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Just got this from cable

http://www.thecable.ng/breaking-nff-sacks-stephen-keshi

rozayx5:
the monorail scammer or which one

it seems you are not following the monorail politics wella, google is your friend.

rozayx5:
who is Buhari
we dont know him the in south south

But your Governor is here with us

#NigeriaUnited

I rather vote an old man and have a secure future than vote a youth that will squander my future.

Sai Mai gaskiya.
#NigeriaUnited

jacabi:
Olawalebabs, Richiez, Fynestboi, please help this guy out by moving this thread to front page. Many people will benefit from it. Thanks.

There is a thread you can always recommend topic worthy of front page.

mesoade:
Richiez, fynestboi, olawalebabs do the needful na

We are not responsible for placing a topic on front page, we can only advice the authority concern.

Welcoming you all to this forum with the best of greetings. Salam Aleikun.

Who always order the roadblocks back? I remember the former IG Abubakar given the same order, same with Ringim.

You can send him mail

The text below is from one of our own, enjoy

The Road to Victoria Island, the latest book by Suraj Oyewale (better known on social media as Jarus), will no doubt hold the average reader spellbound. Starting from the title, which tests the IQ (Intelligence Quotient) of the average reader, the compendium of 213 pages gives practical guides on how to achieve success in the corporate world and beyond.

In this interview with TheCable, Jarus shares parts the secrets of his success. He acknowledges that the ideas shared in the book, which covers the entire career chain from preparation to retirement, are localised, but he says they can be replicated anywhere in the world.

A first class graduate of economics and an award-winning chartered accountant, the author bares his mind on topical issues in this interview.

Congratulations on the success of publishing this new book, how did you arrive at the title?

Interestingly, when I started writing the book, that was not the title I was contemplating. Along the line, I wanted to be more creative. I didn’t want to use something straightforward, such as “How to get and retain job in Nigeria”, “How to achieve a rewarding career in Nigeria”, “The Road to Career Success”, etc. I wanted something more captivating, more creative. I decided to use Victoria Island as a metaphor for the 9-5 career in Nigeria.

In Corporate America, Wall Street usually serves that purpose. Wall Street is regarded as corporate capital of America, just as Silicon Valley is the start-up capital of the world. When you hear Victoria Island, the first thing that should come to your mind is career, being where a good number of top companies in Nigeria have their headquarters. In fact, it’s like you have not yet arrived as a company in Nigeria if you don’t have an office in VI. So I decided to use VI as a metaphor for 9-5 career in Nigeria.

Unfortunately, many Nigerians still find it difficult to figure that out. My distribution team has had to address questions like, “Why doesn’t the book contain map of Victoria Island? Is it not a guide to the roads in Victoria Island?” One man even asked one of my guys, “Hey, I’m coming from VI, I know the way to VI”, before even checking the book. That is the tragedy of our society. People read things literally. Not even the long subtitle of the book, “A guide to climbing career ladder in corporate Nigeria”, made some people decode that Victoria Island was only used metaphorically in the short title.

There are so many books out there, what stands The Road to Victoria Island out?

I have read a number on books on careers in Nigeria and frankly, I have never come across a book that treats that subject the way I did. You only get that level of details in books focusing on Corporate America. The book is replete with examples and case studies every Ade, Ada and Adamu can relate with. The examples used here are not from GE or Apple or Microsoft, but from local organisations – the Globacoms, the Oandos, the KPMGs of this country. That’s what stands the book out. I narrated my experiences to buttress a lot of points. I also narrated experiences of friends, junior and senior colleagues, etc. I spoke with a number of executives including CEO of Accenture Nigeria, and they narrated their career journeys, how they rose to where they are today. They are all contained in the book.

Can you share some of the challenges you encountered in the process of producing this publication?

The only major challenge I had was balancing quality with affordability. It’s a book which readership cuts across different cadres in the career chain – from students preparing for post-school career to the CEO already running a company. The price a senior executive can afford, a student or a corps member may be unable to pay. Yet, quality of production is driven by cost of production, which in turns drives pricing. If I produce a book for N2000 per copy, the price cannot be less than N4000 if I factor in marketing costs and all that. While a section of the readership (the working professionals) may not have a problem paying that for the book, the young graduate may not find it affordable. At the same time, I didn’t want to compromise the quality, even while wanting to make it affordable to the young readers too. As you may know, per unit production cost drops with volume, and I only wanted to print 500 copies for start, which is small, and means higher per unit cost. At the end of the day, we settled for a publisher that was able to strike balance somewhere. That is why we are able to arrive at a selling price of N2000 only, which covers the production cost, the marketing costs and a little margin.

A prospective reader may want to know how a compendium of 213 pages will address issues that affect different categories of people: students, graduates, unemployed, professionals.

The book has 11 chapters. The first chapter deals with how to excel in academics, sharing my experiences and those of friends that made stellar grades in Nigerian schools. I started with education because that’s one area many people neglect. The journey to career success actually starts from school. I later moved to job search, where I shared proven insights on how to ace the recruitment processes. I talked extensively on passing interviews. Then I moved to workplace issues, how to achieve career success in Nigeria, how to move up the career ladder, giving examples from successful professionals in Nigeria. I also discussed management styles of some Nigerian executives in the closing chapters. So it’s a chain. Young professionals will find in it how to climb career ladder in Nigeria, unemployed graduates will find in it how to surmount the recruitment challenges, senior professionals will read what other accomplished executives like Atedo Peterside of StanbicIBTC did differently. It serves everyone irrespective of where they are in the career chain.

http://www.thecable.ng/what-you-never-knew-about-victoria-island.

OP, kindly do the needful or .........

In no particular order
Zaria
Aba
Warri
Onitsha
Ogbomosho
Kafanchan
Sagamu
Okene
Ijebu
Ife
Offa

Thank God, it is not northern leader that create Ebola to discredit GEJ administration. This guy is high on weed.

Hkana: Assalaamu alaikum everyone. I've been posted to Adamawa state, though orientation camp would be at Niger state.

I just thought to share with house. Opinions are welcome too

Allah's guidance will be with you throughout your stay in the state.

badesco: It is high time The YORUBA MUSLIMS have a rethink of their relationship with the North on the issue of religion. Why is it that, it is only Northerners they usually appoint to head delegates to Hajj every time? Does it means the Northern Muslims are more Superior than the Southern Muslims?
can somebody in the house answer those questions..

This is wrong, there was a year Hon Dimeji Bankole was appointed the amirul hajj by the Yar'Adua administration. The government now have a permanent amirul hajj in person of the sultan who can delegate that power if he will not be going to hajj. Don't let us mix religion with ethnicity.

Don't forget to follow up the ramadan fast with sitat shawwal. May Allah make it easy for us all.

Paradise is a home of honour, dignity, rest, satisfaction, beauty, Joy and peace. May Allah make it our permanent home. Barka da Sallah to you all.

Nsonaso: Is it "Suspended or Called Off" please be specific Be it suspended or called off, what matter most is that Polytechnics in the country are resuming on Tuesday.

Be it suspended or called off, what matter most is that Polytechnics in the country are resuming on tuesday.

what Wike can't resolve in 10 months, Shekarau did in 5 days.

Just got the info from premiumtimes.com
http://m.premiumtimesng.com/?p=164787

The lecturers had been on strike since October last year.
The Academic Staff union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has suspended its 10-month-old strike.
The strike, which started in October 2013, was suspended on Saturday morning at the National Executive Council, NEC, meeting of the union held in Abuja.
The National Publicity Secretary of ASUP, Clement Chirman, confirmed the suspension of the strike to PREMIUM TIMES.
He said all striking lecturers have been directed to resume work on Tuesday.
The ASUP NEC meeting was held two days after the leadership of the union held a ‘fruitful’ meeting with the new Education Minister, Ibrahim Shekarau, who was sworn in by President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday.
The ASUP NEC consists of all chapter (polytechnic) chairmen of the union and the national executive of the body.
Details later…

What Wike can't resolve in 10 months, Shekarau did in 5 days.

Let us have constant power supply, and it will stop. period

Alabsworld: Bloody liers.......We r in kaduna nd there is no gun shot in kaduna talk less of bomb explosion

which side of the town are you?

confirmed, just passed through the area on my way to office, army already cordoned off the area. May Allah save us from the evil men do.