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The students of the University of Ilorin were asked to mention the 71 presidential candidates, political parties & the party chairmen in 2019 Nigeria's general election.


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The Inter-parlimentary Union,a focal point for world-wide parliamentary dialogue has released a report showing the percentage of women in the lower or single house based on information provided as at the last election conducted by the countries ranked.
According to the inter-parliamentary union, by share of women in its lower house of parliament,Rwanda is still top with a 61.3% share, followed by Cuba’s 53.2% and Bolivia’s 53.1%
However, Nigeria ranked 181th consisting of 20 women of 360seats in the lower house (house of representative) about 5.6% and 7 women of 108 in the upper house(Senate) which is about 6.7%.

http://googleweblight.com/i?u=http://archive.ipu.org/wmn-e/arc/classif011218.htm&hl=ig-NG&tg=49&pt=4

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ATLANTA, Jan. 30, 2019 – The Coca-Cola Company today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Chi Ltd. in Nigeria. Coca-Cola first announced a minority investment in Chi three years ago and, as planned, has now acquired full ownership of the company.

Chi is recognized in West Africa as an innovative, fast-growing leader in expanding beverage categories, including juices, value-added dairy and iced tea. The company, founded in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1980, produces juice under the Chivita brand and value-added dairy under the Hollandia brand, among many other products. Coca-Cola acquired a 40 percent stake in Chi in 2016 from Tropical General Investments Group, the holding company for Chi Ltd. Juices and value-added dairy categories rank among the fastest-growing beverage segments in Nigeria and Africa.

This acquisition further signals Coca-Cola’s optimism about Africa’s consumer opportunity and a commitment to its long-term investment and growth plan on the continent, where it has been present for more than 90 years.

“Coca-Cola is continuing to evolve as a total beverage company, and Chi’s diverse range of beverages perfectly complements our existing portfolio, enabling us to accelerate expansion into new categories and grow our business in Africa,” said Peter Njonjo, president of the West Africa business unit of Coca-Cola. “We will support the Chi management team in building on the company’s remarkable heritage and achievements, while using the scale of the Coca-Cola system to replicate their success in more markets across Africa.”



https://www.coca-colacompany.com/press-center/press-releases/completion-of-acquisition-of-chi-ltd-in-nigeria

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METHODOLOGY
A total of 20,301 individuals from 36 countries in four regions - the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East and Africa - were surveyed. Of the respondents, 11,238 were informed elites and 5,963 were business decision-makers. Some respondents were considered both informed elites and business decisionmakers. Regardless of demographics or participant type, each individual’s responses weighed equally in the results

Choosing countries to rank

We narrowed the world’s nations down to a statistically manageable group by comparing the performance of countries in a number of key business, economic and quality of life indicators. The 80 countries in the 2019 Best Countries rankings had to meet four criteria within the most recent year for which data are available specific to each benchmark to be included in the study:

Top 100 countries in terms of gross domestic product in 2016, based on World Bank data

Top 100 countries in terms of foreign direct investment inflows in 2016, based on World Bank data

Top 100 countries in terms of international tourism receipts in 2016, based on World Bank data

Top 150 countries in the U.N.’s Human Development Index, based on the 2016 report

Those that did not reach all four of these benchmarks and those that did not report these statistics were not included.

A world report by the US news has shown that Nigeria is the 74th best country of 80 countries ranked.About 12 subranking which include Entrepreneurship,Adventure,Citizenship,Cultural influence,Heritage,Movers,Open for business,Power and quality of life were factors attributed to the ranking.

How the subranking was scored

Adventure (2.00%): Friendly, fun, pleasant climate, scenic, sexy- Nigeria was ranked 74th here

Citizenship (15.88%): Cares about human rights, cares about the environment, gender equality, progressive, religious freedom, respects property rights, trustworthy, welldistributed political power-Nigeria was ranked 77th position here

Cultural influence (12.96%): Culturally significant in terms of entertainment, fashionable, happy, has an influential culture, modern, prestigious, trendy-Nigeria was ranked 63rd position

Entrepreneurship (17.87%): Connected to the rest of the world, educated population, entrepreneurial, innovative, provides easy access to capital, skilled labor force, technological expertise, transparent business practices, well-developed infrastructure, well-developed legal framework-Nigeria was ranked 67th here

Heritage (1.13%): Culturally accessible, has a rich history, has great food, many cultural attractions-Nigeria was ranked 76th

movers (14.36%): Different, distinctive, dynamic, unique-57th

Open for business (11.08%): Bureaucratic, cheap manufacturing costs, corrupt, favorable tax environment, transparent government practices-58th

Power (7.95%): A leader, economically influential, politically influential, strong international alliances, strong military-46th

Quality of life of Life (16.77%): A good job market, affordable, economically stable, family friendly, income equality, politically stable, safe, well-developed public education system, well-developed public health system-74th

Meanwhile Switzerland,Japan,Canada and Germany top the list


https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries

The United Nations General Assembly designates a number of "International Days" to mark important aspects of human life and history and one of those days is the World Education Day, the first ever observed today,January 24th 2019.

Share those unbelievable experiences you had in school

mrsage:
Nice idea. However the batteries are quite expensive...

You have a point tho.from the NERC electricity tariff,residents in the east under Enugu Disco pay the highest in electricity bills at ₦27 per KWH & even at this price,consumer still find it hard in paying it and as such the power wall might not be affordable by 80% of those who need it but
remember when mobile communication system was introduced in Nigeria in the 2000s,Sim cards were afforded by only the rich elites now but today sim card costing as high as #30k has now become free give away

TESLA, a United States electric carmaker and clean-energy company will introduce batteries that can power homes and businesses in Nigeria. This would allow consumers’ in remote areas not on a power grid access to energy and a more stabilized energy source.

Tesla’s incursion into the Nigerian energy market seems well-informed. Consumer groups in Nigeria have raised concerns over the state of power distribution companies(DisCos). DisCos have been accused of estimated billing, exploitation, and unsustainable tariffs after 5 years of power sector privatization from the Nigerian government. Many industries and household consumers are complaining about the services provided to them by DisCos, and it is believed that TESLA batteries could be a solution to this.

However, there are rumours that distribution companies in Nigeria fear that this will lead to a decrease in customers, especially in the industrial sector. Many banking estates and industries already rely on alternative energy solutions. According to a 2016 report by DisCos, the use of these alternatives led to a loss of about $196.23million.

“They (DisCos) lacked the capacity to improve infrastructures,” says the director general, Alex Okoh, Bureau of Public Enterprise(BPE).

He also stated that “TESLA’s introduction could take advantage of palpable outrage in a country where over 190 million people share barely 400MW of power”. TESLA batteries have the capacity of storing solar energy and serve as a backup system for consumers during lights out.

Just another alternative?

De-centralizing energy generation in Nigeria will provide long-lasting solutions to the power failure. This means that energy generation occurs close to the consumers, as opposed to centralized energy generation where Generation Companies (GenCos) are usually far from the consumers. It will reduce the burden on DisCos by reducing the distance it will take to distribute power to energy consumers. De-centralization will help cut down costs for capital investments and lower retail cost for consumers.

Secondly, the introduction of TESLA creates an alternative to power for consumers in Nigeria. It reduces the workload on DisCos and allows them to adequately provide power to consumers on the grid.

Not every individual or small business owner might be able to afford TESLA. However, DisCos could become power suppliers for people who cannot afford it. This way, users can enjoy lower and more stable energy prices while enjoying constant supply.

The TESLA battery system is called a ‘’Power wall” and the energy company will sell at 7kwh for $3000 (about 1.1 million Naira) while the 10kwh will retail for $3500 (around 1.3 million Naira) to installers. These prices suggest that, perhaps, TESLA batteries would be much more affordable for industries and banking estates in Nigeria, as opposed to individual households.

So far, TESLA has been successful in countries like South Australia with over 1.6 million residents.

http://venturesafrica.com/tesla-to-launch-into-nigerias-energy-market/

UDUJ:
Hey bro. Happy New Year

Happy new year sir
Its been a long time

xfire:
Lol. Wrong analysis.

The people who won it are those who excelled the most. If you beat every other person, you will win it irrespective of your level. So aim for the top

Xfire

Xfire Can there be a rule where beneficiary of any scholarship shouldn't be allowed to participate in this competition?

Ever heard of a game where you have to yell or scream to play, check the thread below

https://www.nairaland.com/4952574/scream-go-hero-a-game-which

MrAnele:
Baba... You just made a very big mistake... The ranking you are quoting is an old one.. A new one was released yesterday. But They are yet to effect the changes.. In that new one, na UI be the best..


Saw the article below on Covenant University's website... Even they acknowledged that they aresecond best in Nigeria.. 151, while UI is 141.

http://m.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/News/Covenant-Research-Status-Affirmed-at-THE-World-Emerging-Economies-Summit

There is no mistake whatsoever.The list in which CU was ranked 151th is Emerging economies ranking talking about improvement of higher education systems in ""Developing Countries"" where only 442 universities were ranked across 43 countries.its an analysis of country performance based on universities that feature in both the 2019 and 2018 table

Criteria to be included in the Ranking

Institutions must meet seven criteria in order to be included in the Overall Ranking

I.Sufficient publications – An institution is required to publish more than 1000 papers over the previous 5 years, and more than 150 publications in any single year. Thresholds are also applied per subject for the subject rankings.

ii. Undergraduate students – An institution must teach at an undergraduate level, usually indicated by having more than zero undergraduate degrees awarded to be marked as valid. Postgraduate-only institutions are therefore not in the ranking.

iii. Subject breadth – An institution must not be focused on a single narrow subject area (more than 80% of their publication output is from one subject area).

iv.Sufficient data in overall submission – If an institution has not supplied any “overall” numbers for the ranking year they are excluded from the ranking.

v. Sufficient overall values – If more than two of the critical overall values (academic staff, international academic staff, research staff, students, international students, undergraduate degrees awarded, doctorates awarded, institutional income, research income, research income from industry and commerce) are null (either marked by the institution as “unavailable” or “withheld”), the institution is marked as invalid. Null values will cause any metric based on that value to also be null.

vi. At least one subject submission – In addition to overall numbers, an institution must supply numbers for at least one applicable subject. If no applicable subjects have been reported, the institution is marked as invalid.

vii. Not featured in custom exclusions list – Institutions that have requested not to participate in the ranking or that are not eligible for other institution-specific reasons have been excluded. 2b) Subject ranking criteria

-Citations (research influence) – 30%

Research influence indicator looks at universities’ role in spreading new knowledge and ideas.
Ui leads,CU followed, UNN

-International outlook (staff, students, research) – 7.5%

Proportion of international students: 2.5%
Proportion of international staff: 2.5%
International collaboration: 2.5%
The ability of a university to attract undergraduates, postgraduates and faculty from all over the planet is key to its success on the world stage.
Here UI leads,CU follows, UNN

Breakdown performances

Teaching (the learning environment) –This constitutes 30% of the ranking.Here CU leads followed by UI,then UNN
Sub breakdown of Teaching survey
Reputation survey: 15%
Staff-to-student ratio: 4.5%
Doctorate-to-bachelor’s ration: 2.25%
Doctorates-awarded-to-academic-staff ratio: 6%
Institutional income: 2.25%

-Research (volume, income and reputation) – 30%

Reputation survey: 18%
Research income: 6%
Research productivity: 6%
Here CU leads, UI follows,UNN

Key statistics.

No of students-UNN 32,429
UI 25,416
CU. 9,369

No of students per staff-CU 18.1
UI 15.6
UNN 14.2

No of international students-Ui 1%
UNN 1%
CU n/a

Again three universities, Covenant University,University of ibadan and University of Nigeria have made Times Higher Education Global ranking 2019.

Methodology
The performance indicators are grouped into five areas: teaching(the learning environment); research(volume, income and reputation); citations (research influence); international outlook (staff, students and research); and industry income(knowledge transfer).

Here I will be showing the breakdown performances and key statistics (which include No of students,No of students per staff,No of international students) of the top 3 universities in Nigeria. Also on this thread will be the criteria made by THE for other universities who wish to be on the inclusion list


https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2019/world-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/locations/NG/sort_by/name/sort_order/asc/cols/stats

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lalasticlala:
You copied the article from here https://www.inc.com/travis-bradberry/10-things-you-do-that-make-you-less-likeable.html

source included

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Too many people succumb to the mistaken belief that being likable comes from natural, unteachable traits that belong only to a lucky few—the good looking, the fiercely social, and the incredibly talented. It’s easy to fall prey to this misconception. In reality, being likable is under your control, and it’s a matter of emotional intelligence (EQ).From study, here are the five

1.Humble-bragging. We all know those people who like to brag about themselves behind the mask of self-deprecation. For example, the gal who makes fun of herself for being a nerd when she really wants to draw attention to the fact that she’s smart or the guy who makes fun of himself for having a strict diet when he really wants you to know how healthy and fit he is. While many people think that self-deprecation masks their bragging, everyone sees right through it. This makes the bragging all the more frustrating, because it isn’t just bragging; it’s also an attempt to deceive.

2.Being too serious. People gravitate toward those who are passionate. That said, it’s easy for passionate people to come across as too serious or uninterested, because they tend to get absorbed in their work. Likable people balance their passion for their work with their ability to have fun. At work they are serious, yet friendly. They still get things done because they are socially effective in short amounts of time and they capitalize on valuable social moments. They focus on having meaningful interactions with their coworkers, remembering what people said to them yesterday or last week, which shows people that they are just as important to them as their work is.

3.Gossiping. People make themselves look terrible when they get carried away with gossiping. Wallowing in talk of other people’s misdeeds or misfortunes may end up hurting their feelings if the gossip ever finds its way to them, but gossiping is guaranteed to make you look negative and spiteful every time.

4.Having a closed mind. If you want to be likable, you must be open-minded, which makes you approachable and interesting to others. No one wants to have a conversation with someone who has already formed an opinion and is unwilling to listen. Having an open mind is crucial in the workplace, where approachability means access to new ideas and help. To eliminate preconceived notions and judgment, you need to see the world through other people’s eyes. This doesn’t require that you believe what they believe or condone their behavior; it simply means that you quit passing judgment long enough to truly understand what makes them tick.

5.Sharing too much, too early.While getting to know people requires a healthy amount of sharing, sharing too much about yourself right off the bat comes across wrong. Be careful to avoid sharing personal problems and confessions too quickly. Likable people let the other person guide them as to when it’s the right time for them to open up. Over-sharing comes across as self-obsessed and insensitive to the balance of the conversation. Think of it this way: if you’re getting into the nitty gritty of your life without learning about the other person first, you’re sending the message that you see them as nothing more than a sounding board for your problems.

In All Together

When you build your awareness of how your actions are received by other people, you pave the way to becoming more likable.


What other things make people less likable? Please share your thoughts in the comments section below.





https://www.inc.com/travis-bradberry/10-things-you-do-that-make-you-less-likeable.html