Joshua Nicholas Blog

*What Happened the Day I Was Born*  _By Joshua Nicholas_ As I write this article, I just keep looking at my life if really the events before my birth have been tackled in any way by me. At every point in time, the earth recognizes a need, a need for improvement. Let me bring to our notice as we continue this journey that everyone alive on earth's planet, has been given an appointment from Heaven. What really happened the day you were born? You were given an appointment letter from your creator to work in Earth's PLC. Your job description is also given by your employer at a later time in your new organization when you request for it. Take note, the joy of every employer is to see his/her employees make continuous progress in achieving the set goals of the organization. During interview  (your foetus days), He didn't looked for the ones with the best CV, but the one He loved; He didn't also looked for the extra qualities that every employer will want, but He cres...

*THE ‘EDUCAGEGEON’  OF THE AFRICAN WOMAN Vs THE EDUCATION OF THE AFRICAN WOMAN BY JOSHUA NICHOLAS* The story of Mrs Chinwe Obiagu is a representation of the plight of the traditional African woman in a traditional African society. Mrs. Chinwe who is from the south eastern part of Nigeria, is a petty trader, a mother of two kids and a beautiful bride. Her husband who is a farmer, Mr. Emeka is a loving and caring man, and also hardworking and well respected in the community. On one occasion, after coming back from his farm, he sat down at the chair in front of his house, dozed off and never returned again. At first, Chinwe and their two children thought their husband and father was just having a rest, little did they know that he was gone into eternity. It was at the point, she called her husband to have dinner that was when she knew that something was wrong. She called and called and never got a response; only for her to come and meet him lifeless. She started shouting and sh...

THE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF THE NEW MEDIA (INTERNET) IN THE NIGERIA EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM  BY JOSHUA NICHOLAS Despite all the interesting features of the New Media ( Internet) to our educational system, it has also contributed to its increasing decline in a number of ways. The purpose of this article is not to spell the new media as “bad”, but to suggest for little restrictions and control over the excessive use of the new media technologies especially amongst the Nigerian youths. One of the negative consequences of the new media is the increase in social vices. There were some practices that were not welcomed in the society, but the new media has socialize vices and made it very common in the society, that moral values are not regarded as children and youth learn so many immoral things online, get bullied and bully others. Some of these vices are internet fraudsters, hacking to people’s account, hacking to organization’s account, hacking to examination websites, sell things o...