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With the increase in research writing consulting firms, many students have seen them as a relief from the rigours of project writing. But there are some benefits which are inherent in writing a project by oneself. These benefits are:

It improves your writing skill:
Research writing helps in sharpening ones writing skill. It can come in the form of organising a write up better. Also in the process of writing, the researcher learns how to write a clearer and coherent write up.

It makes you better in your field of study:
A more concrete benefit of doing research is the chance to rapidly improve yourself in your field of study in a realistic setting outside of the classroom. People get hand-on knowledge in the course of doing their research project which they can't be taught in classes or textbooks.

It's cheaper:
Nobody would write an original work cheaper than the amount you would spend. Then it's advisable to write ones project to cut unnecessary cost.

It helps in being creative:
No one can be more creative than you in your chosen area of interest when writing a project. Writing your research project gives you the opportunity to express yourself better.

Avoiding plagiarism:
writing a project by oneself makes you more accountable of the work. Giving your project to another person to write may put you in trouble now or in the nearest future, because you don't know the originality of the work.

Acquiring basic computer skills:

This comes as a result of searching for materials over the Internet which may help in boosting your Internet skills. Also working with a personal computer or doing one or two things at a cyber cafe can help you improve you computer skill or acquire new skills.

Achievement:
After finishing a project, you feel fulfilled and have this sense of a job well done.



Feel free to add yours

GISNG:
Thanks, you can still add yours because i saw a thread on GIS training by you and i think you are an expert in the field of GIS.

Yes am also into GIS and love to see geospatial technology being accepted by all professionals as a tool in problem solving.

Sir your posts always creates awareness about GIS.
The Mod should try and move this thread to the front page to help people in building a career in GIS.

GIS is of great importance to a wide range of field.
And GISNG would you be doing the training and it's application to these many fields?

There has been many account of the origin of Oduduwa by many writers. One account says he came from the east (Saudi Arabia), others say he came from the sky and another says he came from Benin. From all these accounts, I am writing some things that points that he came from Benin.


His Origin from the East:

According to an account, he came from the east which people understood as Saudi Arabia. But the possibility is slim because there were other major kingdoms along the path way that he would have settle in and Ile-Ife wasn’t a major trading centre which would have attracted him to travel all the way from Saudi. That’s why the account that he came from Benin is more acceptable because Benin (Igodomigodo or Ado) was the nearest major kingdom east of Ife.


Came from the Sky:

According to a Yoruba account Oduduwa came from the sky. While the Benin claims that he was the son of the last Ogiso (which in Benin means king of the sky). We may not know the differences and similarity between the languages as at then, but it is very possible he told the Ife people he met there that his father is the king of the sky (Ogiso). Which the people understood as his father was the king of the sky, and then he came from the sky.


Demand by the Benin to Come and Rule:

According to the Binis, when there was Leadership issue with the Kingdom, an entourage was sent to ask their last Ogiso (king) son who left the kingdom to come and rule on the throne of his father. This pointer shows that no kingdom would ask another king to leave where he is ruling to rule over them. This is with the exception of conquest or protection from another kingdom (which is not stated in any historical record of both places). No king would send his son to a strange land and leave his grandson (Eweka 1) in the strange land except he has ties with that land.

Noted

odduduwa:
Yoruba Muslim its inborn as a trait in ya all to hate anything Biafra but we don't care ....you are an afonja and the Yoruba in you is begging for recognition

Face the topic and stop ranting. I created this thread base on my point of view and other fellow Niger deltas. Am not against the creation of Biafra, but we from the south southern states are not in support of joining an Igbo dominated Biafra state. We would benefit more from our own resource control in Nigeria than in an Igbo dominated Biafra.

GISNG:
Would be doing a free GIS training for those that have interest in GIS on this platform. Try and follow up with the thread when created.

Still waiting for yours, let me add one or two of what I know.

odduduwa:
yes oooo just as my name applies am Yoruba pls get a life @ 40 you shouldnt be sharing 2 rooms with your people

From your post it is clear that many are mad but few are roaming.

odduduwa:
Yoruba man I have seen AT LEAST ASARI DOKUBO I think your Islamic brain ll understand

Sorry I haven't seen a Moslem bearing Moses(Moslems bear Musa). For your info I am from one of the south south state. And all the male in my immediate family have an Igbo wife including me. Then don't act as an ethnic bigot, because not all that speak against Biafra are Yorubas.

kingzizzy:
The River Niger is an international waterway. Nobody can lay claim to it or its tributaries. So it doesnt matter through whose lands it flows through, anyone can use it. That is international law

If it were not for this, countries like Guinea, Mali and Benin would have claimed ownership of the River Niger because the River flows through those countries before it gets to Nigeria.

So it doesnt matter if the River Niger flows infront of your house, it can be used by anyone who it flows through their land as well. You can claim the land but the water belongs to nobody

You have the right to build a port at Onitsha and other places along the Niger and Imo River. But you can't come to the Niger Delta to dredge the water way of the Niger and Imo river within their territory thereby making your ports non functional.

vic620:
How low you could descend. ONYE ofe mmanu. By your fruit we shall know you.

Not everybody that doesn't support Biafra is from the tribe that eat oily soup. Most of the people that are not in support of Biafra on this thread are from the South south. Go through their past post in other threads and you would understand.

divinelove:
The whole of South South are Biafrans including some part of kogi n Delta, Google the existing map of Biafra b4 talking nonsense next time. Remember Biafra had existed b4 for over 2 n half years so everything is in place, Biafra is nt new it's a defunct state.

Remember Biafra was initially the Old Eastern region. It was spearheaded by an Igbo and assisted by other tribes in the Eastern region. But since the break of the Eastern region into many state, the unity was broken, thats why it's the south eastern state which is united by same ethnicity that are clamouring for Biafra. All other tribes that fought with the Igbos for Biafra during the civil war are presently not part of the agitation. What most south southern states are clamouring for is resource control not Biafra.

vic620:
Leave us out'who are the 'us' you haven't answered my question, what is your ethnicity, let us put it in referendum. Is that so hard for you. Just be yourself Mr impostor.

ocelot2006 said he is an Annang man in one of his post.

Igboesika:
There are some questions that have obvious answers. So, asking such questions is laughable.
Again, which people do you refer as ND?

The people in the South south states. From the Efik, Ibibio, Andonis, Degemas, Ijaws, Itsekiri, Urhobos, Isokos,Edos and other coastal tribes.

kingzizzy:
Switzerland is a small landlocked country of just 8 million people. Switzerland has no oil but is far richer than Nigeria. Just the money Switzerland makes from financial services alone is more than what Nigeria makes in Oil sales.

Austria is a small landlocked country but is richer than Nigeria

So it is not about having land mass and Sea port, it is about having vision.

NIgeria has huge land mass and several sea ports but there is no vision which is why the masses are suffering.

Why comparing European countries with Nigeria. Can you compare Singapore with Nepal which is a landlocked country, or Lesotho with Tunisia.

Igboesika:
You are just one voice out of millions of people of Nig Delta that are seeking for freedom. Anyway, what you are doing is normal because, even in a family, there is always one person who frequently disagree with every issue. Afterall, there wouldn't be any word like " saboteur " if not people like you

To be sincere have you seen the Niger Deltas clamouring for the creation of Biafra.

anaton:
Akwa Ibom and Cross Rivers are coastal areas and are part of Biafraland.On limited landmass,every Biafran must not relocate to the homeland;that's why we are preaching for peaceful dissolution of this contraption call Nigeria.

Presently the agitation is more from the Igbos. Akwa Ibomites and Cross Riverians were part of the Biafrans during the civil war, because they were part of the Old Eastern region. But we don't know their present stand in the formation of Biafra.

There have been an increase in the agitation of the Biafra to secede from the country and many Igbos are now having the mindset of their self survival. But there is an important question that comes to mind and which is:

What is the possibility of the Igbos surviving on their own faced with many challenges like, been landlocked and with limited landmass?

In my own opinion, the Igbos are creative people but the possibility of them surviving without a port would weaken the industrial drive they are known for. Some people would still say it still possible. But let's ask ourselves, which industrial country or giant is landlocked in the world? I would say none. This is because being landlocked is a limiting factor to major industrialization and this is due to the lack of a seaport.

The other challenge which is the limited landmass is a major setback to the actualization of Biafra. This is because we have a large population of Igbos in other parts of Nigeria and if they go back home the land and resources would be limited for their survival.

So for the actualization of Biafra, they need the support of other coastal tribes which may seem impossible or hard to achieve.

GISNG:
Would be doing a free GIS training for those that have interest in GIS on this platform. Try and follow up with the thread when created.

I have a related TRAINING I am on. https://www.nairaland.com/3463795/free-gis-training-nairaland-mark

NwamaziNwaAro:


The staff of Edo Airways followed him into the river


RIP

Try and reason what you posted if it made sense.

mollymotion:
nice course I love Geography because of GIS and Cartography

GIS is now accepted by professionals from a wide range disciplines.

Love to follow any GIS topic.

Good info

What of other states.

Nice thread, am always happy seeing threads on GIS. Other expert in the house should still make contributions to this thread.

Eastwalk:
8.Calabar municipal - A moderately dense LGA in Cross rivers state , it is known for its green reserves with large percentage of it land area reserve for green space, The roads are well paved, paving way for easy bike rides which makes it carbon emissions impressive with better air quality. Calabar tinapa, Obudu cattle range resorts are nice torrist attraction.
It a popular destination for enjoying beach games, forest walk, mountain sports and other resorts.

Can we find the the things in bold in Calabar Municipal, I don't think so.

Can't say about the best, but would talk about the worst. Port Harcourt, Benin, Lagos, Ibadan and Maiduguri would top my list of worst drivers.
PH- Drivers are reckless, love driving against traffic and park recklessly even in the middle of the road to pick passengers. Would say PH drivers are mad.
Benin- They don't obey traffic light. They are wicked drivers (when they can't pass they won't allow others to pass) and that's one of the major cause of traffic jam in Benin.
Lagos- Their Danfo drivers can bruise your car and they won't care.
Ibadan- The Micra drivers are so reckless like those Keke riders in lagos.
Maiduguri- They are killer drivers, they drive with extreme speed even within neighbourhood streets like they are Bullion van drivers.
Note the traffic issue we face in Lagos is due to the high number of cars, with the number of drivers in Lagos if they drive like that of Benin or PH, nobody would move for days.

Ekinematics:
No SE city should be on that list.
My list based on number of speakers will be;

1. PH
2. Benin
3. Warri
4. Lagos
5. Yenagoa
5. Calabar

From my own experience in these locations you mentioned I would put Warri first, Benin second, Port Harcourt third, and the rest can follow.

The ratio of pidgin speakers to other language is more in warri and Benin than lagos. Even almost everybody residing in Warri and Benin both old and the young can speak pidgin fluently. But in lagos it's hard to see an old woman above 70 speak pidgin which is normal in Benin and Warri.

Happy new month everyone.

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