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GreaterFuture1:
went to yaba the next day after the post, did not get it. searched all round, went to unilag bookstore too, i was eveen more disappointed. A Top federal university in Nigeria and (and west africa) has such a starving bookshop, i will not go into the embarrassment from the i got from the public toilet staff.
CSS bookshop don't have it, Glendora don't gat it. up Nigeria!

Can i ask which book you were looking for? Did you end up finding it?

Hello All,

I am developing a two storey block of 6 flats in Lagos, and need to get information on how much it will cost to get bill of materials done for this job. I want to be able to create a budget for the project using the accurate and up-to date information that will be contained in the BOQ Report. Any interested QS should please reply this thread with your contact details(i prefer email address) and i will email you directly.

Thanks.

Yay!!! First time on FP!

And yes, the original article labels them as "Canadians" but in my mind, I knew.. I just knew..

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Three Canadians arrested in $5-billion money-laundering scheme

Toronto Police helped the FBI uncover a $5-billion fraud and money-laundering conspiracy in a case they say highlights the need for co-operation to track crime proceeds that cross borders more easily than ever.

FBI officers and United States Postal Inspection Service investigators watched Thursday in Toronto police headquarters as Detective Sergeant Ian Nichol traced the evolution of the case, which led to charges against three Toronto-area residents and six south of the border.

“We saw significant linkage with what was going on on the U.S. side … notes were compared, and lo and behold, we were onto something bigger than what we had originally,” Sgt. Nichol said.

The three charged locally are alleged to have wired funds through accounts in several countries, including the proceeds of “romance scams.”

They came to police attention through a local case: a 63-year-old Canadian widow who was swindled of her life’s savings in 2014.

“I will say, just as a personal anecdote, that we went to visit her in the wintertime and found her … at her home, and the heat was barely on,” said Deputy Constable Mike Kelly from the financial crimes unit. “She was wearing a jacket and mittens inside, and a jacket and hat, in her house. She’s been economically ruined.”

The woman had begun what she believed was a romantic relationship with a man she met on a dating site; it turned out to be fabricated, Constable Kelly said. In the course of a few months, believing the man was facing emergencies, she handed over $609,000.

Two men will face extradition to the U.S. when the Canadian fraud and money-laundering charges against them have been resolved: 34-year-old Ikechukwu Amadi of Mississauga and 41-year-old Akohomen Ighedoise of Toronto. A woman, 31-year-old Pineo Molefe, was charged with money-laundering.

“We are concerned there may be more victims, not only in Canada but elsewhere,” Sgt. Nichol said. “Because these offences are … largely initiated over the Internet and followed up on over the Internet, borders are essentially meaningless.”

source: http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/crime/three-canadians-arrested-in-dollar5-billion-money-laundering-scheme/ar-BBmlbSH?li=AAadgLE&ocid=iehp
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When I first started reading this article.. I was just thinking I hope these are not Nigerians and then BAM! I saw the "canadaians' names

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[quote author=War Horse]The real reason Mr. Biggs fell this bad is little to do with bad customer service. Rather the business they are into was the cause. Many will say Mr. Biggs was into the business of fast-food. For me, capital NO. They were into the business of selling class satisfaction. Why did you ever go to Mr. Biggs to get whatever you eat? My guess? You wanted to please your girl or you wanted to give yourself a treat for a month end pay or your financial level demanded that Mr. Biggs was the place or you wanted to experience eating in a cozy cozy conditioning. Hardly, maybe a few times, did you go there because you wanted food that fast.[quote author=War Horse]I second the post above. But I also think its because they lost FOCUS.I remember when i was little mr bigs was where yo u would go for your birthday and you'll be happy that you went somewhere. Their products were mostly limited to jollof rice, pastries and such but no NIGERIAN dishes whatsoever. Then tantalizers came along and they started copying them by extending their product line to include traditional dishes as well. Now i think this is where everything started to fall apart.

I recently came back to Nigeria after 3 years abroad and i went to a mr biggs and decided to buy a traditional dish and it was awful. The food that i bought was cold and i asked why, and they said they didn't have anything to warm it(Not that there was no light!)

Bottom line is that I feel they stretched themselves too thin. Before they served strictly western foods and they did it right!. Then they changed that and now don't have the competency and resources to support their change in strategy. If Mr BIGGS had stuck to what they knew and focused more on the jollof rice and meatpies and such, today they would have carved a niche for themselves for selling their "original" type of foods despite the fierce competition. Think about it like this: I want really good meatpie or jollof rice and chicken I will go to mr biggs, and if i want really good moin moin I'll go to tantalizers or chicken republic.

-My take

For those of you hating on the interviewer, that is how battabox(the account that posted the video) does its interviews. they get video contributions from ordinary people who submit videos to them. So its not a formal interview like cnn (OBVIOUSLY ) hence the informal nature of the interview. I watch all of Battabox's videos and i personally like the style of all their interviews. its more personable i guess...

THis is the answer

1) Advertisement is only one of many ways to convince consumers to buy one's product. some of the products mentioned by OP simply use their brands as a way to achieve the same goal as an ad would.
2) Brand does not just come like that. THese companies must have advertised during the introduction stage of those products, and they are now reaping the benefits of their advertisement efforts: strong and recognizable brand name.

Note: some products like garri and pure water do not have ads because there is no need for differentiation. Garri is garri, pure water is pure water. Also consumers simply dont care!

O ti tan!

segunsd: https://naijapose.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/PAR166702.jpg

https://naijapose.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/PAR166672.jpg

http://naijapose.com/nigeria-1967-in-pictures/

OMG. that is my aunty!!.. She wil laff when she sees the pikture...

toluleke: INTRODUCTION TO MODELLING AND SIMULATION.

please what is the meaning of this post. i am supposed to be studying my book: conveniently titled Introduction to modelling and simulation when i decided to distract myself with nairaland. and then i saw this post- first queStion: what does this post have to do with the topic___second question: wtf? am supposed to be reading exactly that!

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Ah! Pimples lo fi n sere yen o !

;DThis man na wa ooo... Him suPpose be in that movie "the vow" with rachael and channing *smh*

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Ah!. that is my mother looking at the camera;next to the man with the tall cap!

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because everyday is haloween

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its been long since the break of dawn, eh seee rhymes!

, i can't believe i have to choose between nigeria-tunisia match and big brother africa on sunday, damn!

from wiki, "Wikus then attempts to purchase alien weaponry from a local Nigerian gang, led by paralyzed warlord Obesandjo (Eugene Khumbanyiwa). Obesandjo orders his men to seize Wikus, seeking to gain his ability to operate the alien weapons by eating his arm, but Wikus ultimately manages to escape with some of the alien weapons.",
hmmm *OBESANDJO*, NOW WHERE HAVE I HEARD THAT BEFORE

Definately CRICKET! , Don't understand that shitty game at all

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