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AkumahTalk:
Aside the money craze, I think the primary objective for anyone to own or run a blog is to provide valuable information on a particular subject area and make it available to the public. Your blog gives you a voice.

The problem is that a lot of people think it's all about money from day 1. Consequently, they jump into areas they think will give the highest returns in the shortest possible time. So they decide to copy the likes of Linda Ikeji to do news, fashion, gossip etc. They forget that she was into modelling and a little bit of showbiz. She mingled with celebs and this was her industry. It was easy for her to get first hand news and gossips. That's her passion and she has been at it for years now.

As for me, I've always had a passion for IT Strategy development for SMEs and IT career advisory. That's my industry and that's the reason I started my blog. I honestly haven't considered advertising or monetizing but I can confidently tell you that I've got about 4 offers from different companies to carry out projects for them. My problem is that I work full time and so I have to choose what I can do and turn down the rest but they keep coming. You may not believe this but a couple of them are asking me to name my price (they see me as an expert). Please note that my blog is only 5 months old.

I'd like to encourage you guys to focus on your strengths passion and interests when choosing a niche. Strive to establish yourself as an authority in that field. If you've followed the "others" already, you can change your niche to something that is native to you; it's allowed.

I don't mean to brag but I have a Masters degree, I can't be caught copying and pasting. I HAVE A REPUTATION TO PROTECT.

If my subject matter is of interest to you; the link to my blog is on my signature and below.

PS: I got a job offer cos someone read one of my posts on LinkedIn. It came as a surprise to me because it wasn't my best post.

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You said the truth.

But my problem is how to get traffic.

I wouldn't lie this current gov. With change of policy plus change of my location is really affecting me.

AkumahTalk:
You don't need to have a site admin or pay anything to anyone to create and run your blog. Setting up your blog on content management systems like Wordpress is as easy as using Microsoft Word. You choose your hosting platform (ipage is good) and pay for a plan. If you're confused on what you want, you can chat with an ipage customer care agent that'll provide the necessary support to guide you. Plus its cheap as hell. I spent a total of about USD33.87 (about NGN6,000) before the Naira apocalypse. You also don't need coding skills at least for a basic design and layout. Only ensure that your blog design is clean and appealing (white space is good for readability). Remember its all about your content. Don't plagiarize or copy and paste. Originality is golden.

I started my blog on the 12th of Sept 2015. I use Wordpress as my CMS and ipage for hosting and I can't complain. It's been buttery smooth so far. My niche is on IT strategy development for SMEs (post on Mondays) and IT career advisory (post on Fridays). Check my signature for a link to my blog.

PS: I don't copy and paste, "never have, never will"

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Hello l have been blogging since May last year but my problem here is how to drive in traffic.

ITbomb:
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I am a blogger. But my problem is how to drive in traffic.

Can you help me out.

Funny. Did you know, just check his subordinate.

Northerners and their born to rule mentality

May God help us.

I hate when case like this spring up.

Contract should be respected and not be break. Unless something necessary comes up.

I love this. Intelligent response.

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Nigerians don't misuse this opportunity

The Central Bank of Nigeria has extended the Bank Verification Number registration exercise for Nigerians abroad from January 31 to June 30, 2016.


The CBN, in a circular on Thursday, said the extension would allow Nigerian bank customers in the Diaspora to obtain their BVN and link it with their respective bank accounts.

The circular, signed by the Director, Banking and Payments System, CBN, Mr. Dipo Fatokun, stated that the CBN had also increased the number of BVN registration centres overseas to allow more bank customers to register.

The circular read, “The CBN has observed, through a recent survey, the low percentage of registration of Nigerian bank customers in the Diaspora, which may be attributed to lack of accessibility to registration centres and unavailability of registration centres in some cities where Nigerian population is high.

“Consequently, all the Deposit Money Banks are hereby requested to note that the BVN enrolment for Nigerian bank customers in the Diaspora is hereby extended to June 30, 2016. This is to enable such customers to complete the enrolment and link the BVN with their bank accounts.”

The CBN further said plans were on to deploy more BVN registration centres in locations with high Nigerian population.

The central bank had in October last year closed the BVN registration process within the country and directed banks to stop customers without the numbers from carrying out transactions on their accounts.

It said only customers who obtained and registered their BVNs should be granted access to their accounts.

onshore installation with minor injuries.

The firm said it had also established a dedicated telephone hotline for family members of those on board the flight.

Source:http://www.nairausd.com/2016/02/cbn-extends-bvn-registration-for.html?m=1

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Hmmmm most words coming from this current gov. should be taken with a pinch of salt

The Federal Government has promised not to cut down the number of employees of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.



This is coming as labour unions have threatened to storm Imo State today (Friday) for a mass action if the state government fails to reinstate the workers that it recently sacked.

The Federal Government noted that instead of reducing the number of workers at the NNPC, it would expand the operations of the national oil firm in order to make it globally competitive.

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, disclosed this to leaders of labour union in the oil and gas sector during a meeting with them in Abuja on Wednesday evening.

Speaking at a joint press conference organised by the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, the National President, NUPENG, and Deputy President, Nigeria Labour Congress, Mr. Achese Igwe, said some concessions were reached at the meeting.

Igwe said, “We are going to vehemently resist any attempt to sack workers. We have advised service companies and multinational firms that are in the act of outsourcing and contracting that this will portend the loss of jobs for Nigerians. We say no to them because that is not what this government is all about.

“The government today talks about job creation and not job losses. With the current economic challenge we are having in our country, we need not to lose jobs that are already created.”

“If you ask me, what is the staff strength of the NNPC and what is the staff strength of Petrobras, Petronas and the rest of them? We are just an inch of the staff strength of these organisations. Most of them have a staff strength of 34,000 personnel, and what is the staff strength of the NNPC? The entire staff strength of the NNPC today is not up to 5,000 as the case maybe, and you are talking about these organisations that came after you or almost at the same time with.

Source:http://www.nairausd.com/2016/02/fg-promises-not-to-sack-nnpc-workers.html?m=1

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It seems APC are living in a dream land

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May God deliver us.

TonySpike:
Are you a learner? Who was in charge between 2010 and 2014?

We all know how this administration work.

Remember what Oby said to PMB

Tycoflu:
Stupid people, why didn't they invite formal petroleum minister and GMD of NNPC during the said period or better still check the report of committee that oversees the activity of NNPC (2011-2015 set).
Law makers go leave making of law and be embarking on mean less probe.

The problem here is that he has to defend himself bro.

It non of the Rep. business if he is the current or not.

Why is it that this current administration lack truth.

Why is it that this current administration lack truth.

Reps, Kachikwu Disagree Over NNPC’s Crude Swap Deals.

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Why is it that this current Gov. lack truth
Reps, Kachikwu Disagree Over NNPC’s Crude Swap Deals.

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Reps, Kachikwu Disagree Over NNPC’s Crude Swap Deals.

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Reps, Kachikwu Disagree Over NNPC’s Crude Swap Deals.

http://www.nairausd.com/2016/02/reps-kachikwu-disagree-over-nnpcs-crude.html?m=1

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, and members of the House of Representatives exchanged words on Tuesday over the controversial crude oil for refined products exchange contracts between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and some trading firms.



The contracts, which ran between 2010 and 2014, were worth over $24bn in value.

The swap deals involved the exchange of crude oil for refined petroleum products in which the corporation gave out part of its 445,000 barrels per day share crude allocation to the trading companies.

An ad hoc committee of the House chaired by an All Progressives Congress lawmaker from Kwara State, Mr. Zakari Mohammed, is investigating the swap contracts in which Nigeria was reportedly short-changed to the tune of billions of dollars.

Kachikwu, who doubles as the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, was neither the GMD nor the minister when the deals were signed.

He had been summoned by the committee to speak on the role of the NNPC in the deals, but the minister dismissed questions put to him on the grounds that he knew nothing about the contracts.

The committee asked specific questions on whether there was a bidding process that pre-qualified companies such as Duke Oil and Trafigura, the major crude lifters that participated in the deals.

Members of the committee also sought to know how the swap arrangement benefited Nigeria as against the direct importation of refined petroleum products.

But Kachikwu dismissed the questions and insisted that he would not answer because the transactions were in the past. His responses, however, infuriated members of the committee.

Mohammed, for instance, told him to stop behaving like the lawyer he is while appearing before a parliamentary committee.

“The lawyer in you keeps coming to the surface in answering these questions, but we are talking to you in your capacity as a minister and the GMD of the NNPC. You have to help this committee,” Mohammed stated.

Another member, Mr. Saheed Fijabi, while raising his voice, asked Kachikwu to act “responsibly” by answering the questions.

“You need to take more responsibility; it is your job. You are the GMD and also the minister. You must have met and studied some files, these things did not happen in 1970, but just 2014,” Fijabi said.

Kachikwu replied that he would prefer to talk on the policy direction of the NNPC as it concerned the future and not the past.

As he came under more pressure from the lawmakers, the minister later pledged to cooperate with the committee by providing any useful information that would guide its investigation.

Instead of the crude swap arrangement, he said the corporation would introduce a direct sale and direct purchase arrangement from next month.9

According to the minister, the DSDP option eliminates all the cost elements of middlemen and gives the NNPC the latitude to take control of the sale and purchase of the crude oil with its partners, adding that the initiative would save $1bn for the Federal Government.

He said, “When I assumed duty as the GMD of the NNPC, I met the Offshore Processing Arrangement and like you know, there is always room for improvement. I and my team came up with the DSDP initiative with the aim of throwing open the bidding process.

“This initiative has brought transparency into the crude-for-product exchange matrix and it is in tandem with global best practices.”

According to him, the DSDP initiative whittles down the influence of the minister in the selection of bid winners as it allows all the bidders to be assessed transparently based on their global and national track records of performance before the best companies with the requisite capacities are selected.

Source:http://www.nairausd.com/2016/02/reps-kachikwu-disagree-over-nnpcs-crude.html?m=1

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Let's us pray for not another problem. [sup][/sup]

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Apart from that, this is also another reason

Dollar Scarcity Delays Petrol Importation – Marketers
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Read this http://www.nairausd.com/2016/02/dollar-scarcity-delays-petrol.html?m=1

Read this too. No economic policy.

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