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EducationRe: Student Acknowledged His Sweetheart In His Seminar & His Professor Lecturer Did by proffemi: 9:35am On Oct 16, 2017
pedrilo:
The prof is obviously of high morals and the onus is on the student to work within the moral appetite of his oga.
I disagree absolutely.

Of course this is Nigeria where might makes right; the supervisor will probably have his way. However, a supervisor is there to advise on academic matters, and not force a student to adopt his own world view or belief system!
EducationRe: Student Acknowledged His Sweetheart In His Seminar & His Professor Lecturer Did by proffemi: 9:31am On Oct 16, 2017
pedrilo:
here is an advice for u, bcareful not to ruin ur effort wen close to success.
The researcher of that work got lost in the usual excitement of project completion.
I don't understand your "advice" o, and why you're giving it.
What do you mean by "got lost in the usual excitement of project completion".
I repeat, is a man (probably) over 18 not entitled to have a girlfriend? *
Or are you saying that there is a master list of things worthy of acknowledgement in theses??

Modified: how would something like that in the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT section mar a researcher's career? Is he a Mullah?
Full disclosure: I myself am a researcher, and I've assessed theses for what I will vaguely call "decades".

* Again, I repeat: no evidence of sexual immorality.
EducationRe: Student Acknowledged His Sweetheart In His Seminar & His Professor Lecturer Did by proffemi: 9:20am On Oct 16, 2017
pedrilo:
the school authority did.
As long as the sch certificate to be issued to the student will certify him in hons and character.
U tink say sch na national union of road transport workers?
Oh, come off it! What's this character thing you guys are going on and on about?
Are you saying a young man who is very likely over 18 years should hide the fact that he is in love? When did being in love suddenly become a crime?

I'm not condoning sexual immorality. There's no evidence that such has happened here.
EducationRe: ASUU Strike: A Lecturer Speaks by proffemi(op): 9:06am On Oct 16, 2017
preciousnobel:
I want to be an academic like you. How do I go about it?
Hello, preciousnobel. I'll send you a PM so you can get in touch by email.
EducationRe: Student Acknowledged His Sweetheart In His Seminar & His Professor Lecturer Did by proffemi: 5:02am On Oct 16, 2017
LordIsaac:
Robert Greene dedicated a whole classic to his cat. I see nothing wrong there. Nigeria anɗ misplaced priorities!
Abi o.

Funny story. A friend visited from the US and visited a secondary school where he saw a teacher seriously berating a student for writing out an assignment in pencil. He asked the student (probably inspired by my friend's presence) if he thought he could do that rubbish in the US. My friend smiled to himself and quickly made himself scarce before he was forced to contribute. Why? Because is he had, he would have told the teacher that in the US, they didn't care how the hell the assignment was written out, as long as the teacher could make out and assess what was written (or drawn for that matter!).
EducationRe: Student Acknowledged His Sweetheart In His Seminar & His Professor Lecturer Did by proffemi: 4:55am On Oct 16, 2017
NwaAmaikpe:
shocked

I stand with the Prof.

A degree is earned in character and in learning.

This student has proven himself to be bereft of noble character if the source of his inspiration for an academic work is something as mundane and immoral as the amorous company of a female bedfellow.

It is one thing to be involved in premarital sexual escapades, it's another thing to celebrate of on the pages of an academic literary work for posterity to see.

Morals have gone extinct.

If I were this Prof, this student will fail.
Gbam!
Good Lord! Take it easy abeg.
What exactly suggests immorality to you? How does "motivation" equal "premarital sexual escapades"? His sweetheart is his muse (or so he says). Ki ni big deal?

I wish assessors would focus on the technical content of theses and stop wasting time on inanities.
As a rule, other than grammar, I let students do as they please with their dedication /acknowledgement (unless they really go overboard of course).
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo In Dele Issues Comedy Skit "Mr President" (Video) by proffemi:
johnsonpal:
You are really not that smart, are you? so cos he is "encouraging the youth to go for it in 2019" he sins are washed away?He is now the savior right? and cos he said that means he going to support that? lol. Wake up and smell the coffee man, Obasanjo is maestro politician, and in their world there is a big difference between words and action. Smh
Don't shake your head too much, so you don't strain your neck.
Where did I ever say any of the trash you wrote above? Sins washed away: did I even suggest that? I didn't say or suggest that he's our savior, nor did I say he will support youths who emerged. Go back through my posts. If my position is still not clear enough, then you're a lost case.
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo In Dele Issues Comedy Skit "Mr President" (Video) by proffemi: 9:16pm On Oct 14, 2017
1nigeriamyfoot:
someone that planned for 8years without any sign of start up is a failure. Obasanjo had no intention to do all those things that I mentioned as GEJ achievements. I referred you to google in case u want to tell lies mr
After reading the list I provided, can you still say OBJ was a man who planned for 8 years?
He had no intention of doing them? Evidence? I warned you: I deal in facts, not innuendos.
You still have not provided your alternative facts (apologies, Kellyanne) in support of GEJ.

* sorry, you're not doing enough to keep me engaged. I have to move on to something else now. All the best!
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo In Dele Issues Comedy Skit "Mr President" (Video) by proffemi: 8:58pm On Oct 14, 2017
1nigeriamyfoot:
rumours? simple google search will show to you lagos - ibadan express road scam, BPSR scam, PHCN scam, etc all under Olusegun Obasanjo. Don't forget that GEJ revived train services, built power plant, introduced the use of PVC & Card reader to ensure fair election, approved & start reconstruction of Lagos - Ibadan expressway, approved & built more federal universities, etc
LOL.

Of the above "achievements" you list for GEJ, let me show you which of them were based on plans Obasanjo put in place:
1. GEJ revived train services
2. built power plant
3. Approved & start reconstruction of Lagos - Ibadan expressway (yes,the concessionary arrangement was eventually overturned)

In short, most of the major achievements you list for GEJ rode on work done by OBJ.

Do you think the list you have provided does enough to establish GEJ as a better president that OBJ (based on the facts I gave)?

As to your comment about google search: I can only hope you are neither a current university student nor a former one, since you trust random google searches so much (as a basis for establishing the veracity of rumors).
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo In Dele Issues Comedy Skit "Mr President" (Video) by proffemi: 8:41pm On Oct 14, 2017
1nigeriamyfoot:
iranu lo n so nigboro enu. the same Olusegun Obasanjo forced Yar Adua on Nigeria & ensure that GEJ becomes president in 2011. GEJ refusal to let OBJ turned him to his boy caused rift between the duo. Most of what you mentioned as OBJ achievements has no positive impact on Nigerians. Exchange Rate & Pump Price is what determines market value of our commodities. how much was fuel b4 OBJ came on board & how much does he left it? What about USD/NGN exchange rate?
So please tell me who was a better president, and list his achievements? At least I have humored you, right?

By the way, the points I have given are simple, verifiable facts. Do not come at me with rumors and unsubstantiated claims.
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo In Dele Issues Comedy Skit "Mr President" (Video) by proffemi: 8:40pm On Oct 14, 2017
1nigeriamyfoot:
mention those things that Obasanjo did in interest of the masses.
9. Additional structures/agencies OBJ created: NDDC, NAFDAC, Pension Reform. To be honest, structures he put in place form the backbone of much of what we know as modern Nigeria. Before you challenge that statement, consider the areas win which we are dependent on a framework that did not exist before him,

- Power plan (yes!)
- NAFDAC
- health insurance
- pension reform
- anti-corruption
- NDDC
- telecommunications
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo In Dele Issues Comedy Skit "Mr President" (Video) by proffemi: 8:30pm On Oct 14, 2017
Someone should tell that imb3cile cristianisraeli that in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king. OBJ may not have done much (actually, given the mess this country is, he did) but he is probably the best of a bad lot. I would be happy if someone would list out more impressive achievements of any other Nigerian leader.

And mind you, I have only listed what comes to mind right now.
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo In Dele Issues Comedy Skit "Mr President" (Video) by proffemi: 8:24pm On Oct 14, 2017
1nigeriamyfoot:
mention those things that Obasanjo did in interest of the masses.
7. In keeping with his strength as a visionary who put structures in place, his government launched Nigeria's first satellite.

8. Ran (up till that point anyway) certainly Nigeria's most gender-balanced government. He wasn't scared of powerful women like some of our friends. He did not care about your sex (ahem; I know, I know. He was notorious for ahem PG18..., but that did not affect his performance as president, and that is what is before us).

Are you happy with me yet?
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo In Dele Issues Comedy Skit "Mr President" (Video) by proffemi: 8:18pm On Oct 14, 2017
1nigeriamyfoot:
mention those things that Obasanjo did in interest of the masses.
4. He was the best head-hunter we have had as president. Excellent at seeking out top minds and he had the intellect and ego to allow them perform (unlike someone like GEJ, who seemed easily cowed by intellect, OBJ would slug it out with the brightest mind). He followed talent wherever it led, and ended up with brilliant minds like Solude, Okonjo-Iweala, Akunyili etc.

5. The above brings to mind another of his strengths. Say whatever you will, but he was probably our most de-tribalized president. Notice how so many of his top performer were Igbos? Mention a more de-tribalized Nigerian.

6. As a way of giving all parts of the country a sense of being stakeholders, introduced the system of allocating cabinet slots by state (a system that certainly has its flaws, but which was not as abused under him).
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo In Dele Issues Comedy Skit "Mr President" (Video) by proffemi: 8:14pm On Oct 14, 2017
1nigeriamyfoot:
mention those things that Obasanjo did in interest of the masses.
I will. And I will not even mention "GSM".

1. 2000% in foreign reserve. Point to one other president who did that.
2. Secured unprecedented level of debt relief (unprecedented==not just in Nigeria. I mean almost unheard of. Ever.)
3. More than ANY other Nigerian president, OBJ was a man who knew how to put structures in place. ICPC, EFCC. Say whatever you want about him using these as his personal bulldog, but history says no other Nigerian president did as much to systematically fight corruption. Oh, what about our national health insurance system? Also his baby. The power plan we are executing TILL TODAY is essentially OBJ's. I repeat, OBJ is a man who knew how to put structures in place.
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo In Dele Issues Comedy Skit "Mr President" (Video) by proffemi: 8:04pm On Oct 14, 2017
Cacawa2:
Guy e be like say na real university professor you dey follow yab. O.
Becareful otherwise na carry over o.
Lol. We don't roll that way where I come from.
However, I'm sure that if that dude took my course, he would fail it anyway. You can't sleep-walk through my courses!
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo In Dele Issues Comedy Skit "Mr President" (Video) by proffemi: 7:59pm On Oct 14, 2017
cristianisraeli:
you are a disgrace to scholars and you are nothing but a secondary school kid forming on nairaland..what kind of illiterate would diss ones parents?you are stupid boy..idiot..i love knocking out people like you..get lost ewu awusa
That you would cavalierly throw that term at me - a parent multiple times over - assured me that you would be okay with using it for your own parents. If it smarts when I apply your own words to your parents, then don't apply them to my kids' parent.
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo In Dele Issues Comedy Skit "Mr President" (Video) by proffemi: 7:55pm On Oct 14, 2017
cristianisraeli:
thats the size of your brain below
Now you're making a fool of yourself. Anyone who "knows" me on Nairaland can guess your IQ from just that last post.

I am not in the habit of exchanging posts with imbeciles, so please feel free to slink into whatever cesspit you emerged from, and keep blaming Obasanjo (certainly a man with flaws, but still a much better president than the lot we've been cursed with so far) for your problems.

If any more intelligent person that this buffoon really wants me to remind them what Obasanjo did right (and admit what he got wrong), feel free to challenge me, and be ready to present any of our ex-presidents as a better performer.
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo In Dele Issues Comedy Skit "Mr President" (Video) by proffemi: 7:50pm On Oct 14, 2017
cristianisraeli:
just look at this secondary school boy..we are not talking of when the old man was military head of state boy...bury your head in the sand..that old man did nothing..please dont say gsm or efcc

i always hit a nerve..bloody maggot that cant list anything busy dissing my parents..thats so lame boy..keep running your mouth and i will fully crush your watery skull
Lol. Look, I am an academic. I would tackle you and make my point without breaking a sweat. The reason why I don't do so is: you obviously don't meet the intellectual threshold to conduct a reasonable debate.
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo In Dele Issues Comedy Skit "Mr President" (Video) by proffemi: 7:48pm On Oct 14, 2017
cristianisraeli:
just look at this secondary school boy..we are not talking of when the old man was military head of state boy...bury your head in the sand..that old man did nothing..please dont say gsm or efcc
For starters, are you aware that even till now, Nigeria is executing the power plan Obasanjo put in place?
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo In Dele Issues Comedy Skit "Mr President" (Video) by proffemi: 7:45pm On Oct 14, 2017
cristianisraeli:
dundi give us the list of the good jobs
If you are too young to know them, perhaps you should use Google? I am too busy to humor you.
* Oh, by the way, I'm pretty sure that when you say "dundi", you're referring to one of your parents.
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo In Dele Issues Comedy Skit "Mr President" (Video) by proffemi: 7:44pm On Oct 14, 2017
cristianisraeli:
i swear we nigerians are really sick and mad at the same time. with combination of short memory,in a sane country this man would be wearing the orange jump suit
He still will, if you would be kind enough to provide the evidence needed to convict him. </sarcasm>
PoliticsRe: Obasanjo In Dele Issues Comedy Skit "Mr President" (Video) by proffemi: 7:42pm On Oct 14, 2017
johnsonpal:
I really feel sorry for myself as a Nigerian. Do we have short term memory or what? This man is one of the reason this country has been stagnant, regressive and what not. This man spent over 100 billon $ on electricity and yet we don't have up to 8,megawatt till now. So I don't know why we are finding his stupid joke funny
You are free to point out Obasanjo's many failings, but if you are incapable of seeing the good job he did in so many areas, then it is you who are amnesic.

People like you seem incapable of seeing the good in others. How many ex-presidents do you see encouraging the youths to go for it in 2019 (and doing it in a medium that ought to catch their attention)??

Why don't you pray not to be senile at that age first?
Christianity EtcRe: G.O Adeboye : A Huge Stain On Modern Christianity In Nigeria by proffemi: 6:09pm On Oct 03, 2017
introvertedsoul:
Would that make you a tool in Pa Adeboye's hand? Perhaps?. . .
Not unless defending an innocent* man's name makes me his tool. You and your ilk on the other hand, the destruction you apparently seek will be yours in the end.

* I hope a man is still innocent until PROVEN otherwise in Nigeria.
Christianity EtcRe: G.O Adeboye : A Huge Stain On Modern Christianity In Nigeria by proffemi: 6:06pm On Oct 03, 2017
phreakabit:
Prof the issue is on going, it is not at hand.
Hey genius, why don't you keep your trap shut until you are sure you know what you are yakking about?
From Merriam Webster's : At hand - > "currently receiving or deserving attention, e.g. the business at hand"
Next time, think before typing, so you don't look quite so stupid.
Christianity EtcRe: G.O Adeboye : A Huge Stain On Modern Christianity In Nigeria by proffemi: 4:28pm On Oct 03, 2017
Mrchippychappy:
Normally I wouldn't create a thread such as this because of the possibility of atheists and other unscrupulous characters hijacking this thread to promote their agenda, however at some point I believe the truth MUST be brought to light...
I take pride in my ability to think for myself, and you will not find me mindlessly following *anyone*. I respect Rev. Adeboye, but disagree with him on quite a number of issues. I do not believe in shielding so-called men of God who err behind "touch not my prophet".

On the issue at hand though, you have done this man a serious disservice. For you to conclude, on the basis of the stupid exposition you gave, that Adeboye is a stain on Christianity in Nigeria marks you as either an imb3cile, or a mischievous tool in the hand of some higher power.
EducationRe: OAU 3.8million Saga: Lamba Beat Me Two Times – VP Retorts by proffemi: 2:28pm On Sep 09, 2017
...and somebody handed me a bottle"...

grin
EducationRe: ASUU: Be Ready For Financial Autonomy If You Want University Autonomy by proffemi: 8:23am On Aug 28, 2017
Statsocial:
Nukilla ASUU isn't entirely the problem. Some gains we have made in higher education is because of the strikes that ASUU has embarked on.

To be able to generate funds from research you need the equipment and facility that would make you attract those grants.

Let me give you an example of my own school. Prior to 2011, I am not sure anyone really talked about improving igr from research grants because our labs(in biological sciences) were the usual traditional laboratories(e.g microbiology, biochemistry lab e.t.c) you would find in OAU or UI but better equipped.

When the Living Faith Church then granted CU about 500 million naira to equip a molecular lab. It was then i knew Nigerian lecturers are brilliant. We started having numerous grants from countries.

...So now Oyedepo can actually have the audacity to say "go find igr from research" since they have given the school the facility, equipment, electricity e.t.c
EducationRe: ASUU Strike Latest : How Total Is It In Your University? by proffemi: 4:47pm On Aug 25, 2017
Dee60. How many times did I call you? Leave this matter o, you obviously do not understand it.

Dee60:
Lecturers too should make sacrifices
We're already making that. Speaking solely for myself, I left much higher-paying jobs to take this one.

...afterall they have room to make extra money through consulting and other things
Consultancy where? How many lecturers have access to these "other things" of which you speak?

Many countries have stopped funding university education long ago. In most developed countries students take loans to pay through their schooling and payback when they start to work. This maybe difficult in Nigeria of today, but at least let lecturers also make sacrifices.
Yes, some of the best universities in the world are not government-owned. Bu the way to get there is not to deny lecturers of the tools to do their job, or proper remuneration. It's by getting students to pay for the value they get. Do you wanna go that route?

Lecturers enjoy a lot of benefits. They should not compare themselves to bankers who work morning to night
You're surely joking. I assure you 100% that my job is no less stressful than bankers' of my level. I can't speak for the lecturers at your alma mater of course.

Lecturers have access to grants.
Ehen? Which ones? The international grants I covet, you and your government have refused to provide the facilities to allow me compete favorably. How am I gonna get them?

They write books that their students will read (the serious ones among them)
The serious ones? I'll have you know: I've been working on two books for eons, but find myself so overworked that I've made little headway.


...Lecturers too need to make more sacrifice
I'm trying very hard not to use strong language, but you're working my last nerve bro. You keep talking about sacrifice.It will surprise me if you have, or ever will, make the sort of sacrifice I am making for this country, whoever you are.


How many times has ASUU gone on strike in the last ten years? Maybe ten times. Should they be taken serious?
You obviously do not know that previous strike actions have borne fruit. Perhaps you need to open your eyes more. Start from the fact that essentially every new project in universities are funded by ETF/TETFUND; fruits from strike actions. End with the fact that the universities are (a little, just a little!) more likely to retain good lecturers now than in the 90s.

... So, should FG print money and throw the economy into chaos?
No, they shouldn't, but I sure as hell hope they demonstrate better understanding of the issues than you have.

Happy to answer any follow-up questions you may have.
EducationRe: ASUU’s Demands Unrealistic – Oby Ezekwesili by proffemi: 7:05am On Aug 21, 2017
@Iamzik @MT
Thanks for your kind words. All the best.
EducationRe: ASUU’s Demands Unrealistic – Oby Ezekwesili by proffemi: 11:24pm On Aug 20, 2017
MT:
@proffemi

I have been following this thread with keen interest. Please my own concern is there is a wide gap between the town and the gown. The town is not feeling the impact of our university. No research, no innovation. A sad reminder was during the Ebola outbreak - none of our professors could come up with a therapy (even if it will fail) to tackle the deadly outbreak. Its a sad story. What's the purpose of education without a concrete value being added to the society.
Valid points, those.

The question is: how do you go about improving a very expensive system that (a) is absolutely critical to national development (b) is not performing ? A good solution is to spend enough to ensure that the quality of the system rises, flush out non-performing individuals or entities, and put rigorous quality assurance checks in place.

Then, why will they be asking the FG that the universities should be exempted from TSA. That demand to me is reckless. We are all aware of our the so called dons embezzle funds recklessly. I am sorry we are not ready to go to that regime again.
Hmm, TSA. I feel you bro. Somewhere inside me, there is a nod of approval for the TSA idea. Definitely an effective way to reduce corruption, if properly implemented. Unfortunately, the current implementation is creating severe bottlenecks in some cases. IMO, the solution is not to jettison TSA, but to ensure the kinks are worked out.

So, nope, I'm not with ASUU on that one.
EducationRe: ASUU’s Demands Unrealistic – Oby Ezekwesili by proffemi: 11:17pm On Aug 20, 2017
Iamzik:
Strike it is then.

Let it continue.

BTW you sound like a lecturer grin grin
And I have a feeling that I guessed right
Guess ke? I don't hide it o. I am a lecturer patapata grin But I'm a good-guy lecturer, not one of the (mythical, I hope) psycho types.

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