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When it comes to business opportunities in Abuja the possibilities are endless. Especially in Nigeria where the bar of entry for most entrepreneurial endeavors is relatively low. In Abuja, you'll find many types of businesses that are begging for competition. Abuja is the nation’s administrative capital, so it is not surprising that you’ll likely find businesses that cater mostly to the instant needs of government and citizens who reside in the city rather than industrial or manufacturing businesses. Below are some businesses that are considered quite lucrative.

Real Estate

Land is expensive in Abuja. That means you are at the receiving end of outrageous rents if you are a tenant. Land or property owners make a lot of money from the sale of their houses, shops and undeveloped land. Experts indicate that prices for properties in Abuja is not going to drop anytime soon, so acquire whatever real estate you can today because tomorrow you might not be able to do so.

Auto dealership

You’ll notice that Abuja residents have the highest disposable income in the country. We can tell this due to the frequency of flashy cars we see on the street. There are more flashy cars in Abuja than you’ll find in any other part of Nigeria that can only mean one thing – Abuja auto-dealers are smiling to the bank.

Construction

Abuja's skyline is constantly changing and evolving. New buildings from residential to corporate buildings are springing up everyday making the construction industry a key sector to invest in. This is due in part to the numerous construction works that ensure the Abuja Master plan is followed to the letter. Government is always building infrastructure, awarding contracts and spending money on projects all naturally require construction of some sort.

Merchandise

Retail commerce is the easiest type of business to start and the easiest to sell. On every street corner you'll find outlets selling tangible goods from food, electronics to clothing and accessories. The many malls and plazas in Abuja support the flourishing retail sector by providing business owners with the choice locations to market their goods.

Corporate Services

Have you noticed that there are many events that take place in Abuja on a daily or even weekly basis? Official functions, receptions, seminars etc. This means people who rent out event space like halls, gardens or parks in Abuja can make a lot of money from renting out these spaces.

Hotels and guest houses

There are many hotels and guest houses in Abuja which exist for a very good reason. In the early 1990s accommodation for visitors coming to Abuja was very scarce. You had to choose between the Transcorp Hilton hotel or the Abuja Sheraton Hotel. If you couldn't afford these two then you would be relegated to staying with a friend. Today, Abuja offers more accommodation options ranging from the Boutique hotel, guest houses to cheap hotel-motels. People travel from all over the world to come and transact business with the Federal government and must stay somewhere for their short stay.

Restaurants and Bars

Abuja’s hospitality industry is booming even to the extent that restaurants and bars are too numerous to mention. You'll find many popular restaurants in upscale neighborhoods and districts in Abuja. For instance, Wuse 2 – the unofficial capital for restaurants and bars in Abuja – has so many nice places to eat out and chill with friends. Restaurants are a core part of Abuja's leisure culture and it is a flourishing sector to invest in.

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The morale of this Photo Story - I'm responsible for what I say, you're responsible for what you hear!

The OP needs help, you took time to note when and for how long these folks operated on Nairaland? Go and get a descent job or come let me employ you to wipe my table it's a bit dusty!

This just came in from Reuters! Prof. Kaneme Okonjo has been released by her kidnappers after 5 days in captivity according to a family member!

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This week we made 3 sales through twitter! Here's how we achieved our results.

1. Promotional tweets

We made a tweet early last week about our services on tweeter and got 2 favorites and 1 retweet from some of our followers who later emailed/DM us for more details.

2. Enquiry

The enquiry we received from 3 of our followers led us to engage them before sending them emails.

3. Engagement

We then engaged our clients on twitter in productive conversations, requesting their emails!

4. Follow up

We sent them a detailed break down of our services and products and how they can fit with their budget and promote their businesses.

5. Sale

Shortly after this we received orders for one particular service which our clients paid for in full less than 72 hours after receiving our emails.

This is just one way to make sales on twitter!

Stu.Pid boy! I should say sorry but in his case I'll only thank God he survived but he deserves his punishment!

Catch_fire: Please where did this happen? Source please...

i find this story hard to believe

How can they fight in public like that?

It happened life in Gwarinpa and I witnessed it my self. The story is true even if you don't believe the OP at least believe me who saw this!

I think Asiwaju Company of Nigeria (ACN) is a little more reliable than Please Don't Perform (PDP)

I read the whole epistle but for those of you who didn't serves you all right I won't tell you what I read, so go back and read it again if you want to find out more!

Mynd_44: Na so

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Mynd_44: You don't actually search for love, it finds you. You just wake up one day and realise that you want a certain person so much that he/she feels like gravity. No matter what you do and no matter where you go, you are pulled in her direction

Yeah, thanks man I've actually thought the same way too. I was only hoping to hear of other experiences or ways one could find it.

shiftbutton: Out of curriosity, why don't they also invest in humanities like building HOSPITALS like the missionaries did in those days?

Even simple clinics around the neighborhood can mean a lot for a lot of people.

That is not a profitable thing to do! More expenses lesser income = loss!

luvmijeje: Op if u can answer d following question truthfully u may or mayn't find ur true luv?
1.Are u some1 dat see women as nothing but sex object?
2.Are u some1 dat believe if he has money he can get any girl?
3.Are u some1 dat believe if he doesn't see a girl's pant he wont give his all?
4.Are u some1 who believe if a girl doesn't have figure 8,he wont bother asking her out?
5.Finally are u responsible,faithful,Godly,respectful and discipline?

Actually I'm nice to a fault! I'm more interested in a lady's wit, attitude and character than her appearance although appearance is also important. I can't stand girls that act like money is more important than other people's welfare so once I notice a girl is materialistic or covetous I just pull away! I respect women who respect themselves, those who lack dignity and character lose my respect and trust.

binger: No one is looking for a fight bro? Seems u need a lot of time to reason and comprehend a reply or u stop thinking backward...True love u say?,you can find it anywhere as long as u keep ur rigid mind open to love.Peace!

Why didn't you start your initial reply with this instead? What did it cost you to say something constructive?

Vince77: First of all u hv to b ready to gv out true love so dat u can hv it frm som1 else. Keep ur mind strait abt wat u really want.Be strong. Dnt rush into a girl cos u THINK she is a good girl.try n make frnds wit grls first den frm there u can kw abt her. Dnt jst fall for a grl so much like dat b4 u get to kw. Her real self.it cld lead to heartbreak. Friendshp shld be d base of every relationshp.I mean REAL FRIENDSHIP nt jst kwin a little abt someone. There is an extent u wil b frnds wit a girl, u dnt need to woo her directly anymr. Wish I cld explain beta bt I jst hp u understnd a little of wat I mean.
Hey, I neva said it wld be easy bt u hv to go an extra mile if u want somtin authentic.
Remember to pray always.

Thanks man, I appreciate your sensible comment and it's really helpful!

binger: You came here lamenting a month ago that ur g.f of 4 yrs dumped u.you also said u aint dating in the near future so as to heal and face ur work...why did u change ur mind already,sounding desperate like a lady??

Running your mouth like a hungry cry baby man, relax! Looking to pick a fight this morning bro? Either say something constructive or hold your peace! Let me worry about my life (Career, love life etc) while you worry about yours Okay?

#Change my mind like I ever hinted that#

Stripper club is definitely a place not to go in search of true love! OVER RULED!!!!

@2goodbobo

I agree there is no particular place to find true love but just want to get a few ideas on how you found yours! Insights is what am after not necessarily suggestions!

Hey Nairalanders, those of you who have been lucky to find true love, help a brother out pls. I'm in search of true love, the one I thought I had has gone! How did you find true love if you've found it already. If you're like me, pls shut up and say nothing!

Where can I find true love?

Mine would be;

Yekini and Kanu in Attack

Mid-field

Amunike left wing
Finidi George Right Wing
Okocha (Central Mid field)
Oliseh (Defensive mid field)

Defence

Left wing (Babayaro)
Right wing (Yobo)
Central (Uche Okechukwu and Taribo west)

Eyeama would be a better choice for goal keeper to Rufai

Watch out for abujafood.com in 2014!

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In the thick of the job hunt, one would expect that unemployed job seekers on their last twenty Naira note would be spared the agony of exploitation but that it seems is a far fetched fantasy in Nigeria. The exact opposite is the reality on ground and recruitment job scams are becoming common place in Nigeria, especially here in Abuja.

Nigerian scams are no longer limited to 'Romance' and 'Get-Rich-Quick' schemes. Scams have now found their way into the vulnerable job market full of desperate job seekers and more worrying the Civil service, the emblem of secure employment, is not spared. As one civil servant remarked, "these days the Nigerian Civil Service is becoming a cult where a few powerful individuals decide who gets what job, quite unlike what we had in the military era where although there was corruption, the situation is even worse under a democratic dispensation."

Below we take a look at some Notable Abuja Job Scams you should be wary of;

Pay to get a Job Scam

One of the variations of the Abuja Job scam is the requirement of job seekers to pay cash to secure a job. It is a variation of Advance Fee fraud which is punishable under the laws of the nigerian constitution. Some weeks ago, the Senate was asked to investigate an allegation that jobs are being sold to the highest bidder in the civil service. This investigation request came on the heels of the arrest of a Personal Aide to the DG of a well known security agency by operatives of the EFCC.

The Personal Aide was caught with stamped and signed appointment letters in a Hotel room allegedly to distribute to their owners – people who had paid N300’000 each for placement into the agency. Surprised? You shouldn't be as this practice is rampant in many Ministries in the FCT. Cases have been widely reported where people pay as much as N700’000 to secure lucrative civil service jobs here in Abuja.

Fake Recruitment Agencies

There's no better way to describe the proliferation of Recruitment Agencies that have popped up overnight in Abuja than in the following phrase, “Those who make the most money in a gold rush are those who sell tools to miners”. The "gold rush" is the high unemployment rate and the competitiveness and desperation of job seekers. There is no doubt that it is increasingly becoming harder for unemployed people to secure well paying jobs. Those "selling the tools" are the recruitment agencies. However within these recruitment agencies there are many fake agencies that post vacancies for none existent jobs.

Some of these fake agencies operate from gardens and parks and post photocopy notices about various job positions in strategic locations such as bus stops, on trees and walls along busy pedestrian walkways so that their target, the teeming desperate mass of unemployed people will catch the bait. Fake agencies can be identified by how easily it is to be invited over for an interview after which you’re congratulated swiftly, usually by SMS for scaling the interview process. Next they invite you to come and pay for registration and processing and an offer letter. Your offer letter will just simply be an invitation to attend a job interview somewhere from a vacancy they saw in the newspaper or on job websites. What they’ve done is to simply collect your details and apply for a job on your behalf and you’ve paid them for doing that.

Online Job Scams

In the digital era, job scams have evolved online. Online job scams are carried out by a scammer pretending to be agents of reputable oil and gas, banking or telecoms companies. They know that these jobs are highly sought after by unemployed people so they post vacancies and set requirements for employment some of which include paying for registration and training. They often times do not represent anybody and there are no jobs on offer, just their 'Ghost' training programs.

Fake Contract Job Scams

These scams are usually directed at NYSC Corps members that have just completed their program and gained their certificate. Imagine you’ve just finished the mandatory 12 month service and you’ve started applying for jobs. Out of the blue you receive a phone call claiming that you’ve been offered a job at a multi national oil company. The scammer knows your name, what you studied, where you studied and even has details of your previous work experience.

How on earth did he obtain such information? Scammers can get this information from your NYSC year book, every batch has one and all your details are contained in the year book. Job Scammer can also do a little investigation on Facebook to track down your details. They sound so confident when they speak to you that you actually might begin to doubt your own self. Many job seekers have fallen for this scam because they sound professional and credible.

Another variation of this is the contract to supply scam where the scammer pretends he or she has products to supply and needs you to stand in as is agent to deliver the products. Where all this is leading to is for you to part with money to pay for the goods and when you do, you can kiss your money goodbye...forever!

Watch out for these scams. To be forewarned is to be forearmed, don’t let scammers make your bad situation any worse. Here are some rules to help you learn how to deal with Job Scammers;

#Rule 1

As a rule, never pay for a job you’re not sure of getting except if it’s a Government establishment that requires you to pay for formal registration. Even here you have to be careful not to pay money to corrupt civil servants who promise you jobs from within.

#Rule 2

Always take great pains to locate the physical address of any employment agency. If they don’t have a physical office address or are operating from a temporary accommodation, just move on and forget about them.

#Rule 3

Always ask questions till you’re satisfied and cleared of all doubts. Scammers hate answering questions that might expose them, any hostility towards you for enquiring about them should be seen as a red flag.

#Rule 4

Always get second and third opinions about suspicious job offers. If you’re still in doubt, then forget about the offer altogether.

http://www.abujafood.com/news-digest/bite/1043-the-world-of-abuja-job-scams.html

Is it only pillows! What about buying expired gala or lacasera or buying books with many blank pages in between in Lagos Traffic! You have to SHINE your EYES whenever you buy anything in traffic! Lagos na real Wa!

Hey man, I can't even say I guess proving how much you love your special one is to yourself only but expressing it here on an anonymous forum like this might offer others a chance to learn something!

k2039: No one commented because your post was boring.

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Ok sweet dreams. Make sure you don't dream about this topic while asleep else you might fall asleep again even while you're dreaming!

Following the high profile kidnapping of the mother of Nigeria’s Finance Minister Dr (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo Iweala’s Mother - Professor Kanenne Okonjo – the Nation’s attention has once again been brought to another ugly trend plaguing the Nigerian Society – kidnapping.

According to a recent report by Campaign for Democracy Kidnapping is now a highly lucrative business with over N750 million reportedly paid out monthly as ransoms by families of kidnapped folks to criminals.

Another report recently had it that 25% of global cases of kidnapping happens in Nigeria making our country the ‘Global Capital of Kidnapping’ another ugly tag added to a bad reputation – Nigeria is also known as 419 capital and one of the leading countries for drug trafficking. These records apart from being a dent on our national image also implies that in addition to the Boko Haram insurgency and oil theft going that Nigeria may rightly be described as a country not safe enough to conduct legitimate business.

Initially Kidnapping in Nigeria started gaining ground during the days of Niger Delta militancy particularly around 2005 when various armed gangs started kidnapping expatriate workers working for various multinational oil companies and demanding ransoms or other conditions before the hostages could be released. This trend continued until 2008 when the amnesty deal with the militants began taking form and many of them surrendered their arms and themselves for re-integration into the Nigerian society. But the lure to make easy money has seen many criminal elements cashing in on security lapses to almost effortlessly make money.

Kidnapping has proven to be even more lucrative and less risky than armed robbery that many people including armed robbers have now taken to it making it a booming trade. Despite appeals from security agencies for people not to pay ransoms however in most cases people pay ransoms because they lack confidence in the police to protect their kidnapped loved ones plus not wanting to take chances with their lives.

Delta State in particular where this kidnapping took place holds a national record for the highest number of kidnappings with traditional rulers, commissioners, actors and relatives of politicians not spared from the kidnapping spree. Even worse is how a number of policemen have been implicated and arrested for either participating or supporting kidnapping. It’s really a sad situation.

Already a few states are taking pro-active steps to stop kidnapping. Anambra and Abia States have already introduced a policy of seizing and revoking ownership of homes used by kidnappers. This has led to a noticeable drop in kidnapping in both states but more still needs to be done unfortunately it needs the support of the public for it to work. Families should refuse to pay ransoms since the kidnappers seem encouraged to continue when they’re paid a ransom.


http://www.abujafood.com/news-digest/abuja-opinions/1051-our-2-kobos-kidnapping-a-worrisome-trend-in-nigeria.html

The Abuja Food Contest 2012: The Runners Up

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The first stage of the Abuja Food photo contest has finally come to an end. The Abuja Food Photo contest 2012 ran from the 10th to the 28th of November during which we received a number of fantastic photos from Abuja Foodies ranging from traditional African dishes, desserts, to the left overs you had for lunch.

The Food Photo contest was inspired by the yearly International day celebrating food photography and was run in collaboration with NJClicks a Professional Photography outfit based here in Abuja. We have to admit it was not easy choosing these five runners-up with all the great entries we received, hence the decision to extend the competition to a Second competitive stage. Abujafood.com and NJClicks would like to thank all those who participated in the contest and it was a joy gazing and salivating over your photo entries.

Below we proudly present the running photos for the final stage of the Food Photo Contest. The key was to enable us to taste and feel the essence of your food through your photo and we certainly did with these outstanding photos. The four runners up have all won a 5 hour professional photography training package with Nick Cavanaugh of NJClicks.

The overall Winner of the Abuja Food Photo contest will be crowned "Food Photo Master" and emerge after the the training package has been completed in which contestants will compete with each other to take the best photos while being mentored by our Food photo Guru, Nick Cavanuagh of NJClicks. The Overall Winner will win a top of the range Pentax DSLR which has a 12mp Sensor and two lenses courtesy of NJClicks. We hope you will join us again in our next food photo contest! The winner might be you next time!

Crudites

By Gina Jemila Umoru

"Great use of natural light, symmetry and colour- the picture looks like it was taken using ambient light. Excellent entry" - Nick Cavanaugh

Rice with Carrot Slices

By Chinwe Okolo

"This entry heeded the tip to get up close and personal. I liked the placement of the carrots in the top right of the image." - Nick Cavanaugh

Pam Cakes or Poppadums

By Uba Osinachi

"This is a difficult shot to get right- it's important we see that there is a stack but we also want to see the topping. This picture might have had more impact by moving a tiny fraction further away from the food. Great job though." - Nick Cavanaugh

Watermelon & Fruits

By Nikky

"This image would have had a very good chance of winning outright- but whilst the colour and textures are inviting the image is slightly out of focus. Controlling the focus is probably the most important part of taking a digital image these days. Most other errors can be fixed in photoshop, but if it's out of focus there's nothing you can do." - Nick Cavanaugh

*A quick tip* - take 3 or 4 images of the same things- the chances are that small focus errors won't apply to all images.


Sliced Chicken

By Safiyah Shehu

"The sliced meat with mash potato looked really inviting- that's the key of food photography. You want people to lick their lips. I suspect that this was taken on a mobile phone so the photographer would have struggled to control the automatic flash that looks to have fired. It would have been better with a slower shutter speed and using the available light." - Nick Cavanaugh

Look out for the article reporting on the winner of the Food Photo Contest 2012, coming soon! Be sure to join us next year for another exciting Abuja Food Photo Contest in 2013! Read more about the Abuja Food Photo contest here. Learn more about Nick Cavanaugh of NJClicks here.



http://www.abujafood.com/food-matters/dining-matters/1048-the-abuja-food-contest-2012-the-runners-up.html

No comment yet? I guess no one is interested in proving anything!

@Vikin

variety is the spice of life!

Dino Melaye is only an anti corruption activist when he's not part of the 'chopping' party. His records in the house of reps speak for themselves!

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Below are our menu picks of the week;

White Rice + Fish Pepper soup

White Rice with Fish Pepper soup as an accompanying sauce is a rather unique meal but also delicious. A plate of this meal which is served be on special orders goes for N1,500 at select restaurants in Abuja including Eetsumore.

Passion Smoothie: N750

Passion smoothies are very tasty and medicinal as well. A 16oz cup goes for N750 at Smoothies Parlor in Wuse 2

Sausage Rolls: N200

A classic Nigerian snack is sausage rolls, order some to complete this week’s menu. You can get well made sausage rolls at some Abuja eateries from N200.

[Photo culled from Verastic.com]

http://www.abujafood.com/food-matters/the-menu/1046-the-menu-white-rice-with-fish-pepper-soup.html

The Kidnappers are sounding like Politicians! First they want her to resign, next they want her to pay from the recovered subsidy funds? How sure are we that these are not agents of the subsidy thieves?

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