sirRiddy:
Happy birthday to the great guy behind this thread, danjaninja.
Long life and prosperity.

Thank you sir! Am truly grateful. I look forward to seeing you this fall.

VickyRotex:


I'm Priceless. #NoBeJoke.

Everybody is Priceless #TrueTalk

VickyRotex:
" I still wash his undies until six years ago that he insisted I should stop."

I'm not an English Teacher. But I think that's an Oxymoron. It's contradicting. You "still" wash it and yet you stopped washing it 6 years ago.

But we get the point though.

With all the English that you know, how much are you worth? #NaJokeO

olupentane:
please is there anyone in Ibadan with the GRE preparation pack? kindly reach me at olupentane at gmail dot com, or drop your contact Thanks.

Please re send your email.

pepe4reps:


Pls danjuma add me up....pepe4reps2023@yahoo.com

Who is danjuma? This guy don turn me to aboki.
Added you to the group though.

pepe4reps:

pwaf2023@gmail.com, pls add me

Done.

freshboi34:
Hello @danjaninja kindly add me to the facebook group bro

Email:- khussen@yahoo.com


thanks in anticipation.


cc@Danjaninja

Done.

Beisel4real:
Pls can I get the GRE materials and also be added to the GRE facebook group.

Beisel4real@yahoo.com

Thanks

Done.

temmyt20:
pls add me to d Facebook group
temmyt20@yahoo.ca (pls note, my mail ends with .ca not .com, thnks)

Done.

deWav:


Kindly, do the same for me. josh20094luv@yahoo.com

one love. Thanks

Done.

Image123:


Thank you for your attempt at objectivity. it is a very rare feature/attempt from anti-Buhari people. He is seeking all kinds of help, economic, political, security, investment, information, repatriation, diplomatic etc. Nigeria was totally on the brinks and virtually a pariah state. he's tried to restore some dignity to us in the committee of nations. Nigeria has gained her respect and relevance back slowly and surely. His trip to the US was not just for military, howerver, if you have been conversant with the news, you would have heard that the US gave us some of their weapons, asides the $5million(or so) they initiallly gave us to combat boko haram. Recently also, they have sent soldiers to help the MNJTF with logistics at the areas where the boko haram is still believed to be in. France and other countries have also helped with money and logistics. they are even training our soldiers to speak French so as to ensure communication with neighbouring soldiers.
The local solutions Buhari and his team gave was to take the military base from Abuja to Bornu state, rally round the neighbouring countries(Chad, Niger, Cameroun and Benin) to restrategise the fight, with Nigeria now LEADING the MNJTF instead of the former methods that obtained, where Nigeria soldiers were running away from boko haram and mercenaries from South Africa were the ones doing their job, then soldiers from Chad and Niger were coming into Nigeria anytime they wanted to help us fight boko haram, while boko were pillaging our barracks and mutiny was growing in the army. Now, Nigeria(NA) is in charge of Nigeria, MNJTF is incharge of border areas and working together with logistics. Chad President is no longer our big brother come to our rescue. Boko haram has been subdued so far and even their resort to suicide bombing insurgency has been very subdued.


The budget is a huge embarrassment, even to Buhari. i even did a thread criticizing it as far back as January 14, long before the massive media criticisms it received. Even at that, we do need loans, though maybe not as much as we intend to borrow. It's a budget in TRILLIONS, not millions. We need loans so that we can operate with bulk money, and so that we don't have to rely on an unstable oil price and revenue. And he needs to go and ask as many as he can and not just put hopes in one basket. He's asked WorldBank, China, EU etc. These are not things that are effected via twitter or BBM.



Textbook economics are not exactly what will solve our problems. NOI kept giving us textbook figures about FDI, GDP, GUP rubbish that had no significant positive effect on the common man. We don't need wind/chaff foreign investment where foreigners dominate our stock exchange and JP Morgan moves billions out of our country in a day. We need investors who will build businesses, create employment, invest capital in building estates, roads, railways, factories, malls, industries etc. i wonder what you mean by clear cut economic policies. i guess clear cut means devaluing the naira. And as long as we insist on NO DEVALUATION, we will continue to be considered as not having clear cut balderdash. It is very clear we are devaluing the currency, it is very clear the government intends to focus on agriculture and mining to grow the economy and create jobs. It is very clear the government hopes to increase electricity generation in thousands of megawatts, to build roads and massive housing projects. What could be more clear cut? Do you need Buhari's ATM pin or Adeosun's token so that you can clearly see?



He's not going out to get soldiers. We need weapons, we need information that we do not have. Also, terrorism is a global fight/problem. It is not local. We need to rebuild cities, towns and communities. These are things that developed countries and bodies like Bill Gates Foundation, WorldBank etc can help with. Educating the locals, giving them incentives, training our people, project management and achieving results in quality time.
On oil markets, we need people to BUY our crude and not just rely on few customers. The US was our biggest customer but they drastically reduced their patronage. China also has their own customers. So he needs to re-establish agreements with some of these countries. Would be nice to get Japan in our market for instance. On crude price, i thought as you did too that he did not have any influence as Nigeria did not have any much say(at least this time last year). But he's been meeting all these OPEC people recently with Kachukwu, and i think Kachukwu is OPEC president or so, or at least former OPEC President. Meeting Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia over oil prices is not a useless thing to do. If things go well, prices may stabilise to around $50 per barrel(so said Kachukwu recently). i don't know how, i'm just telling you some of the things he's doing/trying to do travelling around.



The conditions of our hospitals are not an eye-opener to us, they are things we know and the President knows. He does not have to go the hospital to know. And his budget is not ready BTW. i believe the tempo of work will greatly increase as soon as the budget is approved by the NASS. Then is where he can inspect or delegate people to inspect and commission etc. i am sure the Buhari government has bought more than 300beds for hospitals and IDPs since inauguration. These are not headline news, Nigeria is not Ekiti state, even though Tanzania is bigger than Nigeria(apologies to my ekiti people). The tanzanian president's visit and sacks is similar to what we initially called Buhari's body language. He's also done his own fair share of sackings and replacements. Customs, FIRS, DSS, EFCC for instance have not remained the same, though we still want more and refined improvement. Let's wait for the NASS to approve, then come back to reassess IMPLEMENTATION and monitoring after 3-4 months.

Bro, this is what Nigeria needs. Intelligent discourse without ethnic sentiment.

Image123:


Buhari halved his salary for instance, who followed?
There is absolutely no sense in cancelling all presidential foreign trips for 6months, they are not going there to play or sight see. They are moving around asking for help, meeting over loans, foreign investment, security details, oil markets and prices, recovering Nigeria's wealth etc. These are all necessary visits that are yielding and will still yield good fruits in time to come. It is foundational work, or you think sending emails and chatting on whatsapp is what will do the work?
Buhari does not need to visit hospitals, though i remember him at one during a boko haram attack sometimes last year. He is not a doctor, and he is paying ministers and other government workers to do that. His work is mainly administrative and his budget is yet to be approved, which ties his hands to an extent. What exactly is happening in hospitals that you think he needs to start visiting, is he a miracle man or what?
The money allocated to feeding in Aso Rock is not up a billion, quit the lying(exaggeration).
It is too early to conclude the outcome of the first four years of the current government.

There is absolutely no sense in cancelling all presidential foreign trips for 6months, they are not going there to play or sight see. They are moving around asking for help, meeting over loans, foreign investment, security details, oil markets and prices, recovering Nigeria's wealth etc. These are all necessary visits that are yielding and will still yield good fruits in time to come. It is foundational work, or you think sending emails and chatting on whatsapp is what will do the work?

you got me laughing at the bolded. "They are not going there to sight see". Really? Lol. Let us objectively walk through your comment.

They are moving around asking for help,
What help is he seeking? Technical, political or military? Have you forgotten his trip to USA seeking military help? What good did that yield?
Before you ask for help, figure out the solution to your problems, implement those solutions and if all options fail, feel free to ask for help.
In this case, where are the local solutions Buhari and his team has offered?

meeting over loans
Did you see the 2016 budget? if you can ask for N322,421,971 to link a cable to the drivers’ restroom at the presidential villa, request to spend another N213,873,953 for linking of a cable from Guest House No 9,evidently, then you have no business seeking for loans.

foreign investment
getting foreign investment is not rocket science. You want foreign investment? Simple, create clear cut economic policies, tax/financial incentives and a safe environment. Then watch your FDI increase. This is simple economics. However, given the lack of clear cut economic policies that we currently have, dont expect any foreign investment.

security details, oil markets and prices,
Security is a local problem. The earlier we realise nobody will help us fight Boko Haram, the better for us all. Find out the root cause of the problem and implement a solution. Thats all it takes. Realistically, it might not be this simple but generally, those are the requirements.

And oil market/prices? - So you think Buhari has any influence over the price of Brent or Light sweet crude.

The Hospitals
The reason i brought up the hospitals was because according to the O/P's article, the Tanzanian president - John Magufuli apparently made an impromptu visit to the largest hospital in Tanzania, i watched the video myself. What he saw was an eye opener - Patients on the floor, non functional hospital equipments and the usual dose of African inefficiencies. I say african cos funds were allocated for these services yet non was functional. Now, I agree with you that the job of the president is to create policies and delegate tasks accordingly to the ministers. Nonetheless, occasionally, as the president, you need to step out and actually observe the implementation of your policies. Sitting in Aso Rock or travelling over the world is not acceptable in this situation. You might think this is unnecessary but that visit to the tanzanian hospital led to unprecedented improvements - the head of the hospital was fired, more beds were bought, equipments that were not functional all became operational. You see the difference? In summary, it is not enough to create policies, get your ass up and monitor the implementation of the policies. Doing this sends a very clear message that "inefficiency will not be tolerated".

Image123:
Lol, good for him. He'd be impeached immediately if he attempted to just think of trying these in Nigeria. That's if he's not killed instead. Tanzania is a bigger country than Nigeria in landmass by the way, yet our population is about 4times their own. Our citizens are also more complex, variant, sophisticated, educated,powerful and rich. One man doesn't run things anyhow here. Our press and masses also have more freedom than theirs. We have greater economic problems than they do. And we have a different goal from them.

This is where you compleletely get it wrong. No matter how complex a nation is, as a leader, when you set the example, all others will follow. Besides, Tanzania is multi ethnic and complex society. Do u think corrupt political cabals are non existent in Tanzania?

Now tell me, what would happen if :
1. Buhari cancels all presidential foreign trips for 6months pending the improvement of the economy?

2. What would happen if Buhari visits the major hospitals in Naija just for a routine check?
(He has visited over 29 countries but not one single hospital).

3. What would happen if Buhari single handedly refuses to accept the silly billions allocated for food @ Aso Rock?

You see my point? Nobody can stop him from doing these things. But he doesn't do any of them.

What you don't understand is that as a leader, its not your words that matter, but your actions and from my humble observation, Buhari has done nothing to assure Nigerians that change is here.

Another wasted four years.

I don't get the political aguements over here. Are you guys so partisan to ignore the fact that our leaders are so dumb as to award a $12B contract to a Chinese company?

Has China ever award a $1M contract to a Nigerian company?

Yet, u wonder why we have a dwindling foreign reserve.

The moment we stop this stupid tribalistic fighting within ourselves and start working together as one, the better for us all.

anikemoses:
Health Insurance here is very expensive,last year I took my school's plan and was charged $1,700 for a year,but this year I got the alternative insurance form and used it,which cost me $600...

Hi bro, can u please share more info on this alternate insurance provider? My current health insurance covers very little and costs about $1600. Would be grateful if I can minimize that cost and still get a plan with comprehensive coverage.

tsdarkside:


but its possible...i have 2 wifi routers...that i dont use....wifi routers are like pop-corn..the are lying around everywere unused...i dont know what a mesh is.....you dont need to develope application that would permit peer to peer video streaming..their are freewares on the internet...already developed

So what's stopping you then?

greenhulk:


U made sense but story too much. The average user has no time for all these terminologies. Unlimited WiFi or unlimited internet is the same thing to the average user. When we say unlimited/fast WiFi we actually mean unlimited/fast internet. If we can get a steady speed of 10mbps unlimited internet access in Nigeria for now we will be OK. That is enough to stream even a 720p video without buffering.

With all due respect my friend, my post wasn't meant for you. If you think it was too lengthy, kindly ignore it especially if u still post misleading information on unlimited WiFi = unlimited internet. What u don't realize is that some people actually come here to learn and its imperative not to post misleading information. Thank u

banmee:


Phuck snow. There's no place like the south. It's snow free. I used to think snow was the shiit until i experienced it. Believe me when i tell you it is not. It absolutely sucks balls.

True talk. Snow is fun till u have to shovel it from your driveway

porshuch:
The rate of the snow on that picture , shows that they are in one of these Scandinavian countries. "close to north pole things"

Nah...they are in the US. The east coast most likely. We had a crazy case of blizzard/snow storm today. Check CNN you will find all the news there.

mikky4all:
Pls add me to the GRE facebook group somoyemikail@yahoo.com

Done.

sirRiddy:
Thanks guys. It is the least I can do for the gains I made from this thread. Hopefully, other members would do the same when they get admission and funding.

essayHelp I applied for Fall. Applied early October and got both admission and funding decisions in October. Pretty early and fast, huh? In the program, there are only 12 Graduate Teaching Assistantships and the deadline is January 1 for funding. So, if a better qualified candidate applies on the 2nd of January (when funding would likely have been shared), he is OYO. So, apply early.

Perotti, only KSU has funded thus far. Since I got that decision, I have pretty much forgotten about other schools. Infact, others have been asking me for my Statement of Account but I am not interested, have other things to sort out. UALR and MTSU said they would tell me if I will get a GA around April/May.

Denvan thanks for the kind words. I am sure you have settled nicely in the US now.

Oga Danjaninja Na you biko o…haha

Oga SirRiddy, na God biko o!

koonbey:

No Sir.

At 9.5+ MB/s download speed, my connection translates to about 80mb/s. Here in Nigeria.

Bros, are you sure you are in Nigeria? Oya provide a screenshot of your speedtest.

tsdarkside:


we could bypass this problem by streaming to each other in the area...when someone has a film,he can stream the film to 100 or more people that are near to him,by turning his wlan to a hotspot...this strategie needs more cooperation between people in a area...

this data-bandits would be cut off,and forced to upgrade the broadband in nigeria....

This is a cool idea but it has serious technical limitations because wifi as a transmission medium, has a very poor range. What you need is a MESH network based on wifi. And to achieve this, everyone needs to buy a wifi router. Even if you solve the physical mesh network challenge, you still need to develop an application that would permit peer to peer video streaming.

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The term "unlimited wifi" is misleading. There is no such thing as unlimited wifi. Wifi is a wireless technology that provides wireless access to local access networks (LANs). It is the LANs in the form of Dsl (phone lines), Cable and fibre optics that connect the end user to the internet service providers (ISP). And it is the ISP that provides the internet service and determines how fast your internet would be. Sometimes, the physical network provider and the internet service provider is the same entity - MTN as an example. MTN is both an internet service provider and a GSM network provider. As a GSM network provider, MTN, through its GSM network, provides a platform for you to connect with others GSM networks - providing voice and sms services to you the end user. If you remember clearly, back in 2001 when MTN came to Nigeria, it had no internet services. Yes, It had the network, but it wasn't an internet service provider. MTN became an ISP in 2004. As an internet service provider, mtn also allows you to use its GSM networks to connect to the internet. However, in most developed countries, the network service provider and the internet service provider are different entities. So in essence, the wifi you think of in the us is just a wireless means of connecting to the "cable" aka LAN.

Secondly, wifi as wireless medium has speed limits. Thus saying wifi is unlimited is misleading. There are three kinds of wifi:
802.11g with max speed of 54Mb/s
802.11n with max speed of 450mb/s and
802.11ac with max speed of 1300b/s i.e 1.3Gb/s. Mind you, these speeds are theoretical maximums. Real world speeds are lower.

Lastly, just because you have a fast wifi does not mean you get fast internet. For example, you have an 802.11ac (1200Mb/s) wifi router connected to a LAN with an ISP that offers you an 80Mb/s internet (which is what i have ). You will not get 1200Mb/s but approximately 77Mb/s. You see the difference? Fast wifi is not fast internet. It is the speed which your ISP provides that matters.

Did i make any sense?

bigass:


CDN does not provide the internet to access the content ISPs do. CDN only makes the the servers from which Netflix content loads closer to its users

I'm impressed. You are quite informed.

sundoj08:


[b][/b]My Nigga

Apart from that, Netflix is the most boring sh.it ever with their stupid good for nothing movies. You spend hours looking through their collection and it's all b.shit.

Even Netflix and Chill don't work with em girls no more.

Bitche.s be like son play that crap and watch me escort my black behind outta your crib

I thought I was the only one who noticed as well. Netflix in the US is filled with boring, good for nothing movies. I dont understand the hype. Popcorn time killing it jejely over here. No time joor

Elxandre:

Madam 720p or even 1080p movies can't consume that sort of data sef.
He was watching 2k probably and feeling funky

Wrong. I live in the US with unlimited internet and I can confidently tell you his analysis is correct. On 720p, a one hour video will cost you at least 2.6GB. HD (1080p upwards) which is twice the size of 720p, consumes even more data. Meaning a 2hr full HD movie would consume more than 8Gb of data.

If you doubt me, I will post screenshots to confirm his statement.

When the Netflix in Nigeria announcment was made, my initial reaction was "which data are you gonna watch movies with"?

Until fast affordable internet is made, massive full scale streaming video in Nigeria is but a pipe dream.

P.s: in most advanced countries, internet is delivered to most homes via copper cables, fibre optics and telephone lines. Meaning a hard line directly connected to the ISP's. I know you have heard wifi is everywhere in the us. Thing is, the Wifi only serves as a means of connecting users to these hard lines. So the bulk of most internet acces actually go through these hard lines. GSM and wimax networks are seriously discouraged and rarely used for internet access here. The reverse is the case in Nigeria. Almost all our internet is wireless. For internet access, wireless is inefficient and expensive. If Nitel had built phone lines to every home in Nigeria we would have fast affordable internet right now.

greenhulk:


I don't think Netflix can stream in 1080p in Nigeria. It has to go through some approvals and only a few devices can stream in 1080p not to talk of 2k and 4k.

Wrong. If your internet is fast enough, you can even stream 4K in Nigeria. I used to work for a private firm that had 50Mb/s unlimited internet. They had a direct connection to main one cable. I have friends who still work there and stream 4K videos regularly. However since they dont have 4K devices, they stick with 1080p.

Peterwins:
I remember trying to subscribe few months ago but could not because their service wasn't available to Nigeria. I just thought to myself how they were missing a huge market potential in Nigeria. Here's the maths (projections):

1. 10,000,000 Monthly subscribers x $8 (average monthly sub) = $80Million per month in revenue.

2. $80million x 12months = $960million (approx $1billion) annual revenue.

The figures above can easily be achieved and even surpassed within 2years if:

They partner with banks, ISPs and other telecom providers by ensuring special data rates / bundles for Nexflix subscribers.

Nigeria have a growing youth population. Indeed, the Nigerian market is a goldmine for both local and International organisations that take their businesses seriously with the right strategies.

The last time I checked their stock price today, it was down by about 2.65% on NASDAQ. Buying their stock ($114.56 as at today) may not be a bad idea considering their growing global expansion.

PS: I subscribed today. Their potential subscribers / customers (mainly youths) will need cheaper and faster internet connection. They should work on this to succeed in Nigeria.

Your head is very valid my brother

nextstep:


That's exactly what I was thinking. 3gb that I budget for 2 weeks will be exhausted in 2 days watching netflix.

Not two days but one hour. One movie in netflix will take you at least 5GB to watch.

LUCAS99:


I just replied your PM.

I dont think that was me. I didnt get any reply from you. I just resent it though.

warriboy21:
dis jschii u again...leave ere u r not hearing.


anyways today is my byday o

Oh how i told God exactly last year on my last birthday that my nxt birthday shud b celebrated in america..and ere i am today shouting happybirthday in d land of d brave..d JOY in me in unspeakable ..

whatever ur heart desire and watevr it is u hv wished in ur heart as regards to ur travelling plans will surely manifest in JESUS name.

the God who made my own dreams come to reality will answer you acording to your own heart desires. .

dos of u going to the embassy soon 1advice pls try to make a vow b4 God. say God if i can get d visa , i will do so so so n so in your house. .if you no get d visa en..na me kn something has to go for u to get ur visa esp dos dat have been denied b4(....God respects vows. but afta u don get d visa..abeg quickly fufil ur own part of d vow o. .hmm.so dat make u for fit cross US immigration o (abeg no tempt God o)..1luv ya al

Ha han! My guy, Today na ur bday and you no tell me? Daris God o.....Anyways, Happy Bday Broderly. May God continue to bless and guide you.