burticious:
Thank you for understanding where I'm coming from
.... Do you know how many people hate maths or fail maths.. It's not because they are so daft.... It's because they lost the interest when they were in primary school or in junior classes.. All because they can't understand the maths in English language.. Now imagine they were thought in their everyday language.. How simple it will be for them.. Don't tell me we cant translate maths into our local language.... Most of our teachers sef.. Don't think they know what they are teaching o.. They all cram from the book and download to the pupils.. Few of them can explain in simplest language

jstriker442:

Our fathers before us grew up with vernacular, studied(english) in school and excelled. Education will be simplified when the society agrees to do so, not when the method of standard communication is lowered.

jstriker442:

Very typical of an african. U start by insulting. A complete charlatan.
Can u make widely accepted sentences in pidgin.??
Have u heard bout warri pidgin being different from others.??

I going to work.
They playing outside.
What going on on this our country.

Are the above correct.??
Do you understand them.??
Can they be reshaped and still posses same meaning??

A typical grandiloquent u are. Answer 'em question without another insult if u must quote me pls. Thanks

BluntBoy:


Then, there are a lot we have to let go. We have to let go of our foreign religions as well. In short, we need to revert to traditions. I do not believe that English alone underdeveloped us. What about our attitudes too? What about pervasive corruption and personal greed? When we talk about African underdevelopment, foreign language is just only one factor. China began to progress, not ordinarily because they speak Chinese but because they got their acts right. They voted zero tolerance for corruption and invested heavily in technology. You shouldn't also forget that they kept their indigenous religions as well. Have you kept the religion of your forefathers?

BluntBoy:


Finnish and Swedish are the official languages.

Also, you must understand that Nigeria is different from Finland. Nigeria is a multi ethnic state. Which of the indigenous languages would you pick?

If you pick Hausa language, the rest would shout Sharia or islamization.

If you pick Yoruba language, Igbos and Hausas would kick.

If you pick Igbo language, Hausas and Yorubas would be uncomfortable.

It just can't work in Nigeria without it generating into tribal conflicts. Nigeria's political and ethnic setup is far different from that of Finland.

burticious:
All I'm saying is this all subject can be simplified and explained better in our local language if it can be explain in Chinese and Spanish etc.. Our education system needs to be reformed.. We cant go further as a continent if we refuse to develop with local languages..if you understand something you should be able to explain in your local language

BluntBoy:


Are you trying to say that schools in Yorubaland should teach in Yoruba; schools in Igboland should teach in Igbo and schools in Hausaland should teach in Hausa?

jstriker442:

Pidgin has no structure, its almost useless, we just use it to COMMUNICATE,. Nothing more. Its presently unacceptable.

BluntBoy:


Korean language is not just a local language, it is the official and national language of North and South Korea. But here, our official language is English. How will you label a diagram in Yoruba when some of your students are Igbos or Hausas? English is the unifying language in Nigeria.

Witchcraft is real.

At least that is what two suspected car thieves found out in Mombasa after they were caught by suspected evil powers.

The two allegedly stole a Nissan Fuga and were driving it towards Bamburi Mtambo from Bamburi Mwisho.

They would later mysteriously stop the car, park it outside a clinic, got out, undressed and started bathing in a nearby pool of muddy water.

"They were saying it was so hot and they needed a bath," said an eyewitness.

A snake was allegedly following them.

The two suspected car thieves, however, picked up the snake and started speaking to it.

They danced with it as if they were having a conversation, according to residents.

They took turns carrying the snake around their neck.

Some said they recognized the car, which they said belonged to a man living near Anwarali, in Kisauni constituency.

Some eyewitnesses said the two will only be "released" after the car owner arrives at the scene.


Hundreds of curious onlookers milled around them.

Police, who arrived later, had a hard time controlling the crowd.

The incident caused a massive traffic snarl-up as onlookers tried to get a glimpse of the two.

Occasionally, the two caused near stampedes as they threatened to throw the snake into the crowd.

All the while, the live snake never left their hands.

Incidences of people using witchcraft to capture thieves are common in Mombasa and other parts of the country.

In January, a suspected thief was found lying outside a house from where he had stolen a goat in Majaoni area of Kisauni constituency.

The suspected thief had tied the goat with a rope and used it as a pillow.

He was stark naked

AWOisaCOWARD:



Don't be fooled, he didn't win that election in the first place. His spoon fed judges just gave him a soft landing instead of telling him to relinquish power. To him, this judgement puts him in right pedal to perfect his last electoral imperfections. Well arranged with the judges if you ask me.

Laredojohn:

Hmm the way odinga celebrates is as if the judge Says swear in odinga, it's clear there would be violence no matter who wins the re run,hope the AU is ready to solve the crises when it starts....

positivetaught:
This may be bitter but it's way to go, if it were in Nigeria,the court would be like, there were irregularities but not wide spread enough to affect the overall result.it's time we embrace complete electronic voting to avoid situations like this in Nigeria n Africa as a whole, thumbs up for the Kenyan court but I know if this happens in Nigeria baboons n dogs with gorillas will be floating in the sea of blood according to buhari.

Laredojohn:
What if he still wins the second time... Hope it will be accepted as a clear defeat, but obviously double expenses .this alone is even gonna heat up the polity in the country as odinga supporters will expect him to win, I just hope this doesn't lead to a national crisis in that country.....

Brokeguyy:

Ohh..Sorry o
I thought we were in Europe tho
So there are no fair Nigerians right

Chiccly:


Congrats !

He is riding on his daughter's popularity.

For the past two years, Corporal Gladys Gathogo has taken keen interest in birds. This was never the case before, but her experience with a strange bird believed to have come from Russia changed all this. At around 6pm on January 22, 2015, a Steppe Eagle landed right at the gate of Makongeni Police Station, along Jogoo Road.

One of the two people passing nearby picked the bird and handed it over to Corporal Gladys Gathogo, who was on duty at the station. Gathogo says the bird was totally exhausted and was picked with ease. It did not attempt to fly, as it would under normal circumstances. The bird, however, occurred strange to the officer: “It had a metal ring on its leg and white tags on both wings, which made me suspect it was under some kind of research. I resolved to call and inform Kenya Wildlife Service about it.”

As she notified KWS, Gathogo locked the Steppe Eagle in one of the rooms. At 7.30pm, Peter Mutoro, a ranger from Problem Animal Control (PAC) department, arrived at the station and picked the bird. Mutoro says KWS headquarters called and instructed him to go pick the bird. “I visited the police station and picked the bird,” he confirms. Corporal Gathogo booked the incident in the Occurrence Book (OB).

He adds many people would easily have left the bird to die or wait for its own fate. Foreign birds An ornithologist and research scientist NMK with the Zoology department, Titus Imboma, received the Steppe Eagle. Imboma says the Steppe Eagle, whose origin is Russia, must have got tired after travelling long distance and landed at the station. “Luckily, it was saved by the officer, courtesy of the ring and white tags,” he said. Gladys didn’t believe the bird came all the way from Russia. “I have always thought all birds belonged to this country. It has never occurred to me there are foreign birds that come and go.”

The information on the bird’s ring read, ‘AA 22 17 MOSKVA’ and was ringed in Russia. Imboma explains they later sent the ring number, species of the bird and its location to bird rangers in Russia. Russia confirms He reveals: “The Russians responded the Steppe eagle was tagged on July 5, 2014 in the Volgograd region (Russia): N 49.62 E 46.47, by a scientist called Valery Pimenov. The bird had travelled 5,719 km, in about three months.”

Police in Bungoma are holding a Ugandan national who surrendered himself to police that he had stolen a car.

The man rushed to the station after a swarm of bees attacked him as he attempted to get away with the vehicle.

Francis Sikadigu is said to have been attacked by the bees as he was driving the car which was suspected to have been stolen.

He caused a scene after rushing to Bungoma Police Station with the bees following in tow.

Sikadigu then rushed out of the police station and sought a traditional healer in a bid to be set free from the bees.

John Wafula, the vehicle's owner, said he was approached by the suspect who claimed he wanted five cars for hire on Friday.

He said they met at a hotel in town to discuss the terms for the car hire with Sikadigu who claimed he had a five-day contract.

Wafula claimed that Sikadigu had insisted that he wanted the Toyota Premio and Axio latest models for his clients.


"I gave him a quotation of Sh5,000 per car for each of the five days."

He said that when he came back to the negotiation table, he continued sipping his juice and noticed that he had started feeling dizzy.

Wafula said that he found himself in hospital on Saturday and then noticed that his car keys were missing.

"I approached a traditional doctor who assured me that my car will be found in three days," he said.

"The traditional medicine man assured me that the suspect will not leave Bungoma town and will be attacked by bees."

After he was set free from the bees, the man was arrested and taken to Bungoma police station for interrogation.

Bungoma South OCPD David Kirui said they are still investigating the matter.

Officers from the Anti-Narcotics Police Unit have Friday morning arrested two Nigerian nationals in Mombasa found with 1.5kg of heroin estimated to be worth Sh4.5 million.

The arrests followed a raid in an apartment in Nyali.

Mr Chukwu James and Ms Gageche Gold Patience were arrested as they were packing the drugs in readiness for a trip to Brussels in the morning.

Police say the couple had concealed the narcotics in a suitcase and was destined for Brussels.

Sources told Nation that the drugs are suspected to have originated from Tanzania.

The police are expected to issue a formal statement later in the day.

MtuMsuper:
SmallSimba, am also a kenyan with quite sometime in Nairaland. I joined this forum mainly to listen to online debates and learn from other Africans. Among the things i know is that there is alot of ethnic violence in Nigeria. Just google "Southern Kaduna" or "Fulani herdsmen " on the nairaland search engine and you will be chastened by what we had to undergo in 2007 in comparison . The inter religious violence also has an ethnic twist to it, and a few weeks ago i asked my pastor who is my ex school mate to pray for the Christians of Nigeria. Along with countries like Sudan, Somalia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia that are extremely intolerant of Christianity, Nigeria is the only Muslim majority country(the Muslim % is slightly over 50), not in the Middle East where Christians are regularly butchered for their faith.

You should also know that there is a nascent movement located in the south east of the country who are agitating for a break up of Nigeria and they call themselves IPOB. They want to reactuate the still born republic of biafra that was the cause of the Nigerian civil war. That war was very destructive and indeed was the bloodiest conflict ever on African soil at any time in history. The wounds of that war may have somewhat subsided, but inevitably there are always embers in the fire place itching for a rematch, sadly. This separatism infact is not confined to that section of Nigeria. Indeed there exist several other secessionist or regionalist movements across all regions like the guys who gave that ultimatum. Large countries tend to be like that - did you know for instance there exist Texas nationalists who want to break away from USA? You do recall the movement by Quebecois to break away from English speaking Canada and create their own French speaking wonderland in the early 2000s? So Nigerians are always on a knife edge with such elements in their population, its ever tense. Sometimes the utterances by important leaders there to other tribes can make one shudder, something that would make you be charged with hate speech ASAP in Kenya. The likes of Moses Kuria for example would be bridesmaids by comparison in Nigeria . Last election a traditional Oba or King of Lagos ordered all igbos to vote for the incumbent party in power or else drown in the Lagos lagoon! Imagine that!

That being said, i pray for peace and prosperity for all afrikans everywhere. The major problem i think in Nigeria is lack of a leader who can forge a bond between her peoples so that nobody feels left out. A Mandela or George Washington type national leader is sorely lacking. From my vantage point, which i confess is not a solid one being electronic media and internet influenced and not practical, i see Buhari not being truly on top of the unifying game. Even Goodluck and Obasanjo had major headaches trying to satisfy the nations competing regional factions. In this regard, its very much like India. If you ever asked me which leader of a large nation i admire most, i would say Vladimir Putin without hesitation. Why? The man has forged a nation under a firm but fair grip. Russians love him like no business. Even his critics concede he is the best devil available to lead the nation. Russians don't like sissified leaders like Yeltsin who made Russia look weak. Putin's rise put an end to sissified leaders and restored the historical image of a tough but fair leader that made Russia great again.

I think Nigeria needs a Putin.

hmbassey1960:
Thanks you for ur concern,but the thing we will never go into war again we will remain Nigerians

In a large forest lived the hornbill, and other animals of course! Day in day out the hornbill would make its incessant noises which would be echoed all over the forest. The ladybird however was not indifferent to the hornbill's noise. So she summoned the snail, the mushroom, the hen and other plants and animals that lived in that great forest. To the ladybird's horror however, all the animals and plants dismissed her concerns! The mushroom claimed he did not mind the hornbill's noise since the hornbill had a constitutional right to make as much noise as she loved. The snail retorted that what the hornbill did was none of his business all he cared about was his children and what they would feed on. Everyone gave their excuses and at the end of the day all the ladybird could conclude was what the hen told her, "Everyone for himself, God for us all!!"
However one fateful morning as the hunter was passing by the forest, he was greatly attracted to venture into the forest following the hornbill's quacks, and in he went! Of course the first thing he did was shoot down the hornbill who fell on the mushroom!!! So he picked up the horn bill and the awesome looking mushrooms and ofcourse the snail was well tucked under the mushrooms, so he picked the snail too! When the hen saw what was happening he tried to sound an alarm to the rest of the forest but it was TOO LATE he was captured by the hunter
http://wangecikiragu..co.ke/2014/07/the-story-of-noisy-hornbillkdf-in.html

ivolt:


It doesn't always happen to cheating married people alone it is just
that married couple getting stuck doesn't make the news and they will
get sympathy rather than ridicule from the neighbours.

But cheating partners getting stuck is a great news material.

gypsey:
so why is it that it's only Africans who kill for ritual? why is it that white people never kill for ritual to get rich? please do explain you obviously know too much about rituals and believes in it.

Bluffly:
Nigeria is indeed a great country, but unfortunately we have bigots as leaders