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IamLEGEND1:
second-rate davido

Daniel058:
Nwanyi oma



how many people that read professional courses in Nigeria make as much she makes....
millionaire tailor, probably she didn't go to UNI, and yet making it big. .


E be like say my future pikin go learn work from im hand oooo

Besto:
i made a transaction via ebay and was charged 226naira to a dollar...the seller was acting funny so i requested for a payback which he did..but diamond refunded me @ 173naira to a dollar

Jarus:
It is called lobbying. It's an acceptable democratic practice.

ejihand1:
NMA forming alliance with the senate president to make sure none of johesu bills got passed at the plenary. We know the drill. One day for thief and 99 days for the owner of the house. Una cup go full one day

Thewhizzkid1:
B4 he comes, pls send some of them if possible. Thanks.

Thewhizzkid1:
Please anyone with pdf format of medical textbooks(anatomy, physiology and biochemistry) should kindly send to igbesilas@gmail.com. Thanks.
cc lomaxx, ebsuguy, digitalis, charleymed, chartey, drhesjay, etc.

stanodi:
https://lightednation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Why-small-businesses-fail-in-Nigeria-720x340.jpg
Starting businesses is a dream of every entrepreneur. I and a business partner lost some few thousands shy of one million naira just over a year ago. We had undertaken a venture very optimistic of success. We had done the necessary calculations and we were dead-confident that our high-tech viewing centre at Iyana Ipaja would be a hit.
A year and half later; we were folding up. Months of planning and efforts had been wasted, monies had been blown down the drains, our landlord was already on our tails to either pay up as our rents had expired or uproot the structure we had constructed with the hope that it will stand for 10 years at least; we were in a fix. How did it all go wrong?
I will try to outline some of the reasons why I felt our business and other small businesses failed.

5 Reasons why businesses fail in Nigeria

1. Poor location; its been said over and over again; location is everything! We were swamped on every side by other viewing centres who had been in the business way before ours. Because of the way humans are wired, it’s not always easy for the customers to switch to a new brand, or product. Despite the projectors and other unique value propositions we were offering, we were still not making enough to run the business monthly. Its always good to go to a location where you can have the first mover advantage, we didn’t; we had to compete with businesses that had grown there over time and which people are now used to. I highly recommend the blue ocean strategy for small businesses about to start up. This book talks about the simultaneous pursuit of differentiation and low cost to open up a new market space and create new demand for businesses.

2. Misalignment with your customers; its imperative to define your customers and to align with them. This means seeing what they see, feeling what they feel, hearing what they hear, smelling what they smell; you need to do unto them as they would want to be done to. But we did the opposite; we did unto them as we would want to be done to. We were educated, we were technologically savvy, so we tried to revamp the way people watch matches in that neighbourhood. We provided them with technology at a little premium, when all they wanted was cheaper options. And we failed! Businesses that fail to align with their customer’s needs will eventually produce products and services that no one wants.


3. No staying power; its common knowledge that you may not make much money in the first few years in business; but you need to break even nonetheless. That means making enough money to cover your running costs for the period of time. We didn’t! Some businesses fold when they don’t make profit in the first few years. Just like we did.

4. Inappropriate business planning and execution. Some people get a fantastic idea and they rush off into production without any planning whatsoever. Without understanding their landscape. Without knowing if someone in their chosen market already is into similar business. There just seems to be lots of gap. Small businesses need to have a solid business plan. A good business plan not only helps when trying to secure finances for the business but it also aids in understanding different areas of the business and answering lots of question that that the business would need answers to later on. We at lightednation.com, can help you package a great business plan for your business. However execution is everything, you may have the best ideas, but when if you fail at execution, the idea amounts to nothing

5. Managerial inefficiencies; to run businesses successfully, the owners need to be actively involved. We were’nt, I and my partner were working 9 to 5 jobs. We rarely had time to monitor the proceeding albeit over the phone. What you don’t monitor efficiently you lose track of. We did.

There a lot of other reasons that I have not called out here. Please share and comment to help others get lighted!.

http://lightednation.com/2015/09/why-small-businesses-fail-in-nigeria/

kamez:
slow dog

illbliss

phyno (for those that truly understand Igbo language)

nigga raw. and

SPlash . . .my crush


slow dog is one hell of a hilarious rapper. listen to his freestyle of sarkodies beat.. his Igbo lyrics dikwa too sharp

ifex370:
The guy is my friend... Met him in Enugu... Wow, how life changes so fast

The 2015 NetRiders CCNA competition for Sub-
Saharan Africa was conducted by Cisco International
and the results have since been released with young
Mr. Clement Omachoko Agbo of ABU Zaria Cisco Networking Academy emerging the overall winner. Clement
Agbo beat competitors from Ghana, Senegal, South
Africa, Ethiopia and Kenya among several other
countries that participated in the event. The
announcement was contained in a July 9th 2015 e-
mail communication from Mr. I'm on Akpan (CSR
Manager Nigeria, Cisco Corporate Affairs) to the
Head of IT Academy (ICICT) which oversees the
affairs of the ABU Cisco Networking Academy. The e-
mail began with a message from the South African
Offices of Cisco stating that the competition actually
covered the whole of Sub-Saharan Africa. “It is with
great excitement to announce the top 2015 Network
student in Sub-Saharan Africa from Ahmadu Bello
University (ABU Zaria).” , Mr. Imoh announced in the e-
mail that was copied to other Cisco Academies
nation-wide. He further stated that “…it is certainly a
major achievement to have for the first time since
inception of the Cisco Networking Academy program in
Nigeria a student coming top in the CCNA NetRiders
competition from Nigeria. Please, join me to congratulate
ABU Zaria for this outstanding achievement and being
the first Academy in Nigeria to win the award.” , Mr.
Imoh’s e-mail concluded. While responding to the
good news, the Director of ICICT, Prof. S. B. Junaidu
remarked that it was indeed pleasing to know that our
Academy produced the first ever winner of that
completion in Nigeria; adding that “this goes to further
buttress why we are seriously upgrading facilities at the
ABU Cisco Academy so as to always give the best to our
students, in order to enable them not only compete
globally but also emerge winners everywhere they go
after going through their studies at our Academy” . An
indigene of Benue State Nigeria, Mr. Clement
Omachoko Agbo studied Electrical Engineering at ABU
Zaria. By winning this international competition, he
will be going on a study trip to Cisco Headquarters
(United States) around January 10 – January 16,
2016 at the instance of Cisco. View the complete
official results of the competitions

Ymodulus:
Typing..

Benignasweety:
Is it possible to check a baby's DNA when itz still in the womb. Where can it be done around owerri or the east

Zellie:
thank you. Which other textbook can I use alongside Keith moore? Last's? Or just keith moore would do ?

anigbajumo:
Lolz,u got it wrong bro


Birni gwari is one of the largest forest in Nigeria (hidden place for armed robbers),with or without hold up is dangerous to pass true frm Tejina to Birni gwari.

frm Ilorin to mokwa to Tejina,dea is nofin like armed robber there is safe to pass true even in d mid night.

sassygal:
Do you honestly believe a 'competitor' would advise an opponent? Whatever you believed is in your head alone! The sky is big enough for every bird to fly, besides she may not even be in my vicinity for me to want to compete with and I asked those questions because they are pertinent!

Where in the initial post did the op prove that she was capable of handling events, no qualities listed, no experience stated or you expect people to patronize based on sentiments?

Please be careful of insinuating rubbish

ozo13:
Na to follow train pass tru d place oo.please does any one have an idea weda d train going to Kaduna/kano from ilorin will pass tru kotongora in Niger state?