Who says Nigerians can’t do it? Ask Professor Nok (Trypanosomiasis busted)

Culled from Daily Trust Newspaper.
Nok is back in the news again with one of her sons receiving Nigeria’s National Merit Award for path breaking research, which discovered the gene responsible for sleeping sickness.
Nok in Kaduna state is famous for its terracottas which came to light in the 1940s, and brought the quiet community to global attention. Nok has also produced a famous son in the person of Professor Andrew Jonathan Nok, a Professor of Biochemistry at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, who was last year conferred with a national honour, being Nigerian National Order of Merit (NNOM) by President Good luck Jonathan, which also carries with it a handsome $10 million. This is one of Nigeria’s highest honours. Professor Nok, who has had his entire education and training in Nigeria, and is in this sense, truly homemade or home grown, has many firsts to his name, and shows that what is World-Class and profound can also emerge from within the borders of our country. This is also a big plus for the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where Professor Nok was trained. Professor Nok is the only African so far to win the prestigeous Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience Research Award. Most previous winners of this award went on to win the Nobel Prize. He is one hundred percent a truly Nigerian and global Star, and his achievements are correspondingly, stellar.

Dont know about the female angle,but married to a guy 4rm a  dysfunctional  home and its been three years of constant quarrellings and unwarranted malice. In my opinion a person's family history has great impact on his future.

No man worth his salt depends on a woman for survival.Your boyfriend wasnt abducted into the Uk.He must have had a blueprint for survival b4 he met u .Whether he marries you or not is immaterial but the truth is,since you have started shouldering his responsibilities just six months in2 the relationship,be prepared to do so for as long as it lasts.The road you  are treading will only end in bitterness and frustration.

Love was never blind,but naivety blinded many.With the harsh realities of life these days,blind love is the height of idiocy.

If u are married 2 a person who doesnt share or respect ur views,dreams and ideas,then u are in 4 a long stiffling time in ur marriage.All dat kps u going is d 'good old days' when u r single.Bottom line is,marriage wont b boring if u actually TALK and LAUGH wt ur partner.

I have always been baffled by the problems caused by peoples inability to understand one another in relationships.You r talkn 2 d right and your partner is interpreting u mean d left.I believe metaphorically speaking dat men are from mars while women are from venus.So how does one get a message across 2 d other party?.

Most men nowadays seem 2 b shirking their financial responsibilities.It aint unheard of 2 hear wives paying the houserent,buying the groceries and even paying the children's school fees etc.So,in a marriage,what exactly is/are the wife's financial responsibility/responsibilities?.

This  is about   me  and i want  sincere  advise  from  the  house.I  met  a  guy  online  In July  this  year. (i  am  very extroverted  and  believe  the  net  is  as  good a place  to  meet  a  person  as  well any other place). He  assumably just  relocated  from  the  middle  east  and  just  setting  up  his  own  business  here  in  Nigeria .We started  dating  for  real  over  phone  calls  and  even he   comes on  visits to  the  north  where  i  work.One  thing  led  to  another  and  by  september  we  were  talking  of  marriage.By  October,  i  had  introduced  him  to  my  folks  as  my  fiance and  was  even  planning  the  formal  introduction  without  my  meeting  any  member  of  his  family.
I  am a working  single  mother and  my  child  lives  with  my  folks  although  most  times  in   boarding  school.He  knew from  day  one  about  her and  has  even  met  her  and  pleaded  with  me  to  adopt her  when  we  get  married. Just  last  week,  he  told  me  about   a   one  year  old  son  he  has  and  swears  with  "tears" running  down  his  face  that  he wasnt  married  to  the  child's  mother.  We  are  both  32  .
I  got  confused  about  his  withholding  such  information  from  me  after  months  of  dating  and wonder  what  else  is  keeping  from  me.  He  has  never  asked  me  for  money  and  tries  in  his  little own  way  to be  financially  responsible  for  me  when ever  he  comes  visiting  which  is  almost every two  weeks.
I  then  wonder if  he  is  gainfully  employed  if  he  has  so  much  time  on  his  hand  to  come  visiting.
He calls  me  all day  and  has  no  problem  paying  his  hotel  bills  or  phone  bills  which  he  uses  a  lot,  but  outside  that, doesnt  seem  to  have  much  money.
I  am  confused,  is  this  guy genuine,  a fraudstar,  or  does  he  want  to  use  me  or  my  child  for  money  making  r itual?.

I believe you should allow the child meet his father if the father is willing to have him, for the child's sake .Put all sentiments aside and do what is best for the child. A child needs his father and should be allowed to form his own personal judgement about him when he becomes an adult.For now, let him have a father figure in his life so as not to feel insecure when his friends and classmates are talking about their daddies!.

For me,  obansonjo   while  putting  in reforms aimed  at  improving the  lives  of   fellow  Nigerians  was  pulling the  mat  off  their feet with   controversies tailing  his sale  of   coporations like  the NNPC,  national  theatre etc. He aint  my  hero,  just  a sharp   Nigerian. While  on the  topic,  with  no  offense meant, there  aint  anything  like evidences, evidence  would  do  just  fine.

The correct expression is 'my name is' regardless of the number of names you bear. Its all about the person, not persons. eg, My name is Mary okpara, our names are Musa, Bode, Michael etc. Any standard dictionary will put any doubting Thomas straight.

the advert is in the 28th March edition of the Punch Newspapers. The vacancy is in virtually every department , especially in Languages and linguistics. Vacancies for both academic and non-academic positions. Positions range from Assistant lecturers to Lecturer 1 and 11. 20 copies of your application letters and Cvs should be sent to The director,Osun state university project office c/o office of the Governor, osogbo, osun state.
Good luck.

Now, i dont k ow where diana-u got her figure, cos she is way off the mark.
one would have thought that ignorance about an issue will demand silence. On the salary of a graduate assistant in afederal university,it aint between 20-22 as claimed, but 45-50. I work in a federal university so i should know.

well, there is nothing new under the sun. The child or the father or mother of the child shouldnt take the fall.The new lover should be able to tell the past from the present and the future. If u love someone hard enough, child or no child, warts and all, its for life.