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nairaland.net Welcome to Nairaland.net for Nigerians and Friends of Nigeria 2013-04-16T10:37:45+00:00 http://nairaland.net/forum/feed.php?f=20 2013-04-16T10:37:45+00:00 2013-04-16T10:37:45+00:00 http://nairaland.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3482&p=4979#p4979 <![CDATA[Family • injection abcess]]> Statistics: Posted by edd — Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:37 am

]]> 2013-02-02T02:42:25+00:00 2013-02-02T02:42:25+00:00 http://nairaland.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23&p=4940#p4940 <![CDATA[Family • ]]> I think it's a horrible tradition that never should of started.
Emma


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Statistics: Posted by jakeliu — Sat Feb 02, 2013 2:42 am

]]> 2012-05-08T07:28:57+00:00 2012-05-08T07:28:57+00:00 http://nairaland.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24&p=4489#p4489 <![CDATA[Family • ]]> Statistics: Posted by ashily — Tue May 08, 2012 7:28 am

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]]> 2010-10-10T23:20:20+00:00 2010-10-10T23:20:20+00:00 http://nairaland.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2919&p=3842#p3842 <![CDATA[Family • Judge Hatchett Discovers She Is Nigerian]]> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Hatchett

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Judge Hatchett is a nationally-syndicated American television program produced and distributed by Sony Pictures Television. It starred The Honorable Glenda Hatchett and was modeled after other "court shows" such as Judge Judy and the long running The People's Court, as well as containing elements from tabloid talk shows such as Sally Jessy Raphael and Maury Povich. In addition to dealing with traditional small-claims lawsuits (with a plaintiff, defendant, and monetary awards sought), she also handled DNA paternity tests and out of control teens.

Judge Hatchett aired new episodes from 2000-2008,[1] and had continued in reruns since.[2]

Judge Hatchett ran interventions for troubled teens that helped them a lot. Among Judge Hatchett's recommendations for intervention and other help were Tommy the Clown, an eighteen year old mayor, prisons and Martin Luther King's daughter. At least once Judge Hatchett ran an intervention herself, running the building of an outdoor theater which ended up named after her as thanks.

It was filmed at the Chelsea Studios in New York City.

Statistics: Posted by Richard Akindele — Sun Oct 10, 2010 11:20 pm

]]> 2010-10-08T08:05:56+00:00 2010-10-08T08:05:56+00:00 http://nairaland.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=540&p=3840#p3840 <![CDATA[Family • ]]> Statistics: Posted by elmahnos8 — Fri Oct 08, 2010 8:05 am

]]> 2009-10-22T17:02:46+00:00 2009-10-22T17:02:46+00:00 http://nairaland.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1589&p=3647#p3647 <![CDATA[Family • ]]>
If you really want to make money online, taking surveys should not be an option to consider at all.

Statistics: Posted by xdunamis — Thu Oct 22, 2009 5:02 pm

]]> 2009-10-20T20:52:33+00:00 2009-10-20T20:52:33+00:00 http://nairaland.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1589&p=3646#p3646 <![CDATA[Family • ]]> There was a time i made up my mind to start making money with survey sites, but i must confess that this was one of my biggest mistakes in life. After wasting almost a year with over 30 survey sites including this particular one, i discovered that i will never receive a paycheck from any of them cause they are all scams, BIG SCAMS. You will soon learn your lessons too, i'm sure you are still new thats why you are promoting them.
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It'd be nice if you can share your experience.

Did you do the surveys like they requested and never got paid?

What was their reason for not paying you?

Did they ask you for any money to join? In which case, that may be the scam. For instance, if they have 100,000 members, and ask for seemingly insignificant amount of $5 from each one, that translates into a sleek half a million dollars!!

Statistics: Posted by Richard Akindele — Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:52 pm

]]> 2009-10-20T08:29:41+00:00 2009-10-20T08:29:41+00:00 http://nairaland.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1589&p=3642#p3642 <![CDATA[Family • ]]> Statistics: Posted by xdunamis — Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:29 am

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Statistics: Posted by crystal32 — Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:02 am

]]> 2006-09-03T23:23:10+00:00 2006-09-03T23:23:10+00:00 http://nairaland.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=540&p=782#p782 <![CDATA[Family • Nigeria's Population Problem]]>
Although Nigeria is the 9th most populated nation in the world, we happen to be 5th in population density.

The population of the USA is 298 million, but it's population density is only 30. That means there is an average of 30 people/sq kilometer.

Nigeria on the other hand with a population of 150 million, has a population density of 139 people/sq. kilometer! Can you see the diffrence between the USA and Nigeria?

That means there are more people crowded into smaller spaces in Nigeria, than you would find in America. This brings down the standard of living in many respects. For example, instead of one or two people in a house (as is the case in the USA), you find seven or more in Nigeria.

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Nigeria's population problem stems from the people's primitive behavior. In the old days, people had many children to help on the farm. Today, farming isn't that popular anymore, yet the primitive practice of having many children persists.

Most families in Nigeria can hardly afford to provide adequately for one child. Yet, you often find upwards of five children in that same family. What sense does that make? None.

Nigerians need to wake up and realize that we're in a new era now. Having many children that we cannot take care of is a practice that needs to stop for a better standard of living. It's so unfair to the children who end up not being able to realize their full potential in life.

I'm persimistic though that Nigerians can come to such realization on their own without government intervention, in the form of population control.

Population control is the practice of curtailing population increase, usually by reducing the birth rate.

China had an explosive birth rate, the same as Nigeria is having today. In 1979, the Chinese government rightly instituted a one-child per family policy. Take a look at some numbers below and compare China to Nigeria.


In the year 1979:

1 -- China -- 972,136,875
2 -- India -- 671,259,115
3 -- United States -- 225,055,000
4 -- Indonesia -- 147,381,196
5 -- Russia -- 138,163,680
6 -- Brazil -- 120,040,282
7 -- Japan -- 115,890,431
8 -- Bangladesh -- 85,492,214
9 -- Pakistan -- 82,374,302
10 -- Germany -- 78,081,292
11 -- Mexico -- 66,825,878
12 -- Nigeria -- 66,319,068


In 2006:

1 -- China -- 1,313,973,713
2 -- India -- 1,111,713,910
3 -- United States -- 298,444,215
4 -- Indonesia -- 231,820,243
5 -- Brazil -- 188,078,227
6 -- Pakistan -- 165,803,560
7 -- Bangladesh -- 147,365,352
8 -- Russia -- 142,069,494
9 -- Nigeria -- 131,859,731

The numbers speak for themselves. The population of Nigeria in 2006 is estimated at 131 mil. I think it's more like 150 million, which therefore pushes us up to 7th place in the world.

In a few years, India's population would surpass that of China to become the most populous nation in the world. All because the people keep breeding like rabbits. Most of the children end up on the street poor and homeless. All of India's streets are crowded to no end. Same problem obtains in Nigeria today.

The advantages of population control is clear to see. Nigeria needs it in my opinion. What do you think?

Statistics: Posted by Richard Akindele — Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:23 pm

]]> 2006-08-25T14:29:47+00:00 2006-08-25T14:29:47+00:00 http://nairaland.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23&p=755#p755 <![CDATA[Family • ]]>
I agree with alpacaem that female circumcision is a horrible practice. I think it'll fizzle out eventually as more and more people come to realise how despicable it is.

Statistics: Posted by fw12 — Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:29 pm

]]> 2006-08-25T11:55:48+00:00 2006-08-25T11:55:48+00:00 http://nairaland.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23&p=750#p750 <![CDATA[Family • ]]> I believe it was originally done to stop women from straying - as they wouldn't enjoy sex anymore, so they wouldn't cheat on or leave their man. And I guess it's just carried on.
I think it's a horrible tradition that never should of started.
Emma

Statistics: Posted by alpacaem — Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:55 am

]]> 2006-08-07T06:04:10+00:00 2006-08-07T06:04:10+00:00 http://nairaland.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=465&p=661#p661 <![CDATA[Family • 4.2 million unwanted pregnancies in Nigeria yearly]]>
An estimated 4.2 million of the 6.8 million women who get pregnant annually in Nigeria do so without desiring it, and many of them decide to terminate their pregnancies through abortion.
A non-governmental organisation, Campaign Against Unwanted Pregnancies (CAUP), which reeled out the figure added that the figure of unwanted pregnancies represented 63 per cent of the total pregnancies that occur each year in the country.

According to the group, because abortion is legal only when it is to save a woman’s life, most procedures adopted by those women who found themselves having unwanted pregnancies are clandestine, and many are carried out in unsafe circumstances.

The picture emerged from a new research by CAUP, shedding light on the causes, level and consequences of abortion in Nigeria.
Dr Boniface Oye-Adeniran, joint-co-ordinator, CAUP, at a press briefing on Sunday disclosed that an estimated one in five pregnancies in Nigeria were unplanned. Nearly one-third (28 per cent) of women of reproductive age have had an unwanted pregnancy at some point in their lives, he added.

Many factors were fingered as contributing to unwanted pregnancy. In addition to low levels of contraceptive use, the desire for smaller families is fundamental. Growing urbanisation, the increasing participation of women in the paid labour force and the diminishing ability of families to support many children (partly because of costs of educating them) all contribute to the desire to limit family size.
To have only the number of children she wants, the typical Nigerian woman must spend 10 years between the ages of 20 and 45 using effective contraceptive methods.

However, more than one quarter (27 per cent) of all Nigerian women aged 15-49 need effective contraception – that is, they are able to become pregnant, are sexually active, do not want a child soon or ever, but are not using any method of contraception. Twenty two per cent are using traditional methods.
The statistics show further that six in 10 women (61 per cent) who have ended an unwanted pregnancy by abortion were not using any method of family planning when they conceived; 33 per cent were using a modern method and 6 per cent, a traditional one. Among the women, 38 per cent did not know about family planning, 10 per cent believed that they would not get pregnant, 17 per cent feared the side effects of contraceptives and six per cent lacked access to family planning and had partners or other family members who objected to contraceptive use.

Overall, 25 per cent of women obtaining abortions experience serious complications. The level is above average among women using a traditional healer or a friend or terminating the pregnancy on their own (36 per cent), and below average among those taking tablets (19 per cent) or obtaining an injection (10 per cent). The most common complications reported by hospitalised women themselves are excessive pain (68 per cent), bleeding (62 per cent) and fever (21 per cent).

Physicians report that women were treated for retained products of conception, hemorrhage, fever, sepsis and instrumental injury, among other complications.
Slightly more than three in four patients with complications require emergency evacuation of the uterus. In addition, about one in 10 require abdominal surgery.

Oye-Adeniran disclosed that the cost to patients for care in hospitals related to complications from an induced abortion is about US $91 (or N10,933 ), on average – a substantial expense in a country where the per capita growth national income (purchasing power parity) is roughly $930.
He reveals that in terms of abortion care, Nigeria’s health care system seems to be almost evenly split into two provider systems. In one system, better-off women can typically obtain relatively safe abortions, while in the other, poor women largely resort to unwanted abortions.

He therefore advises that improving knowledge about access to and use of effective contraceptives would lower levels of unwanted pregnancy and induced abortion. Information and services are especially needed among women who have no schooling, who are older and who live in the North.

Daily Sun

Statistics: Posted by Richard Akindele — Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:04 am

]]> 2006-07-24T21:00:25+00:00 2006-07-24T21:00:25+00:00 http://nairaland.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=413&p=539#p539 <![CDATA[Family • War Against Poor Parenting (WAPP)]]>
In some cases, their wives also become too busy and abandon the children to the care of nannies and maigadis. In our country today, it has become something of a status symbol for men and women who are elevated to some high positions in the social, political or economic ladder to start complaining that they no longer have time for themselves, their spouses and their children.

Elevation in the career or profession of a patter familias, which ought to be a thing of joy to his immediate family, is, ironically, becoming a curse in our society no thanks to some people who create the impression that they have become slaves to their work. Such men and women leave their homes very early in the morning and come back very late in the evenings.

Our main concern in this instalment is with the men. It is true to some extent that the higher one grows in one's career or profession, the higher the responsibilities one has to bear. Does this however justify the alienation of one's family by some high flyers in the name of work? In any case, is it really true that those in high public or private offices are actually engaged in useful work all the time? Are they intelligent in the management of their time? There are three possible reasons why many of our big men in big offices stay late in offices.

The first is that some of them do not know about delegation of duties to some competent subordinates. Two, those who do know about delegation of responsibilities a re afraid of doing so especially if the portfolio they head is 'lucrative' in a manner only a Nigerian can understand. Three, the truth also is that very many busy executives merely use the excuse of work as a convenient cover to indulge in sexual escapades. Even if some of them are engaged in genuine hard work, any man who fails to realise that there is a time for work, a time for rest, a time for offering parental care to his children and a time to offer companionship to his wife, is a failed man no matter the status he has attained in the eyes of the society. He is not a balanced or judicious man.

Men ought to realise that God is not stupid in deciding that a man and a woman are both needed to collectively bring up children to form the society. No one can clap with one hand. The presence and contribution of both husband and wife are necessary to bring up well-adjusted children. Practical experience has shown very convincingly that some children, especially male ones, are better behaved when their fathers are around to correct them. They do often fear their dads more than they do their mums. They more readily obey instruction from their dads more than when it is from their mums.

This of course suggests that children of absentee fathers are more likely to become more delinquent than those whose fathers find time to be around to correct them. Parenting is one of the most important responsibilities of any adult. Any successful civilpublic servant or business mogul who is a failed father, brother, lover or husband has not quite succeeded, because he has failed the core course of life. It is said that the greatest gift which any father can give to his children is to love their mother. One major aspect of loving their mother is to provide her companionship and to put it more bluntly, to give her sexual fulfilment. Many of our so-called busy men neglect their wives in that area and allow the poor women to burn with passion. This is unfair, more so when it is realised that they spend their so-called busy time chasing other women.

Their wives become no more than conquered and kept artefacts. Permit me this vulgarity if it appears so to you, but I have to say it the way I heard it in order to dramatise the point. A sexually-frustrated housewife was overheard by her neighbours complaining angrily thus: "Papa James, do you not think that I deserve to be fucked more than twice a month?" This, certainly, is the plaintive cry of a faithful woman who has been starved of affection and has been left burning with passion by an insensitive absentee husband. Why is the behaviour, or rather the misbehaviour, of absentee husbands or fathers of any concern to us? The reason is simple: their failings create chain reactions which affect other innocent members of the society. For instance, an unfulfilled wife may be tempted to go after other women's husbands and in the process destabilise some good homes.

It has been established that som e of the armed robbers who terrorise us today, drug addicts, lesbians, homosexuals, prostitutes and cult boys and girls on our university campuses are products of broken homes. The thought that because society is so intricately interrelated and that our little failings in our small corner of the world can have such a destabilising effect on the rest of the society should humble us to become more alive to our responsibilities to our wives, children and parents. I am not very competent in talking about what Islam says about the role of a father but Christianity makes it very clear that apart from anything else, a father is the head and priest of the household. It is his business to provide food, clothes, accommodation and love for his wife and children. While some fathers do try their best to fulfil the material aspect of these responsibilities, they sometimes tend to neglect the spiritual aspect of it. Yet, that one is very crucial.

I wish to share a secret that has worked fo r me with some fathers who believe. And it has to do with the role of a father as a priest of his household. Each morning when I rise up and each evening when I am about to retire to bed, I say this prayer: "Mighty father, the creator of heaven and earth, I wish to acknowledge your over-lordship over my life and the lives of members of my household. I commit this day, my life and the lives of my family members into your able hands. I ask for your blessing upon our lives. Keep far away from us anything that would bring pain, shame or reproach upon our lives. "I especially commit into your able hands the lives of my children. Let none be kidnapped or abducted. Let none of them be initiated into witchcraft. Let none be lured into a secret cult. Let no man take advantage of my daughters and let no woman take advantage of my sons. Let none of my daughters be a victim of rape and none of my sons a perpetrator of rape. Let none of my children be victims of foolish peer pressure.

Let them be the ones who exercise positive influence on their peers. "Because we live in a devious world full of temptation, if for any reason a child of mine is tempted to undress for illicit sex, Lord, whisper into the ears of such a one to rise up, put on his or her dress and flee from such devious environment and never again to be found in a compromising position. "Lord, let your protective shield cover us forever that there will be no cause for us to go to hospital, a law court or a police station or to be found in any situation that would devour our health, our finances and our peace of mind."

I have exercised this priestly responsibility towards my family for years and I am happy to report that my household and me are not contributing to the vices that have made our nation prostrate today. Perhaps, other fathers need to wake up to their fatherly roles! To be continued next week.

Daily Trust.

Statistics: Posted by Richard Akindele — Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:00 pm

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