₦airaland Forum

GloriousGbola:
i dont know if it still works - but if you get gmat and gre test prep books that is what they used to base their tests on. sometimes they copied and pasted. quite literally i must have gotten 100/100 in the test of my old place when i applied because they def dubbed one of those books . keep in mind this is 2003/4

Yes u are right , most of those aptitude tests are GMAT, SHL , Dragnet and the likes . I used to have some of those practice questions and answers in my mail too but since I had long passed that stage of writing aptitude tests and most of the people I encouraged too passed that stage , I don’t have them any longer .

I’m sure if he ransack the jobs/vacancy section on Nairaland he will be able to get some of those materials .

Shegzdave:
The reason for redeploying is so as to finish My ICAN exams

Good ! While writing ur exams , do well to watch out for graduate trainee programs of EY, KPMG, Deloitte , PWC , Accessbank , UBA , Coronation Merchant bank , Heirs Holdings , etc .

Apply to as many of those companies , make sure u write as many aptitude tests as u can and attend as many interviews as u can .

While ur mates are stuck in some village teaching some primary/secondary school subject that adds little or no value to them , u are actively navigating ur way in the labour market . And u might be fortunate to land a good paying job before or by the end of ur service year.

Due to the the serious issues in the Nigerian labor market , it is advisable u start early .

iamoyindamola:
Akpi is free
Burna boy is a bully🤬🤬🤬

https://www.nairaland.com/8323197/speed-darlington-regains-freedom-after

I don’t support what Burna did to him o, but Akpi too supposed rest . He has said a whole lot of crazy stuff in the past sha . He’s a tribalist who says all sorts of shiiii about Yoruba and has even talked down on several of his fellow musicians at different point in time .

He can keep making his music without trying to be controversial and denigrating others .

Shegzdave:
Amen boss, thanks
Nah, this is Ijora badia and only one bus has moved since and it’s from luxury silver buses

If u can, please redeploy back to Lagos after ur 3 weeks in camp . In fact , while in camp start processing ur redeployment .

The only advice I can give any graduate posted outside Lagos, Rivers , FCT , etc where things Dey happen and headquarters of companies are located is to relocate back to Lagos and start the job search journey earlier .

I consider spending one full year teaching or working in an LGA council in a place like Plateau or any other part of the north , east , southwest , etc a complete waste of one year.

If u are Lagos within that service year , u will have an advantage over ur peers in the sense that u can apply for graduate trainee roles , internship and other entry level roles while ur mates are busy focusing on teaching in one obscure village .

If u are lucky , u may even get job while still observing ur service year. If I had known this during my own time , I wouldn’t had wasted that full service year teaching , eating and sleeping .

LordAdam16:
Blue, the Global South and the Golden Billion (North America + Europe + AU/NZ) are on a collision course.
It's set in stone.

Nigeria is hanging out with the BRICS crowd because it is and will remain the premier geopolitical forum of the Global South.
We have no choice. Even Chile, an OECD country and firmly keyed into the Western economic system is seeking entry.

These are the fundamentals.
So when we made the decision to get in, Aso Rock had done the calculus on risk and what not.
The potential of a future hawkish POTUS has been factored in. It'll be bewildering if we didn't take that into account.

Now, with Trump as #47, and this applies to any other confrontational POTUSes, it's all about deft skill in geopolitics.
India, Brazil, and UAE are not going to be treated as harshly as China or Iran. All are BRICS members.
Brazil needs the West for Embraer. Ambani, India's richest man, was at Trump's inauguration.
We want carve outs and if we play our cards right, we'll get them.
Essentially, it's not as much about BRICS as a group, but what we narrowly do via our bilateral ties with the West.
Else, we'll sleepwalk into a b100% tariff while even China is getting exemptions. We'll be the example dangled about as a cautionary tale while the ringleaders with more cachet get a slap on the wrist.
That's how Biden enacted global chip export restrictions and an ally like Poland (third largest military in NATO after US and Turkey) got shafted.

That's the danger.

I'm not that concerned about it because Tinubu is a failure but not an id**t.
It'll take a monumental screwup for that worse case scenario to come to fruition.

A 100% tariff will hurt us.
Trump wants all of the Global South to perform a pilgrimage like less powerful nation states did when a new Shahanshah, Caesar, or Qing Emperor came on the scene. Essentially, tell me why you shouldn't have a target on your back.

In Trumpian fashion, the delivery is bombastic; but it will happen with most POTUSes going forward because BRICS has the potential to be a check on the US's socioeconomic influence. The folks at Washington simply cannot have that.

The chip export restriction I mentioned earlier shows that this is the bipartisan way the US plans to relate with an increasingly economically vibrant Global South. Biden dropped the hammer and I don't think Trump will rescind the executive action.
I've been looking into a hobbyist rig to natively run open source AI models. It could become a serious challenge to future-proof the setup because the richer second-world countries will set up shell companies in third world countries to buy and redirect our quotas.
If the rest of the world can't get the GPUs, we can't create service exports in an emerging industry that'll define human civilization. Probably worse than a tariff even.

So, it's not like this is not something we have to think about. Or it's exclusive to Trump, ergo it's peculiar and a more run-off-the-mill POTUS wouldn't put us on notice.
Frankly, things are headed in a direction where we'll ultimately either be a target or collateral damage. No in-between.
Might as well be a target; there's safety in numbers. We play the game and deal with the fallout.

-Lord

So basically America still wants to be the one calling the shots . And they will use divide and rule to keep BRICS members in check .

Shegzdave:
Decided to take the evening bus because when I checked every transport, almost all of them are scheduled to move in the afternoon/evening cause of less patronage. Most people are moving tomorrow

Bonny way transport ways

Safe Journey .

This is Iddo/Oyingbo abi? Most of their luxurious buses going to the north in that side always move in the evening . That’s the same place I boarded while going back after the first 3 weeks camp and the break we were given after resuming at PPA .

The good thing about traveling at night is that u will get to ur destination during the day and u will be able to find ur way around .

Instead make Amuru win matches and move up the table, he's busy flipping over tables in the dressing room

germaphobe:
who bought Jesus, Zinchenko, Rice, Gabriel, Trossard, Timber, Calafiori, Odegaard, Ben white and Partey, who all helped the club become what it is now. Will you blame him for buying such quality players?. Since every transfer is 100% his

GloriousGbola:
I wanted to Google Nigeria oil revenue before posting but I figured why bother.

I don't understand as I have been reading for years that our crude is not in demand any more.

And I cannot reconcile those numbers with our current fortunes

But most importantly - what are we exporting to the US outside of oil and virtual labor?

I think China , USA and India are the top export destination for our crude oil. I learnt Nigeria's crude is one of the finest there is out there and that's why the US buys from us in addition to the various grades they have.

GloriousGbola:
meaning he expects to be bribed one way or an other

think of trump like your govt official who comes around making noise about infarctions

JJCs are intimidated - experienced hands know the game.

he is the one who banned tiktok - he is now the one unbanning it after some lobbying inauguration donations

if nigeria is fked it is because we are broke niggers of no consequence . we have not been doing any business with the US in any event. they arent the ones buying our oil and we are looking else where for weapons

Are u sure about the bolded?

The United States

The United States claims the fifth position with a total of N1.31 trillion worth of exported goods.

Crude oil remains a major driver of this trade relationship, with exports valued at N1.21 trillion, accounting for 92 per cent of the total

Non-crude oil exports stood at N102.96 billion, representing eight per cent of the total.

https://businessday.ng/news/article/chart-shows-nigerias-top-10-export-destination-in-q1-2024/

GloriousGbola:
trump is just a shakedown artiste

you suppose know his game by now

Meaning he's just barking and won't bite?

I saw a video of Trump taking questions from state house correspondents while signing the executive orders yesterday. He was talking about the US imposing 100% tarriff on businesses BRICS nations do with the US.

I hope the idea of Nigeria joining BRICS/Intending to join BRICS will not against us as a nation considering how Trump seem to be moving in this his second term sha?

Ibime, Raumdeuter, LordAdam16, and other members of the house, what do u think?

ZombieDredd:
na their sons dey do car race for abuja

Na wa o. I guess that was the same thing that happened to Buhari's son, Yusuf.

rickleye:
If someone has to mansplain an article, the writer has failed!

Agreed 100%.

The author of the article probably had his head somewhere else, he messed up the article with the arrangement of his thoughts

mine3112:
It is not but Arteta needs to blamed for this.

Areta? How?

PresidObi:
Sorry

"Disu on Monday paid a condolence visit to CSP A.A. Sambo, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ushafa Division, who tragically lost his son.

During the visit, CP Disu expressed heartfelt sympathies and assured CSP Sambo and his family of the Command’s unwavering support during this difficult time."

If anyone understands the bold portion, can you help me explain how it sounds, against the topic of the news?

It means on Monday he had earlier gone to pay a condolence visit to his junior colleague (CSP Sambo) who lost his son in a tragic incident ; Unfortunately his own son too died in a horrific car accident the same Monday he went to pay condolence visit to the junior colleague.

Can the management of this club for once try and surprise us like they did with Rice signing ?

Can they please break the bank and sign Osimhen for us? Can they top it up by signing another winger on the right hand side who can give us something similar to what Saka does?

Is this too much to ask?

larride:
I curse the day Glazers bought this club.

I curse the day they sold part to Sir Jim ratface

These guys are hopeless ehn. Today is 21 remaining 9 days to the end of the transfer window and nobody has been brought in.

Mr Marcus oni curse

U no curse the day Sir Alex retire join, because e be like say na since the day the baba retire everything don dey south for the club

Theflint1:
I had reason to visit Naija Confra last week and I was amazed at the amount of cult killings happening in the country that's not getting news coverage...and a sh1t ton of those cult killings happen in Lagos that's naturally is in the centre of news in the country.

Omo ! That Naija contra updates on cult clashes are crazy . If u don’t check their page/telegram channel , u will not know that much number of lives are lost regularly to senseless cult killings .

So many under reported crimes happening daily

Once upon a Time in Manchester

iamoyindamola:
The only advice from this one will be how to open beer parlour and ashewo house for government house

But this kind guy go use this level chop some girls gan o. He will just be telling them he’s a close confidant of the governor and he’s highly connected .

iamoyindamola:
Hypeman

Shey na special adviser dem go call am or wetin sef ?

TemporaryHansel:
https://www.nairaland.com/8321206/those-earning-over-1000000-monthly

See how them finish that nazgul guy.

Dude confidently saying no company in Nigeria can pay a 1m salary. 😂

The guy is ignorant and was confidently wearing his ignorance around like a cape.

Although I understand him, and I understand where he's coming from. No disrespect to people who have worked or currently working as contract staff o, but I believe the guy's myopic view mostly stemmed from either working as a contract staff for a long time before getting a full-time job or working in a mid-sized firm with poor pay structure.

People like that will always find it difficult to believe that there are people who earn decently well doing almost the same thing they do in their workplace.

If u notice how he kept urging posters on the thread in the first 3 pages to mention the specific companies they know that pay that well, u will know that he's planning to go and start bombing those companies with application after doing ignorant gra-gra on nairaland.
The way he was just confidently arguing was just so appalling and amusing at the same time.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]I now agree that this guy is paid by the governor to do that.

How can security personells leave him to be doing that, if he is not on the list of staff?[/color]

Of course, he's obviously paid by the governor either from his pocket or the state government's coffers. The DSS guys would not allow him near the governor if he doesn't have clearance from the governor himself.

I want to understand something , is this what this man will do for 4 years while the governor’s tenure lasts ?

....Unemployment is a curse pic.twitter.com/hucXC9hV0y

— Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, CGoF (@ChidiOdinkalu) January 20, 2025

Shegzdave:
NYSC really carry person trabaye
My plug sef eff me up

Night journey in Naija now is another way to die

Thanks I appreciate

Just follow the advice of breaking ur journey into two phases. That way u can minimize the level of exposure to road risks.

Unlimited22:
😂😂😂😂😂😂

I remember going from Benin to Okada for outreach


Lol.

Lol.

Guyman, them go stop your motor, dey for road there begin negotiate ransom. Where you wán go?


Abi na when I go Gusau, when Abuja-Kaduna express was still the HQ of banditry in Nigeria?


After Funtua in Katsina state, upon entering Zamfara before you reach Gusau, e get where you go drive for up to 30 minutes, na grassland and shrub you go deh see both sides of the road. Like if person dey chase you, you go run reach horizon e go still dey see you because nowhere to hide.


At some point, our vehicle stopped, and every fuckinngg person got down to push it until we saw human beings again.


When I was going to camp, we got to Wukari from Port Harcourt at around 8pm. A convoy of over 17 full vehicles heading to Jalingo and Yola.

The drivers, ALL OF WHOM WERE NORTHERN MUSLIMS, talk say them no dey go again o

Say anything wey do us no concern them.

No worry.

Travelling inside Nigeria by road na extreme sport. Na God dey keep person.

I can relate to the bold. The vegetation in the north is crazy especially during the dry season; there's nowhere to hide in case u even say u want to run from kidnappers/bandits/robbers. Most of the green plants/weeds would've dried off due to the harsh weather such that the person pursuing u can see u clearly far ahead. There's no bush u can hide sef. Some streams usually dry up during dry season, u won't even know there's a stream there.

U can travel for 30 mins and not see a single house, just low grown shrubs by the side of the road.

Looking back now, we were really lucky we served at a time when there was no banditry/terrorism in the northwest o. Because I remember how we will leave our school to go watch champions league on Tuesdays & Wednesdays between 8.45pm and 10.30pm .

We will start trekking from the viewing center which is in the heart of the village to where our school is located in an isolated part of the village's outskirts. Sometimes we get to school around 11.30 /to 12 am. We would even be gisting while trekking by the side of the road to our school; it's usually 4 of us Corpers who really liked football like that - two Arsenal fans and two Chelsea fans.

To think all those places are now ravaged by Bandits and even foreign terrorists.

izzou:
[color=royalblue] Everything is underreported.

Most people who use GUO and GIG are the average and middle class of Nigeria. They are internet literate. So if their family member miss, dem sabi where Twitter and IG dey

Na why.[/color]

A lot of crime are underreported in this country.

Just this last week , I know someone who was buried after she was killed by a hit and run vehicle in Oshodi here in Lagos late December. The incident didn't even make it to any news media be it internet blog or radio station sef.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]I travelled to a place called Afuze in Edo state, last week.

We passed through Okada.

We drove for like 10 minutes and there was no oncoming vehicle or bike. No human being. No body walking. No checkpoint. Just farms and forest.

The driver said the road is usually like that. If dem kidnap you there, no need to enter bush. Na for under one tree there dem go begin make calls for ransom. Lonely is an understatement when describing that road

When I was coming back, I passed from Sabo to Oluku junction....Make I no make the same mistake, abeg.

[/color]

The funny thing is there are places like that in the Southwest, South South, North West, North East, South East, etc. The few places soldiers and policemen mount road blocks, they just use them to extort motorist and then leave after some hours.

When I was serving in the NorthWest, one guy that came from Maiduguri told us about how nobody dares travel the Maiduguri highway once it is 4pm because the entire stretch of the road belongs to Boko Haram that time till the next morning. Not even military convoy will dare use the road within that period

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Factors!

If you want safety, The airport is your only option.

You cannot be traveling by road, and scheming how safe you want to go. Broad daylight, dem go carry you and nothing go happen.

All the GIG and GUO buses that were involved was broad daylight.

Before I travel, I make up my mind and pray to whatever God I serve. [/color]

As in...... There are some places u will get to while travelling on naija road and u know in ur mind that if anything happens in such places there's nothing that can save u even in road daylight.

I believe most of the kidnapping incidents happening on the roads are even under-reported. There are so many buses not GUO,GIG , peace mass transit, etc that gets waylaid on the road and they don't get reported in mainstream media

izzou:
[color=royalblue] Unless you are flying, or using the train, there is no better remedy for far distances than night.

Nigeria is not safe. All the kidnappings you are reading online is mostly in the day...Under Korokoro sun.

If truly we want a higher chance of safety, just fly.[/color]

When one talks about these things, people who support/defend government always think one is exaggerating or embellishing stories just to paint the government bad.

There is serious insecurity on the highways both day and night, so may unpoliced/underpoliced corridors on Nigerian highways where non state actors operate without much disturbance from security agents.

Like you rightly said, the best way of ensuring safety while traveling is to fly; unfortunately, majority of Nigerians can't afford the high cost of flight ticket.

A40:
Any unauthorized entry at that unholy hour it's squeeze first ask questions last. I'm not going out like Pop Smoke

But in a country like Nigeria , na problem for u too that fired the shot na