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adedayourt:
Congratulations to them

Still I think citn sudnt av been, just like institute of forensic accountants are fighting for independent recognition from ICAN.

They all sud b under one body of ICAN.
Now the professional is just being proliferated

Not necessarily I think.

You see all these Professional bodies are founded/led by individuals like you and me and believe it or not the ideals/whims of their leadership (good or bad) rubs off on the Institution.

EVERY professional institution is an idea of someone somewhere and they usually have their agenda(which usually starts out good) but often soon turns selfish and overbearing.

There's an innate tendency among most humans to act in an overbearing manner when they wield Monopolistic authority.

If only one professional institution exists in a field you shouldn't expect much growth and innovation and moreso they could very easily bill their membership recklessly and with little accountabilty.

Competition is good as it allows the private sector (those whom these Institutions profess to serve) to pick the winners.

SarkinYarki:
I pity anybody still eating beans in Nigeria, this is wear 90 percent of the kidney failures in Nigeria come from ... this is a proof of the 65 average IQ in this country

Isn't this IQ theory mostly junk science?
Carol Dweck mindset theory actually exposes the limitations of 'IQ' concept.

[quote author= post=72666875]We see Dangote doing this always, same thing as Oprah, Bill Gates and some other billionaires, what is the richest woman in Africa doing concerning philanthropy?
We beg to understand from anyone![/quote]Here,
A few that are in the public domain:

https://theeagleonline.com.ng/why-we-donated-n1b-law-faculty-building-to-oyo-varsity-alakijas/

https://m.guardian.ng/news/foundation-donates-building-to-yaba-college-to-boosts-learning/
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/10/aregbesola-commissions-university-road-alakija-donates-n250m-project-completion/

tstx:
. The drawings are extremely good oga.. But there's really nothing hyper realistic about them... When you see a hyper realistic drawing what comes to your mind first is "Na lie jae, this na picture wey dem snap".... With that in mind do u still think the drawings are hyperrealistic?

I get you.

I've seen better myself —But
You already know that this is a drawing before entering the thread so that element of Surprise is removed and your expectation is heightened.

tstx:
You are very good.... But there's nothing hyper realistic about this.

Also i hv to mention..... The kind of country we live in gan... Why do we value rubbish over substance.?? .. See as e take mods almost 2 years to push this post go FP...

Oga "There's nothing hyper-realistic"? Boy, tell me you are joking!

Maybe the picture quality isn't doing enough justice here.
There may be more realistic drawings you've seen. But to say "there's nothing" in this one is, well...
I'll just say critic measuredly.

Very Relaxed Self Assessment. Where are the Tax authorities when you need them?

slowbreeze:
PS: Tony Ndubuisi Ezenna is an Igbo man from Imo State as well...So ur left with ur other original "NigerDeltans'...Hehehehe...

Ah! My bad, However Seplat's Austin Avuru replaces him then.

AmuDimpka:
Arthur Eze , Orjiako are Igbo...Ovia is Ika Igbo and doesn't own oil well Lulu Briggs doesn't at all ...Only Dan etete and he isn't alive

So all the Niger Delta only Dan that it's dead seems like

It's alright

I thought no one 'owns' any oil assets apparently they are all long term Licensees (OMLs/OPLs). I am not an oil industry expert but an easy check should reveal that these guys have been listed as promoters of OPLs/OMLs even though they have interests in other industries.

Mr Dan Etete is very much alive oh!

Funny enough Lulu Briggs' picture greets you first when you access the Monipulo company website.
A generous man, I might add.
cheers.

airsaylongcon:
I must acknowledge your candour and politeness!!! Something that is scarce to find here. I was expecting a 'combat' of how Abia or Imo is Niger Delta when clearly they aren't just like Edo or Cross River aren't Niger Delta either.

I think Hayford Alile is Itsekiri so u can remove the plus (+) in front of his name. Lol

He (Apostle Alile ) passed on recently hence the cross.

Thanks for the compliment.

airsaylongcon:
These ones too na Niger Deltans?

I was wrong. you're right. Nonetheless I replace those with:
Tony Ezenna.
Hayford Alile (+) and

Uduimo Itsueli.

Thanks.

AmuDimpka:
When would i see a NIGER DELTA oil magnate or oil dealer or even exploration firm?

Do they lack the mental capacity to go into energy industry

There are!
Tonye Cole.
Lulu Briggs, Dan etete, and Arthur eze, Jim Ovia, ABC Orjiako and Emeka Offor are some Examples.

The Niger Deltans are not heavily represented generally in Industry and Since the oil Industry, is an Industry— A complex one at that — the same holds true.

Livefreeordieha:
u like to argue ooo...For intelligent people who are realists they knew what he meant by" reduce crime "..Keep deceit to ur relationships and ur politics..Nigeria is on cruise control.. Acon3 where citizens provide virtually everything for themselves..Smh

It's not a rash argument. More of a light-hearted comment to correct the Thought (amongst many of us , myself previously) that Violence is the worst treatment that can be mete against anyone. it's not. There can be worst things than Violence(i.e. besides fatal violence)

Cheers.

SoNature:
Advanced fee fraud has become a way of life in southern Nigeria

Even secondary school boys do it in Lagos

While it's an abominable act, Yahoo-Yahoo has played an important role in reducing crime

Yes, many unemployed people are yahoo guys and it keeps them busy in a way that they think they would hammer someday

Anyone who still has hope in a good Nigeria needs to have his head checked

Nigeria is finished!

Spot on but saying "Yahoo reduces crime" made me laugh.
You probably meant Violent Crime because "Yahoo-yahoo" is a Crime and therefore cannot reduce crime.

Chukazu:
I no see covenant ?

They most probably do not Currently offer Law. It is easy to assume they would have been part of this mix if they did.

WhyMoD:
you're clearly ignorant but I forgive cos it's borne out of genuineness..

But hey.
What's the role of the military?
To protect and defend against invasion right?
By what means? Killing and maiming right?

Stop being a baby my dear.

You can't be in the army if you don't wanna kill.

You are correct, except you had to say they were "only" taught to kill. That is the incorrectness I responded to, not that they are not taught to kill. To kill is not the "Only" thing one learns in the Army.

Try to Contain the need to exaggerate, unless you are joking.

WhyMoD:
There's a minimum requirements to being a president of a country. And the last time I checked being in the army wasn't that minimum. Secular education is..


In the army you're only taught how to kill..
And nothing more. But secular education teaches critical thinking and empathy too

Oh is that why Nigeria has turned to graveyard since Bubu's inception

I am not a Supporter of the current admin. In fact, I think they have performed far below expectations.
BUT;

Hahaha! please be measured in your assumptions.
In the Army, you are not "only" taught how to kill.

If you're not aware, please find out so you don't come across as the joke you seek to project of another Individual.

Cheers.

immortalcrown:
Mrs. Engineer, tell us how you confirmed the sparks. We need to be sure. As for alleged insufficient amount of fuel in the plane, it is possible in a country where animals save and spend paper money.

But no one needs an Engineering degree to detect Sparks on an Aircraft's engine.

Whether the Pilot lied is another matter entirely.
Personally, I don't believe his excuse though.

Mklanceee:
when you talk about campaign rice, I know the in and out because most time I help shared them. the pdp local government chairman is my uncle and I can tell who most of the campaign stuff go to

Huh! I said Churches, you said rice. You said the ONLY church that does NOT collect gifts. That clearly means you know all churches' response to gifts since you probably know those who wouldn't accept.

Mklanceee:
they do collect. the only church that reject gift from politicians is the Jehovah witness.

Wow!

You really know the ins and outs of all Nigerian Churches. Kudos.

Tonymegabush1:
I thought they said if u spray Nigeria currency you will be arrested and convicted with option of fine, here is this man throwing our currency up n down why hasn't they arrested him, useless force law in this country is only made for the poor

lol. You are spot on — Except that this took place NOT in Nigeria, but in Paranaque, Philippines.

Whether it's illegal there too, is unclear.

dochenaj:
You realize he only owns about 28% of the total shares right now. He can sell his Class A shares but never his Class B shares except he wants a hostile takeover.

No one would want to invest in an uncertain and underperforming company anyway.

"No one would want to invest in an uncertain and underperforming company anyway" Really? Is their any certain company that you know of ? there are few certainties in these things AND people Invest in Underperforming companies! Just Not every Investor.

Infact there are investors that specialize in Underperforming companies (where they see an underlying value unrealized) . When they invest, they done do Class A/B— They take control. that's why I said if Facebook goes into financial difficulties and bankruptcy is not an option for him.
This has happened severally, RIM (blackberry) is a fine example.

It's a "Who needs who most "game. That's why control share class system was created. At the root of it, it benefits only the founder.

uuzba:
What if you continue mising, ride bicycle use Nokia Torch light and save all your salary. Then pay off all the money you took from the capital market?

It's possible, But you'll need a lot of money to pull this off, I doubt any single founder can buy out all other capital investors from his company since you'll have to buy their shares at a premium(i.e at least more than the share price the day it is announced you want to buy them out).
Dell's Michael Dell recently did it, but even he could not do it alone. A private equity company partnered with him to buy it back.
The best thing is to never seek outside(capital markets funding) if you can't stand a challenge to your control over the business. There are many large really successful companies that have never been owned by outside investors (and are 100 % owned by the founder/founder's family) like Leibherr, JCB, Mars,Clifbar etc.

dochenaj:
There are different classes of shares, and each class has a distinct voting capacity. For instance the Facebook shares are categorized into Class A and Class B shares, the Class B shares though constituting only about 18% of the total share, each of those shares has 10 votes per share while the Class A shares has 1 vote per share. Majority of the Class B shares is owned by Mark thus giving him a voting right of over 50%, so when it comes to corporate policies, he remains the sole determiner of what will happen.

Like I said earlier, he can only be convinced to give in but there can never be any hostile take over of Facebook from him.

Right. but there are only certain kinds of companies that can afford to do this — usually High performing/Strong Moat/tech companies — Even Facebook, If the company starts to suffer financial challenges and starts to have increased need for capital due to this, he would have no choice but to cede some control.
Generally, the capital game is a "Who needs who most" game.

tigerclaws:
if I'm mark I'll buy all their shares and kick their asses out of my company


Why will a company allow a total stranger to have upto 30% shares on his sweat?

if na me maximum you can have is 15-20%

make someone no come tomorrow start dragging my company with me

Hahaha! which sweat? which his company? Here's how it goes;
If you start up a company, it's all yours BUT as soon as you start to require more capital and you reach out to the capital markets, to sell part ownership/ control of the firm it stops being ALL yours.
Now you have to factor in the consent of other investors and play by capital markets rules since you took their funds.

If you want to have ultimate control over your firm as a business person, don't go to the capital markets for funds(stay Private) Or
Keep control while selling shares to them (hard to do). Founders/CEOs of public companies don't fully own their companies.

iamdrfresh:
congrats to them
I do however think that the number of law graduates should be regulated

too many jobless lawyers nowadays

Yeah, but not just Law. Most professions undergo booms and busts based primarily on demand and supply.
Some professions tend to feel very special in their boom times instead of realizing that these things are based —generally— on D & S and can be cyclical.
I feel it'll be worse though, if the demand for labour outstrips supply in this case. Neither situations is desirable but I think this is preferable.

CodeTemplar:
To me I believe the greatest form of employability is self employment. As a owner and MD involved in day to day activities of a business I would rate such a person and an employee and a owner. It shows another level of belief.

Not necessarily. Employability is quite different from Self employment I suggest you check the meaning.

A lot of people are self employed Because they are not employable but there are those who leave decent jobs to seek self employment— These are the types I believe, you meant.

Technically, as an unemployed Nigerian graduate, If I take to opening a betshop on the road side, do I classify as a 'self employed individual'? — and as such does it make me employable? since I am 'entrepreneurial'. I think not all self employed individuals are employable (as graduates) that's why they(self employed) should be excluded from this survey.

CodeTemplar:
CU student can generally afford to stand alone not because of one useless connection or one imaginary wealth somewhere if that is your target.
As a engineering graduate, I did entrepreneurship course for 9 out of 10 semesters. Any graduate who has the slightest of talent or sellable skill after a degree will easily put 2 plus 2 and stand one his or her own.
I also took other business inclined courses. There was a theological course where we were made to study successful business thinkers and their breakthrough pattern or ideas.
Couple that with even a below average understanding of the dynamics of wealth creation from the bible and you have good understanding of why you can afford to stand alone and what you must do to stay afloat.

That talk of knowing why PU grads stand alone would be totally misplaced if you mean they stand alone because of one connection or wealth.

I never said anything about standing alone pls re-read my comment. I replied a faulty sweeping generalization by the HR practitioner.

And by the way I personally don't see the point in extolling CU's 'entrepreneurship education courses' on a thread on 'Employability'.

And be sure I know CU is a good/great Institution— without any need for faulty generalizations.

cheers.

HigherEd:
You would be surprised to know a very large chunk of CU lecturers did graduate from CU either at the Undergraduate or PG levels...

That's not what I replied the individual I quoted about. I simply asked if the PU graduates he asked to wake up were/are not Lecturers at CU.

And I would not be surprised at your 'generic' response .
I would however be surprise if you said 80% of CU lecturers are CU graduates currently, not in the Future.

My response to that 'HR practictioner' was not about CU's quality. I am not in doubt about that. My response was that... well you can re-read it.

Niyinficient:
The Survey is apt....i am into HR and i can tell you CU graduates are always on point. Uniben graduates...we are trying too but mehn....You cant take it away from CU students...this is not about connection, at least not on this...i am very sure, its what i do daily. Public school graduates needs to wake up abeg.

And we need to wake up and stop this mentality of seeing private school graduates getting jobs by connection, it is not entirely true. How many graduates from public schools will opt for free internship just to acquire a skill? but you see private uni students doing it and by the time they beat you to the job...you all will start shouting 'connection'.....its a shame

Covenant University graduates are good, perharps great, I don't debate that. But don't overstretch it by saying "CU graduates are always on point". That's definitely not true. No University (certainly not CU) could has all its graduates "always on point".

CU's greatness would speak for itself as time goes on,The need to always polish the place as "Heaven on Earth" by "All words possible" may do it more harm than good.

You ask why Private University graduates can afford to opt for unpaid Internships and public school graduates generally don't? I am quite sure you know the answer to that question yourself.

You ask PU students to wake up but aren't CU students taught by 'Public University graduates'? or did they employ all their lecturers from abroad or are they CU graduates?

Some issues are more complex than you realize.

Cheers.

CodeTemplar:
Not everybody read French and accounting then started harassing employers with application. Some graduated and started their own outfit immediately.

should Someone who is self-employed be included in an Employability survey?
Isn't Employability the degree to with one is suitable for employment or new employment if necessary by another?
Employability is not by definition self-employment.
you probably don't get it.

Blackfire:
The pyramid ....

The ever testimony of black superiority.

But today we are a shadow of ourselves.

Huh! are Arabs blacks?

elonize:
Is xoami fone good?

I don't know about xoami lol. But if you meant Xiaomi, Sure, they're great. I use a Xiaomi device and besides knowing already that they provide the best price/performance devices, I have actually experienced it now. They're really good.