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The Lagos State Government is to set up a rice factory equipped for handling 20 metric huge amounts of rice every hour in Kebbi.

Gov Akinwumi Ambode, made the revelation in Birnin Kebbi on Saturday while tending to newsmen toward the end of his one day official visit to the state.

He said this was as a component of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) marked between the state and Kebbi State Government.

The representative, who was went with on the visit by Mexican financial specialists, said the factory would be finished inside six months.

He said the MoU was to reinforce the drive to end the importation of rice and guarantee nourishment security.

Ambode said the coordinated effort would likewise empower the two states give livelihood to their abounding populace and enhance income era.

He said the MoU included coordinated effort on creating domesticated animals, fish, sorghum and groundnut.

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Are you toying with the idea of transitioning from being an employee to becoming an entrepreneur? Do you want to take the risk and be your own boss? Are you tired of helping other people grow their own businesses, and you want to become and entrepreneur yourself? I know the feeling. But before you rush out and make the switch, read on.

A friend of mine struck out and tried to start a business of his own a couple years ago. He was not prepared for the harshness that greeted him when he stepped out and decided to become an entrepreneur. He flopped spectacularly and lost almost all of his savings too.

This is the story of so many other people who have tried to do the same.

Trying to start a business has destroyed many people in the past, but this is not to say that it is unadvisable to start your own business. Most startup failures occur because the person did not adequately prepare for the ‘becoming an entrepreneur’ scene.
Preparing to transition from being an employee to becoming an entrepreneur takes more than just having a good idea that you think will sell. It requires massive forethought, mindset shift and putting the things you need in place. If you want to be successful in starting a business, there is a lot you need to do starting from when you are still an employee.

The transition from employee to entrepreneurship will be kind to you if you follow these steps below:

Adjust yourself mentally
One of the things people are least prepared for is the huge change they experience when transitioning from employee to becoming an entrepreneur or a business owner. Once you become an entrepreneur, the feeling of security you had as an employee disappears.

This is because you suddenly find yourself in charge of everything and solely responsible for the success or failure of the business. This can strike fear into many people and is the major reason why many startups fail.
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You have to start to prepare for this massive change while you are still on someone else’s books.
Prepare to NOT have a fixed work timetable as you will need to be working round the clock – sometimes more mentally than physically.

Prepare to love numbers – so you can always keep track of your sales, costs, profits and loss.

And be prepared to make being uncomfortable your new comfort zone as you will constantly be taking risks.

In short, come to terms with working on a business and not in it.

2. Determine what you’d like to do
The next step would be to determine the industry you will like to plunge into. And as you determine that, specify the niche you want to go into. While making this decision, make sure that you are considering the skill set you already possess. Also make sure it is something that you love doing – or as close to it as possible.

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For instance, when I finally took that decision to quit the 9-5 life and become an entrepreneur, I decided to go into the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) line. And when I decided to start my first online business, I chose to go into the business development consultancy and personal development line. And I went further to delve into the startup niche.

First of all, I had some experience in the art of running and building successful startups. I am a skilled writer and speaker, and I love writing and coaching. So, MSC was born.

If you do not love what you are doing, you will be miserable even if you are seeing profit. This is very important, since being miserable is most likely the reason that you want to transition from being an employee to become an entrepreneur.

Next is to decide exactly what product or service you will like to deliver in your business. If you did not necessarily hate what you are doing in your current job, you can offer the same service when you kick-start your own business. Otherwise, think of something else, maybe even come up with a unique product or service.

3. Find out if your idea will sell
Your product or service idea may fill you with joy but this is no guarantee that the idea will fly in the market. You first have to find out if it addresses a problem that people need a solution to.

Talk to people who are ideal potential customers to find out their wants and needs and how your product or service will help meet these needs. Doing this at this stage will ensure that you will create something that they will be willing to buy.

While at it, you should also ask them how much they would be willing to pay for your product or service. This will help you decide if you have a viable business opportunity on your hands.

4. Draw up a business plan


The next logical step is to come up with a business plan for your intended business. Starting your own business without a plan is akin to groping around in a dark room. You will bump into tables and chairs and hurt yourself in the process.

A business plan serves as a guide to every subsequent decision you will make in your business. It is your action plan as it details how you want your business to function. This is the point where you get to choose your business name, define your vision and objectives, specify who your target market is, draw up a failure-proof marketing strategy, define what your products and service will be, etc.

You do not need to draw up some bulky 40-page document or to make it super formal. It just needs to cover all the essentials that your business needs to kick off such as business structure, operating costs, delivery systems and expansion plans.

5. Save up


It is more difficult for startups to get funding from venture capitalists or loan from banks than it is for already established businesses. The best and safest route for you to take is stacking up your own capital. And please don’t even begin to think of taking a short term business loan. At least, not unless it is your last option.

It will be a dumb move to quit your job while you still desperately need the financial security coming from it.

DO NOT quit your job until you absolutely have to. Stay on the company books as long as is necessary so that you can build up capital to run your business until it attains stability.

6. Fine tune your product or service

Until you are ready to transition fully from being an employee to becoming an entrepreneur, your product or service is a rough draft.

Test your product or service while still working your day job. This way you are under no financial risk as you test your ideas, garner your first customers and check if your business will stand the test of time.

Your customer feedback at this point will help you determine what part of your ideas to shed and what parts to improve on. You might need to do this severally until you have a final product or service that will adequately satisfies the need.

7. Assemble a team if you think you need one


Now that you know that there is a willing market out there for your business idea, you need to start thinking seriously about your startup’s future. Depending on the size and financial strength of your business and your personal experience, you may need to hire people to help with marketing, finance, manufacturing and customer service.

Remember, at this point it would not be much of a financial burden since you are still working your day job.

8. Secure external financing if necessary


Are your business aspirations larger than your businesses’ current financial strength can handle?

Now would be the time to seek for investors and raise capital for your business.

But I should note here that seeking help from venture capitalists or other outside source must be done only if it is absolutely necessary. If you do not absolutely need it, DO NOT ask for it.

On a brighter note, your startup has built up some traction and so stands a better chance of obtaining funding. This is because the investors will see their contribution as more of an investment in an already working business than a loan.

9. Scale up your business accordingly

Finally! Your time is yours and yours alone.

You have become an entrepreneur – and you are on your way to becoming a successful one!

Do not mistake this to mean that you can rest, because this is where the real work starts. Now is the time to work all the plans you have for the business and to focus on scaling it up. Of course, your plans should be flexible such that they can adapt to changing market conditions.

10. Quit your job


Your business is in a really good place right now. You can finally heave a sigh of relief and do that thing you have been planning to do since the idea of starting a business

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday, May 19, told a Federal High Court in Lagos to dismiss a suit filed against it by a cousin of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Robert Azibaola.

Azibaola had been accused by the EFCC of collecting $40million from the former national security adviser, Sambo Dasuki. He was subsequently arrested and detained by the anti-graft.

The anti-graft agency on Tuesday, May 3, said that Roberts received the money from Dasuki in September 2014, for the supply of“tactical communication kits.”

This comes contrary to Azibaola’s claim in his suit that the EFCC is detaining him for the purpose of forcing him to implicate the former president Jonathan.

EFCC told a Federal High Court in Lagos to dismiss a suit filed against it by a cousin of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Robert Azibaola,

However, in a counter-affidavit deposed to by one of EFCC investigators, Mohammed Hassan, the anti-graft agency urged Justice Mojisola Olatoregun-Ishola of the Federal High Court in Lagos to dismiss a suit filed against it by Robert Azibaola.

The EFCC maintained that Azibaola’s detention was for the purpose of investigating an alleged fraud of $40m against him. According to the commission, letting Azibaola go would undermine its ongoing investigations.

The EFCC also claimed to have given Azibaola an administrative bail, saying he was the one who had failed to meet the conditions.

While urging the court to refuse Azibaola’s prayers, Hassan claimed that he filed the suit to frustrate investigations against him so that he could evade prosecution.

“An application for the enforcement of fundamental rights does not serve as a defence or shield from criminal investigation,”Hassan said, adding that the EFCC had perfected plans to charge Azibaola to court based on its findings.

“This suit is frivolous, time-wasting, an abuse of court processes and should be dismissed with cost,” Hassan said.

Our source recalls that Azibaola had filed a suit against the EFCC through his lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa last month.

He alleged that the EFCC had been detaining him unlawfully since March 23 when he voluntarily honoured an invitation by the anti-graft agency.

He claimed that he is being persecuted based on his blood relation with ex-President Jonathan, claiming that the EFFC continued to detain him so that he would implicate Jonathan.

Azibaola Robert is a prominent entrepreneur from the Niger Delta with large businesses in the construction and engineering sectors.

1. Set educational goals.
Students who'll be successful are motivated by what their goals represent in terms of career aspirations and life's desires. Ask yourself these questions: What am I doing here? Is there some better place I could be? What does my presence here mean to me?Answers to these questions represent your "Hot Buttons" and are, without a doubt, the most important factors in your success as a college student. If your educational goals are truly yours, not someone else's, they will motivate a vital and positive academic attitude. If you are familiar with what these hot buttons represent and refer to them often, especially when you tire of being a student, nothing can stop you; if you aren't and don't, everything can, and will!

2. Work hard. At the end of the day, hard work pays off. You made it into University, which suggests you have the fundamental skill set required for higher education, but don’t forget to keep your eye on the ball and buckle down and get the work done! It’s easy to get swayed by social life. These things are important, but success largely rests with a student’s ability to develop and maintain a strong work ethic. Make lists, prioritize, and focus on getting the “job” of being a student done well.

3. Be a good time manager.
Always remember that time control is life control and consciously choose to be in control of your life. An elemental truth: you will either control time or be controlled by it! It's your choice: you can lead or be led, establish control or relinquish control, steer your own course or follow others. Failure to take control of their own time is probably the no. 1 study skills problem for college students. It ultimately causes many students to become non-students! Procrastinators are good excuse-makers. Don't make academics harder on yourself than it has to be. Stop procrastinating. And don't wait until tomorrow to do it!

4. Go to lectures: Lectures are there for a reason, they provide you with value-added content. It’s true that some of the content may be available on-line, or with a text-book, but in most cases, lectures will help to draw connections between different content, and/or provide a valuable context to the material that might be in the textbook or on-line.
Also make sure you go to lecture room early, being late to lectures does you no favours.

5. Ask questions.
Ask questions to provide the quickest route between ignorance and knowledge. In addition to securing knowledge you seek. There are no foolish questions, only foolish silence. It's your choice.

6. Take good notes.
Take notes that are understandable and organized, and review them often. Why put something into your notes you don't understand? Ask the questions now that are necessary to make your notes meaningful at some later time. A short review of your notes while the material is still fresh on your mind helps you learn more. The more you learn then, the less you'll have to learn later and the less time it will take because you won't have to include some deciphering time, also. The whole purpose of taking notes is to use them, and use them often. The more you use them, the more they improve.

7. Talk about what you're learning.
Get to know something well enough that you can put it into words. Talking about something, with friends or classmates, is not only good for checking whether or not you know something, its a proven learning tool. Transferring ideas into words provides the most direct path for moving knowledge from short-term to long-term memory. You really don't "know" material until you can put it into words. So, next time you study, don't do it silently. Talk about notes, problems, readings, etc. with friends, organize an oral study group, pretend you're teaching your peers. "Talk-learning" produces a whole host of memory traces that result in more learning.

8. Don't cram for exams.
Divided periods of study are more effective than cram sessions, and you need to practice it. You'll learn more, remember more, and earn a higher grade. Short, concentrated preparatory efforts are more efficient and rewarding than wasteful, inattentive, last moment marathons. Yet, so many students fail to learn this lesson and end up repeating it over and over again until it becomes a wasteful habit. Not too clever, huh?

9. Be persistent
Sometimes the going gets tough. Maybe you put down the right answers but you still get lower grades. Remember "Only those who endure it till the end will be crowned" . Do not retire but refire!

10. PUT GOD FIRST!

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Two suicide bombers killed at least 19 people and injured 50 others in a market in Meme, northern Cameroon, on Friday, military sources told Reuters.

However, while AFP is reporting the identity of suicide bombers to be male, Reuters claims they were female bombers.

It was gathered that the two suicide bombers walked into the market and blew themselves up.

According to one of the officials based in northern Cameroon said, the number of dead and injured is subject to change.

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Two suicide bombers killed at least 19 people and injured 50 others in a market in Meme, northern Cameroon

However, there has so far been no official claim of responsibility for the attack, but officials pointed the finger at Nigeria-based Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram.

Boko Haram began targeting Cameroonian territory in 2013, with more than 1,200 people killed in attacks, according to the Cameroon government and military sources.

The Nigerian-based jihadist group has killed at least 17,000 people and left more than 2.6 million others homeless since their six-year campaign began.

This perhaps is why the U.S. military now calls it the most lethal violent extremist group in the world.