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 Health / Re: 5 Reasons Nigerians Die Early And How To Tackle Them by Olumidzti(m): 8:06pm On Sep 24, 2017 |
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| Health / 5 Reasons Nigerians Die Early And How To Tackle Them by Olumidzti(m): 12:22am On Sep 24, 2017 |
The life expectancy in Nigeria, a country of one hundred and seventy (170) million inhabitants, is 53.4 years for men and 55.6 years for women. This means that a man who dies at 53 or a woman who dies at 56 has not died young, he or she has died at the expected age for Nigerians. It is a mind-boggling figure. It is even more mind-boggling when you realise that the country with the lowest life expectancy in Europe, Moldova, has a life expectancy of 71. Worldwide, the average life expectancy at birth was 71.5 years over the period 2010 – 2015 according to the United Nations World Population prospects 2015 Revision. Nigeria is 17 years below the average. Nigeria is also at an abysmal 177th (six places to the last) among the nations in the world on the life expectancy list with an average life expectancy of 54.5 years. When there is an effect, there is always a cause. What are the causes of Nigeria’s low life expectancy? Despite being an oil-rich nation? Below are some of the reasons for the low life expectancy in Nigeria. 1. Anxiety Even though anxiety may be a cause of early death, it is an effect that has many causes in various endeavours of human life. A study has shown that even low level of anxiety or distress is linked to an increased risk of death. natural leaf for long life The study found that people who sometimes stayed awake at night worrying were about 20% more likely to die over a 10-year period compared to people who reported no such symptoms. In Nigeria, there is a lot of anxiety to go round. Many people have anxiety for various reasons. Some people are in constant state of worry due to national economic woes that are affecting their various businesses and consequently their economic life. Some people work for private and government establishments and are constantly owed salaries for months. These people are unable to meet most of their basic needs like feeding their families, providing a good education for their children, clothing and basic needs. There are many university graduates who are unemployed and worry constantly about getting a job and meeting their needs. These result into anxiety for many people. Anxiety itself has been known to have links with health problems. One of them is short-term hypertension as anxiety causes temporary spikes in blood pressure. According to Sheldon G. Sheps of Mayo Clinic, if temporary spikes in blood pressure occur frequently, for example daily, they can cause damage to your blood vessels, heart and kidneys, as can chronic high blood pressure. Anxiety in many people also lead to unhealthy habits like smoking, drinking alcohol, overeating, etc. that can increase blood pressure. Dr. Bacon, a Heart and Stroke Foundation researcher at the Montreal Heart Institute said: “People with anxiety disorders are four times more likely to develop high blood pressure (hypertension) over one year than those of us who are anxiety free. Hypertension is a leading risk factor for stroke and heart disease.” According to the World Health Organization, 46 % of adults in African countries are hypertensive with adult males tending to have a higher mean systolic blood pressure than adult females. Nigeria topped the list with 51 percent of males and 49 percent of females suffering from hypertension. What can we do about anxiety? It is important to know that anxiety does not change anything or solve any problem. Make a plan to change whatever situation you are in and commit yourself to the plan and take necessary actions. This is one way that has a better chance of solving your problem without causing unnecessary health problems. 2. Bad governance With a country that is one of the biggest oil producers in the world, you’d expect that most of the population would at least be to meet its basic need. If you expected that, you’d be wrong because that is far from the case. Most people still struggle to meet their basic needs. The biggest cause of this is bad governance where the leaders compete with themselves on how much money they can embezzle. How does bad governance cause an early death for people? There are many cases we can consider and I will state some of them here. Many people have been involved in transportation accidents due to bad roads and low transportation standard caused by the government’s negligence of the transportation sector. Some of these people die as a result of accidents. One other example is the health sector. Many have died because they have been unable to receive emergency health care needed. This is because many government hospitals are under-equipped and many Nigerians can’t afford the care provided by the private hospitals. Due to low information penetration, many have been unable to have access to health information that would have been life-saving in some situations. A case in point of how under-equipped Nigeria’s health sector is is the recent treatment of Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, at a London hospital for more than three months. Nigerians can battle the issue of bad governance by making their votes count and voting for the person you think will represent your best interest. 3. Bad diet The most popular foods in Nigeria are carbohydrates. Rice is probably by far the most popular food in Nigeria and crops like yam and cassava are converted into many popular foods. Very few people eat a balanced diet. Some, because they are financially incapable while some are just ignorant about it. Many are economically capable of buying fruits and vegetables but instead buy sugary drinks and highly processed food. This makes it difficult to regard bad diet as just a problem caused by poverty. Too many people take too many bottles of soft drink that keep accumulating sugar in their body systems. According to a study by the World Health Organization, diabetes is on the rise in Nigeria. This is caused majorly by a change in diet as a result of urbanization. More people now depend on fast foods that are high in refined sugar. Japan is the country with the highest life expectancy at 83.7 years. One of the major contributors to their high life expectancy is their diet. So, good diet does really have an effect on whether you live long or not. Food is the fuel that runs our body and when you put polluted fuel in an engine for too long, the engine begins to have problems. There are many ways to battle the issue of bad diet. You can make a timetable for the food that you will consume throughout a week and make sure the foods on the timetable are balanced diet. You can also have a target to eat at least one fruit daily and include as much vegetable in your food as possible. 4. Lack of exercise When you tell some people you are going for an exercise or that they should do more exercise, they look at you like an unserious individual, and tell you that their work is enough exercise for them. But work and exercise are not mutually exclusive. A man who does his exercise also has to work. In fact, it is good for work when you do exercise daily because it can help relieve stress that comes with work. Exercise also makes you more energetic and feel good. Another benefit of exercise is that it can make you live longer. The World Health Organization (W. H. O.) recommends that adults should do at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity throughout the week or at least 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity. Studies have shown that people who completed 150 minutes of exercise had 31 percent less risk of early death than people who did not exercise. It was also found that people who did 450 minutes of exercise had 39 percent less risk of early death. Many have neglected exercise and the benefits have also evaded them. To harness the benefits of exercise, you have to set a target every day and meet it. You can take a stroll for thirty minutes every day if you are unable to do rigorous exercises. You can also walk to places that are nearby to you instead of driving your car to greet your friend three streets away. 5. Religion Someone may be baffled at why or how religion affects life expectancy. Religion affects it when someone uses it as an excuse for ignorance. When you tell someone to pay attention to their diet or do more exercise, they will tell you that no matter what they do, they will die when God says they will die. They will point out an exception where someone who does exercise regularly died early and when someone who avoided exercise lived long. They will shoot down your reasonable advice based on exceptions. But the world has never been built on exceptions. The world is built on rules and anyone who bases his/her life on exceptions may be set up for disappointment. I don’t think there is any God that tells people not to improve the standard of their lives. Many people in Nigeria continue to discard health advice because they believe that if God wants them to die at ninety, then no matter what they eat or unhealthy lives they live, they will get to ninety. And that’s one of the reasons the life expectancy of developed countries like Japan and Germany are 83.7 years and 81.1 years respectively while Nigeria’s is 54.5 years. We have to know that every religion support having more knowledge and taking some of these steps does not affect your faith in any way negative and it also helps you live a longer and more productive life. What other reasons do you think are responsible for the low life expectancy in Nigeria and how can we tackle them? Source: http://www.thebushypath.com/2017/09/five-reasons-nigeria-has-low-life.html |
| Literature / Re: A Stroll Through Lautech (short Story) by Olumidzti(m): 1:00am On Sep 15, 2017 |
“The real issue is the funding of the university. The governments are not ready to fund the university. And they have based their decision on assumptions. "If Uniosun can fund itself, Lautech can, they say. But it is based on assumptions. Have they given you any real figure on the revenue generated by the school compared to her expenses? Is the generated revenue more than expenses? We have given you the figures. “The generated revenue can’t take care of the expenses. The main way the school can increase her revenue is to increase the school fees. Only the masses will suffer from that. The two states want to proudly claim ownership of the school but shy away from her responsibilities. “Imagine the governors saying they want to make Lautech the best university in Nigeria. I’ve never heard a bigger irony. You want to make a school the best in the country? Close it down for a year. What would have happened if they wanted to make it the worst university in the country?” “What do you think is the way out of this problem?” “The two governments should fund the school. Let the school resume. After that, you can audit the school account and witch hunt anybody you want. Let the school resume. We have already wasted too much time already. The government trying to humiliate us will not solve this problem.” We proceeded to other matters and chatted about many interesting issues. Dr Badejo was a jovial man when he was not talking about the government. More than an hour later, we left his office and embarked on a long trek to my former department, Electronic and Electrical Engineering. We went towards the Micom laboratory and sat on a concrete seat constructed under a tree. Minutes later, we went towards the 1200 lecture theatre and the faculty of management sciences. I wanted to see that area of the school. I wanted to see the fine buildings they had constructed since I left school. They are the rich men of Lautech. As we got to the entrance of the lecture theatre, I could see that it was luckier than M. K. O. lecture theatre, three guys occupied the podium. They were sweating, busy practising boxing, or maybe it was martial arts. It’s difficult to tell the difference these days when Mayweather is fighting McGregor. We retreated from the lecture theatre. The guys had not even noticed us. That was how busy and focused they were. As we walked towards the faculty of management sciences, I saw two mango trees standing side by side, one of them already withered. We got to the faculty and got attracted to a mango tree. In unison, as if we had an unwritten pact, we both picked stones and threw them at ripe mangos. We had little success with the stones. Then we saw some sticks lying on the ground, waiting to fulfil their potential. Few minutes later, we devoured the poor mangos with vigour. “Hmmm,” Dayo hummed, “sweet.” I nodded. “Brother Kofo,” Dayo said, “did you hear about Fund Lautech?” “Yeah.” “How much have you contributed?” “Nothing,” I said. He was unable to close his mouth and half-eaten mango was visible between his tongue and teeth. “I’m broke,” I said. “You’re always broke.” “You know how it is now,” I said. “Money is not flowing these days.” “But you should have at least contributed, no matter how small.” “Maybe,” I said. “But that is not the main problem. Will Fund Lautech solve the problem we have on ground? I doubt it. I doubt they can gather eight billion naira, the amount owed by the two governments. "Even one billion seems almost impossible. Even if they manage that almost impossible feat and the school resumes, will Fund Lautech continue to fund the school? “It’s unsustainable. This is money owed by the government. Let the government pay up. If possible, find a way to persuade the governors. I don’t’ see any other solution that will work in the long term. "Fund Lautech is a good incentive but it should have been done while the school was in session. Probably to fund projects and research in the school. I heard that’s what they want to do in the long term but their project is just too complicated.” We plucked and ate more mangos till we got tired. We strolled back to Dayo’s hostel at Under G. The next day, I was on my way to Ibadan. I wondered when Lautech will be resuscitated from the coma she had slid into. There was no hope on the horizon. Not even a mirage of hope. THE END Source: sillykofo.com lalasticlala Divepen1 |
| Literature / Re: A Stroll Through Lautech (short Story) by Olumidzti(m): 12:33pm On Sep 13, 2017 |
“I hate the governor of Oyo State. One of the traits of being a good leader is knowing the right thing to say and the right time to say it. He fails woefully at both. He is even worse at taking the right actions.” “But what of the other governor?” I said. “I heard his state owe much more than Oyo State.” “I have no feeling for the other governor,” he said. “If it was left to him, he would probably bring big padlocks to the school gates, lock them and throw the keys into the ocean. You know, this situation is really revealing.” “How?” “A school owned by two states that are being controlled by APC and whose chancellor is the national leader of APC. You want to know APC’s plan for education? Just look at Lautech. No matter what they tell you, just look at Lautech for the clear picture.” “I agree,” I said. “It’s a depressing situation,” he said and the hall became silent again. We were not looking at our phones this time. I was thinking about what he said, his face gave nothing away. I found myself in agreement with all that he said. It felt as if his words were ringing in the hall. He started scrolling through his phone some minutes later. “Doctor,” he said. “Good afternoon sir. Are you at your office?” “Okay sir,” he said. “I’ll be right there.” “That was my H. O. D. Dr Badejo,” he said to me. “He’s at his office. Let’s meet him there.” “Okay,” I said as we stood up and left the hall through one of the front doors. As we walked towards chemistry department, I could see a gigantic uncompleted building to our right and weeds growing in unexpected places. Few minutes later, we were in his office and Dayo did the introductions. “How has the strike been?” I said. “Bad,” he said, “as you can see.” “I read a news recently in which the government of Osun State said the lecturers were against the audit of the school account and thereby impeding progress.” The man put down the pen in between his fingers. Even behind his big desk, I could see his frustrated look and a reaction had clearly been drawn from what I said. “Let me say this,” he said like someone about to give a lecture. “There is nothing wrong in the audit of the school account. But it is wrong from every other angle you look at it. "The two state governments appointed an accounting firm to audit the school accounts. These are two governments that have a reputation for never playing fair with workers. “Do you think that accounting firm will come in and say the school’s account is clean and there is nothing hidden?” he said. “Are you saying all the lecturers are clean?” I said. “No,” he said. “I can’t see everything happening in this school. "But does the school have to be closed for more than a year before you say you want to audit the school account so that you can know how they have spent the money given to them? That itself is a testament to irresponsibility and a lackadaisical attitude towards the school. “The Osun government said the last time the audit of the school account was done was in 2012. How does that sound? "The two governments have been funding the school but didn’t care to know how the money had been spent. Is that the accountable way of running a university? But now they want to make the lecturers the scape goats. “Imagine the government telling students and parents to beg the lecturers to corporate with the government. As if we wanted the school to close in the first place. "As if we had not gone through hunger and neglect from the government before we started the strike. But now, we are the obstacle to the school’s progress according to the government. “Now they want us to corporate with them so that they can leave us hungry as they intend to while they continue to feast on the nation’s resources. Have you seen any of the politicians take a pay cut from their big salaries? "It is the civil servants that will be owed salary for eleven months. They are fast to blame oil price for that when the oil price never seem to affect their own salaries. “It is a charade. Anybody who believes the lecturers are more to blame for this problem than the government is not very wise and probably has not been following events in Nigeria. It is just a public relations ploy to deflect people from the real issue.” “What is the real issue?” Dayo said. |
| Literature / Re: A Stroll Through Lautech (short Story) by Olumidzti(m): 2:24am On Sep 11, 2017 |
“You think you’re still in secondary school? Go to that gate,” he would say pointing to the direction of the main gate, “and check. It is Ladoke Akintola University of Technology not Ladoke Akintola secondary school of Technology. "We don’t have pampers here to take care of your immaturity. You have to be responsible. We don’t breed irresponsible students here. You have to read, read, and read. Not until you’re tired but until the book is tired of you.” By the time we got to 200 level, we didn’t hear those advices again because we had learnt our lessons. “What of your girlfriend?” I said. “She is pregnant.” “You stopped using condom?” “She slept with another guy.” “In school?” “At Lagos,” Dayo said with resignation like for a lost soul. “She went home six months ago and she is now four months pregnant.” “Oh,” I said. “Sorry.” I could not think of a better word to say. “No,” he said waving at me. “Things like that are bound to happen in situations like these.” “Have you had problems with her before?” “No,” he said. “Maybe a bit. She had been complaining about some things.” “Like?” “That I didn’t call her enough. That I didn’t stay with her enough.” “So what did you do?” “What will I do?” he said showing his palms. “I have been learning quantity survey. I don’t have time like before.” “So what do you do after learning quantity survey?” “You mean after leaving my boss’s office?” I nodded. “I go home and rest.” “Do you invite her to your place?” “She won’t allow me to rest.” “That’s the point,” I said. “How was your relationship before you started learning quantity survey?” “It was good.” “You called her a lot and you stayed with her many times?” “Yes.” “And you suddenly stopped?” “There was a reason I stopped,” he said. “She had to understand there was a reason I stopped.” “No,” I said. He looked at me. “Maybe you wanted out of the relationship.” “But I didn’t,” he protested finding it difficult to belief that I wasn’t on his side bashing the girl for leaving him. “Your actions said the opposite to her.” “But she had to make a compromise.” “You had to too,” I said. “The only way two people on two opposite extreme ends can reach a mid-point is for both of them to move. What if she had moved and you didn’t move? How can you reach a compromise? "The only thing you are telling her is that you are not interested enough to reach a compromise. She probably felt if you loved her, you should have at least taken part in what she loves. “Like every other thing in life, love also requires work. The work doesn’t stop after she agrees to be your girlfriend. Whatever made you love her and whatever made her love you are what constitute the life of the relationship. "If you stop doing those things, then the relationship starts dying. If I have to make any conclusion from what you told me, your girlfriend probably loves it when you listen to her and stay with her. "Maybe that was what you did to make her fall in love with you. Then you stopped doing it. And she probably found someone in Lagos who was doing it. She’s only human.” “But you can’t keep a permanent girlfriend too,” he said. I smiled. “Yes. You know, no one is perfect. Maybe my problem is the opposite of yours. I love girls. Too much. I do whatever it takes to satisfy a lady I want. "I love them too much to stick with one. I left many of them and some left me. The reason some left me was not because I stopped doing what made them love me but they probably met someone they felt would love them better than I did. "It was never my fault. Well, maybe it was few times, when they caught me with another girl. But you get the gist. Someone had to take an action, or inaction that led to the dissolution. For those that I left, I stopped doing what made them love me.” There was silence for about five minutes with both of us doting on our smartphones as if they were our best friends. “How has this strike been?” I said. “Well,” he said. “Pretty bad as you would expect. You know how it feels.” “I don’t,” I said. “I hate what is going on here because I was once a student of this school and because it is wrong. But I can’t have a feeling close to yours because it is disrupting your lives.” “Yes,” he said. I could see no emotion on his face but pain in his eyes. “It is really disrupting our lives. I should have been in service now. But I am stuck in 500 level. "This government has wasted at least a year of my life. That is the time that can never be regained. Loss of productivity that may never be regained. “Over thirty thousand students, added to lecturers, wasted a whole year and still counting. That is over thirty thousand years of loss of productivity. "For two governments that are wise and responsible, that is probably more loss than the eight billion naira that the two governments are trying every means not to pay. 1 Like |
| Literature / Re: A Stroll Through Lautech (short Story) by Olumidzti(m): 2:14am On Sep 11, 2017 |
Horlar995:Thanks. I'll drop more episodes soon. 1 Like |
| Literature / Re: What Book Are You Reading Now by Olumidzti(m): 11:23pm On Sep 09, 2017 |
Reading two presently. Honour among thieves by Jeffrey Archer and The game by Neil Strauss (non fiction) 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Literature / Re: A Stroll Through Lautech (short Story) by Olumidzti(m): 11:14pm On Sep 09, 2017 |
Few weeks later, after I had overwhelmed her with love, I was happy when she said she loved me. She was the dream girl for many guys in our class. I could always feel their eyes following us, or to be accurate her, whenever we walked into the class or out. Few weeks into my education in Lautech, I was fulfilled. She was classic. With her, I began to imagine that maybe there was one girl that didn’t go to the toilet after all. I managed to hold that belief until months later into our relationship when she called me one morning. She would be unable to come to class because she was seriously purging. “Wao,” I had said. She thought it was because of her absence. She was wrong. She was organized. She had plans for everything, including socializing and sex. Some days, I’ll ask her to come to my place and she would tell me, without flinching, that socializing was not part of her plans for the day. One day, she showed me a page in a notebook where she wrote her plans for the day just to show me that socializing was absent on it. Any day she had socializing on her plans though, I was a lucky guy. She was so fun to be with. She was someone who did things wholeheartedly or did nothing at all. She would even go to watch football matches with me. How would a guy not love such a girl? She arrived school early, much earlier than I did, and always got a space for me beside her. She was a girl I really cherished – I still like her – until things went awry when we got to 200 level. “With you,” Dayo said, “things always go awry.” “It wasn’t my fault,” I said. It was the truth. With girls as beautiful as that, there was always one guy somewhere else who had a better game than you, probably as handsome as you, had more money than you and wanted the girl. I don’t know what a guy told her but she started losing interest in the relationship. After a time, it became unsustainable. What can I do? I’m only human after all. It was great while it lasted though. Another feature when I was in hundred level were guys who always came to offer us free advice in the lecture hall while we were waiting for lectures. Some guys with faded jeans and slack-necked t-shirt would talk to us about gpa, cgpa, when most of us had no idea what they meant and some were too stupid to care. They would tell us how important it was to build our cgpa in 100 level because it would be more difficult in 200 level and beyond, which we later discovered was true. At some point during those speeches, or sermons, many were probably asleep while the remaining were bored to death, waiting for something stimulating. In those moments, I would have loved to sleep too but Bola would not allow me. She encouraged complete concentration in class. I know, I was very unlucky in that regard in those days. After the powerful advice, they would go on to their main reason for coming. Some would invite you for a tutorial organized by a fellowship. Many would invite you to a training. ‘How to make $2,000 daily online as a student’, ‘How to buy a brand new laptop for ten thousand naira’, ‘How to create a fully-functioning website and start making money on it TODAY’, ‘How to make one million by investing five hundred naira in just one week.’ According to them, all these things were easy to carry out, low stress, and accompanied by big rewards. “You still remember those people,” Dayo said with a smile. “How can I forget them?” Some others would come to market books. ‘Tutorial book for MTH101 and 102’, ‘Get 99A in MTH101’, as if the writer got it, ‘How to get 5.0 CGPA without stress’, ‘How to be a champion student’, ‘How to make it in life without pain’, ‘Get 5.0 CGPA without reading in the night.’ The funniest title I heard was ‘Study in Lautech without stress’, which we later discovered was a big fat lie. Whoever wrote that book had never heard the word laustress. We endured so much suffering from these marketers that we found a mini-solution. Normally, they would start by chanting ‘greatest Nigerian students’ and we would reply ‘great’ followed by ‘greatest Ladokites.’ Then they would launch into their story. But one day, as one of them climbed unto the podium and said ‘greatest Nigerian students’, some students at a corner shouted ‘How much?’ And we had our own reply. God bless the person who thought of that idea. Dayo was smiling as I told him my experiences because he could relate to most of them. When we got to hundred level then, most of us were naïve. Especially the ‘jambites’ who were mostly fresh from secondary school and had no experience of pre-degree. Many, including me, expected that the lecturers would be like our secondary school teachers, meticulous and caring. The lecturers were only too happy to tell us that it would be a fatal mistake to compare them to our secondary school babysitters. When we had lectures then, for instance physics, don’t ask me why I picked physics, and students continued to shout ‘we don’t understand’, the lecturer would smile while shaking his head pitifully. But when students continue to complain, he would get angry and start. Please drop your comments about the story... 1 Like |
| Literature / Re: A Stroll Through Lautech (short Story) by Olumidzti(m): 4:57pm On Sep 08, 2017 |
“No.” “Adebola,” I said. “Sweet Adebola. What a fine lady. She was my first love in Lautech.” “You must have had many.” “Not many,” I said. “Few lovers, many sex partners. They all thought we were in love though.” “You must have been a competent liar.” “Far from the best,” I said. “But good enough to get the job done most times.” “So how did you meet this Bola?” he said. If there was something that I took great pleasure in, it was talking about my love conquests. I have been trying hard to deny it but I think my life purpose is probably running after people in blouse and skirts, and gowns. I am talented in that arena and I think I could really build a career on it. I just need to find someone who would pay me for my skills. Someone said know how to do something very well and find someone to pay you for it. I’ve been looking for someone who would appreciate my skills and pay me for knowing how to run after the ladies. One day, I will go abroad and market my skills. Nigerians can be very stingy in that regard but the whites would appreciate it. They seem to always appreciate things like that. One of the reasons that made me cherish my relationship with Bola was that she was one of the most beautiful girls in hundred level, faculty of engineering then. The first day I saw her, I was sure that about twelve guys were also watching her. I caught five myself. Easy to predict six other guys who could watch a girl without being caught. I was fast and I was lucky. After the lectures, she went through the door that was close to where I sat. I ran after her. “Fine girl, how are you?” I said. “Fine,” she said. Yes, the most difficult start I could get. “Please I need a favour from you.” “What?” she said with a teasing smile that said I will not grant it. “I need to borrow your note, I was unable to finish my note in class,” I said. I should have completed the statement by saying ‘because I was watching you most of the time’ but I was wiser than that. She asked where I wanted to write it, I said right there. She said she was in a hurry, she could not wait. I said she could lend me till the next day. She said that was impossible because she didn’t know me and she had to read. So I began to introduce myself divulging all important information I could remember. What is your name? I asked after a few minutes of blabbing my head off. She had started walking away from the hall, towards Under G. I had no problem following because I was headed in the same direction. To be honest, I would have had no problem even if my destination was in the opposite direction. In those days, we always used the book collection method to approach a girl we wanted to date. We would go and ask for a beautiful girl’s note when about fifteen of our close friends had complete note and maybe three could even volunteer to write for us. We always wanted to write it ourselves during those moments. The way we did it, I was sure that many of the girls knew the game we were trying to play. And they just played along. God bless those that played along. For those that didn’t play along, it was easy to save face. She didn’t lend me her note, you would say to four of your friends waiting for you. One stupid Judas among them would let out a maniacal laughter. The other three would try very hard to keep their laughter in and you would just rub your hand on your head. That was how we rolled then. Which hostel do you stay? I asked Bola. Agbeke villa she said. I told her with pleasure that I lived in Ayinke hostel. I gave her that smile that said ‘I’m a lucky bastard, you know’. We took the same taxi few minutes later. I reminded her that she could lend me her note since her hostel was beside mine. She reluctantly agreed but she needed it before seven. I would definitely bring it to her before seven. I had written the note and checked every page of the book to see if I could find her phone number somewhere. Something like ‘if found please call 080…blah blah blah’. The only thing she took interest in was writing her name on every few page. I returned her note that evening and asked for her phone number. She gave me but that was the easy part. She even came to my room few times a week later. We would talk and she would laugh until her belly pained her. But she never kissed me, not even a hug. It was so frustrating. She filled me with hope and dashed it while I was still revelling in it. She was an expert at playing hard-to-get. She never did it in a repellent way. Always in a seductive manner that made you want to do crazy things to get her. Crazy things like selling your left hand which was mostly useful in the toilet. You could survive without it anyway, so far you had her. She was that seductive. 1 Like |
| Literature / Re: How To Write A Quality Article In Less Than 15 Minutes by Olumidzti(m): 4:40pm On Sep 08, 2017 |
BiafranBushBoy:You're funny and aggressive and rude. If I didn't read how did I know what you suggested? So if you research for an article for one hour and type it in fifteen minutes and someone has to pay you for it by hour spent on the work, you'll say you spent fifteen minutes on the article? You can dissociate the time spent on research. Your post title didn't say 'type a post in 15 minutes'. You're trying to advise us but you don't want people to disagree with you. I'm afraid you can't learn much that way. 1 Like |
| Literature / Re: The Most Inspiring Statements Or Quotes You Have Ever Heard by Olumidzti(m): 9:09am On Sep 07, 2017 |
We must all suffer
from one of two pains: the
pain of discipline or the
pain of regret. The
difference is discipline
weighs ounces while
regret weighs tons. - Jim Rohn |
| Literature / Re: Help! I Want To Participate by Olumidzti(m): 9:02am On Sep 07, 2017 |
Check the commonwealth short story thread. 1 Like |
| Literature / Re: How To Write A Quality Article In Less Than 15 Minutes by Olumidzti(m): 9:00am On Sep 07, 2017 |
Some interesting ideas. I especially love that of blog comments. Practice and consistency is key. Although what you have advised will take more than 15 minutes. Time for research is part of it. 2 Likes |
| Literature / A Stroll Through Lautech (short Story) by Olumidzti(m): 5:48pm On Sep 06, 2017 |
A STROLL THROUGH LAUTECH BY OLUMIDE S. OGUNWOLE Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, locales, or actual events is entirely coincidental. ****** As we entered through the main gate, the birds tweeted and the crickets chirped. The leaves on the trees spilled the gathered dew that had stayed for too long on them. The wind whistled as the sky became cloudy, ready to bring down another downpour of frustration and agitation. We felt welcomed in an environment that had suffered for visitors for many months, more than a year even. We trod through a well-trodden path that had now gathered a lot of sand and weeds due to few people passing through it. A habitat that always bustled with academic activities had now turned into an abode of meditation. Silent and lonely and uncomfortable. We were not a bit surprised. We had expected it and that, was the tragedy of it all. I am no more a student but my cousin, Dayo, is a 500-level student of the department of Chemistry. He had been stuck in 500 level since 2015 and now in 2017, I belief he would think of that fact every day. Every additional day that this mess has dragged on for too long. The mess had started like every other countless industrial actions did in the past. The government and lecturers had begun their push and pull and students had expected an early resolution. The students must have asked for too much because the months started counting and no resolution appeared in sight. Now, it has gone beyond the realm of anti-development into satanic. Toying with the future of over thirty thousand youths has no better description. Beside us, on the far left, I could see a new building, it was absent when I left the school in 2012 and 2013 painted on it bore a testament to that. I looked on and in front of us was M. K. O. Abiola lecture theatre. The statue of a man stood in front of the hall in a permanent smile and a finger pointing to the future. If it could hear me, I wanted to tell it: “Now we are in the future but we wish we had stayed in the past. At least there was free quality education in the past. And the leaders tried to be responsible and accountable. The new generation of leaders have gone away from the path that you trod. They are overseers over chaos. They have neglected the values of education that raised Nigeria up and gave many of them the opportunity of education. "With pride they have adorned the mantle of arrogance, unaccountability, and recklessness with no respite, with no regard for the law. Wallowing in illegalities, blatantly stamping the face of the law, and drunk in irresponsibility and perceived power and authority. You had a dream but our present leaders are yet to wake up from their corruption induced sleep to realize the dream.” We walked into the hall and unsurprisingly, we were the only two souls in the hall. The first time I saw this hall was in 2007, ten years ago. In all the years I’ve been inside the hall, it had never been empty. If students had no lectures, then some were reading. “This hall is silent,” I said. “The hall is lucky to have us today,” Dayo said. As he said that, a door made a loud bang as the wind pushed it close. “I wonder when somebody came here last,” Dayo said. I went to the front row of seats and sat in a seat in the middle. “You know,” I said, “I never achieved this all my years in school.” “What?” “Here,” I said. “I never sat here for a lecture. I received lectures here in 100 level.” “Elect/Elect right?” “Yeah.” “I received my lectures in 1200 lecture theatre.” “You are a crowd in the faculty of pure and applied sciences.” “I’m surprised you never sat in front,” he said. “You must have been a truant in those days.” “I came to most classes.” “Then you must have been a bit unserious.” “I was serious,” I said, “by my standard. It was just that there were many students who were more serious than I was.” “Do you always arrive in class before commencement of lectures?” “Yeah,” I said. “Many times but not all the time. You know how it is.” “No.” “I had a partner in crime.” “You always have a partner in crime,” he said with a smile. “Who?” “Bola,” I said. “Ever met her?” To be continued... Source: sillykofo.com |
| Phones / Re: Android, Anyone? Part II by Olumidzti(m): 8:17pm On Aug 24, 2017 |
Good evening everyone. I have
some problems with the screen
of my galaxy s5 phone. It
doesn't come up sometimes.
Please who can you
recommend with good
reputation for the repair in
Ogbomoso/Ilorin? |
| Phones / Where Can I Repair My Samsung Galaxy S5? by Olumidzti(m): 10:37am On Aug 24, 2017 |
Good morning everyone. I have some problems with the screen of my galaxy s5 phone. It doesn't come up sometimes. Please who can you recommend with good reputation for the repair in Ogbomoso/Ilorin? |
| Literature / Re: Disadvantage Of Sharing Your Stories On Nairaland by Olumidzti(m): 5:40pm On Aug 19, 2017 |
SheWrites:You have hit the nail on the head. If you have plans of marketing a book, then you shouldn't post it on nairaland or anywhere else for that matter. Otherwise, this is a great place to share your stories. |
| Literature / Re: Literature/Writing Section's "Chat Central!" by Olumidzti(m): 7:43pm On Oct 30, 2016 |
supergata:must the writer be published? |
| Literature / Re: Literature/Writing Section's "Chat Central!" by Olumidzti(m): 7:41pm On Oct 30, 2016 |
Good evening everyone. I have some
short stories and I'm working on some
others. Please, I want to ask about
magazines that accept short stories for
publication in Nigeria. Any help is
appreciated. Thanks. |
| Literature / Which Magazines In Nigeria Accept Short Stories? by Olumidzti(m): 4:42pm On Oct 25, 2016 |
Good evening everyone. I have some short stories and I'm working on some others. Please, I want to ask about magazines that accept short stories for publication in Nigeria. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. |
| Religion / Re: Should A Pastor Own A Private Jet? by Olumidzti(m): 5:07pm On Sep 14, 2016 |
goldedprince:they are human but they are servants of God. They tell us that the earth is just a market place, that heaven is our home. But they also want to show us that God is a God of prosperity. And they show God's prosperity by amassing material wealth. But Jesus was/is much more prosperous than any of them. Jesus wanted us to be prosperous by the number of people in need that we help, the number of souls we bring to the kingdom. I don't see churches doing enough in giving back to their members. All they want is for the members to sow on earth for a reward in heaven. But the pastors fly private jets on earth & the church members wallow in poverty. |
| Religion / Re: Should A Pastor Own A Private Jet? by Olumidzti(m): 3:38pm On Sep 14, 2016 |
Florblu:but a large portion of these pastors' wealth come from the so called congregation's sweat. Why struggle to pay your tithe just to see your pastor flying a private jet? Some of today's pastors behave more like businessmen than preachers of the gospel. |
| Religion / Should A Pastor Own A Private Jet? by Olumidzti(m): 2:10pm On Sep 14, 2016 |
There is no justifiable reason for any pastor anywhere in the world to use a private jet but especially if you're in Nigeria where a large number of your members are probably in poverty. Let me ask you: if Jesus was alive today and he was rich enough to use a private jet, would he be using one? I think a pastor shouldn't spend $60m (12bn to 18bn naira depending on exchange rate) on luxury transport when there are too many poor people to be helped. What do you think about a pastor owning a private jet? |
| Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Nigeria Police 2016 Recruitment Of 10,000 Personnel by Olumidzti(m): 10:54am On Aug 26, 2016 |
valboy20:Like I said, it's all speculation on my side. But even if we imagine they want to cut 70k or 60k, someone with 50% score is still in a weak position. 1 Like |
| Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Nigeria Police 2016 Recruitment Of 10,000 Personnel by Olumidzti(m): 1:17am On Aug 26, 2016 |
enshi:I don't see anything wrong with people answering the questions. You, however, are wrong. You're throwing insults as if answering the questions is a crime. You are rude. Period. And if you think the aptitude test won't be used, congratulations to you. 2 Likes |
| Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Nigeria Police 2016 Recruitment Of 10,000 Personnel by Olumidzti(m): 1:01am On Aug 26, 2016 |
2saints:I don't know police's procedure for elimination but there probably won't be a fixed score as pass mark. If they use 50% as pass mark, how will they cut 100,000 candidates? I think they may start from 50% and increase the pass mark until they get the right number of candidates needed. The safest mark is probably 45 and above. 40 and above is good but still risky. Anyone who score below 40 is not really in a strong position considering 100k candidates will be cut. Of course it's all speculation from me but I don't think someone with 50% will make it to final 10,000 especially asp. 1 Like |
| Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Nigeria Police 2016 Recruitment Of 10,000 Personnel by Olumidzti(m): 12:41am On Aug 26, 2016 |
adejaredavid:I think no 10 is 'in' as in 'hemmed in' and not 'hemmed over'. |
| Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Nigeria Police 2016 Recruitment Of 10,000 Personnel by Olumidzti(m): 12:40am On Aug 26, 2016 |
adejaredavid:I think no 10 is 'in' as in 'hemmed in' and not 'hemmed over'. |
| Sports / Re: Nigeria Coach, Rohr Receives $47,000 (18 Million Naira) A Month - Africanfootbal by Olumidzti(m): 9:12am On Aug 23, 2016 |
denkyw:Mourinho earns more than triple of that in a week. |
| Literature / Re: List Of Winners Of The 2016 Hugo Awards by Olumidzti(m): 10:59pm On Aug 22, 2016 |
DIFY20:so an award is now a gold chain in the bank vault that can be stolen? Nnedi gets an award, she deserves it. Soyinka got an award, he stole it. I am a yoruba guy and I know there are intelligent people in every tribe, I personally like Chimamanda's writing. But it's insulting when someone like Chinua Achebe said 'other tribes hate us because we're more intelligent.' other tribes hate you yet there are more ibos in south west than yorrubas in south east. Hell there are probably more igbos in lagos alone than yoruba in south east. Now who is hateful? Respect is reciprocal. It's not Soyinka's fault that he won a nobel and Achebe didn't. 2 Likes |
| Jobs/Vacancies / Re: Nigeria Police 2016 Recruitment Of 10,000 Personnel by Olumidzti(m): 9:17pm On Aug 16, 2016 |
ladyengineer:I got my invite this morning. Specialist, Oyo state. |
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