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I applied for Personal TIN for over a month ago, it's been approved, but I'm yet to be issued one. What can I do?

Davidcorny:
You can use open street view and Google maps to fetch more data for your project. Not a backend guy but I'll hopefully learn enough to help with due time.

True though..

But I've got this issue with Google. Some of the street names you fine on open street view are not known to the residents. E.g where I live here in ibadan, the street name given to my street on Google open street view isn't what we call it.

So I don't usually rely on it. But it sure provides a lot info in terms of location names.

3exe3:
What's the difference with street and location

Location is the name of the major landmark where the street is located.
For example:
Abaranje is a street in Ikotun,
Ikotun is a location in Alimosho,
Alimosho is a LGA in Lagos,
Lagos is a State in Nigeria.

belovedsamex:
If your contribution is about populating the database with more names, then you will be glad to know that I also created the API to accept two other request methods: PUT and POST.
With POST request, you can add more names to the database; and with PUT request, you can modify any database record.
Both your put request and your post request must have request body containing the data to be processed by the API. The format for these data is shared below:

N.B: i expect that only Locations and Street names are to be supplied by contributors, as we already have the complete names of States and LGAs.

For POST request:
1. To add Locations in a given LGA:

data = [{
"name":name of State,
"capital": capital of the State,
"lgas": [{
"name": name of LGA,
"locations": [location1, location2, location3...]
}]
} ]
..................

You can fork or clone the repository on your local machine, do all your additions to the database, then send me a pull request.

Also, if your contribution has to do with addition of more features to the API, for example including some demographic data for each location such as population figures, landmass etc, you could go ahead and implement the new features, and I will be glad to review them and merge them into the main branch if the new feature scores high from my assessment.

Thanks.

atesunate16:
Is there a way we can contribute directly into the project on github without you going through the stress of manual adding up. You accept pull request verify the addition then pull together.

Normally, this is the ideal thing to do.
But i have tried to avoid this because the area I needed contribution for now is to populate the database with more names (Streets and locations). This is an information anybody could share without having programming background, and yes I want want everybody interested to send in data. So I didn't want to go into telling interested parties to do "pull request blah blah blah" so those who have no idea won't get discouraged.

But to answer your question, yes... There is a way you could contribute by making a pull request and I will explain that below.

KrazyDave16:
P.s. - next time you're building anything with Python, try to use a virtual environment

I actually do, and i also developed the app with a VE. However, as this is my first time doing deployment unaided, i didnt quite figure out in time how to incorporate that with deployment as i was rushing to beat time. But i have learnt something from that.

KrazyDave16:
Plus I might build a rust-based version of your API too.

Very cool bro.
May ask if you will be doing that for your Portfolio project with ALX or you just want to do it ?

If the latter is the case, may i ask that you do that under a new branch in my repository, i would love the collabo.

Thanks.

KrazyDave16:
Not bad fam, I'll check it out and see if I can make a PR or mail you data based on my current location if I don't have time.

That would be nice, I will be looking out for your mail. Thanks

bedfordng:
I must say you've done well. Maybe with time when you get more contributions, the data will add up.

Anyway, I will recommend you look at Django framework. with its batteries included and robust features, it will make development swift for you.

Thanks. I really appreciate this

There is an opportunity for interested persons to contribute to the project. The area of opportunity lies in providing more names of places. So far, the project database has a complete names of STATES AND THEIR CAPITALS, ALL LGAs in Nigeria. But names of Locations (major landmarks) and Streets within each LGA have not been exhausted. In fact, if you query our data, you might realize that the name of your current location is not yet listed, or perhaps names of some streets that you know have not been listed. You could contribute to this project by sending me a mail with the names of the places you want me to add to our database. You will be listed on our landing page and also our Github repository as a contributor to this project.

The format for sending your email is as follows:
If you want to send me names of locations that you know, you will present your data in the format below:
state: e.g Lagos
LGA: e.g Ikeja
Locations: location 1, location 2, location 3 .....location n.

If you want to send me names of Streets that you know, you will present your data in the format below:
state: e.g Lagos
LGA: e.g Alimosho
Locations: e.g Ikotun
Streets: e.g. Street 1, Street 2, Street 3, .... Street n

Send your message to zinando2000@gmail.com
Include a link to your social handle we could reference when acknowledging your contribution.

https://github.com/zinando/gps-naija/blob/main/static/assets/images/gps-naija.JPG

GPS-naija is a RESTful API that serves names of places in Nigeria organized into States, Local Government Area, Locations (major landmarks) and Streets. It was an application I created as my portfolio project at the end of my foundations in Software Engineering Program at ALX.
I worked alone on the project, and it took me roughly 8 days to start and finish the project, including testing and deployment.

This API is created for developers who build location-dependent applications in Nigeria such as ecommerce applications, hospitality management apps or any application that require user address. I wanted to focus on creating a data source that organizes data with the way they're related to one another.

In 2020, I worked with a team to create an ecommerce web application for a client. My role was to gather and prepare data that will be used to populate the database tables. Having to manually collate names of places sourced from different sources and organise them into States, LGAs, Locations and Streets was a daunting task that no programmer would want to do. This was what inspired me to create this app.

Due to my interest in backend development, I used python, flask and sqlalchemy to implement the project. These enabled me to create a backend application with a database, and an interphase for communicating with the front end, a perfect prototype for any student to experiment with some features of backend development. Otherwise, I could implement same with Javascript and filestorage system without the need to integrate a backend. Gunicorn is another technology used during deployment to handle seamless running of the Flask application.

/states/<state_name>

route is a feature that enables a client to get data for any particular State by simply providing the name of the state in the url.

One major challenge I encountered which I'd like to share happened during deployment. The server repeatedly ran into error while trying to execute a command to install my app dependencies from requirements.txt file. I checked the error log, It says that "it could not find a version of the Flask module that satisfies a requirement or no matching for distribution found" . I was confused at this point because during development, I simply installed flask and other modules by running the command "pip install <module name>" and the module gets installed without issue. Then I examined the log again, I noticed that it listed some versions of the Flask module that is available for the installer. I compared them to the version listed in my requirements.txt file and saw that the latter was higher. I also noticed that the server runs python 3.7 instead of 3.10+ which I had used during development. However, I didn't know how to install the right version of python on the server. I decided to take this approach:
I created a bash file. Inside it, I wrote bash scripts to install all my dependencies with pip without specifying a version. I made the file executable and then uploaded it to my project root folder. Rather than typing "pip install -r requirements.txt" I typed "./<bash file name>" a command to execute the bash file. I restarted the deployment again and this time everything went smoothly and my app was live.

Undertaking this project has made me build confidence in the ability to create a production-grade flask application. We built different apps during our foundations, but building this project where I have the sole decision on what should and what should not has helped me advance my technical mastery.
Also, I went back to think through the challenge that I shared above after the deployment, and I thought that next time I would take an easier approach to deployment. That approach is removing the version of all the modules in the requirements.txt file, leaving only the module name. Doing this would let the installer install the packages with versions compatible with the existing python version.

My name is Samuel Nnadozie. My strongest technical strength is the ability to debug an error in a source code.

For more information about the API and how to use it, please visit any of the following links:

Project Landing Page: https://gps-naija.onrender.com

Github Repository: https://github.com/zinando/gps-naija

why cant my new post gets submitted

Still available...
But prices have changed a bit.

Edunews:
With regards to your question,
1. Admission for OAU DE would commence after the Post UTME. that should be sometime in August, once the University decides to conduct.
2. To the best of my knowledge, Direct Entry students won’t participate in the Aptitude Test. They will, however, be subjected to a special administrative process. Direct Entry (DE) Candidates should ensure that their transcript is forwarded by the Awarding Institution to the Admission Office, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife for DE Admission processing.
3. For OAU Post UTME Applicants, get a free copy of the OAU Past questions, Check: https://nigerianuniversitynews.com/2015/08/obafemi-awolowo-university-oau-post-utme-past-questions-and-answers.html

Still have any other question, ask and i'd do well to answer.

Hmm

Thanks very much.

belovedsamex:
Good evening guys&Ladies.

I put in for OAU Direct Entry for Electrical/Electronics Engineering. I need help with tips on their DE entrance exam.

Is it possible to lay my hands on past questions. Or can someone share briefly the structure of the DE entrance exam questions?

When is the school likely going to conduct their entrance exam for DE candidates?

Thank you in advance.

Pls someone shud attend to this question. I need help! Thank you.

We are now in Ibadan.
Call for services.

losgiddy:
Female Personal Assistant needed in Lagos for losgiddy media

www.losgiddy.com (Salary N30,000)

- Must live within the Yaba/Surulere axis

- Must be HND/ND holder.

- Must speak and write eloquently

- Must have a flair/interest for the arts and photography

- MUST have a deep knowledge of Microsoft Excel & Word

- Must be humble and willing to learn and grow with the organization

send cvs to losgiddy@gmail.com
08024895877

See what you want to offer someone who spent five years in higher institution with all the stress. You people should stop this thing. This is why they call us Lazy Nigerian youths. You take advantage of the unemployment situation in the country and use it against your fellow human beings.

I think it's high time you stopped this evil. It is absolute callousness. Extreme human capital devaluation.

Why not look for a smart secondary school lever for this job you want to offer a peanut for.
Theriz God o.

Good evening guys&Ladies.

I put in for OAU Direct Entry for Electrical/Electronics Engineering. I need help with tips on their DE entrance exam.

Is it possible to lay my hands on past questions. Or can someone share briefly the structure of the DE entrance exam questions?

When is the school likely going to conduct their entrance exam for DE candidates?

Thank you in advance.

KITCHEN TIPS AND TRICKS
1. If you happen to over-salt a pot of soup, just
drop in a peeled potato. The potato will absorb
the excess salt.
2. When boiling eggs, add a pinch of salt to keep the shells from cracking.
3. Never put citrus fruits(Oranges,Lemons, limes, etc) or tomatoes in the fridge. The low
temperatures degrade the aroma and flavor of
these fruits.(That's why our tomatoes don't last
in the fridge)
4. To clean iron cookl-ware, don’t use detergents. Just scrub them with salt and a clean, dry paper towel.
5. When storing empty airtight containers, throw
in a pinch of salt to keep them from getting
stinky.
6. If you are making gravy(stew) and accidentally burn it, just pour it into a clean pan and continue cooking it. Add sugar a little at a time, tasting as you go to avoid 'over-sugaring'it. The sugar will cancel out the burned taste.
7. Burned a pot of rice? Just place a piece of
white bread on top of the rice for 5-10 minutes to draw out the burned flavour. Be careful not to
scrape the burned pieces off of the bottom of the pan when serving the rice.
8. Before you chop fresh red peppers, rub a little
vegetable oil into your hands and your skin won’t absorb the spiciness.
9. If you aren’t sure how fresh your eggs are,
place them in about four inches of water. Eggs
that stay on the bottom are fresh. If only one end tips up, the egg is less fresh and should be used soon. If it floats, it’s past the fresh stage.
10. To banish ants from the kitchen, find out
where they are coming in and cover the hole with petroleum jelly(Vaseline). Ants won’t trek through the jelly. If they are coming under a door, draw a line on the floor with chalk. The little bugs also won’t cross a line of chalk.
11. Don’t store your bananas in a bunch or in a
fruit bowl with other fruits. Separate your
bananas and place each in a different location.
Bananas release gases which cause fruits
(including other bananas) to ripen quickly.
Separating them will keep them fresh longer.
12. To keep potatoes from budding in the bag,
put an apple in with them.
13. If you manage to have some leftover wine,
cocktail drinks at the end of the evening, freeze it in ice cube trays for easy addition to sauces
(white wine works wonders in sauces, i don't joke with them) in the future.
14. After boiling pasta or potatoes, cool the water and use it to water your house plants. The water contains nutrients that your plants will love.
15. When defrosting meat from the freezer, pour
some vinegar over it. Not only does it tenderize
the meat; it will also bring down the freezing
temperature of the meat and cause it to thaw
quicker. # Note every woman should have vinegar in her kitchen.
16. Do you cry while peeling off onions, then try
this. After peeling off your onions, refrigerate the onions for at least 5minutes, then dice it. You will be glad you did.
17. For aluminium pans that are looking dull, just boil some apple peels in them. This will brighten up the aluminum and make your house smell yummy.
18. If your salt is becoming lumpy, put a few
grains of rice in with it to absorb excess
moisture.
19. Always keep an aloe vera plant in your
kitchen. It’s invaluable when you scrape your arm or burn your finger. Just break off a leaf and rub the gel from the inside on the injury.
20. When making a soup, sauce, that ends up too fatty or greasy, drop in an ice cube. The ice will attract the fat, which you can then scoop out. This works wonders
21. To reuse cooking oil without tasting whatever was cooked in the oil previously, cook a 1/4″ piece of ginger in the oil. It will remove any remaining flavors and odors.
22. If your milk always goes bad before you can
finish it, try adding a pinch of salt to the carton
when you first open it. It will stay fresh days
longer.
23. If two drinking glasses become stuck together after stacking, it’s not impossible to unstick them. Just put ice in the inner glass and dunk the outer glass in warm water. The warm glass will expand and the cold glass will contract, making the glasses separate easily.
24. For splinters under the fingernail, soaking the affected finger in a bowl of milk with a piece of bread in it, it will help .
Kindly share.

I wrote the last test too and I am yet to get a msg from them.

I also applied for the last opening and yet no contact for now.

Anybody with legit info should brief us please.

Rangojack:
Why not keep it secret bros?

The secrete is not needful anymore...let him share his testimony


I rejoice with you brotherly

Olaoke16:
In short, Nestle pays more than p$g, I have friends in both... Just don't want to meddle in the argument before... Even the p$g Ibadan plant is quite different from the p$g we have here in Agbara... The only thingy I see in the nestle stuff is the senior and junior staff they are operating on which p$g dont have dat....

I have some information that might address this issue.

I applied for d last Nestle Technical Program earlier this year...although I wasn't taken after d interview. But we were told that Nestle pays N20k per month for that training which was to last for 18months. When we enquired about the technicians working in the company, we learnt that they received N90k+ for starters.
On the other hand, P&G recruits students every year for 1year internship. My friend was among the last year's interns. P&G paid them N50k per month. At the end of the internship, my friend was offered a job and now he earns above N100k as an ND holder. He works in the marketing department, not Engineering. I didn't want to burg him to tell me d exact amount they pay him because it would look awkward. He would have told me if he wanted.

From online research...I learnt that P&G pays more (N75k) to Engineering interns I.e Production Technicians or Machine Operators.

So I think this validates what Adekanmbi said. It will be good if you can verify from your friends what's obtainable in their company now. This is because the recession really made many of these companies to cut down on some things they feel are excesses.

Ladyhippolyta88:
Okay nor vex i was really surprised,don't be offended.

Tanx

Ladyhippolyta88:
When did I talk about the bible?You better mind your business and not everybody reasons from a religious point of view when discussing issues like this.

Apologies pls Ladyhippolyta88...it was a system error. I wanted to quote d guy above you. I have corrected my mistake. So sorry dear...

Doyin2:
Idiotic commentary

Are you more Christian than the Britons that brought Christianity to Nigeria.?

In UK with overwhelming xtian majority,the issue is justice and not religion.

Even Jesus would have stood for justice and not the very dubious insertion of a "biblical promise ",made over300 years after his birth/death.

The true living GOD will not rob peter to pay Paul.

Guy shatap
Mechie onu gi
What do u know about Jesus or the Bible promise that you stand to condemn the Bible and at same time assert what Jesus would have done.

Just close that mouth of yours.

If you want to make your point, leave Jesus and Bible out of this cos you do not know any of them.

You people are here lamenting over what Trump wants to do...when God has already shown you what will be in the nearest future.

I will say this so that any learning mind will understand and not forget it:

It has already been decided by authorities far beyond this world that Jerusalem is coming back to Israel. The vote ended in 128 countries as against 6 countries who supports it because the Highest Authority in charge of the case does not need human support to bring it pass. He only used US to announce his decision so that the matter can get to the ear of every individual in the world. If it was any other country that did what US did, maybe the matter wouldn't have made Headline.

In a nut shell, you people should prepare for the New World Order: Jerusalem For Israel
It is not by man
It is by the powers beyond
Man can only go and Bleep himself...as he has always been doing.

Leave Trump out of this.

I just learnt the new laughing style for 2k18...

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E good for all these comments I de read for here.

Pls join me...

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adekanmbi1986:
The question is that who pays higher for the largest?

For OND holder, it is P & G. I have friends that moved from Nestle to P & G with OND.

Actually I have heard that PnG pays more, but I just wanted to confirm.

Thanks anyway @Busbar and Adekambi

adekanmbi1986:
No. Expansion, retirement but not sack. Nestle job security is 99.99% guaranteed...

I have a drawback on this Nestle recruitment exercise.
I wrote the just concluded aptitude test. I have no problem passing the test, but my challenge is The Interview.

Nestle require experienced technicians from FMCG companies which I do not have. In fact, I have never worked in a factory before. I really do not know what to answer them when begin to ask me question about working as a technician.
Could they possibly employ those without prior knowledge of the work or do I have to pretend like I have worked in an FMCG company before?

dasrackhor:
Bro,what happened to the just concluded test on production technician position??

That one was for the Agbara factory..this current one is for the Sagamu factory.
Location is this difference.

These companies do allow their branches to recruit by themselves.


I like to ask this question:

P&G and Nestle who pays higher for ND production technician?

OK

I applied for the P&G plant technician vacancy and was invited for a test this coming Monday.
My challenge is that they warned that if you are not a 2017 graduate that you are not eligible for the test...I graduated 2016. What should I do ?