuries
16. Afterclap
(n) the last person who claps after everyone else has stopped
17. Unkeyboardinated
(adj) when you're unable to type without repeatedly making mistakes
18. Dudevorce
(n) when two bros officially end their friendship
19. Beerboarding
(n) extracting secret information from a colleague by getting them drunk
20. Epiphanot
(n) an idea that seems like an amazing insight to the conceiver but in fact pointless, mundane, stupid or incorrect
21. Unlightening
(v) learning something that makes you dumber
22. Nerdjacking
(n) filling a conversation with unnecessary detail about one's passion to an otherwise, uninterested layperson
23. Doppelbanger
(n) a person who has sexual intercourse with someone that looks identical to them but not related
24. Nomonym
(n) a food that tastes like another food


http://glamroz.com/bedgasm-masturdating-cellfish-new-words-to-be-added-to-our-conversation/

His shadow lost confidence in him sef

OMG that's my secondary school classmate in the third picture!!!! No one is promised tomorrow.
RIP Muhammed, what a brilliant guy you were
My condolences to the family of the dead, may God grant you the fortitude to bear the loss.

It's a trend to remind Buhari his major assignments
#TellBurahi that unemployment is almost 70% in Nigeria.
Please meaningful comments, thanks

The search is on for AirAsia Flight 8501, which lost contact with air traffic control in Indonesia, the airline said Sunday.
Flight QZ 8501 from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore lost contact with air traffic control at 7:24 a.m. Sunday (7:24 p.m. Saturday ET), AirAsia said
"At the present time we unfortunately have no further information regarding the status of the passengers and crew members on board, but we will keep all parties informed as more information becomes available," AirAsia said in a statement.
The plane took off with 155 passengers and crew on board, the news agency Reuters reported, citing Indonesian transport officials.
The flight, an Airbus A320-200, was on its way from Surabaya in Indonesia to Singapore, according to the airline's website.
The plane left Juanda International Airport at 5:27 a.m. Sunday (5:27 p.m. Saturday ET) and was due to arrive in Singapore at 8:37 a.m. Sunday (7:37 p.m. ET), according to the website.
Bad weather might have been a factor in the plane's disappearance, CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam said.
"We still had lines of very heavy thunderstorms" when the plane was flying, Van Dam said. "But keep in mind, turbulence doesn't necessarily bring down airplanes."
AirAsia is a Malaysia-based airline that is popular in the region as a budget carrier. It has about 100 destinations, with subsidiaries in several Asian countries.
The airline has a "very good" reputation for safety, CNN aviation correspondent Richard Quest said.
The loss of contact with the AirAsia plane comes nearly 10 months after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which dropped off radar over Southeast Asia on March 8.
Searchers are yet to find any debris from Flight 370, which officials believe crashed in the southern Indian Ocean.
U.S. President Barack Obama has been briefed, White House spokesman Eric Schultz said, adding that American officials will continue to monitor the situation.

Source- http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/27/world/asia/airasia-missing-plane/index.html

Can you please spell your words out clearly instead of short-hand writing. I am following the thread carefully. Thanks
You can please go to the next stage.

Wishing all fellow nairalanders a happy new year all the way from USA

Reverse Back- Its either you reverse, or you back up
Night Vigil- All vigils are meant to be done at night
Sue to court- Is there any other place you can sue someone?

I'm not too sure How they do admission for grade 11, are you applying to grade 11 which is more of high school?

School name- Grambling State University, only HBCU(Historical Black College and University) that played at the inauguration of President Obama
Location- Grambling, Louisiana
Scholarships- There's a sure Out of state waiver for int'l students which brings the tuition cost to $3000 per semester from the actual $9000 per semester as long as you keep up a minimum GPA of 3.0 every semesters
Things you need to know about living as an int'l student here is that if you are not up to 24 years, have 60 credits or have a blood relative that's your guardian, Louisiana law prohibits you from living by yourself, which in other case, you have to register to live on campus, which is a little bit expensive.
Nigerian student population is dropping now as most students that came in after 2011 started dropping out because they didn't get to know about housing laws that binds university to the state, they couldn't afford the tuition cost to live on campus cos most of them don't meet the required criteria, since the school has imposed a $20000 on any fresh applicants coming from Nigeria, and if you can't pay that, you don't gain admission to the school.
Although, they refund you back the remaining part of your money as soon as you get here, only if you meet the requirements to stay of campus. i.e they only take their $3000 and refund back to you $17000.
It doesn't affect any new students who wants to transfer from another university in USA, you don't need to pay $20000 to gain admission, only fresh applicants.
Education- Its a school where you need to be up to task and keep your gpa above 3.0, and you already know what that means.
There are a couple of neighboring universities around, Louisiana tech University, Southern, Louisiana state university in Baton Rouge and so on.
Sights and Sounds- As a black school, we have a lot of fun, Wale was here for our homecoming concert, future as been here before, and a lot more like that. So, it's a fun place to be.
school's website is www.gram.edu, check it out for more info

The main purpose of creating this forum is to share our ideas, and introduce the schools we go to or went to depends on the case.
These factors should be considered before replying this post
School name, maybe a brief history
Location
Tuition cost
Available scholarships for Int'l students
Population of int'l students
Sights and sounds

School name- Grambling State University, only HBCU(Historical Black College and University) that played at the inauguration of President Obama
Location- Grambling, Louisiana
Scholarships- There's a sure Out of state waiver for int'l students which brings the tuition cost to $3000 per semester from the actual $9000 per semester as long as you keep up a minimum GPA of 3.0 every semesters
Things you need to know about living as an int'l student here is that if you are not up to 24 years, have 60 credits or have a blood relative that's your guardian, Louisiana law prohibits you from living by yourself, which in other case, you have to register to live on campus, which is a little bit expensive.
Nigerian student population is dropping now as most students that came in after 2011 started dropping out because they didn't get to know about housing laws that binds university to the state, they couldn't afford the tuition cost to live on campus cos most of them don't meet the required criteria, since the school has imposed a $20000 on any fresh applicants coming from Nigeria, and if you can't pay that, you don't gain admission to the school.
Although, they refund you back the remaining part of your money as soon as you get here, only if you meet the requirements to stay of campus. i.e they only take their $3000 and refund back to you $17000.
It doesn't affect any new students who wants to transfer from another university in USA, you don't need to pay $20000 to gain admission, only fresh applicants.
Education- Its a school where you need to be up to task and keep your gpa above 3.0, and you already know what that means.
There are a couple of neighboring universities around, Louisiana tech University, Southern, Louisiana state university in Baton Rouge and so on.
Sights and Sounds- As a black school, we have a lot of fun, Wale was here for our homecoming concert, future as been here before, and a lot more like that. So, it's a fun place to be.
school's website is www.gram.edu, check it out for more info

The main purpose of creating this forum is to share our ideas, and introduce the schools we go to or went to depends on the case.
These factors should be considered before replying this post
School name, maybe a brief history
Location
Tuition cost
Available scholarships for Int'l students
Population of int'l students
Sights and sounds

Vado: Absence of collective Nationalism won't let us. Everybody is tribalized. Only intense poverty/hunger or massive drought cutting across all regions and classes can spark that kind of thing bruh.

Well said!!!!!!!!!!

It's not a matter of copy copy like you say it, people protest every where around the world, I remember in Turkey, people protesting cos they were trying to impose Islamic laws on the citizens. Protests don't have to be violent, it's just a way if making the government know that we are the tax payers and we work hard for the hard earned money they wasting on their unaccounted for expenditures.

marel1: Nigerians and copy copy.

So becasuse they had mass protests in egypt, libya etc you guys now believe that is the solution? Sorry bro there won't any protests here, take your message elsewhere.

Mubarak stepped down after 18 days of demonstrations during the 2011 Egyptian revolution, it might look like they have not gained anything from it in your own point of view, but this goes a Long way telling Nigerians that power belongs to the people, not the leaders.
The only problem I think we have in Nigeria is that we don't have the same views on certain matters that needs urgent attention.

@Agimor seconded, but thats not gonna help the situation on ground, even getting worse

@slim fit, what does I brd mean?

The news coming out of Nigeria of recent has been so embarrassing, depressing and frustrating. As if that's not enough, the one that touches me more was when I read about the 3billion Naira house. I was like what the hell is going on here, the same government that can't meet ASUU requirements, for crying out loud, the same leaders have been in power since I have been in primary school singing "parents listen to your children, we are the leaders of tomorrow". Even my teachers then are not leaders today.
We have seen protests in Egypt, if this is what Nigeria call democracy, it's a pity which makes me come to a conclusion of asking myself, are Nigerians cowards? Even the so called occupy Nigeria protest was more of a political rally, where some so called political party leaders that don't like PDP used that as an avenue to win the love of the people all in good tactics for their own personal advantages.
What is it to be hopeful about/for in Nigeria, if you are not born rich at least live a comfortable life, but every basic amenities we should be enjoying as an oil producing nation seems to have turned to luxury where only the rich have benefits to, health care, electricity, water, education, housing etc. Am not an anti-rich person (sic), but the difference between a rich person and any other person should not be in the aspect of basic amenities.
Imagine Cultist forming a union to fight crime with support from the Edo state Govt even traditional rulers sent in representatives, for once can we think as Nigerians and forget this our "E go better" notion about everything. Nigerian die of all sorts of unimaginable causes, why must I fast and pray for 7 days before I can travel by road or by air in Nigeria, people hop in their cars and drive for 17 or more hours in other countries abroad without anything happening to them, most Nigerians go to church/mosque or anywhere they wanna go just to ask their religious leaders to pray for them for journey mercies, yes its good to pray but not when it comes to driving 20-30 miles from one state to the other. We all know reasons of motor accidents, not that there are any witches sucking blood on highways. Why must a lady die at child birth?
Our parents failed to tackle this when they had the opportunities, but if we fail to rise up against all these mess, it's going to be more frustrating on our born/unborn kids.
This makes me ask the house, what do you enjoy or what are you proud of being a Nigerian? I believe Nairaland is a very powerful means to reach at many Nigerians with like minds to help discuss how we can change Nigeria and move this country forward.

thanks MrbrownJay. never heard of JESUS CONDOM before. that was rib cracking

I have read about people changing their names, but I am still yet to come to a concrete conclusion on why people change their names. Keeping in mind that am not talking about a lady changing her name to her husband's. Am more concerned about change of names for personal reasons. This is opened to meaningful contributions, and you can share your experience if any, reasons why you had a name change. Thanks

Worried by the condition of the health sector in the country, the Dangote Foundation, on Tuesday, at a foundation stone-laying ceremony began the construction of what had been described as one of Africa’ most ambitious health facilities located in Kano State.

The health facilities will see Dangote Foundation coughing out N2billion for the project.

This is coming as President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said he was planning to build the world’s best hospital in Kano State.

He said his plan to build world’s best hospital would stop the medical tourism that had cost Nigeria billions of naira.

The medical facilities have been named Mariya Sanusi Dantata Ultramodern Theatre Complex and a diagnostic laboratory which are situated within the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital in Kano.

Speaking at the foundation stone-laying ceremony, Chairman of the Dangote Foundation, Alhaji Dangote said the gesture was meant to support government’s efforts in achieving a sound health programme for its people, adding that it was only a healthy people that could contribute meaningfully to the growth of the economy.

“It is not just about creating a modern medical facility in this great city of ours. It is about our commitment to systematically improving the health and well-being which is one of our areas of focus. We believe that every Nigerian has a right to quality healthcare. We also believe that it is our collective duty to rally our resources to improve health infrastructure, support the development of health care professionals and improve preventive health measures in Nigeria,” he said.
http://tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/news/item/22941-dangote-builds-world-class-1,000-bed-capacity-hospital-in-kano.html

I know there's high possibility if he can bribe his way through. No he's not from a royal compound either.

Just a quick question my fellow nairalanders that loves culture. I have a friend that wishes to become a king from where he is from, but am not too sure of the possibility of that happening.
I'll appreciate your contributions and examples of Yoruba kings that were not from a royal family.
Thanks guys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enf68hEsvys
Simply Awesome

I would love to know when people started using those two words. Any meaningful contributions please.

Chelsea lost