₦airaland Forum

Femich18:
Nice..

Please it is not Akaran but AKRAN OF BADAGRY. Don't comman spoil the name of my Oba for me

Correct! Our King is De Wheno Aholu Menu Toyi I, Akran of Badagry.

Will love to lay my hands on some of them. Let us go on some historical cum intellectual excursion. Maybe, just maybe, we'll get some awakening on how to revive and redirect the pedagogical underpinnings of academics and redirect our youth from the downward spiral of an anti-intellectual disposition toward a more diligent and serious-minded leaning!

calddon:
Lala post this one by himself? Wahala don dey

As long as my generation think there is nothing wrong with premarital sex and flirting, they will continue to wallow in its resulting disaster and disgrace.

I agree 100%. We reap what we show. EOD

EVILFOREST:
INDOMIE and PAMPERS caused all these....
When BOYS were eating palm kernel/coconuts/kuli kuli /Agidi/watery-beans/ soured egusi/ did we hear all these..??

Then BOYS and GIRLS could trek to schools several miles, but now Parents do everything for them. Some are even transported to schools like dogs with their Tongues spilling out.
Then Neighbors could beat and correct you in the absence of your parents, but now everything is “WITCH”
Now......
Teachers Pamper them
Churches Pamper them
Neighbors Pamper them
Parents Pamper them

So, exposure to LITTLE PRESSURE, everything EXPLODES

From my experience with students at both secondary and tertiary levels of education in Nigeria, I quite agree with your submission, though a bit hilarious. Most of the kids of this generation cannot cope with the common vicissitudes of life. And the pressure, competition, and materialism is telling on them. God help us all!

Epileptic power has really dealt with me as a freelancer. You can add to that epileptic internet service. I have lost jobs because I couldn't meet deadlines, after spending so much on data and fuelling the generator. And sometimes the generator breaks down too!
My take?
1. Get good power banks both for your phones/tablets and for your laptop.
2. Have a good generator on standby.
3. Don't accept jobs with crazy deadlines, even if the payment looks tempting.
4. Use a shared office location with regular electricity (if available in your area).
5. Get solar power/inverter if you can afford it.
6. Outsource jobs to other reliable freelancers
7. Finally, you can move to a place with regular power supply, if possible.

emmasege:
Osun has 8 universities
1. Obafemi Awolowo University
2. Osun State University
3. Bowen University
4. Adeleke University
5. Redeemer University
6. Fountain University
7. Oduduwa University
8. Joseph Ayo Babalola University

I thought JABU is in Ikeji-Arakeji in Ondo State? No?

Google the address. At least, you can start from there.

Many factors will affect the timing of your programme: your own aptitude, the school's Academic calendar, the scope and nature of your research, the supervisor, other vicissitudes of life, et cetera.
In all, if time (duration of programme) is the pivotal consideration in your choice of school, PLEASE do not choose any university that will most certainly join any ASUU Strike. You can rest assured that with the current permutations in our University system in Nigeria, ASUU will most likely embark on at least one strike action every year. I speak from experience as both a former Professional University Administrator and graduate student. Best wishes.

Richdad50:


I have found from experiences and counselings that couples who have weak links in their relationship have the most outlandish and open display of affection. They, many a times, showcase a perfect chemistry in the open but suffer severe depression and lack of communication when alone.

When I see couples in public who lock eyes occasionally, rub hands gently and unnoticeably by any, whisper and giggle in a manner inoffensive, I find in them a bond unbreakable, a chemistry mixed in passion and affection, rich in love and sex.

Love is not loud nor lousy. It is not for the view of all but for that one eyes whose gaze sparks the giggles in your ribs.

Richdad

Word. Aptly put.

It's a wicked world indeed. But I like to look at issues from various perspectives. What if the babies were swapped at birth? There is a probability of that happening. But happening twice? Well, it's a wicked world. The woman knows better.

lonelydora:
Because Nigerian Hiring/Recruiting managers have refused to put the "Human" back in "Human Resources"

Nigerian HR personnel feel like demi-gods. They forgot they were once applicants. They look out for 'impossible' CVs instead of personality and values.

Lol, Brigette Hyacinth should come back to Nigeria to train our HR fellows

acounter2:
Yoruba people Will Not Kill Us Sha. just realise this of recent thanks to NYSC.

Ogun:- (medicine)

Ogun:- (charm)

Ogun:- (war)

Ogun:- (State)

Ogun:- (god of iron)

Ogun:- (twenty)

Ogun:- (sweat)

Ogun:- (property)

Ogun:- (climb)

Ogun:- (long)

Only one word, 11 meanings!!
*I

The Op tried. Well done!
Not all the words are quite correct, though, grammatically and semantically. Sweat is òógùn, climb-gùn (verb), long-gùn (can be an adjective or a verb), e.g ó gùn ( it's long). Yorùbá is a diacritical/tonal language. Writing/pronouncing it without diacritics spoils the beauty and distorts the meaning!

100 years make a century

Firstorderwizard:
This is a single story,I'm not gonna believe it.

Single stories create stereotypes and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue but they are incomplete........ Chimamanda Adichie

The danger of a single story...TEDTalks things...

There is nothing wrong with setting targets to sales personnel, provided they are reasonable and mutually beneficial to both the organization and the sales personnel. Take note of the words REASONABLE and MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL.
If your sales targets take into consideration these two crucial factors, those who are willing and ready will stay and work. In the end, both employer and employee will smile. This also applies to other fields apart from sales.
The first basic rules is: Can I meet these targets myself, given the same circumstances, background, abilities, training as my staff? If yes, why? If no, why not?

42+1=43

I'll love to do this! This is my forte.

Is seems everybody in the pictures is high! The ladies, the men, the beer, the highness...

jaymejate:
This jungle is not for the cats, only the lions and the wilds can survive.

Even the lion is a cat!

I understand your plight. This is what many children born in the diaspora are coping with.
I will suggest you learn Nigerian/West African Pidgin. Then Igbo, Yoruba or any other tongue. With Pidgin, you'll be able to connect with any Nigerian.

We'll talk.

About 300k applied for the job. That much I can confirm. And the available slots? It doesn't really matter. Let's just do our best and leave the rest.

Vanbravo:
Please guys I really need someone to confirm this.. isit possible that NNPC carries out background check on a particular person before issue them employment letters? Someone was telling me something similar.. that someone from Abuja came to his state asking about him and fortunately the guy from Abuja is a friend to his uncle. funny but true. happened this week.

It's not just possible, it's the reality. Will you yourself employ someone for a serious role in your organization without proper background checks? NNPC will consider State of origin, quota system and federal character in their employment, to a large extent. You can take that to the bank!
Bro, I also have a colleague who told me that someone came all the way from Abuja to his family compound to make enquiries about his brother before he was given appointment for a federal government job.

Firstorderwizard:
What's your source? FRSC, prisons and DPR recruitment have shined my eyes. NNPC is no different. I'm only praying for at least 40% merit slot.

Senior staff at the Towers.

If you were able to submit your application and you got a confirmation, you have crossed the first hurdle. Information from VERY close quarters says that the process is going to be MERIT-DRIVEN and the age requirement is going to be strictly enforced. Enough said.

I know Professor Dapo Asaju personally and have worked with him at higher levels on very challenging and sensitive work in University Administration. I can confidently say that he is a man of his words. He is very open and approachable and gives regard to all, irrespective of their status or stature. He doesn't tolerate nonsense and abuse of privileges either, and may get highly frustrated at such things.
For our beloved professor to have written this, the parents and children's cups must have been full and running over. I may not agree with his choice of words in some parts of the write-up, but I can bet you that one of the most difficult people to manage in Nigeria are cosseted, obstreperous children with a sense of entitlement, who also believe in instant self gratification! I have been there. Enough said.

Ekitibiased:
Anyone who can can use SPSS as well as create a statistical report should please contact me on 08114000400(Whatsapp only) for a small project. lets discuss ASAP, thanks

Let's talk. Use my signature

Thanks, DMainMan. Blessings.

May they find peace to live again. This is too sad! Let all men of goodwill do something to help. Heal the world, make it a better place

GambaOsaka:
Some years ago, I travelled all the way from Ebonyi state (Night bus) to write aptitude test at Ikeja cantonment for this NNPC graduate trainee thing. There was so much crowd that day. Infact a lady came in her wedding gown as it was a saturday (lol).

I knew right there at the venue that I've wasted my tfare when I saw an old friend whose father is a topshot in NNPC. The guy came all the way from the UK to write the test.

Several years down the line, we have not heard 'pa' or 'po' from NNPC, my friend is now a manager there now.

I'm not discouraging anybody from applying o.
The system might have changed now or God might say it's your time.

Was it the one conducted at Sam Ethnan Airforce Base, Ikeja? Around 2010/2011? Men, that was a day to remember! I even saw a highly reputed lecturer from my alma mater who brought his son with his official car.
Thousands of Nigerian graduates, all with 2.1 and First Class, queued up from the express up to the primary schools at the end of the base. Nothing has been heard till date.
But we keep doing our best; success in life is not tied to working with NNPC!