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Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 15 by mathy001: 10:48am On Oct 07, 2018 |
Akby: Present but I'm a PhD prospective. The application is smooth and you'll even get an institutional email address as an applicant. Which department did you apply to? 1 Like |
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 14 by mathy001: 6:50am On Oct 05, 2018 |
Hey house, Just to be sure. It seems the Police Character Certificate is not compulsory, as many people haven't been indicating it in their list of submitted items. Am I wrong to think so? 1 Like |
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 14 by mathy001: 8:52am On Sep 26, 2018 |
Question for doctoral students or other applicants: Did you guys include a working bibliography in your Statement of Program/Purpose/Intent? Is it actually necessary to do such? I cant seem to find a definite answer to this question but I want to sample opinions so that I know what to do. By extension, I'll also ask if you did any in-text citation in your SOP. I'll appreciate answers, please. |
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 14 by mathy001: 8:49am On Sep 26, 2018 |
jdhills: Did your department expressly state that you should find a supervisor before hand? |
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 14 by mathy001: 8:49am On Sep 26, 2018 |
CuteCeo: Why not go for a Masters? |
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 14 by mathy001: 8:33am On Sep 12, 2018 |
henricson: If possible, he should try to get any of the transcript officers to scan a copy of the transcript to his email or upload directly to the school's portal (he will have to plead and pay, of course). If the above doesn't work, he should get an unofficial result from the department and get it signed by the HOD, and if possible, the Dean/Secretary of PG School. If the above doesn't work, I doubt that anything else can be done. |
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 14 by mathy001: 6:42am On Sep 12, 2018 |
Josh1996: Official transcripts are 100% important for any international admission. Nigerians have been known to forge transcripts so the school will only accept transcript sent directly from an accredited institution, with a stamped and signed confidential seal. Even with this, many foreign universities still contact the school to confirm the authenticity of the transcript.. The unofficial one you used for admission was just to save you the stress because, under normal circumstances, unofficial transcripts can be downloaded online from the school (Nigerian universities are backward in this regard and they may only offer student copies of transcripts after days/weeks or even months of applying. Some don't even offer student transcripts). Try and get your school to send an official transcript, signed and stamped by the registrar or his/her representative. It's very important. |
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 14 by mathy001: 3:57pm On Sep 10, 2018 |
kylexy61: Even though there's nothing wrong is getting a supervisor before application, it is not all universities or all departments that require prospective students to get supervisors before they apply. One has to be sure of this requirement. Many departments offer general funding and assistantship so I don't think hunting for a supervisor is so important. From what I learnt, the department meets over the applicants and potential supervisors select prospective candidates at this point. |
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 14 by mathy001: 9:51pm On Sep 09, 2018 |
Harbhmborlar: Research into the University of Alberta and McGill University, they have some of the best funding packages in Canada. Just write a good SOP. If you need easier schools with less funding packages then consider Memorial University of Newfoundland or University of Manitoba. |
Romance / Re: Men Who Patronise Prostitutes Versus The Prostitutes by mathy001: 11:21pm On Aug 27, 2018 |
Is it your prostitution? Are you the prostitutor? Are you the prostitutee? Are you the prostitute? Better go and mind your business and leave people to prostitute however they want. It's a free world. 21 Likes 1 Share |
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 14 by mathy001: 7:15pm On Aug 26, 2018 |
Dan90s: I have a first degree and a masters degree. My first degree university gives transcripts to students while the second degree university does not, no matter how you explain. |
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 14 by mathy001: 6:55pm On Aug 26, 2018 |
Dan90s: What if your school doesn't give out student copies of transcripts? One of the schools I attended will only issue transcripts to institutions directly. They don't hand it over to students. What do you advise in such a case? |
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 14 by mathy001: 5:07pm On Aug 25, 2018 |
jnyuwa02: Thank you sir. Is it really compulsory to find a supervisor before I apply? Can't I just apply like that? |
Travel / Re: Canadian Student Visa Thread Part 14 by mathy001: 11:06am On Aug 25, 2018 |
Hello House, I am a prospective doctoral student. I have a Bachelors degree with a 2.1 (4.04/5). I have a Masters with 4.75/5 (distinction). I have 8 publications, 4 conference papers and about 2 years of experience as a lecturer. My discipline is English. I want to apply to 3 good universities with some funding for PhD candidates. So far, I've researched into University of Alberta, McMaster University, University of Saskatchewan, McGill University and Memorial University of Newfoundland. I need to narrow down my list to 3, especially those with good chances of admission, given my educational background, and good funding (I'm currently not working so funding is important for me). I'll appreciate any advice or suggestions I can get at this point. 2 Likes |
Culture / Re: Emmanuel Ekemejewan Sideso's 10th Coronation Anniversary As The Ovie Of Uvwie by mathy001: 4:01pm On Mar 17, 2018 |
clefstone: And what you have written is not speculative? I won't repeat myself. The point has been made. |
Culture / Re: Emmanuel Ekemejewan Sideso's 10th Coronation Anniversary As The Ovie Of Uvwie by mathy001: 2:03pm On Mar 17, 2018 |
jared007: Oniovo, thank you for correcting me. Regards. 1 Like |
Culture / Re: Emmanuel Ekemejewan Sideso's 10th Coronation Anniversary As The Ovie Of Uvwie by mathy001: 11:37am On Mar 17, 2018 |
iguita: No king is more important than another. For one, they are both first class kings. Their kingdoms are about the same size. However, the Olu had always curried favours from both the colonial masters and the successive governments. The Ovie represents his people well and so does the Olu. The Olu appears to be a little bit popular because of the anomalous title that he bears as the Olu of Warri because Warri is a popular city. However, the point should be noted that the Warri kingdom is different from Warri City. Warri or Iwere Kingdom is mainly an offshore kingdom, whereas Warri City is a mainland locale with diverse ethnicities and multiple kings. 1 Like |
Education / Re: WAEC Adjusts Timetable To Enable Muslims Observe Juma’at by mathy001: 10:24am On Mar 17, 2018 |
Nothing wrong here. However, this should not be a precedent for us to allow religion influence commonsensical situations. |
Culture / Re: Emmanuel Ekemejewan Sideso's 10th Coronation Anniversary As The Ovie Of Uvwie by mathy001: 9:45am On Mar 17, 2018 |
Nowenuse: I thought you were Ijaw? I'm surprised! So which ethnic group in Plateau are you from? There are so many groups in that state that I can't even remember them. I wonder why there are so many micro-groups! |
Culture / Re: Emmanuel Ekemejewan Sideso's 10th Coronation Anniversary As The Ovie Of Uvwie by mathy001: 9:42am On Mar 17, 2018 |
Burgerlomo: What about curfews? |
Culture / Re: Emmanuel Ekemejewan Sideso's 10th Coronation Anniversary As The Ovie Of Uvwie by mathy001: 9:17am On Mar 17, 2018 |
Efewestern: The guy has an issue with Urhobos, especially Uvwie, so don't try to appeal to his higher faculty. He has none! Leave him to relish in his idiocy. What is in Uvwie that cannot be found in Warri South, Warri North or even Asaba? Mtcheww! |
Culture / Re: Emmanuel Ekemejewan Sideso's 10th Coronation Anniversary As The Ovie Of Uvwie by mathy001: 9:15am On Mar 17, 2018 |
coputa: You are uneducated and seem not to grasp the basic reality of modernity. Of course, Uvwie is Uvwie and its not Warri, just as Okpanam is not Asaba or as Choba is not Port Harcourt or as Ikorodu is not Lagos but we call these places by the cities they are annexed to. It is simple geography! Warri Kingdom is NOT Warri City (this is a point many Itsekiris fail to grasp). Warri City is mostly Agbassa, Okere, Ekurede, and Effurun. Of which Effurun (arguably another city in itself) has become a cornubation of Warri and thus, people inevitably refer to Effurun as Warri. Do not reply me on this issue again. The point has been made and I cease from any further communication with you. |
Culture / Re: Emmanuel Ekemejewan Sideso's 10th Coronation Anniversary As The Ovie Of Uvwie by mathy001: 9:08am On Mar 17, 2018 |
Nowenuse: Many of these youths have negative attitudes towards Urhobo all in the name of modernisation. However, Urhobo leaders and enlightened youths are trying to correct that misnomer. So many things are being done at the various schools and colleges around Urhoboland. The leaders are also adding incentives to learning the language by granting scholarships or financial reliefs to youths who can speak Urhobo fluently. So many things are in place to salvage the situation, at least for the next generation. 1 Like |
Culture / Re: Emmanuel Ekemejewan Sideso's 10th Coronation Anniversary As The Ovie Of Uvwie by mathy001: 9:04am On Mar 17, 2018 |
Nowenuse: Sorry for replying late. Isoko pulled out because they felt they were being marginalised by the other Urhobos. Isoko used to be regarded as Eastern Urhobo and they were grouped together with Urhobos in the current Ughelli North LGA. However, the headquarters of the Eastern Urhobo district was Ughelli Town. The Isokos didn't like that. They also didn't like the fact that many of their people were gradually learning Urhobo due to the Ughelli factor (as they had to learn it in order to communicate there). However, one of the main factors in the division was essentially Awolowo, as Efe already hinted. Awolowo wanted Urhobos to support him and his party (AG) but Urhobos did otherwise and supported a largely Eastern party (NCNC). Unfortunately, AG won and Awolowo decided to punish the Urhobos in numerous ways. He retitled the Olu of Itsekiri to Olu of Warri (so as to create a wrong impression about the then Warri district, as well as to annoy Urhobos). He also quickly removed the Isoko from the Urhobo in order to reduce Urhobo's numerical strength in the Western Region. Although he did this in connivance with an Isoko man (James Otobo) who was then representing Eastern Urhobo division (majority of the Isokos seemed to have supported AG as against the generality of the Urhobo nation). With the devolution of power to the Isoko people via the creation of an Isoko district, the Isokos were quick to emphasise their own identity. They immediately formed the Isoko Development Union and pulled out of Urhobo Progress Union. What was unfortunate was the fact that Urhobos couldn't do much to salvage the situation as there was already bad blood before Awolowo and James Otobo worked to expunge Isoko from Urhobo. Interestingly too, Awolowo also tried to remove Okpe but the Okpe people decided against that move. Although a minority of them wanted it and fiercely campaigned for it but with the Orodje on the Urhobo wagon, nothing much could be achieved. Sapele is today more developed than Orerokpe due to its closeness to the Atlantic ocean (the British were able to access it and set up a colony there). It had always been an important trading town as it connects various cities and towns such as Benin, Warri, Koko, etc. Sapele also used to have one of the biggest wood markets and mill in the entire continent (indigenous governments ran it aground). Infact, Sapele was the relaxation spot of the British administrators and was described as a beautiful jewel by the Ethiope. Orerokpe, on the other hand, like Efe hinted, used to be a ghost town because a tyrannical king was murdered there and many people ran away. In fact, it was not until as late as 1930 that people started moving back into the town, especially when the Orodje was reinstated by the colonial masters. So Orerokpe has had a shorter modern history than Sapele and it was of no real significance to the colonialists so nothing important was sited there. Infact, when the monarchy was reinstated, many people said it should be sited at Sapele instead but the Orodje wanted it to be at the traditional headquarters of the people. 3 Likes |
Culture / Re: Emmanuel Ekemejewan Sideso's 10th Coronation Anniversary As The Ovie Of Uvwie by mathy001: 12:57am On Mar 17, 2018 |
Nowenuse: Okpe is quite a difficult dialect and that is why many of the youths fancy Urhobo far more than Okpe. Urhobos also saturate the entire Okpe kingdom and as such, Urhobo language became the default mode of communication. Furthermore, Urhobo language is the only indigenous language taught at the secondary school level and it is compulsory for all Junior Secondary School students in the entire Delta Central Senatorial District. The pristine form of Okpe is spoken more in Mereje and environs than anywhere else in Okpe. That area is virtually untouched by Urhobo incursion. 2 Likes |
Culture / Re: Emmanuel Ekemejewan Sideso's 10th Coronation Anniversary As The Ovie Of Uvwie by mathy001: 12:52am On Mar 17, 2018 |
Nowenuse: Ughelli dialect is basically central Urhobo dialect. All Urhobos can understand it. However, those in Ughelli South speak various dialects that may or may not be understandable to some Urhobos from other clans. Regarding Okpe, the truth is that many of them mistake the unintelligibility of their dialect to other Urhobos as a form of ethnic uniqueness. Okpe, Isoko and Urhobo have always been together from time immemorial. At a point, we were all called Sobo people by the colonial masters. Unfortunately, Isoko people opted out of the union due to politics of bad blood. Quite interesting is that fact that there is no group known as "Urhobo". Urhobo describes the land we occupy more than the language we speak. So all who identify as Urhobos do so only by affiliation with their respective clans. I.e. I am an Urhobo because I am from Agbon. So you can't claim to be Urhobo without coming from a specific clan. This is the logic that many Okpe claimants fail to get. They think there is a group of people who are purely Urhobos as opposed to those who are purely Okpes. This idea is totally false. Okpe people are Urhobos by virtue of Okpe's classification as an Urhobo clan. Yes, they are Okpe but by being Okpe, they automatically assume Urhobo identity. If and when the Orodje of Okpe or the Udogun Okpe, as the final authorities in Okpe matters, declares Okpe as an independent ethnic group from the Urhobos, then their affiliation would cease to exist. Until then, Okpe is Urhobo and no matter what a few may say, that stand will never change. Furthermore, it is interesting to know that Okpe is mutually intelligible with Uvwie yet Uvwie people are not in doubts about their identity. It is also interesting to note that Urhobo Progress Union, the mother union of the Urhobo people, was formed in Orerokpe, the headquarters of Okpe Kingdom. It was this union that fought for the reinstatement of the Orodje of Okpe in the 1930s. They also fought against the Itsekiri's claim that Sapele was their land; a legal battle which Okpe won fair and square at all levels. It is also interesting to know that all Okpe people can understand Urhobo and infact, in Orerokpe, the headquarters of Okpe, Urhobo is the lingua franca! 2 Likes |
Culture / Re: Emmanuel Ekemejewan Sideso's 10th Coronation Anniversary As The Ovie Of Uvwie by mathy001: 12:32am On Mar 17, 2018 |
Nowenuse: That is more like a buffer zone. But there are Okpe villages in the interior of that area so it's more of Okpe than Uvwie. Infact, Okpe people claim that some of their communities are administratively grouped with Uvwie. |
Culture / Re: Emmanuel Ekemejewan Sideso's 10th Coronation Anniversary As The Ovie Of Uvwie by mathy001: 12:30am On Mar 17, 2018 |
obaataaokpaewu: Okpe and Uvwie are of the same ethnic group. There is no animosity between them. Signposts can be mounted anywhere and besides, that army checkpoint is considered neutral grounds. 1 Like |
Culture / Re: Emmanuel Ekemejewan Sideso's 10th Coronation Anniversary As The Ovie Of Uvwie by mathy001: 12:28am On Mar 17, 2018 |
Nowenuse: Ughelli Kingdom is just a minute part of Ughelli North and South LGAs. More than 10 kingdoms inhabit the 2 LGAs. Okpe is the largest, followed by Agbon, and this is both in population and landmass. |
Culture / Re: Emmanuel Ekemejewan Sideso's 10th Coronation Anniversary As The Ovie Of Uvwie by mathy001: 12:26am On Mar 17, 2018 |
obaataaokpaewu: Urhobo operates a policy of equal kingdoms no matter how large or how small the kingdom is. This is so practical such that the Ovie of Okparabe with a small kingdom is not inferior to the Orodje of Okpe with a large kingdom. However, even though equality manifests in theory and praxis, the popularity of kingdoms and their sizes take center space. Kingdoms such as Okpe, Ughelli and Uvwie, are known for their large landmass and historical monarchies. These kingdoms are also urbanised. In truth, they can be said to be the most populous, with Okpe taking the lead and Uvwie being cognate. However, their Kings are not of more importance than other kings in Urhoboland. In terms of size, Okpe is also the largest, covering 2 LGAs. Agbon comes next in size and Uvwie takes the 3rd position. If I am to give my personal opinion on this, I'll say that the Orodje of Okpe and the Ovie of Uvwie, by virtue of the size of their kingdoms and their education/pre-kingship achievements, command more respect. The Ohworode of Olomu also commands respect as the oldest living Urhobo king! 1 Like |
Culture / Re: Emmanuel Ekemejewan Sideso's 10th Coronation Anniversary As The Ovie Of Uvwie by mathy001: 12:16am On Mar 17, 2018 |
Nowenuse: They are not Uvwie communities. They are Okpe communities. Uvwie terminates at Effurun at the Effurun-Sapele Road axis. Any community you encountered after Uvwie would most likely be those in the Mereje dukedom of Okpe. The only area in Uvwie that used to be semi-urban was the Ugbomro axis but the federal university has changed that too. Uvwie is 100% urban. 1 Like |
Culture / Re: Emmanuel Ekemejewan Sideso's 10th Coronation Anniversary As The Ovie Of Uvwie by mathy001: 12:12am On Mar 17, 2018 |
clefstone: Many Urhobo clans never fancied monarchies. What was in vogue was gerontocracy or otherwise quipped as ekpako r'Urhobo oyin Ivie r'Urhobo (Urhobo elders are Urhobo Kings). We also had a few cases of plutocracy. Taking care of a king was expensive and tasking and so the Urhobos of old were not interested in setting up kingdoms. They were satisfied with the wisdom of the elders in arbitration and administration. It was in the colonial period that many of the so-called kingdoms were created due to the British policy of indirect rule. The British wanted a direct leader that they could use for their own good and so they mandated all the Urhobo polities to set up kingdoms. That is why some of these kingdoms are fairly new. However, there are exceptions to the foregoing. Some historical monarchies, heriditary even, exist in Urhoboland. The Ughelli Kingdom can trace their heriditary monarchy to the very first king that reigned when they arrived their present location (and they have had more than 10 kings). Same goes for Okpe, Agbarha, Olomu, and others. Historians are yet to publish many works on the history of these kingdoms and that is why they seem not to have a long line of kings. But rest assured that if you look for them, you will find them. Urhobo kingship was never about subjugation or conquest as obtained in many other polities. It was primarily for arbitration, consultation and other ritualistic functions. The Ivie never sought to increase their territories or wage wars. They were mainly charismatic figures who garnered respect. Finally, stop making sweeping generalisations on monarchies in an ethnic group. You have to research thoroughly and consult the people before you assume anything. Some groups, probably due to early contacts with the Europeans, have documented kings but others did not have such luck but that is not to say kings did not exist in those polities. Luckily for us, many Urhobo scholars are researching into our past and many more findings will be made. 3 Likes |
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