engrrichie92:
I'm a tech bro, I currently do 1.5M Monthly in Nigeria and I just got a job offer last month in the UK for 4K pounds monthly(after tax)

My guys there be complaining about bills and how hard it is to save and all over there

So, If you were me, which would you pick and why?

Modified: will also like to hear from those in the UK; what do you think guys?...Now that you know how it is over there, what would you advice?

@lalasticlala...please help push to front page for more engagements

Earning N1.5m in Naija makes you a King.
Earning £4,000 in UK makes you just another poor man on the street trying to hustle to meet up.

Go figure!

Charlatan! He is already castigating PDP...

Akpabio name this...
Akpabio name that...
Yhen! Yehn!! Yhen!!!

Y'all allowing Akpabio to derail the investigation by leaving the crux of the matter and bamboozling you with what you want to hear...

Akpabio was asked to account for over N80b, extra-budgetary money that the NDDC spent during the lockdown (March to June, 2020), when no activity was going on, in the whole wide world, instead he is releasing names of people that were awarded contracts from 2016 to 2019...

Are y'all that dumb? Contracts would always be executed by people and in Nigeria, those in Government use such contracts to service or patronise their political allies/foes, depending on which is necessary at the time...

The right thing for Mr. Akpabio to do is:
1. Write petition(s) to the EFCC to prosecute those who did not stick to the terms of the contract, not all these name albums he is releasing...

2. Provide answers on how over N80B was spent without a budget during the lockdown...

darelar:
Mtn 20Gb for #3500. I dey download and share 100mb with my wife daily As if am using free WiFi.

How do you subscribe for this plan?

atiku4President:
That's insubordination if either you or your would- be wife is a member of the Church. Even if none of you are, you think the house of God is a place to do a thing like that without the consent of the man overseeing the affairs of the Church. What kind of a generation are we and how do human beings reason these days? How do you see it that you are engaging a sister in a Church where the pastor is not aware of the relationship? You think a Church is a social gathering? Tomorrow if anything happens to the relationship/marriage (but God forbid) social media will say you even got engaged before the Pastor. My friend, humble yourself and appreciate the pastor saved the image of the Church.

Stop this rubbish already. There is no religion or doctrine anywhere in the World, where marriage has git anything to do with the Clergy.

Even in Christianity, marriage is between families and the Church has absolutely no role to play. You people should stop twisting the bible and disseminating false gospel...

AsomArchitectNG:
As the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yet again assails the nation with threats of industrial action, it must realise that its antics are becoming increasingly counter-productive and irrelevant.

The cause of ASUU’s latest grouse is the Federal Government’s directive that all employees in its establishments be enrolled in the Integrated Personnel Payment Information System (IPPIS) before the end of October 2019. The union has rejected inclusion in IPPIS since February 2014, arguing that the councils of federal universities were the direct employers of academic staff rather than the Federal Government, and that the system did not account for the peculiarities of universities. It also claimed that flaws had been detected when IPPIS was implemented in the healthcare sector.

Following the government’s threat that any employee who did not enroll on IPPIS by the October deadline would not be paid their salaries, ASUU has restated its strike warning. The union has directed its members not to fill the personnel verification forms which require the inclusion of IPPIS numbers and has taken its case to the Senate.

For a union exclusively comprised of academics, it is surprising that ASUU would actually dare to make patently pedestrian arguments the basis of its anti-IPPIS stance.

It is disingenuous of the union to claim that university councils are the direct employers of academics when it is common knowledge that all staff in federal universities are paid by the Federal Government. That is the reason why ASUU negotiates with government officials rather than university councils during its many disputes over salaries and conditions of service.

It is also the reason why the union has never pushed its vaunted claims to university autonomy to their logical conclusion by demanding that the Federal Government stop funding federal universities. Clearly, ASUU does not wish to pay the piper while reserving the right to dictate the tune.

Related to this is the ludicrous assertion that IPPIS cannot cater to the peculiar circumstances of university work, especially the consultancies, adjunct lectureships, sabbatical leave and external assessment that are a regular feature of academic life. Not only does this contradict the initial position that IPPIS undermines university autonomy, it arrogantly implies that federal universities are somehow more complicated to run than the ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) that are already on IPPIS, including the armed forces and research institutes.

ASUU’s claims that IPPIS lacks constitutional backing and is unsupported by any act of the National Assembly are similarly groundless. IPPIS is a policy enunciated by the Federal Government through its Ministry of Finance which is constitutionally empowered to formulate and implement such programmes because they fall within the remit of its legally-defined responsibilities. ASUU’s check-off dues do not have constitutional backing, either; that has not stopped the union from avidly collecting them.

In behaving with such petulance, ASUU is displaying itself at its very worst, showing itself to be obtuse, selfish, and stubbornly determined to get its own way, regardless of the cost to the rest of society. This is the same union which similarly claimed that the Treasury Single Account (TSA) policy could not work in universities, and advanced almost the same arguments of autonomy and peculiarity that it is pushing now.

While the implementation of IPPIS has not been perfect, its advantages cannot be doubted. In June, the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris, claimed that N273.8 billion had been saved in 2017 and 2018 as a result of IPPIS. At least 561 MDAs are on the system, with a total staff count of 755,422. Combined with TSA, the system has helped government to get a grip on the vexed issues of transparency and probity in payroll management.

The desperation with which ASUU is fighting against the implementation of IPPIS in federal universities has led to speculations that it is doing so because enrolling in the system would expose those academics who have multiple full-time jobs in several federal establishments. Regardless of the merits of such claims, it is surprising that a union which consistently claims to seek transparency and accountability in national life would be so loth to apply those same principles to itself.

ASUU’s antics are paradoxically turning it into an anti-democratic union – a hypocritical body which cannot hold itself to the standards it consistently advocates for others. Its usually loud voice was uncharacteristically muted when the BBC’s “Sex for Grades” documentary was broadcast last month. It has rarely spoken out against the many other abuses perpetrated by its members, especially plagiarism, the sale of handouts, age manipulation and certificate forgery. Its continual emphasis on salaries and benefits have conspired to create a public image for itself as a greedy cash-and-carry group, and its latest fulminations against IPPIS only serve to entrench this unflattering perception.

If ASUU truly wishes to live up to its own noble ideals, it must work with the Federal Government to implement a policy that can only enhance the transparency, accountability and integrity it so strenuously professes to be fighting for.

Source: https://thenationonlineng.net/there-goes-ASUU-again/

Rubbish!

FGN should go ahead with its treat, and let ASUU too do theirs. Why is the FG denigrating ASUU, calling them names, maligning the Union, but refusing to do the commonest things. What a shame!

IMASTEX:
Here is what I was told today at a phone vendor's place. As I inquired of a particular Nokia make, that hasn't been lunched in Nigeria. Nokia X71 (8.1 plus). "It was obvious the phone can only be ordered online from overseas" I told the vendor. Then she repied as follows:

Phone brands "Nokia" ordered from overseas via Jumia is without warranty. Secondly, It is not a Nigeria specification. Hence, There might be a challenge if there are need for repair. As the exact parts may not be readily available at the Nigeria Nokia Care Centre. Except the person send it back to the country it was ordered from whenever there is a need for repair.
Is the above claims true?
I was almost paying for the one she offered as against my desired spec.

1. What are the differences between global version & the chanise version in phones?

2. Does version have anything to do with the phone's quality?

3. I noticed a wide price gap at a Nokia brand outlet today as against the Jumia online price. Though, that of Jumia is an order from overseas. Does this have anything to do with quantity?



Please how true are the above submissions. I've been doing a little research on what brand & make of phone to purchase within a budget of 100k to 150k. Though, I was kind of considering Nokia & Huawei phones.

Mods you can help to escalate it. Really need to get clarifications.

I had a similar issue when I wanted to buy my Nokia X6, the version marketed in Nigeria is known as Nokia 6.1plus...

The owner of the shop spewed the same trash with me and I only asked him: "Who Warranty epp?" and he gave up.

I bought my Nokia X6 from Jumia at N62,000+, found out that the Phone had a problem of heating up, jejely called Jumia, who sent in their guy to retrieve the phone and jejely refunded me in full. Meanwhile, MTN, Glo, Airtel and all the shops were selling the phone at N85,000. See the difference of over N20,000?

Let me also ask: Has anyone ever benefited from phone warranties in Nigeria? Because if you go to even the Tecno, Infinix, Itel, etc. care centres, all you get is Frustration! Frustration!! and even more Frustration!!!

Ijaya123:
And people actually believe this tale by the moonlight?

SMH

It actually happens.
You may not know since you are not married yet...

Emmahunk:
CHANGE? You Will Be Shocked At What I Saw In This Govt. Office. (photos)

In a Country where it's extremely difficult to find any public office that actually works, I hardly expected much but my experience at Warri Passport Office left me stunned.

I have decided to share this because we as citizens owe it as a duty to bring to public knowledge the ills in our public institutions. In same vein, posterity will hold us accountable if we do not commend those that at least tried to make a difference. Having been away from the Country for close to a decade, I have decided to come back home a little earlier and uppermost in my agenda was the renewal of my Nigerian passport. At Lagos ,my siblings had advised that I handle the renewal when I got into my good old town of Warri as the town now boasts of a Passport Office. I actually agreed to this with mixed feelings knowing what the hustle and bustle of anything Warri used to be like. Few days after I arrived Warri, I left for the passport office not knowing what to expect in the company of my two siblings.

My first shock came when at the main gate of the Delta State Government House Annex, manned by different security agencies, a young Immigration officer almost magically appeared beside the passenger door of my car and politely asked; " sir, how may we help you?" For the first few seconds, I was pleasantly surprised and wondered if this was happening in the same Nigeria we have been reading so much filth about.

On realising that I had come to renew my expired passport, this same man politely directed us where to park the car and proceeded with us in tow to where he called the 'servicom' desk. By this time, I had taken a quick assessment of the environment and besides a sign on the wall that reads, "welcome to Warri Passport Office" , there was nothing to tell me I was in a Passport office. I mean, no crowd, no hustling and bustling that is synonymous with your average passport office. At this point, I have become very apprehensive. My mind kept screaming, scam!

Anyway, now at the servicom desk, I met about two people already filling out forms and I joined them while wondering where everyone else was if truly I was in the right place. Few minutes later, one of the officers at the desk ushered us into a fully air conditioned semi hall where over fifty people were comfortably seated watching a news channel on a wide LCD television. Again, I wondered but this time at the serenity and orderliness of the crowd. Something definitely is not right, I reasoned. Then, just as we were settling down, a voice came through the speakers installed somewhere: " Attention please , Numbers.....to....,please move to room 3 to collect your passports". I was still wondering if truly this was Nigeria when another voice called out this time a set of names directing them to two different rooms conspicuously marked SCREENING AND APPROVALS. The orderliness was so amazing that for a moment, I realised that this Country can work again. By now, my inquisitive mind was asking so many questions and as if in answer to one of these numerous questions, a young lady in well fitted uniform emerged from the room marked 'screening and walked briskly into the room marked 'approval'. She emerged from the room in less than two minutes and in very clear voice called out about ten names of people that she asked to follow her for capturing.

I was stunned and took a quick glance at my wrist watch as people left the room in batches creating room for new entrants like myself. My watch revealed that I had spent about forty two minutes when I heard my name over the speakers. I quickly entered the room that I was directed to and met about four busy officers again in an air conditioned room. The interview was brisk, thorough BUT professional.

In all it took an hour and 52 minutes from the time I sat down at the servicom desk to submit my application before my number was announced to go to room 3 for collection of my passport.

Albeit this sounds too good to be true, I must confess that till this moment of writing, I am still wondering how a public office in Nigeria can be so organised , comfortable , courteous and efficient.

Definitely, all hope is not lost in this Country, trust me.

It has been like this since Nigeria started using e-passport.

I got my first passport in 2014 or thereabouts and the experience wasn't much different from what you experienced recently.

Even Driver's License renewal has taken same route, except for the fact that most locations don't have the License printing machine and has to wait for it to be printed in Abuja and then delivered to you through their FRSC Office.

So, we that don't live in Lagos, but live in other states often times enjoy great services from Federal agencies and Parastatals due to the obvious fact that patronage is low because of population and the type of economic activities going on in those states.

RZArecta2:
I saw Tiwei recently praising that buffoon Seriake Dickson and it raised red flags for me. On the other hand, Sylva joining PDP will be the best bet for him to fulfil his senatorial ambitions since the position has been zoned to Nembe after the clown from Brass called Ben Bruce steps down next year due to a rotational policy in our district. Anywhere he decides to stay either PDP or APC, I hold no grudges against him

HE, T. Silva is from Okpoama, in Brass LGA, so he is outta the Senatorial race already. He is from the same LG with the gentleman you called a clown, who incidentally is from Akassa in the same Brass LGA.

You hold no grudges against Silva, who pillaged, robbed and maimed Bayelsa, but, hold every grudge against BMB, who was voted to go and speak. Now, let me ask you, is Senator BMB not speaking? Lol...

The problem is that you people expect the Legislature to do the work of the Executive, while giving the Executive all the lax. You keep attacking the legislature for things that do not concern them and cast aspersions wrongly on them. Please, get a dictionary to define the meaning of 'LEGISLATE, LEGISLATURE, LEGISLATIVE or LEGISLATION' for you.

Please, don't thank me, I belong to an education NGO who goes around teaching people FoC. Lol...

SnowJay92:


Why have your typed resignation, is it not a federal job too?

My dear, Federal job pass Federal job o.
We dey be Lecturers for Federal Institutions still never get June, 2018 salary up till now, while other Federal workers, NNPC, CBN, DPR, NCMDB, etc. don receive their own since around 22-25th of June.

We no know wetin dem dey call upfront, buy na every January na im these other Federal workers dey hammer upfront, still get 13th month join for December.

Banks dey give us loans in hundreds of thousands and max of maybe N2 or 3m, while these real Federal workers own dey start from double digits millions...

You see, there are Federal workers and there are Federal workers; and like they say, the difference is clear...

Please, has any EH that was interviewed in Port Harcourt received his/her APL?
Also, has any EH from the South South received any APL?

tamashini:


Mr. Legend90, thank you for this letter.

I noticed the letter says to complete and return the acceptance slip on or before 1st October 2018. But the resumption date (they say) is in August, how does that work? A clarification would be highly appreciated.

Thank you.

Normally, you have 90 days or 3 months within which to accept or decline an offer of employment.

I believe that DPR's intent is for successful candidates to begin work in August, but the laws that be, says you have 90 days to make up your mind, failing of which, you loose that employment and since DPR is government parastatal, they have no options than to stick to the laws.

I hope this helped?

nigerianonym:



Good morning, brother hammer. How's it going?
Want to ask if you've been in touch with your source at Snapnet. If yes, any update regarding updating portals?

Cheers

OMG! Not again...
Like seriously, are you actually taking @Hammer serious?

La La La...

FlyboyZee:
I prefer the second generation Honda Pilot (2009-2015) to its later third generation (2016-date)...

Second generation Honda Pilot...

I prefer the second generation Honda Pilot (2009-2015) to its later third generation (2016-date)...

NgeneUkwenu:


Ipob logic. Is Saraki the President?

He is the Head of one of the arms of government, the Legislature, just like Buhari is the head of another arm of government, the Executives. I hope you do understand that there are 3 arms of the government operating and non is junior to the other.

In case you are not attuned to that, please, do get yourself a secondary school textbook, that will be low and simple enough for you to understand, Mr. Defender of the universe...

hammer2010:

The mod with the moniker that last commented on the thread

What was his/her problem?

Goj47:


You said it all. #whatwillbewillbe#

Qui sera, sera!

makonko:
3,800 jostling for 400 slots.

What are the chances?

The chances are in the ratio of 9.5:1...

That is for every 19 applicants interviewed, there is a probability that 2 people would be taken, of which you may be one of the 2. Lol...

sivel:
Na which kind wedding dey compulsory if i msy ask

Traditional wedding. It is the only wedding the Bible and the Law recognizes...

TheUpsetGirl:
traditional marriage is compulsory?

Yes. It is in fact the only marriage recognized by the Bible...

igboOSU:

What has ever been achieved with the miserable research? NOTHING!

RUBBISH
98% of Nigerian lecturers are illiterate dolts

Illiterate dolts that educated you. I hope you understand that you are a product of your education?

You are not different from the SSANU President who went on strike for insufficient remuneration, but is now protesting in Abuja against academic staff...

Nasir123:


Just listen to yourself

If u are tired of being a lecturer, why don't you quit?
Is this the way 'they do' in de developed world?

Lazy and corrupt minded people everywhere.
How can this country be better for goodness sake?

Nonsense.

Give us the same conditions they have in those your so-called developed worlds and see if you'll be saying same shit again.

Philip Emegwali comes to mind...

Pavore9:


If you knew how drudgery research work can be, you'll even recommend for an all expenses paid holiday abroad for the lecturer to go chill after the conclusion of a research project.

There is nothing scary about research work unless one never had passion for it in the first place!

I hope you understand that drudgery and scary are not the same?

Decibel:

Your submission is laughable How can we recommend for "an all expenses holiday" for lecturers whose research works have not been felt by the Nigerian people? Or to some who have perfected the act of plagiarism in the name of research?

Laughable? Some researches are so tasking that you become so exhausted...

Please, don't laugh at me, mock me or yab me if you ain't been in my shoes...

This is a case of bad belle. You mean because a lecturer is researching, he/she is not supposed to drink beer, buy luxury cars or build good houses?

Do you know that they also earn a salary and other allowances beyond research funds/grants?

Do you know they also have cooperatives where they can take loans at very low single digit rates?

Do you also know that they also have access to the various Banks and building societies to obtain exorbitant loans, just like every other person?

Do you also know that the most successful cooperatives in Nigeria are being owned, run and managed by these same lecturers?

I don't get it. Are lecturers and researchers supposed too be lowlifes? Are they no longer part of the elites of the society?

Every research grant/donor has a way of checking on the beneficiaries to make sure that the research is properly concluded. So, all of you are just saying rubbish because of your ignorance. Is the researcher not supposed to gain some financial benefits for himself from the research project? Is the researcher supposed to go ńaked, be tattered and live like a pauper because (s)he is doing research? What do you people even mean self?

If you knew how drudgery research work can be, you'll even recommend for an all expenses paid holiday abroad for the lecturer to go chill after the conclusion of a research project.

Una just dey hate for nothing. Like they say, haters gonna hate.

This SSANU people self too mumu, instead of fighting for Government to improve their packages, na ASUU dem dey come player hate. Them never see something. Bunch of mofos...

bamoski:
University of Agriculture Makurdi is the best uni in nigeria and sub saharan africa at large.

I replied my hood, bro...

AIZubair:

This is the way to go. Still job hunting. If I happen to get CBN offer even if I'm working at DPR, I go switch. No time

Bros, no try am, DPR is far better than CBN. I have been there before...

A marking scheme is absolutely necessary. This enables the lecturer to maintain standards throughout the marking across board...

It is also important as a reference material in cases where disagreements may arise between the lecturer and students. If the students feels and complains that he was being failed for no just cause, they can refer to the marking scheme and give to somebody else to mark to see if the lecturer was actually undoing the student...