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kendallhart:
hello all, I wanna share what's eating me up and hopefully get advice from you.

By this time last year, I told my dad I wanted to study computer science in the university of Ibadan, my dad asked me "is something wrong with you?" I was shocked on hearing his answer. I come from a family of doctors, my mum, dad and my two sisters are all doctors and my dad was expecting me to follow the trend which I don't want to. I said "last last he won't follow me to register" in my mind. the next day, I saw my teacher in my house saying my dad called him for my jamb registration, I was in tears as I saw my form with my dad filled already with medicine and surgery written there. I did my registration and decided that when it's time for jamb. I'll plan to score 220-240.. fast forward to 2016, the time for my jamb examination came, i wrote it and was expecting nothing higher than 240.. I saw my result.. 276.. I was saying this is not my score.. my classmates thought I was being greedy and selfish.. only my best friend knew what was happening.. i made up my mind to fail the post ume.. then the minister of education, dropped it on our heads.. no post ume.. admission was based on a combination of jamb and waec scores. my jamb score was a good one, my waec was glorious.. 4 A's and a C in my required 5 subjects.. I was devastated.. fast forward to everything, I got admitted for medicine and now I'm thinking of rewriting jamb but my mind is at a crossroad.. who do I please? my dad or myself? insults and advices are allowed. thank you.

This is a real tough one for you. Iam surprised that your father is pushing you to become a Doctor that you are not interested in becoming after having two daughters (your two sisters) already as Doctors. If you have somebody that your father respects, go and tell the person so that he can talk to your father on your behalf. Computer science is not a bad course.

Qc1:
[size=14pt]I was just thinking about asking you to join me in naija in that court room.
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If i was Sir QC-1, even if i did not plan to come down to Nigeria this xmas season, i will just suspend every other thing and come down to Nigeria to be in that court room on that day. I no even mind go back immediately after the court session even if i know that in typical Naija style, the case will be adjourned.

Abiagirl777:
Dear Op,experiences and stories have made wives wary although we have our own issues.
I'm a very open minded person and wouldn't wish evil for anyone so I openly accepted my MIL,I met her b4 my hubby introduced her to me she sounded so nice.
One yr later,I invited her for post omugwo after my mum left against my Hubby's warning abt her behaviour,I won't go into details ,it'll suffice to say that it was one of the worst decisions I ever made in life,so bad I later asked her when she planned leaving.
But you can win evil for good,the day she was to leave she came to advice me ,she even begged that we buy her things so she won't go back emptyhanded .I just bade her goodbye.
When my hubby dropped her off at home and then opened the booth,she started crying ,telling him to tell me sorry that despite everytin she did, I didnt take it to heart. She is changed now only to meoo,my sil's are still complaining.
She just left last WK after another invitation and things are better than before.its not easyoooo until you bcom a woman,you'll understand.

Good one. This is how it should be. Imagine if you had retaliated, the war would have continued and put your husband under severe stress and pain and cause a deep rift in the entire family.

mufutau55:
You are better with something better so when you decide to put some load on it, it will not deem.
I have the one below and it was purchased for N140k before the rise in prices due to forex started.
I use it in my BQ, but my friend who had the same uses his own in a 5 Bedrooms Duplex with lights loaded
and two AC of 1HP going does nothing to the performance of it. The fuel consumption is very good and lasted
more than 14hrs none-stop on a full tank and very, very silent. My said friend love it so much and even bought the 10kva of the same.
Very quiet with infrared remote control going thru the wall and distance. Although I intend to buy a standalone 20KVa, this
little gem will still be my good backup when that happens. But for now this is a good unit.
I have recommended same to some Nairalanders here and they also love it; may be they will see this and testify to it.
I think it's around N160k now, but not sure. If you are interested, I can find the dealer info and post it here later.

Hajji M.

Please, what is the capacity of this generator?.

bugativeron:
I am trying to shop for a secondary school for 2017/18 session for my daughter. The choice of school for me would have been Vivian Fowler girls school in Oregun Lagos. However, I wouldn't want my son to be separated from his sister in terms of secondary sch, for that Vivian Fowler is out. But I have been hearing about air force secs schs, But I am interested in Air force sec in Ikeja, Lagos. Pls who has information to share about quality of teaching and environment? cheers

You said that you do not want your son to be separated from his sister in terms of secondary. Is your son already in secondary school?. If not, you can start looking at the Catholic secondary schools. Some are co-ed while others are boys only and have a girls only close by.

KingRex1:
Yeah u right.. what I see on those scripts is meant for a pry1class. But what do you do when a pry5 pupil has no incline on how to go about it? You can only try bringing em up to speed, having hope and giving em hope.
Problem is that some teachers give up on these kinda kids.

The question is how did this pupil get promotion from Primary 1 all through to Primary 5?. This shows you the terrible state of our education especially in the North. Schools now do mass promotion to the next class for even those that failed. Imagine if this same pupil now enters secondary school. Do you think the teacher will want to stunt the learning speed of others because of a person like this?.

KingRex1:
You need to have serious patience while dealing with these students.. First of all, make them very comfortable around you and get them gifts as well..

Used this method while at a service program in a destitute empowerment home.. I was even shocked at their improvements. Ofcus there would be slower learners, but they were my best friends

Good advice but i do not really think this should be the syllabus of primary 5 pupils. Should that topic be the topic for primary 5 or primary 3 or 4?. If Primary 5 is being taught this, then what is being taught primary 3 - primary 4?. Education is really down in the North. I can now see why many of them score low in the Unity schools exam and in WAEC and NECO. I was going through a past maths common entrance question paper of one of the catholic secondary schools and i was surprised to see a question on conversion of base 10 to base 2 and conversion on base 2 to base 10. You see also see questions on irregular shapes. If a primary 5 pupil cannot solve a simple ThousandHundredTensUnit question, how will the pupil be able to solve what i have just said.

dejt4u:
sum of the first ten terms of an AP is 15;
S₁₀ = 15;
Remember, sum of nth term
S_n = ⁿ/₂ [2a + (n-1)d]
Then, S₁₀ = 10/2 (2a + 9d)
but S₁₀ = 15,
therefore, 10/2 (2a + 9d) = 15,
5(2a+9d) = 15,
2a + 9d = 15/5
2a + 9d = 3.............equation (i)

the sum of the next ten terms is 215:
this means that S₂₀ - S₁₀ = 215,
make S₂₀ the subject of the formula,
S₂₀ = 215 + S₁₀
but r'mber that S₁₀ = 15,
therefore,
S₂₀ = 215 + 15,
S₂₀ = 230,
again, sum of nth term
S_n = ⁿ/₂ [2a + (n-1)d]
Then, S₂₀ = 20/2 (2a + 19d) and Recall that S₂₀ = 230,
so, 20/2 (2a + 19d) = 230,
10(2a + 19d) = 230,
2a + 19d = 23............equation (ii)

now combine eqn (i) and eqn (ii) together and solve for a and d simultaneously..

2a + 9d = 3.............eqn (i)
2a + 19d = 23............eqn (ii)

elimination method; eqn (ii) minus eqn (i),
0 + 10d = 20,
d = 20/10,
d = 2

subtitute for the value of d in eqn (i)
2a + 9d = 3.............eqn (i)
2a = 3 - 9d,
2a = 3 - 9(2),
2a = 3 - 18,
2a = -15,
a = -15/2,
a = -7.5

now a = -7.5 and d = 2..

The question; whats the sum of it 28th term?
S₂₈ = ?
But sum of nth term
S_n = ⁿ/₂ [2a + (n-1)d]
Then, S₂₈ = 28/2 (2a + 27d),
S₂₈ = 14 (2(-7.5) + 27(2)),
S₂₈ = 14 (-15 + 54),
S₂₈ = 14 (39)
S₂₈ = 546 ......QED

Chai, this brings back fond memories of Additional Mathematics popularly called 'Addico' (now called Further Mathematics) of those days when only hot brains could hold the red coloured Additional Mathematics textbook. .

HQuadreal:
The Highest Student. "Hajara Auwal"

Good one from this pupil. As for the first pupil, do not be surprised if you find him in one of the Unity schools by virtue of quota system and then we wonder why the Unity schools are no longer doing well.

mufutau55:
Checkout the thread below too... Not just Page 3 but all pages, very educative.

https://www.nairaland.com/1791846/thread-property-owners-types-paint/3

Hajji M.

Thanks Hajji.

@ Shawls. Check Page 4 of the link posted by Hajji.

Shawls:
@Hajji Mufutau55
Kindly let us know your experience about the paints you purchased from Gbadexy.I'm contemplating buying from him and he used you and NL960 as reference.

I have no regret using him. If you want, i can post some pics from my project that i used his paints for. All the paints were supplied by him. They were specifically produced and mixed to specification.

following

Qc1:
Update.


Abdulwastecx got the job!

Thanks everyone.

Good one and a good choice. I have followed this guy on his projects here and have been impressed.

@Abdulwastecx. Please do not disappoint us on this project. You need to make Sir QC1 to smile again knowing what he has passed through.

Lilimax:
All these rugba- rugba Paints
Use Dulux Paint jare and you'll be glad you did

Great things start from small beginnings. Dulux paint did not start yesterday. gbadexy paints are good and affordable. A trial with the guy's paints will convince you.

mavverick:
Are you for real ? Cars to come and oppress fellow renters ?
So what was he expecting, for others to come and prostrate for him ?. The mentality that some Nigerians sometimes have is the reason for the lack of development in the wider society, but rather they blame all thier woes on APC and Buhari

Is it a wise move to stipulate in a tenancy agreement that no flat must park more than 2 vehicles ? Oya Madam Gabby, Abeg give us your wise perspective.

Very terrible. Some people have a poverty mentality. You need to see as this guy struggles for space. He might hear you coming into the compound and he will not come out to say that he wants to go out. Once you are inside your flat, you then hear his car horn signaling that he wants to go out. Sometimes you just need to ignore some people especially if they are coming from a place where they were Lords and were being worshiped and they are now in a place where they are on the same level with others.

There was a story of a colleague of mine in their compound. One tenant there was a business man. He will bring in 4 cars and packed them in the compound leaving no space for the man that works in an office and who normally come late in the evening to pack. The man will not come out even if you horn forever or knock on his door. One day, the office worker just block the gate in the morning with his car and traveled for a week to another state. The business could not drive out any of the cars and those that came to buy them could not test drive them because the gate has been blocked. That was the last day the man ever tried such a thing.

spyder880:
The compound may not contain all eight cars, but if we try to accommodate every car inside every house in Nigeria, e go hard for some landlords. Many tenants also don't have cars, especially smaller families. This build is targeted at the younger renters, bachelors and spinsters.

Thank you Bro.

Congrats on the new project.

This your argument on cars might not fly. It might interest you to know that it is younger renters, bachelors and spinsters that buys cars very early. The likelihood of all 8 younger renters, bachelors and spinsters having a car is very high. This means that there will be constant quarrels and fights and you will have to be coming to the place to settle the fights. I live in a six flats compound that can pack more than 8 cars. There is one guy that started trying to oppress everybody of recent. he will just come and arrogantly pack 4 cars in the compound. Luckily, most people do not have two cars. Even one guy that has one car will just jejely pack it on the street. When he saw that nobody was paying attention to him, three of the cars suddenly disappeared. Some people are just trouble makers.

deathcomestoall:
My dear, go and learn one artisan work somewhere or how to trade if you plan on schooling in Nigeria. I know the feeling of wanting to enter school and all. Who school epp. For those of us that studied engineering, many of us aren't even using such useless certificates.

Only if I had learnt different skills, I won't even regret going to school.

A boy wanted to skip school to go and learn a trade telling his father that he wants to do that because there are no jobs. The father now replied him 'what if there are jobs in the future, what will you now do'. The boy then went to school and as he was finishing, what he studied was in huge demand and the guy had several offers that he was confused on which to choose. Go and check what India makes from software. What they make from software is more than what Nigeria makes from crude oil. The developers went to school. They are not traders or artisans.

Btw, have you seen how shops by traders are closing down daily while the likes of Shoprite is expanding with opening of more shops?.

true2home:
Do you actually believe that Republican will mind their business and not be in the affairs of other countries? please look up the defense companies's stock today. That will give you the answer. Most of the war US is in today was started under a republican regime. That how they divert our money into their private pocket, through wars. They invest in Weapons and defense companies. Then they start war and spend billions that will return back into their pockets by the way of their pre set invest vehicle. Dansuki were trying to copy them under Jona.... Start a war, share the budget funds and nobody will care!

Republicans always fight a war. When Democrats are in charge, the defense companies suffer and they start angling for a Republican so that they can sell their weapons. I would not be surprised if Trump was bankrolled by defense companies.

Breaking News: BREAKING: Edo deposes monarch, as residents protest. Source: Punch.

Where is limeta?. It seems the curses directed at Adams have been re-directed.

sekxy:
I'm studying mech. .and I'm so loving it

With this soft and pretty face in your profile, are you sure you are studying Mechanical Engineering?. The impression has always been that it is hard ladies that study Mechanical Engineering as it is a hard course. What with all the brain cracking differential equations.

kowasco:
but when I search it petroleum in terms of salary

I have always believe that petroleum is too narrow. What if you do not get a job in the oil industry?. Mechanical can work in the same oil industry and several other places.

limeta:
Started yesterday
You saw him with bubu dat can,t be good

But bubu said that he has talents that will be wasted if he retires and so he is needed in Abuja. Is bubu wanting him to make him the new Mr. Fix It since he successfully fixed your brother.

limeta:
Hell pit
He is cursed already. just watch his life from now on

limeta:
hmmmmmmm

Madam, how far with the bold?. How long more do we still have to wait?. You need to give us the date and time that we will start seeing the effect of the curse on his life now.

3strikes:
[size=20pt]Anyone miss pictures of chateau de Brabus yet?[/size]

Yes o. Not only that one self. I dey also miss the google construction pictures.

mufutau55:
We had some discussion about locally fabricated steel door on the following thread with prices from page 4-6.
Try and read it and you will see some of mine there too.. I have never done the 7x6ft doors but I did 7x5ft and 7x3ft all with burglary and net.

https://www.nairaland.com/1990992/construction-six-flats-2-bedroom-three/4

Hajji M.

Thanks. The link has given me some useful information.

Mykellio:
Now, these are the calibre of intelligent, salient and highly sapient questions I like to answer. Thanks for engaging us in this manner which shows indeed that you are homo sapiens.

The prices you mentioned were the exact figures we sold our rice between November to February last year. By May we had to start refunding some people's money even at the rate of N13,500 per bag. If such people are reading this they are free to bear me witness.

The CBN, Ministry of Agric and other government parastatals are quick to make lofty and laudable declarations with little or no action to match. Government doesn't plant rice hence are not in any position to make declarations concerning price of rice. Such declarations have been ignorantly made about regulating the price of a currency that we are not printing.

Yes, the dollar has a price. The dollar is a commodity albeit not consumable but fungible. It is a means of exchange as well. And as a licensed exporter and attractor of forex we are in a position of authority to speak. You cannot regulate what you don't produce.

We are the ones who see the plight of farmers. Please read my article: https://www.nairaland.com/3407489/better-late-than-never-saving

Farmers are going through hell. Inputs namely technical, mechanical and capital have now become very costly. Even the lease of small handheld machinery for planting and harvest have become unaffordable to our farmers. We have to wade in financially in several instances through out the season. Yet, some are flaunting ostentatious lifestyles and nauseous opulence all over the social media. All you need is a trip to some of these places.

As processors too, we are not finding it funny. Transport is becoming very strangulating. Cost per 50kg bag of rice to any part of Nigeria is almost N2,000. Consult the transport companies and find out.

It is our fervent hope that, things will get better as we buy Nigerian to grow Nigeria.

Thank you.

Good insights.

When CBN increased the MPR sometimes ago, i told somebody that if i can lay my hands on CBN, i will be tempted to straggle them. I told the person that how did they expect the rice millers to get access to loans for their milling business when they are increasing MPR in the name of trying to attract foreign portfolio investors(FPIs) to come and buy treasury bills and bonds that they are not even interested in coming to buy. I further told the person that they might be putting the rice farmers and millers out of business because banks would rather go and buy non-risk and tax free treasury bills and bonds at that high rate than lend to farmers and millers and those millers that take the risk to get the loan at such a high interest rate will have no option than to increase the price of rice in order to be able to make some profit. This government just like making noise and taking pictures.

Mykellio:
Yes sir. Instead of creating a whole new thread we are updating it. One so that it is clear that, we are not just starting, that's credibility. Two, it's the same product so there really is no point creating multiple threads on it.

Thanks for your interest.

Ok. Thanks.

So what in your opinion is the cause of the high cost of the local rice?. We had thought with all the news of bumper harvest and near sufficiency in rice production being given by the CBN, the price ought to have come down to a reasonable level but the price is still high and out of the reach of many people. Why is the price of a 50kg local rice not in the 9k-10k range?.

Btw, do you have outlets in a place like Auchi in Edo state?.

Mykellio:
All the necessary information are stated in the original post. Thanks for your interest.

That post was in 2015 now or are you constantly updating the first post to reflect the new price?.

1stCitizen:
Hope you just heard about the fresh punishment given to your 3rd class King.

Do not mind them. Where are those that were making noise here that something will happen to Adams after some days. Now it is their king that something has happened to after some days. Whom the gods want to disgrace, they first make mad. The so-called king think we are still in the 10th century where a so-called king will just beat up a woman thinking nothing will happen. When a king descend so low as to the level of an agbero to start beating up a woman, then that king has desecrated the throne and stool and has lost respect.

Does anybody have an idea of the current price range for a locally fabricated steel door of 7ft by 6ft and 7ft by 3ft?.

mavverick:
Well
I don't usually put emails on public thread unless one is as silly as brabus.

I suggest you message me via NL.
Thanks.

This one that you are mentioning brabus name, i hope you are not missing his google inspired builds and solutions that he normally post here.

limeta:
Try mind yr business . Dont oshiomole sound yoruba to you

oshiomole does not sound yoruba and it is not a yoruba name. oshiomole can be broken into 'oshio' and 'mole'. 'oshio' is a popular prefix in Etsako names. It is like how the igbos prefix 'chukwu' or the yorubas prefix 'oluwa' to their names. oshiomole means 'it is God that owns today'.