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vooks:
Your 2 cents betray your loyalty
How so? While you are prepared to swallow Oyaks' 'viral' message, you are rationalizing Anita's
Just like Joagbaje and Gombs who pretend to be neutral while exhibiting allergy to anything painting Oyaks in negative light.

Let's start with your points;
1. Anita EQUALLY wanted to save her marriage and was opposed to extended separation from her husband in the name of ministry. She was least interested in the legal Union but more in actual intimacy

2. Whatever issues they had, we can infer Oyaks did not go blurting it out to his pastas while at the same time wanting the nobody to take sides! This contradicts your #1. That 'viral' message painted Anita as a hoe and Oyaks as a saint

3. When a man has to remind others that he is the head, you know his marriage is gone to poodles and shitzu

4. That's a stretch of imagination or simply seeing whatever you want to see

5. May I also assume that mentioning this after all these years may point to Oyaks sudden shift in his headship in the marriage?

6. She did accuse him of INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIPS with women. Can't think of a better euphemism for adultery. And I have read that the initial filing included the very word adultery but her kindness prevailed and she softened it

7. It is possible she was asking him to fire his mistresses. Makes lots of sense. Why not men ( he could have been gay but I digress)

8. Abuse could equally have been physical or psychological including insults. Why do you doubt them? Bias. I don't know if their kids side with nobody, and I'd not read too much into that. Could be she refused to malign her husband to them! She is a wise woman

9. If the family want to keep it private, the 'viral' message would not have been there. Nor the pompous and m0ronic statement that 'a man of God never goes against God by sinning'. Nor the tripe Gombs is spinning here. Oyaks in a desperate attempt to protect his 'perfect' image has already tarnished Anita's name. Why should she keep it under? She owes her fans and the world her side of the story

My 50 Cents

I don't want to join issues with you. You are as guilty as the people you accuse because you are already biased to disbelieve Chris. If Chris said "my wife disrespected me" he would have given us something to rationalize. Maybe she slapped him, maybe she talked back at him, maybe she flouted his instructions, maybe she insulted him verbally. However you choose to treat it, 3 fingers are pointing back at you.

1. Anita asked for the divorce. Use your tongue to count your teeth. You can't be saving your marriage and asking for a divorce. In that YouTube message that you probably haven't listened to, he told his pastors that he was as shocked as they were to hear about the divorce. He even related it to the same way the Chris Okotie saga began.

1b. That aspect about extended separation is just piffle for lack of a better word. None of the factions raised it up at any point in time. Just bloggers.

2. Listen to that message on YouTube and tell me how she was painted as anything you are alluding to. Please bear in mind that whoever recorded that message did it against Pastor Chris' knowledge or consent. Even the sound quality betrayed it. The caption of the message showed that they were anti-Pastor Chris. I listened to the close to 2hr message. Not a single thing was said in a way to demean her. In fact, I understand that his daughters where in that meeting.

3. Nobody suggested he was reminding her that he was the head. She knew it. I am saying (based on the OP) she felt she was above every other person in church and may be he disagreed with that. I alluded to this because he mentioned that she was a regular member in another pastor's church before Chris met her. So in other words, to him, she is still spiritually junior to the said pastor. All conjectures but that is what I could infer.

4. OK

5. The message in question was a 2007 message or so. I mean the one about marriage (I will check again to be sure). If anything >>7 years ago is "RECENT" to you, then time travelling should be your profession.

6. Media spin. Chris said those were not the allegations. The divorce documents from Anita agree with him. But your own imagination should be commended. J.K Rowling stuff if you ask me.

7. It is your call. You perfectly rationalized it here too.

8. Yes. Convenient. She refused to, and his 22 year old as well as 20 year old don't know enough to tell if their dad psychologically abused their mum because she hid it from them but divorced him publically.

9. The "viral" message was not released by him. Someone (a Pastor, perhaps the excommunicated Pastor Okogie) skillfully recorded it with a device whilst attending the meeting.

I have nothing more to say.

I did a little research concerning the issues between Pastor Chris and his wife when I stumbled unto that viral message he had with his pastors in UK. So when I saw this message on Nairaland my interest was further piqued. I don't know which faction is saying the absolute truth but from the viral message I came up with the following:

1. Chris wanted to save his marriage. He refused to let anyone take sides and he insisted he and his wife were one.

2. Whatever issues they had, (even though he didn't state it) we can infer that it had to do with a power tussle and perhaps his views on submission in marriage.

3. I say power tussle because he referred to the fact that before marriage, Pastor Anita was a member of Rev Tom's church. Which to me was his subtle way of saying she was under someone's authority and will not become spiritually superior to him just because of marriage.

4. I also said submission in marriage, because he alluded to a message on marriage he made that perhaps rubbed Anita the wrong way. Some way in the message he said "I am not a fool. I cannot preach a message that will be detrimental to my children. I have 2 girls"

5. I am assuming his position on marriage according to that message made women totally answerable to their husbands. There is a reason to believe this because her divorce document had a statement that related to her not agreeing with his position on marriage and claiming it was too extreme.

6. She didn't accuse him of Adultery.

7. It is very possible that she asked for some female pastors to be sacked. Perhaps this is also why he said he answered to God and would not disobey God to please anybody. He hinted at that in his "I am a MOG not a preacher" message and asked the church to pray for her.

8. Whatever abuse she felt, maybe it was because some ministry decisions were taken without her or that he refused to listen to her advice that he should let the said female pastors go. I doubt he was physically abusing her or using caustic words on her. Female kids usually take their mum's side in such a situation and I don't get the impression that his children are at loggerheads with him.

9. Whatever it is, since the family want to keep it private, then people should leave them be.

My 2 cents.

Special appreciation to all those who gave endless mentions. I took time off to get NL out of my system because I was getting too attached. A Very much needed 'Cybertical' if I must add.

I want to give particular mentions to the following people that I met either directly or by proxy: Tolutweety, Davide470, Bisiboom , and Tochiddy amongst a plethora of others.

NL afforded me the opportunity to meet these following extremely intelligent people in their own ways with their own predilections and proclivities. As a result of this, I was able to draw as much wisdom and understanding as I could from them and Boy! Has it benefitted me so much.

This year had in it an uncanny mixture of Jollity and disappointments with the former dominating. For this reason, I count it all Joy even as I am grateful to the real chairman: the one above us all (and following the theme of Jude Abaga's song- word to Tolutweety) for all he has done and continues to do. And as for those who wonder if I am still in the NLNG journey, I'm glad to say I have already arrived.

There are a few other names I am yet to mention because of time and partly because I do not want them to see the unnecessary mentions but let me use this little time to appreciate my good friend Okzcorp. You have influenced my life in more ways than you can imagine and I can only bless God for you, Your sense of humor, your kindness and more so your humility. This our friendship is for keeps #NoHomo.

As for the fellow NLders, Pressure is good. When you have made up your mind to be the 'force' in any 'area', you will feel the pressure. At the end of the day, we would look back and reflect on these days and wonder why we ever worried to begin with.

#PeaceLoveAndAllOfGod

NB: forgive the long writ. E don tey since I post. Back to my Cybertical. Cheers.

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PrinceofParis: Also while reducing cost and maximizing profit, you will have to do some Quality control to beat competition (more cost) and to give room for expansion if that's another primary objective of the sponsoring company. Sometimes your sponsor may have profit as a long term goal but expansion, quality and establishment as short term goals. Using a new secondary school in Festac as an example, the owner of the school will take big profit to be a long term goal and though he will try to minimize cost, he will not do that at the detriment of his investment.

Exactly.

Mastersplinter: I hope u are not implying that working class is restricted to the 9 -5 guys. Even the creme dela creme can also be considered working class includding politicians. Most of the big wigs also have companies on the side which are mostly run by their children. Working class also includes contractors etc and not only those who suit up. Stiff competiton which we are bound to encounter in lagos is something that cripples businesses even the big ones. Ask Dangote why he lobbied for a govt backed monopoly in most of his businesses. As a new name in the gaame, we are less likely to make a mark in the saturated market of lagos faster than in Abuja and this will affect our break even Time. I still maintain that the disposable income of Abuja is higher than most places even for the people who do menial jobs. For instance compare the cost of washing a car in Abuja to that of lagos. That carwasher in Abuja would definately Have more money to spend on eating than his colleague in lagos. My point is that the cost of labour especially for menial jobs which are more dominant than whitecollar jobs is generally higher in Abuja than lagos thus leaving the workers with more to spend in Abuja.
Also I am forgetting the cost of raw materials too. Readymade food is more expensive in abuja but the actuall foodstuffs is cheaper and of bettter quality partly due to its proximity to Benue State which is the food basket of the nation and known for foodstuffs of superior quality. Thus cheaper raw materials is another factor favouring Abuja as well

Great points and very convincing. But I have a few reservations to some of them and I will give reasons.

1. Aversion to competition kills businesses more than anything. Monopoly is a major deterrent to improvements and sustainable development. There are different Airlines in Nigeria yet more and more corporations are trying to get licences to come and compete.

2. If the cost of raw materials is cheaper in Abuja due to its proximity to Benue then why is the cost of feeding still high in Abuja? This shows why the relative cost of maintaining the restaurant will be higher than it is in Lagos and thereby creates a schism between the so-called working class and the menial jobbers that you posit will still be open to patronising the restaurant.

3. The Bourgeois ala politicians and their companies still represent a small fraction of the whole populace in Abuja and the fact that Dangote will be willing to splurge a million naira at a go in the restaurant doesn't make it more profitable than a restaurant in Lagos where a thousand Okoros, Ibrahims and Oluwodes will spend a 100 naira each. A lot of a little might be more profitable than a little of a lot.

Mastersplinter: I'd agree more if it was stated in the question that money is a constraint or limiting factor but no constraint exists in the question.

Thinking outside the box usually helps in this situation. The essence of reducing costs and maximizing profits would strengthen your convictions especially when the panel starts critiquing your presentation.

drKally: well you are right if its LNG we are discussing about, but in that question we are not told that its NLNG that wants to set up the restaurant, Infact, it was silent about the promoter, its only logical to respond to it like a new entrant into the market without any goodwill. Perhaps the restaurant is being set up by NLNG, it would be the first time they would be venturing to this area of business. The key to expansion in business, is to start where there is a possibility of dominating the market, then expanding to other competitive environments, when we have a strong capital base. Nice one bro.

Nice one too but the 'LNG talk' was an analogy depicting how competition helps new markets. Etisalat didn't go to Sudan to establish their product in Africa. They came to a very competitive market in Nigeria.

drKally: You have all made valid points. Since i'm an accountant, i'd be concerned with two things. Maximising profit and minimising cost. My first choice would be Uniben, because of the following reasons.
1. Cost of business place: the cost of Renting a business place in uniben is relatively cheap compared to unilag and uniport.
2. Cost of Foodstuff: It is cheaper to procure foodstuff for the operation of a restaurant in uniben compared to the other schools.
3. Customer Base: Lagos is a metropolitan city with lots of restaurants already competing for customers,a new entrant into this market would have so many challenges with winning some customers over, they might have to do aggressive promotions,all these would have a negative effect on profit.
4. Staff renumeration: Workers in unilag and uniport are more likely to ask for bigger renumerations and better conditions of service than in uniben. Every business man loves cheap Labour.
It would be easy for a business to thrive in uniben with minimal cost,Hence bigger profits for expansion.
My second choice would be Portharcourt. I'd pick Ph for all the reasons i listed above and more.its really difficult typing with my phone,i'd do justice to that when i get to the office.
N/B pardon my grammar and punctuations,i'm a man of very few words.

I agree with point 1. Point 2 is debatable. Point 3 is part of the reason it should succeed in Lagos. There are emerging markets and competition for delivering LNG around the world. Is NLNG handicapped by that fact or is there better motivation to compete and conquer new territories? Point 4 too is flawed. Labour is cheap when it is high in supply and lower in demand which it is in Lagos. On the contrary with Benin where the Demand will outweigh the supply thereby increasing the cost of Labour.

At the end it appears Benin might not be an expedient location as projected.

PrinceofParis: My Uniben production Engineer, smart guy, but here you will be limiting your restaurant to only one zone and probably one set of customers when you can have more. Remember that customers are your best form of advert. I believe having your restaurants in two different states with considerable profitability will give room for expansion. This is why banks don't just remain in one state. They rather have ten branches spread over ten states than 2 major states.

But banks start in one state and with eventual success they branch out. It is always better to manage and grow your franchise within a region before expanding.

You do have very good points though. I am just nitpicking.

PrinceofParis: Good points bro, but don't you think competition against restaurants that are already a tradition in Lagos will give you a good run for your money? As compared to places like UNIBEN, UNIPORT and ABUJA?...if I am to choose I will definitely go with UNIPORT and ABUJA....taking growth, long term sustainable development and Profitability amongst every other reasons some of which you have mentioned above.

Also in PHC things like raw material are relatively more expensive than when compared with Lagos. That extra cost will eventually find itself in the cost of the food which will be a turn off for more students thereby being somewhat counter productive.

PrinceofParis: Good points bro, but don't you think competition against restaurants that are already a tradition in Lagos will give you a good run for your money? As compared to places like UNIBEN, UNIPORT and ABUJA?...if I am to choose I will definitely go with UNIPORT and ABUJA....taking growth, long term sustainable development and Profitability amongst every other reasons some of which you have mentioned above.

Very sensible and well thought out. The competition was supposed to help improve my own services. There was a Shoprite franchise in Ibadan and I understand it had to be closed down even if it was the only high-tech grocery store in the state yet regardless of the many mini marts and markets in Lagos Shoprite continues to thrive and your guess is as good as mine in knowing why that is so: 1) the target market is being met as it enjoys patronage from the working class and 2) competition has helped them improve their services.

Mastersplinter: I'd favour ur disposition about locating the student restaurant in unilag but however I have something diff In Mind for the working class restaurant. I'd go for locating that one in Abuja because profitability is the overall aim of business and we all know that the disposable income in Abuja is higher than other states. What this means is than an average worker in Abuja has more to spend or is more comfortable with spending than an average worker in lagos which explains why they can cope in such expensive city. My point is the restaurant would be more profitable if located in Abuja. Also there exists the advantage of relative monopoly. I say relative because Lagos is a commercial hub and there are bound to be more restaurants per square mile than Abuja where such things are not everywhere as compared to lagos. I know this to be true as I Have lived in both cities. Forgive me if I fall short in creative writing when compared to the Likes Of savant, dplacement and the Rest. Na afternoon school I go.

You have a point but the question asked for how to pull the working class to become your major market. I agree that the creme de la creme probably are more resident in Abuja but they are not necessarily 'working class' and are less in percentage than say Lagos. Look at it this way, if 3 million people live in Abuja only about 700 might be considered bourgeois and say 3000 might be considered working class. The rest will be largely artisans and low income earners that work menial jobs for the 700 and are less likely to patronise the restaurant baring in mind that like Lagos there are also other restaurants (albeit not as much as Lagos). Meanwhile Lagos evidently has more working class people than any other state mentioned.

@okzcorp, thanks for the mention. I feel valued.

The answers to these type of questions are subjective: one just has to select any option and then generate reasons for the choice made fully cognizant of the pros and cons for making such decisions. I believe the aim is to check ones leadership acumen, persuasion skills, analytical ability and initiative.

My choices are therefore University of Lagos and Lagos Island respectively. I will give concise explanations for arriving at my decision.

In establishing a Restaurant for the youth particularly those in the Tertiary institution I considered the following factors.

1. Population base

I could be wrong but I believe UNILAG has more students and facilities than any of the other universities mentioned. This invariably means that the school would be a better and perhaps more viable market for my restaurant. Also considering they have alot of programmes being done in the school like Diploma, all levels of PGD programmes with perhaps the greatest range of courses available and a lot of their facilities being used on lease by different companies and individuals across all walks of life then it is logical to assume that there would always be a large customer base at any point P and time T.

2. Accessibility

UNILAG is in Yaba. Yaba can be considered as a bit central in terms of its characterization as rural or urban. It is not too far from the mainland and also a mere '3rd mainland bridge' away from the Island. Except on very special days it is uncommon to find gridlock traffic on one's way to the school which gives credence to its accessibility.

3. Employment Base

This is an offspring of point 1. In this case I am considering the fact that it will be reasonably easy to find employees for the restaurant considering that a large population such as Lagos' will consequently have a significantly higher number of unemployed individuals willing and able to work for the restaurant.

4. Visibility

Considering how Well-known and visible UNILAG is I have no doubts that we would enjoy a lot of patronage from Akokites as well as Lagosians in general.

5. Security

The spates of bombings by BH and even cultist wars and killings are not rife within the school and its environs. People should have least reservations concerning visiting as they would to a place like UNIBEN OR UNIPORT where such wars seem to be the order of the day.

6. Facility/nearness to raw materials

There would be a handful of buildings to pick from should one decide to lease it and considering how cosmopolitan Lagos is, it would be equally easy to acquire the necessary furniture that the restaurant will require, the electricals and even the food stuff and ingredients needed for cooking. Everything you need is in Lagos.

My reasons for selecting Lagos Island for building the second restaurant is somewhat similar to my points above and may only differ in that Lagos Island for the most part houses the bourgeois of the city: those more akin to patronise the restaurant. Also, most of the better paying jobs are situated on the Island and as such is a viable catchment area for the working class. Power supply is reasonably better than that in PHC and even if ABUJA might enjoy better power supply than Lagos it pales in the area of the workingclass population (which should be cogent in selecting a location). Also, there are more filling stations in lagos than Abuja and one can easily gain access to these stations to replenish stock of the required Fuel needed to augment the said 'power supply'. Lagos is definitely more secure than Abuja.

I am sure there are more reasons but I am typing from my phone and I am also currently out of ideas. You should give me your own opinion and if/when possible constructively criticize mine too.

Cheers mate.

Comrades,

I think we are jumping the gun by conflating Federal character principle with the quota system. I don't think NLNG uses a quota system but I am 'Body-Spray' sure that they entertain the FC principle in their recruitment.

The evident disparity between the two notions is that FC only means that by the end of the recruitment, every state will be represented by a candidate (and this is not tied to any positions whatsoever). So whether a candidate from Borno makes it to the final list of Engineers for example, nobody knows. What is certain is that someone from each state will be employed and if the final list will have 135-150 names as was asserted by a fellow poster before the loss of posts, then the onus is on NLNG and NLNG alone to decide the allotments or quota system as many have said and if you ask me I doubt that the quota system is linked to states except maybe when it pertains to indigenes of Bonny. What I think is that it is probably linked to departments. So Engineers might be 35, Accountants 20, Lawyers 3 and so on.

On another note, and since we are speculating on when the success mails will be sent I am guessing August 16th or latest 20th. I am borrowing the logic of those that suggested so going by what obtained with the Experienced position candidates who received theirs 2 months after they wrote it. The logic could be flawed by the fact that fewer people wrote for the Experienced position as against the over 5000 folks that participated in the Graduate trainee one- in other words it could even take a longer time but I pray against it.

Your resident 'long post' poster.

Cheers

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Well for what it's worth I saw Chemical and Petroleum Engineers, Geologists, Economists and a Physicist. I said a "Physicist" because I knew her. They could have been more. And this is coming from me that one can easily mistake for reticent.

I don't know what their criteria was for shortlisting folks but from what I saw today I doubt that there would be another batch.

Just thought to help put things into perspective.

DPlacement: Dplacement was not recruited in 2007

Wanted to elicit a post from you as I had long seen one. Corrections taken though.

@ majekdom2. Great write-up too and I learnt alot from it. Thanks.

BTW, as per NNPC. I can bet my hand that the entry-level pay isn't up to 250k. But you are right about the benefits that SLB and Halliburton are not exposed to.

Cheers.

davide470: •They bumped it because they sacked a lot of people, sold a lot of assets abi liabilities, and have not really discovered new fields as at now. So too much money = Let's share the loot.
•The majority stake in NLNG belongs to NNPC. Shell are the one managing it because of their controlled interest (private sector ish). If NPDC was able to produce the required Gas needed for Train 1 - 6, Gofernment would have taken over tay tay..
•C'mon.. What are you saying? The guy is clearly in an IOC, which on a normal day SHOULD not be compared to NLNG. Can you be richer than the hands that feeds you?? Total wanted to create an LNG subsidiary, but was frustrated out of the idea by "You Know Who" (was among the founding team )
•if you have ever been to bonny, you will understand that statement.
All the same, its not eferibody that will get the Job.. Errm, Yes, Finally, Am now a mod so am watching all of you!!!! Hehe

Congratulations on becoming a Moderator. It is a commendable feat.

I saw some things in your post that I sought to redress. SHELL didn't sell the assets because they were 'liabilities' as it were. They sold it to raise money purely for divestment purposes so they thought it better to sell off their Onshore property with all its community wahala and then concentrate on the Offshore and Deepoffshore platforms. I have it on good report that they have acquired an asset Deepoffshore worth 1Billion barrels (You don't need to contend with this fact- I got it from someone that works in the company that monitors and regulates all Oil and gas activities in the country). So SHELL decided to let the likes of SEPLAT and NPDC take control of their Onshore platforms (the only problem being that they still want to partake of the profits accruing from such assets- which is Illegal if you ask me).

Secondly, as you have rightly said the majority stake in NLNG is owned by the federal government as represented by NNPC. In reality, all they get is a share from the cash cow. They have little to no influences with regards to decision making and that is very wise going by their antecedents. SHELL doesn't manage NLNG 'because of any private sector ish or peculiar interests'. What many people do not realise is that NLNG was SHELLs brainchild that the Federal government usurped from them as they have done to so many ideas that SHELL inchoated. One that comes to mind is the PHC refinery and the Airstrip in Delta state. SHELL knew that government interference in NLNG would have crippled it so they did the necessary by taking charge of their idea. That is why as we see it NLNG is not being run like the normal Nigerian companies.

On another note, Why do you think the PIB is yet to pass? Because these IOCs don't want government to have any hand in the new companies and PSCs that will be formed except to just invest and reap gains, period.

Another key issue is the idea of other LNG companies around Nigeria. It is my opinion that another should be created in the West and I understand where TOTAL comes in. I know there's supposed to be an Olokonla LNG and one in BRASS but both projects have stalled because the man that matters is Bayelsan and would prefer that the BRASS LNG took preeminence. I don't think the Kwara man in Bonny buys the idea (all my conjectures).

As per remunerations, I don't think you would find up to 3 companies (all IOCs included) that will rival NLNGs. It is illogical to attribute payment of workers to revenue generated by the company (at least in Nigeria). For example, NNPC makes a whole lot of money through the nonsense JVs that they are involved in yet their entry-level pay isn't even as good as Halliburtons or SLBs. Of course, I don't know what NLNG pays exactly but I have seen SHELLs, ExxonMobils and CHEVRONs with my two eyes. Only the latter 2 could trump NLNG following the recent bumps in the packages (which is still in a bid to dodge taxes) and of which the disparity isn't even that much going by words from the grapevine.

Finally, as you and everyone else has said not all of us will get the job. We should therefore learn to start managing our expectations so as not to be overly disappointed. I understand that faith will come in handy. I also know that FCC will be involved in the selection process. Be that as it may NLNGs recruitment for the most part is free and fair (atleast I want to believe that). While some people like Wandel and Dplacement will get their letters early. Some others like Tommyex will get it belatedly while some others (geniuses as they are) like 'you know who and who' will not get it at all. Life will still go on.

NB: I was bored jare. Forgive my verbosity.

pabostt: Ques 4: bottle
Ques5: grow older
Ques6: tennis ball
Quest7: one egg
Ques8: the Library

WOW @ Library. touchè. And it makes sense. Nice one mate.

majekdom2: Hehehe , smart savant .. The last should be river bank .
Ok .. I got these for you
1 . What's the missing letter JF?AMJjASOND
2.What is in seasons , seconds , and minutes but not in days or years even decades.
3. What starts with T ends with T and has T in it.
4. What has a neck but no head?
5 . What is it everybody does at the same time ?
6.What can you serve but not eat?
7. How many eggs can you put in an empty basket
8. What building has got the most stories ?
9 . Can a man legally marry his widow's sister in nigeria?
10.What has got two arms and a face but no arms and legs ?

LOL. I will give it a try. The more I figure them out the more I will edit my post.

1. After counting the letters I figured it out. M for March. (really proud of myself for this one)

2. 'N' is in season, seconds and minutes but isn't found in days, years and decades.

3. Is a Teapot (seen it on soundcity before so I remembered it)

4. This is confusing really. There's a word 'Bottleneck' but one can argue that the cover or the cork is the head.

5. We all age together.

6. A Tennis serve.

7. You can put any amount of eggs into an empty basket. It's an empty basket na.

9. If a man has a widow he is already dead. Hehe

10. A clock or a wristwatch.

majekdom2: let's see if we still got geniuses on here or perhaps they went with the 240 deleted pages .. Here are some brain teasers :
1 what invention let's you look right through a wall
2 I saw a boat full of people , yet there was no single person on the boat , why ?
3. What bank never has money ?

1. Window.

2. Because they were couples on the boat.

3. Blood bank.

*Edited*

They have called people about 5 weeks ago. I believe they have already awarded the scholarship sef.

AGIP of life!!!

You don't get it do you?


It is not about FIFA. They don't give it to whom they please. If they did, Schneider should have won it no contest. But people vote. Team coaches and captains of national teams do. Blame them for voting messi. Blame Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil. . .blame Cameroon. Blame Macedonia. Blame Spain. Just think of all the countries that will (rightly) vote for messi. If Ronaldo continues with this run of form into 2014 ending. He will surely win it again. But not this time.

FIFA have played their last card. They have extended the voting period. They have made provision for changing of votes. They have given Ronaldo a chance. If. . . When he doesn't win, he should not blame FIFA. Period.

You are as ignorant as the schizophrenic bigot that penned the write up. The world footballer of the year is taken into cognizance based on performances spanning from the previous season to the next season. Messi was already the best player from 2012-2013. He didn't need the August - December run to prove anything. Ronaldo loyalists tried to raise his la liga title but were put down by messis kings cup trophy. Mourinho even tried to belittle the kings cup ( a trophy he had previously praised himself for winning).

Here is the real snag, Ronaldo won nothing. He couldn't qualify his team as leaders, Madrid aren't topping the league, they didn't beat A Madrid at the kings cup final. Why am I even spelling this out?


All the south American coaches and captains will vote for messi. Most of the European nations too will. The Americas in its entirety will still pitch tent with him. Africa is his footstool. Only Portugal will vote Ronaldo, France RIbery. I will piss on this thread come 14th. Losers.

@Bigx I can tell you are intelligent. I am not trying to rubbish you. But you and I know you exaggerated about the scholarships. Not like it matters sha. Ride on.


@Ignis I don't think the post graduate list is out. Yours truly has been monitoring his mail. When the list is out yours truly would know.

Alot of ignorance it is painful to read.

CR7 had been without a doubt the best player for the ember months. . EMBER months. He was not the best player over the whole year. Messi was. Messi was the best player from January to the end of August. Even into September. The only times he didn't score he didn't play. 2013 was an injury blithe year for messi but he garnered 46 league goals to CR7s 34 or so. Remember messi didn't play the last 4 games of the season. Also he scored 8 champions league goals and although CR7 did better scoring 14 or so he didn't get to a better stage than messi so that effectively rules it out.

Ronaldo didn't out score messi from last season into this. He didn't win a single trophy over him. He didn't out assist him. He didn't out perform him. CR7 needed the playoffs to qualify his team. He scored 4 extra goals bringing his total to 9 in 10 games messi had 6 in 7. Messi qualified his team as group winner.

Bring it to this season. Before Ronaldo started scoring penalties messi had 7 goals ahead of him. Ronaldo didn't exist in August. He has had a wonderful run in september to december in which even Costa and suarez can piss on him and I am having bigots say messi has done nothing. They should just give it to Ribery and save us the brouhaha because without a doubt messi is the WPOTY2013.

I don't mean to be a killjoy in part every statement made by everyone makes sense but @Bigx lied. For sure.

For example Shell and Mobil always write their aptitude test on the same day to prevent people from getting both. I know because I was shortlisted for both and I had to write only one. Except you meant that you tried to apply to Mobil again at your 200l and in that case that would have meant a new ID and admission letter because the scholarship is for 100L students. Only NLNG can be applied for at a later level up to even 300L. In any case I just thought to add. . .

PTDF is a mixture of both connection and intelligence especially at undergraduate level. One doesn't really need to be exceptionally brilliant to get it sef. Exploiting the time and chance is all that matters.


If I hear say Uduaghan and Amaechi no influence some names for the list make I no why.

Permit me to paint you a scenario. You're given a multiple choice based exam of 4 questions and 4 options in each. You answer 2 questions correctly and then randomly guess the other 2 which end up being wrong. Now by naijas method of NM such a student will score 0. This is unfair given that the student may have attempted the question rightly but just made a mistake thereby selecting the wrong option. juxtapose that with a situation where the student just loses 0.25 marks for each wrong answer given. Such a student will score 1.5 out of 4. I think it's a fairer reflection of his/her effort and SAT happens to agree with me.


It really doesn't matter though. You're right about them reserving the right to score it any which way they please. I'm favoured either ways.

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Yeah CarsonIV. Just like SAT. I also wrote IPS and my score was a top 15 one. But then the scores were skewed such that the average of the top scores was in the 40s and 50s out of 100. It is no rocket science to figure that the exams were negatively marked naija style. Yes, Naija style! Implying that one loses twice the number of wrong answers given. In DMainman's case he's going to lose 24 marks as against the 2.2 marks he should have lost (by rightly calculating the NM) considering the exams had 5 options.


That's is by the way. Like franklino said I also heard that section is divided by 2 afterwards. I fail to see the point. Thank God they're going to take 2 sets this time around.

Linton99 is correct based on Naija style of calculating negative markings. In reality it makes no sense as one stands a chance of losing more marks than one could gain from answering a question.

For example, say each question had five options and there were five questions in all. A student that gets two answers wrong will eventually score just one out of five meaning he lost more marks-4, than he was able to get -3. This is preposterous but unfortunately that is the way it is computed. One is better off just leaving a question blank than making a spurious surmisal only to be wrong.

It's rubbish! A properly conducted negative marking scheme should be such that one only loses the probability of getting the question right. For example, in the above mentioned one should lose just 0.2 for failing a question. That way I'd have guessed five wrong answers to lose one mark.

My opinion. Not like it counts. And yes I wrote the test too.


God is in control.

Job hunting can be frustrating.

Let me elucidate properly. I have 2 friends they both applied for this Unilver future leaders program. First pal wrote the test, felt comfy, wrote just the numerical, applied well. He came online saw some NLders saying they did 2 tests but didn't make much of it. That aura of uncertainty spurred the second friend to consult the services of yours truly and 'we' were able to do the 2 tests.

I came online to share my story with folks and encourage some others to still seek the Adexen route. This was ever before the first friend got his regret mail three days later and the second one his a day after the supposed 3 days.

I have nothing to be ashamed about if I applied and didn't make it through but I didn't apply. That is the plain truth. Not everybody is here because they need a job or want this one. I rejected KPMG last year after undergoing the partners interview with one Mr Kola Adeyemi or so. Some folks here wouldve jumped on it. Same way I didn't get passed the Exxon interview last year but a friend of mine rejected their offer to take Chevron's. Such is life.

I'm not here to discourage anybody. Ikenna58 asked me a question and I shared my preference with him- Oil and Gas. Sometimes people ask me to help them write online tests- Shell and BAT come to mind. It is I scratch your back you scatch mine.

Cool your horses, we would all be gainfullly employed.

It is well.
NB: some of us have good memories too. We can remember what we read to some degree. That should explain why I remembered that question well apart from the fact that I spent considerable time reading and trying to decipher it.

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I didn't apply. I assissted someone in writing the test after the first person didn't get to do the logical test.

@kolkleen, I know what time is as it relates to distance-velocity. Let's just say we used different means to arrive at our answers. In my experience with answering these SHL type questions I always attempt to solve the questions with the available data as I believe those questions aren't set to favor any discipline. So I won't have manufactured 24hrs for a day. Afterall there were 3 time zones within the day and the question I believe we are discussing about asked for the percentage the car spent over the average of the morning and evening periods.

We live and learn indeed.