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jerflakes, I am sure you are educated with a rational mind to do the right thing.

You are free to come up with your opinion. Mine was stated.

pls, respect urself.

eagleeye2:
Abeg make we hear.

tell me wetin u wan hear.

and if nothing, pls stay off quoting me.

jerflakes:
All this noise you dey make, you think say na federal or state university you dey so?

na local government university I dey.

and pls, never should you quote me again.

House Of Reps Move To Ban Hiace Buses Over Bayelsa Auto
Crash by politricks

owobokiri:
The way we shoot down good ideas sha. . Just read the posts above and you would think that the House of Reps are just blind but the opposite is the case. That thing is nothing but a flying coffin. This is a very very good idea. Hiace buses and their equivalents should be used to carry goods ONLY! THERE IS NO OTHER SERIOUS COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WHRE SMALL HIACE BUSES ARE USED FOR LONG DISTANCE JOURNEYS. It is only here. That bus is mainly used to carry goods. Not to pack humans like sardines from Lagos to Aba. That bus has been responsible for thousands of deaths on Nigerian roads. I lost one of my friends who flew into this country and tried going to the east from Lagos with that brand called "Hummer". They perished somewhre near Ore. It should be banned totally. It is small. It is speedy. And the small interior forces passengers into very uncomfortable positions leaving them with no room to negotiate an escape once there is an impact.. For inter city travels, we should either be using the 'luxurious' buses, or the one we call "civilians" or something like ANAMCOs "14-14". . They are a bit bigger, less speedy, more comfortable and more amenable to Nigerian roads.

www.nairaland.com/2158811/house-reps-move-ban-hiace

how much did Afe himself pay as a law undergraduate at "UI"?

My brother is a victim of this daylight robbery with 400 level in view.

Though, government is yet to accredit the school, but we mustn't compromise the fact that the school is SOUND.

I wouldnt blame the school authority, I blame the parents who still went ahead with payments despite the hikes from 900,000 to 1.7M without mumbling.

Believe me, they wanted adding 1M to make it 2.7M, but adding 900,000 to make it 2.6M makes the figure a bit appealing.


this is unacceptable and mustn't be allowed to stay.

Or do they think na only children of the rich dey attend the school?
Na from pure water, pepper, rice, beans et al. gains we dey pay my brother's fee o.


we no go gree o.

iykrichie:
I pray it's worth it.. Really had to see it through and thank God the test and practical is over. @ayobase.. I came around alright.. Awaiting my flight back to Lagos.

wishing u d best brother.

I learnt they are working towards 1st of May.

I hope they can call you up before then for induction.

what was the practical like?

lovesamzy:
@ Ayobase, @ iykrichie ; wishing you guys the best, kindly update us on how the practical test went.

Please i need your email and phone number, here is mine as i expect to speak to you very urgent, thank you

lovesamzy@yahoo.com, 08038086950

I didn't participate in the exercise.

kayzeejojo2000:
.....Hello @Ayobase, pls i will like to get your contact details for some info about aedc tins.. my details are: 08056488180 mail:kayzeejojo2000@yahoo.com

Pls, am expecting your details as soon as possible. tanks.

you can always PM me.

Would You Hire “Someone” With A Hotmail Account?
Culled from a group discussion on linkedin where Ian Mitchell pointed out that applicants with Hotmail shouldn’t be employed.
Here we go:
Ian Mitchell
Programme Manager at Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency – SAMA
”DON'T HIRE SOMEONE WITH A HOTMAIL ACCOUNT QUOTE RUSLAN KOGAN”

Replies
Brady Ivimey
Programme Manager - IT Infrastructure at Fletcher Building
”I was talking with about this with a friend just recently... We thought the potential problem was not so much whether it was Gmail or Hotmail etc, but the prefix of the email address. I've received quite a few resumes from candidates with emails like "hotchickblah@hotmail.com", which while fun for friends might not be the image that you want to be portraying to a potential employer. Thus it may not be perceived as professional... that said, we agreed that it was the content of the resume that was material and thus was more important. Over the years I've had a good giggle at some peoples email addresses in resumes, but doubt it’s ever influenced a hiring decision that I have made. Candidates are people and it’s the person I want to get to know, so if an email address can provide an insight into someone’s personality, the more power to them I say.”

LS Kong
Director, Operational Excellence at Eng Peng Cold Storage s/b
“Hotmail - minus minus
Yahoo - minus
Gmail - ok
Current or ex-employer company email - triple minuses
Gmail with proper corporate like account name e.g. michael.taylor@gmail - double pluses details like this tell you a lot about a candidate.
Those who started with hotmail are older, yes, I started with hotmail too, almost 20 years ago now, but those who stuck with hotmail for their everyday, personal, correspondences, say something about themselves, and yeah, those traits might not be viewed positively for certain jobs and positions. It's ok if you don't get it, but if your concern is more political correctness then good luck to you.”

Thomas Fransen
Senior Project Manager and Program Manager at Cumula B.V.
“Although I had my laughs about e-mail addresses too, I don't think it matters what the e-mail account name matters, nor provides info around "fit to purpose" of the person behind the address. Use of Hotmail addresses, or Gmail alike, might even prove someone being cost-effective and not being brand-sensitive. However, the e-mail handle should in my opinion always stay away from being amicably or even clumsiness”

Alys Russell
Project Manager at Assystem
“I think what Ruslan Kogan really meant, in his own "provocative" way, was that every company needs to find filters when it comes to selecting potential candidates, in order to be sure that they will match the culture of the company. Up to you to find the filters that suits your company's culture.
In his case, he views people with hotmail accounts as being less "tech savvy" than people with their own domain names or a Gmail account, so that's how he does it.
As it was said before, I would definitely filter by email handle rather than provider.
And the assumption that people with a Gmail account are more tech savvy, well, might have been true at some point, but nowadays, even my kids’ grandparents have a Gmail address!”


Piero Mancino
PM and Agile Trainer, Consultant PMP CSM ITIL)

“Can’t judge a book by its cover”
Ejaz Hayder (Associate Director at EY)
“I've been using my Hotmail account for years and never had any issues. Personally I think it would be quite petty to judge purely on what email account the applicant chooses to have.”


Marek Gronoski (Board Member at brAInode)
“It's about presence. I assume that, especially in IT, someone sending application from Yahoo! mail probably isn't detailist person.”

Juan Serrano (Project Manager TAFENSW Illawarra)
“FYI there's some more to Ruslan Kogan's statement....But back to his problem with Hotmail. Kogan doesn’t just sell online, but harnesses technology to work out what items and how many to sell and how to reach which customers. The company employs three people to just analyse data – such as trends from Google search statistics.
Kogan only considers CVs that come via Gmail, reasoning most tech-savvy people want Gmail’s functionality and speed. “We want people who are passionate about technology and using technology, not scared of change,” he says. “It might not be 100 per cent accurate but when you have one position and 250 applications you need to look at ways of doing things.”

PArdha Saradhi UVN
Senior Delivery Management Professional
“What would be the issue here? Hotmail is one of the oldest email account and those who don't want to use multiple email accounts still will still have old hotmail account; from a user friendly and available client software perspective also, Hotmail is still one of the best as a PM, one use MS office, Project products extensively and MS provided an outlook connector for accessing Hotmail even from office laptops, so what is the actual issue here? ”

Martyn Bennett
Global Head of Projects at e2v
“If potential employees think an individual with a Gmail account is more tech savvy than someone with a hotmail account then I worry about what they define as tech savvy.
I have both accounts, please my own domain, but use my hotmail account most through no other reason than habit.
If judging whether I am tech savvy is based on my email provider then I have wasted my time and effort on becoming a Chartered Engineer, having a Masters degree in Engineering and working on highly complex engineering solutions from main battle weaponry, satellite communications, space technology etc. fir the past 30 plus years. If an employer does not want to read, or interview me, because I have a hotmail account (in my full name) then i suggest they have little vision and it is their loss. Being judged because of your email provider wow!”

Left for me, I will advise you go for Gmail account. Besides the fact that it is more savvy and easy to navigate with more social and more functions with sound packaging, don’t be surprised if our Companies here in Nigeria start using possession of Gmail account as one of the criteria to disqualifying applicants upon coming across WESTERN related article as this. We both know dem dey reason!
Thus, to be on the safer side, get yourself a Gmail account today with your first name and last name, and not the one with suffixes or prefixes as 4love, 4real, sexy, gistwith……



http://johnomolaolu..com/2015/02/would-you-hire-someone-with-hotmail.html

chibecanglobal:
.................
Adeoye, an American-based neuro-
surgeon, hinged the group’s decision
on the condition of Ambode when he
travelled to the US for routine
checkup.
The statement added: “We met at a
sanatorium where I consult and he
was quite open about the fact that
he has been managing his situation
well. But I wasn’t convinced because
the job of governing Lagos is not for
somebody with such ailment. Lagos
demands someone who is 100 per
cent mentally and physically fit.”
Adeoye said further that after
several consultations and
observations at close range,
Ambode’s carriage vis a vis his
penchant for missing critical political
appointments among other
frightening habits, which had pitted
him against party chieftains, his
group was call for his
disqualification by the Independent
National Electoral Commission.
“We are constrained to call on INEC
to disqualify Ambode because of his
mental imbalance. We cannot take
such risk in Lagos State,” Adeoye
added.
.......

this Adeoye is a m.other..fucker. who paid him for this dirty job?

Folksyharry:
what will the three animals weigh?

here is just a short cut to the stress.

Dog appeared twice.
Cat appeared twice
Rabbit appeared twice


therefore, (10 +20 + 24)/2 = 54/2 = 27.

Believe me, whichever of the bank's branches round my area will be in trouble that day.

Donate ke, on top wetin?
Dem go put me as Minister of anything?

datguru:
It is quite disheartening, disrespectful, morally uncalled for and unacceptable how far we can go to demoralize the image of our able president. Even if the man is clueless and incompetent, why all this? I bet you, if buhari should be in the place of jonathan, by now nairaland must have been down and long forgotten, imagine doing this to buhari. Let's show our president some respect please.


Seun, what is this doing on the frontpage ? Is it for us to applaud the producers or mock our president, your president!

Enjoy the fresh air and freedom of expression while they last.
Besides, it is Democratic Government, not Military.

Clinton, Bush and Obama have suffered and suffering more than this, but everyone lives on.

Most dramas are uncalled for, but fortune and fame can be achieved via anything, thus........

jingh:
FP for where
you can even be ban for this self.
Holatin come and saw what I ve sawing

do the mathematics yourself.

how old is the thread and how old is your post.

what is the difference between virtual DJ and turn table.....all na make series of tracks play without inadequacies.

whats the difference between virtual unclothedness and unclothedness......indecency at its peak.

onila, Im glad u wouldn't try this despite ur questionable undernesth.

EEVICTOREE:
Happy NEW YEAR Peeps...

same to you.

iykrichie:
i applied for ICT support administrator ..applied by sending my cv to an email

kk.
try come around.

Abiagirl777:
my husband is a cerified elect. Engineer though not power,we hav exhausted all he knows and some dat has been invited to look into it,it looks lyk de fault is from the metre or God knows where

It should be from the metre dear.
try settle matter amicably without you giving in to blame.

Abiagirl777:
the 1st tym we moved in i saw 36kw/hr while others who came in months b4 us still had 3kw/hr,nov to feb 4th,it is at799kw/hr now.
Secondly they give us estimated bills,we've been unable to locate metre readings on.
Mind you,it was a senior PHCN officer dat cald our attention to how our metre was running.

I can still remember a neighbour's meter that had to be readjusted. it was running 360° within 5 seconds.

You might be a victim of refurbished meter.
Most of these meters being sold are old (u should see NEPA inscribed on it). 99% of them were damaged, repaired and sold out by some staff.

About 10 were evacuated from store today to be repaired and sold out.

if thisis the case, then u should take more of the blame.
u never informed the Disco staff you are travelling. he cones to take reading and bill accordingly.


I still wanna believe the meter shouldn't read since there wasn't load on it.


estimated bills despite metering?


you guys really need to solve this case out with the officers amicably. both parties share faults.


and there was 36kw/hr on it when u newly came in. who used that unit?

Abiagirl777:
we r de 1st occupants cos its a new house with a supposedly new metter according to the landlady

pls, can I know the meter's reading when u came in newly and the current reading based in the last billing.

The landlady might have been sold a meter with outstanding payment.. we need to be sure of that also.

Also ensure you dont have any leakage (tapping) and also be sure NOTHING was mistakenly left switched on while away.

thanks.

Hope you know that 702Naira charge per month is constant?

Abiagirl777:
we r de 1st occupants cos its a new house with a supposedly new metter according to the landlady

pls, can I know the meter's reading when u came in newly and the current reading based in the last billing.

some landladies and landlords shouldnt be trusted.

Also ensure you dont have any leakage (tapping) and also be sure NOTHING was mistakenly left switched on while away.

thanks.

Hope you know that 702Naira charge per month is constant?

sinceat9:
is there questions in gmat format or strictly engineering questions ?

always engineering application questions.

iykrichie:
I got the sms for the same practical test, and am in lagos, considering flying down tonight, but thinking if its worth it. though i replied to plead for a reschedule, I am confused a lil here. The sad part is no one is picking the number when I tried calling back.

what position did u put in for?
when and how did u submit ur CV?

I will strongly advise you come down for the interview.

The job is 99% sure once called for interview provided u perform as expected. No politics!

sinceat9:
I got a text inviting me for a practical test, do you have any idea on the nature of the test?

practical test?
what did u put in for and whats ur discipline?

Mrbigman1:
Oga, please tell me the progress of the FG on better power generation. It's good we know you have a better idea about power.
Re there on going improvements? Co's we dnt trust politicians?
The minister of power complained of sabotage on power via vandalism of gas pipe line, please explain more.
Thanks to the added knowledge.

I know of more than 50 transmission projects, but Generation.
Most of these 132/33KV transmission stations are said to be powered by gas-powered generating plant.

Only Transmission is under government as for now.

indigene:
Lame excuses and definition of transfered failure of ineptitude. it seems you re either working or serving as a PRO with one of our so called DISCO's,
IEE regulation regarding electrical joints stipulated that they must be mechanically strong, from what point in electricity generation does this single regulation starts and stop?
Your answer?

Lame guesswork and question.

Crieff:
@ayobase

what's up with the racketeering and hoarding of prepaid meters now. PHCN keeps bringing crazy bills and we want to switch to pp meters but it is like trying to run through a phalanx.

Where and how can a PP meter be bought?
The cost?
The process?

This is what the internet is for. This is what technolgy is for but public institutions in this country like their head seem to be totally inept on how to do any thing.

Lolz.

They are looking into the matter.
They wanna curb the anomalies on ground before bringing in more.

Kayman3:
I feel the fact that some people were boycotting the prepaid meter by their illegal connection does not stop any of this distribution company from giving it out.
I think Prepaid meter will be of two added advantage to them

1. There will be efficient account rather than paying cash to one cashier that will remit to one manager(You will know the number of unit sold with respect to your income book and bank balance)
2. Consumers will be conscious of their electricity usage 'cos nobody want to pay more.

Can somebody please tell me why prepaid meters were not in circulation or stop from been distributed?

Those in service should be properly managed before bringing in more.
Solution should be procured to this madness on ground.

I feel your pain. In the era of PHCN, it was govt owned, whether there was profit or not, govt was obliged to provide you electricity. Now the discos are owned by the private sector and the discos buy electricity and sell same to make a profit.
The area you live may be listed under hostile and unresponsive, i.e customers/consumers in the area don't pay bills and are known to molest staff of the company. If you were in the management of say a disco, would it profitable to replace a facility with millions to a community that even in 10 years time you won't recover the your cost? Wouldn't you rather channel you products (electricity) to customers who are willing to pay?
Fixed charge is quite annoying, however fixed charge is the cost of evacuating power from the generating station to your doorstep, and this charge goes to the FG, with a little percentage going to the disco. The discos are only collecting on behalf of the FG.
If you feel your bill isn't commensurate with how much you consume, walk into any business district and lodge a complaint, if you're not satisfied, you can have it escalated by visiting the NERC office in your state.

1000000000000 likes.

Abiagirl777:
i havee a question pls
ok my hubby packed into this new house July last year while i was in school,he was rarely around cause he went back to their coy guest house ppending when i'll come back from school,i came bak nov and found out that our 'new'meter was at 356kw/hr,all our electric appliances were switched off during that period.
Presently its at 600kw/hr.
I have complained to the PHEDC,we were instructed to reg our meter 1st which we did yet the prob goes on, they seem not to have an answer,though we've resolved not to pay a dime to them until its rectified.
Imagine #20000 bill every month when we r hardly around?
So wot can we do?

Did the former occupant settle his/her bill before u packed in?

lets start from there.

jidxin:
I stand to be corrected ...substation is not the transformer on ur street

It is on a professional level.