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more pictures from Singles conference Lagos with Pastor Bolaji of Harvesters Church

more pictures from Singles conference Lagos with Pastor Bolaji Idowu

more pictures from Singles conference Lagos with Pastor Bolaji

Lagos was lit up this past weekend as Pastor Bolaji Idowu, Lead Pastor of Harvesters International Christian Center, hosted what many are now calling the largest singles gathering in Lagos — the Singles Connect Conference.

Over 8,500 singles packed the Harvesters International Headquarters, beside grand view hotel ,Ologolo, Lekki.

The atmosphere was electric powerful worship, deep prayers, and real conversations about love, marriage, career, healing, and finding purpose as a single person.

According to many who attended, this wasn’t just another church program.

Testimonies have already started rolling in — from answered prayers about marriage, clarity for relationships, emotional healings

See video here -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ukzlTyLqy0

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So what is the essence in of the VAT jack up from 7.5% to 15%...? Also what is the need for tax ID for current account holders, if not to tax the account..?

It is a contract they signed with world bank to collect loan.

World bank gives you loan with policies that will make your citizens poorer

This is what led to the protest in Kenya some months ago.

Nigerians are not serious, we should be on the streets by now.

When the cost of living goes up we complain but we are aware when Govt is making silly policies

For the past four years, Zedvance has proudly sponsored the Bookville Reading Competition, a platform that celebrates the power of literacy, education, and the brilliance of young minds. The recently concluded 2024 edition once again showcased the incredible talent and potential of Nigerian children, with 11-year-old Abigail Udoeyop clinching the first prize and reminding us all of the transformative power of reading.

As an organization deeply committed to driving growth and progress within our communities, through social impact initiatives, we recognize the critical role literacy plays in shaping the future. Our continuous sponsorship of this initiative reflects our unwavering dedication to fostering education, empowering young people, and ensuring that every child has the opportunity to reach their full potential.

Impact of the Bookville Reading Competition

The Bookville Reading Competition has become a beacon of hope and inspiration for students, schools, and families across the nation. By promoting a culture of reading, the competition helps children build critical thinking skills, expand their vocabulary, and develop the confidence needed to succeed in an increasingly knowledge-driven world.

Through our sponsorship, Zedvance has supported countless young readers in discovering the joy of books and unlocking new opportunities. Over the years, we have witnessed how initiatives like this can positively impact not just the participants but also their peers and communities, inspiring a ripple effect of learning and curiosity.

Beyond its profound Social impact, the Bookville Reading Competition creates a nurturing environment of Trust, empowering children to confidently express themselves through the transformative power of words. It cultivates Resilience as participants demonstrate dedication and perseverance in honing their reading and comprehension skills. By exploring the boundless possibilities within books, the competition inspires Innovation, unlocking new ideas and creative thinking. Furthermore, it lays a strong foundation for participants’ Professional and intellectual Excellence, equipping them with the critical tools needed for lifelong learning and personal growth.

Looking Ahead
Zedvance remains committed to supporting initiatives like the Bookville Reading Competition that align with our core values. Together, we will continue to invest in education, literacy, and the dreams of the next generation.

To all the participants, winners, and organizers—congratulations on yet another outstanding year! Your passion, resilience, and dedication embody the very essence of Zedvance’s values.

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Are you passionate about sales and ready to make a difference in the financial technology industry?

We have an exciting opportunity for you!

About Us:

Our client is a leading provider of financial technology solutions, specializing in public payroll services for government ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs). We’ve recently launched our USSD *5858# channel, designed to provide MDA employees with a quick and convenient way to access payroll services.

Role Overview:
We are seeking dynamic and driven Field Sales Agents to join our team. In this role, you’ll be responsible for promoting our innovative payroll product, implementing marketing plans, and maintaining strong customer relationships.


Key Responsibilities:

Achieve personal and team sales targets
Research accounts and generate or follow through on sales leads
Report and provide feedback to management
Maintain and expand the client database within your assigned territory
Job Requirements:

Minimum of OND
High-level communication and networking skills
Passion for sales
Understanding of commercial trends and marketing strategies
Excellent interpersonal skills
Ability to work well under pressure
Tech-savvy

Monthly Salary = Base Pay( N70,000) + Sales Bonus

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You will learn the basics of the following

- Social media management / marketing
- Search Engine Optimization
- Online Advertising
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- Creative / UI UX Design
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- Content Marketing

Course Duration - 4 Saturdays in the month of July 2021

What you will get;

- Certificate of Course completion upon completion of all course assignments.
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Osinbajo will be speaking English everywhere and attending events

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In my early blogging days, I used to sell ebooks on my blog. VoguePay allows you to sell ebooks, audios, epin online.

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I know that they have new features now, like invoice, bulk payments, recurrent billings.

You should give it a try.

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Nigeria is indeed an interesting country. Here is a country with a large population of young people and high unemployment rate, yet those in authority act as if everything is alright or, in many instances, paint pictures of a bright future.

The Aso Villa Demo Day/GEM grants is a sad reminder of how a country takes delight in dashing the hopes of young start-ups. I remember when I first heard about the Aso Villa Demo Day in 2016, I felt it did not make sense and the price money of N3m to each of the three winners made me wonder what the person who came up with the idea was thinking.



Consequently, in a 2016 piece on this column, entitled ‘Expanding Aso Villa Demo Day project,’ I asked, ‘beyond the media hype, Public Relations and glitz of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and Mark Zuckerberg, gracing the grand finale; what really is the value of Aso Villa Demo Day to this ecosystem that is still very much in a struggle mode?’

Here is an excerpt: “I believe we can achieve better results if the fund spent in organising the grand event at the seat of power was spent on smaller events through already established pipelines (hubs and similar initiatives) in various states or zones. This is likely the type of strategy that will generate more sustainable results for us in the long term than awarding prize money to a lucky few.”

Be that as it may, I was impressed when news filtered in that the Federal Government was going to support a number of those who pitched at the event with the Growth and Employment Project grant.

This, for me, was a good development. Surprisingly, the list of AVDD start-ups to benefit jumped from 30 to 81 in total. This master move by the government gave doubting Thomases like me a shut-up-your-mouth sign.

However, if reports filtering in now are anything to go by, they are proving us right because many of the beneficiaries now believe that they were simply being set up for failure. Yes, they got the first tranche of the grant a few weeks after the announcement and went ahead to create extensive plans.

Some ordered new equipment while others hired new workers hoping that the other tranche would come soon. Sadly, days have turned to weeks and weeks to months. All they keep getting is, ‘we are working on it’.

Out of curiosity, I decided to carry out some research and found an information on the World Bank website (http://projects.worldbank.org/P103499/nigeria-growth-employment-states?lang=en), which showed that come September 7, 2018, the project would come to an end and funds running into millions of dollars that are yet to be disbursed, would have to be refunded.

One of the causes of the delay has been a controversial proposed restructuring of the Growth and, Employment Project and the alleged diversion of the remaining $35m from its account to other uses, which has now been suspended by the House of Representatives following a motion moved by Mark Gbillah, who has been at the forefront of ensuring that these monies get disbursed to the beneficiaries.



The big question is: why does the most basic project that will add value become controversial in Nigeria?

I read a Punch report entitled ‘GEM grant beneficiaries lament delay in release of funds’. What shocked me in that report was the statement credited to the Communications Adviser, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Bisi Daniels.

Daniels said, “The project had not been stopped, and facilitators were still committed to helping the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises attain their full potential in Nigeria.”

The question I will love to ask is, how exactly are they trying to help them? In the business world, it is often said that cash-flow is king. So, if you deny start-ups of funds, then you are simply killing and not helping them.

Our government officials get excited when they describe the successes of Silicon Valley but fail to understand the deep culture of support and massive funding opportunities that work with other factors to make that possible.

How is a start-up supposed to succeed in a system that is so difficult and harsh? How would a group of young people be promised some money and are urged to go on planning only to have their hopes dashed?

I honestly do feel for them and the least I can do is to use this column to bring the world’s attention to this injustice being meted to those trying to solve problems.

In a piece by Ifeanyi Ndiomewese of Techpoint Africa, entitled ‘2 years after, secrecy and resentment still shroud Aso Villa Demo Day, he stated: “It goes without saying that ICT, like other high growth sectors, is a major vehicle to drive on-going economic diversification programmes.”

There are high chances that AVDD can define the pace in ICT entrepreneurship landscape in Nigeria in years to come. But we fear this might not be the case.

Also, it is even more baffling that GEM and PwC, despite their pedigree on the international stage, have not satisfactorily effected a World Bank grant of this magnitude. Instead, they seem to have watched passively as the full amount of $3m (N756.3m) was being touted as money disbursed to grantees.

We suspect that there is more to mismanagement of the funds than meets the eye and these entrepreneurs might as well be pawns in someone else’s game.

A source with knowledge of the project informed me that the World Bank through its country director, Rachid Benmessaoud, has offered Nigeria two options: option one, if the project continues to stall, then, by September 7, 2018, the disbursed balance would be refunded and option two, revert to the original plan as approved, then, write to request for an extension to September 2019.

As of the time of writing, it was not certain that option two, which is the most sensible option, had been explored but hopefully, the growing pressure from various quarters would convince our all-wise, super-intelligent government officials to do what is most beneficial for our nation, especially in a period of painful economic challenges and high unemployment rate.

Therefore, for the sake of numerous start-ups looking forward to receiving their grants, I call on the Federal Government, the Office of the Vice President, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, the World Bank, Growth and Employment project, PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG and any other MDAs or organisations involved, to sort out whatever issues are pending in a transparent manner while seeing to it that young Nigerians are supported to thrive in their proposed enterprises.

Typical of our fire brigade approach, I know that funds will likely be disbursed in the next couple of days in unbelievable ways and reports have it that some technology hubs have already started to receive some grant monies. It is a welcome development as long it is done transparently and fairly.

What baffles me in all of these is that most of the affected start-ups are scared of coming out to talk about their experiences, for fear of being victimised, but in their WhatsApp group, they constantly express their displeasure. If everyone is afraid to speak out, how then would Nigeria change?

Dear leaders of tomorrow (or today), be bold and let the world know that more than one year after, you are yet to receive the second tranche of the GEM grant. That is one way to build a better sustainable system.


Source - https://punchng.com/why-is-aso-villa-demo-daygem-grant-stalled/

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Young Graduate Program at Total Nigeria

Job Field – Finance / Accounting / Audit Graduate Jobs Sales / Marketing / Retail / Business Development
Department – Finance, Sales, Operations/Exploitation
Job Location – Lagos, Nigeria
Job Description

We are looking for young graduates who are motivated and passionate with excellent academic achievement in the fields of Engineering, Marketing and Finance to join more than 500 Young Graduate in Total Young Graduate Programme.

The YGP is an 18 months program which commences with a 6 month – 9 months program in Total Nigeria

Eligibility Requirements

Must not be more than 26 years of age.
Recent graduate with post graduate work experience not more than 2 years
A bachelors graduate with a minimum degree of 2nd Class Upper
Must be geographically mobile.
He/she should be able to work in a multi-cultural environment.
He/she should be able to work in a team, be self-driven, innovative and willing to learn.
Good command of English.
Offer ID – 13960BR

Job Application Deadline – 10-Sep-2018

How to Apply for Total Graduate Trainee program
Interested and qualified applicants can apply on Total career portal

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Graduate Engineering Programme

Detailed Description

Sahara Power Group (SPG) is a leading privately owned power company with business operations in the generation and distribution arms of the power sector and with a keen focus on powering Sub-Saharan Africa.
At the heart of these operations lies an unrivalled engineering expertise where innovation and continuous improvement is the norm. We now have opportunities for enthusiastic and talented individuals to join our team across a range of disciplines, which include, but are not limited to:
Electrical Engineers
Control Engineers
Chemical Engineers
Electronics Engineers
Mechanical Engineers
The Graduate Engineering Program of SPG is focused on recruiting young engineers who are fresh out of the university between the ages of 21 and 27 for our Power Generation entities- Egbin Power Plc. & First Independent Power Limited.
Minimum Qualification/ Experience

Engineering Degree (B.Tech./ B.Eng.) with a minimum of 2nd Class Upper division
Maximum of 2 year Post-NYSC experience.
Maximum age- 27 years old by December 2018.
Applicant must have completed NYSC.
Knowledge/Skills:

Basic usage of Microsoft Office Suites
Familiarity with CAD packages and Engineering Software i.e. MATLAB
Basic Project Management
Problem Solving and Critical Thinking skills
Communication skills
Good interpersonal skills
Knowledge and commitment to Occupational Health and Safety
Technical Report writing skills
Personality Traits:

Assertiveness
Be a Team player
Enthusiasm, Commitment and Motivation
Be Resourceful
Working Relationships

Original Equipment Manufacturers
Contractors
Suppliers
Other Sahara Group Companies and Corporate Functions

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