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Sports › Nigeria Vs Brazil @ 2pm Today (FIFA Women's U17 World Cup) by naptu2(op): 8:35am On Oct 01, 2016*

[size=14pt]We will beat Brazil for Nigeria’s independence party – Flamingoes[/size]

By Editor | 01 October 2016 | 1:18 am

https://cdn.guardian.ng/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/flamingoes-u171.jpg
Flamingoes

Ahead of today’s opener against Brazil, Coach of the Flamingoes, Bala Nikyu has assured that his girls have what it takes to achieve victory.

Nikyu said during the pre-match conference for both teams, after Flamingoes’ official training session yesterday afternoon at the King Abdullah II International Stadium in Amman that his girls know what they are up against and will take every game serious.

“We have been in camp working hard towards making our mark at this World Cup. Nigeria has always been participating in this category of the Women’s World Cup and we don’t want to replicate past mistakes. We want to do well and surpass previous records.”

When asked if lack of International exposure for the girls will affect them, Nikyu said it doesn’t matter how long you have spend playing friendlies on the global scale. “What matters is the determination of the players and that element of luck, which also plays a part in the game of football.”

Coach of Brazil U-17 girls, Luizao said his girls have been training for three years since missing out on qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Costa Rica, and insisted they want to do well and aiming for a long run in the competition.

Flamingoes Captain, Rasheedat Ajibade said they are in a confident mood going into today’s game and are targeting to perform well, rewrite history and go far in the competition.

The Flamingoes will confront Brazil in the opening match of group C at 4pm local time (2pm Nigerian time) on today at the 12,000 –capacity King Abdullah II International Stadium in Amman.

http://m.guardian.ng/sport/we-will-beat-brazil-for-nigerias-independence-party-flamingoes/

Education › Re: School Fees At Children's International School, Lekki by naptu2: 6:05pm On Sep 29, 2016*

I think I just wasted my time trying to educate someone (talking about seeing nursery and primary schools on my list when the subject of discussion is secondary schools. Asking which teachers will move abroad, he probably has never heard of Charles Ogundimu and others. Talking about certification, he probably didn't witness the mass exodus of doctors in the '80s, how did they get certified? Probably doesn't know that there are many nigerian doctors, lawyers, teachers, engineers, etc practising abroad. Talking about who doesn't want the best schools for their kids, who doesn't want to drive a Rolls Royce, be treated at the Mayo Clinic, sleep at the Hilton, own an iPhone, why don't you go force them to reduce their prices? As if you are entitled to these things! Why don't you ask the government to tax these things and provide better schools? Talking about distance when the schools on my list are from all parts of Lagos, talking about not knowing the traffic on the Island when I live on the Island and a lot of other ignorant babble).

Anyway, no need for me to waste my time. GO AND FORCE THE SCHOOLS TO REDUCE THEIR FEES!

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Crime › Re: Nigerian Drug Lord Deported From Kenya Sneaks Back And Gets Arrested by naptu2: 1:28pm On Sep 29, 2016

GurlFriend:
This story is confusing. Lovembe doesn't sound Nigerian, and Anthony Chinedu is the businessman. Or is he also a drug lord?

So who is the drug lord and who is Anthony Chinedu?

The Anthony Chinedu story.

https://www.nairaland.com/1318823/nigerian-deportee-kenya-narrates-ordeal

https://www.nairaland.com/1331725/deported-anthony-chinedu-making-serious

Politics › Re: Ex-Police IG, Etim Inyang Is Dead (Photo) by naptu2: 11:10pm On Sep 27, 2016

Memories.

Press briefing outside the Council Chamber at Dodan Barracks (after council meeting).

Journalist asks President Babangida, "Where is Anini"? (The government had promised to arrest Anini).

Babangida turns to Etim Inyang and asks, "Where is Anini"? Etim Inyang starts stammering.

Etim Inyang was driving from Victoria Island to Ikoyi (on Five Cowrie Bridge) one day (after he was retired), when policemen at the check point on the bridge stopped him. They demanded for a bribe! (They probably didn't recognise him).

He reported the matter to their superiors, but members of the public kept asking, why didn't he eliminate bribe taking when he was IG?

May his soul rest in peace.

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Education › Re: School Fees At Children's International School, Lekki by naptu2: 10:07pm On Sep 27, 2016*

isnovic:
I am not advocating they should be scrapped.

I am saying the fess should be regulated, as what is obtainable everywhere else.

Tuition fees set unilaterally by private schools is not in the best interest of the country, it has so many disadvantages

1. Parents are left at the mercy of the Sherlock Holmes school owners.
2. Yes, changing your child's school just because the school authority increases the tuition unannounced or makes them too high means the child school rhythm is disturbed.
3. Teachers are priced out of public school for greener pastures, leaving behind a poorly motivated public school workforce and the attendant problems of strike and what not.
4. The turnover rate of teachers in these private schools is crazy as teachers are at the mercies of the proprietors.

I rather have the tuition moderated and regulated so that the choice remains with the parents.

You still haven't answered my questions. Why should the government fix fees? How are parents at the mercy of the schools when there are hundreds of cheaper and free schools? Many people on this thread have said that there are better schools around that are cheaper or even free, so how are the parents at the mercy of these schools? There are people who have the money to send their kids to this kind of schools, but choose not to, so how is attending this kind of school a necessity? Where did I say that they should be scrapped? Please read my posts again.

Parents have a wide variety of schools that they can send their kids to. In Lagos alone, parents have the choice to send their kids to expensive fee paying schools like

Dowen College, American International School, British International School, Green Springs, White Sands, Lagoon School, Atlantic Hall, Chrisland School, Grange School, Children's International School, Meadow Hall, Lekki British School, etc.

They can send their kids to high quality, but cheaper legacy schools like:

CMS Grammar School, St Gregory's College, Kings College, Methodist Boys High School, Baptist Academy, Maryland Comprehensive Secondary School, Sherpherdhill Baptist Girls High School, Aunty Ayo International School, Ansar Ud Deen, Queens College, Our Lady Of Apostles, Methodist Girls High School, St Finbarr's College, International School Lagos, Federal Government College Ijanikin, Command Secondary School Ikeja, etc.

They can send their kids to quality government schools like (most of these schools are free) :

Lagos State Model College Badore, Government College Victoria Island, Government College Ikoyi, Government College Eric Moore, Birch Freeman High School, Oriwu Model College, Lagos State Model College Kankon, etc.

They can send their kids to other cheaper private schools like:

Grace Schools, Apata Memorial High School, Dansol High School, Binta International School, Adebayo Mokolu College, Fountain Heights Secondary School, Princeton School, etc.

They can also send their kids to free government schools like:

Kuramo College, Victoria Island Secondary School, Akande Dahunsi, Boys Academy, Jubril Martins High School, Government College Maroko, etc.

The people that send their kids to these other schools are also human beings. Check the front page, you'll read about a governor that sent his child to a (free) government school. Yet you want government to set the school fees? What's next? Government should set the price of your car, your phone, your medical expenses, etc? These communist policies do not work! Parents that send their kids to these schools will simply send them to schools abroad, while teachers that teach in these schools will move to other countries where they can earn what they believe they are worth. The owners of such schools will simply set up schools in Benin, Ghana, Togo and other countries where they are free to set the school fees (nigerians already own secondary schools and universities in these countries and there are a lot of nigerian students there). That's how brain drain starts. Parents and the market should determine if these schools are too expensive. If they are too expensive, they won't have any students and they'll be forced to reduce their fees or shut down.

(By the way, the word you are looking for is shylock, not Sherlock Holmes)

Why should government fix the school fees? It's not like there are no cheaper or free schools! Parents aren't forced to send their children to these schools. Market forces should fix the school fees! If the school is too expensive, they would not get any students and would have to shut down.

It's up to parents to determine if it's too expensive or not. This is not a communist country. People who want to send their children to such schools should be free to do so. People who believe that the school fees are crazy should also be free to send their children to other schools that are cheaper or free.

A parent sued Corona Schools Trust a few years ago, because they increased their school fees. The parent lost the case because the court ruled that they have a choice. They can send their child to another school if they believe that Corona's fees are too high.

naptu2:
1) This kind of schools exist everywhere (go check out the school fees at Institut Le Rosey, Salisbury and other such schools).

2) It's up to parents to decide if they want to send their kids to these schools. It's up to the parent to decide if the standard of education is worth the fees that they pay.

3) There will be kids who will attend these schools and do well in life, just as there will also be kids who will attend these schools and do badly. It's the same for all schools.

4) It will be totally wrong for the government to close the schools down just because of the high school fees that they charge.

5) What the government should do is to tax these schools and use the tax to fund improvements in government owned schools (especially state and local government owned schools).

6) State internal revenue services should also investigate people who send their children to these schools to make sure that they've paid their taxes. The state revenue services should report parents with dubious sources of income to the EFCC.

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