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This white creatures seems not wiseup any sooner that's how this lady was saying she loves her scammer

Atiku is the Man, PYIN Tells Nigerians, Commend Southeast Leaders

This politician couldn't sell that's why he is doings his at old age

Escaping Unemployment through Entrepreneurship just like the S-korean

Making 3% of unemployement

Then remove then now.

Great news.

Top 10 Questions for President Buhari before 2019 Presidential Election

Terrible.

With this kind of attitude, it is not surprising that OAU professors do poorly in this ranking.

After Atiku's legendary hug with Prof Nwabueze.

sarrki:
In 2015 Election The southeast And South South Never voted for Apc they cast there votes massively with high rigging for there preferred candidate Gej of pdp

Having said this the southwest were Osinbajo hailed from voted Pdp in some states even while there own is contesting


Immediately after the election Ipobs was given birth to just because they lost the election

All of a sudden they are now interested in unity of the country since there own son was picked by pdp


The question that I asked many is will the southwest trade there own ?

Almost impossible, you cannot remove ethnic considerations in the mix. No way the majority of Yoruba people will see a Yemi and then go and pick an Obi especially with the way some people in the Southeast go about their politics- a mixture of self-delusion, lack of accommodation of other people, hatred of others and lack of tolerance of opposing voices even in Igboland will almost certainly guarantee a poor return for the PDP in the Southwest.

Incredible


Safety Tips For Going-off an Unusual Path When Traveling

The guy's time to hammer has come.

Pathetic

Ha!

How You Can Get HIV/AIDS from Sex Dolls

Nice one.


See the List of Countries Your Nigerian Passport can get you into Visa-free

Barbarians all over the place.

Corruption in this my only country, i don't think i going to be evictable


Nonetheless How Nigerians Should Fight Corruption

Like they told me "beauty is in the eyes of the beholder"... she fine for those judges eyes


Speedy Makeup Hacks That Save You Time as a lady

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Bob riz is showing him ... i think he did marketing in school




Inspired Leadership – ‘Are You Ready?’ asks Stephen Chong

This one has a very high morale but If I Were Nnamdi Kanu, there are things needed to be put in place


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That moment you will go for church meeting only to know that it's just you and tht brother that came ...this is when you know those who are serious

Yes, your 'friends' are more likely to kill you than enemies.

This is funny like crazy.

Being a manager today invariably attracts a seemingly constant barrage of self-help newsletters, articles and videos on the attributes needed to be an inspirational leader said author, presenter and leadership development coach Stephen Chong.

Commenting further, Stephen Chong said many of the inspired leadership attributes include Pragmatic Planning; Personal Effectiveness; Customer Focus and Awesome Results just to name a few. “But the reality is managers don’t fly around the office with a red cape on their shoulders, matching boots and a large ‘S’ on their chest”.

“We are all collectively human beings with many significant attributes and any number of undisclosed or unrecognised shortcomings. Even the great cricketer Don Bradman didn’t average perfection over his illustrious career!”

What does this mean asks Stephen Chong? Quite simply it’s imperative for managers and aspiring leaders to have a very good grasp of their leadership assets along with a healthy sense-of-purpose.

It also means being clearly aware of those personal areas that need to be developed.

During the course of Stephen’s extensive career as a leadership development coach and mentor he has encountered many executives and managers who, upon attaining the much sought after position, believe that they’ve ‘made it’. That the learning journey is done and all they have to do is ‘execute’.

“Regrettably I’ve seen many falls from grace as a direct result of this attitude and hubris”, affirmed Stephen Chong. “As a leader, the learning journey never ends – it’s a continuum”.

“There are many ways to learn with the worst being ‘learning from mistakes’. Whilst admirable – it’s an unwelcome leadership attribute if they take others (and the business) with them on the downward journey”.

Learning from others is the better way, affirmed Stephen Chong. Somebody’s done it before! Walked the same path, made the mistakes (and that knowledge and experiences can be learnt from).

This makes sense, doesn’t it? After all, it’s better to learn from someone else’s mistakes rather than your own.

All leaders (irrespective of their fields of endeavour) should strive to be driven by the motto of ‘getting good people around you’. This has always served the best managers and leaders well. “After all,” continued Stephen, “leadership is not confined to the pinnacle of the organisation. It is found (and should be fostered) in the many managers and supervisors within various levels of the organisational context.”

“The purpose of my books, workshops and leadership training programs is to help managers bring the best out of themselves in order to do the same for the people they work with. To help them realize the great (unlimited) potential they have within them – whatever their current position.

“The great thing about being a coach is that you are able to watch as executives, managers (and teams) blossom beyond the limits of their initial expectations. All it requires is being open to knowing that there is a lot you don’t know”, concluded Stephen Chong.

Source: Inspired Leadership – ‘Are You Ready?’ asks Stephen Chong

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You might move to change cities if the current one you live in is too expensive.

4 Reasons Why Akwa Ibom State is the Next Big Thing

By Kurtis Adigba

By Kurtis Adigba

Yesterday, I teased:” Nigeria will never make progress unless we tame corruption and huge public expenditures- the two elephants, in the room”.

We know the negative impacts corruption has had on our quest for progress and development. We agree that we must tame corruption. What we tend to disagree about, is how corruption should be dealt with, and by whom. But for us to make any significant progress, the stealing and looting of public funds by a few privileged political elites and their collaborators in the Civil Service (described by Obafemi Awolowo, one of the nations’ greatest minds and leaders, as “Evil Servants”), must be significantly contained, or reduced to the barest. All perpetrators of corruption, must be brought to justice irrespective of status, power, authority, religion, and ethnicity. No one, should be treated as above or below the law – we are all under the law.

Corruption, ensures that we cannot build and rebuild our infrastructure. This is because funds allocated for doing so are never used for the purpose. They are stolen and stashed in private accounts in local and foreign banks. The result is that we have awarded contracts for the same sets of projects so many times without doing them. And when we do, we do some sub-standard jobs. And I’m not even talking about the extra high costs of doing these jobs which are usually 20 times above the real costs! Still, the jobs are not done, or done in sub-standard ways! We are simply soulless and graceless. Today, we have billionaires without trade or work. This is what corruption has done, and is doing to us!

The other problem, is the ballooning costs of running the government. We have the Executive, Legislature, and the Judiciary at the federal and state levels. The budget proposals for running the Executive and Legislative branches of the government, are huge and stifling. The presidency, is operated at too high a cost to the nation. We have too many aircrafts in our presidential fleet. We have too many Special and Senior Special Assistants, Personal Assistants, and so many aides doing nothing to bake the cake.

By the force of the provisions of the Constitution, the president must appoint at least a minister from each state of the federation. We have at least 36 ministers drawing salaries monthly. The ministers have Special Assistants and Personal Assistants. These aides, also have their own aides. The ministers and their retinue of aides, all have official vehicles fueled and maintained by the government. When they travel out Abuja, or the country, they are paid allowances. We have at least 36 Permanent Secretaries, countless Directors, Deputy and Assistant Directors, and a massively bloated Federal Civil Service.

The National Assembly, is another problem. The two chambers have 469 members. We have 109 senators and 360 Representatives. They have consistently allocated to themselves N125 billion annually. Senators earn about N14.25 million monthly in addition to constituency project allowance put at N200 million. The Representatives, earn as much as the Senators. They also have retinue of aides, and a bloated bureaucracy. The Judiciary, is the weeping arm of government at all levels.

We have 36 State Governors, 36 Deputy-governors, and at least 10 Commissioners in each state. This is outside of the Special and Personal Assistants appointed without any specific jobs, but just for political expediency. The Civil Service in states are bloated and over-staffed. Many of the states, depend on the monthly federal allocation to pay salaries. Their IGRs are next to nothing. Productivity is so poor, but the governors do not have the political will to do what is right- reduce the work force to a manageable size. No wonder, many of the states are owing workers’ salaries between 3-11 months!

The State Legislatures, are drain pipes on the resources of their states. We have 36 State Houses of Assembly. There is no State House of Assembly with less than 23 members. We have states with more members. Conservatively, that is 828 members drawing salaries and allowances from the government. They also have multiple aides. In most states where civil servants are being owed salaries, the salaries and allowances of these “Honourables” are being paid without delay. The governors surely know the people not to toil with!

We have 774 Local Government Councils. 774 Chairmen, 774 vice-chairmen, numerous elected councilors, supervisory councilors, treasurers, heads of departments, and a bloated civil service in all the LGCs. All but a few of these LGCs are just salary payment centers. They do not generate any revenue, or engage in profitable ventures. They are just collect and pay entities. Many of the LGCs were created by the military for the benefits of some powerful people. They are funded by the FG through allocation paid into the States and Local Governments Joint Accounts. In almost all the states, the governors are criminally diverting the funds of the LGCs for their selfish interests.

The combined effects of the above is that more 60% of the country’s resources/funds are either stolen through corruption, or used to pay salaries and allowances of an over-bloated public sector that is not contributing so much to the development and growth of the economy. No country spending or losing more than 60% of her resources to corruption and recurrent expenditures, can ever develop, grow, and make real progress. We must do the needed: fight corruption, cut the waste in use of public resources, and deploy more resources to capital and human development. The Nigerian economy is so poor for the system of government we operate. Nigeria, with her huge population, is a poor country. We must stop deceiving ourselves that we are rich.

God bless Nigeria.

The Impact of Corruption and Huge Public Expenditure on Nigeria’s Quest for Progress

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Peter Obi in trouble with El Rufai.