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Goldenheart:
And the power rotates within the circle..

Instead of complaining bro, work hard and brake into the circle, so that you children won't continue complaining on naira land

ladystone:
Hello , please any Ontario telegram group? Help a sister !

request an email with me and i will respond and introduce you to ontario telegram group

iCode2:
I wish I can do this already!

It's a matter of time. Keep on trying, keep on pushing, you'll get there.

Hardheolar:
Hi guys, I did further digging on the dataset that cochtrane scraped using a business intelligence tool called Power BI.
Note: The analysis is for the date when the thread made it to front page, not when it was created which spanned from 3rd of June 2019 to 2nd of June 2020 . The data has 28,516 threads from 38 different sections by 5025 different accounts.

Few insights from the dataset
-dre11 is the king of political threads with 361 threads followed by Islie(329) and ijustdey(225) during the time captured. Lala is more interested in celebrity threads compared to politics, followed by Alex. Ogbiwa is the defending champion of sports threads.
-Threads are mostly pushed to front page in the morning, which is reasonable since that is when the day begins.
-There was spike in threads that were pushed to front page in July 2019, but I can't tell if that is the norm during that period since we don't have previous year's data to make the comparison.
-You will find that threads in religion section top the threads that make it to front page on Sundays, but it came third after politics and celebrity threads.
-853 threads made it to front page with "kill" keyword. That is worrisome and a cause of concern.
e.tc.
Lots of insight can be derived from the data.
Below is a link to the report. It is interactive, so feel free to play around with it.

https:///3gXsRlq

This is a fantastic job. I love this. Kudos!

I think this is another good site for data, it is the Nigeria's Federal Government Daily Spending Report. Source is tweeter

https://opentreasury.gov.ng/index.php/component/content/article/11-dpr/3015-2020-daily-payment?Itemid=101

I tried to send the books I promised, especially to Amoo Segun (or is it Samuel) who dropped his email, but the stuff keeps bouncing back. It's not something difficult though, just that I'm distracted sort of. I will do by God's grace once I clear my head. In the meantime, check the above link for real time financial data.

SpecialAdviser:
Seems you guys don't understand my statements. Ambode failed to get the support of grass root. Most importantly the legislator. Was he not the governor. His over loyalty killed him. He never behaved like a politician. He needed to get hold of the political structure. This gives him the avenue to fight. Yes he chickened out. Doing a nonsense press conference was childish\. he failed when he became over loyal to Tinubu.

Obaseki refused such loyalty and this still gives him a lifeline to fight. Take it or leave it, Obaseki knows his onions more than Ambode.

Okay, now I get your drift. I am sorry. Accept my apology.

SpecialAdviser:
It really surprises me how difficult it is for most of our leaders to get certificate. Anyway, that is if its true.

There is a reason people say Edo is not Lagos. Let me make it clear a bit. Obaseki has put up a strong fight it doesn't matter if he loses out.

What is more important is to fight like a man. After all politics is generally a game of win or lose. The way Ambode chickened out easily in Lagos portrays a man who lack balls in between his legs. god fathers in politics are set of people without any remedy or solution.

At the bold part. Ambode has no choice in the matter because, he didn't "chicken out" like you put it and he actually put up a good fight even in the face of all the odds against him.

One, the entire party structure in the State were against him, even his Deputy and members of his cabinet, including kitchen cabinet were not behind him.

Two, in the whole of Lagos, due to his abysmal performance, hardly would you find anyone who is in support of him.

Compare that to during Fashola's time, when he was going to be given the same treatment. In other words, your comparison of Lagos and Edo in this scenerio isn't correct as they don't relate.

Sometimes, when we do analysis, we should drop our biasness and prejudice, write from an informed position rather than whipping up unnecessary sentiments under the guise of public discuss and analysis.

Samzeal:
amoosamson@gmail.com

Sorry, I didn't touch my home office yesterday. It was my birthday and I was virtually in every corner of the world. Calls were just flying in from everywhere ;, Lagos in particular. I'll respond to all enquiries today but right now I still need to catch some sleep.

davidbanner:
This woman doesn't not have the tinniest idea of running the financial sector..

Her PR is nothing to write home about.... It's either she's borrowing or churning out stupid info to the populace. Her 'damage control' is zero.

What is she trying to do?_scare us?.. .. Shey we that have developed thick skin already.. What have we not faced as a nation... Abeg

Why are we complaining? shebi we have succeeded in sending Kemi away, because of ordinary paper, let us enjoy our new minister nah

Samzeal:
Thank you I really need a book on data science. And if you can share some materials on python that can help it would be appreciated.

You may also want to consider these materials:

(1) https://automatetheboringstuff.com/2e/chapter1/

(2) http://www.openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english3e/

(3) https://wiki.python.org/moin/FrontPage

(4) https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17079074/creating-database-in-python

(6) https://download.audible.com/product_related_docs/BK_ACX0_141304.pdf

( https://www.tutorialspoint.com/sql/sql-alter-command.htm

(9) https://www.tutorialspoint.com/sql/index.htm

(10) https://www.w3schools.com/sql/default.asp

(11) https://docs.python.org/3.8/tutorial/index.html

(12) https://docs.python.org/3.8/index.html

(14) https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tutorials+on+mysql+workbench

(15)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K40ZE3WeSk&list=PLWf6TEjiiuIByHVmtFf5I743nbGObbCWl&index=1

(16)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-0IWyAeZ3M

(17)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGQ7PGZ1u24&list=PLhwzZMYRiUEq5e5TJCznKVuPAsnNzT8k5

(18)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmGgxTpGs_8

(20)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSHevYMwCVw

(21)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S_tz1z_5bA

Samzeal:
Thank you I really need a book on data science. And if you can share some materials on python that can help it would be appreciated.

Drop your email here if you don't mind. The files are too large for this site

Samzeal:
Which programme are you learning now. Is it python?

Python
MySQL
R
Power BI, and
Tableau.

I paid for Mosh online courses on MySQL and Python. I want to have a good grasp of all these courses first, before going into their application in data science. I don't just want to jump into the data science application without having a good grasp and background understanding of what and what each of the programmes are used for or can be used for.

Other ones I am watching free YouTube videos and reading free books on Amazon Kindle. I don't know if that can work in Nigeria, I'd encourage you guys to check it out. There are a handful of books there.

Toppytek:
I am sure you’re enjoying what you’re paying especially the Internet speed, our network for here no dey see small rain oo.

For the Machine I’ll check the review on YouTube, thou I prefer DELL, MacBook, and HP, and non-touchscreen Machines with backlight keyboard.

Bro, instead of name, and hype, think about your pocket first! Most machine, on budget, will do the work of a data analytics or data scientist, particularly if you have not started earning big time like the original creator of this thread.

All you need is a bigger RAM, 16GB minimum, with a good processor speed, say a base speed of 2.5Ghz, that can turbo up to... well, I don't know, and a solid state disk (SSD) minimum of 512GB. Baba, once your machine has any of this, you're good to go. Forget about name.

Toppytek:
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If you have links to those courses pls do not hesitate share.

Yes, they are there on Youtube bro. Just search any of the courses on Youtube and you'll get it. My fear for you guys is data. I have courses that are as lomg as 13hours to 15 hours, books nko? But the problem I fear from your end is Data

ENGINEERG:
NCDC DONT LIE ON THESE FIGURES, DONT FORGET THEY ARE ONLY TESTING PEOPLE WITH SYMPTOMS AND CONTACT TRACING.. AND THEY ARE STILL DOING LOW TEST....STOP BLAMING GOVT THEY HAVE NOTHING TO GAIN IN INCREASING THE NUMBER AND CLOSING ECONOMY

I cad handle the Aso Ebi for the closing ceremony bro. Please help your brother's business

pyyxxaro:
Nigeria is the official Covid19 Giant of Africa



Congrats to all Nigerians

I have always suspect this numbers, honestly

pyyxxaro:
Nigeria is the official Covid19 Giant of Africa



Congrats to all Nigerians

bukatyne:
Way better is relative.

The growing trend is that a number of people around me send their families abroad and sponsor them from Nigeria.

Also 'helping' people as you have put it has ruined a lot of other people.

People should learn how to cut their cloth according to their material and reach out to others when there is an emergency.

In my case, when I was leaving for Canada, I set up a business, with the intention to take care of domestic expenses in Nigeria with the income from that business, an investment of over 8 million naira, because I don't want to be sending money home from the abroad. As I write this, that business is in shambles. They ruined it the moment I hoped into the plane. I'm just trying to revive it again because I can't allow it to just die like that, it will be a great loss to me. My wife and I are always fighting over this matter because she advised me against is in the first place. Now, tell me, would you blame me if I decided not to send money home to anyone? Yet I still do. I know how much the four weeks Covid-19 lock down in Lagos cost me in terms of Canadian Dollars, and I have not been working since 3rd of April due to Corona.


The poster that was talking about people in abroad asking for money from Nigerians back home doesn't know what he's talking about. He thinks we are talking about people in Libya, because I have a couple of guys in Libya then whose family send money to them from Lagos.

We are talking about a society where the government takes good care of their citizen and PRs: I earn 2,236CAD every month, for the past two months, for staying at home and keeping safe; my wife, who is on a 28,000CAD OSAP grants per session as a full time student, is also receiving 2000CAD every month due to Covid-19; my two children receives 600CAD each every month; and as a couple we get 400CAD for Goods Sales Tax- GST (Nigeria's equivalent of VAT); Associations of Nigerians in Milton opened a food bank where you can go and get food stuffs and groceries; RCCG Milton organized a drive through sharing of food; what else do you want?

Toppytek:
Lord of host, what kind of MACHINE are you having on that desk!!!? I don’t think I’ve seen something similar to that before.

There's no much to it bro. Just get a HDMI or VGA cable and connect your monitor to the laptop, and do some settings in the views settings. There are lots of YouTube videos to help.

The machine is an Asus Vivobook S15, with a touchscreen trackpad. I think Asus is the first to have that on their Machine. You can check the review on YouTube.

Having a second screen makes studying easy for you. You open your YouTube video on one screen and follow the examples, hands-on, on the other machine. You may also open your text book same way.

There's no issue of data here. I have 20GB on my mobile plan, same as my wife, for 200CAD every month, including two iPhone XR; and an unlimited data for the home plan, which comes with my rent. Home internet is like having electrical power in the apartment. It comes with your rent.

I encourage you guys to check out this site for lots and lots of data.

https://catalog.data.gov/dataset

I have followed this thread from page one to the last, and this is my first time of commenting.

I live in Canada, and after coming across this thread, I had to buy a new laptop and monitor and start my data science course online, even though I have a background in Maths/Statistics from Unilag.

However, I'm of the view that it is not entirely correct to say you don't need the knowledge of statistics as some people have made us believe to become a data scientist. I suggest we take courses in basic Statistics, Bayesian Theory in particular

Augustinaz:
You are a stupid bastard for quoting me. Idiot. God punish your mother.

Imagine!

I give up on you. Peace be upon you bro.

ManOfSteel2:
A lump sum can only do go with an already mapped-out investment strategy that has been test-run and will most likely succeed.....

Only an investment savvy individual get to "pull weight" in an enclave littered with corruption amidst very bad economy!

If you are not a good risk taker like us,

ManOfSteel will advice you choose to make regular love with your bae for 10mins anytime you so desire, than choosing to have a one time sex romp of over 15hours, if such offer is made.

At the bold part, you can say that again.

I lost more than ₦10m investment in a transportation business based on what you've highlighted.

einsteino:
Huh! away from the GTA? Are you sure you want that? The GTA has double the land mass of Lagos state! The GTA is a cosmopolitan area, there are multiple regions in it, each region is constituted of multiple cities. Toronto, Brampton, Burlington, Aurora are some of the several places that fall under the GTA . So it must and does mean that the characteristics of cities in the GTA is very different from one another. Even within the city of Toronto, different places have very different characteristics. For instance, Scarborough is almost only a quiet residential area, while Missisauga is a commercial hub, residential and industrial area all rolled into one.

Hamilton is about 50mins by car from Toronto but that doesnt mean your commute from Hamilton to your workplace in Toronto would be 50minutes. It may take you another 30minutes to move from the point you enter Toronto to your workplace. If you hope to work in the GTA but don't plan on owning a car, it might be challenging living 50minutes away from the GTA. I say this because Go Transit fare can be quite expensive, and you'd still have to commute from their station to your home. Go transist schedule outside peak period could be another fustration. So, to me, the outside the GTA plan should be a last resort. If you live outside the GTA, you might as well just work outside the GTA to save yourself the hassles.

I think you need to be clear on what crowded means to you. Perhaps you could contrast with a Nigerian city. Over here the city centre is called downtown, this would be the most crowded area. St George Street in Downtown Toronto is considered crowded but it can't compare to Ojota, Lagos... at worst it is almost as crowded as Admiralty way Lekki. Downtown London(Ontario) is like Airport Road, Warri with narrower roads. Montreal's Rue Sainte-Catherine is considered very busy but if I remember what Ring-road Benin city or Upper Iweaka of Onitsha looks like I would just chuckle. My point is, crowded in a country that has one-fifth of Nigeria's population but ten times it's land mass may not have the same meaning. Straight out of mainland lagos, some parts of the GTA may have you feeling like you are living in a Ghost town. Where I currently live in Toronto is not only quiet but lonely for a city! I mean if you ignore the amenities of a developed world, my area is just as dry and sparsely populated as the remote parts of Apete-Ayegun in Ibadan.

You don't need to live away from the GTA to have some sanity, there are lots of quiet cities in the GTA.

In fact, you couldn't have said it better.

I always shudder when people come here, from Lagos especially, and want to be forming some kind of attitude. That to me is being an ingrate.

Imagine, some Nigerian folks, who have lived all their life in Lagos, are complaining that "Mississauga is too crowded for my liking..." I looked at them ẹ be like say make I slap them

Now, having said that, there's something I want to discuss here, and it is very important. It is a first hand report I got and it is so disheartening, embarrassing and unfortunate.

I heard some Nigerians are under reporting the money they earned in Nigeria the year before they moved to Canada for tax benefit purpose.

If you use turbotax.com, there's a section that ask about your income before you moved into Canada. I was told our people are putting zero in this column and this subsequently increases their tax return. In other words, they're claiming not to have earned anything back home.

I laugh.

So, someone that moved to Canada in the later part of 2019 didn't earn a dime while he was in Nigeria? But you have forgotten that you claimed to be working and earning income during your IRCC registration. They also forgot that they signed an agreement that any information they provide should and can be shared among the various agencies of the Canadian government. They also forgot that an audit of all tax refund will be carried out subsequently. And if you're found to have misrepresented facts, you'll be made to pay back, with interest. And the funniest part is that they won't come after you in the next two or three years. You would've forgotten, and you know, lies aren't consistent, they know this, and that's why they would give you a long time.

That aside, why do some of us want to bring our bad attitude back home here? Do we want to block other people's chance? I mean, this isn't fair, at least to others still on the line. This is a first hand information I'm giving you guys, that some Nigerians are into, on the advise of some so called tax consultants, of the Indian extract.

Well, I've said my own ó.

salford1:
The amount always looks good on paper before deductions i.e. mandatory: Federal & provincial taxes, EI, CPP & non-mandatory depending on employer (union dues, ReSp, life/dental&health/disability etc).

In addition, it's not just OT, when you earn big wages either from single or combined earnings, you pay huge taxes too. As a result, the child benefit, GST/HST credit and all other credits tends to zero . Hence, it is advisable for any one not currently making much to get all eligible credits from the government because once the income starts crossing a certain threshold, no more government support again or the support starts approaching zero.

On the bright side, we can see where some of the tax and other deductions are being spent e.g. universal healthcare, child benefits, infrastructure spending, CERB, CEWS, and all other safety net programs. In Nigeria my fatherland, I don't even think we see the use or benefits of the shikini tax dem dey collect sef except for the fat wages of political office holders.

Let me also add that you're actually saving big for the future when your earnings cross that threshold where you no longer depends on government's funding and when you're being heavily taxed unlike someone who earns minimum wage.

I want you to look at it from the point of view of your CPP, your EI and some other deductions.

Take for instance someone who earns, let say 2500 per month and someone who earns say, 7k per month. Let's look at the actual amount that goes into each person's CPP, EI and other retirement and Insurance Plan, and let's also calculate what each of them will be entitled to after retirement. So, it is not a total loss for the person who earns big, pays big tax and get little or no support from government for now, while it is not also a huge gain for the one who earns little and benefit from every of government's palliatives now. The future awaits both of them, when they need it most. That is why we should not rest and take things for granted, but strive hard to be in the band of those who doesn't need all those government entitlement because of tomorrow.

Let me also drive home my point with this example.

Imagine the person that will enjoy the most if both scenarios painted were to draw 55% of their EI, every month, based on their present income. I mean 55% of your present income as at the time you lost your job.

So, you can see what I'm saying. So, don't let us sit down, stretch our leg and be collecting free money anyhow now ó. Let us brake that barrier and get to the top "ni to rí ọjọ́ wá ju..."

Kekereekun123:
manitoba has not done draws for family stream since july 2019. No one know if it is scrapped or paused. So look before you leap

I don't understand what you mean "has not done draws" but my friend recently got invitation from Manitoba about two weeks ago. Though she submitted her application since last year July or so.

At the end of all the "President Buhari this, President Buhari that..." I thought they would've proffer an alternative, like "this is what we would've done and therefore advise the President to do same..."

In the days of the Awolowos, Zik, Shagari and co. There's what they call 'shadow cabinet'. A shadow cabinet provides an alternative to government's policies they feel may not meet the present realities or the demand of the people. They also also laud government's initiative which they feel meets what's on ground. It's not only about condemnation.

In Canada where I live, all opposition parties are on the same page with the ruling party. They recognize that this isn't the time to play politics. We are talking about people's life here, and the economy.

yom2:
thank you my brother. There's too many careless comments here. I have been frantically searching for chinaland, russialand, ukland and mexicoland to compare if they have the level of careless talk we have here

If you are a fan of Quora, you'll know that Náíràland is full of sick people.

Stalwert:
[s][/s]

The Chinese doctors are currently in UK, Italy and Russia that the highest expression of your intellectual capacity is rumour mongering and infantile lies should be a thing of shame to your conscience.

PS at op na so your other thread of despair and gloom failed disgracefully, one will think you will seek a more decent and positive thread to write like how the e community comprising of many billionaires on Nairaland can offer succour to the many that will suffer ABI na to dey gloat on top other people suffer be ya work? What a waste.

God bless you. You take the burden of replying that nicompos out of má head. Thanks a lot.

fairfora:
You don't seem to understand the mess going on in the game of football. Was the former FIFA boss not a good man? the more you look, the less you see.

I think this is the time God wanted to expose Westerhof. That USA '94 pained me to the narrow. I couldn't sleep that night. Many people died of HBP. It's a moment I'd never forget because we were to qualified to lose that match. It beat millions of Nigerians' imagination how Roberto Bagio struck a few minutes into the end of the rigorous match. Westerhof was supposed to make a meaningful change but he kept quiet.

1994, I was in SS1, so you couldn't have called me a kid, because as a matter of fact my mates where in SS3.

Now, back to the matter. How could anyone who watched that match claim that it was sold? How? If it was actually sold as claimed by Jo, and which you believed, who amongst the players can we hold responsible. One thing is that you can't sell a football match without the complicity of one or two players.

Is it Oliseh who couldn't clear the ball off the Italian player's leg, because he was on yellow card already, or was it Eguhavoen who fell on his opponent from behind to earn the Italians a penalty? Or can we attribute it to goal keeper Peter Rufai who couldn't keep the two goals.

My friend, that match, in my view, was no wear anything being compromised. Westerhof's game plan collapsed the moment, was it Amokachi or Amuneke, was injured and substituted. And that wasn't a coincidence, the Italians actually served us our dose, of taking dangerous players out of the game, usually and clinically done by Ben Iroha who plays 3, left side of the defence.

So, in my view, that match was not sold and the players did their best. As a matter of fact, it was one moment of lost of concentration. Westerhof had instructed them to be kicking the ball high into the Italians half of the field. But our boys (or were they men) were catching fún. Okocha was dribbling everybody like say na him bring them come field. At the end, see where we were.

Debv:
Landing gist.
I got to Canada on march 8. It has not been easy to put down a landing story, but here I am.

Wait a minute, you mean you were not told "welcome to Canada"?


My friend, go back to that airport and demand your Welcome to Canada jọ

When I tell people that America is a very poor country they won't believe me. We don't que up like this in Ontario Canada to receive handout of food item. We get money deposited into our account, Canadian Emergency Response Bailout-CERB, Employment Insurance - EI, through direct deposit, 2k per month, and you go buy whatever you want.

In addition, the Canadian Child Benefit - was increased by 300CAD per child, while GST-General Sales Tax was increased by 600CAD for couples and 400CAD for singles.

You see what I'm saying.

Food banks no even see person come collect food. They've been advertising for people to come forward.

There's also Association of Nigerians in Mississauga. They too have been calling on Nigerians to reach out to them if they need assistance. I told my wife we don't need it. Let those that actually need it go for it.

That's the mentality here- live and let's live.

Wilstino:
Very impressive Mr Speaker. It's high time African leaders especially Nigerian leaders, stood up and protect their citizens, else other countries will continue to lookdown and disrespect us.

Can someone get it to the speaker that there's not suppose to be a table on the seal of his office on the floor. That's a faux par. It is suppose to be open for all to see. Thank you.