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What is this world turning into?

BruncleZuma:
End time children

I laugh in Spanish

danieljoel759:
guess he can't complain after all

source: https://www.musictori.com/2018/12/see-shoe-aunt-in-uk-sent-to-her-nephew.html

cc: lalasticlala, mynd44, dominique

i'm just passing

crunchyg:
Thanks man

This is so pathetic, Rip and quick recovery to the husband.
We all need to learn from this incidence, no receiving of calls while phone is charging, do not leave your phone plugged at night and go to bed.

BrainnewsNg:
See More At https://www.brainnewsradio.com/mobile-phone-explosion-kills-woman-injured-husband-in-bedroom-photo/

Photo below shows; Kenyan Mwaniki’s bed after the phone exploded

https://i2.wp.com/www.brainnewsradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Mobile-Phone-Explosion-Kills-Woman-Injured-Husband-In-Bedroom.jpg

This agreement should be done once and for all so they won't be any reason to go on strike.

neyoranking:
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, says the lingering strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), might soon come to an end as the leadership of the union and the Federal government have reached a partial agreement.


Recall that the academic union began their strike action on November 5th to demand better funding for the Education sector.

Speaking after a reconciliation meeting with the union yesterday December 10th, the Minister told newsmen that the strike would soon be called off as efforts are being made to meet the demands of the union.
“We have finished our deliberation. I am happy to report that we touched some areas of understanding in implementation from the memorandum of action which we agreed to in 2017. Some of these areas we have substantial compliance and some other areas have not been fully dealt with. Like the issue of shortfall in salaries of some federal universities’ workers and lecturers, ASUU has given a list to the accountant-general’s office and we have agreed that by Wednesday that list should be cross-checked by the presidential initiative on continuous auditing. So, the accountant-general’s office is to get back to us by Wednesday.
“We also have the issue of earned allowances, revitalisation, these are issues of 2009 agreement and partial implementation and we have agreed on the modus operandi to look into the fund situation, this is due to low revenue on the part of government.
We have agreed on what we are going to do to make sure that the outstanding amount is handled in a way that all parties will be properly accommodated. We also discussed the issue of state universities and agreed also that even if education is on the concurrent list, the universities should be properly funded and staffed so that we do not produce half-baked students from those universities. In realisation of this, the ministry of education will set up a committee, that would engage the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, and the minister of education has taken steps in that direction to formalise the interaction. Thus discussion are fruitful and we do hope that in the next adjourned date we would have had the requisite result on the few agreements reached today.” he said

read more

https://www.naijapuse.com.ng/2018/12/we-have-reached-partial-agreement-with.html

i'm enlightened.

adebuk47:
An apostrophe performs several functions in English language. It can show possession, as we have in This is the tailor’s house, telling us whose house it is. Often, when a noun is singular, the apostrophe comes before the s (tailor’s); but when it is plural, it comes after it, as we have in The tailors’ cars are wrongly parked. Another example is, “They have replaced the boys’ chairs.”

One other major function of an apostrophe is that it shows that letters and numbers have been omitted in certain expressions. This is what obtains in isn’t, don’t and didn’t. Some of the terms usually so contracted are, however, too intriguing to handle for many of us. We are focusing on such today.

What do you think about the following statements?

Am 30 years old.

A’m 30 years old.

I’am 30 years old.

I’m 30 years’ old.

I’m 30 years old.

Of all the five, it is only one that is correct. That is the last: I’m 30 years old. In the clause, the use of the apostrophe between I and am shows that a letter has been omitted; that omitted item is the a before m in am. Unfortunately, this is often confused with Am, when people say Am here. This is a wrong expression that you should shun whether in conventional writing or social media conversation.

Using Am instead of ‘I’m’ implies that you do not understand the principle behind the shortening of the original expression. In Am, you are not properly indicating the letter omitted. It is not I that is omitted, it is the a in am. So, the apostrophe is used to bring I and m together:

I am tired. (Correct)

Am tired. (Wrong)

I’m tired. (Correct)

Between his and he’s

Using his and he’s can also be problematic. The first – his – is a pronoun, a possessive pronoun that does not require an apostrophe, as we rightly have in This is his car, meaning the car belongs to him and not to any other person. You need not add any other item to this, just as you do not add an apostrophe to her, their, its and my. Or would you feel comfortable saying or writing, This is her’s house?

On the other hand, he’s comes with an apostrophe because there is an omission. The i before s (is) is deliberately thrown out. To indicate this, an apostrophe is needed:

He is trying to repair the table. (Correct)

He’s trying to repair the table. (Correct)

His trying to repair the table. (Wrong)

His trying to repair the table is ridiculous. (Correct)

Also, note that ‘he’s’ can also mean ‘he has’, depending on the context:

He has gone. (Correct)

He’s gone. (Correct)

Similarly, she’s and it’s’ can work with both the present tense and present participle:

She is here. (Correct)

She’s here. (Correct)

She has arrived. (Correct)

She’s arrived. (Correct)

It is here (Correct)

It’s here. (Correct)

It has finished.

It’s finished. (Correct)

Of course, ‘she’d’ can also mean ‘she had’ and ‘she would’:

She had gone before the policeman arrived. (Correct)

She’d gone before the policemen arrived. (Correct)

I thought she would sign the memo before leaving. (Correct)

I thought she’d sign the memo before leaving. (Correct)

source:https://thebiggestgists..com/2018/12/difference-between-am-tired-and-im-tired.html

The bill should be passed into law because we the youths are tommorrows leaders.

Erazzor:
The national president of a Christian youth ministry, Adebayo Kehinde stated this while addressing a news conference in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital.

Stating the position of the youths on issues of National interest, which bother on security, economy, corruption, the 2019 general elections, among others, Adebayo urged Nigerian youths to vote for candidates they believe in their manifesto irrespective of their political party.

He also urged the Federal Government not to allow any of its agencies take actions capable of dividing the country as the 2019 elections approach.

The youths also want the government to be proactive in its fight against insecurity and corruption......https://www.erazzor.com/youth-group-urges-federal-government-to-make-not-too-young-to-run-law-operational/
https://www.erazzor.com/youth-group-urges-federal-government-to-make-not-too-young-to-run-law-operational/
https://www.erazzor.com/youth-group-urges-federal-government-to-make-not-too-young-to-run-law-operational/
https://www.erazzor.com/youth-group-urges-federal-government-to-make-not-too-young-to-run-law-operational/

pepper them gang.... if it is vote buying go and do your own. sheiiii! those criticizing have started joining.

Limitednow:
Source: https://politicstimesng.com/dogara-trader-moni-is-direct-vote-buying/