₦airaland Forum

ubebekojoh:
What about Benue , Makurdi

Makurdi Airport is best left alone as "domestic". Even at its current level, it doesn't get enough domestic traffic. Granting "International" upgrades to airport is not a reward or a status thing. There needs to be enough traffic and commercial activities going on in the state before it can be upgraded.

The State should rather develop itself to be one of the top cargo (agric and agro-allied) destination in Nigeria.

CLASSIC MATHS QUESTION: If it took the president more than two years to appoint only 3 ambassadors, how many years would it take him to full the remaining 106 ambassadorial post?

I wonder what's happening.

The number of fake jobs and HRs is just too much. It's usually the work of Nigerians, Indians, Pakistanis and other Asian nationalities.

Also, humblebrags are another set of nuisances, it's just too much. It's only on LinkedIn that everyone is successful and attended high-end institutions. While reality is much different.

LinkedIn used to be a platform to get good jobs. But right now, it's full of individuals that give themselves worthless endorsements and skills. Though their intent is to get a juicier job. These days, just maintain a LinkedIn profile so a recruiter can easily know your job and professional history.

LinkedIn is well aware of all those things and to open a new LinkedIn account from Nigeria is now really hard.

seasonstt1:
Ransom paid....

If they explain Nigeria problems to you and you can figure out something tangible out of it... Your chances of becoming mad is very high.

While the issue on ground is very sad and pitiful, this your comment is hilarious.

West Africa (some parts) is just a sad case. Corruption, astronomic unemployment level and poverty are the cause of all these. In Liberia, those ones even have a drug epidemic to the point that they even dig up and smoke human remains to get "high".

It's just so painful that Sierra Leone that ought to be a major food producer and world's "honey capital" is suffering from all these. A tiny country with population only comparable to Kaduna State.

Sorcery of all kinds, especially with human parts CANNOT make anyone rich. It's just a total waste of time. Nothing else.

emapeteum:
In the real sense of it, medical doctors ought not to use Dr in their official documents. Let's learn from Germany. You may be a medical doctor, but you cannot use Dr in an official document, as such a title is reserved for the highest academic qualification.

That's true, physicians are not "Drs" in the real sense. The title was only courtesy to them which has now been come a norm.

It's also Germany is a very title-conscious, and it's not unusual to see someone having two doctoral titles (Dr.Dr.) before their names or even DDDr. for triple doctorate degrees! They respect qualifications a lot, and the same is obtainable in Nigeria too.

For individualized societies like the US, they prefer to be addressed by their first name without the title. That's their societal norm. However in Nigeria, we prefer to use our titles alongside our names which is also fine, as our societal norms encourage it.

The only aspect I dislike is the use of honorary doctorates in a professional manner. NUC is right to discourage it. If you want the honorific so bad, then bag a PhD!

ugodson:
We ask President Trump to come to our aid. Even if he take our oil and make this country better is a welcome suggestion than just imagin training with which money, money they are to use and fully equip our military for Battle with bandits

This corruption is FUCKING TOO BAD

Nigeria is more than capable to deal with those good-for-nothing terrorists. What is lacking is the political will.

Training on what? Who are those advising these power brokers? A full government working without a single ambassador. Very terrible!

When you're supposed to have appointment seasoned ambassadors to take-on Nigeria's foreign policies and issues.

Let lawmakers perform their duties, and let ambassadors do theirs; their functions does not jive!

When a simple mail (with a predefined template) with only a SINGLE PDF containing the applicant's credentials would have sufficed!

One thing I'll give the presidency credit for is that they actually read, put their ears on ground and want to get solution from various channels. Both offline and online. They now listen extensively.

Please FG, I know some of your officials frequent this platform, kindly implement the awesome and effective advises given on this platform. Please, just as you listen to your appointees, advisers and columnists like Farooq Kperogi, do read and implement solutions on economy and governance from objective individuals here too— Aminda, and others too numerous to mention. PLEASE.

@Oga Aminda, you do this one, I read your recommendations concerning the appointment of seasoned diplomats. Kudos and do not relent in your recommendations.

Project Nigeria will be a reality.

blaky007:
Still available? and at what price?

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If you're still interested, please send a dm to poshwriter451@gmail.com.

Imindmybusiness:
News had it that it was the Palace(The Queen) that paid and not him just to put a stop to the scandal. Also some people in positions will pay to avoid scandal even though they may be innocent. If someone accuses you of something while you are already pasting posters to become ordinary LG chairman in your state now, even your handlers will advise you to pay to avoid the stress that comes with scandals. Blackmailers kow this and that's why they attack in your most vulnerable state. I'm not saying he is innocent but if I were King Charles, I wouldn't go this extreme in punishing him until a competent court declare him guilty. Leadership is about discernment and not pleasing the public. Suspend him from all royal duties and let him face the law. Removing his title permanently and chasing him away from the family home is too extreme that it now looks like he had been targeted all these time and an opportunity just presented itself.

One of the key reasons they also did this was to restore public confidence and secure the support of the younger generation.

Modern British youngsters believe that the Royal institution has outlived it's usefulness and in doing this, they send a message that they're still relevant.

Kobojunkie:
Na everyday occurrence in Islam be this beginning with parents selling their children for as little as $100 in some cases.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpmcDj5AtMA?si=TNmwII6RbEBXxYyL

It's what occur in some part of the MENA region. When last have you seen kids been sold in Nigeria this way?

Or should we use the bride-for-sale sham in Eastern Europe to generalize the whole of Christianity (which would be be very inaccurate to do)?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BJBa0mQWu0

The man's action is very wrong in all sense, however, avoid inaccurate generalizations please.

saintbillion:
This same kaduna we dey? or another place

Yam and other foodstuffs are insanely cheap in KD and other northern states.

OgaRico:
Chairman say "prophecy is withdrawn."

Had he not withdrawn that nonsense, he'd have gotten his hands full for the next few years with countless litigations.

God is a merciful God and will never give you devilish revelations. Anyways I don't blame him but Nigerians.

Princetee11:
I did the NTI PGDE Program in Osun, 2017. 4 years later in 2021 without a result, I was notified I failed a course and had to resit which I did and cleared the following year. 2 years later in in 2023, I needed my transcript and certificate to run the UK’s Foreign Teachers’ recruitment. After months of waiting, I got the transcript and only notification of results without a certificate. After about a year on UK’s Qualified Teachers Status document assessment queue, my request was denied because I couldn’t provide the education certification i claimed to posses and my portal was shut down after ultimatum I was given elapsed this February. The unbothered manner in which the director and his agents over there reeks and make me believe these people are unrepentantly callous. I wish we had a functional system and sue them all for the damages they’ve caused me and many people who had helplessly recline to this inhumane and avoidable twist of destiny.

So sorry to hear about your plight. But you could have immediately explored other affordable options instead of endlessly waiting.

My advice is that you quickly do the program afresh in another institution. There are countless institution to choose from. I know it can be painful but do so ASAP for your future.

Love800:
Where is iconic located?

It's HQ is in Sokoto, but it has centres all across the country.

Distance learning and Open Universities are now integral parts of the education system. Even traditional brick-and-mortal universities are heavily leaning towards distancing learning now.

Nigeria now has over 4 of such:
National Open University
Iconic Open University
Miva Open University
Unique Open University

Great one.

ednut1:
This is why they steal money. I know children of influencial people who struggled to get jobs with the connections they had. Na 200k jobs dem dey see 😂

Eh, this is quite revealing o. So that means those names closes more doors than it opens?

sammirano2:
First class in any private uni is equivalent to 2.2 In a top Fed uni.

You people should stop this nonsense comparison already. The above has been voided over and over.

Being made to unnecessarily suffer to get a good grade is not a mark of quality.

jmoore:
I pity people who rely on statinonsense for data.

It's very annoying when figures are dished out, yet there's no proper methodology as to how they came about those figures.

jaxxy:
Maduro thinks being president of Venezuela by force is his birth right.

u rule like a dictator and won't conduct free and fair elections and oppressing ur people.

If your assertion is right, then why has the US not toppled Paul Biya of Cameroon?

I hope it's not a ruse to pacify Nigerians ahead of the proposed "House Insurance" early next year?

You didn't build the house for the landlord, they provide their electricity and power themselves yet you want to impose a silly tax on Nigerians.

While at it, I know some landlord too can be painfully wicked too, but regulating the price of a basic necessity as housing may backfire.

Had you people built public housing across Nigeria, especially in the tier 1 states, this would have been easy to implement.

This is very inaccurate, it's borderline fictitious. Homelessness is not an epidemic in Nigeria. No matter how bad things are, you'll still be able to squat with someone.

Majority of the homeless people you see are mostly mentally unstable people. In Nigeria, even beggars have homes!

Wow. To migrate to the UK by study route is now really risky. 30-70M is no joke abeg. Besides UK Masters is now a dime a dozen in the country. It no longer guarantees any lucrative opportunity.

Larryfest:
If you don't entrust your brain to others gullibly, it can't be used anyhow.
Religion isn't the problem but those who practice and teaches it. 80% of what is written inside the Bible and Quran is not what the religious leaders teaches, they specifically look for chapters and verses that only favour them and their hypocrisy when the need arises.

Now here's someone who thinks deeply and logically. Thanks for this comment.

Alcohol itself is already a poison to the body. Spiking it with Methanol is an outright intent to kill.

NAFDAC has long banned Methanol even as an ingredient in cosmetics. It's still being used in Nigeria due to it being much more affordable than ethanol.

LeeSmart:
Libral muslim keh?
Person wey change the religious-political make up of Niger state. His deputy is a muslim, something that has already been agreed in niger state that deputy governors should always be Christians.

Where and when was such agreement made? His immediate past predecessor also had a Muslim deputy. So what exactly did Bago changed?

Sonnobax15:

Jokes apart,Israel really dealt with Palestinians, like say na animals Dem dey deal with . No human feelings attached at all . Una sure say na this the same Israel wey God creat for Bible abi na artificial one be this?

Thank God Oga Sonno is a logical being. The truth is that the only thing this current "Israel" shares is the name and nothing at all. These ones are assimilated Jews not ethnic Jews.

There's nothing Godly about them; they are vile, evil, barbaric and support all things that the holy scriptures of the ancient patriarchs opposed.

Their paid "Hazbara" bots and agents are swimming all over Nairaland with funny and newly registered nickname. The pulpit bandits in Nigeria do not help matters att all

Very evil people. Nobody with a shred of faith and human consciousness will ever support them.

Gbadugbakun:
Federal is owned by the the federal government just like you said but national is owned by the whole country not just the federal government that's why NOUN is in all the 36 states.

Okay, now you agree that it's a federal university with full national spread, as against your earlier statement. That's fine.

Ashirioluwa:
NOUN is a federal university. Google search even confirms it to be a federal institution.

Below is google search for NOUN university Nigeria.

The "noun" in your query is an abbreviation for the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), which is a federal, public, and open and distance learning institution in Nigeria. It is the largest university in Nigeria by student population and offers flexible, cost-effective education across the country.
Federal institution: NOUN is owned and operated by the Federal Government of Nigeria.

We are both on the same page and saying the same thing. I think you intend to correct the user @ Gbadugbakun who made that wrong assertion that the institution is a "national" university and not a "federal" one.