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i got this mail from the school i applied to, all my certificates are in English i am confused on what to do next
i am applying for a master degree in International Business Management.


Dear prospective student of KU Leuven,

Thank you for your application!

This email serves to inform you that your application is currently incomplete. The missing documents that you need to upload are:
· TOEFL/IELTS score report or proof of registration for the TOEFL/IELTS-test
· GMAT/GRE score report or proof of registration for the GMAT/GRE-test


You should also still send certified hard copies through post.

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@ lazybone1 pls this your key assumptions is not right and many other in your write up,
1,max for any yam tuber is 6kg and d only specie up to at least 7kg is Ada Onitsha
2,the 9,000 for yam is the smallest@ 100pcs, even b4 recession I bought 100pcs @ Garatu in Niger state for 15,000 & it's medium size
3, approx 4kg yam after drying & sieve will give u 1kg flour
4,average price for poundo yam flour is N600
Enough said, good write up for novice who don't have a clue about this biz,this is what i do everyday.

First, This report was compiled early last year (2015) and figures and data are that of last year.

Posting it here is just to introduce the subject to nairalanders,

The word " Pre-feasibility" was used, if you know what that means.

Thanks for your "over sabi"

Ok

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You can be anywhere , as long as you are internet enabled or have easy access to the internet .

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job description :

Gathering and compiling data and information both online and offline on different subject.
Researching business opportunity

interested persons must be creative , hardworking and dedicated . Also posses good use of Microsoft word /office

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maekhel:

why won't u be scammed wen its cheap service u prefer. I can remember clearly wen u sourced for drupal expert and I contacted. u sed u are a web developer ursef dats it because u r busy dats why u are outsourcing d project. wanting to pay me 6k fr restructuring your site wch I refused. Den told u beta luck in finding ur 6k web developer. Am sure u av found one who eventually scammed u. lol..serves u right.

Thank heavens I did not consider you ... I can see how much of a baby you are , even if you were the best web developer in the universe you don't still deserve my penny .. So many kids on nairaland this days.

Best of luck with your unbriddled arrogance

How can one be sure its actually your portfolio - the guy that scammed me claimed to have designed www.vacancyng.com

For me no advancement of payment to even bill gates

Lesson learnt - never advance payment to a so called web developer before he begins the job. Payment should be done per milestone .

Please avoid this dude , he is a scam ... He will ask for mobilization fee , he will never show-up or do the job .

His phone number - 08065544601 , email - protégé solutions@gmail.com

Pls I need a drupal web developer expert to help in upgrading a website . Installing some needed modules and banner picture.

I can be reached via - 08077918755 , 08105630147
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Chino_anyi:
Dis is one of d stupid pple ve try doin busines wit here, kesx ure a fool n even beyond fool, I blive u shud b one teling me to come to warri n pay for a bunkered prodt, anoda thief like u in d house, so I wud ve been a gud person if dat I came to warri n pay 4ur stolen prodt n get caught on my way to lag, go n do dat 419 to ur father stupid asshole.


@sam10000 if u like continue comin here to denial n paint a false story dat u were not aware of d time even I transferd d money to baba, but ow come u kno d sum of money involve, denial u don't kno baba but u got n info 4rm him I came 2his house wit police,I wil just advise u n baba to remain were ure ooo , cuse d day we wil lay our hands on u pple, u wil regret coming to dis world.

Still Laughing, See how you formulate Stories to get public attention/sympathy for your stupidity.

I will advise fellow Nairalanders not to lose sleep on this issue . The Op is just looking for sympathy .

If you follow the story from both side you would see that the Op is the chief culprit , consumed by greed , relegating Due Deligence in business processes
The Op is a young man with youthful exuberance , I am haPpy you. Use the phrase " I think you should be " in your post , otherwise it would have been double tragedy for you . i

I laugh in kung-fu chinesse , I have interacted with the OP severally on this platform and other social networks .I can say the Op is very myopic , arrogant and immature .

For me , I can draw conclusions that mr sam is ignorant , while the Op is greedy .

The case should be reported to the police , while I advise mr sam to get a good lawyer to defend him .

The use of social media as a sales and marketing tool is no doubt gaining prominence worldwide. Organisations want to sell as much volume of product as they produce. Who doesn't want to make money? The sales and marketing team of any organisation is its engine room.

Remove the sales and marketing division of an organisation and you may have succeeded in killing it. Some are production-oriented; others are sales and marketing-oriented. As a marketing expert, I'm of the opinion that a perfect mix of sales and marketing orientation with a touch of the digital media in an organisation will yield the most desired results.

Sales orientation is based on the ideas that people will buy more goods and services if certain techniques are implemented. Marketing orientation, on the other hand, is a simple approach, whose premise is based on satisfaction of customer want and needs.

Imagine a production-focused organisation with no proper plan of how it would market and sell its products. It is doomed! Having the right products is one thing, selling the products is a different ball game and today's sales and marketing people have more work to do. The market is saturated. Consumers are exposed to more choices and chances that they will patronise you are slim. So what do you do?

oLet your marketing team go social.

oCarry out more consumers need audit.

oDo more market intelligence using social media.

oAsk more questions from your customers, especially on social media.

Smart organisations are beginning to use new approaches to get their customers through social media. Social media help organisations and their executives to break old communication barriers. In a recent study, it was revealed that sales people that employ social media on the job perform better than their peers by a whopping 73 per cent. Here are some points that could be of tremendous help:

Social media reveal selling opportunities

If there is one thing I try as much as possible not to miss, it is an ample opportunity. I always grab it with both hands. A couple of weeks ago, I published an article titled 'Are you Listening?' Your customers are out there talking, asking questions about your products or that of your competitor  -- this is your best moment to sell. Last week, subscribers of a digital satellite TV firm were all over the social media registering their dissatisfaction over services being rendered.

The firm deployed its Facebook platform to appeal to its customers that it was having "interference'' with its broadcast transmissions. The platform provided the firm an opportunity to reach out to the distraught customers' real time and the firm's response succeeded in calming frayed nerves. It could have been suicidal if the firm did not have a presence on such medium as a competitor could zero-in on that opportunity to win more customers to its side.

Know them before they meet you

The sales and marketing job is all about knowing who is likely to buy your product. Identifying potential customers is pretty difficult. Even when you might have identified one, breaking the ice is fundamental. The easiest way to break the ice of a potential customer is to know more about them. The social media is where most people vent their personal issues. I once kept a tab on a potential client for months until I discovered he supports Barcelona Football club. I also support the same club. We connected. I sealed the deal.

I bet you would love a soft land

Have you tried selling your product or service to a C-level executive? Hmmm, it could be quite challenging. In this digital age, placing calls through to C-level executives may not be effective. A typical C-level executive receives a barage of e-mails and even phone calls every day.

But reaching out to such people on social media may be quite helpful. Now, think of meeting them on LinkedIn, a social media platform for professionals. You are not likely to be taken. It has worked for me several times. Social media turn cold welcomes to warm and pleasant ones.

Social media won't replace the traditional methods (phone call and emails), but sales and marketing division can add social media to its list of marketing tools. Social media works!


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As breast cancer is common in women above 45 years of age, so is prostate cancer in men above the age of 60.

Prostate cancer is a disease which affects only men and it affects the prostate -- a gland in the male reproductive system.

Statistics by the National Cancer Registry estimate that one out of six men in the world will be diagnosed with prostate cancer before their golden jubilee.

Though statistics on this cancer is lacking in Nigeria, experts say the incidence is increasing. So, there are odds that one could have a father, grandfather, husband, brother or friend living with this disease at any time.

But the cheering news is that, experts say, it is preventable and treatable when detected early before irreversible damage has been done to the prostate.

Why should men be worried about this cancer? Apart from the fact that it affects their sexuality, it can also send the victim to an early grave.

Early detection is a challenge here, as many men are not likely to see their doctor unless it's an emergency. But this may be dangerous, doctors advise. Indeed, physicians say there is an appreciable increase in the number of men being diagnosed with this disease.

A consultant urologist, Dr. Sam Adeleke, says unlike in the past when only old men were diagnosed with the disease, doctors now see younger men with prostate cancer, hence, men of all ages must watch out.

Adeleke states that many men would die without even knowing they had the disease, as it usually has no symptoms. A few lucky ones may experience the warning signs, especially those at the advanced stages, physicians say.

Experts say the following factors may increase your risk of getting prostate cancer and advise that if four of these eight factors apply to you, then you must see a doctor to erase all doubts.

Being Black

Black men have the highest rate of prostate cancer diagnosis and death in the world, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States of America.

 "Worse, black men seem to get more severe form, are more likely to have the cancer come back after treatment and are more likely to die of this disease," Dr.  Jane Worthington says. She recommends tests every year, starting at age 40.

Family History

A man is twice as likely to get the disease if he has one first-degree relative -- father, brother, son -- with a history of it, according to the Prostate Cancer Foundation.

The risk goes up if more relatives are affected, Worthington says.

She states, "It may be as high as 50 per cent if three family members (father and two brothers, for example) have had it, if it occurs in three generations (grandfather, father, son) or if two relatives developed it younger than 55 years old."

And don't forget the women in the family. The expert adds that prostate cancer risk can be inherited from the mother's family as well. So, ask about your maternal family history.

Being over 50

The older the man, the higher his risk. "In men between 40-49, the risk of developing prostate cancer is one in 50," Worthington says. From 60-79, it's one in seven. But don't wait till you are 60 before you take a PSA test. "Prostate cancer screening should start at age 40," Worthington notes.

Heavy Weight

Being overweight or obese is a prostate cancer risk, according to many studies. Researchers found that men who put on extra weight in their 20s and 30s face a higher risk.

"A study by the American Cancer Society found that men with a BMI greater than 30 were 20-25 per cent were more likely to die of prostate cancer than thinner men," Worthington warns.

Experts believe that too much body fat throws off the body's normal production of insulin and testosterone, which may fuel growth of prostate cancer cells.

But that's not just the fear of prostate cancer here, as too much belly fat and a high-fat diet can also raise the risk of heart disease and diabetes.

Fatty Foods

Eating fatty and fried food is also a problem. "Dietary fat may not only help cause prostate cancer, but it may also affect the way it progresses -- how fast cancer cells proliferate, their ability to spread and the body's ability to fight off this invasion," Worthington explains.

Foods high in saturated fats, especially from animal products such as red meat and dairy, appear to be the worst dietary trigger for prostate cancer, Worthington says.

Smoking

Cigarette smoking gives cancer cells a comfy place to grow, Worthington says.

"Research doesn't yet show that smoking causes prostate cancer, but it has proven that a nicotine habit can help it grow faster and more aggressively. Tell him to stop smoking now," Worthington advises.

Urinary Troubles

"If he gets up frequently in the middle of the night to urinate, he could have problems with his prostate," Adeleke counsels.

This is because the urethra, the tube that carries urine and semen, runs right through the middle of the prostate like a straw, experts say.

Urinary troubles often signal benign prostatic hyperplasia -- a non-cancerous enlargement of the gland that's common in men older than 40. Still, any changes in urination -- including pain, weak flow, difficulty starting or stopping, frequent night time urination, or blood in the urine or semen -- should be evaluated by a doctor.


Painful Bowel Movement

Because the prostate lives on the other side of the rectal wall, prostate enlargement or cancer can often cause pain during a bowel movement. This, along with a bloody stool, may also be a symptom of colorectal cancer.

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This he claims was made possible because the nation’s macro-economic stability is much stronger than most developing countries in Africa and this in 2012 made Nigeria become the highest destination for investment in Africa, attracting investment of about $8.6billion, with an increase of about 46 percent growth and investment.

Speaking on Channels Television’s Business Morning, the Minister explained that according to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) result, the total foreign investments in Nigeria as at 2012 is in excess of $16billion, compared to $7.9billion in 2011.

This, Mr Aganga said has shown a big interest in investment momentum in the country between 2012 and 2011 despite its security and infrastructural challenges.

The nation’s possession of a huge market, raw material, capital and technology know-how are factors that make Nigeria a favorable destination for investors despite its challenges.



He said Nigeria has about 84 million hectares of land where almost everything else can grow and we have only utilized 40percent. We have about 34 different solid minerals in commercial quantities, and we are top 10 producers in crude oil and gas.

He also added that we are the gate way to ECOWAS with about 300million people and Africa’s one billion, in terms of market.

“We are in a unique position” he quipped, explaining that the nation’s economy is in a very unique position with the recently signed Investment Protection Agreement with Brazil and Canada.

This agreement he claimed is the first time such an agreement is being signed and this has already guaranteed the coming of almost 50 different investors from the two countries
Source : http://www.channelstv.com/home/2013/05/20/nigeria-has-africas-highest-rate-of-investment-returns-aganga/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

This is the final instalment of my series on the Nigerian middle class. I ended the last part with a vision of millions of Nigerians "marching determinedly away from poverty, towards solid middle class prospects."

It is self-evident that turning agriculture into - to quote the Minister of Agriculture, Akinwunmi Adesina - "a business that makes money, with a focus on investment, as opposed to aid and development" will transform Nigeria. It will create jobs, and it will also feed a country that desperately needs to feed itself. From available estimates, we spend more than $2bn annually importing rice, $4bn on wheat, more than $700mn on fish, and $1m daily importing milk. That's billions of dollars that could potentially stay and circulate within our economy.

Regarding manufacturing, the possibilities are just as immense, if we get the basics - electricity being number one - right. Try to imagine how much small industries are spending on providing power; money that should be going towards expansion and hiring and R & D. A clothes manufacturer in Aba recently told me that a lot of the manufacturing for which the city is famed has since collapsed under the weight of petrol and diesel costs.

Think of the difference a sustained flowering of manufacturing ventures would make in Nigeria. The possibilities of an outsourcing revolution taking root, considering the abundance of inexpensive youthful labour: there are more young people in Nigeria than anywhere else in Africa; armies of youths who are unable to get into universities or polytechnics but who can be made to learn the dignity of manufacturing.

Listen to what the scientist Philip Emeagwali said about the magic of cutting-edge manufacturing: "A $100 bar of raw iron is worth $200 when forged into drinking cups in Africa, $65,000 when forged into needles in Asia, $5m when forged into watch springs in Europe."

Let's turn to Brazil, as an example. That's a country that knows a thing or two about setting ambitious goals and doing all that is necessary to hit them. Today, Brazil successfully produces everything we can't; from steel (Hello, Ajaokuta?) to cars to aircraft. It is also one of the world's largest producers of hydroelectric power (its current capacity makes even our long-term targets seem like a joke), as well as the go-to country for ethanol fuel innovation.

The Embraer jets reportedly favoured by the Nigerian government in its planned intervention in the aviation industry are Brazilian in origin. Meanwhile, that same government appears obsessed with embarrassing a recalcitrant governor over the purchase and use of a private jet whose tyres we don't even have the capacity to manufacture. Making aircraft tyres is going a bit far, actually - we aren't even making car tyres anymore.

In 2008, Dunlop, Nigeria's - and West Africa's - last surviving tyre manufacturer (Michelin reportedly left in 2006), closed its Nigeria operations. It could no longer cope with the influx of imported tyres, fuelled by a reduction in tariffs by the same Nigerian government that had encouraged it to invest tens of millions of dollars in expanding its factories.

The story of Dunlop is especially interesting because of how it illustrates the close connections between manufacturing and agriculture. Last year, the CEO of Dunlop Nigeria, (after closing its factory, the company simply joined the importation scramble) Mohammed Yunusa, told TELL magazine: "Between Michelin and ourselves, we had very heavy investments in natural rubber plantations. On the whole, we had about 15 hectares in Cross River, Delta and Edo states. We still have them up till now. Michelin had their own plantations too in Ogun State, Edo states and others."

Those plantations and factories, Yunusa said, employed not less than 6,000 persons, excluding the "indirect" employment. There we have it: Thousands of jobs killed because of stupid government policies. Sometimes, you get the feeling that Nigerian policymakers deserve to be hauled before a war crimes tribunal. Because it is hard to convince me that the obstacles persistently thrown at entrepreneurial ambition and job creation in Nigeria do not qualify to be labelled "Acts of War".

Back to Brazil. The numbers speak for themselves: Manufacturing and industry contribute almost 30 per cent of Brazil's GDP, compared to three per cent in Nigeria (South Africa and Mexico have figures close to 20 per cent). Brazil is a Top 10 car manufacturing nation, with more than three million cars made/assembled annually, mostly by foreign brands investing billions of dollars in building and expanding plants. The auto industry alone has generated more than a million jobs.

Now, that sort of news - the revenues, the jobs, the investments, the technology transfer - is more significant than all the noise we're currently making about Nigeria overtaking South Africa to become Africa's largest economy, on the basis of a "rebasing" of our economy, or gaining "promotion" to "middle income" status on the basis of a World Bank pronouncement. One is tangible engineering progress, the others are simply the false sheen of statistical engineering.

A government with not much tangible progress to show will increasingly resort to meaningless statistical engineering. Let me tell you my biggest fear about the immediate future of Nigeria. It is that the President is going to spend the second half of this four-year term fighting Boko Haram as well as an array of real and imagined "2015" political enemies, and will not be available to give the needed support to the reformist elements in his government - the ones who can truly see envision a new Nigeria and are fighting against all odds and vested interests to lay the foundation for that transformation.

But for all we know, Nigeria's political class is aware of just what needs to be done to create a middle class revolution, and is only hesitant to do it because they're terrified of the potential consequences. Perhaps, the Nigeria we have today is actually the Nigeria they envisioned, and still do, for us - a country full of impoverished people, and aborted middle class dreams - in which case we'd have to apologise for thinking them visionless.

The relationship between good governance and the middle class is well-documented. Last year, I interviewed the economist, Dambisa Moyo, prior to her visit to Lagos as a keynote speaker at the Kuramo Conference. She pointed out that a number of academic studies have established a $10,000 GDP per-capita threshold for countries, below which true democracy - i.e. a representative government that is built on and that respects the wishes of the people - is a myth.

While in my opinion no one should put too much faith in per capita numbers (the benefits of a rise in per capita GDP can easily be offset by rising inequality, in which case it's the rich who keep getting richer), it is generally accepted that per capita figures can tell us a thing or two about national prosperity and the size/strength of a country's middle class. So that generally when countries push up their GDP per capita, there's an associated evident effect in the size of the middle class.

And where does Nigeria lie on the per capita scale? Around $1,500. Where does Brazil lie? Around $11,000. The numbers speak for themselves.

A larger middle class will spend more in disposable incomes, pay higher taxes, and demand more in efficient services from the government. With a sizeable middle class I doubt a Governor Chibuike Amaechi would be able to spend $45m of government funds on a private jet without having to answer tough questions from the "owners" of the money. President Goodluck Jonathan himself would never have been able to ask for $150m to spend on three presidential jets, as he did only months into his presidency in 2010 (in case we've all forgotten).

We all saw what happened with the Occupy Nigeria protests - it is my feeling that the unprecedented scale (the organisation of "Ojota" comes to mind) provided a glimpse of the power of a middle class-led activism.

"Ultimately, you need to have a middle class that is able to hold the government accountable," Moyo told me.

It definitely starts with a middle class. And herein lies the truth of one of the most vicious cycles of development. The government fails to create a sizable middle class. There is therefore no one to hold the government accountable. And that way the oppression creates and maintains the conditions for its own perpetuation.

Where are those Nigerian leaders who will stand up boldly to break that cycle? Your guess is as good as mine.
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talk2hb1:
And you did not ask him for it when s/he dropped the websites on your lap, Its like you guys separated on a bad note. well I did love to help, giving you the direction will be a little complicated for you since you are not a developer and you do not have a DBA experience. I did say you login to your phpmyadmin page on your Cpanel and check your admin username and email from the users table. Another option is to pay someone to do that for you, by providing your Cpanel login details (username and password) to the person if you are comfortable with that. If you are comfortable sahring your Cpanel detail with me you can call me on +2348064620491.

. We did not separate on a bad note, I did not know much about web development then(2009). I can't just connect wth him. I will give you a call, Thanks

Please can anyone help me recover my admin "log-in" details for my drupal site.

Years back i contracted a web developer to help me with a site , he handed-over the site to me , but did not give me the
ADMIN LOG-IN for Drupal .

presently ,i cant make any adjustment to my site and this is costing me a lot.

i have access to the Cpanel

i would appreciate anyone who can help me out with this .

There has been a lot of interesting debate on this matter- how would you classify entrepreneurship? Would you classify it as an Art or as a Science? Where do you derive your skills- empirical studies with precision findings, or an innate act on the whims of your instincts?

Those of the art school of thought have a compelling argument- many entrepreneurs do what they do from the inside. They feel it in their gut, and they spill out their inspiration on their business work. They may take a certain amount of inspiration from the works of others (Steve Jobs and his calligraphy classes) but they tend to use it as raw material to develop something novel.

I was once a believer in the art school. However, upon introspection, it seems that there is, in practice, a shift in the way entrepreneurship is perceived, and based on that perception, developed.

Decades ago being an entrepreneur was only a life option for persons considered failures or too adventurous for the comfort of others. If you were in it, you were in it alone. You had only yourself and maybe but rarely the support of friends and family. If you were thinking of being an entrepreneur in most LEDCs (less economically developed countries), it meant employing yourself as nobody else was ready to employ you. However these days it seems entrepreneurship has become better perceived. The proportions of success stories have greatly increased, and the social economic impact entrepreneurs have had on their society can no longer be ignored. The global wave of success is not only limited to strong economies like the United States, UAE or Finland, but also countries such as South Africa, Kenya, Botswana and Mozambique.

Given the above, a number of private and public entities have attempted to restructure the learning of entrepreneurship along the lines of those of the scientific school of thought. A number of institutes and initiatives have been undergone to harness the power of entrepreneurship. There is Martin Trust Centre For Entrepreneurship of the M.I.T University, the Swiss Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Size Enterprises, The CISCO Entrepreneur Institute, the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, the South African Institute for Entrepreneurship, the Zazida Institute of Entrepreneurship, The African Leadership Institute, the Academy for Entrepreneurial Studies Nigeria and scores of other institutes in the same field.

Several positive success stories have been taken from members of the above institutes or like-minded fora. Take for example Mahmood Oyewo, a Nigerian and founder of RubiQube and developer of the RubiQube app that allows users to upload all their applications onto the app’s server, therefore doing away with the need to save your applications on your phone’s memory. We have also got Andrew Mupuya of Uganda, an entrepreneur who made Uganda proud by being the winner of the prestigious 2012 Anzisha Prize in South Africa. With little over $18 and debts to pay, his determination saw him start Youth Enterpreneurship Link Investment (YELI) which was the first paper bag and envelope producing company in Uganda. Both these gentlemen were products of the African Leadership Academy in South Africa.

It brings a smile to my face to see so many young men and women being empowered by these initiatives, but I do have my reservations which I am eager to share.

We all know that education helps us organize our thought. It is the fusion of relevant information into every fiber of our rational thought, thus making us think, act, and talk according to how we were educated.

Certain aspects of life need “education” for the purpose of consistency. The most popular disciplines of the world, for example medicine and engineering would be in real chaos if there was no consistency in learning. I agree that if people want to become exemplary engineers, doctors or even lawyers, they should strive to achieve the highest level of education possible. I do not believe that the same should be said about entrepreneurship.

Looking at it critically, the success of our contemporary entrepreneurial maestros was borne out of their innate rationalization, and not their overt education. Jobs, Gates, Branson, Sloan, Alder, Durotoye, Oyewo, Mupuya… even those of them that had the opportunity of receiving Ivy League education opted out, because they knew that to learn any more, would adversely affect their innate rationale, which was what they really needed to be successful entrepreneurs.

On his Ted Talk titled ‘Changing educational paradigms’ (you can access the video here http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_changing_education_paradigms.html) Sir Ken Robinson speaks of the dangers of conventional learning. Creative children are taught at a young age to follow convention, thereby losing touch with their innate ability to think outside the box. Extending this theory into adulthood, many people are flooded with ideas they feel will change their lives and the lives of others, but have been made to follow suit to generations before them- ‘get a stable job, reach the apex of your job and retire rich’,  ‘Working for somebody else is always more secure and fulfilling than working for yourself’. That is not true of course.

I feel the same may happen to entrepreneurs on the long run. Bringing people together to teach them a number of consistent principles will indeed mean you are changing their perspective on how things work to a uniform perspective of how things work. That can only lead to monopolistic results. The originality and identity of these entrepreneurs made to think in a uniform thought pattern may be lost, and we may never have the privilege to see their best works, if they feel their thoughts (business ideas) run against their education.

To clarify, I am not suggesting that entrepreneurs should not be empowered and further educated- no. Indeed I feel that the crux of any business idea is an amalgamation of pieces of information an entrepreneur has amassed from both formal and informal sources. What I am clamoring against however, is an education that monopolizes the process to which that amalgamation of business ideas must go through, and the result that process must produce.

Maybe trying to make entrepreneurship into a science is not a good idea after all.

Let’s try and make it both.
What are your thought?

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Salon- " curl up and dye "

When it comes to naming  your business, it is critical that your name choice is the most effective and enticing that it can be. It must grab the attention of your connections online and in person so make it great


The name that you ultimately choose for your business should not only  have a positive impact in the short term but needs to be a name that endures throughout time.
The name needs to represent who and what your business stands for and considering that you only have one shot at it, you need to make the name as fitting as you possibly can
Your business’s name should be interesting and inspiring to others. If your business’s name is effective, your returning clients will never forget the name and they will also be able to communicate the name to other people whom they know easily.


You may feel that choosing the name of your business is no big deal; however, it is a huge deal in reality. In fact, the name of your business may be the most important element of all when it comes to how your clients view you. Make sure that you choose the name wisely and that it grabs the attention of your readers in a giant way. The name should express expertise, value and the unique qualities that only your business possesses.
Here are examples of attention grabbing business name
School- facebook nusery and primary sch
Church - jehovah sharp - sharp !
Automobile - heavenly motors
Fast foods - "chop & pack"

You can add to the list

THOSE born in Nigeria 900 years ago and others who made unquantifiable sacrifices on behalf of this country; either during the nationalist struggles or paid the supreme sacrifice on the field of war to keep the nation one will not survive one week in today’s Nigeria. Many of them, civil servants, lived freely in any part of the country. Railway workers, P&T workers, as well as traders freely resided wherever they wanted in any part of the country.

Last week, I had this mail which says a building belonging to The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, at Gusua in Zamfara State was set ablaze by yet to be identified persons three months after the incidence.

The RCCG parish building was torched by alleged hoodlums on January 25 this year. Quite naturally, sympathizers visited to commiserate with the leadership of the church with some making promises to arrest the peperatators of the heinous crime and bring them to book.

Three weeks after the fire incidence, a delegation from the community paid a sympathy visit to the church and empathized with the leadership of the church. After the normal exchange of pleasantries, the visiting community leaders dropped the clincher: “We sympathize with you for the fire incidence, but we must tell you that we will not allow you to rebuild this place as a church.” Infact, he added: “We have actually come to let you know that you have six months within which to vacate the site.”

That was when it dawned on the pastor and his congregation that Christians were not wanted in the community.

After several prayer sessions and reassured by biblical promise that wherever you set your foot, that land will be yours; members were just slowly picking themselves together with a view to remodel the church to the shame of the devil.

The pastor immediately dispatched a protest letter to the Zamfara State governor who, in his reckoning, is the only authority in the state that can either authorize their reconstruction work or in the alternative approve another location for the church.

As minutes are ticking towards the six months quit notice from the community leaders, the pastor and his congregation are still undergoing an endless wilderness period not sure if his SOS letter actually got to the state chief executive officer and if there would be a miracle call from his office before the expiration of the deadline.

Exactly 41 days before the above incidence in  Zamfara State, a Living Faith Church on Airport Road, Ilorin, Kwara State, still under construction, was razed down.

The founder of Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel is Bishop David Oyedepo, a first class indigene of Kwara State who had contributed immensely to the socio-economic development of the state including the establishment of a state-of-the-art private university.

The only offence Oyedepo and his church had committed is that they dared to tread where angels and saints were not expected to go. The story goes thus: the church had acquired a land at Check-Point area along Ilorin-Ogbomosho Road for the purpose of building a church. After the acquisition of the required statutory rights of occupancy, they started construction work.

Trouble started when the immediate past vice chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Professor Isaq Oloyede allegedly appeared at the construction site on December 3, 2012, ordering the workers to stop work immediately because, according to him, the land on which they were building belongs to Muslim Students’ Society, MSS.

According to the report, the former vice chancellor, instead of opting for the legal option to settle the dispute amicably for the interest of peace, allegedly threatened to, among other things, mobilise 1,000 students to demolish the church if it didn’t stop the construction work. Nine days later, on December 12, 2012 the church was razed down and nobody has been apprehended.

For how long shall we continue this master/slave relationship? Everyday we mouth the need for a united Nigeria but at who’s expense? Why will a group be regarded as superior while the other inferior always? As the National Assembly is currently considering another constitutional amendment, it would be worthwhile for members to save a looming national catastrophe by genuinely and sincerely deliberating on the basis of the nation’s unity before the planned centenary celebration to mark the amalgamation of the two protectorates.

Source : http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/03/churches-not-allowed-here/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

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