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I received such text message last year. The mistake the dude made was that he called me by my muslim name whereas people call me by my other name! I decided to call the dude with my official line (the number goes thus : XXXXX00000), he was afraid seeing such unique but strange number and his trepidation was evident from the way he spoke. I sternly warned him to desist from such act of duplicity and if not, he would be brought to book!!! May God save our beloved country!!!

Madrid : Zidane's winner for Madrid 2 UCL 2002 & CR7's winner against Barca La liga 2011/2012
Chelsea: Torres' goal against Barca UCL 2012, Ramires first goal against Barca UCL 2012.

Nigeria : Kanu's winner against Brazil @ atlanta 96, Di Maria's winner against Nigeria @ 2008 Olympics.

EPL : Rooney's winner against Man city 2011, Aguero's winner against QPR 2012, Lampard's winner against Man U 2011, RVP's winner against Chelsea 2011, Torres' miss aginst Man U....
Others : Torres' winner against Germany @ Euro 2008, Gerrard's equaliser against AC Milan UCL 2005, Kaka'a winner against Man U @ UCL 2007, Ronaldo Delima's winner against Brazil @ Korea Japan 2002, Ronaldinho's winner against England @ 2002 world cup, Messi's winner against Nigeria @ 2005 youth world cup.....

Thumbs up for you man!!! Can't stop ROTFL!!! I had to ask my colleague to read and we both went hyteric with paroxysm of laughter.

Thanks a lot

Dear Moderator,
I was a little bit saddened to be banned because of my post earlier this morning but I am relieved that my account is still functioning.

Thanks in anticipation of lifting the ban placed on me.
Yours,
My Vicky.

Dear Moderator,
I was a little bit saddened to be banned because of my post earlier this morning but I am relieved that my account is still functioning.

I would like to categorically state here that I never meant any harm with the post and I never knew the reason I was pronounced 'banned'? I was also appalled when I stumble upon the link on the yahoo website. Whatever, I want to sincerely appeal to you to kindly temper mercy with justice and lift my ban. You can go through my previous posts and comments to be convinced that I am not a racist nor an abusive personality....Thanks in anticipation of lifting the ban placed on me.
Yours,
My Vicky.

Happy birthday Mama gee and wishing you many happy and joyful returns....LLNP.

Hala Madrid!!! Be careful though as Barca and Bayern lurks @ d door to thy glory!!! Congrats to CR7 as well, but you should also watch out as Messi lurks @ d door to the best pichichi record ever in the La Liga!!! Congrats to Muorinho too but you should equally watch out for Guardiola as he lurks secretly @ d door to titles in 4 top leagues of the world!!! Up Madrid! Up Barca! Up Man city! Up Man U! Up Chelsea! Up Arsenal!! Up LiverpOol, up AC Milan, up Bayern!!! Up good players and great teams!! Up soccer!!!!

What happened to Dora? She is caught up and entangled with politics! How about her rebranding project? The project is swept under the carpet of oblivion!

mobeenet: U post something reasonable. Schools admit students in session.

To say that every school ALL OVER the world admits per session is to commit the fallacy of ignorance and hasty generalization; Schools in some part of the globe admit,at least, thrice per session. They usually have Fall, Spring and Summer entries! That said and done, here, we are talking about Nigeria where Nigerian schools do not have a uniform academic calendar and a student can gain admission every month of the year to different schools in Nigeria. Some schools in Nigeria resume by January, others by Feb, Mar all through to December!

amosy007: what a post... When admission in every school all over the world is per session equivalent to one year... So u wnt schools to be admitin people twice or thrice a year... May be we should beg jamb to make it 72 times a year or perhaps everyday thingy so people wnt have to fail it again

To say that every school ALL OVER the world admits per session is to commit the fallacy of ignorance and hasty generalization; Schools in some part of the globe admit,at least, thrice per session. They usually have Fall, Spring and Summer entries! That said and done, here, we are talking about Nigeria where Nigerian schools do not have a uniform academic calendar and a student can gain admission every month of the year to different schools in Nigeria. Some schools in Nigeria resume by January, others by Feb, Mar all through to December! The major challenge, as someone rightly pointed out, is the infrastructural decay in the Nigerian education Sector. However, JAMB and the Fed. Govt. Do not have any right to punish and extort the Nigerian masses for their own ineptitude. Why should JAMB receive money from 1.5million students when they know that the schools can only admit about 200 thousand students? If JAMB is truly sincere about the UTME, then every student must be given the right to attempt the exam, at least, twice per year!

Your life has never depended on your CGPA and it will never, even in the nearest future. Your future is in your hands and on your faith!!! Do your research and you would be shocked at the staggering number of successful and fulfilled third class and 2nd class lower graduates!!! The question is ? How interested and passionate are you about your personal development and your career? Are you determined and disciplined to chart a bright course for yourself? Who/What do you believe in and so on? We must know that we are bound to face challenges in life (e.g graduating with a 2.2); but, what matters is not the challenge but our reactions to the challenges! I wish you the very best as you journey through life! Keep hope alive and pursue your dreams with passion, diligence and dogged determination and that certificate of yours would be a thing of the past!!!

As far as I am concerned, buying shares/stocks/bond is similar to FOREX trading. To even take it further, it is like buying and selling normal day to day goods and services ; they all involve a certain level of risk and speculations! If a Christian can buy shares, buy and sell goods and services, then he/she can trade FOREX !!!

Bawsse: The best solution to everything is just doin it l ;Dike the americans: creatin much much more universities (the americans have over a thousand), increasin the validity period of jamb reults, jamb exams shud occur more than once a year, then there shud ß an ability of students to apply for more than just two universities everybody wud then ß happier an less frustrated

I perfectly agree with your view.

kodewrita: Nigerians HATE CHANGE.

I see absolutely nothing wrong with this suggestion. In fact, it makes perfect sense.

JAMB and admission schedules are two very different entities. They are mutually exclusive.


The results of the last UTME were released less than a month after the exam. If they can achieve that, I see no reason why it cant be done 4 times a year.

SAT-2 exam ( On which UTME/JAMB is loosely modelled) occurs at more than 2 times a year. If you can improve your competence under one year, I see no reason why the system should keep you at home for another year.

Its left to schools to decide who to accept.

If I had my way, UTME would move to computerised testing and testing would be done at few but highly equipped regional centers many times a year. You can fail and come back again if you want and besides, you get your results on the spot. No time wasting.

Nice thought; your view is virtually in resonance with mine and I don't understand why some 'forumites' just get my opinion skewed?

francis247: [b][/b]. Though the result remains valid for five yars, those who see neccessary to resit the exam can do so the next year. WAEC for instance is valid for 10 years but those who wrote the previous year but fail to make their required subjects still do so the next year, they don't wait for untill ten years later, so I suggest that the validity period of the UTME exam be extended to atleast three if not five years. To suggest that the examination be written twice or more WITHIN the same year for any reason whatsoever is (sorry to say) simply DUMB and UNREASONABLE.

In the case of WASSCE, a student has alternatives; he/she could choose to write SSCE by NECO, GCE by WAEC or GCE by NECO! A student doesn't have to wait for one year before making another attempt as there are 3 other alternatives per year. This is quite understandable. It is not so with UTME. The law of diminishing return usually sets in the longer a student stays at home. Don't get me wrong, I'm not opposed to the extension of the validity period of UTME but extending the validity without a critical look at the frequency per year will not solve the problem because you won't expect someone who score below 200 to keep the score for 10 years!

joe4christ: Seriousely i was tempted to call you dumb, but i wont allow myself to get tempted.
How would u even in your wildest immagination recommend this?
What provisions have been made already to accomodate such policy?
The nation is complaining of not enough infrastructures in place to accomodate the ever increasing number of applicants and here you are jibbering nonsense.

Do you suffer deficiency in common sense?

It is not too good and, also, impolite to address people like you just did. I would rather prefer not to retaliate your seeming lack of etiquette. You have a valid point about the nation's lack of infrastructures but I personally feel it is an issue that has been on the table for long and the Nigerian government has not been responsive. Must the students then be punished for the government's ineptitude? Why should a serious minded student have to wait for a whole year before writing another UTME? Mind you, writing the exam 2/3 times per year is not a guarantee that all students will pass or score high but it would be an opportunity for the serious ones to re-prepare and re-attempt in a short period of time!

Sage22 :
On the contrary, JAMB should be written only once and its validity upheld for all times - like WAEC and NECO! Seriously, this JAMB boys are over exploiting the poor Nigerian students!!

The extension of the validity of UTME is a good idea. But, what happens to the multitude of students who score below 250 for example? They'd have to wait for another 1 year before writing another UTME? I think the exam should be written 2/3 times per year and the validity extended to about 5 years.

Excelboi: I agree with... Atleast dose who failed in d first can attempt to sit for the second one within that same year.

Not even just one more time per year, those who fail(ed) at first attempt should be given the opportunity to write again, at least, 2 or 3 times per year; my opinion really.

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Darui: World peace is impossible now or in the foreseeable future. Advanced countries have learned this. They don't bother with world peace,they maintain internal peace at any cost. That's why america will sacrifice anything for national security even destroying other countries thereby perpetuating that constant state of conflict.
I don't blame them,they only want to survive. If only Nigeria can .......

Could we possibly say that the peace keeping effort of the developed nations is a charade or a mere chase of the wind? I don't even believe that the advanced countries have internal peace! I've concluded that world peace is elusive until the world, itself, ends!!!

...And that is what I call 'The Spirit of the Champion'!!! Other EPL clubs definitely lack the Spirit at the moment!!!

ArQueBusieR: As long as there are men, there will be wars.
--Albert Einstein

Hmm....Still thinking about the validity of the statement. Brb!

bright007: Wrong opinion!it cant work cause dat would be another avenue to scam innocent jambites.

How do you mean and what has the opinion got to do with scam? Are you saying that making it once per year has eliminated scam? I don't think so!

What a comical way to pass 'April fool' message across to those who visited between 8:00am and 2:00pm? When I saw the 'colour riots', I knew Seun couldn't be serious with it!!!

Inked_Nerd:

Nice questions OP.

What got you hooked to NL?
I got hooked on the romance section by accident one evening when I was Googling something with my sister. Somehow, we stumbled across a post about someone wanting to date/marry their cousin. My sister and I were amused by the comment so I started an account. I was taken aback by people speaking pidgin, writing in their ethnic languages, and a slew of other things that amazed me. I onto the site and a year and change later I'm on Nairaland. Being on the site has strengthened my pride as a young Nigerian women. Seeing so many Nigerian discussing various topics and exchanging ideas made me feel so proud [with the exception of some not so bright members ]

Have you found answers to some of the questions bothering you here on NL?
I can't really say that I had any answers in particular but I will say that I learn something new almost everyday.

Would you recommend NL to someone seeking answers to certain nagging questions of life? And are there issues that has not been discussed on NL?

Hmmm, I've never thought about that before. I suppose if I had no personal attachment to the person, I'd tell them about Nairaland. I'm quite sure that there are issues here that have yet to be discussed on Nairaland. In fact, there are things that I've thought about asking Nairaland members but most of the times when I'm thinking about these things, they're just random moments of me daydreaming. I always tell myself that I'll jot down my thoughts if I feel that its worth being shared on Nairaland but I always seem to forget.

@Inked_Nerd, what an insightful response? I like the way and manner with which you approached and dissected the various questions! Thumbs up for you like 99 times!

Actually, the world has never been peaceful from time immemorial. So, why expect a sudden shift from turbulence to peacefulness?

kaysy: Ask yourself how many times does schools admit in a year.
its not gonna work cos that's another avenue to extort money from candidates again [imagine N4600 + Registration Fee]
One is enough... what u should be talking about is extending the result's validity period to more than 1 year.

Isn't that idea better enough?

Nigerian schools do not have a uniform academic calendar and a student can gain admission every month of the year to different schools in Nigeria. As per extortion, which one do you think is better, to pay about 5,000 twice a year or to pay once per year for about 5years; wasting precious time at home year in year out? Conducting the exam once per year hasn't curbed the supposed extortion. Besides, the issue of extortion is a different issue.
Extending the validity might seem a better idea but imagine a situation where about 5% score above 250? Do you expect the remaining 95% to keep their scores for 5 years? I feel the issue of the frequency of the exam per year should be dealt with first before we can now talk about extension. Whatever, thanks for your contribution even though you wrongly assumed you had a better idea.

Not even just one more time per year, those who fail(ed) at first attempt should be given the opportunity to write again, at least, 2 or 3 times per year; my opinion really.

Why should a student wait for a whole year before he/she can initiate another admission processing? I see the existing JAMB policy as mere 'wickedness'!