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Please help reshare if this comes your way.

It doesn't necessarily have to be a job. It could be a task you don't have time for, but needs to be done immediately.
I have internet, electricity, and a computer.
I have experience in user/customer support, writing, graphics.

Thank you.
Please, this is a cry for help.

Hmm Philosopher

divinemichael:
Errors in reasoning we commit.

1) argumentum ad populum- this fallacy is also known as appeal to popularity, we commit this fallacy when we believe something to be true in the absence of evidences, because it is widely held to be true by a majority of people Eg I believe barrack Obama is affiliated to the Illuminati because many people in Nigeria believe so.

2) argumentum ad mesericodiam- this fallacy is also known as appeal to pity, this fallacy is commited when we try to substitute facts for emotional or sentimental notions. Eg even though Kennedy commited murder, he shouldn't be sentenced to death because he is just a poor orphan... Remember in the play (bigger Thomas) Barr borix max attempted to save bigger Thomas by arguing fallaciously that Thomas was a product of a dysfunctional society which should be taken as the stimulus for his villainous act of murder.

3) argumentum ad vericondiam- this fallacy is also known as appeal to irrelevant authority, we commit this fallacy when we attempt to invoke an authority in a wrong or misplaced field. Eg I believe the theory of themodynamics is false because prof wole Soyinka said so. Note, while prof wole Soyinka is indeed a great intellectual of literary studies, any attempt to invoke him as an authority in physics, for or against a concept especially a critical and troublesome one like themodynamics, will amount to a fallacy.

4) argumentum ad ignorantiam - also known as appeal to ignorance, this fallacy is commited when one argues from ignorance, a person believes a concept to be true because there is no available evidence denying its validity. Vice versa Eg because there is no evidence showing this woman is innocent, therefore she must be guilty.

5) argumentum ad hominem (abusive precisely)- also known as " against the man" this fallacy is commited when reasonable arguments are substituted for claims against a person, here the core matter in an issue is neglected whilst the party to the issue is attacked. Eg I believe okonkwo stole this goats even if there are no evidences, because he is a bad man, he beats his wife, smokes all the time and is also an infamous gambler.

6) fallacy of composition- this fallacy is commited when we believe q trait or notion which applies to a specific thing or person must as well apply to other related things or persons. Eg I know Mr okafor, he is an ibo man and is very stingy, greedy and unhelpful, therefore all ibos must be like him.

7) if by whiskey fallacy- this fallacy is commited when we employ the use of words which appear equally appealing to two warring ideas or parties. Eg instead of going straight to the point to say Mr A was wrong and is to blame, people commit the if-by-whiskey fallacy by saying Mr A was wrong, but Mr B was somehow wrong too. Thereby creating an unnecessary balanced apportionment of blame.

begging the question- here the conclusion of an argument is presented in support of itself in a premise (e.g.: saying that smoking cigarettes is deadly because cigarettes can kill you. Note even a suckling knows that whatever that is deadly can kill, so the asserter of this proposition made no proof at all of how cigarette can kill, he should have said something like it damages the liver, it destroys the lungs etc as a proof for it capability to kill.

9) fallacy of hasty generalisation- this fallacy is commited when we base a broad report on a little or insignificant investigation. Eg because I went to badagry and saw too many insane persons walking about, therefore Lagos must be filled with too many insane people who walks about.

10) appeal to poverty.. also known as (argumentum ad Lazarum) –this fallacy is committed when we support a conclusion because the arguer is poor eg in a land dispute between a rich man and a poor man, everybody not well trained in rational thinking like lawyers will likely believe all the poor man is saying is true and the land likely belongs to him, because is a common notion that rich men are always inclined to seize lands from the poor unjustly.

This one sef needs to be disbanded. Wetin be all these over righteousness?

envoymedia:
Hisbah officials have destroyed a beer parlour and crates of beer in Sabon Gari area of Kaduna state, IgbereTV reports.

Recall that over the weekend, Hisbah operatives destroyed beer worth N200 million in Kano.



http://saharareporters.com/2020/11/09/photonews-kano-hisbah-police-kaduna-state-demolishes-beer-parlours-destroys-crates-drinks

If you stop thinking low of women, it would make the world a better place.
She's educated,plus she has a Harvard degree.
Whatever she does is her business.

Diffdeef:
She'll definitely cash out today,the elite men she furks won't disappoint. To these ladies,Acting is just an avenue for exposure to these elite men.

From all I read,it was a good place to be untile the white folk came in.

Rosskivvy:
Family houses were divided into three sections: the central part was the husband’s quarters, looking towards the road; to the left the wives’ quarters (oderie), and to the right the young men’s quarters (yekogbe).

Daily street life in Benin City might have consisted of large crowds going though even larger streets, with people colourfully dressed – some in white, others in yellow, blue or green – and the city captains acting as judges to resolve lawsuits, moderating debates in the numerous galleries, and arbitrating petty conflicts in the markets.

The early foreign explorers’ descriptions of Benin City portrayed it as a place free of crime and hunger, with large streets and houses kept clean; a city filled with courteous, honest people, and run by a centralised and highly sophisticated bureaucracy.

The city was split into 11 divisions, each a smaller replication of the king’s court, comprising a sprawling series of compounds containing accommodation, workshops and public buildings – interconnected by innumerable doors and passageways, all richly decorated with the art that made Benin famous. The city was literally covered in it.

The exterior walls of the courts and compounds were decorated with horizontal ridge designs (agben) and clay carvings portraying animals, warriors and other symbols of power – the carvings would create contrasting patterns in the strong sunlight. Natural objects (pebbles or pieces of mica) were also pressed into the wet clay, while in the palaces, pillars were covered with bronze plaques illustrating the victories and deeds of former kings and nobles.

At the height of its greatness in the 12th century – well before the start of the European Renaissance – the kings and nobles of Benin City patronised craftsmen and lavished them with gifts and wealth, in return for their depiction of the kings’ and dignitaries’ great exploits in intricate bronze sculptures.

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“These works from Benin are equal to the very finest examples of European casting technique,” wrote Professor Felix von Luschan, formerly of the Berlin Ethnological Museum. “Benvenuto Celini could not have cast them better, nor could anyone else before or after him. Technically, these bronzes represent the very highest possible achievement.”

What impressed the first visiting Europeans most was the wealth, artistic beauty and magnificence of the city. Immediately European nations saw the opportunity to develop trade with the wealthy kingdom, importing ivory, palm oil and pepper – and exporting guns. At the beginning of the 16th century, word quickly spread around Europe about the beautiful African city, and new visitors flocked in from all parts of Europe, with ever glowing testimonies, recorded in numerous voyage notes and illustrations.


Lost world

Now, however, the great Benin City is lost to history. Its decline began in the 15th century, sparked by internal conflicts linked to the increasing European intrusion and slavery trade at the borders of the Benin empire.

Then in 1897, the city was destroyed by British soldiers – looted, blown up and burnt to the ground.

Nowadays, while a modern Benin City has risen on the same plain, the ruins of its former, grander namesake are not mentioned in any tourist guidebook to the area. They have not been preserved, nor has a miniature city or touristic replica been made to keep alive the memory of this great ancient city.

A house composed of a courtyard in Obasagbon, known as Chief Enogie Aikoriogie’s house – probably built in the second half of the 19th century – is considered the only vestige that survives from Benin City. The house possesses features that match the horizontally fluted walls, pillars, central impluvium and carved decorations observed in the architecture of ancient Benin.

Curious tourists visiting Edo state in Nigeria are often shown places that might once have been part of the ancient city – but its walls and moats are nowhere to be seen. Perhaps a section of the great city wall, one of the world’s largest man-made monuments, now lies bruised and battered, neglected and forgotten in the Nigerian bush.

A discontented Nigerian puts it this way: “Imagine if this monument was in England, USA, Germany, Canada or India? It would be the most visited place on earth, and a tourist mecca for millions of the world’s people. A money-spinner worth countless billions in annual tourist revenue.”

Instead, if you wish to get a glimpse into the glorious past of the ancient Benin kingdom – and a better understanding of this groundbreaking city – you are better off visiting the Benin Bronze Sculptures section of the British Museum in central London.


https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/mar/18/story-of-cities-5-benin-city-edo-nigeria-mighty-medieval-capital-lost-without-trace

This is what they hope to achieve by closing the schools.

adioolayi:
It's time to reflect on the gains of the peaceful protests.... it's time to retreat and give the Government some time to implement the demands fully.

Let's shift to online protests and do so aggressively till all demand are fully met, just to keep the Government on their toes. Let's put an end to physical gathering of #EndSars protests.

We should stop fooling ourselves..the physical protests have been hijacked by hoodlums....and out of control.

People (youths to be precise) are raising their voices for you that cannot talk because you're enjoying the suffering or you're not suffering at all. You're making noise here.
We want the betterment of the country.
Don't you see what's happening around you?
Why have you chosen to be ignorant??

GOATandYAMtheory:
mumu yoots

people wey dey join them no dey read news? dem no hear say government has agreed to all of their demands? this thing happening in this country is because we have failed to use force to disperse these jobless protesters.

...And the major reason FG is not using force is because of the financial support it is getting from international community. You need to act like a slave of democracy in order to enjoy these things in full.


Nobody on this forum has been able to tell us why this protest should continue. All they keep doing is mentioning and cursing people who give cogent reasons why it must be suspended.

Very unintelligent and useless folks

People are fighting for their rights my brother, not every one bold enough to do that.
It's just sad that we have lost people to this which should not have happened at all.