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moderatorr:
You dont put on caps in passports. Its fake. And different from what the military submitted. How could he get A1 in igbo and C in hausa?

. You are a fool. Can't you read properly and make simple analysis. Is that A1 in Igbo or absent. Check othe subjects that have a similar mark. Those with grades were have their respective remarks, for instance for Hausa, the remark is Credit

BackDatAssUp:
Cambridge WASC differs from an ordinary WASC certificate.

Cambridge WASC was the examining body that conducted secondary school leaving certificates and was conducted and organized by Cambridge university.

WASC will later emerge with WAEC as the examining body.

You got it

BackDatAssUp:
Buhari is a dunce!

He first said he had a Cambridge certificate only for him to later say it was WASC?

Don't get it twisted WASC was conducted by Cambridge. WASC is not a body, but an examination.

Ok, what of morning fresh?

acidtalk:
Oga, abeg for the sake of GOD and mankind free "little madam" let her enjoy herself. As she begins to grow and start attending creche, the "tv addiction" will reduce.

You should be thankful you precious little angel can see, ear, and talk. Some parents are ready to give up the whole world for theirs to be like you daughter.

My regards to your daughter and please don't dare switch off the station or change the channel on her. I have my eyes or you oh!

Cheers

Wao! Thanks very much. Got you very well. She will hear

carefreewannabe:
TV Watching at Age 2 Spells Trouble Later
Study Finds Early TV Exposure Linked to Problems at Age 10


By Kathleen Doheny
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD

May 3, 2010 -- Television watching at age 2 1/2 boosts a child's risk of having multiple school and health problems later in life, according to a new study.

The effects of too much TV too early was far-reaching and long-lasting, says study author Linda Pagani, PhD, professor of psycho-education at the Universite de Montreal and a researcher at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Center in Montreal, Canada.

''You get a child who's more sedentary, has a higher BMI, is not eating properly, and not doing well in school socially and academically in the fourth grade," Pagani tells WebMD.

Numerous other studies have focused on the effects of television viewing on children, linking too much screen time to poorer school work and excess weight later. But Pagani says her new research is more comprehensive -- it looked at a variety of potential effects, not a single one. And she followed up on the children longer -- until age 10, or fourth grade.

Evaluating the effects of early TV viewing is important, she says. "From birth to age 5, you have enormous brain expansion. We're talking exponential."


And, according to her research, early television viewing is not doing the toddler brain any favors.

Television and Kids: Study Details

For the study, Pagani and her colleagues gathered data on 1,314 children born in Quebec, Canada, between 1997 and 1998.

Parents reported how many hours a week their children viewed television at 29 months and again at 53 months. The researchers gathered teacher and parent reports on academic performance, psychosocial and health habits, and the children's body mass index or BMI.

At age 29 months, the average TV viewing was 8.82 hours a week, Pagani found. At 53 months, the average was 14.85 hours.

Although that may not sound high, Pagani notes that the range was wide. ''This is an average,'' she says, so many children watched more.

At 29 months, 11% of the toddlers were watching more than two hours a day. By age 53 months, 23.4% of the children were watching more than two hours a day.

Current recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatrics discourage television viewing for children under age 2 and suggest no more than one or two hours of ''screen time" (TV, computers) daily for older children.

Television viewing had undesirable effects, even after the researchers adjusted for a number of variables that might account for the effects, such as family configuration and education of the mother, and the amount of TV they viewed as fourth graders.

"We considered all kinds of competing explanations," Pagani tells WebMD. But even after taking all the factors into account, the effects remained, she says.

"Basically we saw kids who watch excessive TV at 29 months were more likely to be less productive in class [in fourth grade] as rated by their teachers," she tells WebMD. "They were performing less well in mathematics. We also saw negative effects in anything that required effortful exercise -- how often they exercised, whether they liked to do anything that requires effort. And their body mass index was greater."[/]

The children exposed to too much TV were also likely to be victimized, she found, explaining that social relationships take practice and effort. "Kids who do too much media, studies have shown this, tend to be socially isolated."

Not having social skills, she says, may make the kids targets for being teased and insulted by classmates.


Each additional hour of TV viewing at age 29 months (over the average for each child) was linked to a range of effects, Pagani found, including:

(...)

http://www.webmd.com/parenting/news/20100503/tv-watching-at-age-2-spells-trouble-later?page=2


Hope, it helps.

It must also be noted that you don't want your child to develop bad habits and become a lazy couch potato. The earlier they get used to watching TV, the more they will want to watch later and the older they get, the more difficult it will be to control WHAT they watch and there is a lot of unhealthy stuff on TV.

Thank you for your time and the education

carefreewannabe:
[size=16pt]You people should inform yourselves first before sharing so much crap! TV is not for kids, especially those younger than three. It is harmful.[/size]

Thanks, kindly explain how

MsPat:
As long as it isnt the only thing shes doing.....besides it helps develop their abilities. Just make sure she doesnt spend d whole day in front of the TV.

Yea, she doesn't. Thanks

kendraloops:
My child started watching early o and i can't see anything wrong with him.

Op, me donno sha but so long as she participates in other activities and isn't too tied to tv, no qualms. Hope you spend quality time with her, as in its not like you'd just dump her in front of d tv n carry on with your own thing.

Thank you

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You just waking up from slumber, because of elections. Shut it there

What is Ini Edo doing there? What kind of Ambassador can she be when she cannot keep a home after a year of marriage? She is not a good role model at all, let alone becoming an Ambassador for a national establishment.

[/color][color=#006600][/color]".... I dashed home to be fully prepared for the problems that might arise from the incident. As soon as I informed my wife, she collapsed and burst into tears. I secured my house and then ran back". @ Mustapha: You dashed home to go and hide the money and vital documents you have carted away from your Boss' office. Haba mallam!

This one don port again. I just dey laf

onegig:
Nothing wrong with it.

At that age she can't really recognize anything. She's just awed by the illumination and noise coming from the TV.

She would outgrow it. If are however concerned about it, you can subtly replace it with yoy dancing and singing for her. I read a research says kids respond well to such "interactive display" in comparison to recorded media which just relays the content without recourse to the child's reaction.

. Thanks, we do dancing and singing for her, to the extent that she starts put on dancing mood when ever she sees us and at timeas she mimics our clapping and singing. Thanks for you input

In as much as I wish the dead a RIP and the injured quick recovery, you will be shocked to find out that their journey was for a partisan political purpose, to go and declare support of all Nigerian students for a particular party or candidate, in most cases for their selfish ends. May God protect you guys as you travel for the needful.

My eigth months plus old baby can't stopt watching television. She can be so glued to the TV, that she moves her body(dancing) nods her head at times vigorously and claps when people are dnacing in any music chanel. She stops cry when ever she is brought close to the TV. Please I want to know if it is bad for a child of her age or if it would have any effect on her health and upbringing. I kind need your informe and educative

@DickDastardly: How do you mean? Make your self clear, pls

[quote author=DickDastardly post=29913982]Now i see the American angle to the sponsorship of bokoharam. [/qu ote] How do you mean? Make your self clear

A United States-based political strategy firm, AKPD Message and Media, engaged by the opposition All Progressives Congress to improve its electoral fortunes is still active, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt.

It was gathered in Abuja on Friday that the Chicago-based firm has been behind several of the party’s campaign messages and strategy. The firm is best known for its leading role in President Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2012. AKPD Message and Media is known to have worked with key Democratic Party candidates throughout the US.

It has also earned a reputation for supporting leading populist movements across the globe. The APC had at the beginning of its contract, stated that, “we shall leverage on the firm’s skill, experience and expertise throughout the upcoming campaign cycle.’’ According to the party, the company’s track record could be seen in political climate similar to Nigeria’s, including Kenya, Tanzania and Ghana. It said the partnership with the firm was an indication that the process of change in Nigeria had already begun and would not be stopped

A highly placed member of the APC, who pleaded anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media, explained that the firm is working behind the scene. The source said, “They have been doing their work; they were involved in surveys and polls, looking at areas of our strengths and weaknesses, and advising on measures to be taken to consolidate on our gains. “They are helping to guide our campaigns to address our needs and we are getting value for our investments.” When contacted, the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Lai Mohammed, told SUNDAY PUNCH that, “They (the firm) are political consultants; they are still with us.

“I believe they will remain with us till we win the elections. I don’t think the contract is out.”
Meanwhile, the US Government has said it is assisting the Federal Government and the Independent National Electoral Commission in providing adequate security for the February general elections.
The US stated that an American election security expert had visited Nigeria sometime in 2014.

Source: The Punch

I must say that in as much as I do not intend to exonerate OBJ of the above mentioned lapses in his administration, even though the article lacks objectivity and balance reportage, we must not ignore the fact that no Ruler or president in the whole world without some issues that could not be rightly done under him, yet some of these rulers are rally points in their respective political terrain. From America to Asian, Europe to our Africa, the story is the same. To my mind, if OBJ was bad then and he is now a 'born again' person whose concern is about Nigeria, I prefer him to other past leaders, who looted the treasury of the country with reckless abandon, yet they are afraid to speak or intervene on matters of national importance, because perhaps they are afraid of the Government of the moment. I think, to me, if Obj was a bad leader and he is now repented and sees the need for a better Nigeria under a leadership that is different from his own supposed bad leadership and that of his successors who are not actually better, so be it. The article would have passed a quality assurance editing, if it had not deliberately ignored and left out the positives of Obasanjo and his administration.

At the end of the meeting, they will be given envelopes of cash.

Pls, let them know

This is not all about Jonathan, but PDP. For the past 10 years or more, PDP has been promising Nigerian of 10,000 megawats of electricity generation, which has gulped huge sums of money. Years after these promises, we are here celebrating a mere 4000 mega wats.

tatosh:
That is the Same way you can't dare to put up an APC board in Abuja, so Agbaje can shut up already. They're being paid back with their own coin

Thank you, go to al the major highways and streets of Abuja, all the billboards and road side adverts are that of PDP, starting from Abuja Airport Road.

Yeso, my favourite soup, after vegetable okro and banga soups. In Auchi, we enjoy it much.

Promising to cancel the tolling when the PDP Federal Government is planning to toll all major existing and new federal roads. This man, although a brilliant man, is a pretender and a novice in the act of governance.

I like Jimi Agbaje as a person. He is a brilliant man, but the party he belongs - PDP is not a better option to APC.