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If i buy a new mtn sim is there a higher chance of the sim being eligible?

honsule:
there is now o

HONSULE Esq, SAN in waiting, abeg share the smile mifi unlock procedure. Thanks in advance.

Allstrasse we are waiting oo. Pls update

texazzpete:
To be frank, the speeds I've been seeing people post since yesterday are pretty mediocre.

Ntel promised 230mbps LTE Advanced. Getting 12mbps or so is nothing to beat their chest over, and is not even as fast, on average, as the speeds the likes of Swift LTE launched with until greed and network congestion crippled them.


From all the hype and lofty promises, anything less than 40mbps is pretty underwhelming.

I feel the speeds you are seeing is a function of network strength, so in an area where you have 4 or 5 bars the speed will increase. Honsule said he has seen 8MBps on idm that will be more than 40mbps

honsule:
THE SPEED FLUCTUATE SHA. but btw 1-8MBps

Unbelievable!!! wow!!! I envy you oo. I think 4G networks like Smile etc that have capped their speed at 21mbps will have a rethink now. I dont know if spectranet and swift capped their speed. This is the beauty of competition.

honsule:
The Sim card inside my spectranet unlocked mifi

Abeg show us the download speed on idm lets know it is not 3G or 3.75G in disguise

Codedrock:
I have always love older women.. Never dated or have sex with my age mate or someone I am older than before. All my sex and real relationships are with chics older than me...
I can even date someone 10years older than I am. Well, I look very older than my age though...

PS: I can't date or have sex with a girl I am older than...

wow bro are u real? well i believe when you are fourty to fifty years old, ladies older than you wont be attractive to you anymore. Then you will start getting attracted to those you are older than

@Allstrasse we are waiting for update oo. Pls make out time to update us. Thanks

luvprince4real:
is there any reason y u chose these two over others? Plz let us know. Tnx

UK because it is Engish speaking and the economy is Good and Germany because it has the best economy in Europe. It will make no sense to go to a country that is struggling economically like greece because there will be no jobs for you or what you will get will pay little. Scandinavian countries like Denmark, Sweden, Norway are also Okay.

UK or Germany

Allstrasse you just kept us in suspense. Abeg continue, eagerly awaiting the next business.

Allstrasse:
What struck me in the shower then was the fact that what I was seeking the means and not the end. In the waste paper business collectors buy used paper and sell it to industries that have recycling plants who in turn bleach and recycle the paper into some other use like toilet tissue etc. As insignificant as this may now appear it was a momentous experience for me then as it is even now as I reminisce. I was going about bothering myself to look for capital to buy paper to supply recycling plants whereas I would just have sought the paper itself. Furthermore, I grew up in a university campus and paper was never in short supply. By 6.00am I was I at my parents’ residence in the staff quarters and immediately I had access to the house I went to my former room and climbed to the upper compartment of the wardrobe and evacuated all my used exercise books, workbooks, textbooks from Primary and secondary school and piled them up. I also retrieved all the old books of my siblings and cousins, old newspapers and magazines. It was like a certain madness had taken over me. Meanwhile my parents awoke to the noise and seeing the pile of papers concluded that I was helping to Spring-clean the house. They volunteered more textbooks, newspapers, magazines and whatever paper they could find. After combing the entire house for papers, I now sat down and sorted them. That was the end of day 1.

On the second day, I borrowed my dad’s very old 504 station wagon car and loaded the paper and went off to sell. From the calculation model I had gotten from reading various used paper magazines and online portals, I had reckoned that my used paper would give me nothing less than 180,000.00. Under pressure to sell since I had only one possible buyer, I gave in and sold for 58,000. This was on Thursday. I was actually very happy about the sale and went telling my flatmate about my success. He was elated himself but when told how much I had sold it for he winced. He then took me to meet some printers who usually sold the same used paper to the major buyer and I was told that the weight for which I was paid 58k would actually have fetched me 210k. I was flabbergasted. But what could I do. The deal had been struck and that was it. After much encouragement I started all over again but this time I started asking for paper. You will be amazed that tucked in the various wardrobes of the several residences of lecturers and other staff of that university were several books from their children who had long finished school and moved on. Some I got for free and some I got for a stipend given to the housekeeper or gateman as the case applied.

This time I was also very careful as I ensured maximal profitability. As a matter of fact what eventually happened is that I accumulated enough paper to sell off to a major paper mill in this country. The total amount accruable from this second outing was 473,300.00.

I then did a third tranche. At this point my mum had started seeking psychiatric help for me alongside spiritual deliverance from madness. My dad was a bit worried but trust him when he heard how much was being made he suddenly sprang into consulting mode. He also started a little bragging among his friends’ ant that wasn’t very helpful.

The third tranche gave me about 510k but the problem at that point is that the logistics and settlements had rubbed of a lot of the profit. Secondly a few people had been inspired to join me in the business so wherever I went I was no longer the guy who helps deplete paper refuse but the guy who doesn’t pay for paper trimmings.

The final blow that took me out of the business was when my dad invited me home on a Sunday and introduced me to his friend, who incidentally was a retired Group Captain. In his preamble this man who was the foremost fertilizer merchant in the state listened to my innocent story about the paper business with rapt attention while copiously jotting down all he heard on a notepad. (With the benefit of hindsight he might as well have had a video recording of me as I sang like a canary). By the time I finished telling him everything and by everything I mean EVERYTHING, it appeared he had undergone a transfiguration. He promised to HELP me and reassured my father that I will become a great man. He then asked me to see him in his office the following day. Thinking that I had finally met an angel investor who was willing to change my life forever without interest I rushed to his office and waited for him long before the appointed time. He finally arrived at about 10.00 am and went into a long story about how that business as humble as it was could be transformed in to a colossus and commended me on my focus and determination. He then proceeded to add that I have now proven a point and that it was time for US to transform the business into what it needs to be in the future. Honestly at that point I had really stopped listening. Us Ko! Us ni! All the same I allowed him talk about how glorious and beautiful the business can turn into just with an injection of a few Millions and experience. All this talk culminated in his offering me an appointment letter as Business Development Officer in his conglomerate. Salary was 30,000.00 per month with a Kia Rio as the official car. I was really hurt and felt bruised and undermined. I turned the job down and went home. His ego was touched and he rambled to my dad all evening. My dad tried to convince me to take it for a while at least as a starting point. My Mum kept reading the appointment letter over and over again. She kept repeating that she didn’t see any clause regarding retirement benefits (aka pensions and gratuity).

The following week when I resumed my rounds I found out that wherever I went my customers/suppliers were a bit evasive and uncomfortable with me. At no point could I see paper to buy. Where there was paper, it was had always been paid for. At some point one lady who really liked me then and always showed it called me aside and requested for a date. I did take her out and she then confided in me that all the printing houses in that city had received deposits of 50k to accumulate all their waste paper for a certain company. I was in the lurch. There are lessons to be learnt from here I suppose. Feel free to say something.

The lesson learnt here is to guard your business secrets jealously, otherwise you will be out of business. You father's friend has obviously entered the business.

Allstrasse:
My first business Experiment.



Back home after the passing out parade, I travelled through Lagos and must confess that the pull to stay back in Lagos was simply irresistible but then I couldn’t spend more than a few days as I had no place to stay. I mean I had uncles, aunts, extended family members but I just couldn’t stay simply because my parents wouldn’t agree. In their thinking things must always be done properly and sequentially. I should get a job offer first and prove to them that the take home would actually be enough for me to secure my own accommodation within the n the shortest possible time but most definitely not beyond three months so as not to inconvenience them for too long.



So I had to go back to my home state but since I didn’t feel like returning to my parents house, I took up residence with my very good friend who was and still is a very knowledgeable civil servant. This guy is just a bit older but very humble and accommodating. He is very versed in the theory of business from many fronts. His stock in trade is reading. Much to his immediate family’s charging half his earnings till this day is invested in the acquisition of books and business related information. I learnt so much from him and it is through him that I found the conviction to steer my career in the direction of business and entrepreneurship.



He introduced me to the wonderful world of 'waste to wealth'. I read up on it and learnt so much but was constrained because the capital required for it always loomed large. Then fortune smiled on me. I read an article online on the Inc. website and there was a quote there; Start where you are, with what you have. And the author went forward to explain that most of the things required for success already exist around us already but it requires some kind of identifying and development.



That night I couldn’t sleep. I was restless and seriously disturbed. NEPA struck and I was sweating profusely and decided to take a shower just to soothe me a bit. Then it hit me right in the shower. The whole start-up capital that I would require was right there with me all the time yet I was too blind to notice it. This was an Eureka moment for me. This experience has repeated itself many times over for me in different scenarios and at different times.



Please readers should note that I have a thing with standing under the shower for several hours. For me most solutions to problems are received while standing in quietude under a water falling on my head in rivulets. It’s simply exhilarating. This is my ritual and may not work for all but you may wish to try it out since you don’t lose anything in the process.



To be continued soon.

@OP i love the way you articulate your thoughts and your use of language. I am glued to your thread and want to thank you for sharing your experiences with us as i believe i would learn alot.

2sexycom:
how I take abandon u? U no get my number? When was the last time u called nor buzzed me on whatsapp?

i lost my dad last year and he was buried few weeks ago cos of lot of issues. My head full so no be my fault. I go call u

2sexycom:
goldtooth hmmmm

You just abandon me. No be so oo

The part of the interview i like is when PMB is asked about security vote and PMB tells the interviewer "you know more about our budget than i do"

How much is the pound sterling to naira now?

scaredy:
I have been married for a year now to a man that is very unattractive. I married him for two reasons

1. My younger ones and friends were all married and I was desperate at 32.
2. He treats me well

He's a good husby but I sometimes get ashamed walking with him because he's very ugly. I'm a pretty girl and when we are in public he's all over me wanting people to know we are together and I see the looks they give us.

I don't mind sleeping with this man and being his wife, I just want the feeling of shame to stop.I know some men don't treat their wife well and I feel lucky mine own does that.

You claim to be beautiful. So how come at 32 you still were not married. I believe you allowed the beauty to get into your head and so were playing hard to get. Now you see the consequences.

balogunsam:
Posted this a month and a month and 16 days or so ago and now just remember this thread after I got a mail from the OP out of thin air yesterday or so...who else got a mail?

I did. I went to check my mail after i saw your post.

Cute! Otunba!

i am interested too

igboboy3:
Does escrow.com now accept Nigerians?

Yes, they now accept Nigerians

lagtech:
Countdown Day1

Pick up for Confluence
Refund to Alejandro72
Item Ships for Balogunsam

2 HP Mini Laptops still available as replacement items. others have been claimed. They land next week.
1 Amazon Kindle Table still available.

Progress is now steady.

Balogunsam, i was referring to this quote above. I thought you got some items. Pardon me

Balogunsam i guess you have received the items lagtech sent to your address. How far na update us. Lagtech, elitebook group still nothing received by me

Youngzedd:
Nairaland is a forum not e-commerce.

When amazon first started they only sold books so nairaland can and should go into other businesses. By doing so seun would be creating more jobs and reducing the high unemployment rate that is plagueing us as a nation.#MyOpinion

California30:
I do go to my Friend's house when i was in Nigeria, his father was a native doctor, they will kill & cook the tortoise they used in sacrifices to the gods & we will all eat.

My brother that means you are now a living bullet proof jazz. If anybody shoot you e no go enter. I suggest you join the US army. You are a general in waiting.

Scam bro. They want to entice and scam you

lordZOUGA:
We don't have steady power in this country, this implies that we don't always have power when we need it. But an app like this will help us find power even if we don't have it.

That is a step in the direction of having power all the time. If you can't get the power, you go to it.

The data to be used for this will be crowd sourced of course. It will take time to build up the data but that should not be an issue.

The data will be open-sourced and so is this project. I think.

From what I can see, there is no reason not to build this app.

What do you think? or Who is interested in developing it?

Hello lordzouga, my friend is a departmental exam officer in a school and he wants a windows program that would help him calculate cgpa automatically for his students on windows 7 platform. Can this be done? Do you know anyone who can do it? would like to know how much it will cost. Maybe later he might want an andriod app too. Know your moniker from glodge. its been a while i saw you there.

Hello lordzouga, my friend is a departmental exam officer in a school and he wants a windows program that would help him calculate cgpa automatically for his students on windows 7 platform. Can this be done? Do you know anyone who can do it? would like to know how much it will cost. Maybe later he might want an andriod app too. Know your moniker from glodge. its been a while i saw you there.

I received my refund of N12,429 this morning. I wish to specially thank the site admin Seun and the section moderator Dragnet. I would never have gotten my refund if not for the ultimatum issued. I also wish to thank eniolaamoda for having me in mind when it seemed others had forgotten and moved on. Special thanks also goes to Damola1, Obosirow, Learnae, Javijabor1, Olaposij, Leyemoshood, Jfkenny, Nickcarter and Princenova. Mavinc4u thanks for being your brother’s keeper. Thank you all for speaking out against the injustice while it lasted.

Experience is the best teacher, but it is better to learn from other people’s experience. I hope people learn from my experience.