₦airaland Forum

Ikengawo:
the problem didn't 'start' in 1914. there's no real problem that no country hasn't and isn't facing and it has been there.
400 years old being economically exploited and sold into slavery by europe is what preceeded 1914, so how did 'the problem' start then? Was nigeria a utopia before 1914?


and yes, i think the delta should keep its earnings. prior. outside of what taxes bring to the fed.

Ikengawo:
if you want to talk about 1914 then cool.

the bottom line is union and/or division doesn't make a difference in development.

the people stealing from igbo land are the igbo governors in their same state, same village, same family sometimes and the same is true for all tribes

all parts of nigeria have the exact same problems at the exact same extent with few exceptions here and there

and the new generation of nigerians dont really care about 1914.


so 1914 is a non issue in that we are nigeria and the next step is moving forward together and not apart.

if all 3 major tribes divided today we would have 3 poor countries with bad facilities and rampant corruption, only difference is they will be weaker and about 70% of nigeria whos livelihood depend on the ability to travel freely in nigeria for school, business, and living will be cut off and left in limbo.

Excellent Point!

Interesting Concept.

Sagamite:
Sometimes I study Nigerians and I don't see much difference from most to the rulers/people they are complaining about.

Absolutely true!!! Our education system failed a long time ago. Our ability to critically think through issues went with it. We've become a country of the blind.

can someone actually post how to integrate sms to an application. Who provides the most reliable sms gateway in Nigeria?

Avis Nigerial.  Used them over the Christmas Break.  You can google for their website.

This is a fairly normalized Database design.  You can build on it; also let me know if I can further help you.

Tables and Datapoints:

Company Table
CompanyID
CompanyName
PrimaryContactFirstName
PrimaryContactLastName
PrimaryContactTitle


Bid Table
BidID
ProjectID
BidDate
CompanyID
HouseTypeID
CategoryID
BidStateofInterest
BidStatus
BidEnteredBy
BidEntered

Project Table
ProjectID
ProjectCode
ProjectDescription


HouseType Table
HouseTypeID
HouseTypeCode
HouseTypeDesc

Category Table
CategoryID
CategoryCode
CategoryDesc


CompanyContact Table
CompanyContactID
AddressID
CompanyID
AddressType
Address
State
City
State
Email
Phone
Fax

@ekas
Thanks. Can you (anyone) give me an idea how much apartments are in Maitama or Asokoro?

@Abujabooks
Can give us an insight as to the cost of houses in these places you mentioned? Also, how do those places compare to Gwarinpa? Thanks for your input.

abujabooks:
Also, you don't have to buy in Asokoro, Maitama, where properties cost hundreds of millions. Go to places like Lugbe (5 minutes from the airport), Suncity, Jabi, and other places outside the city centre. Land and properties are cheap there. The roads are excellent and there is no traffic whatsoever. So, you can get to where you are going in no time.

There is no place like home.

Web based applications are typically sold as a service via subscriptions. In most instances, companies are charged an amount per user including setup fees etc.
How are web based software priced in Nigeria? Is it subscription based per user, or is it just sold outright with support fees.
I will like to chat with Software marketers or consultants or anyone with good knowledge on software sales in Nigeria to give me some insights so I can better price an application I want to offer to financial institutions in Nigeria.

Pls contact me via email (in profile). I can also forward links with username/password for individuals interested in sales relationship.

@brosious
I will like to speak with you about reseller opportunity on a web-based solution. Send me an email so I can send you details(Your email is hidden.). Also, let me know if you have any experience selling software solutions to corporate clients.

@poster
FYI, This is very unrelated to your offerings.

@sbucareer
Thanks. Hope he doesn't get overwhelmed. By the way, I have something I want to discuss with you based on one of your previous post. I will send you an email so as not to hijack this thread.

@davidt
This is really what you will be needing. Feel free to post any questions you may have.

You have little information but I will attempt to help:

Tables and Data Points will include:

Student Table:
StudentID
FirstName
LastName
MidName
DateAdmitted
CourseLevelAtAdmission

Course Table
CourseId
StudentID
CourseLevelID
CourseName
CourseDescription
Score1 (e.g. Exam1 score)
Score2 (e.g. MidTerm score)
Score3 (e.g. Final Exam score)
Cummulative Score
FinalGrade


GPA Table
UID
StudentID
CourseLevelID
GPA


CourseLevel Table
CourseLevelID
CourseLevelName
CourseLevelDescription

This can be an approach to your DB design. Let me know if you need further help.

Rlst84sale:
Samm

I don't want to imply that you are lying but it would be helpful if you can post the state or city name here in the US so we can go online and find out the facts.

Sure. The state of Texas charges 300.00 to Incorporate: https://direct.sos.state.tx.us/help/help-corp.asp?pg=fee

And an additional $25 for expedited service.

My point remains that the cost of Incorporating in Nigeria may be deemed fair. However, lawyers and accountants should offer better transparent services to their incorporating clients.

While information on incorporating a business is Nigeria is somewhat lacking and confusing, i will have to disagree with the point that the cost is too high.
For those making comparisons with the US, the cost of incorporating in the US varies by state. I know it costs atleast $300 for my state of incorporation if you do it yourself. An accountant or lawyer can charge anywhere from $150 to $400 to provide you this service.
In the case of Nigeria, we need lawyers and accountants to provide better straightforward information and education on business registration since it is a service they offer. They should offer better transparent services to their incorporating clients and then charge accordingly based on their service level.

Kpac , are your solutions Web-based or Desktop solutions?

I was searching for the stock last year but about a month and half ago my brokers jobber gets in touch that he has about 2million units for sale

Hmm, Abeg, what is a broker's jobber?

aktopgun:
don't have it sorry.

looks like wapco is coming dangerously close to its support level of around N60. lets see if it bounces off that. its now trading below its 10, 20,50,200 and 500day EMAs. other indicators pointing negative seriously too ie the rsi, macd and macd histogram.

if it bounces off its support it would be interesting. somethings gotta stop this free fall!

It may be because of this:


Cement: Yar’Adua intervenes, orders massive importation
President Umaru Yar’Adua, yesterday described the high cost of cement in the country as unacceptable and ordered the relevant authorities to take immediate action to not only force down the price, but also increase the quantity available for local use.
The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Chief Charles Ugwu made this known in Abuja when he addressed State House correspondents, saying the president was highly incensed by the development and had taken steps to reverse the trend.

As an immediate step, he said the president had directed massive importation of cement at affordable prices for a specified period of time as a way of making the commodity readily available and stabilizing the price.

http://sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2008/feb/26/national-26-02-2008-009.htm

Kobojunkie:
About your first post. you do express some points in there but I would also like you to examine the reality of the continent we call africa in all this.My first question to you as a Nigerian is to inform me of how many projects you know of which have been assigned the government of Nigeria in the past 10 years, and have been carried out successfully and well maintained for at least 5 years since all your years as a Nigerian.

My second is why do you not believe that if we provide an alternative, for those who are not satisfied with what is out there, we will be doing the wrong thing??

My Third is what about the private schools and the many schools that are not in Nigeria, do you not think they could benefit from us in some way

Should Operating Systems projects be shut down then cause Microsoft already had one in place I mean there seems to be new OS programs coming up across the world by the year, why do they continue if the logic should be since it already exists, no need doing it again and maybe even doing it better??

Simple! I don't get why a project has to be killed because something similar is in the works. Folks, concentrate on this project. There are so many things to gain and virtually nothing to loose. Worst case, you gained a great experience and and increased your network of like-minded friends.

Like the other posters indicated, your data has to be consistent for a join to work. However, inconsistencies are common when it comes to dealing with data.

The best solution is to handle each inconsistency programmatically. My suggestion:

Use a replace function in the join (replace all st. to street and all rd to road)


replace([addressfield],'rd','road')

and do the same for str.

Let me know if you need more help on this. Also, what kind of DB are you using?

Sick, Sick, Sick!!!!!!!!!!! My daddy this, My mummy this. I can't believe what I am reading here. People have no regards for others. All ye Saints.

@Romeo
That's the truth. Maybe they should just kill the "Maid". Poster is a sicko!

The great Novel "Passport of Mallam Illia" by Cyprian Ekwensi. I think if properly directed and portrayed by a cast of both Nigerian and International actors, it can be a cannes festival film winner.

Take a leave or vacation time, travel to the US and get ur necessary documents ie get a Drivers Licence (if u want), open a bank account, apply for a Social Security Number, and most importantly wait for your Green card to arrive.
The longest wait is the green card which takes about 6wks or so. Once you get that, you can go on back home. To keep your Immigrant status, you just have to visit every year (pls double check on the frequency and required lenght of stay). It isn't that difficult. Let me know if you have any questions.

Hello louieK,

I have an interest. Send me your proposal as well. My email is in my profile.

Thanks.

What exactly is a mini-flat as opposed to a flat? Also, how many years upfront do you have to pay and is this rate negotiable?

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Isn't it obvious by now that what we need are younger technocrats to move our country forward ?

During OBJ's first term, the bulk of the folks of his cabinet were the oldies - Danjuma, Ali Chiroma, & co.

During his second term, he appointed people like Okonjo-Iweala, Oby Ezekwesili, El-rufai & co.

We all know how much the younger technocrats have contributed to our country within the 2003 - 2007 period.

Rather than appointing the likes of Kingibe, Yar 'Adua should take a cue from the accomplishments of OBJ's second term appointees so we can move this
country forward.

This post says it all.  Do away with the past visonless leaders and inject some fresh blood with ideas and visions.  Could it be any simpler

very funny

from sunnewsonline.com

A young Nigerian, Husainin Solomon, has risen up to the challenge to satisfy quest of the mobile telecommunications operators’ quest for cheap oil in the country by producing bio fuel as a cheap and green alternative fuel to power base stations.
The pilot scheme is being funded by the GSM Association Development Fund, Ericsson, together with MTN Nigeria.
Olabode Sowumi, head of Corporate and Marketing Communications of Ericsson, West and East Africa, explained how the bio-diesel process works.
"The bio diesel is produced from crops that are rich in oil like groundnut, soya bean, palm oil and so on. A local entrepreneur can buy excess of the crops from farmers and convert the biomass into bio diesels, using special processing plant. The bio diesel is then sold to the telecommunications operator."
Behold! Sustaining Solomon has emerged as the first local entrepreneur to buy into the idea of bio fuel and invest his time and money in the business.

Convinced of the value propositions of the idea, Solomon approached Diamond Bank Plc, and the bank promptly invested a whopping N20 million in the idea, under its Bright Idea initiative.
Solomon, who spoke with Daily Sun in an exclusive interview, argued that the bio fuel idea can help solve the hydra-headed issues of power supply in the country.

Read the rest @:
http://sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/suntech/2007/may/30/suntech-30-05-2007-001.htm

sexychica:
this is going to frank and ayo,both of you're smart gentlemen that are well versed in d stock market,calling each other names is rather unproffesional (ayo take note!) other than that ,both of you're doing a splendid job educating Nairaland users,take care and God bless.

They are merely kidding with each other. Nothing serious!

I'm wondering what happened to shopforless.com.  Did they close up shop since their website seems to be shut down?