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AMASA FIRDAUS: A MODEL FOR NIGERIAN YOUTHS University education and indeed at tertiary levels is targeted at developing minds. The one who had passed through that stage and undergone such process is expected to be creative, self dependent and above all, have self confidence and self discovery. He/she has been  adjudged and certified to have fair capacity to make decisions in the face of challenges and confrontations. Whether in law, engineering, medicine, accounting or education, the academic and research outputs that he/she had delivered are assumed to be adequate enough for the good assessment of the state of his/her memory and depth of his/her thought. He/she is expected to be logical and decisive, not to be naive and ridiculous. However, this seems to be lost in Nigeria. A number of Nigerian youths with their loads of degrees are cheap and self-lost. They cannot simply think out of box. They follow what is in vogue and not what is absolutely a reality and logic. It is eit...

                            THE TRUE RELIGION IN NIGERIA In the most preponderant estimation, there are about 4200 religions in the world. I doubt if this count includes the faith and creed of 80% of Nigerians. Out of all, Islam and Christianity have registered their domination. However, the question of which of these is the most prominent and dominant in Nigeria has been a subject of an unending debate. Meanwhile, the hard truth is that the majority of Nigerian population belongs to neither of both religions.  Only few Nigerians practice in truth ideal Islam or Christianity. In the most obvious terms, an average Nigerian may be a doctrinal zealot, a prayer warrior or evangelization enthusiast. He may pledge fanatical defence of his faith at the last drop of his blood. Phew! He has no genuine spirit of a Muslim or Christian. Whoever thinks of four out of five Nigerians, that all their strive in the church or ...