₦airaland Forum

dickrider:
HOW TO ERADICATE BIAFRA



Now that we have a new president at the helms of affairs, it is glad to know that security and our territorial integrity are part of his major plans. Boko haram, Mend , Opc are still easy to contend with because as brutal as they may seem, they can all be dealt with using the carrot and stick approach. The only group threatning our unity is biafra and as a matter of fact their seccesion request is treasonable. President Buhari must rate the threat level of Biafra to the highest. We do not want any form of civil war anymore and anything that threatens our unity must be forbidden. here are ways i suggest the new president should deal with biafran rebels;

He should declare Biafra radio as illegal and ban it henceforth.

He should arrest the owner of biafra radio and make him face treasonable charges for spreading hate campaigns against other tribes in nigeria.

He should establish a special Anti-biafra task force fully armed to the teeth.

He should resensitize the southeast through national orientation agency and make them learn to put the past behind them and embrace national unity.

He should offer financial rewards for informations leading to the arrest of biafran chanters and pro seccesionists.

He must make them realize that we all have a role to play for the development of nigeria.

God bless Nigeria.

United we stand, Divided we fall.

Say no to Biafra

Firefire:
No need again, he is becoming the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria today.


- Nigerians are watching how he would perform

- Nigerians expect him to hit the ground running from today

- Africans are expecting much from the giant called Nigeria

- The world are watching if indeed CHANGE has come to Nigeria.


We as patriotic Nigerians will continue to pray for our Jerusalem.

However, remember we shall not spare the rod. We shall be quick to castigate and condemn any inhuman policy.

We wish Buhari and his team well as they take charge from today.

N:B: FOUR YEARS is too short, and your time start NOW!

God bless Nigeria

God bless Nairaland

Shalom!

Firefire

markessien:
Hello Guys,

I am Mark Essien, the founder of Hotels.ng and Hotels.ng just raised $1.2m in funding from international investors. I started this business on my own two years ago in Calabar, and now we have become a big business. Hopefully, some people will read this and know that it's possible to be innovative, creative and build something from nothing in a few years.


http://www.forbes.com/sites/mfonobongnsehe/2015/05/26/nigerias-hotels-ng-raises-1-2-million/

Questions that people have asked me and answers. If you have any other questions, ask below and I will reply.

What's your view on competition? How closely do you follow what Wakanow, Travelstart, etc., are doing relative to hotels.ng?

Competition is necessary for you to have a baseline on which you want to improve from. Otherwise you can have a really crappy product, and you don't know because there is nothing to compare it with.

At the end of 2014, you made the following statement: "We recorded almost no customer complaints in last two months, while booking tens of thousands of people.” So...what's your approach towards customer service? And how has your team (apparently) been able to proactively address issues?

Customer service in my opinion, is about empowering customer service to do the best they can to help people, no matter what it costs.

As an entrepreneur, getting the right staff is usually a challenge. How do you get talented people? What is your recruiting trick for finding great staff?

I do things like this - https://medium.com/mark-essien/hotels-ng-interview-questions-to-screen-for-a-genius-49bb6cb9946a - to find people.

What was your biggest fear on the journey to this point, and how long did you anticipate it will take you to cross this threshold?
My biggest fear was that we would not make enough money in time to be able to survive, in case we did not raise money in time. Luckily, with focus and a bit of luck, we crossed that bridge.

What would you do differently if you were starting over today?
Differently - I would have avoided doing things that are side-experiments and been more focused on the main thing.

How many percent of your company did you have to give up for $1.2million. Do you own controlling shares?
Right now, I own more of the company than if I had no investment, but I had a co-founder.

Who are your senior management team? In every conversation about Hotels I only hear about you the founder, never about the team.
So far we have operated without a 'senior' management team. But that is about changing. Expect some news here.

Did you choose your investors or did they choose you? I am personally working on a service and trying to decide who my investors should be.
We chose each other, just like a marriage

Tell us three business development hacks you used to stay afloat while you raised money..?
1. staying very focused on what would contribute to bottom line and what would not

2. Implementing performance based compensation across board

3. 3. Deferring expenses that were not critical.

What is it about hotels culture that has made you successful and how will you keep it consistent as you scale.
Hotels Culture is one of everyone-do-your-best and always keep thinking. The overall philosophy is that people should not need to be controlled to do their best. The Netflix presentation on this is one of the best I have read, and I hope we one day achieve this.

Do you consider yourself a technology company or a hotel booking service?
We are 100% a technology company.

What inspired you to start Hotels.ng?
I was inspired by wanting to do something in tech in Nigeria, and seeing a big open market

Here's my question before you received funding from spark how many employees did you have?
First of all, it was just me coding the site, then after that I hired a friend called Charles Bassey - and we were working together getting our inventory in calabar. That was before I moved to Lagos.

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If you have any questions, feel free to ask, I will answer them all!

Me and the team

AlexReports:
In the spirit of the children's day, the Miss Ambassador For Peace Queens, Miss Rebecca Ademoluti and Miss Chioma Grace Egboh earlier today visited the Karmajiji community.

The queens who were led by the director, Amb. Kingsley Amafibe stated that they decided to visit the disable community to celebrate with them especially as they have had a long outstanding relationship.

Children's day celebration at the community located at the outskirts of Abuja city was indeed a memorable one for the kids, the parents and the Miss Ambassador for Peace team.

Receiving them, the royal highness, Alhaji Suleman Muhammad, the Emir of Disable emir commended the agency for the goodwill and prayed for their success in all their endeavours. Also with them at the visit was Umar I. Mohammed, MD/CEO Comrade Air services 

Queen Rebecca is the reigning Miss Ambassador For Peace while Queen Chioma is the current Miss Ambassador For Peace Diaspora. 

It would be recalled the agency, built the emir's palace in 2014 as part of its social responsibility.

http://alex-reports..com/2015/05/photos-miss-ambassador-for-peace-queens.html?m=0