NewStats: 3,262,046 , 8,175,957 topics. Date: Saturday, 31 May 2025 at 04:16 PM 1jh1l

TONYE001:


Dr. Oluwaseun O. Akinduro, neurosurgeon, Mayo Clinic, USA.

Why do people believe being a doctor makes one a saint?

JoburgPlug:




A lot of foolishness from the head where that came from. You will find bankers with dreads and tattoos in SA.

This is Nigeria.

TONYE001:


Professor Vincent Brown, Harvard University, USA.

Ok.

GorillaApp:

While I can't keep dread or allow my sons to, outside the shores of this country, medical doctors, ants and other professionals keep it so what are you saying?

The good people that keep dreads are largely entertainers.
I can't seeing any serious proffessional anywhere in the world with dread.
You can educate me.

TONYE001:
In the realm of stupid things to ever say, this one here is not too far from the top.

For a governor to say this? Haba. What has hairstyle got to do with being responsible sef? If no be media and their influencing injections...decades ago, we dey cut hair for Africa?

Or the man no know say people with dreads follow vote am?

Why do we keep on having these kinda leaders in our country?

If you look into his personal life, you may find that he's a dirty, corrupt, nauseating human being sef who's worse than the average Joe on dreads. We sure say him no dey thief money? Him no get multiple women wey him dey run things with behind him wife? We sure say him no be alcoholic...or even take substances? We sure say him no be liar and common thief like many politicians out there? We sure say him never do other unspeakable things?

How horrible these leaders are!

So, if an international figure wey do dreads enter that state, una go catch am, cut am, ba?

Africa!

Jeeeeezzz...

Me i only need see just one known responsible figure with dread.

I am not saying those with dreads are not responsible.

I thought he is a retired general of the Nigeriam Army.

Make him help them defend themselves now.

Noise maker!

Digmygold:


"We are active". Oh the actual Mr Septuagenarian may thunder fire you and your entire cursed generation where not one will hit 60 after you. Even you at 70 no go die better. Chronologically and mentally declined old fool still hustling for Government Money at 70. Your own entire life don spoil. No wonder you are so bitter when you see our thriving youth. Mortuary is near. I hope your useless children are ready to bury your rotten body after your sudden death "in active service" Bitter Ancestor Methuselah. We go flog that your empty fossil head for Court.

Bitter? Your comments say it all.

Eyah! na only rant for faceless media ur generation sabi.

When time for action reach, we go trash you for ever and ever
just like our fathers did and are still doing to your father.

Digmygold:


Grandpa Oloyede I see your level of desperation at bringing other people's children down is alarming. Those children of yours will be ruined in all spheres of their useless lives beyond redemption. Your grandchildren and great grandchildren and their children too.

I believe your curses are the real symptoms of frustration.

Where are your curses when others at 70 are still making decisions that affect your cursed generation including your father that is tired at 70.

If you continue like this you might not get to 70 not to talk of tired like you father while we are active making decisions.

Digmygold:


You can only hope, hopeless fool.

I will be alive and kicking past 70l. Now the mention of age 70 is hurting you so bad but your Fura De Nunu Minister can discriminate on the ages of young children. That's okay by you. May God ruin you and your miserable children and grandchildren wherever they are.

Idiot wants to live past 70!

He is a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. at 70 with Fura De Nunu.

Who was/is your father at 70 with his Ai intelligence?

Idiot!

Digmygold:


A guideline is not law. Stupid write up. Why is the Minister not living in a cave and without technology? Don't you think a 40 year old directive is too old to work in this AI era? The same Ministry approved 10 years as Entry age into Secondary Schools. If a child is turning 16 in SS3, how have they gone outside of the directive? You lack intelligence and you are an obvious sadist too. I hope Karma hits your children wherever they are and your grandchildren too. Delete this dumb post. You are not making sense. Your Professor is aged chronologically and incapable of critical reasoning or being a Minister. He should go and drink his Fura De Nunu.and take a nap. He is 70.

hmmmmmm!
Replying you won't make me any better than you.

I only hope you will be rotting in your grave at 70 or before, so you don't become a nuisance to your children and the society.

Amem!

Digmygold:
If he says they are too young. The Minister himself is too old to be in that office. He should be retired and resting at 70 years and leave the young brilliant children to thrive. The approved age of Secondary School is 10 years. So a child going on 16 years has followed the Ministry's directive. How can the Minister now think he can act like a dictator in a democracy? What measures has he put in place to ensure the policy is effective? Is he changing it to 6-3-5-8? How is he also following the 6-3-3-4 policy when Millions of students will be left hanging. They will finish with their Curriculum and not be tested immediately afterwards. He is not fit to be a Minister. A Minister Of Education that appears to be against Education. I think old age is affecting his mental health. He should take a bow. At 70 years old he should be retired. His chronological age is affecting his reasoning.

The government is only implementing what the law says.

It is the implementation of the 6 - 3 - 3 - 4 system.
Age matters

*The 18-year-old Age Limit for School Certificate*

By Farooq A. Kperogi

The directive by education minister Professor Tahir Mamman to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council to not candidates who are below 18 for next year’s school certificate examinations *is generating knee-jerk resistance from people who are obviously nescient of the psychology and philosophy behind age benchmarks in education.*

In most countries of the world, children don’t start primary school until they are 6, and young adults don’t start university until they are 18. That used to be true in Nigeria, too—until parents chose to skirt the law, upend time-tested tradition, and commit mass child abuse in the name of fast-tracking the education their children.

In fact, contrary to what the Nigerian news media has been reporting, Professor Mamman has not created a new law; he is only implementing the existing law. He hasn’t “banned” under-18 students from taking school certificate exams; he has merely chosen to enforce an extant law, which has been serially violated by overeager parents who want their children to get ahead by any means.

The 1982 education policy, also called the 6:3:3:4 system, requires that children should be at least 5 years old to start pre-primary school and at least 6 years old to start primary school. If a 6-year-old spends 6 years in primary school, 3 years in junior secondary school, and another 3 years in secondary school, they would be 18 by the time they graduate from secondary school.

This is the global standard. In the United States, students apply to enter universities between the ages of 18 and 19 (because if you don’t turn 6 in September of the year you want to start First Grade, you have to wait until next year). In Finland, Canada, the Netherlands, Japan, South Africa, , the United Kingdom, , Denmark, etc. it is 18.

The age benchmark isn’t arbitrary. It is based on time-honored insights from developmental psychology and educational research, which examined the cognitive, social, and emotional developments of children.

For example, Jean Piaget’s stages of cognitive development tell us that around age 6, children transition from what is called the preoperational stage to the concrete operational stage, at which point they begin to develop logical thinking, which is essential for learning the structured curriculum of primary school education, such as reading, writing, and mathematics.

Research also shows that children develop the social skills needed to interact with peers and teachers in a school environment and the attention span necessary to learn, absorb information, and stay engaged at 6, and that children who start school too early struggle with these skills, which can lead to long-term challenges in academic and social areas.

*That was why the late Professor Aliu Babatunde Fafunwa was famous for saying any education of children before the age of 5 is a waste of time and even child abuse.* From ages 1 through 5, children should be allowed to be children: sleep, play, laugh, and grow. Of course, I recognize that because most mothers now work, enrolling children in schools earlier than is ideal is a necessity. But the busy schedule of parents is no excuse to buck science, ignore the requirements of a well-integrated childhood, and contribute to the mass production of maladjusted adults.

Similarly, research in developmental psychology shows that by age 18, most teenagers have reached a level of emotional and social maturity that enables them to live independently, make decisions, and handle the challenges of university life.

Neuroscientific research also shows that the brain continues to develop well into the early twenties, particularly the prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for decision-making, impulse control, and planning. By age 18, the brain has typically matured enough to handle the complex cognitive demands of higher education.

Plus, in many countries, including in Nigeria, 18 is the age of legal adulthood, which aligns with the transition to university. This legal framework s the idea that students are ready to take on the responsibilities associated with higher education, such as managing their own time, finances, and education.

Of course, as with everything, there are always exceptions. Precocious children can and do skip grades and start university earlier than 18 even in the United States and elsewhere. There are exceptionally gifted children who graduate from university as early as 11. But such students undergo rigorous tests to determine that they have intelligence that is far ahead of normal developmental schedules. They are also few and far between.

That’s not the situation in Nigeria. Just like our bad national habit of always wanting to jump the queue—what Americans call cut in line—Nigerian parents have, over the years, developed impatience for the normal development schedules of their children and want them to get ahead against the evidence of science, common sense, and even the law of the land.

It is not because their children are exceptional. In fact, they are often mediocre. *For example, my brother’s son, who is only 14 years old and with average intelligence, ed to take his WAEC exam this year. I told my brother that was inexcusable child abuse.*

Nigeria has a bad reputation across the world for sending underage children not just to domestic universities but also to foreign universities. People who work at the International Student and Scholar Services at the university where I am a professor have asked me multiple times why only Nigeria sends underage students here.

The consensus is that such students often lack maturity, have difficulty engaging in adult conversations, and struggle to fit in and get the best of the opportunities they have.

Several Nigerians who teach at other U.S. universities share the same stories. As I pointed out earlier, here in the United States, like in most other countries of the world, students don’t begin their undergraduate education until they are 18, which also happens to be the age of consent. A student who is under 18, by law, can’t attend several extra-curricular activities undergraduates typically take part in.

They need waivers signed by their parents to participate in certain activities, but since their parents are often in Nigeria, they pose logistical nightmares for universities.

For example, in the United States, by law, you can’t sign a lease agreement (to rent an apartment) if you are not at least 18 years old. Many underage Nigerian undergraduates at my school require an adult to co-sign for them. Since their parents are in Nigeria, the burden often falls on Nigerian professors and staff, who are understandably reluctant to co-sign leases of underage strangers who could break their agreements and put us in legal jeopardy.

Dating is also a treacherous legal minefield for the American classmates of underage Nigerian undergraduates in American universities. Having intimate relationship with anyone who is under 18 is statutory rape, even if it is consensual. I am aware of the story of a 17-year-old second-year Nigerian undergraduate girl who had a disagreement with her boyfriend who was from another African country.

Neighbors called the police to intervene. When the police asked for their ID cards, they discovered that the Nigerian girl was underaged. It led to the imprisonment—and later deportation— of the man for statutory rape even when their relationship was consensual. Stories like this are not unique.

Unless someone is exceptionally gifted, which should be proved conclusively with special tests, they should not start university earlier than 18. Fortunately, that is already the law, which is informed by the consensus of research findings in developmental psychology, neuroscience, and social research. Professor Mamman has only signaled his readiness to apply the law. He has my full .

I read that the National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN) said they would sue the federal government for indicating readiness to implement a law that has been in the books for more than 40 years. Good luck with that!

https://www.farooqkperogi.com/2024/08/the-18-year-old-age-limit-for-school.html?m=1

El- rufai na man you be!

Hamas dey keep their corpse for mortuary ne?

SoliBayNG:


Normally, uninformed people like you do not deserve a reply. Help your dead brain cells by watching relevant stuffs. It's folks like you that deserve the leaders you have. You coulda done a bit of research before exposing your level of emptiness to the world.

If it was left to you and your leaders, all these people woulda still been at home waiting to be 18. Run along, dimwit.

Exceptions bro!
You would have done better if you give the approximate numbers of persons in the world or western world who achieved Phd at 17, Mst at 14 and Degree at 10.
Not this for the records you posted.

Schlumeinstein:
THE SYSTEM MUST BE OVERHAUL.....IT'S NOT THE AGE ......PARENT RUSH THIS CHILDREN UNNECESSARILY BECAUSE OF PEER PRESSURE...THEY PAID FOR DOUBLE PROMOTION AND" MIRACLE CENTRE "FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO EXAMS.......SOME PARENT PUT THEIR WARDS IN A SCHOOL THEY CANNOT AFFORD BECAUSE OF " SOCIETAL CONNECTION",,SO THAT THEY WILL MINGLE AND IF THEY CALL PTA MEETING HE WILL RUSH TO CONTEST for PTA CHAIRMAN.......A LOT OF ANOMALY IN THE SCHOOL.......HOWEVER STUDENTS CAN'T FAIL ANY EXAMS IN THE SCHOOL BECAUSE OFTHE HUGE SCHOOL FEE PARENTS PAY.....IF THEY FAIL THE TEACHER WILL BE SACK. ......MEANWHILE SOME OF THE STUDENTS ARE AFFECTED MENTALLY BECAUSE OF IMMATURITY ....PSYCHOLOGICAL THEY ARE NOT FIT ACADEMICALLY.........

This can only be from a teacher!

Gifted! Highflier! Super-intelligent!

My foot.

realborn:


This is quite retrogressive in this day and age of advanced technology.

I left secondary school at age 15, almost 3 decades ago. Qualified through JAMB at age 16, and it has been a great ride of life afterwards.

Presently, the average age to sit for WAEC/NECO for 6 sets of students in Secondary School is 16 years. What provision is in place for the proposed 2-year minimum lag? Should they just stop at their present class of study and continue when they fit the 18 years model?

Or, will the FG provide and encourage vocational centers for all to bridge the Post Secondary School/ Pre-University stage? If this is in place, it will make load of sense. Otherwise, it will be unfair to plunge our future leaders to an unfair loss of competitive advantage among their global peers

Your answer!

“Even basically if you compute the number of years pupils, and learners are supposed to be in school, the number you will end up with is 17 and a half – from early child care to primary school to junior secondary school and then senior secondary school. You will end up with 17 and a half by the time they are ready for ission.

jesusjnr2020:
It's also worthy to note that it's Gabriel Medina's national teammate, Joao Chianca, another gold medal favorite, that was told to remove an image of Jesus Christ from his surfboard or risk being disqualified from the 2024 Paris Olympics, but chose to walk away from the competition standing firm in his faith.

Hence that may have inspired the record-breaker's tribute to God at the very end of his surf, in honor of his friend not being able to compete because of the Olympic rules to remove Jesus or face elimination from competition, to prove that no matter what they tried to do suppress that name of Jesus, the name of Jesus would always triumph at the end.

God bless.

Why were you not in the olympic for Ｊｅｓｕｓto also give you gold?

How many gold did Jesus gave Nigerian contingents?

What powers does the committee have to cancel any election and a presidential election for that matter?

As far as i am concern this is a nonsense talk.

MadamVanessa:




Labour party is very dangerous, the only party meant to unseat the evil APC and throw it away to the abyss.

This is to tell you clearly that last election Obi beat the Iragbiji drunkard black blue in all parts of the country , but the satanic APC appointed inec chairman chose to compromised by taking the will of the people and giving it to a complete dûnce with no direction. God punish him eternally.


This is a premonition of what will play out in 2027, the north will massively and unapologetically vote for Peter Obi, and by that time let the idiotic APC appointed fóolish inec president tries his nonsense again, I swear hand go touch am, I trust north.

North are even wiser now. Small little protest, Tinubu sinisterly wanted to eliminate the whole north by killing them all and you think north will forget and forgive. Not again.

All these because some M.U.M.U. voted for a party without a candidate in just one ward?

You all need help!

zadokchidi:
Lets do it in 2027..north are getting wiser

for voting a party without a candidate.

Dpharisee:
Even the Bible said "Fear North"

But imagine if an Igbo youth had done this, they would have opened fire and burnt down houses in that area by now and the Army would release a statement with this heading "10 IPOB Terrorists Neutralized in Enugu while attempting to bomb Peaceful Protesters"

Victim mentality always!

Keep creating more dislikes for your people in the east.

Unfortunate.
Correction:
Gboloko is in Bassa Local Government not Dekina Local Government.

Ken4Christ:


If he your Allah didn't allow him to die now, why would he allow him to die another time?

And while would Allah wait for over 600 years after Jesus to tell us he didn't die?

Is your Allah very slow in communication?

Please use your brain. You have been deceived.

Continue...

Ken4Christ:


You didn't say anything.

Your Quran Jesus said he will die and be raised up from the dead. Your Allah said he didn't die. So why the contradiction? If Jesus is a prophet according to your Quran, what he said should have come to . This contradiction questions the authenticity of your Quran as a divine revelation.

I am avoiding argument.

There is no contradiction.
You only wish to justify you beliefs with the words of Allah.

Jesus will eventually die in the latter days like all humans and will be Resurrected like humans on the day of judgement like all humans.

Ken4Christ:


Answer my question. Why did your Quran say that Jesus didn't die. That Allah made it appear so?

Yet it says that Jesus is Messiah 11 times in the Quran. If he didn't die, how did he save mankind?

Again, how can you believe the time of someone who was born over 500 years after the incident took place and reject the testimonies of those present? Is it not foolishness?

Off cause Jesus will die and he will be raised up just live every other soul.

Ken4Christ:
Sura 19:34
Peace be upon me the day I was born and the day I will die, and the day I will be raised up alive.

The verse above reveals Jesus predicted his death and resurrection. So, how come another portion said he didn't really die. So, did he lie as a Prophet in the Quran?

Please, Muslims should come and defend this ooo.

You just want to argue as always.
You have posited in other posts that Jesus is God.

Why is the prayer of Jesus of the Qur'an excites you?

CaptainFM1:


Can we do the video with your house as a target?

I am not surprised.

Unarmed civilians has been their target.

Can we have some pictures or videos of what it has done with its capabilities since it was acquired.

No be all these paper talk.

Meti99:
An exam where 77% candidates failed .
The educational structure of this country is a failure already

77% didn't fail.
They scored less than 200 points.

PussyOdour:



Oga shut up, you're bringing politics to it. You people find out that top 5 scorer of this year jamb are from the east, probably top 3 are from Anambra and that will be an added advantage to Peter Obi presidential quest hence you come up with this headless and meaningless excuse.

Yes , Mmesoma Bleep up, but the most important thing is, even when she was exposed, the legitimate top scorer of that year Jamb was still a girl from the east, Anambra precisely.

Before you come for me, I am not Igbo, this is an Akwa Ibom man typing here .

Since you already have these much information about the top scorers, you should use it for whatever purpose of may serve.