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Drella:


Ah!!!

Make enquiries before learning something now!!!

Why?

Web Development. I'm currently learning Python/Django for backend.

iamcee:



I learnt many skills already,still trying to learn more though
Done learning web and mobile app development, graphic design,UI/UX design,video animations,3d modelling,digital marketing, copywriting, video editing, public speaking,etc..

Amazing!
Can you share your portfolio or github profile link.

Since December, more than 600 students have been abducted from schools in north-west Nigeria, highlighting a worrying development in the country's kidnap-for-ransom crisis.

Friday's kidnapping of nearly 300 students from the Government Girls Science Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara state, which ended with their release, was the second mass kidnap from schools in less than 10 days. Twenty-seven boys and their teachers who were taken from a school in Kagara, Niger state on 17 February were released on Saturday.

The authorities say recent attacks on schools in the north-west have been carried out by "bandits", a loose term for kidnappers, armed robbers, cattle rustlers, Fulani herdsmen and other armed militia operating in the region who are largely motivated by money.

Many here believe that a weak security infrastructure and governors who have little control over security in their states - the police and army are controlled by the federal government - and have resorted to paying ransoms, have made mass abductions a lucrative source of income.

It is an accusation the governors deny. Zamfara governor Bello Matawalle, who in the past has promised "repentant" bandits with houses, money and cars, said people "not comfortable [with his] peace initiative" were sabotaging his efforts to end the crisis.

Until now, kidnap victims have generally been road travellers in Nigeria's north-west, who pay between $20 and $200,000 for their freedom, but since the well-publicised abduction in 2014 of 276 schoolgirls from Chibok secondary school by Boko Haram Islamist militants in Borno state, more armed groups have resorted to mass abduction of students.
Kidnappers rewarded with cars and money
Kidnapping hundreds of students rather than road travellers, guarantees publicity and government involvement in negotiations, which could mean millions of dollars in ransom payments.

Security expert Kemi Okenyodo believes that this has made the abductions lucrative for criminal gangs.

"The decision on payment of ransom should be reviewed. What are the best steps to take in preventing the abductions so we avoid the payment of ransom?" she asked.

President Muhammadu Buhari has also insinuated that state governors were fuelling the crisis.

"State governments must review their policy of rewarding bandits with money and vehicles. Such a policy has the potential to backfire with disastrous consequences," he said.
The mastermind of the abduction of more than 300 students in Katsina state in December was recently pardoned in nearby Zamfara state after he "repented" and handed over his weapons to the government.

Auwalu Daudawa and his gang were promised accommodation in the town by Governor Matawalle, along with assistance to improve their livelihoods.

In July last year, Mr Matawalle promised bandits two cows for every AK-47 gun they surrendered.
Unlike his predecessor who was severely criticised for his handling of the Chibok girls kidnapping, Mr Buhari has not come in for huge amounts of public condemnation over the kidnap crisis, largely due to goodwill earned from negotiating the release of some of the Chibok girls in his early days.

His ers also say that his government has been more responsive in securing the release of abducted students, though dozens, including Leah Sharibu, a Christian who was kidnapped when Boko Haram attacked their school in Dapchi in 2018, remain in captivity.

But security in Nigeria has deteriorated under Mr Buhari - there have been four reported mass abductions of students under his watch. That three of those have happened in the north-west highlights the worsening insecurity in that part of the country, while much international attention is focussed on the Boko Haram insurgency hundreds of miles away in the north-east.

Though the military is currently carrying out an operation against bandits in the region, communities have been sacked and most forest reserves in the region are under the control of criminals.

What has been done to secure schools?
A "Safe School Initiative" was launched after the Chibok girls were abducted to bolster security in schools in north-eastern Nigeria by building fences around them.

At least $20m ($14m) was pledged for the three-year project, which was ed by the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education, Gordon Brown, the former UK prime minister.

Many container schools were built as temporary learning spaces as part of the scheme, but it is not known if any fences were built in communities affected.
Though most of the recent kidnappings have happened in the north-west, which were not covered by the Safe Schools Initiative, the 2018 abduction of 110 schoolgirls from Dapchi in north-eastern Yobe state raised questions about the success of the initiative.

Nigeria's military has built posts close to some schools, but the number of schools in the north means many are left unprotected.

Some schools have employed local vigilantes armed with local weapons but this has often proved ineffective against the heavily armed bandits.

How have Nigerians reacted?
Unlike the kidnap of the Chibok girls which attracted worldwide attention, there has not been much reaction to subsequent abductions.

There have been no hashtags like #BringBackOurGirls which drew global then and helped apply pressure to President Jonathan to act, nor have there been street demonstrations in Nigeria.

Bukky Shonibare, co-founder of the Bring Back Our Girls Group, who was involved in protests in Abuja when the Chibok incident happened, said Nigerians were exhausted from the frequency of mass abductions.

"There's only a limit to what the heart can take, Nigerians went through a lot following the kidnap of the Chibok girls... people are just really tired," she told the BBC.

She said that despite the lack of street demonstrations in subsequent abductions, her group worked behind the scenes to apply pressure.

Nigerians on social media have mocked the president's handling of the kidnap crisis by using the hashtag #ThingsMustChange employed by Mr Buhari while campaigning for office in 2015.

This tweet from 2015, when he said: "How can 219 girls be missing in our country, and our leader appears incapable of action? #ThingsMustChange," has been seized upon by tweeters.

How has education in the region been affected?
Authorities in Kano and Yobe states ordered more than 20 schools shut at the weekend because of the insecurity.

Some schools were also recently closed in Zamfara and Niger states.

In Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states, dozens of schools have been shut for years because of the Boko Haram insurgency.

For a region with a high rate of out-of-school children, this is a massive disruption to gains that have been recorded in recent years, made worse by last year's restrictions imposed because of Covid.

According to Unicef, there is a net attendance rate of just 53% in primary schools in northern Nigeria though education at that level is free and compulsory. The levels for girls is even lower because of socio-cultural norms and practices that discourage attendance in formal education, it said.

"The implication of these [abductions] is parents or guardians get scared of allowing their wards to go to school," said Ms Shonibare.

"This literally takes us back on the gains that we have made [especially] when it comes to girl-child education," she said.

The spate of attacks on schools in the north-west signals a double assault on education in the region.

The bandits, motivated by money, might be ideologically different from groups like Boko Haram in the north-east, which are against secular education, but together, they are having a devastating effect on education across northern Nigeria.

Goalnaldo:
This thread will blow up like tissue paper own.

I studied Science laboratory Technology (OND) graduate in 2014. I learnt blogging in 2018 and currently learning email copywriting. I have a blog though not earning from it (in my signature). I learnt text animations. I'm open to self development and I currently want to learn cybersecurity from Coursera but no funds. I'm willing to learn new things.

You can apply for financial aid

Vyzz:



Right now...

How big are u in the programning world...

Do u think u have known almost everything u should in the world.... Like if it was a course, u are the lecturer?...

You cannot graduate from programming school.

GeneralKoko:


Please I'd love to learn cyber security. Can you drop your let me reach you

08062128170

Merimental:


Wat planet are u ?? Mars. grow up, d world is leaving u behind fast. (Nigeria precisely)

It's a privilege to graduate with a First Class
I can see you graduated with Lower or (That's if you attended school)

Most of the First Class graduates I know in UI are doing well after graduation. Most of them are doing their Masters program abroad.


Let me tell you I'm presently in level 3 and I'm on second class lower and I'm doing my best to graduate with a very good result.

Mind you I'm a skilled Python developer. I'm preparing myself for life after school.


Do you have anything to say?

babyjoy92:
Currently in my finals studying engineering, m into computer networking, have some certifications already but gathering money to take ccnp(i have my tutor as connect, he is a consultant and ready to assist me after graduation getting a job on this line)... Currently teaching 2hrs daily and earning 60k monthly, hoping to double this income by next month tho since m getting more link up to teach.... I believe which ever part you choose just be the best at it, when i started teaching b4 lockdown I was paid jst 5h per hours, I didn't mind jst wanted to impact knowledge but that service have opened doors for, my prayer is for university not to resume, because there is money in teaching if you are very sound... God help us all, reading comments here make graduation dey tire me, but i believe God... Work like you have not prayed and pray as tho you will never work

Bro!
Let's Connect.
I'm in level 3 studying Agricultural Engineering and I'm also into Cybersecurity

fashionhub:
All praise to God for the blessings. He bestowed on me
I am a potential graduate of funaab before the covid 19
I have I've 10 years experience as a fashion designer(11years actually) though I don't plan to walk that yet
This lockdown has seen me dwell into the IT world, and I will be having my CCNA soon
With this I hope for a future as a network engineer to get to the peak of this (CCIE)
Then when I feel like leaving, I can bounce back to my fashion realm

Best of luck
I'm intending to take Comptia A+ soon

Merimental:


Olodos actually end up with great jobs while d first classers kip roaming d tenth avenue with worn out shoes hoping 4 dat miracle to happen

I'm not sure that's correct.

Vyzz:




A laptop, some money for data and payments, patience and ion I presume?

Yeah

tensazangetsu20:
Well I did marine engineering. It took me a year after graduation with thousands of applications to get one interview. The jobs didn't even exist. I just sent out my CVs to the email address of shipping companies and prayed something hit.

I ran a business for a while and learnt to code and men it's so easy to get a programming job. It's only in the tech industry that one would apply for jobs and be getting an interview 3 hours later. Do well in an interview and you would be getting a job the next day.


I thought it's just me as a marine engineer but apparently many of my friends with engineering degrees can't get jobs. The jobs don't even exist. It's not about going online and sending out applications. How do you send out applications to what isn't there. The world is changing now. Proper research on the job market has to be done before one goes into the university. Don't go based on hearsay. Go and do your findings yourself.

This is VERY IMPORTANT

apokan200:
please how can I learn programming online,do you have any link to how I can learn online ?

There are many resources available online
Udemy
Coursera
w3schools
freecodecamp
e. t. c

Vyzz:




Thanks boss...

I am a student... Just want to start up something before graduation...
I don't have a laptop though...
Should I get one... Or is my smartphone good to go?

I'm also a student. I'm in level 4 You need a laptop

DontBullshitMe:
Nigeria is doomed.

Whoever that goes ahead to give birth in this country is doing his/her child(ren) a huge disservice.

Nothing comes easy my brother

DontBullshitMe:
Nigeria is doomed.

Whoever that goes ahead to give birth in this country is doing his/her child(ren) a huge disservice.

Don't say that!

Hattbricker:
But please do I need to be good in maths to learn programming or be good in it? I really want to learn but I'm more of a social science person.

If truly you have ion for it, I don't think anything can stop you from achieving your dreams.

, there will surely be obstacles but dedication and patience will make you achieve your set goals.

Barney001:


But as a c++ programmer ...

What tasks do you do for the company...because I know c++ isn't great for web design or data analyst...

Besides what about python...is it advisable to learn that one too??

It depends on what you want to do.
There are many programming languages with different functionality.

Ask yourself why you want to learn coding and what you want to achieve from learning it.

!

Patience is key.

Vyzz:




Are u very good at it...

And would u love to teach?

Go to Udemy/Coursera to get started man!

But before you start, check out the available languages and decide the one you want to learn.

Whizdorm001:
I'm 17, an undergraduate,200lvl to be precise and I have no skill whatsoever, please what skill will you advise me to learn.
Naija hard abeg

Coding
Cybersecurity

Timekeeper:
Thank u man of God...

That a lady is a Virgin doesn't mean she will make a good wife.. It only means there was no smart guy that cud break tru her fire wall....

It doesn't represent a gift, Infact virgin can be more promiscuous than the non virgins.... They only thing she hasn't done is penetration but all manners of other sexual involvement is not alien to. Her..

Virginity is no damn gift..... At all....

Are you in #InfoSec #CyberSec?

OlawaleBammie:
There is this guy called a certain appellation, lemme conceal dat as necessary lemme call him kiridikiridi.
Kiridikiridi was a very stubborn boy, he had no fear for anybody whatsoever. It was a mango season wen the principal and the rest of his subordinates told us the student that we should not touch any of the mango trees to pluck mangoes but we would still not heed to their course...wetin consan us before?

this fateful day, kiridikiridi just wanted to answer his call of nature(stubbornness) den he climbed one mango tree which is beside the road which everybody ply, he went up the tree and began plucking some mangoes to eat, immediately he saw the principal coming he just threw one of the half-chewed mangoes from the top to the front of the principal, expectedly the principal shouted who is dat as he was looking up to the tree den kiridikiridi told him.. it's me.., the principal responded by sayin haven't we told u not to do dis again?? the response of dis stubborn boy was mouthwatering...

He just said in yoruba, Boya Abare logbin mangoro sibee waa so fun a.., Eyemi wa Lara ihonra foriru eso re a sibee, oyahi kaamoje.

Meaning; Weda na ur papa plant mango for here u go tell us, my mama dey among people wey use head carry d seed come here wen dem wan plant am and una dey say make we no eat am.

Ondo Boy

sammy7410:
I exchanged blows with my English teacher back then in ss3, after some years I ed d Nigerian Army baba just see me na so uncle take off just like dat

Haaaa mad ooo
I can't laugh

Greatest Mellanbite

amajato:
first is not as if the standard is not enough. Second UI belittle every other school, they feel they are the best so they always attack those from other school who come for masters making them feels their first degree was rubbish. Lastly, maybe is the department I was in UI. ( Mathematics department)

Haa! Mathematics Department?
That department is ...... (can't say)

Most of their courses are 4 units.
If you bang 2 courses, all the best for you ooo.

dview001:
Lol ....go to unilorin , you'll know stress in uniben is child's play.

No, I disagree!
Come to UI, you will request for tuition refund

Who cares about degrees nowadays?

What practical are they talking about sef!

Maybe AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE based polytechnics are better one way or the other.
I've been to polytechnic and I'm presently a University student. From my experience, I can tell you that Universities are long way better than their counterparts.

The whole system is a total MESS!

essy4060:
My dream is to seeing all forms of educational disorders come to a halt; in 2 years time , I will put an end to all these. Please, mark today's date.

2 years?
May God help you

The suspected Ibadan serial killer, Sunday Shodipe, has been rearrested by operatives of the Oyo State police command.

The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Olugbenga Fadeyi, confirmed the development to the Tribune Online.

SP Fadeyi said: “The suspect has been rearrested and is currently in police custody.”

Shodipe (19), who is suspected to have killed about six women at Akinyele Local Government Area of the state, escaped from the Mokola police station on Tuesday, August 11.

This prompted a wave of protests against the police, but the state Commissioner of Police, Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu, had assured that everything had been put in place to ensure the rearrest of the suspect.

Just last Thursday, a N500,000 bounty was placed on Shodipe’s head by the police.