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And what if the man is 'stealing' from his wife? Would you women condone it? Ete, I am tired for some women, they are advocating for feminism on one hand, while being dependent on their husband for finances on the other hand. What else do you want? You cant eat your cake and have it.

Jesus Christ is the Only Way to God Almighty. He Alone died and rose from the grave and resides forever and ever. The rest of the 'founders' of these groups all went the way of mortals and never came back. Read History and ask yourself this question, "Why has the Christian Religion persisted for the last 2 thousand years? Other groups, usually attain popularity but eventually, fade into sunset. Christianity has stood the test of time, Praise be to God in the Highest, Amen.

Behold, West Africa’s most brilliant student

Dele Aderibigbe


Odaro and Rev. Fr. Patrick Ryan, former
president of Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja.

Geniuses are rare. Tessy Eneji reports on a young man who is adjudged to be the brightest student in West Africa.

HE is unassuming, with the look of a typical home-
boy. Except for his good looks and good-natured
smile, nothing about Odaro Anthony Omusi appears extraordinary.

But when you draw close and engage him in conversation, you will discover he has an irresistible charm that can keep you glued to him for hours - and then you begin to discern, from his responses to your questions, an exceptional intelligence that makes you to, involuntarily, form the picture of Isaac Newton or even Albert Einstein in the inner recesses of your subconscious mind.

Eighteen-year-old Odaro in 2005, made the country remarkably proud. Through hardwork and determination, he single handedly raised the profile of the nation’s educational sector and thereby restored the nation’s dignity by his resounding success when he made A1 in all of the nine subjects he sat for in the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination thus becoming the best 2005 student in the whole of English speaking West Africa where the examination is being conducted.

Odaro Omusi performed this feat at the highly rated Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja. He is due for award by the examination body during a ceremony slated for March 13 in Abuja.

According to his father, WAEC has written to the family that young Odaro is the overall best student in the 2005 examination in the entire english-speaking West Africa.

How did he feel when the news first broke out? Hear him “Initially, I was in a daze. I was pleasantly surprised. But naturally, this feeling soon gave way to a feeling of elation and joy”.

Odaro Omusi was also adjudged the best student in Common Entrance Examination in 1999 and the best overall graduating student of Grace Children School, Gbagada, Lagos that same year.

Now a student of Electrical/Electronics Engineering of the University of Lagos, he also came first at the post - JAMB examination in the whole of his department.

On the secret of his strings of firsts and successes, Odaro enthused “I can’t really place my finger on it. Except that I study hard and do not give room to distractions”. When prodded further, he added “I think one thing I have going for me is the ability to easily grasp what I am taught by my teachers”.

Odaro’s ability for easy comprehension could have been responsible for his dexterity to, as many of his teachers have testified, understand the more complex and complicated questions and proffer answers to them more than the simpler ones.

Amidst the torrents of commendations and eulogies poured on him, Odaro does not lose sight of the contributions of the hardworking and dedicated teachers in the schools he attended: Grace Children School and the Loyola Jesuit College. Of the teachers in Loyola Jesuit College, he said they are the students’ best friends.

While noting that a lot of efforts go into the task of educating the students of the college, he pointed out that the school is based on a number of ideals and curricula that are very rewarding.

Of note, according to the highly cerebral student, is the weekly review session where the teacher sits with the students in an informal setting to do a review of the week. During these fora, students are opportuned to open up and bare their minds on sundry issues and even bottled up emotions, that constitute hindrances to their performance which could be a hostile fellow student or even a teacher. And attempts are made by the school to resolve all such highlighted problems.

Odaro said further that he also benefited immensely from the personal/social education curriculum of the school which teaches the students social skills and how to become good citizens and human beings. He is of the view that the various tests, assignments, and class exercises that are added up to judge students’ performance are such that give room for a fair assessment of the students.

Odaro Omusi’s success story is incomplete without reference to his loving parents, Mr. & Mrs. Felix Omusi. In fact, Odaro’s intelligent mind is traceable to a genetic trait that runs in the family.

Felix Omusi, Odaro’s father bagged a distinction in 1973 WAEC examination at Edo College, Benin City. Given his extraordinary performance, Mr. Omusi got quite a number of scholarship awards to study at the university. But rather than study the traditional science based courses, the older Omusi opted for a less glamorous industrial chemistry.

But due to his versatility, he later ventured into environment protection studies. Today, he is the Managing Consultant of Socon Consulting International, an outfit with concerns in manufacturing, outsourcing technical personnel recruitment and training located at 5, Obafemi Awolowo Way, Ikeja, Lagos.

However, unlike his father, his strongest motivator, Odaro has chosen to take up one of the traditional science based courses. “I’d always had a passion for engineering. I love to do practical things’ Odaro remarked.

The third child in a family of four children, Odaro, a sports lover, holds a brown belt in martial arts. He also plays soccer, handball and basketball. His hobbies include playing video games, and reading novels with bias for espionage, martial arts, adventure and investigation.


http://www.tribune.com.ng/26022007/features.html

How about letting her husband know that she has taken some money from his pocket? I would be flummoxxed if my wife took money from my wallet, without informing me.

Thanks@naijacutee

The writer of the movie, for their creativity.

Yeah, God is Great, Hallelujah. Remembering His love puts a smile on my face.

No picture of the house?

God is good, He is Wonderful. Reading the testimonies of people on this board is another attestation of God's love for us. Praise be to Him in the Highest, Amen.

Thanks@Orikinla

Who has been to Senegal, cos I wanna visit.

Floss after every meal, or before retiring to bed. That helps a lot. Brush thoroughly, paying attention to gaps and always clean your tongue afterwards. Make sure there is no white residue, because the tongue is also the breeding place of germs.

While mouthwashes are efficient in eliminating, for the most part, bad breath, abstain from one with an alcohol based content, because it dries the mouth. A bi-annual visit to the dentist is equally effective in preventing tooth decay, another source of bad breath.

2 wrongs cant make a right. Are you implying that since chinese restaurants abound in Naija, then Macdonalds, with their unhealthy menu should also make a presence in Naija, because chinese food (some of them), like Macondalds is unhealthy? Abeg, Naija, is not a dumping ground for junk food establishments.

Those 144,000, erroneously claimed by some religious folks, like Jehovah's witness as the numbers of those who would go to Heaven is absolutely unBiblical. Read the link below.

http://www.gotquestions.org/144000.html

I love Nigeria, and would like to move back home. However, the news filtering to my area from home is not exactly encouraging. It boggles me that unpaid salaries civil servants is still common in today's economic malaise in Nigeria. A bag of rice is 6000 Naira? C'mon, how do people survive, especially those with no jobs, or have relatives abroad? I admit that life was not difficult for me in Naija, I have very fond memories of growing up there, so maybe, to reciprocate the gesture, I might move back home, establish myself in business and do some volunteer work for my country. Maybe so, but it is not a promise.

@omogenaija, instead of suggesting an alternative health conscious restaurant, you are now defending mcdonalds because some Naija food are not healthy. Have you heard of the phrase, "2 wrongs can't make a right"? Establishing Mickeedee in the midst of our 'unhealthy' cuisine defeats the purpose of maintaining a healthy lifestyles amongst Nigerians.

@Ka, that is why I wrote that ethics in capitalism is contradictory. Fair competition comes into play when competing corporations, offer prices, solely on factors, like the cost and overall revenue that will be derived from selling their product. Checking out, or should I write, sending out your employees to check out your competitior's prices, while posing as a buyer is unethical, no 2 ways about it. Ok, let me give you a hypothetical example. We all have different computer corporations. We are middle men, and Dell offers us some of their consignment at a cheaper price, lets say, 500 dollars each. Now, it is upto me to determine how much I will charge my consumer, depending on how much money that I am eager to reap off. Supposing a rival of mine decides to sell his computer at a loss, for 450 dollars, just to spite me, would I be willing to go further down, because I am eager to gain more customers? I don't think so.

That is why I wrote capitalism is contradictory. I am all for fairness, but when you choose to counteroffer your rival's earlier price for a product, that to me is not fair. No wonder mom and pops stores are floundering in my area. But hey, some critics would say that capitalism is only for the fittest.

Where can I buy that novel? I loved all those teenage novels, "Without a silver spoon, Chike and the river, The adventures of souza (Souza was a very mischevious child), Tales out of school, (boarding life), One week, one trouble, and the rest of them. How can I forget An African Night's entertainment?

Man shall not live by bread alone, is a quotation from the Holy Bible.

What's The Scariest incident that Has (Almost) Happened To You?

It could be the descent of armed robbers in your house, in the middle of the night, the failure of your examinations in high school, or your rustication from campus because of your youthful exuberance in joining a fraternity. For those living abroad, the loss of a job and the fear of becoming homeless is another scary incident. What has been the scariest incident that has/almost happened to you?

Let me go first.

I missed my flight from SFO to Nigeria for my mom's funeral. Agitated and pensive, I was just confused as to my next agenda. I had 2 options, stay an extra day, or so, and fly to Nigeria, or purchase another ticket to fly to Nigeria. I did a mental calculation. Mom's funeral was on Saturday, and I was still in the States, as of Wednesday. I regretted disregarding my brother's advice that I should leave several days earlier. I finally purchased the airline tickets, and my friend drove me back home, where I just could not sleep. Earlier, my next door neighbour in the village had missed his father's funeral, due to bad roads in Lagos. When I arrived in SFO the following day and realized that I missed my flight again, I just could not help it again. Thank God, a flight attendant, booked me, free of charge into another flight, where I flew into London.

At London, another story. My flight was grounded as a result of the inclement weather. A faint idea of buying another ticket to Nigeria, did not materialize, because the weather took a turn for the better, thus enabling our plane to depart straight to Lagos. When I landed at the Murtala Muhammed Airport at night, which was my mom's vigil night, I did not cut the picture of a grieving son. I was just so glad to be back home, at least momentarily, that I almost forgot that I was visiting for mom's funeral. But when time elapsed, my first inclination was to seek the services of a driver to take me to the motorpark.

I made several trips, but the appearances of some of the rickety cars (sorry, I am not being critical please) convinced me that a better alternative would be to boycott them. Already exhausted, I knew that I would be helpless, if the bus broke down in the middle of the road, and I was under the mercy of armed robbers.

So, I was driven back to the airport, and some good samaritans (God bless their souls wherever they are in this world in the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen) encouraged me to pass the night at the airport, that in the morning, they would be some flights departing to PH or Calabar.

Their advice was prophetic, because early in the morning, I was on a flight to PH. As soon as I landed at the airport in PH, my frantic self was relaxed to scout the services of a taxi driver, most of them, lining outside, eager to pick their passengers. I got into one, and the driver, drove me through the sometimes paved, at times, muddled road straight to the village, just in time for my mother's funeral, to the relief of some anxious relatives.

This incident happened years ago, but maybe this incident would register on my mind, for as long as the Good Lord keeps me alive. If I had missed my mother's funeral, I probably would have requested for an exhumation of her body, or would have refused to accept that she had died.

Bottom line: Count your blessings everyday. God is wonderful.

The last 2 pictures, makes Lagos look like a serene city. We wish.

Donmikky, rephrase your earlier discourse. It is not blessed, but cursed.

I never regarded the low prices of commodities as evil, and thus ridiculous. I shop for bargains. The techniques of lowering prices at certain stores, according to a former coworker, was undertaken, out of a secret trip, by an employee of a rival store to another store, to check out their prices. Is that unethical, sure. But if the prices were already set, beforehand, be it one dollar, as long as no external factor influenced their decision, that's ok with me.

I have no regard for Mugabe. His wife, has already been banned from travelling to some EU countries, on account of her spendthrift shopping sprees abroad. Mugabe is a classic example of Acton's famous slogan, "Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely". He had literally plunged his country into an abyss, settling scores with some people by seizing their land, and ignoring the plight of the common man. What happened to Mugabe of the early 80's, when Zimbabwe was awashed in prosperity under his regime when he was married to his Ghanian born wife, Sally Mugabe?

http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/shopper.1156.html

Having lived in the city and the country, I'd have to admit that each of them have its pros and cons. However, after living in the USA, I yearn to return back to my village and live a simple, idyllic life surrounded by relatives at the fire hearth, listening to stories, handed down from previous generation. The simple rustic life, the lush ecosystems, the friendliness of the people, the fresh air, unaffected by pollution, all makes the village an attractive place. However, the village is quiet, and stores to buy provisions are quite far away, so it is quite a challenge to go to the store, since they are far away. Also, when you live in the village, some people with little minds get jealous of you.

the memories that I experienced in Nigeria was wonderful, and though I have been away from home for a while now, I still regard myself as a Nigerian.