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How do you control the infestation of rats and squirrels?

Good for them.

If it's truly deserved, then it's a good move.

Branding is a huge topic.

As graphic designers, we don't "create" branding for businesses.

A brand goes beyond design. It's intangible.

It encompasses brand identity (the visual part that's executed by graphic designers).

It is wrong to use branding and brand identity interchangeably.

Cloning of social media handles. Can it ever be curtailed?

What audacity!

We hope that the government of concerned states will offer helping hands.

But why?

Politics. Such a dirty game.

More.

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Life of a logo designer

HAICHCONCEPTZZ:
This one Dey learn how to write essay

No, I'm not learning to write essay. How about you read again?

MOHBAD, NAIRA MARLEY AND MARLIANS: MY VIEW

There are things that, ordinarily, some of us wouldn't see, hear or talk about. We are like two parallel lines.

But internet came, social media followed and this kind of messed things up a bit.

So today, we see things that we wouldn't have loved to see and we hear people talk about them.

A musician died recently and the whole of the nation went agog.
They said he was a good person. They said his boss cheated, maltreated and dehumanized him in his last days. They said his boss and his cohorts had something to do with his death. They said he must get justice.

Who's the boss in question? Naira Marley.

Who's Naira Marley?

Naira Marley is a Nigerian musician that "blew" (came to limelight) few years back.

He's known to be a chronic weed smoker and abuses all sorts of drugs. In fact, I'd say that this single trait was one of his marketing strategies as well. And the society welcomed him with open arms.

Eventually, he became an ambassador of drug abuse, he sang songs that promote drug abuse, drug pushing, fornication, internet scam and all sorts of vices.

He didn't stop there. He proceeded to creating his own tribe - Marlians.

He amassed followers, comprised majorly of youths.

His influence spread throughout Nigeria, the West, its headquarters, the South, East and even the North of all places were not left out.

Teenagers and able-bodied youths started abusing all sorts of drugs after getting inspired through his songs. Majority of the youths in my community got inspired by him and started smoking weed.

They started dressing like him. Marlians don't wear belts, remember? He even discouraged the youths from going to school. "Marlians no dey go school."

His influence produced miscreants and turned people's children to their worst nightmares.

He sold his ways to the youths so effortlessly that a secondary school graduating set in my community tagged themselves "Marlians" and customized their shirts to that effect.

All these happened while the society kept silent as if everything was fine.

People looked on, watching their children and siblings become Marlians.

Some parents even listen to his music alongside their children.

His influence was starting to pollute the society so badly and irredeemably.

His tribe never complained. Nobody condemned his actions. Everything was fine.

...until few days back when the musician died. Everyone suddenly became mad at him.

As if he used to be a medical doctor who had just transformed into an hired killer.

As if he had never committed any wrong before then.

As if he didn't make everyone know about his devilish ways in his music and social media presence.

Then they started unearthing all the evils he had committed.

They dug out before and after pictures of the boys that had moved close to him.

They said they'd become bones as a result of drug abuse.

As if they expected the boys to be fed with milk and honey while he'd isolate himself and take drugs alone.

Most annoyingly, however, is that they're blaming it all on him. Isn't this hypocrisy of the highest order?

His boys (the deceased especially) have suddenly become saints.

As if they were blindfolded when they chose Naira Marley.

As if they didn't know what they were getting into.

As if they didn't join hands with him to promote his tribe, Marlians, and its countless ills.

As if they didn't influence other people themselves (without any contribution from Naira Marley).

The "yeyebrities" as they're popularly called are calling for his head.

As if this was the first time they were hearing about him.

As if they didn't know everything about him before now.

As if they didn't hang out together and promote evils together.

The society didn't apportion any blame to itself. The society that'd keep mute when people are just starting to perpetrate evils, the point where it's easy to curtail.

The society that keeps mute when the musicians wouldn't stop singing songs that promote all sorts of evils.

Where were you all when he was just starting to make the fire?

Why are you all making noise now that the fire can no longer be quenched?

© AbduLlah

cry07z:
To upload pics first submit d content then modify n upload ur pics, works better this way

Hope to find this helpful, thanks.

spinna:
Good luck uploading pics on nairaland..a frustrating task

Been there. Will bear. Thanks, man.

Hi,

I'll be sharing my designs here.

You'll definitely love them.

Been a while here. I literally forgot to post the outcome of this sketch. Here you have it.

Nwodosis:
Sniper no follow?

DDT is Sniper's active ingredient. So, technically, Sniper is banned.

I studied Chemistry.

Today, I'm a farmer, graphic designer and more.

Mind you, I like the total switch.

SkillShare says her annual subscription plan is #13,200.

Google Playstore refuses to accept my naira master and visa cards.

Guys here said Chipper dollar card would work.

I had to pay 3k to get one.

Chipper's naira to dollar rate was exorbitant (956) for card funding.

Funded card anyway.

Proceeded to making payment of #13,200 and Chipper happily gave Play store 17.7 dollars on my behalf.

I'm still confused.

I feel like crying.

In progress

Send an email.

Recommend new Samsung smartphone for 80k budget.

betabread:
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Suwan, my highest yield right now is 2.5 bags per alakpin (1/2 plot).......

Standard in the corn belt is 7-8 bags, but im not ready to pay for the input interms of fertilizer and original hybrid, maintenance of planter......

I hope to push the 4-5bags mark with my current inputs unchanged......

Be that as it may difference in output interms of cob volume is similar

I wont advise u to plant this for grain output as its grain to cob volume is small plus it doesn’t fill its cobs well when population is very high

So the 2.5 bags you mentioned is when it's harvested fresh?

betabread:
I am about to select corn to plant this august break in a swampy location and would love to hear from experienced farmers on the hybrids they have planted and the location. I am targeting fresh market and would like to know how many bags(GADO size) they have gotten from an acre with planting practices they followed to achieve their result...................



lets rub minds

Which variety did you plant in the end and how was the yield?

betabread:
When you have not given a crop what it needs, one tends to believe that the magic is in the seed or variety...... The difference between a high yielding variety and local variety under good management is mostly x2, patapata x2.5 in yield, so y go through the headache..........

Understand the science and do magic with the regular opvs........instead of paying the premium on hybrids when the market is not ready to pay for such premiums

Thanks. I did ask for opv.

I have waited for an hour.
WhatsApp wants me to wait for another hour again.

I'm afraid this will give the hacker/scammer to use my account for fraud.

Help pls.

What should I do?
I am trying to retrieve it before it is used for scam.

WhatsApp is not helping me. See screenshot

DjRickyNG:
Talk to this farmerAkinloye.

All right, thanks.