₦airaland Forum

Obiagelli:
And this is something to celebrate?

Macelliot:
Quite true! I noticed it.
Where are you in Onitsha?

shikaan:
Am in Zaria right now.. am wizzing outta hear asap.. i no wan die.

skuky:
Am tired of life,I will b 23 on 29 of this month
am the first born and only male out of 4 children my family is very ok I mean Rich..I know my problem is spritual,..I mastubate and its affecting my health,I am always broke even if I save,I will surly get my self in debt..I do thing without planning n regret it at the end of the day,worst of it all is that my educational career has crumbled...I mean am in my final ryt now and am planing to ryt jamb again...well am under probation so even if I want to continue i will use nothing less than 2 yrs ... have being going to so many place to pray they kip on telling me its family problem.. .and I went to alfas out of 3,2 of them told me I shld travel out that evry thing will b over,I told my parent about it(2013)but they disagree that alfas r all fake,well I enroll my self to open university and am still experiencing the same problem but still beter than my first degree...I procastinate,I forget things easily..I went to IB last year and I was stop by an unknow prophet staying in my street,he also told my I shld travel...if its to go to sch there or work or both that I will suceed...wen I final got hm to my family at ondo state I went to c my mom's frend who hapen's to b a pastor,she told me I shld ignore it that if am tired of going back sch I shld just try and finish with NOUN ...to even put this matter again in front of my fimily is problem cos I know my mom will 50 percent down emotionally ,and my dad will 70 stop his support on me..well today I gave my life to jesus christ...am going back to IB I want to register for jamb and go for any 2 to 3 years course...I will looking for job,continue with NOUN. But pls my question is am I doing the ryt thing. And secondly wat shld I do about pple telling I shld travel out is a mere coincidence.....note my parent will not sponsore to anywhere out of this country...pls for God I need an advise

chenor:
Okay, to be frank, I love watching football. I am a gunner for life. Anytime a female friend says "hey, let us go and have fun and there is a match coming up and I tell her no. I want to watch the match. She then thinks I am insane. She says football is a thing for the guys and not for us. I really love the game especially when watching it with a friend in support of the rivals and you guys get to mock each other team. So fellow n'landers. is there anything wrong with a female watching football?. help out cuz some of my friends think I am not okay

dre11:
What would you guys call this



A mistake
Or
Deliberate attempt

http://lindaikeji..com/2015/01/wait-did-guardian-newspaper-mean-to.html?m=1

MoneyGreen:
Good morning friends,

My younger brother who joined the Nigeria Army last year is having a major problem with the job. 8 months ago he was forced to go on AWOL because he was sick on duty and was denied right to go for treatment even after several complaints laid. He had to leave secretly without permission and went to our sister's place in Kano for treatment and support.. It also happened our mom was in Kano at that time cos we were born and brought up and living in Lagos. He never wanted to go back until my mom forced him and made our uncle to take him back to the barracks. After several talks he was locked in the guard room for a week and later freed to continue his duty.

Since that incident, his salary has been froze that he only receive alerts of payments but cannot withdraw from the account. He laid a complaint to his oga at the top but up till now nothing has been done. The oga even threatened him not to ever call his phone again that he has done his job.

He is at my place now on AWOL and I don't what to do, pls guys I need ur help. Nairaland!

Cc: Obinoscopy
Mind44
Ishiilove
Obiagelli
Caseless

montydimkpa:
XtraTime Offer Rakes In 321.2bn Naira for MTN Annually, Increases Recharge Card Purchases by 6%, Congests Network

A series of recent high-powered simulations carried out by Lagos-based think-tank MDS Research, has revealed that the MTN XtraTime offer, which allows customers to borrow airtime in order to make calls, boosts actual recharge card purchases by up to 6%, leading to a 16 Naira per-diem increase in average recharge value, which amounts to 321.2bn Naira in additional revenue annually for the telecom group, when spread over its 55 million customers.

MTN customers deserve to know just how much they are actually paying for the convenience of borrowing from the network, which is why the following report was prepared by Lagos-based MDS Research:

The Simulations

The simulations were carried out in a Network-Neutral Simulation Engine which simulated 1,000 cycles of 10 consecutive days each for an automated customer making between 1 minute and 30 minutes of calls per instance with the ability to purchase recharge cards of value 100 Naira, 200 Naira, 300 Naira and so on up to 2000 Naira from the Network, while paying tariffs of between 18 Naira and 30 Naira per minute depending on 2 network segments and 3 time periods. The automated customer was simulated initially without the option to borrow and could only make a call when available airtime met or exceeded the required tariff for the call - but had the option to recharge a denomination that would allow him/her complete the call if cash was handy (availability of cash was random). To further improve the accuracy of results, calls were given random priorities of 0 (casual) and 1 (important) as a customer will naturally choose to purchase airtime if the call is important.

In the first scenario (without the option to borrow), the automated customer made 1 call every 53 minutes, spending an average of 255 Naira Daily on recharge cards and an average duration of 3 minutes and 55 seconds spent on calls.
For this scenario, the average airtime balance for the automated customer was 43 Naira.

The second scenario introduced the option to borrow, which on the MTN network is subject to the following conditions: 1. Recharge balance of more than 500 Naira per month 2. a 10% service charge, i.e. customer will pay 20 Naira more (total 220 Naira) on next recharge if 200 Naira was borrowed, and 3. the proviso that the customer has settled outstanding debts.

These same conditions were programmed into the simulation to create the possibility of borrowing. The simulation then ran for another 1,000 cycles of 10 consecutive days each for an automated customer making between 1 minute and 30 minutes of calls per instance with the ability to purchase recharge cards of value 100 Naira, 200 Naira, 300 Naira and so on up to 2000 Naira from the Network, while paying tariffs of between 18 Naira and 30 Naira per minute depending on 2 network segments and 3 time periods, as well as the ability to borrow as much airtime from the Network as was needed to make the next call.

The results:

1. Higher Network Load - the automated customer is now able to make 1 call every 45 minutes as opposed to 1 call every 53 minutes in the initial scenario (there is increased possibility of network congestion with the XtraTime offer)

2. Longer Call Times - the automated customer can now make an average of 4 minutes and 36 seconds of calls compared to only 3 minutes and 55 seconds in the initial scenario (this can cause quality of service issues on the network)

3. More Residual Airtime - the average airtime balance for the automated customer is now 73 Naira, 30 Naira more than the initial scenario without the ability to borrow. This means the customer is spending more money on airtime with the XtraTime offer than is actually needed by the customer.

4. Higher Per Diem Recharge - the automated customer now spends an average of 271 Naira per day on recharge cards, a 16 Naira per-diem increase from the former value of 255 Naira daily.

Conclusion:

We know that the multinationals exist to make profit, but at what cost? Is it justifiable to launch a product (MTN XtraTime) that sells the seeming convenience of being able to 'make calls anytime even when you're broke' to customers while secretly milking over 320bn Naira annually from the same customers? Are Nigerians cash cows for MTN? Is the MTN XtraTime scheme a rip-off?

Well, We've done our part. Let the court of public opinion now decide the true merits of the MTN XtraTime offer.

Article by:

Chidiebere Dimkpa

MDS Research
Lagos

Email: cmdimkpa@gmail.com
Phone: 08129835251

starlingleanets:
Hmm hmm *CLEARS THROAT#...ok, this thread is created to make the church aware of the hypocrisy going on nd growing in the church which to me is funny. They are:

1. SHOUTING: Haha the pastor go say "Let ur voice be louder than your neigbour" Whereas Him dey use mic but the poor congregation go dey shout their left kidney off their throat.

2.JUMPING UP: Dis one nawa oo.Upon the shouting the pastor go com top am with this "You will jump up 3 times" nd guess wot? Pastor no dey jump

3. REPETITION OF THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS:
When i was still in ignorance, na one time wey i go one vigil na so d prophet talk u go call the name of Jesus 150 times,na so we start omo my throat dry like shit when we start d prayer self i don tire.But guess wot? Prophet no dey join the crew o.

4. JERKING OF LEG: Common among them who say them be prayer warrior.

5. REPETITION OF AMEN: After all the shouting,jumping and jerking them go come top am with Amen,Amen,Amen. I never see that in the Scripture,na one Amen at the end of d prayer i see.

If u notice any hypocrisy be free to post it here. The Church must learn and grow.

Mogambo1:
my guy,re u working in Anambra? I never c alert.

patrickdarlins:
for me...i will just stand up and go to the nearest available seat...with style..Lols...

i was in a wedding ceremony last week-end..when a guy was asked to leave the seat he was occupying for other dignitaries...the guy just flair up...."conversation"..

USHER:...please sir..can you take the next seat..

GUY MAN:..wetin happen??

USHER:...these seats are for guest..

GUY MAN:...wetin i be??ghost??abi u nor well ni??..i nor be human being??because say i no wear suit now..i nor be guest for ur eyes abi??i belike who con wash plate for here??....abeg free me jor..

USHER:....please kindly leave sir..or we would be forced to force you out...
(all eyes were now on that location were there is commotion..that whole area was getting tensed up)

GUY MAN:...dey smart oo...na ordinary usher u be here..u just de show urself...(and he was already standing up from the seat)see him bend waist...be like bonga fish..bla bla bla bla.......

after creating scenes..he still stood up and went out straight because he couldn't bear the embarrassment... and all eyes were on him as he walked out in anger and in shame...i just felt sorry for the guy...

then i was like...he should have just stood up quietly and grab the next seat peacefully ...instead of those drama...

if it were to be you...what would have be your reaction and your responds.....getting up quietly or doing worse of what guy man did....

and when being asked to leave a seat...in church..wedding...or any sort of an event...HOW DID YOU FEEL...??

SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE...
.....SNOW......

deb:
Must rretards always write "First to comment"? If I investigate you very well, you must have voted Jonathan a clueless 'retarding' leader.

The OP needs to do something about these kids its getting annoying and some of us have kept quiet about it for too long.

Abduletudaye:
Morning guys. Right now am in Lekki and awaiting to be interview by the CEO of this coy. While waiting for several minutes to be intervied, I actually took time to study the applicants around me hence this topic. I hope this correlates but here are my findings..

1. The Two Jollie Friends: Alright, here's a typical example of me and my friend. We went together for this interview and since we knew each other outside this room, we kept on gisting about how the job is gonna be, how ugly this girl was and so on.

2. The Mute One: Am sure most people would agree with me when I say that there must be this one person who refuses to utter a single word while waiting to be called for an interview. He/She keeps quiet unless, they are called upon or asked a question.

3. The Noise Makers: These ones are found always. They will make noise no matter the situation. Talking about stuff that's important and the ones which are not important. Funny enough, the noise makers actually end up being the cute ladies and guys. Don't really know why. But presently, that is what I have noticed.

4. The Over Sabi: Yes! This ones eh.. Ok sha. This type of applicants will just be asking questions like soyinka. The very minute they flop, they will just wanna enter the ground. I have seen typical examples this morning. After a staff gave us(applicants) a salient briefing, someone still rose his/her hand to ask a question which already had an answer in the staffs briefing.

5. The Enigma: Hehehehe... Am not being bias ooo but this particular one here refers to me. You see, I prefer doing 20% of everything . When its time to talk, I talk. When its time to STFU, I do exactly that and when its time to flirt , I do that aswelll.

So this are the 5 types of applicants you find in a waiting room to be interviewed..

Wish me luck oo..

Have a nice day..