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whywhyyyy: This is how they cope in the outside world, by winning awards!!!!

http://www.virgin.com/entrepreneur/richard-branson-walks-in-enterprise-challenge-winners-shoes


Are these young entrepreneurs stars in the making – rich in talent and ripe with innovation? After meeting them, Richard Branson thinks so.
Held online, the Enterprise Challenge encouraged young Nigerian entrepreneurs to showcase their business ideas in an Apprentice-style competition. Made up of three rounds, candidates wrote an essay on their entrepreneurial journeys, created a video pitch for their businesses or business plans, and had their ideas judged by a panel of experts in Nigeria and the UK.
Richard Branson with the Challenge winners
Eseoghene Ise Odiete and Nasir Abdulqadir Yammama were chosen as the Challenge winners from a pool of more than 1000 entrants. Eseoghene (Ese for short) runs Hesey Designs – an online store selling African-inspired accessories – through which she empowers and mentors young African women. Nasir Abdulqadir Yammama won over the judges with his business plan for a mobile phone app called Verdant, which aims to help crop farmers.

Both winners were awarded a £5000 grant and a scholarship to the Branson Centre for Entrepreneurship in South Africa. To top it off, they also received a mentoring session with Richard Branson, where they were able to ask questions about his life and business experiences.
The Virgin Founder was impressed with results of the competition and by the winners: “Innovation has been an important part of Virgin's heritage and I was pleased to see so many young Nigerians keen to embrace new ideas through the competition. Many congratulations to Ese and Nasir who had fantastic business plans and I’m sure will have very bright futures.”
Richard in Ese's custom-made shoes
Richard and Ese on stage
Ese designed a pair of sneakers – made out of local Nigerian fabric called ‘Ankara’ – especially for Richard Branson, which he wore, complementing a bespoke Vivienne Westwood suit, to the launch of Virgin Atlantic’s new uniform. Standing on stage at the party, he introduced Ese to the fashion-forward crowd and heralded her as a possible Vivienne Westwood of the future.

where in this your write-up did you state that "they" attended covenant university??

emeralddayo: lol...i attended a boarding house dat gave us ds same directives...we were allowed to use laptop pple stil sneaked in phones.. if undergraduates cant handle distractions how wil they cope awtside campus(the real world)?

dont mind them...

emeralddayo: i lauf in spanish...advanced secondary school.

even for secondary school i use phone

Whats happening to nairaland these past few days?

There has been a drastic decrease in the number of comments, even the number and quality of topics that make front have been affected too.

Abi na because of ebola??

Mhmm naija!

ebola4u: Even if you know that's what you're gonna do, need you come here to express your corrupt intention? Yes you must because we need f00ls like you who fuels piracy in Nigeria to make yourself known. You are happy to make our film makers unable to eat from the fruits of their labour. May the Ebola strain that doesn't infect others except you and people like you who directly and indirectly support piracy in Nigeria afflict you all.

what is this one saying??

You f0ol!

Common face your front and stop quoting me unnecessarily.

Go and tell dah sh1t to your father! When he stops making pirated copies, i wont see it in the market to buy.

See am...pretender!
Go hin house now you go see piles of pirated films everywhere

Wetin concern me!

#500 ke! Something i will get for #100 tomorrow

Omg

God o! Abeg

edozie04: Don't mind tat op,forming famzing as if she does nt do it

cant you see wrikles are already coming out on her face.
She's a saddist!

AriDsexy: Likewise.....I couldn't stop laughing at that Comment

the Op is just being a saddist.
I love Nland the way it is

edozie04: FTC.....Do ur worse

this got me laughing

If people stop doing all those things she wrote down, Nland would no more be interesting.

So my bro keep the flag flying!!

1 million wot??

To engr Authur Eze;
Kudos sire!

To Obiano;
I no wan hear say 1 million dollars dy miss o

Is not their fault.

Wen you have people like bokoharam in your country, that is the only way out.

If they do as you suggested, before they would be able to remove the gun when neededd they would have received like 5 bullets.

I cant even imagine how i would be feeling.

May God help those soldiers that are putting their lives on the line to protect our great country.

#ItIsWell

bushdoc9919: From the guardian....in response to the bolded...

AHEAD tomorrow Sallah celebration, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered extensive deployment of officers, other special operatives as well as necessary logistics to flashpoints across the country to ensure hitch-free festival.
According to a statement signed by Public Relations Officer of the Force, Frank Mba, the IGP directed all commands and formations, directing them to ensure that everything is done to guarantee tight security in their domains.

He said maximum attention should be paid to critical public places and other points prone to attack, urging commissioners to retool their operations in line with local peculiarities.

http://www.theguardianmobile.com/readNewsItem1.php?nid=30555

Also from the Leadership...

IGP orders security beef up nationwide

Ahead of this year’s Sallah celebrations, the Inspector General of Police Mohammed Abubakar has placed police operatives in all commands and formations across the country on red alert.

Force spokesman, ACP Frank Mba, made this known yesterday in a statement in which the IGP directed the command commissioners of police to personally supervise the special security deployment and ensure a 24-hour surveillance of their respective areas of operations.

According to Mba, the IGP stressed that maximum attention should be paid to critical public places and other points prone to enemy attack and ordered the command commissioners to retool their security infrastructures in line with their local security realities.

“As part of efforts to ensure hitch-free Sallah celebrations, the Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Abubakar has ordered effective and extensive deployment of officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force and other special operatives, as well as all necessary logistics to all nooks and crannies of the country.

“The IGP, in a directive issued to all commands and formations of the Force, directs command commissioners of police and other field commanders across the country to ensure that no stone is left unturned in making sure that adequate security is provided in their various areas of jurisdiction.

“Stressing that maximum attention should be paid to critical public places and other points prone to enemy attack, the IGP orders the command commissioners of police to retool their security infrastructures in line with their local security realities.

“The IGP further directs the command commissioners of police to personally supervise the special security deployment and ensure a 24-hour surveillance of their respective areas of operations,” Mba said.


http://leadership.ng/news/379131/military-raises-alarm-sallah-boko-haram-plots-multiple-bombings

You were saying?

you dont seem to get me do you?

Am not blaming the security agencies, they are trying their best but nigerians are not making it easier for them.

Almost every church have security agencies guarding their premises, this reduces the remaining officers that would be deployed to mosques,the zoo and the street.

Who knows? Maybe the security agencies guarding the catholic church that was bombed today, were among those that rushed to the mosque to diffuse the bomb leaving the church susceptible to the attack

Mtcheww...how is that going to bring back those that have lost their lives.

They were in a hurry to announce the sallah, just to make sure that it clashes with the holy day of the christians. So that the security agencies would be distracted. What happened in kano today is the perfect example.

Boko haram have been killing christians since 2009.

God help your people!

Just another lazy student looking for an excuse not to learn.

#team maths!

mencade5: yes for this first registration, ur phone will not do it. Go and register tomorrow. After that, you can change ur players and make ur weekly free transfer with ur phone.

Na so i dey take do my own ooooo

owkay

mencade5: go to cyber cafe and do it. Dont use your phone ooo. U can aslo use ur laptop. Phone will not help you.
I sacrifice one hour trekking to a cyber cafe to do this today.

so my fone cant do it?
That would be tomorrow then!

Thanks B T W

Mukina2 pls help me...

Why is it sayin login failled try again later?

Sounds interesting.

Mukina2 i wan join.send me the code,newbie in town. OJORO FC .

Pls... Someone should explain how the game is played.

Thanks!

Ok

Wow! This writeup just inspired me...

Where dah my book sef?!

*picks up a book from under the bed and start dusting it*

Am coming

I dont know

Ok

Mhmm

pfijacobs: Dat moment when ur plane runs outta fuel in a bornu highway near sambisa forest... Niggas b like... Pilot abeg crash dis plane o.. Dnt land it o....

my hear say i no like this your post now

Nice one bro...

You just got me laughing

hensben: you mean to say make more promises to win the heart of the electorate though, our vote doesnt count.

No! not promises, but hard work.
Cant you see... The year before every election, abandoned projects are been completed. there is also, always a drastic increase in infrastructure and better living condition for the masses
No matter their (political leaders) motives we should atleast be happy that there is an increase in development in the country!

Ok

How i wish every year will be a year of election, Nigeria would have been more developed by now...cos our political leaders work harder when election is by the corner