barcanista:
It is now producing 60,00 barrels per day but to produce 2m per day by October.


God knows that we shall hold them accountable to this.

Please take note of the units of measurement mentioned. 'Barrels' and 'litres' are not the same. The first was used for input(crude) while the latter was used for the output (refined product)

One of the reasons why OP probably thinks Engineering courses are easy is because smart and analytical minded guyz opt for engineering. Obviously they go in there and come out with top results. But then, you shouldn't have judged by the few who make first class. Majority of the smart ones end up with 2:1 and 2:2 sef. So be guided.

I once got an invite from a US based engineering design firm with an office in Nigeria. I almost turned down the interview invitation since I was already gainfully employed then (that was in 2013) and I'm still gainfully employed anyway.

They later cancelled the job opening anyway due to their operational reasons. What thrilled me was that the interviewers were Italians and they actually flew in from Italy to conduct the interview in Nigeria. It was an interesting experience to have taken part in that session.

The hint is this; ensure your profile is well prepared like your resume. Also try and add enough of your colleagues and superiors who also have good network. Join various networks or groups in your field. A lot of recruitment agencies have added me through such as well.

I salute your maturity and response to the above replies. People like you ought to be given opportunity. My advice is for you to write to relevant authorities like NUC as advised by someone before now.

I also believe that anyone who scores above 200 in Jamb without any form of malpractice should be able to score averagely in any university entrance exam.

NB: I wrote Jamb in year 2000, so I am of the assumption that the standard is still intact.

Elxandre:
I still insist, only dull people speak without proof.
A sensible person seeks evidence before reaching conclusions.
Tell me why you think FUPRE is above errors?



On a good day, I don't even argue with people who think of their opinions as facts. I consider them mentally crippled. I blame my presently bad nerves for even replying you.


Speaking about maturity, if this is how mature people get emotional, banding around about issues they have no business with with, offering senseless illogical comments, I choose to remain a babe!

And no, in five years, I will be an accomplished personality, school or no school!

You are free to leave the thread...

I urge the young ones to quit the attitude that makes them believe the less privileged don't get such scholarships. Give it a try first and make your conclusion. I once got the PTDF overseas scholarship on merit without knowing anybody. I met a number of people with similar story to share as regards the scholarship. The fact that you did not meet up to the required cut-off does not mean others didn't do well. Remember, only few slots are been chased by a lot of candidates. So you have to be the best to make it with God on your side.

Ever since, I usually try my luck and I have always got good opportunities on merit.

fattbabakay: On a candid note,MEDICINE isn't meant 4 average students,coz I wonder how on earth u cud opt 4 MEDICINE nd stil scorin below 250 in UTME...I'd rather u went 4 AGRIC coz if it wer 2 be strict varsites lyk OAU,u won't be offered anytin atall!!!shalom!!!

I beg to disagree with you. Medicine is actually for average but consistent student. With no class of degree, all you need is to score 50% all through school and you will bag your degree. The need to score high mark is nnecessitatedby majority who cheat their way through JAMB.

Some universities like Unilag which offer diplomas courses that has provision for their candidates are not helping matters. A number of such students got admitted for Medicine not because they could score so high as you opined but because their parents can pay so much for the diploma which gave them leverage.

@OP, Go for Agric and never let go of your dream for Medicine. Take next UME. You know what, finance will come. For every Vision, God makes provision.

Shekson:
Guy in dis world, there is freedom OF speech. Freedom AFTER speech is just not guaranteed. Not even Amnesty International can guarantee you dat.
So please watch what you say wif yur mouth anywhere you are. It's an advice to all and sundry.

You forgot to quote the author of the bolded. That is plagiarism!

360command: This universities or colleges are small in structure, but I would give credit to the Nigerian student who studied or are studying in ghana for using their brain to go through the university unlike in Nigeria, we know the system and we(most nigerians) went through a system of malpractices. Had friends who studied in Ghana and they did not see it easy. Bribing lectures was not easy even if it is, its big money. Exam malpractice is not so rampant unlike the nigerian universities. Truth is bitter and I have said my mind.

If you talk of exam malpractice in Nigerian universities, you probably attended a mushroom university (if any of such exists in Nigeria). The last time I checked, malpractices in the universities is not as rampant as we are made to believe. Universities in this country still maintain standards. An average federal University in Nigeria still uphold her strictness in exams and award of degrees. This explains why our products excel in Europe during their post graduate studies. Please only talk about what you know and don't just generalise your assertion.

I guess all that Yerima wants is a virgin. That is why he keeps going for the under-aged whose virginity he could ascertain. There could be some demonic rituals involved in his escapades if this news is true. He is just hiding under the cover of religion to perpetuate his criminal acts!

Dantedasz: Very funny.
Who writes these subtitles?
Apart from the errors most times the interpretation of Yoruba to English is completely wrong.

"Interpretation of Yoruba to English"?

Translation of the Yoruba language to English language you meant?

kennygee: It's their loss. How many of those who have the 2.1 can actually defend it? Most of them just buy results or pay their way to school, it's still a "garbage in garbage out" thing.

Many of them can defend their result. If you think otherwise, the same applies to those with 2.2 as well.

How about schools like Igbobi College Yaba, Mayflower Ikenne amongs others?

bizmahn: Once a trouser is seductive & has the potentials of provoking sinful lust in gullible or even innocent men,God will not hold that lady guiltless whether we agree or not.And yes there is seductive ungodly & immoral trousers.

I've never for once seen any woman that understands God's sinless holiness & is zealous for sinless purity from God wearing trousers.Its called going the extra mile & its not for everyone.

How about mini skirts that are more seductive?

CrazyGooner: ( Osaze is better than Ideye & Musa put together.

How many goals has Osaze scored in the past one year?

hardigsbaba: I still think this guyz tried......owing to the fact that they just played a qualifyer on sat and had to fly down to the uk to play dis friendly...I GIVE TO THEM.......there's always room for improvement though.

That's how playing at the world cup would be. You might only have one day of rest. The earlier we realized that, the better it is for our team.

Yahaya was too selfish and holds the ball for too long thereby allowing the opponents to get the ball back too quickly.

I give it to Ihenacho, he is a master playmaker! I just love to see him hold the ball. Just like Mikel back in Netherlands 2005 before he was caught up in "maurinhonism"!

Pastor Olu T: Thank you for giving to the Lord-Ray Bolt.

The first time I heard it couldn't control myself, and still does move me anyday

Same with me too. Another of Ray Boltz song that moves me is the Altar.

It is called Jang Jang style!

Emmyk: Some ladies dont like it.

I have seen situations whereby a guy stretched his hand, and lady be like "no, I dont shake, sorry".


Awkward moment aye! .

These ladies were in hijab...


So, as a sharp guy, you will be cagey not to stretch anyhow next time



buh me I'm cool with both, I shake 'em or hug 'em.

I once had the same issue too. I extended my hand to shake a lady who was not even putting on hijab. She declined my gesture without even saying a word. I felt shocked. Since then, I decided not to offer my hand to shake a lady unless she offers hers.

elampiro: The rules of football states that the ball has to completely cross the goal line to count. Without a goal line tech it is hard, and when a few cameras are used in a match. It is hard to draw a conclusion when there is no camera taking a shot from the side view of the goal line. And it is worse when the linesman is not by the corner flag at the point of action.

Although the second ball was Enyeama's fault, it is hard to conclude the ball crossed the line. It looked to be on the line, and the linesman was no where around the corner flag to take a credible decision.

The first cleared by Obaobuna looked like a goal. However, the linesman was correctly positioned when he denied the Ethopians that goal. The question is did the ball cross the line 100%? That is what a goal line tech should have showed us. The referee and linesman were not so sure, I think this was why they could not resist giving the Ethiopians the second ball which Enyeama miscalculated. The second ball didn't look like a goal to me.

Someone said, two half goals is = 1 goal. Lol

At the end it was fair. It would have been more controversial if both goals were either awarded or denied outrightly in the absence of a goal tech.

You are so on point. We should also be grateful for the Ethiopians' goal because that was what gingered our boys!

Great songs these days from Nigerian gospel artistes. I think we all need to start buying their original CDs to encourage their ministries!

Love Solomon Lange - Calling my name, Nagode
SInach- I know who I am.

Highly inspirational songs from these people.

Raxxye: Abeg make una no vex o. Why is it that many Nigerian graduates these days cannot differentiate between
''their'' and ''there''
''no'' and ''know''
''feel'' and ''fill''
''being'' and ''been?''

How dem take pass English Language for WAEC?
After now dem go say 'we're all graduates!'
The thing don dey vex me well well o!

The same reason why you decided to write "them" as "dem".

If you must correct people's use of English then you must also use the language properly.

Hope this helps!

prof.femi:
To paraphrase Isaac Asimov, "there is a single light of [truth], and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere..."

Over the last few months that ASUU has been on strike, I have encountered a wide range of responses from students, parents, colleagues, and other stakeholders. It is true that as with most things in life, the problem of education in Nigeria has many facets and agents. Nevertheless, of all the various narratives, ASUU's remains's closest to the truth.

Don't agree? Fine. I can stand people who disagree with me (in fact, I sometimes seek them out so I can learn). And, yes, there *is* a selfish element to ASUU's strike (to the extent that essentially every Nigerian is selfish, because if you don't take care of yourself in this country, nobody will). However, there are bigger issues at play. Anyone who reduced the matter to "ASUU are selfish fools" is either being mischievous, ignorant, or both.

In more civilized places, people often resort to debates to present their views and compare them with others'. I have noted that there seem to be a number of intelligent folks on this forum who are especially pissed off with ASUU. Well, I'm throwing down the gauntlet to any number of you who are interested: If I have takers, I will create a thread to allow us debate the problems of Nigerian tertiary education and the roles of the various players. Rather than resorting to cheap sensationalism and name-calling, let us marshall the facts in a civilized way, and let those who truly care about this country learn.

Nice challenge. I guess you are a member of ASUU!

The Ghanian dimension! I don't know whats wrong with us in Africa!

Public university admission crisis; the rich and privileged take over

The controversy surrounding admissions into public universities and other tertiary institutions this academic year has taken an interesting but depressing twist as reports reaching the Scandal indicate that it is mainly the rich and the privileged who get admitted into the public universities.

The reason is that it now cost GH¢2,000 or more on the average to secure a place in these universities. The situation is made worse in view of the large numbers of students that have qualified as against the very few places available.

About 400,000 students comprising two streams of Senior High School leavers are seeking admissions into these universities this year but there are less than a 100,000 places are available. This situation is made worse with over 50,000 protocol requests (wards of the rich and powerful) ready to be granted.

Although the Minister of Education, Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, recently called for an immediate end to the phenomenon of protocol admissions of students to the country’s universities and second-cycle schools, the status quo remains.

Parents whose wards are not fortunate to be admitted into the main stream have to apply as Fee paying students or international students with its attendant exorbitant fees paid in foreign currencies. The academic user fee is way above the income of the average Ghanaian worker. Indeed fees in Ghana’s public universities have doubled and gone way beyond the means of most Ghanaian parents in the last four years.

While newly admitted students at UG offering Humanities are required to pay GH¢ 778.00, their counterparts who are branded Full-Fee paying students are required to pay GH¢2, 340.

Students offering Applied Sciences are also to satisfy the required fee of GH¢972.00 with their preferred Fee paying counterparts pay GH¢3,776.00.

The story is not different in the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). While regular students who offer the Sciences are to pay GH¢730.13, Fee Paying students must mobilize GH¢7,000.00. And these fee paying are always given the first consideration.

The current trend of paying your way through and opting to be a full fee-paying student has become a necessary evil because of infrastructural deficit at the various public universities.

Indeed a cursory look at the number of students admitted so far indicates that the number has gone up marginally despite earlier assurances by government that infrastructure at the various universities would be improved to accommodate more students.

Although Government had devoted an amount of Seven Million Ghana Cedis for the construction of special projects to help make room for an expanded intake of students this year, there is very little to be seen on the various campuses.

The University of Ghana, admitted 17,000 students last year but according to our source, the premier university is maintaining the figure.

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology on the other hand, has increased its intake from last year’s 13,000 to 17,000.

Meanwhile, the 2013 Global Corruption Report (GCR) has revealed that corruption is impacting negatively on the education of children in many developing economies.

A statement issued by the Ghana Integrity Initiative said “corruption has undermined the reputation of the education sector in many countries. Almost one in five people worldwide paid bribes to education services last year, according to Transparency International’s 2013 Global Corruption Barometer. Ghana is not an exception.

For example, the GCR 2013 reports that 40% of Ghanaians surveyed in the Global Corruption Barometer recently had to pay a bribe. Also, on a scoring of perception of corruption of sectors, the education sector was scored 4 out of a maximum score of 5, being most corrupt. The rate of teacher absenteeism was comparatively high as 24% of teachers were reported missing classes, attributable to inadequate formal supervision and disciplinary action.”

bellong:

You will agree with me that every sector of the nation lacks adequate resources to carry it out including the security agencies. The country is becoming so hard that most youths are looking for short-cut to success. The few operatives of these security agencies are not enough to combat the increased spate of kidnappings. They have too many to contend with.

This is where the FG needs to be up and doing. Every of the agencies is trying to do what they can in alleviating this problem including the police but there is limit to what a limited resources can do. Do you understand the drift?

In short, there is lack of manpower.

Yea, I get the drift. Albeit, manpower should not be an excuse for the government. I don't mean to sound pessimistic or act as the devil's advocate in this matter. What has the government been doing with security votes? The amount voted for security keep increasing in proportion to the spate of crime in the nation, yet we have not seen a corresponding improvement in our security affairs.

You will agree with me that some of these monies are not been used in a justified manner. Unemployment is so high in the country which implies that these jobless youth can be made to function in these security apparatus. Yet we do nothing about it.

Anyway, I give it to the SSS on this particular case.

bellong:

No private citizen is entitled to SSS deployment. The SSS is different from NPF. No, she doesn't have SSS attached to her, they only did their job because they had the intelligence ahead of time which is one of their constitutional duties.

Ok. Let me take that as the truth. But what has the SSS been doing about the rampant cases of kidnapping in Nigeria? Are you of the opinion that this is the only case got the information ahead of time?

I guess its because she has SSS attached to her. Not every Nigerian has such privileges. So no need to praise the SSS, they only did their job!

Boladearo: Hmmmmm,
I love maths, and am gud in it, ppl advise me not to go for industrial maths, pure maths, and applied maths. My parents want me to go for Medicine and am nt dat gud in biology. Right nw i don't know wat to do. But one of my mentors advise me to go for computer science. Wat is ur opinion, considerin d lack of employement in the country

My advice is that if your flair is in Mathematics, and you like physics and technical stuff then go for engineering. Mechanical or electrical engineering is great. Note that the kind of mathematics they do in industrial maths or mathematics dept from 200L may become boring if you don't force yourself to appreciate it.

Computer is fine, but these days with everyone learning things online nowadays it may not be so necessary (My opinion though, confirm from computer professionals to make your informed choice).

Generally, engineering disciplines are more of mathematics inclination than most people think before they venture into the study. Broaden your mathematical skills. If you did not take further mathematics in secondary school, then that should be your first point of call. All engineering disciplines have good prospects. Mark the word " good prospects". Albeit, your final grade in school will determine how much of that prospect you will enjoy!

I will encourage you to follow your heart and know what you want. If you study chemical engineering, let it be based on your passion and flair for the subject. Same applies to Petroleum engineering. Prospects come with good grades and God's favour, in addition to keeping abreast of facts.

There are engineering design companies, which are not necessarily the well known IOCs, that hire most engineering disciplines. They pay well and the engineering experience in those places can be so fulfilling. However, getting opportunity in such places means you will have to compete with the best in the country. So strive to master your course of study.

Mark my words, even if you studied Physics, with good grades you may work as a reservoir engineer, instrumentation engineer, just to mention a few.

Back to your question, I will advice you study Chemical Engineering at first degree. When are you are done, you will know if you will continue as a process engineer or simply go for MSc in Petroleum Engineering.

Caveat: I had my first degree in Mechanical Engineering, and I work as Mechanical Engineer. Its the best choice I made. Thanks to my elder brother for his counsel back then. I wanted Chemical or Petroleum engineering but he advised I go for Mechanical Engineering. Now I reap the benefits!

The pictures taken are not true representation of the respective state capitals. While I would not hold brief for every state, I do not think that the picture of Abeokuta and Oshogbo are true representation of development. For instance, I was in Oshogbo over the last weekend and I was amazed by the massive road constructions (completed and on-going)within the city.

I also do not think that the red-roof picture of Ibadan is the whole thing about the city. I would rather the OP post the pictures of work done by the government than showing the dilapidated structures met on ground.

Young man beware! You are not married to her yet, so no need for joint account stuff or absolute monitoring. To monitor your spending, she doesn't need your pin or ATM details. She she should give her advice on how she feels the money should be spent. I have a feeling that she doesn't see you as a matured person yet, so she feels years ahead of you in terms of maturity.

Don't be a boy forever, grow up and be a man! Learn from her, but be responsible. You shouldn't be forced to read again, now that cool money is spinning into your pocket on an annual basis. You should know how to keep up with your academics so the scholarship can continue.

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