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My take on Pastor Joshua is this.

If he performs miracles as people say and the white people even
come to him, he should just continue because I believe those miracles
will not be possible without Gods approval.  God can work through anybody.
 I have seen very drunk people prophesing correctly. Now when he says
 he is in the flock of Asimolowo, Okonkwo, Ajiboye he has to prove it.
  You do not practice law in court without going to law school.

  As for this biography, I have 2 little problems.

1. let somebody from that school, a teacher or a student corroborate this.
    Pastor Joshua himself should have named a witness to add credibility to his story.

2. I was born in 1955 and I did not meet white men working in my town. If pastor Joshua
   was born in 1963, it is very unlikely he met white men at Arigidi in Former Ondo province
    like Efon Alaye where I come ffrom.

   i rest my case.

MAKING THE PLATES.  Before you make the plate there is an
                     important process that may affect the quality of your job. To make
                     the plates, you need the film. You either ask the art man to “mirror”
                     it for you or you do what is called digital separation. This brings a
                     better quality than simple mirroring. Even in mirroring itself , you get
                    a  better job using the film than when you use  ordinary paper.

                    It is the product you get here you will take to the Lithographer.
                    Now, you will almost always get a Litho man in every digitital studio.
                    I must tell you that you do not have a digital studio in many towns.
                    To make your work distinct especially a big job I advise you get to the
                    nearest digital studio. I also advise you allow the studio to do the litho
                    and even the art work. Because they are big, they retain the services
                    of the really good hands.

                    Plates are inSizes,A4,A3, full plate. Ask the litho man to explain to you.
                    A3 1s twice A4. A3 is half of full plate.

                    When you are doing digital separation, it means you are running four colours.
                    Therefore you will be making four plates for a job. All those beautiful hand bills
                    are digitally separated. Properly done and printed on the right paper in a good
                    press, it will look as if you van pick the object off the paper.

                    After the plates are made, you then proceed to the real printing.

Mekusxxx
1985-1991 primary education scholarship (private school, Nigeria)
1991-1992- Break for personal reasons
1992-1998 secondary education scholarship (Nigeria)
1998-2003 BS scholarship (Nigeria)
2003-2005 (MS UK  scholarship)2005-2008 (PhD Dutch scholarship)
2008-2010 (MBA US scholarship)

Real deep  people do not talk like you. Your language is not refined, so ungemtlemanly
and uncivilised. I read in Englang  as a Federal scholar, the profs didnt teach us to talk  the way you  do.

IBB is a real bad product to sell. People should save their breath.
He will never come back. Will not even win PDP primary while
Obasnjo is still breathing.

mustapha3:
haord processed spices and beans for only 6months,believe me the retun is almost 50%

What is processed beans? If you mean as we have in mile 12 or Bodija, hoarding may be
profitable but very risky---fear of weavils andloss of taste.

@ poster

Take either of these

1, Buy a 1 million naira truck and use the balance to distribute beer in a city like Lagos,Ph, Ibadan, Kaduna,.

2. Go set up a top of the shelf beer and pepper soup joint for the boys. Site properly though.

    If you do either properly, you will send me a ram for xmas.

  TYPESETTING AND ART WORK. Having gotten your brief from your principal,
                                             you must brief your art man properly. Your artist must be very creative. Shop for
                                             the best. If you yourself know a bit about corel draw,  it does not hurt. I am not
                                             saying you should be the artist but it helps. With a laptop or cybercafé, there are
                                             little jobs like church IV you can handle by yourself.

                                             When the art man has finished typing, it is important you proof read. If possible,
                                              let another eye help proof read. This is necessary because the same eye may be
                                              missing the same mistake several times. Peoples name must not be misspelt. If in
                                              doubt ask your principal. If possible, let your principal approve the proof. It saves
                                              a lot of agony later. Once, we rejected the calendar of a big company because of
                                              a little mistake and the printer suffered a colossal loss . Book work must be read
                                              and reread

                                             Any mistake made here cannot be corrected again. Infact because of the specialisation
                                             in printing once a mistake is made  before  detection, it is dificult if not impossible to
                                              change. So be careful and proceed only when you are sure.

                                             The next stage is making  the plates.

                                               Be nice.

This is nauseating and should be removed immediately.
              IBB ko IBB ni. One thing is sure to me. IBB will never
               come back

More states, more rubbish.

GETTING THE JOB  No matter how good your product is.
                         You need to get orders. Get more new ones and keep the old ones.

                         The first thing you need is a cute business card. Get an experienced
                         printer to design one for you. Alternatively you can get hold of a pack
                         of business cards from a printer and chose one. This stage is very important.
                         I you want to print for me, I would like to see how well you have printed
                         for yourself.

                         Let people know what you do. Your society in the church, your social groups
                         and about anybody you come about. In fact you must not be anywhere
                         without your card and be free with it.

                         Visit small business concerns, Yes they may have a printer but they may
                         be unhappy with him. Ask for a trial and when you get the chance seize
                          it and do a good job.

                         When you get an order make sure you understand your brief properly.
                         When you become proficient put your business on Nairaland with
                         samples. You will get orders. If people buy cars fron USA on Nairaland
                         you can print for them too.

                         Tomorrow we will talk about Typesetting. The foundation on which
                         the building will stand.

                          Enjoy.

@Fhemmmy

             Ifyalways sure knows about it but I disagree with the idea of registering with
             the government. You will lose your identity and the privilege of goodwill that
             comes with experience in a business.

             Now, do it right and neat like ABC  and no police or  Road safety guy dares your vehicle.
             Of course with a biz like this you will be pals with the CPS and top police brass.
             When I say that, I do not mean bribe. There are still good police Officers who will go to
             any lenght to defend your interest if you are doing legit business. It does not cost you
             more than a couple of bottles of green bottle.

             You do not have to register with NURW either as long as you register as a limited liability
            company. The first thing you do not need is for your company to be associated with
            them. They may want to intimidate you but do not be intimidated, the law is on your side.
            No law says you cannot run a transport company without being a member.
            You do not load in their packs, you get a space.

            Fhemmy, let me warn you. You cannot stay in Canada and run a coy like this here.
           The Nigerian factor is always there. You must at least be prepared to come and set it
            up properly even if you will hand it over to capable hands later.

           But this much I can assure you. Propely run, you wont know  what to do with money in
           a few years to come. Transportation pays. People and goods have to move.
           And until govt does something positive about  the rail, transportation of anykind remains an oil block.

           Wishing you the best and waiting to ride in your bus to Abuja.

Unfortunate,guys have turned this serious matter to advertising.

The house says the customs should limit their operations to the boarder.
That is the law, whether good or bad. The pests should get off the road.

Dealers should  petition the house to punish the pot bellied rogue in Kogi.

In those days you had to spend years learning printing. You
                     spent years in front of wooden cases learning how the letters
                     are distributed in  cases, both upper and lower. Those were the
                     days of Arab printers. I will not be surprised if many of my readers
                     are not old enough to witness this. The level has changed.

                     Now technology has changed everything. To be a printer you do
                     not have to spend months learning. Printing is so compartmentalised
                     and specialised that all you need do is to coordinate the stages and
                     control. Printing has been and still is an elite profession and it is a
                     job you can leave for generations but you have to move on with latest
                     technology. The good thing is you can hit real gold in this businesS
                     even without owning a stapler.

                     Another interesting thing here is that you can start the job with Zero
                     capital. The reason is that you take advance for printing jobs and if
                     you can negotiate  properly you can get as advance, enough money
                     to prosecute the job. For example, if you take a job for invitation
                     cards for a wedding and you calculate the material.the labour and
                     logistics to be X, you can charge your principal X+30%X. Collect X
                     as advance and do the job. Collect your balance as your profit.

                      MARKET    .  Vast, very vast. Everybody needs a printer you know.
                      Look around you and see the endless opportunities. For companies
                     there are receipt, invoices, forms,  almanacs, calendars, diaries,annual
                     report and so on. Individuals will print marriage programmes, church
                     programmes, IVs, books, journals, posters, etc. What of school? If you
                     monopolise the printing jobs of 5 big schools, you will be busy through out.
                     We have not even talked of Coop societies, governments and politicians.

                     I will try to take the topic stage by stage and explain. Tell you the
                     pits and gullies youhave to avoid. Tricks the people in the trade play
                     and how to maximise your profit. The first stage is getting the job
                     which we will start tomorrow. For jobless mobile chaps this may be
                     what you need,

There is much input necesary for lottery business. First, you will need governent approval. Real big job.

I can confirm to you that an average okada man  nets
             more than #4000 in Lagos.

             Mind you net, not gross.I know because i have researched
             it but if you ask them they will tell you otherwise.

When I read stuff like this, I am so proud to be a Nigerian.

Shows all hope is not lost. May the tribe of those of you doing
honest business incres. Great people, Great Nation.

@Weske and Naijacutee.

Thanks for your response. I am waiting for more comments.

Pinrikki:
Hi Kunle-A, I am sorry I am not too savvy with the computer, I'll do my best to explain as I can't upload the pictures but you can check the 9th of March 2010 Guardian newspaper page 54  for advert by Austen Laz where you can get a good impression of their machines. Also on that page is the advert of Machine & Merchantile Warehouse Ltd, for ice block making machines. These adverts are wonderfull but the claims should be taken with a pinch of salt!

However I bought a machine from Austen Laz Co. It was an expensive machine and I had to install a 24KVA diesel gen to run it. It exactly as the one shown in the advert. The machine was locally fabricated by the company but uses an imported compressor.

The machine is a single phase one with Japanese compressors ranging from 2 1/2 H.P. to 4 1/2H.P. fitted with double vacuum sliding glass cover.

To be able to run 2 shifts we use 50 liters of Diesel per day but it may be less if PHCN has mercy on us and give us light for many hours. and blocks are sold for between N 60. and N 100.each depending on the quantity purchased and the demand.  As you know the business is also affected by the availability of PHCN. When there is light in the area generally, the demand falls so we have to reduce the price to recoup the cost of diesel. Ciao.

That is the truth. For those who need more ifo on this read my article  "ice block business, cash cow or cash pit?" at
http://biz4naijagraduates..com/2009/09/ice-block-business-cash-cow-or-cash-pit_17.html

Those who have ears, let them hear.

I have sent about 1500 phone messages directing people to a site, it does not appear to work. Has anybody else gotten such experience?

I have wondered which should one celebrate the most. Your birthday, your marriage or the death of an aged parent?

Nairalanders, open to you.

ode remo:
try   this one out, a lady invest all her energy on one hecter of land planting only EWEDU , for six mth been harvesting  the veg. close to 350k mnthly. her cost probably 100 -150k , profit close to 100k . if you have the time and energy and the passion for farming i think 100k profit is not bad.

I bet  many will miss this. There is plenty of dollar in th soil.

Of course it is inverter. I wonder why Nigerians are so gullible. To generate  commercial electricity using battery?

By the time you  calculate the cost of battery, you will go  buy a gen. Since they have been doing this seminar how many homes do we have their fuel-less gen powering a fridge and deep freezer.

Deceit.

Lots of biz you can do with this money.

AS i have always said, it depends on many parameters among
which are your interest, education, where you are, are you ready
to move, the kind of spouse you have and so on and so on.

However, if you are a young man and can drive and live in a city,
go get vans, get another driver  and start to distribute beer to beer parlors in your area.
If you do this with passion, you will send me a goat for Xmas.

WARNING. Biz is no maths. To be asking for 30% profit immediately
  when you are not fixing it in a bank is not the best way to start a
business. Ever heard of gestation period ?

Making a natural pond is about the biggest problem for debuting fish farmers.
  They are expensive to make for a beginner. Besides many beginners may not
  even have the land. Happily, there is a big farm leasing out ponds in the south
  west of Nigeria. Some of the ponds as large as 100x40 meters.

  Interested nairalanders, open to you

alldone:
well i love this business, it is not only the price that drive the business but deliverability and a powerful system.

thank for the info.N2.5 per unit for 1k
let me have the site pls.

yes, I understand it is volume driven.

The site for 2.50 I have not used. If you want to try them I will send the site to you but it is not within reach now.

However, I am not ashamed to say I have used bbnsms witout hitch. Price per 1000 is 2.850. For 10,000 you pay 2.65 per unitCheck them out.

Nairalanders, pls let me know the source of cheapest SMS

    I already have a source for #2.5per unit buying at least 1000units.
    But I want a reliable and cheaper one.

    I expect responses from those who have used the company they are
    recommending.

    Thanks

Bloody daughter of evil. You see the ridicle you have subjected  womanhood to.

   You better bend down and work, you silly Gold digger.

   At times like this, I am pissed off with women and wish my mother is not one of them

@ Poster.

Go and attend the law school before anything else. Your law degree  is not complete without it.

After that then talk of business. Anyway by the time you finish the law school your eyes will be
shining better. If you do not get the wig now, even if you think you do not need it immediately,
you will regret it later.

At 23 all the odds are on your side.

Good luck

Ilorin cannot be the best.   Any institution suppressing others opinions and dissent voices cannot be the best.

The best in the world allow opposing opinions which Unilorin  kills. If  the Ilorin cabal have their way
longer than necessay, they will be producing robots  as graduates.

No. Unilorin cannot be the best.

Dan,

Splash the thing here if its for free as i do not think Nairaland is against it. N oyhiong wrong with sports betting. It is not so much of gambling. I call it calculated risk. You will be damned stupid to say Leeds united wil beat Chelsea with their present form.