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Is it the Nigerian sun that is making people so aggressive online like this?!

Guys calm down! It is Friday

Na wa o. This Nairaland trend of people abusing each other's mothers is so IMMATURE and CHILDISH. You folks should face yourselves squarely rather than bringing parents who didn't send you errand into the story. Lots of kids on this forum apparently

Why won't they worry when it means the funds they siphon outside the country would be a smaller amount as a result of the higher exchange rate. Bunch of jokers.

deflover:
yes can you tell us where this new source of energy is been discovered.....in your backyard right........you lot open your mouth all the time to talk down a zone that feeds your lazy behind.....

make una bomb us na.....why make mouth......throw una akara bomb na.....wipe us out now.....abeg no make mouth....come down to after Ore and start wiping us off the surface of nigeria na

when you all will know how far time go don go.....america no give una weapon na una rusty AK 0.1 una wan use ba

Where in my post did I mention bomb or anyone being wiped off? I am talking about crude oil not being the same as its always been and you are talking about what again?
They should sit down there claiming "oil" whilst other countries and economies are making progress. Na you people sabi anyway.

centje:
spirit of flight
Oil on canvas

www.nairaland.com/attachments/2642422_dream_jpeg89cac71cba7221d8ca74186b8e6d413b

Original work by Josephine Wall, an English Artist and Sculptor.

Am I the only one not able to view most of the pictures? It's showing as a thumbnail

It's like these guys don't realize that the train has passed them by
Brent crude today is at $56 and other sources of energy are progressively being discovered
Anyway, good luck to them

by the way, why can't your friend take her annual leave? what was the point of telling the boss, height of naivety

iyisco2001:
Why tell your boss that you have an exam when you can easily fall sick for a week. Except your organization supports a study leave, you shouldn't in any means communicate at your work to anyone that you are engaged in advanced studies, especially postgraduate, your boss probably has the same certificate as you, she wouldn't want you to boss her. Anyway, weigh what you prefer most, the job or your postgraduate, only you can advise yourself. If you have any other option, quit the job and go for your exams, it is clear your development isn't supported by your boss.

lmao! those that are sick are praying to be well oh

Obviously any multinational company would fall into this category.

Jarus:
Simple: cost saving.

But in addition, personally, I dont like traveling alone. It's boring.

Okay, I get it (although I personally wouldn't recommend it).

Allosaurus:
Why is Professa Osunbade not walking on the red carpet?

hehehe, you people have come again oooh, leave him alone!

Awww, wish him the best. I hope he gets back to his feet soon!

Jarus:
This post reads like a prophesy.

I work in an oil company.

I have a training in one European country in 0ctober.

My Group Head will also be coming from our UK office.

I plan to go with my wife and kids.

I have never given a thought whether it will involve extra costs for my company.

Now that I read this, I have to run it by my travels department to be sure I don't run foul of any company policy.

But I know there will be nothing wrong in taking your family along for training, provided no extra cost to the company.

I have noticed this among Nigerians (even outside Nigeria) whilst in contrast I have never seen any (non-Nigerian) colleague taking their families along on a work-sponsored trip rather they take leave days and plan a proper family holiday typically during the summer. Is there a particular reason Nigerians try to do this? i.e. take the family along for a work-trip? Is it to save costs or what, I really don't get it. Why be on a working holiday trip when you can have a proper holiday.

Secondly, during work trips, evenings are usually to network and have dinner with colleagues based in that location, would you take the family along for such?

bushdoc9919:
When I was in secondary school,I once heard the then principal say that years ago, when he was job hunting, he put in his CV that he was the headboy of his school.

It was useful in getting him the job.(Much to his surprise).

Well....that was decades ago....

Head boy is different from timekeeper though - more responsibilities & leadership skills.

Krysstie:
One of the most common Nigerian trend is for unemployed graduates to lament about sending out their CVs over a hundred times a month without getting a single feedback. They even curse the government for not giving them jobs.


You see, when the HR manager or whoever is receiving CVs get 20+ mails from unqualified individuals, the next question that comes to mind is, “Can I just get a few qualified applicants”? The moment about 5 qualified CVs arrive, that’s almost always the end of the show. If the HR is not as impatient as I am, he or she might decide to go through the frustrating experience of opening another 20+ unqualified CVs in a bid to wait for 5 more qualified applicants.

The job recruitment and application process is just crazy! From just one job ad, over a 100 CVs are received. How about a solution? There should probably be a way to close the mailboxes after a maximum number of CVs has been received. It’s really frustrating for the HR, and also frustrating for you to keep applying for jobs month after month without feedback. Save your CV from a life in the trash folder. Get experience! Read the job ad over and over again to know if your qualification and experience fit! Make things easy for yourself and whoever is receiving the CVs.

All the best in your job search!

http://houseofmo.com/diary-of-a-pretend-hr/

I understand it's frustrating but totally disagree with closing the mailbox after a set number of CVs are received - as long as the deadline hasn't passed.
Solution - would be to make use of a portal / online form which applicants would fill online and their details will go to a back end database; from there you can filter based on multiple factors age, degree, or whatever criteria it is and shorten it down - rather than poring through a hard copy CV.

Lots of envious vexed comments on this thread, why na?!

I know the quality of education overseas is much better than what Nigerian universities offer but anyone travelling abroad for a degree should not expect to automatically receive a job offer on a platter of gold, neither should you have a sense of entitlement cos frankly the job market in Nigeria is over-saturated.

As others have rightly said, it is all about the VALUE you can bring to the company (it is up to you to demonstrate that during your interview, your degree alone will not do it for you).
And yes, experience does count.

Anger over Sandra Bland's death in a Texas jail has boiled over after newly released video showed what happened at the traffic stop that led to her arrest.

Now, many question whether she should have been arrested at all.
The dashcam video shows Texas state Trooper Brian Encinia pulling Bland over July 10 for allegedly failing to use her turn signal. What started as normal conversation gets testy after Encinia asks her to put out her cigarette.

"I am in my car. I don't have to put out my cigarette," Bland said.
"You can step on out now," Encinia replies.
Bland refuses to get out of her car, and the trooper opens her door and starts trying to pull her out of the vehicle.

What happens after that has ignited a debate about what the officer could have done versus what he should have done.
'For a failure to signal?'
In the video, Encinia tells Bland she is under arrest. She repeatedly asks why, but the trooper does not answer, other than to say "I am giving you a lawful order."

They argue, then Encinia pulls what appears to be his Taser and points it at Bland.

He screams: "Get out of the car! I will light you up! Get out! Now!"

Bland then exits the car of her own accord, saying: "Wow, really, for a failure to signal? You're doing all of this for a failure to signal?"
Much of what happens next is not seen on camera, but the officer can be heard saying Bland is not compliant.

"When you pull away from me, you're resisting arrest," says Encinia.
A clearly upset Bland can be heard saying: "You're a real man now. You just slammed me, knocked my head in the ground. I got epilepsy you mother******."
"Good," he replies.
A female officer tells Bland she should have thought about that before she started resisting.

What's the legality here?
Technically, a driver can get arrested in Texas for simply failing to use a turn signal.
In the video, Encinia tells Bland he intended to give her just a warning -- until Bland failed to comply with orders and repeatedly cursed at the trooper.

"You were getting a warning ... until now," Encinia said. "You're going to jail."
CNN law enforcement analyst Harry Houck said the trooper did have the right to ask Bland to get out of the car and then try to pull her out of the car.
"The fact is an officer can make an arrest anytime ... you run a red light, parking ticket, anything like that," Houck said. "What he did was he notices she was agitated."

But Houck, a retired New York Police Department detective, said he was concerned by the video.
"The one problem I have was just that he told her to get out of the car because she wouldn't stop smoking."
CNN legal analyst Sunny Hostin said she advises people that "when you have a police encounter, you want to make it as short and sweet as possible."

"But I don't think that he had the right to ask her to get out of the car because not putting out your cigarette is not cause for an arrest."

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw said Encinia has been taken off the street and has been assigned administrative duties pending the outcome of an investigation. "We have certain procedures in place, and he did not comply with those procedures," McCraw said. "One of the many procedures is letting the individual know in terms of what actions are going to be taken." The director also said "A DPS state trooper has an obligation to exhibit professionalism and be courteous throughout the entire contact, and that wasn't the case in this situation."

What's the response?
Emotions ran high as people across the country watched the video.

"Just watched about 20 minutes of Sandra Bland's traffic stop," one person tweeted. "(I don't know) if I've ever been so heated. I can feel my blood boiling."

"Half of my family (including my mother) works in law enforcement," Ashley C. Ford tweeted. "I am well aware of my rights. Sandra Bland should've never been arrested."

Encinia has not spoken out publicly about the incident. But he gave his account in his arrest warrant affidavit, as reported by CNN affiliate KPRC. The trooper wrote that Bland became "combative and uncooperative," and that she was placed in handcuffs "for officer safety." "Bland began swinging her elbows at me and then kicked my right leg in the shin," Encinia said. "I had a pain in my right leg and suffered small cuts on my right hand. Force was used to subdue Bland to the ground to which Bland continued to fight back." Encinia also wrote that Bland "was placed under arrest for Assault on a Public Servant."


Source:
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/22/us/texas-sandra-bland-arrest/

Morale of the story: Police seem to be the same all over the world - if in the US a cop could physically pull this lady out of her car I can now see that Nigerian police have "mentors" across the world. What a shame.

Sad. RIP... And I used to see Enfield as a calm quiet place. If only he had known he wouldn't have let his friend convince him to go back (a wrong advice / friend cost him his life), very unfortunate.

How would someone be wishing another person death?!
Do you know when yours would come calling?
Do you know the number of young and healthy people who pass on at an early age?
May life not teach you a bitter lesson. Nuff said.

aameyah:
I remember people even did a thread, asking the president to look into the 2012 recruitment.
Its very evil for people to write a test, risk everything and at the end, nothing. No call back. No information.

Only to get a dumb thread from a laggard asking for salary scale.

Why make the recruitment public in the first place. Why make people spend money. Risk life and limb. Why? When you have your candidates picked out.

Is this Nigeria for a select few only?

I completely and totally agree with you. I remember that thread as well.
It's really not fair - the whole man know man thing (link, connection, leg whatever it is called) is what is killing Nigeria. Things need to be done on merit for us to move forward.

boma95:
Ok madam
Let's start with good women like you then

And good women like you too! we all can make some difference even if it's in a little way

boma95:
It didn't start with us
And it doesn't look like it will end with us
Sorry dear

Doesn't mean we should fold our hands and do nothing about it. Aameyah has chosen to speak out against such (mad respect to you girl!)
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing....

mickey45:
What do you mean by that? #digital footprints#?

Your digital footprint is everything that is on the internet about you: photos you or others have posted on facebook, tweets you've made, your linkedin profile etc some of which can be viewed by people you don't know including prospective employers.

People tend to forget that we are in an era of digital footprints.

[quote author= post=35928638]please vote for my friend on fb by liking her pic and the page


https://www.facebook.com/1437816633194017/photos/a.1437875113188169.1073741827.1437816633194017/1446466138995733/[/quote]Of all threads to be soliciting for votes for, it's on a solemn thread like this . Haba, no sense of what is appropriate and what is not

ShakurM:
For me, I personally prefer dress code in Universities .

The Law students wear black n white

The Accounting students wear sky blue n black...etc

Dress code saves money man! I no fit dey rock Jordans go class in other to keep up with craze or fad trends!

It gives this academic atmosphere, much respect is given to them, I so admire the black n white Law students.

Dress codes gives a guideline, imagine you wearing Timberlands and dog chains to class, this is an academic arena not a rap battle contest!

The way you dress is the way u will be addressed.


Mind you, dress code is different from uniform. B4 u quote me, get ur head right.

That line got me, hahaha Good post

jimi4us:
we Yoruba's are too lazy to do business, that's why igbos are doing it left right and center and succeeding. we need to change our mindset

How is Yoruba & Igbo relevant to the topic?! Can you guys please give it a break, haba

How on earth did this thread degenerate into a tribal war?
Are Yorubas & Igbos the only tribes in Nigeria?! You people on both sides should please give it a break! Phew.
As for that breadandbutter, in addition to his post being hidden he ought to be banned. Frustrated people who come online to spread their frustration around.

Mere looking at his eyes and the expression on his face, the guy looks terrified, haha

Those twins are simply adorbs. May the good Lord keep them

Dharniel:
what you've just said brought me relief. everybody quoting me has just be raining insults on me, i jus don't understand why people fail to see the truth.

Don't mind them Dharniel. The number of likes your sensible comment gathered has closed the case. I've got colleagues from different countries some with really strong accents but it hasn't stopped them excelling in their careers. Just a shame how ignorant some Nigerians choose to be.

Johnpaul88:
But why is it that most poor and struggling countries like we have in Africa, are where you see the most homophobic people in the world? Is there a llink between being homophobic and under development?

Remember that the Western countries only started this "turnaround" some years ago. Homosexuality was a crime in Britain until 1967 and Britain was certainly well developed at that point so I don't necessarily see a link between a country being homophobic and underdeveloped.

aaronson:
same culture has made you backward and under developed in the league of the world nations...what do they call your country again? THIRD WORLD COUNTRY so think!

Yes, Nigeria can be referred to as under-developed, that doesn't change the fact that we have a right to decide what we want rather than be coerced into accepting what we don't.