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Culture / Re: Video, Ohsisi Praising God, Igbo Style. by zstranger: 6:13pm On Jun 01, 2011 |
I am one of the Okoro Ngbitics she despises so much, I am different though. I know how to chop and clean nyansh. Mwuahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I dont kiss and tell. |
Politics / Re: Let's Have Your Complaints Here by zstranger: 5:17pm On Jun 01, 2011 |
^^^^ This is so unfair. Hmmmmmm, SEUN must be on drugs! Why you? Olohun lo ma dajo eni to n fi eyin pin eran |
Business / Re: Why Are We Not Making Money Like Dangote? by zstranger: 10:51am On Jun 01, 2011 |
buzugee:^^^ Good for you. Punnanni is the reason why I work hard. Sometimes, chasing punny isnt bad. The secret of life was dicovered because Watson wanted to have access to the best punnny posible |
Business / Re: Why Are We Not Making Money Like Dangote? by zstranger: 10:48am On Jun 01, 2011 |
buzugee: Enough punnnies at your beck! |
Business / Re: Why Are We Not Making Money Like Dangote? by zstranger: 10:46am On Jun 01, 2011 |
jay bee: That is the crux of the OP's case! That our knowledge based educational system is holding us back. We lack creativity! Very unfortunate that most people on this thread cant understand where the OP is coming from! Very profound! |
Politics / Re: Let's Have Your Complaints Here by zstranger: 10:42am On Jun 01, 2011 |
^^^ And Google. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication! |
Politics / Re: Let's Have Your Complaints Here by zstranger: 10:19am On Jun 01, 2011 |
I thought the position was already mine |
Culture / Re: Video, Ohsisi Praising God, Igbo Style. by zstranger: 10:10am On Jun 01, 2011 |
^^^ It depends on how you look at it. From the morality/religious POV, you may be right. However, the socially conscious liberal arts form of me doesnt see it that way. What she did was perfectly within the boundaries of her rights as a human being, with all the privileges that come with it. She has the right to live her life, including expressing her sexuality, any how she deem fit. So IMO, she did nothing wrong, at least from the way she has presented her case thus far. Of course, there are three sides to this situation; Lola Giwa aka Blazay's side, the other people ( Fisrst lady aka Aloy/Emeka)'s side and the truth. Anyhow, I am still hoping to score with Blazay, if possible. She looks like one hot MILF. Even though I now prefer GILFs, a MILF in the mold of Blazay dont come around too often, |
Politics / Re: Ogun: Amosun Declares Free Education, Healthcare by zstranger: 5:00am On Jun 01, 2011 |
Kobojunkie: Really? Kobo thinks too highly of Nigerian journalists. You've prolly been away for far too long. Its time you go back for a heavy dose of realism. |
Politics / Re: Ogun: Amosun Declares Free Education, Healthcare by zstranger: 4:56am On Jun 01, 2011 |
Kobojunkie: Really? Kobo thinks too highly of Nigerian journalists. You've prolly been away for far too long. Its time you go back for a heavy dose of realism. |
Politics / Re: Ogun: Amosun Declares Free Education, Healthcare by zstranger: 1:35pm On May 31, 2011 |
jmaine: I hate entertaining ediots like you, but I am obliged to post a retort since no one has responded to your mo/ro/nic post. So in your own deluded mind, students are doing badly in WAEC because they arent enthusiastic about their education/future due to the fact that the state government is paying for their exam fees? Am I understanding you right? Well, luckily for you, I went to secondary school is Osun State and I have relatives working at the WAEC office in Osogbo and at the ministry of education. Osun state WAEC result from time has always been appalling, for a myriad reasons, and none of it has anything to do with the state paying for the students' WAEC fees or free education. Even, when the State wasnt paying for those exams, Osun state never did well in WAEC. Osun State in times past always recorded one of the highest level of exam malpractice WRT to JAMB in Nigeria. Even in OAU the percentage of people getting in on merit from Osun State is abysmmal. If there were no catchment area policy by the governemnt, only few OSUN state Indigenes would have the necessary credential to secure admission to that prestigious school. Think about it, what percentage of Osun State indigenes are on the faculty of OAU and other respectable universities in Nigeria? very little. My point is that poor WAEC results did not just start with Oyinlola; it has always been part of Osun State's narrative. It is very simplistic of you and an apt reflection of your poor thinking skills to ascribe the endemic poor showing of Osun state students on national exams to a change in policy brought on my the last government. Education in Nigeria, not just in Osun State alone, from Kindergarten to University level is in tatters. The rot did not just start in the last dispensation, not with Akande, and definitely has nothing to do with the government paying WAEC fees for the students. WAEC is a certificate exam that assesses students knowledge and understanding of concepts learned over the three years preceding the May/June months of their senior year. Your WAEC result is not just determined by how much you study or did not study in the few months leading to the exam. Your SSCE result is a reflection of everything you've done in secondary school, from the moment you stepped into your JSS 1 class. One unique feature of the WAEC is it combines school-based continuous assessment scores with the Council's own terminal assessment scores on a ratio of 30:70. . It just doesnt makes sense, going by your logic, to conclude that after working hard for the 30%, "enthusiastically studying for their continuous assessment scores because their parents would hammer them if they performed poorly on them," the students would just suddenly lose enthusiasm for WAEC because ". . .their parents were not responsible for their fees." That is, the guy who had always wanted to be a doctor since he first learnt about the plant cell in his integrated science class stopped being enthusiastic about his future because the State government paid for his exam fees. And that young girl who had signaled her interest in Law since she first represented her school at a local debate competition stopped being enthusiastic about becoming the next Gani Fawenhinmi because, according to your gargantuan, unique insight into the human psyche, her "parent were not responsible for [her] fees hence [she] won't be hammered if [she] performed poorly." After all, at 16/17 yrs, the parents' feelings and disposition alone drive students attitude, not the individuals future, personal pride or innate ability. To you, everything boils down to the parents' response to their children's inquiry regarding whether he/she would be "hammered" if he failed or do poorly on his WAEC exam. And I submit that this is what the real, no bullshyyt reason for why Osun State students do poorly on national exam: lack of adequate teachers, both quantitatively and qualitatively,the dearth of good, enjoyable, comprehensible and widely available text-books, weak national educational policy, lack of adequate funding, inappropriate testing modality, amongst other reasons. You get the idea. That may sound like abstract nonsense, but it shouldn't be. Let's get practical. The plain fact is that most state schools in Osun State, and in Nigeria, are poorly staffed. When I was in Secondary school, teachers went on strike on average at least once a semester, with each strike lasting more than a week. The school with more than 1000 students ( I went to one of the SOSs in Osun State) had just two English teachers that actually graduated with degrees in English language, the rest, of the teachers that taught English at this school, were Dramatic arts and Yoruba graduates. The same thing in our science classes, only three chemistry teachers for more than 1000 students. And the SOS I attended was supposed to be one of the better schools in the state. There happens to be whole, large despicable parts of the Nigerian educational system that nobody talks about when analyzing student performances in national exams. One such part involves boredom, routine and petty frustration on the part of the teachers stemming from the lackadaisical manner successive Nigerian governments handle pre-Tertiary education. The older folks here on NL will know all too well what I'm hinting about. Oyinlola free WAEC fees to all SSCE candidates in the state yielded very poor results and my little survey proved that the student enthusiasm to study was very low cos they felt t[b]heir parent were not responsible for their fees[/b] hence they won't be hammered if they performed poorly So who paid for the tuition? Are you insinuating that students deliberately chose not to prepare for the biggest exam of the lives because they felt like throwing away all they've worked hard for in secondary school just because the state is paying for their exam fees? Like being vindictive against the state government for paying their exam fees? Of course, you cant think of other reasons for the poor showing in WAEC because it is extremely difficult for you to stay alert,attentive and entertain other reasons and draw constructive and reasonable conclusions from your personal, narrow experience, instead of getting hypnotised by the constant reeetarded monologue inside your own head. |
Politics / Are Right Handed Leaders Special Breed ? E.g Lincoln, Churchill, Jakande by zstranger: 11:09am On May 31, 2011 |
This is in response to this foolish thread: |
Politics / Re: Obama, Cameron, Fashola: Are Left -Handed Leaders A Special Breed? by zstranger: 10:59am On May 31, 2011 |
houvest: He is White. @OP: you are stooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooopid! |
Politics / Re: Interpol Drills Gbenga Daniel For Nine Hours;signs Undertaking Never To Leave London by zstranger: 3:07am On May 31, 2011 |
Dumb post! Ediot How can Interpol drill someone who hasnt been declared wanted yet; someone who isnt a fugitive and whose crimes are yet to be articulated by the police from his native country. And, by the way, he still has his diplomatic immunity and what crime has he committed to warrant any sort of visit from Interpol. In order to maintain as politically neutral a role as possible, Interpol's constitution forbids its involvement in any political, military, religious, or racial crimes.[3] Its work focuses primarily on public safety, terrorism, organized crime, crimes against humanity, environmental crime, genocide, war crimes, piracy, illicit drug production, drug trafficking, weapons smuggling, human trafficking, money laundering, child indecency, white-collar crime, computer crime, intellectual property crime and corruption Interpol doesnt just act in a vacuum. they almost always follow up on instructions from the suspect's native country's law enforcement agency. |
Politics / Re: Ogun: Amosun Declares Free Education, Healthcare by zstranger: 2:57am On May 31, 2011 |
jmaine: I hope you dont die in your ignorance. The generation Awo trained are still the most educated and by far the most hardworking of all Nigerian group till this date. Trying to draw a correlation between free education policy and individual perseverance is the 'stupidest' thing I have read in my life. Mention one country in the developed world that doesnt have a free education policy up to the secondary school level. What a m/o/r/o/n |
Politics / Re: White Man Calls Nigerian Workers Black Monkeys by zstranger: 6:56am On May 28, 2011 |
I think he is right though, NO? |
Politics / White Man Calls Nigerian Workers Black Monkeys by zstranger: 6:49am On May 28, 2011 |
Our white bosses call us 'black monkeys' - Nigerdock workers Kunle Falayi Some Nigerians working at Nigerdock Nigeria Plc, Snake Island, Lagos, have accused one of their white bosses, Mr. Nicholas Marriot, of racially abusing them, calling them "black monkeys." They claimed that Marriot use the derogatory term while expressing his displeasure about the quality of jobs done by some workers. The workers during protest. Photo: Kunle Falayi advertisement The workers said although racial epithets were often used by Marriot, a Briton, and his partner, Mr. Dennis Dale, the highest form of abuse they had ever received occured on Saturday when Marriot called them black monkeys. The workers, who protested on Wednesday to register their anger, said apart from racial abuse and discrimination, the company's welfare policy was not labour-friendly. A spokesperson of the workers and a welder in the offshore department, Mr. Merry Eokula, told PUNCH METRO that the problem had persisted for long but they chose to endure so as not to give the impression that Nigerians were not accommodating. Eokula said, "We decided to speak out on Saturday when they told us that we were black monkeys. It occurred when we were having a morning safety analysis programme where we talk to one another about the best and safest way to go about our work. "It was during the exercise that Marriot came and another man, Dennis Dale, came along and said we had to go back to work immediately. Marriot asked why we liked to gather unnecessarily with our 'black monkey' attitude all the time. They complained that the quality of work we did was substandard and so on. They used foul languages at us. "Dale even went further to say he was a Republican and because of that, when he gave an order, people were supposed to promptly obey." The workers said whenever they did anything that did not go down well with their expatriate bosses, the company security would be asked to walk them out of the premises. "They do not appreciate what we do here and they make derogatory remarks at the slightest provocation. They have been enslaving, insulting and pushing us to the walls for a long time and we can no longer bear it. We don't want the foreigners to see Nigerians as unruly, that is why we have been very cautious in our conduct," one of the workers said. They said the 'black monkey' episode was reported to the Chief Security Officer of Nigerdock, a Nigerian identified simply as Mr. Eyo, who in turn reported the matter to the company's Managing Director, Mr. Chris Benett. The workers, who displayed placards with inscriptions to make their feelings known, alleged among many other things that they were not enjoying the privileges their counterparts in other companies were enjoying. An employee, who craved anonymity, said he had been working in the company for nine years and had never gone on leave once, adding that the company was in the habit of sacking them arbitrarily. He said, "If one sustains an injury while at work, one could be sacked. If one says or does anything that does not go down well with a white boss, one could be sacked. "We are paid like slaves. We are treated like casual workers, while we are the ones doing all the work. It is a violation of the Nigerian local content policy. "For a foreigner to come to Nigeria and call us 'black monkeys' is an insult to our President and all our leaders because that implies they are monkeys too. It is an insult to all Nigerians. We have worked with other foreigners who were very good people before. Nigeria is a peace-loving nation and we don't want to pass a wrong message across. "We are calling on the Nigerian government to save us in Nigerdock. This place is called Snake Island, but we call it 'Slave Island,' because we are nothing but slaves here the way we are being treated." The workers appealed to the Nigerian Labour Congress to take up the case. "We urge the government to send a delegate here as soon as possible to verify our claims," another worker said. A source in the company, who was not one of the protesters, said what the workers experienced on a daily basis was colonisation, adding that their sufferings on a daily basis was unimaginable. When he was contacted on the phone, the company's Administrative Manager, Mr. Joe Boulous, simply said, "The allegations have been investigated and found to be untrue and unsubstantiated." When asked to make a specific response to the alleged anti-labour welfare policy of the company, he said the information provided to our correspondent was not enough for him to verify such "general" allegations. Boulous said, "This is a general question. I can't verify the claim unless you can give me the name of the particular employee who said he had not gone on leave for nine years. "We are leaders in this industry. The company will never do such a thing to its employees." |
Politics / Re: A Must Read For Every Yoruba!this Is The Yoruba Agenda,read & Circulate! by zstranger: 6:44am On May 28, 2011 |
^^^ |
Politics / Re: Nigerian Paramedical Personel In Ohio Hospital ra-pes His Patient (with Photo) by zstranger: 6:41am On May 28, 2011 |
ogugua88: I know. I have no doubt in my mind that this is all about making quick money. Nothing more, nothing less. How can you r/a/p/e someone inside an hospital, especially in areas patients frequent, without calling attention to yourself. Just unfortunate. Hopefully, he gets a good lawyer and fights the case I wouldnt mind mind contributing to his defense fund. Hmm, a big eye opener for the rest of us. |
Politics / Re: Nigerian Paramedical Personel In Ohio Hospital ra-pes His Patient (with Photo) by zstranger: 6:32am On May 28, 2011 |
It looks eerily similar to this: Providence nursing home employee charged with rape And then: Nursing ass't speaks after acquittal Theses cases look similar. In both situation, the DNA found in the "victim's" undergarment matched the perpetrator's Something isnt right I smell something fishy White people trying to do their thing Money is the root of all evil Thats why I hate working with White people, crazy mofos |
Politics / Re: Nigerian Paramedical Personel In Ohio Hospital ra-pes His Patient (with Photo) by zstranger: 6:18am On May 28, 2011 |
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A woman who claims that she was violated by a hospital employee said on Friday that the medical center failed to investigate her claims. I have feeling this guy would be acquitted eventually! . |
Politics / Re: Nigerian Navy Justifies Purchase Of 50yr Old Us Warship by zstranger: 6:07am On May 28, 2011 |
Indian Air Force rejects American F16 and F/A 18 as they fail tests I dream of a day when the Nigerian government would stand up to the US. |
Politics / Greatest Nigeria! GEJ Banned From Travelling Out Of Nigeria by zstranger: 5:49am On May 28, 2011 |
[size=18pt]Nigeria’s new N7bn presidential jet banned worldwide[/size] The new Falcon 7x presidential aircraft at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Almost 70 days after the new N7.65bn presidential jet, Falcon 7X, touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, from the manufacturer’s factory in France, Dassault Aviation, France European authorities have banned the jet from flying in Europe and other parts of the world over safety issues. The ban, an Emergency Airworthiness Directive, which was issued on Thursday by the European Aviation Safety Agency, the agency that regulates Dassault as well as the European aviation industry, took immediate effect, starting from May 27. The EASA’s grounding of the worldwide fleet of Dassault’s Falcon 7X executive jets came hours after one of the aircraft encountered an in-flight anomaly that could have caused the pilots to lose control. The EASA directive, which was published on Thursday, said that the jet “experienced an uncontrolled pitch trim runaway during descent. The crew succeeded in recovering a stable situation and performed an uneventful landing.” An analysis of the plane’s Digital Flight Data Recorder and Fault History Database confirmed the event, EASA said, but the cause of the pitch trim runaway couldn’t be explained. “This condition, if it occurs again, could lead to the loss of control of the aeroplane,” the EASA notice said. However, the Cologne, Germany-based safety agency said in its Emergency Airworthiness Directive that the decision to halt all flight operations of Dassault’s flagship jet came at the request of the Paris-based company, according to a Dow Jones report on Friday. The plane was en route between Europe and Malaysia, Asia, with no passengers on board, Dassault spokesman Stephane Fort told Dow Jones Newswires by telephone. The pilots managed to regain control of the aircraft and landed it safely in Malaysia, he said. Fort couldn’t say who owns the aircraft or who was operating it. Fort said the decision to ground the aircraft was a precautionary measure. Dassault has sent a team of technicians to Malaysia to try to identify the cause of the problem, he said, adding, “Our priority is the safety of our passengers and our aircraft. The Falcon 7X was introduced in 2007 and is designed to fly 5,950 nautical miles with at least eight passengers. There are 112 of the aircraft in service. “This airworthiness directive is considered to be an interim measure pending the outcome of the investigation currently carried out by the manufacturer,” EASA said. The Falcon 7X has a sticker price of about $50m, depending on cabin features. President Goodluck Jonathan had in the third week of March 2011, taken delivery of a Falcon 7X plane, shortly after it landed on the shores of the country from France. The aircraft, which was manufactured by Dassault Aviation of France, cost the government $51m (about N7.65bn.) The Federal Executive Council had on August 12, 2010 approved $102m for the purchase of two Falcon 7X and $53.3m for one Gulfstream G550 aircraft to beef up the presidential fleet. The second Falcon 7X, it was learnt then, was expected to arrive in the country during the second quarter of this year. In what is probably its first mission, the jet was said to have conveyed the wife of the President, Patience, to Sokoto during the third of week of March. The two Falcon 7X aircraft are to be supplied by Messrs Dassault Aviation of France, while the Gulfstream G550 will come from Messrs Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation of the United State http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201105283213293 |
Politics / Re: Celebrate Nigeria's Diversity - Posters' Rich Diversities. by zstranger: 5:12am On May 27, 2011 |
Odunnu: Thats unfortunate Oduunu Who are these people, we need to expose them Is Jarus involved? |
Politics / Re: Celebrate Nigeria's Diversity - Posters' Rich Diversities. by zstranger: 5:11am On May 27, 2011 |
ekt_bear: Ofcourse, if not, they wouldnt be online? At least, the players I know, in RL, dont spend their time posting articles from The Economist in the dead of night |
Politics / Kate Middleton's Yoruba Dress Sells Out, Crashes Website by zstranger: 2:33am On May 27, 2011 |
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/25/kate-middleton-reiss-shola-dress_n_866832.html Kate Middleton's Reiss [size=18pt]Shola[/size] Bandage Dress Sells Out, Crashes Website (PHOTO, POLL) Huffington Post Emily Singer First Posted: 05/25/11 01:21 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 01:44 PM ET The former-Kate Middleton stepped out in a $340 beige[size=18pt] Shola [/size]bandage dress from high-street store Reiss when she met with the President and First Lady of the United States yesterday. And when pictures of the royal rendezvous surfaced online internet, crazed fans rushed to the Reiss website, crashing it not once, but twice, the Washington Post reports. According to Reiss' Twitter, "The dress has now sold out online and in the US, with very limited stock left in UK stores." Better luck next time! Selling out fashions has seemingly become a habit of Catherine's, as her engagement dress by Issa, engagement photo dress also by Reiss, and day-after-wedding dress by Zara all sold out in stores across England within hours of her wearing them. |
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