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Princestylz: If diz xo cald starz ar chargn az much, i wnda hw much dey mak frm such moviez ,God knw d last tym i watch doz rubish moviez nt 2tak of usin ma mony 2buy such waste

sleekman: If I was President I will make it a priority to criminalize tribalism just as racism is. This tribal bashing must be declared criminal urgently. Once that is done no one will come here an online forum and spill bile from their devilish, hate infested gutters they call mouths.

nwando: I have discussed her case before
This lady is simply a product of this system exploiting the weaknesses in the system.
I became aware of this lady about 2 years ago, when some colleagues concerned about the claims she made on her website contacted me for advice. They knew this lady and knew these claims to be false and broke the GMC guidance on probity. The issue was whether to report or not to report. When the final decision to report was taken, it was discovered she was not on the GMC register and did not have a licence to practice in the UK.

nwando: I have discussed her case before

So now she says she started at 17
Making her 22 or 23 at graduation not 21 so why the initial lies repeated once more in the first post one year after
Why tell us about her messenger job at 14 at an NHS facility as job experience?

Someone eventually told her NHS does not employ minors and she didn't give a response
This was by an NHS doctor in that conversation

debosky: Madam Nwando - will you at least admit that you are wrong in claiming she doesn't hold a valid, FULL, license to practice in the UK?

Yes, at first glance claiming 10 years 'working for the NHS' can be construed to mean as a qualified doctor, but once you see how old she is and when she graduated, you know it must mean something else. As for whether she could've worked 'for' the NHS (whatever that means - shebi being a volunteer personal assistant for an NHS sef is working for the NHS ) - you need to go back to the rules at the time before you can say anything conclusively, not rules in 2013.

The only items you have validly disputed are the alleged dates she started/graduated school, which could have arisen from journalistic errors.

As for resigning a 'high-flying job' - is housemanship not a job?

Too much bad belle here jare.

Angyee: Nwando, let me teach you how to verify the truth by tearing apart your claims.

1. As I said before I checked the GMC register online, anyone can do that and her details are there. It clearly states she is registered with a license to practice. You and your doctor friend are both quacks. to register you must have and see the quote below from GMC website:


this is the link to search for GMC registered doctors (I cannot put the link to her details specifically as it is time limited and will simply take you back to search site): http://webcache.gmc-uk.org/gmclrmp_enu/start.swe?SWECmd=GotoView&_sn=K0P8dzEJEY5pu9RNT4jxwNTQuIMdEA9SYinfwr1pOIVTevIlRuCtxF5AkDgk3tf9B.pZeR.9FtdetvrJRG7-4T3enrVvW-NMcidXgL8nt0WR-CyT1yVQJoaAZFtqRwVa4uI96Y6NIwwNLpDQDaaqOKqr1eoyX7DKQQc4FlkaV.vb27hPqUSDQQ3w1EpoHuVGnn8c7dCx44o_&SWEView=GMC+WEB+Doctor+Search&SRN=&SWEHo=webcache.gmc-uk.org&SWETS=1365514101&SWEApplet=GMC+WEB+Health+Provider+Search+Applet. or go to http://www.gmc-uk.org/doctors/register/LRMP.asp, 1st link there says show me the list, click on it and search. Go there, put her surname in, she is registered as Olamide Orekunrin, no. 7013906. A simple Google search would have shown you the link.

2. According to GMC(who check all these details b4 reg) she gained an MB BS from University of York in 2008. Her course as I saw on the Hull York Medical School website is a 5 year course and entry is granted from age 16. She started at 17. She states when she wrote her final exam she was still 21 which is very likely and by the time graduation rolled around she had turned 22. She would still be regarded as one of the youngest as a lot of times graduation in UK is done several months after exams and even more after final result. I wrote my last paper for MSc at age 23 (finished BSc at 21 in Nigeria), however by the time graduation ceremony rolled around I was 24. So her statement is entirely plausible.

Note: she never said I graduated at 21, she said I wrote my final exam at 21 - learn to read and understand.

3. She never said she had a post or political career, she was aspiring to one. In case you are not aware, to aspire means to 'direct one's hopes or ambitions to achieve something'. So she left those hopes behind and instead came here. Again, truth.

4. Working experience. Well from the NHS website, work experience placements begin from Year 10 (equivalent of SS1) and which is from sge 14-16 years. Some roles which they gain experience by participation and observation include: nurses, nurses, healthcare assistants, allied health professionals such as occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and podiatrists, healthcare scientists among others. This is from NHS website oh. So it is very VERY likely that it was not a messenger job (which does not exist in the NHS anyway). NHS employs minors for placements, see the link here that gives them info: http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/media/1487492/Work_experience_in_the_NHS.pdf. It's a pdf document. So that person was ill-informed.

5. As for the bombings et al, almost if not all organizations in UK offer summer holiday placements so again very plausible.

6. Her details are also on MIT website for entrepreneurship. MIT would never put up such details without verifying authenticity.

So Nwando in future if you don't know, keep quiet and do not display your ignorance. She has not told any lies. Stop doing 'they say' and do your own research and come up with verifiable facts like I have. This is journalism.

hunkydory: Speaking good english is an undisputable sign of erudition.

Koolking: Bro, that's what it is in MNP, unless NCC has not taken that into consideration in Nigeria due to certain factors. If Nigerian telcos could kick against infrastructure co-location, certain workings of MNP will not go down well with them.

Koolking: The advantage of recharging your SIM with any network card is a big turn on. That means, if you are using MTN SIM, and you have any of Glo, Airtel or Etisalat Recharge PIN handy, you are good to go.

a1solution: [size=20pt]What of internet modem, can the ported number work in my modem since it has been programmed to work with the subscriber I bought it from?[/size]

a1solution: The bolded is the problem we are talking about. Cant everything be done electronically within 24 hours?

wales: Why is that south east always find a way to destroy anything good? Yet, when they get abandoned, they start crying Igbo hatred. Na waaa.

bigheart2013: Yes you can! I asked a similar question before on Nairaland and got very useful tips. Here's the thing.

1. Businesses are established not only for financial profits (cash) but also for economic profits (non-cash), which may be to provide employment ur sister, or to make name, etc. establish which one is more important to you.
2. If you live outside Nigeria never hire a family member or relative to run your business.
3. Don't hire anyone who come to you advertising him/herself or begging for jobs
4. Hire people through a thorough interview process like a real company does. They'll respect the job more.
5. Do not pay salaries. Share the risks by paying only commissions (usually 10% on sales, or about 40% on profits.
6. Commission on sales is more motivating for hard-working people
7. U can also pay a base + commission. Anyone who cannot live on commission is not business-minded. Afterall the owner lives on profit only
8. Have a Bank account with a Microfinance bank (they help small businesses more) not a commercial bank
9. Every dime made must be paid into the bank (and withdrawn if needed)to build cash-flows in case you need loan some day. they should take picturess of bank slips and receipts of purchases and BBM u immediately the transaction is done.
10. Use BBM to stay connected and on top of business. BBM can transmit instant pictures of events & real-time chats as if you are there.
11. Be ruthless, professional, and out rightly non-sense with Nigerians. A lot of fraudulent crappy people out there.
12. You may take a bank loan to share the risk with a local bank, and let part of the loan be management TA (technical assistance), so the bank can provide their own manager to run the bakery professionally as a partner.
13. Another option is to rent out the bakery to a baker who pays you a flat fee every month, just like you will rent out a house you built to a tenant.
14. Every receipt must have the seller's or buyer's phone number on it (not hand-written). make random calls each month to audit or confirm transactions. If they know you call sellers and buyers, they will shape up.
15. Be patient! A business setup in January is not supposed to be making profit by now o!. It usually takes about a year or more to make profits.
16. On marketing use established re-sellers who buy in bulk and pay cash- Supermarkets, bread sellers, restaurants, shops, etc. Don't sell directly to people yet.
17. Please, please, please, hire a lady as a manager, preferably an educated married lady with kids. That's the only thing that works in Nigeria. They may be slow, but at least they won't loot your funds.

18. Ok having said all this. Please fire your sister now if she's not performing. Give her N350k gift to start her life somewhere

All the luck.

dnative: 'Running a business in Nigeria' and 'while living abroad' should never occur in the same sentence. It will require pure genuis or extraordinary luck to make it work. Do not try it! Many have been there (moi included) and always got burnt - it's usually the same ol' story - money down the drain.

N4m is about £15k, look around you in the UK, there are things you could do with that amount that will bring you a decent margin and still secure your capital. Seriously people living abroad need to learn looking around their host environment more for biz opportunities than the usual first thoughts "I must go back home to invest". Even in UK with all the taxes, bills etc, people still run business ventures successfully and turn a tidy margin. We should take a cue from the Asians as they seem to be doing this quite well.

Save yourself the headache and tears down the line. Unless you are ready to move to Naija and run your biz, simply don't bother and look elsewhere.

Mobsync: Where are the CU undergradates? Where're are they?

Tanfikos: Wow, that girl really looks deaf!!

obowunmi: To continue sha, they served the airplane food, and I was a bit exhausted so I said, let me take a quick nap before I eat... I wake up only to find that this FAT SHITZO, eating my food... when I woke up, the air hostess was clearing my plate from her table...I was in such awe and disgust. At this point, I asked to be moved but the plane was full. One of the worst plane rides, I've ever been on.

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