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Business › Re: Starting Project Management Training/certification by naijacutee(mod): 8:15am On Jan 11, 2010

I don't know how much time you have on your hands, but you can enrol for a project management course online. The Open University UK does such courses for about N250k. (Open.ac.uk). However, if you haven't got very much time on your hands, then try buying a project management book and working through it in your own time. I wish you all the best!

Adverts › Re: I Need Minimum 10 10tyre Dump Trucks For A 2yr Contract In Lagos by naijacutee(mod): 8:06am On Jan 11, 2010

This is a very self-explanatory post. Let's not turn it into a den of e-mail harvesters. If you want to know if he still needs the trucks, then ask.

Business › Re: How Can I Start A Small Scale 20 To 50 Birds Poultry Business? by naijacutee(mod): 11:36pm On Jan 10, 2010

Already discussed. See :

Basics of poultry rearing
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-286799.0.html

Business › Re: Company In China by naijacutee(mod): 8:34am On Dec 24, 2009

If you were a chinese person, would you hand over money to a Nigerian you have only spoken to online, and talked to on the phone? I'm sure you won't. Please be wise, don't hand over a kobo until you have verified legitimacy and sent an China-resident agent, who is into business to verify. It would probably cost you a bit more, but better to pay N10 and save N1000 than to throw N1000 away. There are hundreds of chinese scammers out there, parading in the name of the manufacturing companies. Even some scammers are so elaborate that when you schedule a visit, they rent out a factory to show you. That is why you need someone who is on ground who can prepare an unscheduled visit to whatever address they have provided to you.

Adverts › Re: I Need Minimum 10 10tyre Dump Trucks For A 2yr Contract In Lagos by naijacutee(mod): 8:29am On Dec 24, 2009

arnold2g3:
Please send details and the kind of trucks you require to arnold@infinite-autos.com I have a couple of trucks you could use.

Limeone:
Hi Patrick
Please mail me at :olayinka11@hotmail.com with details of trucks needed,the location(s) you would like the trucks stationed and finally, terms of agreement.
Hope to hear from you soon.

Olayinka

chux76:
Send your proposal to: info@collosalconcepts.com stating the kind of trucks needed,the location(s) you would like the trucks stationed and terms of agreement.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Thank you

Chukwuma

The guy has already said what type of trucks he wants (10-tyre), where the contract is (Lagos), and how much he is paying per day (N25K). He has also said that he wants to deal with truck owners, not agents. It is either you have the trucks, or you don't, so why bother wasting his time, begging him to e-mail you? Na wa o!

Business › Re: ***Official Business Section Awards*** by naijacutee(mod): 8:40pm On Dec 23, 2009

marmaduke:
They say form is temporary and class is permanent. There is only one winner in this section and that is Lawyer. You dont need to write a million and one posts that are jargons and only one can impact on people's lives permanently. The how to register your company A-Z thread to me is the best post on Nairaland today and am sure everyone who read it gained more than enough from it and besides it was done selflessly which nobody has tried to explain properly before. I searched the whole of google to get a proper understanding of company registration and even went to the CAC myself to get information which they couldnt explain well and only lawyer's post hit the nail on the head properly. Abeg Contest don end! Lawyer na you biko and we hope next year you have another correct post for us o!

I concur 150%. Lawyer is very good at what he does i.e anything to do with law. . . Within his field, his threads are very informative, thorough and educative. I have learnt so much from him. Is there anyone else you can nominate who dedicatedly contributes to the Business section as a whole?

Business › ***Official Business Section Awards*** by naijacutee(mod): 1:25am On Dec 23, 2009

Compliments of the season, guys.

Sorry we took so long, but we got there in the end.

In harmony with all the other Nairaland sections, please nominate who you think should be best poster of the year. We won't do a "most active" poster, as there are a lot of active posters in this section who keep the moderators very busy, as they only post spam. This award is for the person who has consistently made valuable contributions within this section.

Please nominate below, as I cannot think of anyone who consistently fIts the criteria. Please feel free to nominate yourself, if you feel that we might have overlooked your valuable contributions.

Literature › Re: Enid Blyton's Novels by naijacutee(f): 1:10am On Dec 23, 2009

I got 50 Enid Blyton books (The Reward Series) for my 7th birthday and I read them all within months! I was particularly fond of Naughty Amelia Jane (Does anyone remember her?) and Children of the Cherry Tree Farm (or something like that!) and at one point I tried to name my sisters dog Rory, after one of the guys from Famous Five until my grandmother objected because she couldn't imagine herself pronouncing the name, not to talk of shouting it. . . This thread brings back so much memories! Mr PinkWhistle. . . Remember "Up the Faraway Tree, Jo, Fanny and Me, " or something like that. Recently though, I learnt that the name "fanny" in England refers to something quite offensive.

Business › Re: How Should I Use A Business Name To Start Making Money by naijacutee(mod): 12:50am On Dec 23, 2009

I find it that you have a business name for the sole purpose of "making money", not for doing business. Does this mean that you're not interested in business at all - Just the money?

Family › Re: Picture Fix by naijacutee(f): 1:21pm On Dec 22, 2009

Knight1:
@poster
You are either too humble or have inferiority complex, which one be ''i know it's a dumb question bla bla''
Your work is good, thats plain truth, manual photoshop-ing, awesome!!!
so get some swag on abeg!!!!

Na wa o. Please, don't listen to this advice o! Everything is about sway these days - even by people who have absolutely nothing to "swag" about. Pride, pride and more pride, all for nothing! Please my brother, remain your humble self, know your rights and do your thing!

Business › Re: Dollar2dollars Members,lets Meet by naijacutee(mod): 10:35am On Dec 15, 2009

Probably not.

Adverts › Re: Use Roamed Usa Sim Card In Nigeria: New In Town by naijacutee(mod): 6:52pm On Dec 12, 2009

You are forgetting to tell your customers that roaming charges are astronomical and you pay to make and receive phonecalls - even if your phone rings and you don't pick it, you pay. Last time I roamed my phone in Naija, I ended up paying about £1.80 per minute (Around $3.50 per minute) to make local calls!

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Travel › Re: Beautiful Calabar In Pictures by naijacutee(f): 3:55pm On Dec 12, 2009

I thoroughly enjoyed those pictures! It#'s great that they have such a vision for Calabar, and are planning on building a theme park there. . . My only concern is that NEPA shouldn't go and take light when someone is 1000ft in the air. . .

Business › Re: Supply Us Waste Pure Water Sachets by naijacutee(mod): 10:11pm On Dec 07, 2009

Well if there's anything we can take from this thread, it's the fact that if anyone ever figures out what to do with used pure water bags, there is plenty of raw material available!

Christianity Etc › Re: Why Are We So Gullible? by naijacutee(f): 10:25am On Dec 06, 2009

illusion2:
Partially true. . . . but we can't live exactly like the early christians. The world is very different now. The Bible should always be read in context.

I'm sure the early church had their challenges as well. They had the rich and the poor. They had corrupt preachers who favoured certain people because of ther wealth. They had occultic people who did magic and tried to use the name of Jesus to vover up. Yes, circumstances may have changed but attitudes remain the same, so it is absolutely possible to live like the early christians. I won't deny that obviously we have more obstacles, as temptations are now easily accessible, but then we have guidelines on how to avoid these.

Christianity Etc › Re: Where Was Jesus Born, In A House Or Manger? by naijacutee(f): 1:21am On Dec 06, 2009

mazaje:
"Raymond Brown points out that the Gospels present two very different accounts:[31] the Gospel of Matthew relates the appearance of an angel, in a dream, to Joseph; the wise men from the east; the massacre of the innocents; and the flight to Egypt. The Gospel of Luke mentions none of these but describes the conception and birth of John the Baptist; the appearance of an angel to Mary; the worldwide census; the birth in a manger, and the choir of angels; none of these is mentioned in Matthew.]32] Brown also emphasizes the contradictions between the accounts, which explain the birth in Bethlehem in different ways (Luke says they lived in Nazareth and only moved to Bethlehem briefly for the census, Matthew implies that they lived in Bethlehem and only moved to Nazareth on their return from Egypt);[33] give two different genealogies of Jesus,[34] and appear to use a contradictory time frame (Matthew's account places the birth during the reign of Herod the Great, who died in 4 BC, but Luke dates it to the census of Quirinius ten years after Herod's death).[35]

As a result, many scholars see the nativity stories either as completely fictional accounts,[36][37] or at least constructed from traditions which predate the Gospels.[38] Brown, for instance, who observes that "it is unlikely that either account is completely historical",[1] suggests that the account in Matthew is based on an earlier narrative patterned on traditions about the birth of Moses.[39]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus#Gospel_of_Luke

In 2008, a British girl died in Goa. Here are two different newspaper reports on the case

Report 1
PANAJI: Goa Police said its investigations reveal that the British teen-aged girl Scarlett Keeling died due to drug overdose and drowning in beach water. (Times of India)
http://sify.com/news/scarlett-died-due-to-drug-overdose-drowning-news-national-jegnzDehjhb.html

Report 2
New Delhi: Goa Police claim to have solved the controversial Scarlette Keeling despoil and murder case with the arrest of a second suspect on Wednesday night. (IBN Live)
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/scarlette-was-despoiled-twice-and-left-to-drown-cops/61074-3.html

In this day and age of advanced technology and equipment, we still have two different reports of one event. Because these reports don't use the same language, or even say the same thing, would it be rational to say that this young girl Scarlett never existed in the first place, never went to Goa, never died and thus the story is merely fictional? It would be completely irrational and myopic for anyone to come to such a conclusion (unless of course he has a different agenda).

Christianity Etc › Re: Where Was Jesus Born, In A House Or Manger? by naijacutee(f): 12:31am On Dec 06, 2009

uplawal:
christianity and fables,i just wonder why human being would survive WINTER then,talkmore of labour in the WINTER,and how on earth will sherpherd be watching his flock of sheep OUTSIDE IN THE COLD WINTER,

I WILL NEVER FORGIVE THOSE THAT CHANGED GOD'S MESSAGE FOR A LITTLE GAIN,WOE TO THEM AS SAID BY GOD(ALLAH)

Who are you, not to forgive? That is a very arrogant thing to say - especially to someone who has not offended you directly. Have you been appointed by your god to fight for him? Did he tell you he couldn't fight for himself? I don't know much about your religion, even though I would like to learn but you seem to be suggesting that you are more powerful than your god, thus he has appointed you his warrior? If this is not what you intended to portray, then please correct me if I'm wrong.

And going back to your question, please let us not twist statements around for our own gain. (Especially as we find this an unforgiveable offence). I'm sure by now we can agree that Jesus was born smewhere in the country of Israel. I don't want to go into a whole bunch of history, but please bear in mind that Israel is around the Middle East, and winter temperatures range between 5 and 18 degrees Celsius - a period considered Autumn in temperate countries. And this is even if Jesus was born in the winter. There is no evidence that Jesus was born in the winter, and the Bible does not say that He was born at this time, as you have stated. (Please search all 20 English translations on BibleGateway, and show me where this was said).

uplawal:
read your bible and u will know it was in the winter she had jesus

I also do not like it when people change God's word to suit themselves, but don't worry I forgive you - you were only trying to gain a little argument.

Christianity Etc › Re: Where Was Jesus Born, In A House Or Manger? by naijacutee(f): 12:22am On Dec 06, 2009

Please, don't be silly.

Here is the dictionary definition of the word "manger".

man⋅ger
–noun
1. a box or trough in a stable or barn from which horses or cattle eat.

Commonsense alone should tell us that if animals eat from a manger, it would be located in a house or enclosure to keep the animal feed dry/protected from rain. It would be sheer stupidity to permanently locate a box or trough of animal food outside.

Perhaps, you are strategically interpreting house as solely a place where people live. Here are the first 10 dictionary definitions for the word "house". (Please pay attention to 7)

house
–noun
1. a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
2. a household.
3. (often initial capital letter) a family, including ancestors and descendants: the great houses of France; the House of Hapsburg.
4. a building for any purpose: a house of worship.
5. a theater, concert hall, or auditorium: a vaudeville house.
6. the audience of a theater or the like.
7. a place of shelter for an animal, bird, etc.
8. the building in which a legislative or official deliberative body meets.
9. (initial capital letter) the body itself, esp. of a bicameral legislature: the House of Representatives.
10. a quorum of such a body.

Thus Jesus was born in a manger, in a house. Even two people reporting the same piece of news use different words. In this case, one writer chooses to mention the manger, another write chooses to mention the house. . . I don't see the problem.

If I go to Oshodi market and someone asks my mum where I am she could say "Oshodi". If that person asks my brother the same question, he could say "market". I would not expect that that person one get confused by these two answers, unless of course he has a very very low IQ and is unable to process information intelligently. Or unless he has an agenda.

Please try again. We don't even need to open Bible for this one.

Christianity Etc › Re: Why Are We So Gullible? by naijacutee(f): 12:07am On Dec 06, 2009

Because we are corrupt and greedy, that's why. We christians are seeking first money, power and "breakthrough", when we were commanded to seek first the kingdom of God. How far have we strayed from the first set of christians. If we go back to the book of Acts and study how the first generation of christians lived, we would be ashamed of ourselves. No one is saying that all christians should live in poverty, especially in Nigeria where poverty is seen as something worse than leprosy. It's all about living to glorify God, not living to make money and show everyone that you're not suffering.

Romance › Re: What Do You Think Of When You See A Rich Married Man With His Wife In The Church by naijacutee(f): 12:00am On Dec 06, 2009

I think : Every spirit trying to distract me from concentrating on the Word of God, Fall down and Die, Die, Die!!!

Business › Re: Seeking Assistance In Drwaing Up A Consumer Survery Questionaire by naijacutee(mod): 8:24pm On Dec 05, 2009

Let us start with - What is the aim of the survey? What are you trying to find out from your customers, and how do you intend on using this information in business? This should guide you towards the right questions to ask. Survey Monkey (You can google it) provides a free platform for creating questionnaires, once you have decided on what to ask. Hope this helps.

Business › Re: Please Help me improve my laminating business, all suggestions welcome! by naijacutee(mod): 8:05pm On Dec 05, 2009

I think that it is wise of you not to leave the place, as you mention that you are in a good location. I think that in order to turn things around and improve your cashflow, you need to create an inventory of where things are going wrong. It will take some time but it is worth it, and there is no shortcut around this. I would suggest writing down all the areas where you are losing money - Are you paying more for petrol than you are profiting from the business? Why are you losing customers - No light? Equipment not working? They are asking for services which you are unable to provide? Are there services which you are paying too much for? i.e Is the rent high, or are there things you regularly buy at a high price just to keep business running? Divide your equipment, and business activities according to the amount of revenue they bring. Which business activities do people want more? Laminating? Typing? It looks like customers are not a problem so I don't think we would need to talk about how to attract more customers just yet.

Once you have compiled a list, think about possible solutions to these problems. It might be helpful to do this with someone who is not a direct competitor, as two heads they say, are better than one.

- If your petrol costs are too high, how can you reduce this? Depending on the flow of customers you get, can you leave the generator off to save petrol until a job needs to be done? Can you create two time slots and do all your non-urgent jobs at once - for example, all customers between 8 and 12 get their jobs done at 12 o'clock and you give an errand boy N20 to deliver all the jobs to them (If they are within close proximity). And a similar slot between 12 and 4? Do you need to downgrade your gnerator to one which handles just the essentials? Can you save money by selling your existing one in order to buy a cheaper, and more efficient one?

- If the equipment which brings you the most revenue works intermittently, what will it cost you to replace it? Don't run away from new equipment - check the cost and see if you can sell the old one to contribute towards getting a new one. I think it will also send a positive message to your customers if you ensure that your value creating equipment is always up and running - so you don't lose business to a more efficient competitor in your area!

- Are your customers asking for services you don't provide? What services are these and how frequently do people request these services? If it looks that these are popular areas, then I would suggest looking into ways in which you can introduce these services into your business processes.

I wish you all the best, and please feel free to let us know your views (On this thread) so that others can also contribute and learn as well.

Business › Re: Exclusive Charcoal Export Study Report ! by naijacutee(mod): 7:09pm On Dec 05, 2009

You took the words right out of my mouth, bamshow. In addition to that, even a business plan on paper is no guarantee that the said "business" is a viable one - it is just written evidence to show that you have thought the venture through and it does not guarantee anything.

Business › Re: Exclusive Charcoal Export Study Report ! by naijacutee(mod): 8:30am On Dec 05, 2009

Ok, so you placed an advert to export charcoal a few days ago, and today you have become a writer based on one transaction whose outcome we do not know? OK.

Christianity Etc › Re: Pastor Bimbo Odukoya Is In Hell? by naijacutee(f): 10:16pm On Dec 03, 2009

Na wa o. Whoever is spreading these rumours, and for whatever reason has clearly not read their Bible properly. A true christian would pray about any "strange experiences" they have before selling stories to newspapers for money. Especially in Nigeria where christians are so gullible that they divorce commonsense whenever they hear the name Jesus. Even the Bible said "Test the spirits" [1 John 4:1
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.]

How can someone tell you that he went to hell and came back, and saw another person there? Where in the Bible does it say that people are sent to heaven or hell after death? The Bible says :

John 12:48
There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day.

Was last week, or two weeks ago when this guy died "The last day"?

Here is what the Bible says about "The last Day"
Acts 17:31
For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead."

What is my point? My point is that Biblical doctrine tells us that when people die, they don't get sent anywhere just yet. Their spirits "sleep" (like Lazarus' when Jesus went to raise him) until the last day when like the Bible says "The dead in Christ will rise first". (If they had been sent to heaven, why then would they rise again?)

So please, people don't let anyone deceive you in matters like this. For all we know, this might be a business strategy to attract more ~~customers~~ people to this persons church (Not that I'm saying it is). Get your inferences from the Bible before you accept peoples word as gospel - even mine.

Business › Re: How Can We Combat Fraud In Nigeria? by naijacutee(mod): 11:25pm On Dec 02, 2009

rbn:
Can we actually fraud in Nigeria? then lets start with the Telecommunications and all the many lies they are telling us about giving out millions daily.

Telcommunications are providing you with a service which they are rightly charging for, and you are not obliged to participate in any of their "promotional offers", whether you perceive them as fraudulent or not. We are talking here of scammers, con artists or people who are in the business of defrauding people.

Romance › Re: How Do I Make A Shy Pregnant Woman Go To Church by naijacutee(f): 9:36pm On Nov 26, 2009

[quote author=mama-gee link=topic=356915.msg4989815#msg4989815 date=1259097638]Do you expect her to be at home for 9 months of her pregnancy? undecided

At least she should go to church on sundays, even if it's one sunday a month. undecided

But she says she's shy the whole congregation would stare at her. undecided

[/quote]No, I don't expect her to stay at home the whole time. I expect her to continue with her life as normal.

So from your answer, it looks like she should go to church - even if it's one Sunday a month, just to mark the register. (i.e "Let me just go and show my face, even if it's one Sunday" wink

. If that's enough reason to go to church, then even I will not go.

Romance › Re: How Do I Make A Shy Pregnant Woman Go To Church by naijacutee(f): 10:18pm On Nov 24, 2009

Why do you want her to go to church, and what do you hope that she (or you) will achieve from going to church?

Christianity Etc › Re: Despite Many Churches, Why Corruption: Still Continues? by naijacutee(f): 10:16pm On Nov 24, 2009

We can draw a parallel between our society today and the religious people of Jesus' day. There were so many i-too-know religious people in Jesus' day who took religion to the extreme. They took it so far that certain groups of Jews were forbidden to ~~poo~~ have a bowel movement on the Sabbath day, as it constituted work, which in turn constituted breaking the seventh commandment. These guys burned in religious anger at the "blasphemy" of Jesus, and all that he stood for. Yet, they walked past widows and orphans without batting an eyelid. In todays society, we have people like that who are so religious that they cannot complete a sentence without making it evident that they are "good" and everyone else is going to hell. They cannot shut up about how "wonderful" Pastor A or Pastor B's service was 2 Sundays ago (And by the way, did you notice Sister C's lace last Sunday?). They are so wrapped in "church", that they totally miss the point of what church is there for, or even what Jesus died for. The similarity between these Pharisees and people of our society today is that both parties are religious, granted. However, are they religious because they really love God (In which case they would be keeping his commandments) or because they really love themselves? There lies your answer.

Education › Re: FG Provides Free Internet To All higher institutions In Nigeria by naijacutee(f): 10:05pm On Nov 24, 2009

Sky Blue:
So how do you defend some of the posts then? Does the fact that in your experience well-to-do Nigerians in Nigeria can be snobbish justify the snobbishness shown on this thread? Is that what you are saying?

I am not justifying snobbishness - It would be foolish to do so, as no one chooses where or how to come into this world. My point is that Nigerians in Nigeria who are well-to-do are equally as snobbish as Nigerians in the Diaspora, hence there is not need to point fingers at anyone in particular. We are all guilty of the same sin. Now, back to the original topic. . .

Business › Re: Starting Up A Business Branch In Nigeria - How Easy? by naijacutee(mod): 10:01pm On Nov 24, 2009

Siena:
^^^ What relevance does your Blackberry have to my thread?

*Irrelevant Blackberry advert deleted*

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