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Have you ever felt like you’re running in circles in business or wondered how to grow without losing your mind (or your faith)? Maybe you’ve stayed up late tweaking your business strategy, worked eighteen hours, six days through the week, and still felt like nothing was moving forward.

Then the Ascend Business Summit 2025 is for you.

The Ascend Business Summit (ABS) is the foremost Christian business summit in Nigeria. It is where faith meets business, connecting visionary entrepreneurs with practical insights, strategies, tools, and a community to help them thrive in today’s market.

This year’s edition carries a powerful theme: Building Capacity for Competence in the SME Ecosystem, a timely reminder that excellence isn’t just a goal —it’s a Kingdom mandate for every believer in business. The summit will feature distinguished speakers, including Dr. Joshua Ademuwagun, a business transformation expert; Folashade Akinwale, an SME finance specialist; Adesope Okoh and Dominic Assim, seasoned tax advisers; and Jesudetan Onasanya alongside Michael Nwayemike, renowned marketing experts.

What to Expect in 2025
As Nigeria’s SME landscape continues to evolve, competence has emerged as the key driver of survival and success. It shapes everything from the products created and services delivered to the systems that sustain every level of trade. The 2025 theme is dedicated to empowering entrepreneurs to build resilient business structures and operate with unwavering excellence.

Who Is This For?
• Business owners
• Startup founders
• Professionals with side hustles
• Faith-driven entrepreneurs
• Anyone passionate about business growth and purpose

Here’s What You Can Expect
• Business Clinic with industry experts
• New Tax Law clarity sessions
• Financial management insights
• Masterclasses on building sustainable SMEs.
• Workshops focused on capacity building and practical skills.

If you’re serious about growing your business and doing it right, this summit is your fast-track class on how to make it happen. Attendance is free, but registration is required.
Date: November 22, 2025
Venue: Household of David
Theme: Building Capacity for Competence in the SME Ecosystem
To register: https://householdofdavid.org/abs25/

Pro tip: Bring your business cards and a smile because beyond the sessions, the summit is your chance to connect, and leave inspired.

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You won't believe the story someone told at the Doubble Up webinar! He was in an elevator with his CEO and just...blanked! He literally said he froze up. Hilarious!

Anyways, here are some tips for you in case you ever jam your CEO/an investorable or even destiny helper on an elevator.

1. Smile, introduce yourself
2. Tell him what you do
3. Offer some form of value
4. Ask a resonable question(s).


Listen to the webinar snippet here 👇👇👇👇

What to do when in the same elevator as your CEO

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0mXJ5Cvhe10

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get FREE tickets to the Bole Festival in Port Harcourt happening this weekend August 31st & September 1.


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Hello NLders,

I have a Camry big daddy. The car suddenly died on the road on Sunday.

Background: no issues except that the fuel had gone very low and we drove and topped it up early in he morning on the way to church. The car drove for almost 8 minutes before stopping near the church.

All the normal light comes on when the key is turned to ignition, battery is okay

Fuel pump has been changed. Plug charged and Injector mouth tested and all is fine. Yet the car won't work.

The car starts but doesn't get up to rev for the full start.

My rewire has done some checks but still no progress.

Can a yone help with a possible cause and solution?

CcGazzuz

Someone suggested CIVic, your thoughts?

Don't really want a Hyundai product

blackbone989:
Never buy a corolla. Unless ur heart is made of rock cus Corolla and snatching b like bread n butter. Elantra,Honda DC or u add money buy 2009 accord,Camry 2003/5.

Hello bros,
You mentioned in the auto group that you want to get a Honda CIVic 08,

How far, please advice as I want to get same too.

Is it a good car, what are the major issues with it.

American spec Vs Asian spec which is better?

Thanks u chief

Fellow Nlander

How çome Page Financials is not on this list. They are unarguably the best in that industry. App, card, customs met service to mention a few.

See their site here
[url]pagefinancials.com[/url]

Thanks chief but not into Kia products

Hello guys,

I'm hunting for a clean fairly used hatch back car

Toyota
Nissan
Mazda
Honda

Preferable. Model should be between 2000-2008.

My price isn't more than 350K.

If you have please post picx, I'll reach out.

Merci

One day one day, Freezes hypocrisy would be unveiled.

While all of you were busy killing yourselves over what a simple concerned business man didn't say or imply, I think it will be nice having this piece of info handy.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/remeepatel/reasons-why-whatsapp-is-ruining-your-life?utm_term=.ecz9XpGVw#.hja24M6Ey






Thank me later!!!!

It’s out there in the press, on the streets, in wallets and for some right on their faces. The current economic realities may be a worthy news story for the media, but for all we know it breeds fear, worries and stress for the average man and some businesses.

For businesses, this fear can make business owners or decision makers react by cutting their advertising, marketing and public relations budgets. This may seem the obvious choice –“cutting the fat”, but is it?

During economic spikes or down times, PR function doesn’t change. In fact, it grows. PR helps establish and maintain lines of communication and acceptance between an organization and its stakeholders. PR campaigns usually tie into a brand’s objectives and are based on a long-term view of a business’ strategic direction.

Knowing how important a positive perception is during a recession, here are four tips we at Brooks and Blake think brands can hold on to in getting through an economic recession.

1. Opportunities to Communicate regularly and consistently with stakeholders

The best way to retain and foster trust is to communicate. Keep the lines open; ensure your PR team or agency makes you relevant in the news and social media. Brands can use this time to tell their success stories or educate stakeholders on cost efficient ways through thought leadership.

2. Be active on social media

Use online public relations to increase your online visibility and develop relationships with your customers. Blogs, infographics and influencer engagements are simple yet effective ways to show how alive your brand is.

3. Monitor competition but be innovative

Brands have been known to follow the bandwagon of their competitions during downtimes. However, RadarTrail, an innovative digital agency is of the opinion that it is at such moments that brands need to be more innovative. If competition is cutting budgets, do the opposite; cutting back on marketing and PR may rob you the opportunity to steal competition’s dominance in the media space (especially if you’re up against bigger competition).

4. Take advantage of long term relationships

We strongly suggest that businesses don’t jump ships especially as regards the PR agency they hire or work with. During a recession, relationships comes in handy than you can imagine. The agencies your brand has worked with over time will usually be more willing to give extra because they’ve worked longer with the brand. Such agencies usually also have a better understanding of your brand, the business process and what the people behind the business want. Changing ships at such time may be disastrous as the new PR team may not catch up with what’s already on ground as quickly as you’ll want.

PR can achieve amazing results even with a limited budget. People won’t patronize companies they don’t see or know anything about. The summary of this post is to maintain presence in the marketplace so your brand has a chance to ride the storm and remains active even afterwards.

Source: Brooks and Blake [url]http://brooksandblake.com/blog/how-to-make-the-best-of-pr-in-a-recession/ [/url] is rated among the top PR agencies in Nigeria.

did someone notice that they said the dog was killed? I think he can push from this. Who killed his dog, and those people have no right whatsoever to kill his dog. #UnfairSociety

BeeBeeOoh:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/prison-good-experience-says-man-named-dog-buhari/

Just saw this on Twitter and I was like, can this ever happen in Nigeria?

Watch the video here
https://twitter.com/ExcelinPages/status/760844386389417984

It'snot hard nay ..maybe you didn't use the right marketing obejective OR the images and stuffs ... feel free to reach me so we can discuss about it

NnamdiN:
how do you place ads? I tried once, post reach was 7k and not a single conversion, na jazz?

Hello peeps,

Trust you all know and would love to find out about the health and beauty benefits of using Aloe Vera.

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If you are a writer, you’ve probably wished that you could write faster, better, and easier. Having been a writer for many years now, I’ve found some tricks that help. They just may help you too! Everyone has their own system, but sometimes learning about another person’s system can flip a switch that enables you to improve your writing. This system is about being organized and prepared. This will allow your ideas to flow at their fastest rate. It doesn’t necessarily mean that they will flow at lightning speed, but I think you”ll find this allows them to flow at their maximum speed. Here are things to incorporate into a writing schedule.


. Dream Time. This is where you prime the pump, your thinking time. I recommend having set times each day where you allow yourself to brainstorm away from inputs such as TV, computer, print materials, and people. Some ideas of where and how: being where you can look at nature, while exercising, or sitting in a darkened room. You can also use those unplanned times during the day where you find yourself waiting. If any of these times allow you to close your eyes, that can be very helpful. During these times, do some purely brain based free thinking and if you come up with some ideas, do some pre-planning in your head.



2. Idea Time. This is where you expose yourself to a variety of new inputs to generate ideas. In life we often have routines, go places, and read things that are often the same. Find ways to expose yourself to new ideas every week. You might not get to this every day, but try to do this at least weekly. Ideas are: reading magazines you don’t normally read, watch TV shows you don’t normally watch, call a friend or colleague you haven’t spoken to in a while, go somewhere new, listen to different music, or even do a “walkabout” online where you see where the cyber winds blow you on a particular topic. As you do this, be prepared to discover ideas you can use in your writing.



3. Planning. The next step is to write your outline. Don’t worry about it being 100% complete or accurate. Many times my outline will change as I write my first draft. The important thing about an outline is it helps you to stay focused as you are writing. It keeps you on track which will help you write faster. You can change your outline on the fly once you’re writing. The outline can be rough, but the more detail you can fill in the faster your writing will go.



4. Research Time. Depending on what you are writing you may need more or less of this. The key with research is to strike a balance between getting enough information, but not spending more time than is needed. So how do you stay focused during research and keep from getting pulled into the web’s infinite distractions? Planning, clipping, and distilling. Here’s how:

Planning: Before you go to Google or other sources, write out in bullet points the questions you need to answer.

Clipping: When you find information you need “clip it” which means to collect it somehow. Don’t read the research in depth until you it’s assembled in one place.

You could clip it using Google Notebook or Evernote, both of which are free online applications. Or you could simply clip it using a text file. If you do that, be sure to also clip the URL and source so you can cite it in your work.

If you are working with print material, either make photo copies or take notes, also being sure to include the source information.

If you are working with original research, you can either take notes or use a recording device. If you use this a lot you could look into voice recognition software to convert it into text later.

Distilling: This is where you highlight only the information that you plan to use, the quotes, the facts, the bullet points. This makes it easy to refer to when writing. You can highlight online with boldface or color, or highlight on paper with a highlighter pen. Do your distilling after you’re done collecting all your research information.



5. First Draft. With your outline as your guide and your research facts handy, just start writing. If you need to fill in facts and figures that you don’t already have then highlight them in some way to come back to them later. The idea is to keep the flow going on this first draft. Even if you have the facts, you can fill them in later to keep your writing moving along.

If you normally write on the computer, give longhand a try for your first draft. I use both longhand and typing for first drafts, but I have to admit that writing longhand always makes it flow faster.

If you are tired, just type your outline assuming you have it in longhand. Tell yourself it’s okay if this first draft stinks, because once you have the body written then you have something to work with! If you’re really tired, quit and get some rest. You won’t get good work done if you’re exhausted. If you must meet a deadline, at least take a small break. It will boost your productivity.



6. Type It. If you have your first draft in longhand. This will also be your first edit. If you are a hunt and peck typer, do yourself a huge favor and take a typing course. Here is a link to a free online typing course. The time you invest in learning this skill will pay major dividends in time.



7. Print It. Some may not like this option because it is not environmentally friendly. If you can edit on the computer screen, then go for it. I need to read from paper for editing. I just find that I can concentrate, find mistakes, and fill in gaps better when I read from paper. Re-use paper by printing on the flip side of used paper. I keep a pile of “garbage” paper for this purpose. Also, try printing in a different font than you type in. This trick helps you to find errors more easily.



8. Editing: Read Out Loud. It may seem funny, but this is a good practice. Read your draft out loud as you are editing. You’ll be more likely to find errors and parts that need to be re-written. The more time that you can let pass between writing and editing, the better too. Remember to fill in data that you left out when writing the first draft. Depending on how important the piece is, you may want to ask another person edit it as well. And then finally you may want to do a final edit.



9. Final Draft. Type in your edits and then do one more final read through before publishing or sending it off to be published.



10. Quiet Ambiance. All of the above steps will work best if you can work in a quiet, distraction free environment. Turn off and remove everything but the essentials when writing. If you do have noise in your environment on a regular basis, try to find a solution such as a new location or noise cancelling headphones.



These steps may seem longer when you read through them, but they truly will make your writing better, and your ideas will flow faster and easier.


Source: http://brooksandblake.com/blog/

I wouldn't know exactly how to put this down but I want to ask, "Is this Nigeria really a country?" Are we Nigerians ready to give life to this cocoon? Whether transformation or Change, it is not for the FG or even the politicians only to facilitate. We the common man are more in number than these politicians and our corrupt ways could be quite worse than the politicians'. Driving by yesterday, I saw a crowd over a body. Sensing the useless Nigerian mentality of, "If I touch it, the police will accuse me falsely", I pulled over and yes, I was right. The almost lifeless body of an accident victim was muttering, "help! Help! Ayemi oo" I amplified it asking people to help me put him in my car. But for 10mins all refused. Thank God another passerby came and we hauled the body into my car. On getting to a private hospital, we were referred to Badagary general hospital, on getting there, the doctor examined the body and instead of finding a solution, started blaming me for picking a victim I know nothing of. He rejected the body and referred me to Ikeja. On my way on high speed, the police that even stopped me could not offer help as I was seeking for the closest orthopedic seeing that the victim was loosing so much blood. They were saying, "if he dies, you will go in for it". I didn't mind them as I was focused on getting the victim help. I even called LASG emergency line which took 10mins to respond and when they responded, it was, "find a hospital nearby", didn't let me talk but dropped the call immediately. Thank GOD, I got him to a safehouse.
What is my take on this:
(1) The NPF has turned good minded people to wicked hearts. Turning their hearts from our ancestral communalism to individualism. But how can individualism survive? How can individualism stop crime?
(2) How did we Nigerians get to this point of heartlessness?
On my way, I saw countless hotels but no place for the sick.
Many men over a helpless man but none to help.
Myriads of government's developmental policies yet, citizens are living like animals.
The joy that filled my heart around 12am when the victim was being treated cannot be imagined. His family were like "Ese" all over. I looked with pity on his wife and kids. Who knows how many of our relatives and friends might have lived if we did things right in this country? In other climes, citizens protest a lot against politicians and bend them to do their bidding but it is otherwise here. Can't we as a people stand against the ways of the govt and the fraudulent NPF and insist on doing the right thing? We the masses will keep paying for this; our taxes pay for their flamboyant lifestyles and our joy and life, sacrificed for their wealthiness.
NIGERIANS; ARISE O! COMPATRIOTS!

Call it luck, chance or strategy, it all boils down to the fact that Basket mouth cannot ‘carry last’. In a new skit posted on his IG timeline, basket mouth shows us why and how he always wins. Give it to the guy, he is unarguably one of the best we’ve got.

Basky no dey ‘carry last. I give it to him, he’s got a good load of goodness inside.

See the Skit Links here

First Part
https://www.instagram.com/p/BGrj0GNHTq2/?taken-by=basketmouth


Second Part
https://www.instagram.com/p/BGrkGI7HTrq/?taken-by=basketmouth


Come and tell me what you think - does he really always win?

Good day here.

Please, please, please. I am doing a research for my thesis on the Market Trends around biscuit in Developing Nigeria.

I plead that you spare me a few minute of your time to complete this survey. I am busy sharing the hardcopy version and would love to increase the target audience hence this.
Your input will be greatly appreciated.

Thank You
Kingsley C. Ayanji


Here is the link
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GDJYTLC

Good day here.

Please, please, please. I am doing a research for my thesis on the Market Trends around biscuit in Developing Nigeria.

I plead that you spare me a few minute of your time to complete this survey. I am busy sharing the hardcopy version and would love to increase the target audience hence this.
Your input will be greatly appreciated.

Thank You
Kingsley C. Ayanji


Here is the link
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GDJYTLC

Good day here.

Please, please, please. I am doing a research for my thesis on the Market Trends around biscuit in Developing Nigeria.

I plead that you spare me a few minute of your time to complete this survey. I am busy sharing the hardcopy version and would love to increase the target audience hence this.
Your input will be greatly appreciated.

Thank You
Kingsley C. Ayanji


Here is the link
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GDJYTLC