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Jarus: Frankly, this defeatist mentality is why some graduates don't get job I.e going to battle(jobs recruitment process) with mindset that you can never win.I am the least person to have a defeatist mentality. The examples you gave up there mostly applies to specific types of graduates in certain fields of study. Even at that, that doesn't still nullify my point. The fact that you got placed by merit doesn't mean the process is totally free and fair. Moreover, I was referring to Graduate Trainee jobs that basically cuts across all fields in that my post because that is where they normally take a high number of graduates most times. Try and conduct a lil research on it and you will be greatly amazed. |
thegoodjoehunt:Honestly, how can you criticize a song you are yet to listen to properly? Immediately the link was pasted, criticisms started flowing with the one from Ikeangawo or whatever he calls himself being the most stewpid of all. The dude was even analysing the video and complaining about the technique used for smashing the glass. Some people need a cure ASAP. Talking about Oliver Twist, the track was greatly criticized as well as trash by most people. The success of Oliver Twist was a great shocker to most people. No one is against criticism but the way most people do it, it is so obvious to see that theirs is borne out of undiluted hatred and prejudice. Go and check the other threads that were posted for othe songs and see the amount of comments...very few. When Dbanj won MOBO, these haters were nowhere to be found as that particular thread was avoided like a plague. Why didn't these critics drop a line of congratulations for him? The rest follows. D'banj is the biggest Nigerian Artiste at the moment and this has shown his popularity the more. As for D'banj living up to par, may I remind you that, he has nothing to prove again. He has attained a great height in his career which is even envious for most Artistes. Nothing lasts forever, no one lasts forever so if he flops, it is a natural thing but I doubt if he is gonna flop anytime soon. I just hope some people won't be hospitalised if he wins a Grammy. |
Jarus: This seems to suggest getting a job is automatic for a graduate, irrespective of how brilliant or good he is.I used to think like you initially before I left school that all I need do is by blasting Aptitude tests, interviews and then get a dream job but now I know better. Things are not as smooth as you think.It takes more than that to get a placement in Nigeria at the moment. I have countless examples I can refer to to show you this. Take for instance, THE NIGERIA FLOURMILLS GRADUATE TRAINEE RECRUITMENT that took place from early this year, February to be precise. After applying, we had to wait for like one month before writing the online personality assessment test. After that, another two to three months before shortlisted candidates wrote the challenging CBT( Computer based test). The test was conducted in 3 major cities, Abuja , PH , Lagos for days with 5 batches per day just for a spot that is less than 100. I even heard they're taking just 25. I am very sure that more than 50,000 people applied for the job.Those that scaled through that did a Functional Test and up till now, nothing has been heard. This is November. Let's assume that the total number of candidates to be taken is 50. The coy has a board of directors and top staff members. Do you think they won't be given slots? Out of the whole recruitment, I am very sure that less than 10 will actually get the job on merit. The point I am trying to make here is that, playing your own part is not enough to get you a job. Moreover, Companies waste a lot of time in concluding their recruitment processes and that usually takes at least 6 months which could be frustrating for graduates. You keep on hoping, hoping and hoping from UAC to FLOURMILLS to NESTLE to Government job etc. Government job is not even devoid of malpractices as well. In the last Lagos state Govt recruitment for teachers, thousands of graduates applied, shortlistment for test was done and some final candidates were selected out of which only about 355 will scale through after a supposed training. On getting to the training centre, I saw a lot of people there that were not even shortlisted for the first test. Some persons did not even write the test and they made the list. Now, what is the fate of those of us who know nobody in the final selection? Won't those ones with long legs be chosen over merit? Time will tell.Well, it is about 5 months after the process started and up till now nothing has been heard. We are all waiting for the final list which was supposed to be released latest by August 15 initially. The list goes on and on and on. Most of my friends that have gotten a placement either got one by connection or by being retained after service.I got an offer to be retained in far away North(Jigawa state) after service but I turned it down due to the fear of Boko Haram which was at it's peak at that time (we conducted the general elections and it was in our time that some Corp members were massacred....so don't blame me if I run)and the fact that I don't want to settle in the North. It simply takes more than being brilliant and blasting tests, packaging oneself to get a placement. I don read GMAT, SHL etc tire and Aptitude tests poses no threat. Aside the big Organisations, there are some average companies that pay shi.t as salary and you will work yourself to stupor in retaining your job. Some nonsense Insurance firms for example pay graduates like 35k or 40k per month. You would be made to walk all around the place to source for clients even under the hot sun. By the time you even subtract your expenses from the salary at the end of the month, you will see that you have been living from hand to mouth. The most probable job for graduates now is to pick up a teaching job in a private secondary school or something. Just last week, I met an intellectually gifted friend of mine teaching in a secondary school. He is a graduate of Elect/elect Engineering and in fact a near genius. He takes about 3 subjects, Mathematics, Further maths and Basic Tech and collects a salary of 20k monthly. The highest most of those schools pay is 25k particularly where I reside.Now, what is that for a graduate? That is too small. Like they say, half a loaf is better than none. Such job is only manageable when you can easily stroll to the school from your house and based on the fact that, you won't need to ask for money to buy recharge cards or have a haircut from your parents again. I think I will soon join him in the school at least for the meantime.From what I have observed, most of the so called Multinational Companies post adverts in the media just for posting sake to fulfil all righteousness as about 70% of the positions are already fixed particularly the jobs for fresh graduates. The small coys are exploiting graduates due to the situation as well. Good graduates, poor salaries. Some companies will even have just 2 to 10 positions available and then paste such vacancies on the internet.They will get the best of the best at the end of the process.If I need a store Keeper and I post the vacancy online, I know I will have more than 500 people to screen. That's terrible! Most of the Boutiques in Allen Avenue and Ikeja now have graduates as Attendants. What a shame! A friend of mine even wrote an Aptitude Test to be a boutique attendant. Na wa o! For those that have understanding family members around, the situation could be managable till they get a placement but for those that have no one to rely on, it could be terrible and frustrating. Even if one has got talents, brilliant, ideas, Entrepreneural thoughts etc, one still needs a footing to stand on before such ideas is put into use. Finally, the musical Artiste, NICE said in one of his songs that BI A KO RENI FEYINTI, BI OLE LAN RI. What that means is that " He who has got no one to rely on tends to look like a lazy fellow". May God help us! |
[quote author=WS. Smith]Music no get tribe or language - a good music is pleasant to the ear and soothes the soul, a bad music hurts the ear and confuses the soul. Listen to Ebenezer Obey, Rolling Dollar, Osita Osadebe, Oliver de cooque, King Sunny Ade, Christy Essien Igbokwe, Onyeka Onwenu ... these people didnt try to ride on tribal sentiment, they simply sang good songs. If your music is good, it overcomes petty minded tribalists and sails into every soul freely. Lets not capiltalize on tribalism to support poor creativity and lack of skill. The first time I heard Dbanj I said this guy got no musical talent and its showing itself. The first time I heard Wande Coal, I said this guy got extra musical talent and it shows itself. Banky W, Dare art alade, IK dairo are musicains naturally, Wizkid got a unique voice pitch and style that stands out, Flavor has a raw/deeply local igbo high life style, listen to lyrical justice by Dagreen and tell me how he sweeps off beyond tribal sentiment even better than english and pidgin english rappers in the likes of Naeto C. Yes Dagreen is lyrically comparable only to MI. You see the akpako master or duncan mighty or timaya doing their thing with uniqueness. Dbanj tapped into the rise of our local (school table) beat discovered by Donjazzy and thrived on it but personally he is just a loud entertainer probably better as a ceremonial jester. Dude is not a musician.[/quote]One eyed analysis. What happened to the likes of those you mentioned? Why are they not clinching the awards as much as D'banj? Do you know what it means for someone to be acknowledged as the best musician in Africa not once? Or you think he bribes to get awards. Those that give him the awards know what they are doing and they are not as tone deaf as you are. I doubt you know all these cos if you do you won't spew this trash up here. You said he is not a musician but an entertainer. Are you for real or u just joking. What is the function of a musician if not basically to entertain? Your post makes no sense atall. Try and review it. |
abiL: I've been. He said my taste bud is one of the best he has seen.You so funny. |
abiL: I have and it's still bland.Then you need to see your Doctor to have your taste bud tested. |
queensmith: am i the only one that thinks this song is incredibly stupid? I think the more he tries to sing the worse his songs are, he should stick to frequently shouting nonsense between verses,Do you mean the same nonsense that has won him the best of all the awards in Africa? If that is your definition of nonsense then other Artistes should start singing nonsense too. |
Amitex: Methink that Lagos and ACN have lost focus. The only problem is that PDP is not doing well.Is it the same Mimiko that has failed woefully in Ondo state yiu are referring to or another One? An incubent Governor that could not pull 50% of the votes in returning back to office. He was able to pull only 44% but unfortunately, we have a lot of daft political analysts. A sitting Governor could not convince half of the populase that he is good enough. SMH. If there was only one major opposition party, Mimiko would be out of power by now. A failure has nothing or no one to groom. When Fashola was re elected, it was a flawless victory so, do not bring Mimiko into the light here. Comparing Mimiko with Fashola in any form is a great insult. |
Amitex: Methink that Lagos and ACN have lost focus. The only problem is that PDP is not doing well. |
adelaja70: Thank you my brother for dishing it out to them hot and fast...Most Nigerians are so wicked and heartless that they can do anything to bring down their fellow compatriot.Its really sad....No wonder the country is not moving forward.Exactly! A Proof of your point happened after he won MOBO. They avoided that thread like a plague cos it was a shocker to them.The thread only got about 50+ comments. Some people even said MOBO award is useless bla bla bla but when it comes to bringing someone's name down, they are good at it. |
When D'banj won MOBO awards recently, he got like 58 comments in 4 days with only about 30 being congratulatory messages. They claim not to be haters but they always turn blind eyes to success stories and wait by the sidelines to spew trash at the slightest available chance like this fo.ool below Ikengawo: Let's stop celebrating mediocricy.First and foremost, there is nothing like " mediocricy" except if you meant to say "mediocrity". A link for a song was created, no one is celebrating anything and no one asked you to celebrate a single so what is your point? ![]() Ikengawo: The song was trash, has no point and is not memorable or noteworthyWhy are you so obsessed so much with D'banj such that you analyse everything that comes from him critically. You even went as far as analysing a video. Is that how you analyse every video critically? No, of course or paste a link where you critised such in the past. Your prejudice did not even allow you see anything good in the video. You need to get a cure cos this hatred has gotten into your blood Odeisteen! Ikengawo: If you look at this years biggest hitsEven if D'banj had sang any of those songs, you haters will still criticize him for making noise and lacking depth. Is it the same KUKERE that has 'Yan yan yan yan, kukere kukere oh yan yan yan yan yan kukere kukere...I get moni o kukere kukere kukere' etc you are referring to? AND Ile Ijo with it's 'As a sure boy, I go dey tungban gban tungban gban nile ijo and some senseless lines' or Dami Duro by Davido that is regarded as noise by haters too. Imagine all these coming from Dbanj and imagine the height of critism it's gonna get.Haters will always be haters. Ikengawo: they still sounded very african, looked african, and used africans as the stars of the video.Let me remind you that D'banj has got nothing to prove to anyone again having risen to a great height in his career with an excellent consistency in 8 years. He owes you no explanation for whatever he does. If you don't like his music, go listen to others. It is as simple as that so, get that into your light skull. |
Lusola15: I get atlest 5 to 9 scam text messages every month hw do u think dey get pple number. Am sure some as called u tell u won glo dis mtn dt etc. And u shuld pay.Lolz@ I don agree o. Okay. No need for repetitions as Cooger has done justice to your post up there. Cheers! |
^^^ Nice lines. |
salafiyy: Lets wait and see...all I know is that this people do not care about us.Go back and read the two reports. Someone is trying to get your data to do a proper planning and you say they don't care about you? How do you want him to care about you? I guess by not knowing you even exist right? Nigerians are used to being Ingrates. |
Lusola15: In the security world they say fear the unknown.Your fear is that your data and other info such as address, name , occupation, phone numbers etc could get into the wrong hands in case the database is hacked into or something. Well, that is understandable but not important here as that is not the only form of database available for sourcing basic information. We did a similar registration during elections, your sim card and info is registered with the operators, your university has same etc so why should this be different? Why didn't you refuse or castigate other forms of database before now. If your fear is generally about database in this modern time, then you are still living in the 17th century.Wake up!!! |
coogar: if all those omo onile and agberos can register to vote, own bank cards, own mobile phones then getting a resident's ID shouldn't be a problem! i back this idea 100%. if another government comes in, they would continue where fashola stopped!Help me ask them o. Nigeria is lagging behind other developed Nations by at least 100 years. While some people (R.etardeen et al) are doing the talk, someone is taking actions and working towards excellence and development and some fo.ools are castigating him for wanting to have a proper database for the people he governs so as to do proper planning.I wonder what the crime is in doing that. |
CuntDestroyer: THATS IT? GOOD IDEA?Ideas rule the world and it was the good ideas by some people that lead to the invention of the ipad, internet etc. So, what is your point? ![]() |
BABATUNDE RAJI FASHOLA (SAN) is just so so brilliant! Why is he always miles ahead of others? Governance without proper statistics is rubbish. Good step in the right direction. Keep it up! |
My Punch lines will make you see stars like the red carpet- BLACK JESUS (Jimmy's Freestyle) I'm too hot I can give the sun a tan - VECTOR (Champions Remix) |
[quote author=Sisi_Kill]Okay, as much as I am not a big fan of GEJ, I really wish these reporters would stop twisting his words just to make him look like something he isn't. The title of this article is really very deceptive. ![]() He did not say Boko Haram will soon be history. . .saying that would imply he is actually doing something towards that goal and we all know that's not who he is. What he said is "we pray that the situation becomes history soonest" . . . Now THAT is the GEJ we know and love! THE ACTIONLESS/PRAYER WARRIOR KING!! [/quote] Your Sarcasm is A+. |
Hmmmm..... Nigerians....The guy was only asking her a question while waiting for a reply cos Linda was busy with her phone. |
Emmyk: efiko. Did you miss the title of the thread?He didn't miss the title of the thread. It is a pity you couldn't decipher his answer to the question from his post. Must everything be direct before you can understand it? ![]() |
topazjosh: 12 hours,pls NL i need airtel bis info monthly or weekly, note:not the 2 month and 1 month free o,i dont need that info pls,all i need is monthly and weekly please.For the monthly BIS, send BCM to 440. For the weekly BIS, send BCW to 440. |
afam4eva: You guys should stop twisting events. he never sent anyone parking from the state. he only drove non-indigenes from the civil service.“It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt".- Abraham Lincoln. |
Hmmmm The easiest is Hausa language. I served in the North and I was able to learn the basics and conversate effectively within one week of studying the language. Most people claiming Igbo language is tougher than Yoruba actually grew up and live in Lagos or lived most of their lives in Lagos so when their relations or parents speak Igbo to them, they find it a lil tough. Moreover, the type of Yoruba that is spoken in Lagos is not a core one. It is the adulterated version. I have never attempted knowing or learning Igbo so I cannot say much on it. There are various factors that will determine what language is the hardest e.g How accommodating and friendly the host community is....Hausas are so accommodatting and friendly likewise the Yorubas. The Hausas will be so happy to teach you their language, if you make a mistake, they will correct you in a loving manner. Infact, once they know you are a stranger,they are always happy merely hearing you speak their language. Same cannot really be said about the Igbos. They are a lil bit hostile ( my sister served in Enugu). Another factor to consider is the time of exposure to the languages and many other things (I guess OP is not a scientist) Until we get someone like Bisi Olatilo that is so versed in the three languages or someone that has lived in nearly equal periods in regions that speak the languages, we cannot really say which of the languages is the toughest. Although, Yoruba language is the most circulated, the most studied and the richest of the three languages, I can't say which is the toughest to learn. |
ihedioramma: THE FIRST THING THERE IS DO THE TWO LOVE THERE SELF AND WHY DO THEY LOVE THERE SELF ?. 2 .WHY HIM OR HER DONT HAVE ANYBODY ? .3. ASK MORE IF THERE PEOPLE SAND HIM OR HER AWAY ? 4. IF YOU NO ALL THIS THINGS IF YOU CAN MARRY HIM OR HER . oluface: BROS I HAIL O. YOU FIT WORK AS ENGLISH TEACHER? I AM FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOUR FO-NEYTIC oluface: Wow my thread@Oluface, why are you making fun of someone when your use of English is so sick? . How can you say ' your thread make front page'? How does that sound to you? Moreover, if you say YOUR THREAD MAKE (sic) FRONT PAGE FOR OVER 3 YEARS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ON NAIRALAND, what it means is that your threads have been making front pages which is not what you meant to say. Go and edit your post and express yourself properly. Who knows, you might need a refund from your English Teacher as well. |
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I can't believe Beyonce mixed capital letters with small letters in her letter. Well, like Sina Peters once said ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #GRAMMAR NO BE MONEY# ![]() ![]() |
^^^ Please, give me the link to Archarya's work(s). Thank you! |
What a wonderful write up. I love your mix of simple Nigerian language with the story. The name you gave to that Ijebu man's bike got me laughing. It was a perfect description for the bike as I don't need to see it before I know how it looks like. Keep it up! Wait a minute, what if the man says Babatunde should marry his daughter? Na trouble be that one ooo. Anike go vex big time.lolz Episode 6 please. ![]() |
KINGwax: well, mr once upon a time, there's no where in the bible dt claims it's ABOMINABLE for a woman to preach. But because women has used the opportunity to air their biased they, talk abt their marital status, used it to poke people who they had in mind, name names, cause all manner of rift, there was a law to ban them from preaching. It was concluded by the elders that anythin they have to say shld be voiced to her husband or elders who will properly put it in reference to her. It is still happenin now, lady preachers are too feminine in their preachin and u knw it.My friend, shut up and face the topic...What is our business with his family? If you have nothing meaningful to say to the topic again, go and sleep. I wonder how you pass exams. |
OrangeHokage: Its really painful when young Nigerians find it very hard to articulate or understand, whats wrong if someone decides to float his/her own record label, after all lil wayne has YM under CM, drake has OVO under YM, d'banj has DB records under Goodmusic/defjam africa, so what d bad tin if wande wants to float his own record label even as a marvin artist, as long as Don jazzy doesn't have a problem wif that, all of u̶̲̥̅̊ can like to make better meaning wif ur life....Do you mean to say that, Wande Coal will float his record label and not be an Artiste under it? NOPE. I am very sure it is only a matter of time before he leaves Mavin and stick with his own label. There is more to the story...I think Don Jazzy and Wande have discussed and the latter was told or realised that there is a very high possibility of being in the lower Prefential cadre in the scheme of things. Remember that, Mavin Records just signed 2 new Artistes and they should receive a bulk of the attention from Don Jazzy at the moment. Tiwa is there, Dprince also and Dr Sid. I think Wande is a fast reasoner. He might just pay Don Jazzy for productions in his own label. Owning a Record label takes more than just recording songs. I just hope Wande can successfully handle one. |
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