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CareerRe: How Can I Advance In My Career In The Banking Industry With A Biochem Degree? by Focusmind:
Forget the degree and focus on your career. All those science courses in our universities are waste of time. Nigeria's economy is not productive and diversified to absorb those from natural sciences. I am not discouraging people, but studying natural science courses in Nigeria now is becoming waste of time.

I studied Engineering but couldn't make a breakthrough to secure a place in the oil industry. I got offer with an investment bank, with good starting salary as a trainee after passing the numerous aptitude tests and interviews. I enrolled for ICAN, starting from the foundation papers and qualified. Did masters abroad in finance and have since, became authority in finance and accounting. Currently, I am on my own as a chartered accountant and management consultant.

Science graduates have edge over their art counterparts. As an engineering graduate, we are better placed to pass the aptitude tests because of our strong background in mathematics. Many of my mates that scaled aptitude tests had background in engineering and sciences.

So, learn as much as you could. Go to YouTube and read about your functional area in the bank. You have to put extra efforts. A lot of Bankers majored in disciplines out side the finance and accounting courses.

Lucky you. Once you are able to secure a graduate position in the current Nigeria labor market, just thank your God, as a good career path has been created for you to follow. Those not lucky will be moving from one contract jobs to another; from one low position to another. Please, utilise this opportunity to the fullest. Don't waste it or take it for granted. Use it to build your capacity for the future as learning is a continuous thing.

I am grateful that such path came my way when it did. It is always difficult for people to find their footings in the corporate world once they miss that opportunity of being hired as a graduate trainee in reputable firms like banks or multinational.

Good luck to you!
PropertiesRe: Ikoyi Building: Wife, Relations Fight Over Femi Osibina's Cash, Luxury Vehicle by Focusmind: 8:51am On Nov 07, 2021
Men will never learn. It is good to toil and work hard for your family. But please, take care of your health and your self. Once in a while,I totally disconnect from my family, find a comfort hotel or eatery and enjoy myself.
Taking care of myself has become a great priority for me now. Is it selfishness? May be.
PoliticsRe: Anambra2021: Did The Governorship Debates Affect The Decision Of The Voters? by Focusmind: 8:43am On Nov 07, 2021
OP is trying to gather some statiscal information for her employer. It seems she works for Arise tv. Nothing wrong with your intention o.
Sometimes, you take stock to know how your activities affected the overall outcomes of any undertaken.
PoliticsRe: Anambra Election: PDP's Ozigbo Wins Own Polling Unit by Focusmind: 9:58pm On Nov 06, 2021
Maduka has concluded plans to sue Alex Reporters. grin

The guy and his crew members chop the man money wella and were giving him all the hopes. I said that Maduka should have exercised patience and wait for APGA ticket after Soludo's tenure. He is more fitted with the APGA way of reasoning.
FamilyRe: How Do You Lift Your Spirits When You Are Down? by Focusmind: 9:39pm On Nov 06, 2021
I go outside on a long walk. Find a quiet place after the walk and start visualizing all the goals and the things I would love to achieve.
Then if time permits, I visit the blessed sacrament in my church for meditation.
HealthRe: British Woman, 28, Dies Two Days After Liposuction Surgery In Turkey( Pics) by Focusmind: 9:35pm On Nov 06, 2021
Stella Obasanjo!

That was the same fate that befell her. People were shocked when they heard of her death as she was full of life. Just maintain the way you are - nothing do you. Don't mind all the gossips and the hypes people show on the social media. Sometimes, you may have to disconnect yourself from mainstream social medias like facebook for your sanity.

Anyway, apart from LinkedIn, Nairaland and Whatsapp, I don't do any other social media. Is it weird? undecided My choice!
BusinessRe: “Nwa Boy”: Rising Dearth Of Apprenticeship In Nigeria by Focusmind: 1:07pm On Nov 06, 2021
Good fact! Nice observation. My father trained a lot of "Umu boy" then in his hey days at Onitsha. Mostly from Enugu and Abakiliki.

At the peak of my father's trading business in the 80' and early 90s, we had about seven of them in our house. All were settled and were doing relatively well. There is no more youth willing to learn trade or apprenticeship. Everybody wants the fast money. The "Nwa boy" or "Umu boy" apprenticeship system helped built and distributed wealth in the Igbo families and supported the great social mobility witnessed after the unfortunate civil war.

Families that were hitherto very poor, saw their situations changed because one of their sons has been settled by his "Oga" and is now doing very well in Onitsha or Lagos. Before you say jack, he has demolished his father's old hut house and erected a befitting structure. The neighbor, seeing what Mazi Okeke's son did, will encourage his Son and even pushed him higher to meet up with his mates. Healthy and sometimes, unhealthy competition and rivalry, bestrode the Igbo communities, especially in Anambra.
PoliticsRe: More Photos From Anambra Governorship Election 2021 by Focusmind: 1:05pm On Nov 06, 2021
OlawaleBammie:
I tot they said no election would hold



Belive the audio braveness of these people at ur own peril


How i wish this election and the general election in '23 do not hold, these leaders are suppressing us abeg.
They did not say "election" would not hold. They said "erection" would not hold.

True true, "erection" did not hold. What we are seeing in Anambra holding is "election"
PoliticsRe: PDP Candidate: Valentine Ozigbo Votes - Pictures by Focusmind: 12:58pm On Nov 06, 2021
I like this guy. Very matured and decent. No drama
Jobs/VacanciesRe: I Got A Job Offer In Canada, I Need Urgent Advice by Focusmind: 9:36am On Nov 06, 2021
Nigerians and gullibility!!!

Fake fake and fake!!!

Friends over seas are the ones that runs their friends in Nigeria street because of desperation in an average Nigerian residing here. There is no Job for those with PR and citizens and you are being deceived with a fake offer.
What skills do you have that could make a Canadian employer to take you before those residents in the country? Employers go through a lot to hire a foreigner and some wouldn't want to pass through the stress except if the candidate is highly exceptional.

Be wise o!
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Royal Mifadelo Global Foundation Recruitment Scam by Focusmind: 12:18pm On Nov 05, 2021
I always see their advert. My wife has been looking for an opportunity to work for an international NGO and was looking for something that will enrich her experience in humanitarian aid assistance work. She wanted to apply to them even on volunteering basis. I told her not to bother that they don't look legit.

I can smell fraud miles away. Some of all these adverts in Facebook are fake jobs. Be wise while seeking for job. Scammers are on the prowl, looking for who to devour.
EducationRe: Mirabel Obi: My Father Lost Contracts Due To Twerking Video- UNN Medical Student by Focusmind: 10:24pm On Nov 04, 2021
She doesn't look like a medical student. Most medical students are conservative and reserved. This one looks like those that will be moved to Combined Biological sciences (CBS) after the first year because of poor academic performance.
PoliticsRe: Bianca Ojukwu Writes Letter To Late Husband On Upcoming Anambra Election by Focusmind: 4:41pm On Nov 04, 2021
She should go and sit down. Using Ojukwu to weep up idiotic sentiments. That's what APGA is known for. Riding on the back of Ojukwu to deceive the gullible ones. Same way APC used Buhari to deceive the gullible Nigerians.
PropertiesRe: Femi Osibona Arrested In 2020 For Resisting Sealing Ikoyi Building (Throwback by Focusmind: 4:03pm On Nov 04, 2021
That Femi must be very stubborn and combative. No sense of decorum upon all the wealth. He couldn't still get his project right with the government. This is how Nigerians behave when they are connected. They won't allow regulators and people to do their work.
PoliticsRe: Buhari Abandons UN Climate Change Conference, Jets To London To See Doctors - SR by Focusmind: 1:15pm On Nov 04, 2021
What is the problem with Reno and this Sahara? Is it a crime to go and see one's doctor? I don't blame them. I blame the Nigerian government that hardly come out to tell the people the truth. There is nothing wrong in seeking medical care or seeing your doctor. But as a public figure, your subject deserves to know and not be guessing.
CelebritiesRe: Reactions As Jay-Z Deletes His Instagram Account Just As He Did 6 Years Ago (Pix by Focusmind: 12:08pm On Nov 04, 2021
Honestly, I don't understand how celebrities fans do these things o. I cant remember being attached to a celebrity or to any person, be it a a leader or important personality that will make me to be so obsessed about the person. cry

The way fans adore their celebrities, especially abroad is something else. If they advertise for a product, you see the fan queuing up to buy that product, whether they need it or not. I don't follow any body blindly o.
CrimeRe: Two Nigerians Arrested In Ireland Over €183,000 Unemployment Scam by Focusmind: 10:49am On Nov 04, 2021
I don't know how these guys dey get liver do all these things.

And most of all these fraudsters are also educated and passed through the University.
PoliticsRe: Lagos State Earns ₦788.29 Billion In PAYE In Three Years by Focusmind: 5:16am On Nov 04, 2021
InvertedHammer:
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Obviously you don't know the meaning of PAYE--tax deducted from employees in formal sectors.

SE is home of entrepreneurs not obligate employees.

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This not correct entirely. If you are not under formal employment, the PAYE act still imposes an obligation to you to access your world wide income and computes your PAYE tax and pay. They are not exempted from PAYE.
The problem is that we don't have adequate system to monitor the income tax of those in the informal sector, which is dominant in SE.

Those in the informal sector are assessed under the direct assessment of the PAYE act. However, there is a high rate of wilful default by majority within the informal sector.
PoliticsRe: Lagos State Earns ₦788.29 Billion In PAYE In Three Years by Focusmind: 5:08am On Nov 04, 2021
SE governors should know that buying and selling do not sustain an economy. SE is full of private and solo merchants,who pays next to nothing as PAYE. My PAYE is far higher than some billionaires PAYE.
The irony in SE, especially Anambra, is that they have poor government but rich people. While in most northern states, they have rich government but poor people.
HealthRe: Workers Shut Down ABSUTH Indefinitely Over 22 Months Salary Arrears by Focusmind: 6:36pm On Nov 03, 2021
The governor is the kind of people IPOB should be putting pressure on. IPOB hardly monitor the performance of SE governors. It is not about having an utopian independent state. It is about changing behaviour. They should start with demanding good governance from SE governors
PoliticsRe: Accountant-General’s Office Budgets ₦36m For Fumigation Against Reptiles, Pests by Focusmind: 6:55am On Nov 03, 2021
This Nigeria money, I go follow dem chop am. Na why japa no dey mind. The money go follow reach every body.
A whole accountant general that should be frugal and prudent in money and resources management.
When you see all these people, you will think that they have any atom of professionalism.
Civil servants are the engine of corruption and not the politicians.
TravelRe: Umahi Inspects Ebonyi International Airport, Promises To Complete It by Focusmind: 6:25am On Nov 02, 2021
The concrete run way seems better than the one in Anambra that looks like where they poured black bitumen on top mud red soil. It would soon wash off. Concrete roads are now bae. Go and see the quality of concrete road dangote is building in Lagos.
PoliticsRe: Arise News Anambra Governorship Debate Is Ongoing by Focusmind: 3:16pm On Nov 01, 2021
Nawao, so Maduka no dey? undecided

They should consider all the efforts the man is making. At least, he should participate in the debate.
CelebritiesRe: Sean Jimoh Acquires New House (Photos) by Focusmind: 2:35pm On Nov 01, 2021
Nigerian Architects and the same house designs. I was surprised that there were no pillars in front of the house. undecided

We should be innovative when it comes to houses and interiors design. Our houses and homes are all the same in shape and design.
EducationRe: Lagos Government Reacts To Viral Video Of School Assembly In Flooded Ground by Focusmind: 8:28am On Nov 01, 2021
Honestly, being from a poor home in Nigeria is the most traumatic and dehumanizing experience for anyone.
PoliticsRe: PDP Convention: Iyorchia Ayu Emerges PDP National Chairman by Focusmind: 6:01am On Oct 31, 2021
Game plan. The presidential candidate will now emerge from either the North West or north east. He would now step down as he said for the chairmanship position to revert back to South. That's why no body from either the North West or north east contested. They are going for the presidential ticket.
EducationRe: Video Of Pupils Singing National Anthem In A Flooded School In Nigeria by Focusmind: 7:22pm On Oct 30, 2021
The teachers in that school are terribly stupid. What message were they trying to pass. What rubbish?? Subjecting the kids to this cruelty.
PoliticsRe: Police Arrest Top ESN Commander In Anambra, Recover Six Rifles (Photo) by Focusmind: 7:00pm On Oct 30, 2021
I enjoy all men and women of goodwill from the Eastto rise together against this monsters called IPOB.
PoliticsRe: Pictures Of Soldiers, Police At Mary Odili’s Residence In Abuja by Focusmind: 9:13pm On Oct 29, 2021
So sad! She is being intimidated. They don't want her to be the next chief justice of Nigeria. I think she should be the next in line.
SportsRe: Awka City Stadium Taking Shape (photos) by Focusmind: 9:02pm On Oct 29, 2021
As usual, very poor quality job. It is not about Anambra. It is about Nigeria as a whole. Our standards in everything thing are terribly low. Look at South Africa and see the quality of stadium and turfs used by amateur clubs talk more of stadiums owned by cities like Capetown or Pretoria.
I refused to lower my standards to Nigerians standards. The work is poor. We should stop gloryfing rubbish and praising these politicians.
Jobs/VacanciesRe: The Difference Between An Npower Applicant, Volunteer, And A Beneficiary by Focusmind: 5:27pm On Oct 29, 2021
ezenwaez:
Lots of youths that applied for the Npower Program both under the Npower graduate category and the Npower non graduate category have been in a state of confusion over the difference between an Npower Applicant, an Npower Volunteer, and An Npower Beneficiary.

Please if you have not been shortlisted, you have not completed the Npower physical verification exercise you are an Npower Applicant, even if you have done the Npower physical verification and your Npower physical verification is not complete and you have not signed your acceptance letter and you have not yet resumed work, then you remain an Npower Applicant, for the Npower non graduate category, if you have not completed your training you are still an Npower Applicant, until you complete your training.

An Npower Volunteer is one that have fulfilled all the requirements; he or she has been shortlisted, have completed the Npower physical verification exercise, completed his or her training (for non graduate category) signed his or her acceptance letter and have resumed work.

An Npower Beneficiary is similar to an Npower Volunteer the only difference is that an Npower Beneficiary is one who has received his or her stipend for the entire duration of the Npower program.
My wife's status reads "Beneficiary" but she has not received any stipend. She concluded her physical verification last month. No stipend yet.
PoliticsRe: Dr. Maduka: "I Will Fix Anambra In Every Aspect Because I Have Done It Before” by Focusmind: 4:30pm On Oct 29, 2021
This is the APC candidate in Anambra. APC will rig him in because of his popularity. He would later decamp to APC. Andy Uba is a bad market for APC.

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