₦airaland Forum

Bwahahahahahahahahahha!!! This is so funny.

emmboy: Hello Nairalanders, I'm 26 years of age and I've got just a little strands of hairs on my chin. And I've got no mustache as well.

I'm really so worried about it cos guys of my age have so many and apparently, the bears beautify a man's face. I sought advice from many sources in the past but all to no avail.

While others tell me its okay that way, some say they envy me that they wish they were me, and others say its nature i don't have them. Yes of course, i know its nature and i don't care cos i still really need something i could apply on the little strands of bears i have now that would enhance the growth very fast as I'm tired of people thinking I'm a small boy as i have a very young face added to that.

Pls i know you guys might probably know of something effective i could use for it and that's why I'm pouring my mind here on you.

I'll so much appreciate your humble responses.

Thanks.

The only way is to let nature take its course. Forget all the artificial methods prescribed by some people; they don't work. In fact, you should consider yourself lucky; having beards is too much of a hassle.

angelarababy: Yes,you are right,i am not Nigerian.I was cheated about $800 by the Nigerians,and my friends had been cheated by Nigerians before.So i am so angry at the beginning.And yes,you are correct again,the scammers abound all over the world.What we can do is to be careful anytime.Thanks.

Oh that kind of cheating! With all due respect, this is all just beginning to sound like a broken record. I don't know the circumstances involved in your misfortune, so it would be inappropriate for me to cast aspersions; however, you should be more careful.

Lmao. What kind of cheats are you talking about? My first assumption is that you are talking about people who cheat in their relationships;however, since this is the politics section, you should be unambiguous. So what kind of cheats are you talking about?

ogugua88: A recent one from Ogugua

Omo you dey push my button – tin tin
Blow my heart – gbin gbin gbin
Dial my number – ring ring
Things you do
Omo you dey make my heart go – gbin gbin
Make me wanna – sing sing
Baby o, you dey do me strong thing ; strong thing.

lol!!

ogugua88: Tom28 na elitist. He's the only one that posted a real pic. Me sef I wan join elitist club.

https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/404015_10101290145155624_6316248_43368633_1482699935_n.jpg

Normally I don't believe in coincidences, but I will swear by Sango, Orunmila, and Amadioha that I've seen you in my dreams before . In fact, even T.B Joshua has predicted that you'll be my wife someday.

tuoyoojo: Am so lovin this thread..the truth is that its easier to critisize...take a football match for example its so easy to stay in d comfort of ones sofa n shout at a player who missed a chance to score but wen one pays football lives one wud come to know its not easy
The truth is dat most people accusing leaders of being corrupt r far worse then dem....let's be truthhful,r u hands clean...lik really clean...-i wud let u answer dat question yourself

While I agree to a certain extent that we the people are also corrupt, I don't think there is anything wrong in criticizing. What we should be concerned about is the system that has enabled this problem to keeping growing without an end in sight. Someone said something earlier about cheating in exams; believe me even the oyibos that we hail as too much cheat in exams in such creative and daring ways I would never have thought possible . By and large, it is the political climate and system that has enabled corruption to thrive. No human is perfect, but when boundries are put in place to curb our excesses, then we might begin to see progress.

brabus: "Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it.
Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it."- Alan
Perlis

What's in a name? Here's a quick test:

University of Leeds
University of Manchester
University of Edinburgh
University of Kent
University of Glasgow
University of Liverpool
University of Sheffield
University of Sussex
University of Southampton
University of Exeter
University of Nottingham
University of Bath
University of York
University of Ibadan
Moshood Abiola University
Obafemi Awolowo University
Evans Enwerem University

Can you see the sharp contrast? All the universities abroad are pride of their cities. Lagos, the largest city is Africa, shouldn't be an exception.

Naming and branding a product (or an institution in this case) is difficult. A good brand name must have 7 characteristics. They should be distinctive, short, appropriate, easy to spell and pronounce, likable, extendable, and protectable.

Distinctive - University of Lagos.
Short - UNILAG
Easy to Spell - University of Lagos can be spelt by a Portuguese as far as he had basic eduction. Ask a Togolese to spell 'Moshood Kashimawo Abiola'
Easy to Pronounce - UNILAG
Likable - UNILAG babes
Easy to reference - I graduated from University of Lagos. Unlike, "I graduated from Moshood Abiola University, Lagos (formerly known as University of Lagos)

The name UNILAG has gained growing international acceptance and one retardeen shouldn't soil it. There are better ways to immortalize the dead.

- Rename Eagle Square after MKO Abiola
- Construct 4th Mainland Bridge and name it after Abiola

Hope that would be fine for now. Bros!

Tell them my brother. UNILAG for life!! Moshood what? I still haven't recovered from this blow. Nonsense!

Just heard this news. Moshood what? This must be a joke. Someone should please tell me that my alma mater, my one and only UNILAG(ohh that name!!) isn't now called Moshood whatever. UNILAG for life!!

For jollof rice, it has to be firewood. Nothing, and I mean ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, beats the taste of a party jollof rice!

silvertuke: Haters were una dey? It has Happen, First it was Valencia, and we won. So them say na Napoli go remove us say them too good, we also won, after them say na Benfica small but mighty, if them fit remove Man United, who be Chelsea when them nor fit win. We also win them Home and Away. From there them say Barcelona go trash us home and away because na them be the King of football. Them come our Home we win them, everybody say na luck say for their Home them go trash us. We still go there Home and disgrace them. So all the haters come put their hope on Bayern Munich say them go beat us like small children say them go teach us football, after all na them dey Home self. So wetin come happen we still go their Home win the trophy. So who is next? God is God. Please always respect History in Football. Didier Drogba Hero for Life.

How Naija go be now, I know say everywhere don turn Blue. I just wish I was in Naija to celebrate with my Follow Chelsea Fans.

You and me both man. BLUES FOR LIFE!!!

Yorisb: Who dash monkey Banana. . .

I be fear o!

Here are some suggestions that i think we should focus on to move our nation forward:

The first step would be to revisit the 1999 constitution, in order to amend some errors by the Military men who drew it up for their personal gains. Personally, I think a parliamentary system of government would be better for us to operate because it would be less expensive compared to the presidential system we currently operate.

Furthermore, what I think would be the most important step towards progress in our country would be a vigorous reformation and strengthening of our democratic institutions, especially the judiciary. Currently, what we have as the judiciary is an embarrassment to any democracy in the world; the magnitude of corruption in the judiciary is staggering to say the least. This is the same judiciary that dismissed all charges against one of the greatest looters/criminals this nation, perhaps the continent(Africa) has ever known. This is the same judiciary that would sentence a man who has stolen a tuber of yam to about ten years in jail, while gangsters and rogues like Bode George and Tafa Balogun were sentenced to a few months in jail. If we are to progress as a nation, there is no question that the judiciary must be reformed because it is our last hope in checking the excesses of men of questionable characters in governance.

These suggestion are based on the premise that a revolution cannot happen in Nigeria, therefore a gradual evolution would be the only way to reverse the current political trend.

[quote author=Master_1]I hope that d author of d post could read all I will write. There are quite a lot of problems all which must be tackled sufficiently! I am not talking abt Africa, I am regarding only Nigeria. Even so, I can only speak for d south west, of which I am a proud citizen.
1. Culture: I shall disagree with d poster dat referred to 'respect' as an obstacle. I believe respect is serving a really important function in d society. What I stand against is dat aspect of d culture dat solidly opposes all scientific innovations nd reinforces d believe in d unknown and supposedly dangerous spiritual realm. Any innovation must stand against strong disaproval because it will b considered blasphemous! Dis can also be seen in European cultures as there are frquent examples of their barbaric origins(e.g witch burning, sentencing of many gr8 philosophers nd scientists to unwaranted death). What must be noted here is dat d Europeans overcame their fear of the unknown nd truly invented 'science' nd made It their leader. Nigerians r stuck in d past, we cannot overcome our morbid fear of d 'unknown' nature_nd govern nd explore it!

2. Religion: this is a mere continuation of my argument on culture. We need to stop letting d church nd oda religious entities dictate our daily life activities and a significant aspect of the society. We need to make science d leader,only den can we make improvements technology wise nd only then can we build a truely gr8 nation.

3. D last is just 'luck'. We just avnt been lucky enough to av good leaders who will guide d people with our interests at heart. Some might want to argue dat there are some deeply religious countries that r considered successful by today's standards. They are able to govern themselves because in such states abt 95 per cent of d nation would abide by d religion! Nigeria is unmistably diverse. A state ruled by religion can compound issues nd create unwanted frictions, dis can be seen in d form of religious riots, boko haram amng odas. Before goin too far, I believe dat is anoda strng point against religion nd its harmful tentacles wc it has spread throughout d nation.


I hope it will be better on day, hopefully in my lifetime.[/quote]1. In the interest of clarity, I've always said that respect is an admirable and good trait in we Africans; but it has also played a part in our stagnancy in the sense that it has made us very docile in our political climate because if we challenge or criticize the government, which is still dominated by the elderly in the society, we are or will be accused of being disrespectful of lacking in manners. Do not misinterpret this as me saying that our culture of respect is a bad thing that should be discarded.

2. I beg to differ that we have been unlucky with regards to our leaders. Luck has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with this. A people deserve the leaders they get. If we continue to wait for mother luck to have good leaders,instead of holding our leaders accountable, we would wait till eternity.

salakobaba: Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola on Thursday called for the establishment of a Ministry of Northern Affairs, saying it could be a solution to the security challenges in the North.
According to him, the ministryshould be saddled with the responsibility of tackling widespread unemployment and poverty in the area.
Aregbesola made the call while delivering a speech at symposium on ‘Islam and Peaceful Co-existence in Contemporary Multi-ReligiousState’ in Abuja on Thursday.
He said, “I’m advocating a Federal Ministry of Northern Affairs that will address issues of unemployment, poverty and women affairs (in the North).
“The Human Development Index from the North is frightening. It is so low and has been so for the past 20 to 30 years.
“One even wonders why it has not influenced specific action from government. If we are really talking about eliminating this scourge as a nation, then we must pay special attention to that horrible situation.
“The current conflict is just one possible consequence ofthe continued neglect of the problem in the North.
“Addressing poverty is not reducible to giving them handouts alone but empowering people in a way that their creative energy will be channelled towards wealth creation and self-sustenance.
“Employment must mean full and equal opportunities for all, irrespective of sex. There is no way a society will make women unproductive and be sane oreconomically viable. This is what is happening in the North.
“I want to prick the conscience of this nation to awake to reality that whatever it will take to address the situation in the North must be faithfully done.
“It must not be viewed as a sectional thing. It is a sectionthat has a great potential to contribute to our national development. “
Aregbesola added that Islam was against keeping women idle, adding that in Muslim countries like Morocco, Iran, Egypt and Algeria, women work.
He said the example of thesecountries was in contrast to what exists in the North where he said economic disempowerment of women “means that about or less than one-third of the adult males sustain that society”.
The governor also said the problems being encountered in the country were created by the Federal Government, saying, “it (FG) must be involved in their resolution”.

www.punchng.com/news/aregbesola-calls-for-ministry-of-northern-affairs

Just when you think you've heard everything and that things can't get any worse; this airhead comes up with such an idea. We might as well create a Ministry of Boko Haram, Kidnapping, and Armed Robbery Affairs; heck, we should even create a Ministry of Corruption Affairs to tackle corruption.

alienYOUTH: This particular question has always intrigued me...why is "Africa the dark continent?". Correct me if i'm wrong, but it has been proven that life originated from Africa, so d argument about our plight being imposed on us by colonialism and western civilization need not even exist.

Biblically, it was d "Tower of Babel" saga that started d whole "migration to other parts of d world" thingy. Its my belief that d smart ones were d adventurous who left to populate d ends of d earth, while d selfish & greedy stayed back.

To cut short d long tale; i believe there's something about our black skin that bleeds thru & corrupts our hearts and minds. We r naturally diabolical, myopic, selfish & take no responsibility for our actions, whilst our lighter skinned fellows r d exact opposite...or how else will u explain how they built d Titanic in 1912, whilst 100yrs later d whole african nation is yet to come up with a bicycle built from scratch.

When Isaac Newton sat under d proverbial apple tree contemplating all wat not & d fruit dropped on his head, that very day gravity was discovered. i hate to think of how many coconuts fell on my fellow African man's head without more result than a slight concussion & percieved curse from d gods.

Gbam! Your are a true son of your father!lol

[quote author=obo_man]The first reason I'm gonna give is climate.. Yes differences in climate could be the reason why africa is backward. Is it a coincidence that most of the most developed and innovative countries are temperate regions of the earth?

My reason for giving this reason is because temperate regions produce less social activtives that could hinder innovation. Eg, the long winter periods europeans experience every year makes them stay indoors, which in turn makes them innovative, because with serenity, quietness and tranquillity comes invention and creativity.

Whereas, in the tropics (of which africa is situated), there are noisy and sometimes chaotic activities,which most often have less time for ourselves to think and get creative..warmth as we all know encourage such actitivies.

My second reason for giving climate are diseases..it is a fact that there are more tropical diseases than temperate diseases. If malaria no kill u for africa,other tropical insects go kill u.. These diseases place our creativity @ disadvantage, because time spent in doing other creative things, our system, brain and selves use it to fight tropical diseases.

Finally, let's look at rate of decay in these two regions. A caveman in stone age that has jus hunt a deer is better off than an african in that same period.. The caveman need not worry about rot, nature serves as Freezer for him.. This enables him to do other productive things with his time, instead of worrying about his meal or going regularly to hunt like his african counterpart.

In summary, time you save, you use it to invent, get creative and you then pass these skills to your next generation.
Africans have never been socially backward compared to their european counterparts, the only place we lagging behind are in science, advanced medicine and technology. Socially, they not any better, remember they fought two senseless wars that almost killed 150 million people, yet there are places in africa that has been peaceful for 500 years.[/quote] This must be a joke. Anyway nice try at your rationalization.

basher: I have to disagree disagree with u here as u are missing the point entirely. Don't u understand that is this deficient culture that kept us in such a state that, when the white man came, we were practically defenseless? Didn't we appear on this earth before them? So how come they were so ahead of us when they came that they took us so easily and cheaply? Or are u trying to say that they are naturally more intelligent than us?

I'm not exactly sure what it is about that quote you disagree with; neither did i state or imply that the whites are naturally more intelligent than black people. In fact, there nothing that vexes me more than hearing that statement. I believe I said that there is something inherently amiss with us, which I simply cannot give a rational explanation. However, let us be very practical here and answer these questions: Why is it that there is no developed nation on the African continent? Why is there no nation on earth where there is a black majority developed?

I'll state again that it is my fervent belief that our culture impedes our development. Granted, no one is born with a particular 'culture'; yet this is what we learn in our formative years. I cannot speak for other countries, but no matter how progressive we think we may be, the average Nigerian male or female is still very conservative when it comes to traditional practices. I stated earlier that we have unquestionable respect for elders, which I believe is very admirable for we Nigerians; however, I believe that this is a particular trait that has made the so-called leaders we have take us for granted everyday. Each time we criticize our leaders, we are branded as being disrespectful; thus, suffering in silence. This has made these guys continue unchallenged. While the after-effects of colonialism are still being felt in our country(e.g implementation of IMF and World bank policies), we Nigerians(leaders and citizens alike) are still our biggest problem.

Blues for life!!! I swear till I die!!!!

This is a multifaceted question that gives me sleepless nights; I'm really sure that if we had a certain answer to this particular question we would all be millionaires by now. I cannot state to a certainty that all African nations share the same problems we have in Nigeria; however, there are some similarities to these problems. Here are my own theories:

1. The culture as you rightly stated above is one of the problems. The particular aspect of culture that I believe to a certain extent is a continuous bane to our development is the unquestionable respect we have for elders. While this is an admirable trait among we Africans, there is no doubt that it has resulted in the continuous plundering of the national treasury by the self-acclaimed elder statesmen. These men have never been challenged or held accountable by the youth of this country partly due to this particular trait.

2. I honestly cannot give a logical explanation for this, but I just can't shake the feeling that there is something inherently amiss with the black man. We as Africans pride ourselves on having a strong sense of community as opposed to the Europeans' individuality, yet we have no sense of commonality. Hence the simmering, and sometimes overt ethnocentrism that permeates our country. We have shown time and time again that we have the propensity to harm ourselves and brothers due to selfishness right for the time of the Atlantic slave trade to this current time(look at the current politicians all over sub-Saharan Africa).

3. The effects of colonialism still reverberates in Nigeria, and all around Africa. As much as I believe that we are our own greatest enemies and cause of most of our problems, the 'invisible' hands of the colonial masters cannot be dismissed lightly. We all know the saying that: "He who pays the piper, call the tune"; in the case of Africa, this is very true. We already know that our continent possesses vast resources and all, but we also know that we are in a very weak position against the West and if I might add, China. This weak position has put us in a situation whereby we cannot easily dismiss or go against their(powers that be) vested or potential interests in the continent, otherwise the results of doing so could be more devastating than they already are.

These are a few among many problems we have.

This is a multifaceted question that gives me sleepless nights; I'm really sure that if we had a certain answer to this particular question we would all be millionaires by now. I cannot state to a certainty that all African nations share the same problems we have in Nigeria; however, there are some similarities to these problems. Here are my own theories:

1. The culture as you rightly stated above is one of the problems. The particular aspect of culture that I believe to a certain extent is a continuous bane to our development is the unquestionable respect we have for elders. While this is an admirable trait among we Africans, there is no doubt that it has resulted in the continuous plundering of the national treasury by the self-acclaimed elder statesmen. These men have never been challenged or held accountable by the youth of this country partly due to this particular trait.

2. I honestly cannot give a logical explanation for this, but I just can't shake the feeling that there is something inherently amiss with the black man. We as Africans pride ourselves on having a strong sense of community as opposed to the Europeans' individuality, yet we have no sense of commonality. Hence the simmering, and sometimes overt ethnocentrism that permeates our country. We have shown time and time again that we have the propensity to harm ourselves and brothers due to selfishness right for the time of the Atlantic slave trade to this current time(look at the current politicians all over sub-Saharan Africa).

3. The effects of colonialism still reverberates in Nigeria, and all around Africa. As much as I believe that we are our own greatest enemies and cause of most of our problems, the 'invisible' hands of the colonial masters cannot be dismissed lightly. We all know the saying that: "He who pays the piper, call the tune"; in the case of Africa, this is very true. We already know that our continent possesses vast resources and all, but we also know that we are in a very weak position against the West and if I might add, China. This weak position has put us in a situation whereby we cannot easily dismiss or go against their(powers that be) vested or potential interests in the continent, otherwise the results of doing so could be more devastating than they already are.

These are some of the reasons I believe that Africa is in a backward state.

As much as I would like to say there should be no free education, I would have to say that it is needed. I think education should be free only at the primary level in order to bridge the literacy gap in the country. The primary level should be the only place where there should be free education and nowhere else.

jp philips: of course yes!!
a country with exponential growth in corruption, a country where incomptence amongst public officials is celebrated.
a country where a CBN gov doubles as a sharia headmaster,
a country where iweala reduced the economy to a piece of paper all she needs is to plot a graph of the wealthy political class versus corruption yes! its a straight line graph with exponential growth.
i feel sorry for jonathan and his team.

You don't need to be sorry for Jonathan. This is clearly Voodoo Economics practised in a Voodoo democracy. Are you surprised by this? In our country, the more you look the less you see. This Minister is really bold to insult Nigerians in this manner. Make I go drink beer jare.

This is what is called VOODOO ECONOMICS! Naija my Naija, I hail o!!

ypzilanti: Warri is a hell hole with rubbish heaps left for weeks on the roadside. Pothole ridden roads...no working traffic lights...maruding armed robbers (every store or supermarket is closed by 6pm).

I once saw a car accident in warri...someone drove his car into a pole in the middle of jakpa road...that car was left there for a whole three months. I would travel, come back and the car was still there on road divider.

I don see warri finish. The only time the governor fixed some potholes was a week before his daughters wedding, and it was the route from the airport to the wedding venue.

LWKMD!!!! This is Nigeria for you. lol!

nuffindome: This is the Easter greeting from Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon: “Beyond the fugacious razzmatazz of the moment,I seriously call attention to the rutilanting and coruscating modus vivendi of Master Jesus the Christ and I dare pontificate that save and until we viscerally emblematize the virtues of self-immolation,quintessential abnegation,eulogizeable simplicity,Christ-like humility and immerse ourselves in a platonic emotionalism of agape love and communalistic service,we would have woefully failed in learning and imbibing the true meaning of EASTER.We must elevate this moment from a proscenium of joie de vivre into one of meditative transcendentalism...”In his latest interview, Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon stated, “Some Nigerian Youths engage in Political Halleluyarism"

What is he saying?

omega25red: sorry to cut in, but it is possible to get those student grants but it's very difficult to get. This is because you and about over 100k other students will be applying for the same grants and most of these grants want an essay written. Also there a tons of sites on google that you will find that will have endless listings of those grants. the trick is to apply apply apply and be careful when applying because you might also get suckered into signing up for services you dont want. Glad im done with school pheww

rowlandoo: Thanks ozreal ,

Is it possible to get an external student grant while studying .

@ rowlandoo : Omega25red has answered your question. It is possible, but very competitive to get.

@ Omega25red: Thanks for answering.

^^^
Yeah I feel you. Having an OXFORD certificate is really tempting, but like you I didn't even know about Notre Dame till I got here. Overall, that school is highly regarded in this country(really top notch). Anyway, good luck with whatever decision you finally make.

rowlandoo: Please more advise to my post

I honestly don't know more than I've suggested, but I'm sure others would chip in with theirs(opinions e.t.c) very soon.