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tree123:
Tomorrow now, they will DISTANCE themselves like Usain Bolt

linearity:
Go back and read the BBC article again, they did not confirm anything...BBC said, the professor 'claimed' to have solved the problem, and they went further to state that, if that is true, he 'stands a chance to win $1m'...those are not confirming statements.

Many math professors and guru over the years have claimed to have solved one of the clay's million dollar questions and each of them fail short after vetting.

Dr. Enoch submitted a paper, it has not been confirmed if he solved this problem, more so, this problem is still listed as 'unsolved'.

mazeltov:
Since the news has been confirmed by international mediae like Bbc and Cnn, it is now reliable and valid

musicwriter:
The most annoying thing is if this Mr. Opeyemi was a white man, all these people on this thread looking for extraordinary proof, would've believed him without him having to do anything else.

Likewise Dr. Abalaka. If Abalaka was a white man no Nigerian will doubt he have cure for aids.

If this is not intellectual slavery, I don't know what is. Yes, indeed, intellectual slavery is the worst legacy of colonialism.

linearity:
Agreed, there are some of Whiteman's skepticism towards the black, but it is not at rampart or main stream as you are portraying it to be. And, it is not unique to the Whiteman, as an Isokoman, I will believe my fellow Isokoman before believing an Igboman...we do it on a daily basis..GEJ eomployed mostly people from his State for his inner circus position, the same was applicable to Buhari....this is a human problem.

Charity begins at home, Dr. Abalaka was rejected by the Nigeria Government, he was rejected by his own, i.e. black people and not the Whiteman. We do not need the whiteman to validate our successes...If Dr. Abalaka had the true cure and had the Nigerian Government given him the chance, the whole world will turn Nigeria to mecca, they will all travel to Nigeria for the cure, including the white, brown or Red; they will not mind if the cure is through a blackman.

Like I have said prior, If Dr. Enouch have a proposed solution, he is going about it the wrong way; going to the media house or online blogs is not the correct way and he is not required to submit his prove to the Clay Institute....He is a Dr., he knows what to do, he should publish his solution in an international renowned mathematics journal as required by the Clay Institute and his peers around the world will have two years to critique/collaborate his proposed solution. The Clay institute will not do anything or look into the solution until after two years from date of publication, this will give the international community of mathematicians to vet his proposed solution.

There have been many people in the past that, have trumpeted their proposed solution to the world only for those solutions to fall short of the smell test.

Also, he is putting himself at a great disadvantage by going to the news media before publishing it and if he has published it, he would have cited the publication and journal instead of saying..."I have the solution".

Kennydoc:
And have you heard of Prof JOC Ezeilo? Who got a professorship in Maths first between Ezeilo and Olubummo?
Meanwhile, Prof Chike Obi is the first man in subsaharan Africa to get a PhD in Maths.

musicwriter:
His findings would still have to be accepted by those international journals (people who themselves don't know the solution) before publishing. Don't you think to get the journals to publish his findings would be a challenge on its own?. These journals themselves would snub his findings just because he's a Blackman. Believe it or not.

The response say; an American scholar or British scholar would get for presenting his/her research papers to those journals is different from what you or Mr. Opeyemi would get.

Agreed, he is a professor and he know what to do. But, what would you do if you know 1+1 = 2, and no maths journal is ready to even publish you because they believe it will never be right coming from an African?.

Luchitec:
@Musicwriter:
Please stop misinforming people! Review of submitted manuscripts in most international journals is a double-blind peer review process. The identity of both the reviewers and author remain undisclosed throughout the review process.

musicwriter:
His findings would still have to be accepted by those international journals (people who themselves don't know the solution) before publishing. Don't you think to get the journals to publish his findings would be a challenge on its own?. These journals themselves would snub his findings just because he's a Blackman. Believe it or not.

The response say; an American scholar or British scholar would get for presenting his/her research papers to those journals is different from what you or Mr. Opeyemi would get.

Agreed, he is a professor and he know what to do. But, what would you do if you know 1+1 = 2, and no maths journal is ready to even publish you because they believe it will never be right coming from an African?.

linearity:
I do not know any Nigerian Dr. or Professor, who have not published at least one or two articles in international journals. Most Doctors have multiple publications, google the name of any Nigerian Doctor and you will see their numerous publications...

Also, if you present a solution, it can easily be verified...even by the people who do not know the solution, it will fit the Riemann function and mets the Riemann thetha..

As at now Dr. Enouch just claimed that he have a solution, he has refused to publish the solution or disclose it...He is a Doctor, before getting his doctorate, he must have published lots of paper and the only way for others to verify his claims, is for him to publish it...otherwise, it is a mere propaganda and a means to scam the masses.

http://gizmodo.com/sorry-the-riemann-hypothesis-has-almost-certainly-not-1743014788

CyberWolf:
Now Yorubas can go ahead and rejoice

musicwriter:
You think its that easy?. Be informed it's not easy to get a research paper published in a "major" international journal, like science or nature. Thousands of research papers (from both whites and blacks) are languishing in Europe and America. Sometimes, it takes years to have them even look into a case. To be honest, white people also do get snubbed.

lastpage:

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You know what, he is from the Southeast!

Moronic person !



Lastpage!

musicwriter:
That's if a manuscript is accepted in the first place. You assume like the other guy that once you send in a manuscript it must get a review. For your information, I follow academia and also do research work, so I know a bit about these things. Many manuscripts (from both whites and blacks) are languishing at various publishing quarters in Europe and America.

And as far as I know, nobody has been misinformed here.

Chidozieude:
All because it is a Yoruba Mathematician that was credited for this feat, they are so angry and bitter

. If it was an easterner, which is highly unlikely, they would have opened countless threads to beat their chests.

They have time to send emails to organisations to confirm if a Yoruba man is smarter than them but they cannot write letters or emails to their leaders to explain why Eastern land is poor and the youths unemployed

If easterners spend half of the time they use on Yoruba matter on their own development, Eastern land will more habitable

Luchitec:
@Musicwriter
You are mixing things up, the review process comes before final acceptance of a manuscript. I will make my explanation more simpler. For most reputable International Journals, you submit your manuscript on-line via manuscript central/Editorial system whether you are white, black, old or young. Nobody gives a hoot about where you are coming from! Once your submission is within the journal scope, and also meets the manuscript preparation guidelines, the fate of your article is now in the hands of anonymous experts who will now determine the originality/ innovation in your work.

In fact, most international journals are interested in handling the review and possible publication of articles making ground-breaking discovery. Why? Such articles increase journal visibility and Impact Factor in the scientific community.

Please, let us desist from encouraging people to do things wrongly. People who are acquainted with Dr. Opeyemi should advise him to stay away from the media or else he would end up embarrassing himself and Nigeria big time!

bankyprince:
My point was never on the first Phd holder, but first professor
Google is your friend
https://aderinola./2008/03/27/the-nigerian-guardian-editorial-on-late-chike-obi/

musicwriter:
What you have up there is supposed to be the ideal situation, and I'm telling you it's not as simple as you think. It's unfortunate you don't know the politics of it.

Listen.

The attention a manuscript from LASU- Lagsos state university gets is not the same attention a manuscript from MIT- Massachusetts institute of science and technology gets. The earlier you accept this reality, the earlier you'll be nearer the truth.

In fact, the attention a research paper from USA, UK, Germany and a few other countries get is not the same attention a research paper from Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Sudan get.

That's why you often hear "researchers from MIT" or "researchers from Harvard" have proved that...........

That's the way it is and Dr. Opeyemi would have believed as a simpleton as you do, until reality hit him. Now he know better that a manuscript from a third world country is regarded as trash.

Luchitec:
Your response is becoming jejune and hilarious. So, Dr. Opeyemi who was allowed to present his paper at an international conference in Switzerland by the “white racist group,” is suddenly disallowed from disseminating his work in a peer reviewed international journal by the same group?

My brother, my comments are based on my personal experience publishing and reviewing manuscripts in my field of research. Please, there are many home and diaspora-based Nigerian researchers publishing their studies in various science citation indexed journals across the world. Actually, I know quite a number of Nigeria based scholars’ who are world-renowned in their field! Let’s stop finding excuses for our people doing things wrongly. For now, methinks that Dr. Opeyemi is doing himself a great disservice by trying to use the media to blow his trumpet.

Finally, you hear "researchers from MIT or researchers from Harvard have proved” because these researchers from the aforementioned universities have humungous research fund and state-of-the-art facilities required for innovative studies! It has nothing to do with discrimination.

musicwriter:
I'm not going to continue talking to an ignoramus who claim to know what he have no atom of idea what obtainable. I will just show you some info to check out for yourself and that would be my last response here.

See a poll. 1. Do you think journals are fair when evaluating manuscripts to be published?. (go to "view result" to see what people think).
http://howtopublishinjournals.com/2014/04/20/poll-are-scientific-journals-unfair-or-biased/

2. Do journals discriminate?.
http://curt-rice.com/2011/11/11/opacity-in-scientific-publication/

3. Woman cries out about discrimination by PLOS ONE publishing.
http://othersociologist.com/2015/05/05/addressing-sexism-in-science-publishing/

4. Pricing discrimination in academic journals - another form of discrimination.(download full paper on JSTOR).
http://www.jstor.org/stable/4307858?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

5. Professor fired from university for publishing independent views (yet another form of discrimination).
http://www.nature.com/news/university-sued-after-firing-creationist-fossil-hunter-1.16281

6. Professor cries out after being discriminated against by publishers and being locked out of funding (yet another form of discrimination).
http://www.secularnewsnetwork.com/2011/04/creationismid-proponents-cry-discrimination-but-heartened-by-uk-free-schools/

Karmanaut:
Luchitec, please, ignore the illiterate.
It's obvious he has no idea how journals work having never written one.

Musicwriter, please, focus on your music and leave the mathematics to the mathematicians.