ibromodzi:

Thanks i didn't realize it was automatically set to expire daily.
I've changed the setting. Here is an updated link

https://discord./CTA2gkMuas

I recently began a study group for Nigerian AI enthusiasts. The group is still quite new and I'm looking for other like minds to join and brainstorm with each other. If it interests you, you can join on Discord using this link. https://discord./fkdBEjae

Hello all,
I'm looking for people interested in joining a study group with a focus on AI and Data Science specifically relating to Nigeria. I started exploring this field a while ago, and while I don't consider myself an expert yet, I feel it would be beneficial to connect with like minds in the field and build a little community to help each other out and potentially build solutions to country-specific problems. I feel the world is moving in this direction and Nigeria must not be left behind in the transformation.

This group will focus on answering questions and collaborating on projects involving topics like machine learning, deep learning, data visualization, etc. If you are an expert in this field already, your contribution will be very much welcome, and if you aren't yet like myself, or are just a complete novice in the area, the chat rooms will be always open for questions.

I hope the mods can allow this post as I am not advertising. Simply looking to collaborate with like minds. If interested, please join the Discord group using the link below. I thought Discord app would be a great platform because of the ease of sharing codes.

Thanks i didn't realize it was automatically set to expire daily.
I've changed the setting. Here is an updated link

https://discord./CTA2gkMuas

I left Nairaland a while ago after Buhari came into power because i was so sick of how myopic most Nigerians could be especially online. Buhari was seen as the Messiah and anyone who had alternative views was tagged a wailer. I knew it was just a matter of time before Nigerians learnt their lessons. So here i am on Nairaland shortly after hearing Buhari just made public his intention to contest again and it feels so satisfying to read the comments of the once change chanters . It really took y'all this long to figure this out? The stupider set of people were those who actually expected the illiterate to achieve anything in office. Your cases need serious deliverance and maybe your brains need factory resetting.

Pls I need an urgent response. Thanks.

Anyone buying BTC?

Pls, are Nigerian banks paying dollars to owners of domiciliary account. I want to send some money, but i need to be sure if the person can withdraw in dollars.

I want to do a dollar transfer to a domiciliary account in Nigeria. Can anyone who is informed about the current state of things tell me if this money will be paid to the person in dollars? That's what it should be ideally, but just want to be sure.

tainzo:
Hello House,

Please I urgently need help with getting an off campus accomodation close to university of Manitoba. Wouldn't mind a shared appartment for start.

Regards.

Are you in Manitoba already? Pm me.

And I was there. It was really fun and felt like home away from home

Thomas375:
My TRV has just been approved to study Msc Mechanical Engineering in University of Manitoba ........... Please I need advice on the best way to go about paying the tuition fees especially the method and the best exchange rate in NIgeria.

Congrats bro. Also taking masters in Mechanical at uofm. For payment, your best bet would be a form A transfer, not really sure what the banks current exchange rate is though. Go to your bank to find out.

Lol. She's travelling for the summer. Touching down at the beach.

Congrats to the 3rd Tranche awardees. But it's really confusing as second Tranche Payments has not been completed.

I don't think this would generate revenue as much as you anticipate. The traffic was expected considering the unemployment rate in Nigeria. People won't have reason to visit the site that often after the recruitment process is completed.

OGIYEN:
hello,pls I want to apply to university of Manitoba for winter session for a course related to business administration or communication for Master s or pgd,I have 2.2,pls kindly assist

I don't get you. Be specific. In what way should I assist?

SmithHumble50:
#NigerianPassport

VERY IMPORTANT info regarding the Nigerian Passport. We recall that PMB recently sent the CG of NIS to the "coolers" & appointed a new one.

● Babandede the new CG of NIS says he has instructed state commands to decentralize & reissue lost passport & change of names.

**Gone are the days of travelling to Abuja, particularly newly married women who used to travel there for change of names.

● Approval for replacement of lost passports shall henceforth be given by state comptrollers after online vetting and processing of application at the Passport Division in the Service’s headquarters.

● The 64 page e-passport costs N20,000, 32 page costs N15,000 (18-60yrs) while those below 18yrs and above 60 years cost N8, 750.

● The official fees/categories of passports will henceforth be displayed at various passport offices to ensure transparency.

● Nigerians are urged to insist on paying the official fees at the designated passport offices or pay online at the official immigration website to avoid exploitation by touts and agents.

● Additional passport offices to be opened in state commands where the existing passport office is getting overwhelmed with demand to ensure efficient service delivery.

This is a good one if true however i hope they take serious action to curb exploitation by even immigration officers. Sometimes its not even the touts or agent but the officers themselves. Makes me recall the incident i had back in Calabar even after paying online. I narrated my story here and hope people can learn from that.

nexson:
me too, august ending by God's grace.

Nice one. Winnipeg awaits y'all

ChristineC:

Are you in Manitoba already?

Been here since January.

rheginarh:


Meeeeeeeeeeeeee

Nice . What course are you coming for and how you been preparing?

Woww..Part 10 already. These threads be moving at speed of light. Anyone coming to Manitoba this fall?

Good work. I'll just add that this design should also consider efficiency asides capacity. You could realize up to 30% more power just by installing at right angles. Optimally panels should be installed at latitude angle for all year round good performance. Secondly, assuming you're completely going off grid battery selection is really key. You have to do your calculations right so you don't overdesign or underdesign and that first starts from getting a good estimate of the energy consumption, knowing the availability factor of Nigeria's solar resource, efficiency of the PVs as well as days of autonomy. You can also consider building a hybrid system using tilt up wind turbines very easy to install.

ELYMAXiimus:
That's just it! Our science and technology is a child's play. We are yet to fully accept these essentials for development. We live in such a superstitious country that even the people are afraid of 'asking questions.' At some point, science contradicts religion, so, Nigerians wouldn't wanna go that far. It's a pity.

That's very true bro. Even the whites that brought Christianity to Africa never allow that to be their limiting factor. Most times we are the one who create non existing barriers for ourselves.

I always longed the opportunity to find out first hand what makes the 'developed' nations really excel; to find out what makes their system work. Though i have always been always very passionate about science and research, coming to study here in Canada has given me another perspective to its to the development of any nation. I have come to a conclusion from my little experience here that Science and Technology is the very fundamental building block of any nation. Countries like the US and Canada spend billions of dollars in scholarship bringing in the best brains from all around the world to research. Trust me, they really aren't Samaritans but they just happen to understand the relevance of research and it's significance in sustaining their nations as world powers. Yet, taking a look the meagre amounts set aside by our past and present governments for science and technology development makes me wonder if we are headed anywhere as a people. Take a moment to think about the fundamental problems facing Africa today from corruption, insurgency, power, health care among the rest. Putting the necesary systems in place through investing in research and technology can help tackle these problems much easier. Africa has relied so much on technology transfer from the western nations, but what is really appalling is that we still do very little even to develop from what should seem 'stepping stones' for us. I believe we are not tackling our problems from the root which is investing more in science. Our governments still lack resources as basic as a reliable database of all citizens and foreigners. Without this how can we plan as a country? How can we check crimes? How can we implement social programs like those proposed by the APC? What algorithm do we use to allocate resources effectively? It is only when we tackle this fundamental problem that we can make progress as a nation and continent.

If there is any other thing i've learnt during my short stay here, it is that the whites are never satisfied with the status quo. This attitude is the primary reason why they dared to explore and conquer the outer space. They believe there's always room for improvement no matter how little it is. I've come across really simple technology here that made me ask myself how I never thought of them considering how 'common sense' they seem. We Africans, in contrast, are pushed to awaken our creativity when our existence is threatened (and history proves this) and after coming up with a solution, whether temporary or permanent, we hang our boots and life goes on. Don't get me wrong! Intelligence or creativity is not our problem as God has endowed us with outstanding brains, but we just love to maintain our comfort zone as long as it doesn't threaten our lives. I'll cite the last war time speech of the late Biafran leader C. Ojukwu as an instance: "In the three years of the war necessity gave birth to invention. During those three years of heroic bound, we leapt across the great chasm that separates knowledge from know-how. We built rocket, and we designed and built our own delivery systems. We guided our rockets. We guided them far; we guided them accurately. For three years, blockaded without hope of import, we maintained all our vehicles. The state extracted and refined petrol, individuals refined petrol in their back gardens. We built and maintained our airports, maintained them under heavy bombardment. Despite the heavy bombardment, we recovered so quickly after each raid that we were able to maintain the record for the busiest airport in the continent of Africa. We spoke to the world through telecommunication system engineered by local ingenuity; the world heard us and spoke back to us! We built armored cars and tanks. We modified aircraft from trainer to fighters, from passenger aircraft to bombers. In the three years of freedom we had broken the technological barrier. In the three years we became the most civilized, the most technologically advanced black people on earth." Imagine the incredible innovations of they came up with when their existence was threatened, but it begs for the question of what happened to these great inventors before and after the war? I was not born then, but reading these words made me realize what we as a people can potentially achieve when we set our minds to it, but unfortunately most times we to channel this creativity at the wrong time or for the wrong things.

This is a wake up call to all Nigerians, Africans, the government, myself inclusive, to take science and technology much more seriously. Let it always be our desire to find better ways of doing things, no matter how small it may seem. The little technological advancements put together will sum up to become a bigger one someday. If we must advance, there are no short-cuts. We must begin from the basics and build ourselves up. No amount of assistance from the western nations can save us or take us where we ought to be. I may not be the best of writers, but i hope i passed the fundamental message across in my own simple words. We must challenge our minds if indeed we seek for true change as a famous quote goes "He who cannot change his mind cannot change anything."

I always longed the opportunity to find out first hand what makes the 'developed' nations really excel; to find out what makes their system work. Though i have always been always very passionate about science and research, coming to study here in Canada has given me another perspective to its to the development of any nation. I have come to a conclusion from my little experience here that Science and Technology is the very fundamental building block of any nation. Countries like the US and Canada spend billions of dollars in scholarship bringing in the best brains from all around the world to research. Trust me, they really aren't Samaritans but they just happen to understand the relevance of research and it's significance in sustaining their nations as world powers. Yet, taking a look the meagre amounts set aside by our past and present governments for science and technology development makes me wonder if we are headed anywhere as a people. Take a moment to think about the fundamental problems facing Africa today from corruption, insurgency, power, health care among the rest. Putting the necesary systems in place through investing in research and technology can help tackle these problems much easier. Africa has relied so much on technology transfer from the western nations, but what is really appalling is that we still do very little even to develop from what should seem 'stepping stones' for us. I believe we are not tackling our problems from the root which is investing more in science. Our governments still lack resources as basic as a reliable database of all citizens and foreigners. Without this how can we plan as a country? How can we check crimes? How can we implement social programs like those proposed by the APC? What algorithm do we use to allocate resources effectively? It is only when we tackle this fundamental problem that we can make progress as a nation and continent.

If there is any other thing i've learnt during my short stay here, it is that the whites are never satisfied with the status quo. This attitude is the primary reason why they dared to explore and conquer the outer space. They believe there's always room for improvement no matter how little it is. I've come across really simple technology here that made me ask myself how I never thought of them considering how 'common sense' they seem. We Africans, in contrast, are pushed to awaken our creativity when our existence is threatened (and history proves this) and after coming up with a solution, whether temporary or permanent, we hang our boots and life goes on. Don't get me wrong! Intelligence or creativity is not our problem as God has endowed us with outstanding brains, but we just love to maintain our comfort zone as long as it doesn't threaten our lives. I'll cite the last war time speech of the late Biafran leader C. Ojukwu as an instance: "In the three years of the war necessity gave birth to invention. During those three years of heroic bound, we leapt across the great chasm that separates knowledge from know-how. We built rocket, and we designed and built our own delivery systems. We guided our rockets. We guided them far; we guided them accurately. For three years, blockaded without hope of import, we maintained all our vehicles. The state extracted and refined petrol, individuals refined petrol in their back gardens. We built and maintained our airports, maintained them under heavy bombardment. Despite the heavy bombardment, we recovered so quickly after each raid that we were able to maintain the record for the busiest airport in the continent of Africa. We spoke to the world through telecommunication system engineered by local ingenuity; the world heard us and spoke back to us! We built armored cars and tanks. We modified aircraft from trainer to fighters, from passenger aircraft to bombers. In the three years of freedom we had broken the technological barrier. In the three years we became the most civilized, the most technologically advanced black people on earth." Imagine the incredible innovations of they came up with when their existence was threatened, but it begs for the question of what happened to these great inventors before and after the war? I was not born then, but reading these words made me realize what we as a people can potentially achieve when we set our minds to it, but unfortunately most times we to channel this creativity at the wrong time or for the wrong things.

This is a wake up call to all Nigerians, Africans, the government, myself inclusive, to take science and technology much more seriously. Let it always be our desire to find better ways of doing things, no matter how small it may seem. The little technological advancements put together will sum up to become a bigger one someday. If we must advance, there are no short-cuts. We must begin from the basics and build ourselves up. No amount of assistance from the western nations can save us or take us where we ought to be. I may not be the best of writers, but i hope i passed the fundamental message across in my own simple words. We must challenge our minds if indeed we seek for true change as a famous quote goes "He who cannot change his mind cannot change anything."

At times like this one begins to wonder what happened to Buhari's body language and odour.

Trust the zombies to come here to shout sai Buhari.

Lol.. We knew what Obama meant when he told Justin Trudeau that Buhari is doing a fantastic job.

Fan said the truth but she also made a good point.

Terry1:


No! I haven't for one.

Which zone? South south?

janellemonae:


You need to get out of this echo chamber you live in. Boko haram insurgents dont care about innosons factory. Its all in ur head mate.

They might begin to care now since this partnership is to their detriment. Well it's a possibility, but I'm not saying it will definitely happen. They should just be on the alert.

Good, but he should also tighten security unless his factory will be a potential target to the insurgents.

Has everyone now received the 2nd tranche?