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Love_Decay: Bros... U dn fail the course ooh !

Airtel has blocked the bis thing cos it can't handle the the traffic. It does not have the bandwidth. If it did, this would not have happened.

Intact no telco can supply the bandwidth Nigeria demands. They are not expanding capacity at any rate.

The only company with solid internet backbone is mtn. Unfortunately, demand is growing and even mtn can't handle it.

It all comes down to lack of vision and poor management. They will only upgrade , if fatally threatened, until then ... They'll just keep the engines running at 70‰ , sell what they can with the least investment. A business plan that can only work in Nigeria.

We desperately need an European or north American company in the game. Na dat time u go see show !

PS: Bis go soon turn 750

Thanks for the post man!

Now for the points raised. First, this company has come a long way not to seize the opportunity in increasing its bandwith in the Nigerian mobile data market, with the likes of Glo rolling out fibre optic cables a couple of years ago just to meet up demand capacity in the mobile data market and stay relevant with the ever growing competition; I mean, its a no brainer! Who wouldn't want to sell water to the inhabitants of the Kalahari desert (if any)? For a multinational company like Airtel? The likes of Dangote within the shores of Nigeria easily get loans from financial institutions at home and abroad, let alone a telco giant like Airtel. My curiousity goes beyond this to tell me that there's more to that decision of theirs than meets the eyes.

So, lets still come up with more ideas on why Airtel came up with the decision, and if there're other networks that have come up with a BIS plan to take off from where Airtel left off, let's share it here!

Let's all come together to share ideas. I want us all to look at this issue together and chart a way forward instead of complaining with a wrong judgement in mind. Thanks

Good day peeps!

After Airtel announced its decision to discontinue BIS subscription on non-bb devices, my curiousity was aroused and this got me thinking. I mean, why would Airtel decide to stop BIS on non-bb devices? When it doesn't seem like allowing the service to run on these devices will cause any short-fall in its income streams from BIS (atleast that was what was in my mind and in the minds of some people i guess). Besides, one would think that stopping this service from running on non-bb devices would likely cause the company to lose revenue and potentially reduce its subcriber's base, making the company to look foolish in taking such a decision.

But come to think of it, a telecoms company like Airtel that has been one of the dominant forces in the Nigerian telecommunication sector for over 11 years with subscriber's base of over 80 million can not just take a decision without first considering its impact.

Looking at why Airtel would have come with this decision from my own point of view after taking a microscopic look at the whole scenario, can be circled down to the contract Airtel would have entered with Blackberry in the use of Blackberry's internet infrastructure which has been widely acclaimed to be one of the best in the world, with most Fortune 500 companies currently buying into the Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES). But we all know that in recent times, Blackberry has been having challenges keeping itself afloat in the market. With sales of its smart phones nose diving and the company losing market share to other dominant brands like Apple and Samsung, and lately to Tecno especially in the Nigerian market. Blackberry has come up with strategies to continue surviving the fierce competition in the market, it has currently strengthened its mobile data management package, the Blackberry Enterprise Server 10.2 which has even been updated to run on Android and IOs and to the company, is seen as its "crown jewel". And with the 1billion dollars strategic investment the company also sought for, it definitely has ditched its initial idea of putting the company up for sale.

When we connect the dots in the whole of this situation and with the company's hope of staying alive, i think it won't be far fetched to say that the company is also closing other loop holes there might be in its contracts signed with various telecoms giants around the globe in the use of its enterprise server.

Let's share other ideas too as to why Airtel decided to stop BIS on non-bb devices.

Cheers!

Reference: www.zdnet.com/blackberry-beefs-up-android-and-ios-device-management-is-bes-now-its-crown-jewels-7000023919/

Hello house,

I recently had an interview and was looking forward to the usual last interview question (do you have any question for us?) interviewers habitually ask but didnt get it. I was tempted to go ahead and throw a question but had to stop myself as I felt it was a first round interview and just shouldn't bother.

So what do you all think? Is it proper to throw questions to the interviewers toward the end of the interview without them calling for it, especially in a first round interview? Your responses are most welcomed.

Cheers!

@2nri, thanks so much for your prompt reply.

The test is on Monday and I got the invite today. Please kindly help with the format of the test. Shl or gmat? How many questions? The type of questions? And the time limit...

Please I need every relevant information i can get to enable me pass the test.

Thanks so much.

Hello all,

Please does anyone know the test format of Investment One Financial Services? I have an urgent test coming up with them and your advice will highly be appreciated.

Thanks.

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR WORLD MISSION DAY 2013

Dear Brothers and Sisters, This year, as we celebrate World Mission Day, the Year of Faith, which is an important opportunity to strengthen our friendship with the Lord and our journey as a Church that preaches the Gospel with courage, comes to an end. From this perspective, I would like to propose some reflections.
1. Faith is God’s precious gift, which opens our mind to know and love him. He wants to enter into relationship with us and allow us to participate in his own life in order to make our life more meaningful, better and more beautiful. God loves us! Faith, however, needs to be accepted, which means, it needs our personal response, the courage to entrust ourselves to God, to live his love and be grateful for his infinite mercy. It is a gift, not reserved for a few but offered with generosity. Everyone should be able to experience the joy of being loved by God, the joy of salvation! It is a gift that one cannot keep to oneself, but it is to be shared. If we want to keep it only to ourselves, we will become isolated, sterile and sick Christians. The proclamation of the Gospel is part of being disciples of Christ and it is a constant commitment that animates the whole life of the Church. "The missionary outreach is a clear sign of the maturity of an ecclesial community" (BENEDICT XVI,Verbum Domini, 95). Each community is "mature" when it professes faith, celebrates it with joy during the liturgy, lives charity, proclaims the Word of God endlessly, leaves ones own to take it to the "suburbs", especially to those who have not yet had the opportunity to know Christ. The strength of our faith, at a personal and community level, can be measured by the ability to communicate it to others, to spread and live it in charity, to witness it to those we meet and share the path of life with us.
2.The Year of Faith, fifty years after the beginning of the Second Vatican Council, motivates the entire Church towards a renewed awareness of its presence in the contemporary world and its mission among peoples and nations. Missionarity, is not alone about geographical territories, but it is about peoples, cultures and individuals, because the "boundaries" of faith do not only cross places and human traditions, but the heart of each man and each woman. The Second Vatican Council emphasized in a special way how the missionary task: that of broadening the boundaries of faith, belongs to every baptized person and all Christian communities since “the people of God lives in communities, especially in dioceses and parishes, and becomes somehow visible in them, it is up to these to witness Christ before the nations" (Ad Gentes,37). Each community is therefore questioned and invited to make its own, the mandate entrusted by Jesus to the Apostles, to be his "witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth" (Acts1: and this, not as a secondary aspect of Christian life, but as its essential aspect: we are all invited to walk the streets of the world with one’s brothers and sisters, proclaiming and witnessing our faith in Christ and making ourselves heralds of his Gospel. I invite Bishops, Priests, and the Presbyteral and Pastoral Councils and each person and group responsible in the Church to give a prominent position to this missionary dimension in formation and pastoral programmes, in the understanding that their apostolic commitment is not complete unless it contains the intention of bearing witness to Christ before the nations and before all peoples. This missionary aspect is not merely a programmatic dimension in Christian life, but it is also a paradigmatic dimension that affects all aspects of Christian life.
3. The work of evangelization often finds obstacles, not only externally, but also from within the ecclesial community. Sometimes there is lack of fervour, joy, courage and hope in proclaiming the Message of Christ to all and in helping the people of our time to an encounter with him. Sometimes, it is still thought, that proclaiming the truth of the Gospel means an incursion on freedom. Paul VI speaks eloquently on this: "It would be... an error to impose something on the consciences of our brethren. But to propose to their consciences the truth of the Gospel and salvation in Jesus Christ, with complete clarity and with total respect for free options which it presents... is a tribute to this freedom" (Evangelii Nuntiandi,80). We must always have the courage and the joy of proposing, with respect an encounter with Christ, and become heralds of his Gospel. Jesus came amongst us to show us the way of salvation and he entrusted to us the mission to make it known to all to the ends of the earth. All too often, we see that it is violence, lies and mistakes that are emphasized and proposed. It is urgent in our time to announce and witness the goodness of the Gospel, and this from within the Church itself. Because from this prospective, it is important to never forget a fundamental principle for every evangelizer: one cannot announce Christ without the Church. Evangelization is not an isolated individual or private act; it is always ecclesial. Paul VI wrote, "When an unknown preacher, catechist or Pastor, preaches the Gospel, gathers the little community together, administers a Sacrament, even alone, he is carrying out an ecclesial act." He acts not "in virtue of a mission which he attributes to himself or by a personal inspiration, but in union with the mission of the Church and in her name" (ibid. 60). And this gives strength to the mission and makes every missionary and evangelizer feel he is never alone, but part of a single Body animated by the Holy Spirit.
4. In our era, the widespread mobility and facility of communication through new media have mingled people, knowledge, experience. For work reasons entire families move from one continent to another; professional and cultural exchanges, tourism, and other phenomena have also propelled great movements of peoples. This makes it difficult, even for the parish community, to know who lives permanently or temporarily in the area. More and more also, in large areas of what were traditionally Christian regions, the number of those who are total strangers to faith, or indifferent to the religious dimension or animated by other beliefs have increased. Therefore it is not infrequent that, some baptized make lifestyle choices that lead them away from faith, thus making them in need of a "new evangelization". To all this is added the fact, that a large part of humanity has not yet been reached by the good news of Jesus Christ. We also live in a time of crisis that touches various sectors of existence, not only that of the economy, of finance, of food security, or the environment, but also that of the deeper meaning of life and the fundamental values that animate it. Even human coexistence is marked by tensions and conflicts that cause insecurity and difficulty in finding the right path that leads to a stable peace. In this complex situation, where the horizon of the present and future paths seem threatened by menacing clouds, it is necessary to proclaim with courage in all realities, the Gospel of Christ, which is a message of hope, reconciliation, communion and proclamation of God's closeness, of his mercy, his salvation; a proclamation that the power of God’s love is able to overcome the darkness of evil and guide us on the path of goodness. Humanity of our time needs the secure light that illuminates its path and that only the encounter with Christ can give. Let us bring to this world, through our witness, with love, the hope given by faith! The Church’s missionarity is not proselytizing, but the testimony of a life that illuminates the path, which brings hope and love. The Church - I repeat once again – is not a relief organization, an enterprise or an NGO, but a community of people, animated by the Holy Spirit, who have lived and are living the wonder of the encounter with Jesus Christ and want to share this experience of deep joy, the message of salvation that the Lord gave us. It is the Holy Spirit that guides the Church in this path.
5. I would like to encourage all, to become bearers of the good news of Christ and I am grateful especially to missionaries, to the Fidei Donum priests, men and women, religious and lay faithful - more and more numerous – who by accepting the Lord's call, leave their homeland to serve the Gospel in different lands and cultures. But I would also like to emphasize that these same young churches are engaging generously in sending missionaries to the Churches that are in difficulty - not infrequently Churches of ancient Christianity - thus bringing the freshness and enthusiasm with which they live their faith that renews life and gives hope. To live in this universal freshness, responding to the mandate of Jesus: "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations" (Mt28, 19) is richness for each particular Church, each community because sending missionaries is never a loss, but a gain. I appeal to all those who feel the call to respond generously to the Holy Spirit, according to your state in life, not to be afraid to be generous with the Lord. I also invite Bishops, religious families, communities and all Christian groups to support, with foresight and careful discernment, the Ad Gentes missionary call and help Churches that need priests, religious and laity to strengthen the Christian community. And this attention should also be present among Churches that are part of the same Episcopal Conference or Region because it is important that Churches rich in vocations help more generously those that suffer their shortage.
Together I urge the missionaries, especially thefidei donumpriests and laity to live with joy their precious service in the Churches to which they are sent and to bring their joy and experience to the Churches from which they come, remembering how Paul and Barnabas at the end of their first missionary journey "reported what God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles" (Acts14:27). They can become the a way to a kind of "return" of faith, bringing the freshness of the young Churches so that Churches of ancient Christianity rediscover the enthusiasm and the joy of sharing the faith in an exchange that is mutual enrichment in the journey of following the path of the Lord.
The concern towards all the Churches, that the Bishop of Rome shares with his brother Bishops, is an important commitment in the implementation of the Pontifical Mission Societies, which are meant to animate and deepen the missionary conscience of every baptized Christian and of every community, by reminding them of the need for a more profound missionary formation of the whole People of God and by nourishing the sensibility of the Christian community in offering their help to encourage the spread of the Gospel in the world.
Finally a thought to Christians who, in various parts of the world, have in difficulty in openly professing their faith and in being recognized and given the right to live with dignity. They are our brothers and sisters, courageous witnesses - even more numerous than our martyrs in the early centuries - who endure with apostolic perseverance the many current forms of persecution. Quite a few also risk their lives to remain faithful to the Gospel of Christ. I wish to assure my closeness in prayer to individuals, families and communities who suffer violence and intolerance and I repeat to them the consoling words of Jesus: "Take courage, I have overcome the world" (Jn16:33).
Benedict XVI exhorted that: "the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified everywhere, just as it is among you" ("2Thess3:1): May this Year of Faith increasingly strengthen our relationship with Christ the Lord, since only in him is there the certitude for looking to the future and the guarantee of an authentic and lasting love" (Porta fidei, 15). This is my wish for World Mission Day this year. I cordially bless missionaries and all those who accompany and support this fundamental commitment of the Church to proclaim the Gospel to all corners of the earth, and we, ministers and missionaries of the Gospel, will experience "the delightful and comforting joy of evangelizing" (PAUL VI,Evangelii nuntiandi, 80)
From the Vatican, 19 May 2013, Solemnity of Pentecost

http://www.missionz.co.nz/About+Us/Pope+Francis+Message+for+World+Mission+Sunday+2013.html

Hello everyone,

Register for the BAT before the end of this year!

The BAT from Bloomberg Institute is a 2-hour multiple-choice exam designed to assess aptitude for business and finance. Scores are entered anonymously into the BAT database where over 20,000 top firms all around the globe can search for internship and full-time candidates.

Here's a direct link to take the test
https://talentsearch.bloomberginstitute.com/test_sessions/available?ober_reference_id=d328ad4aaebfb39487cf779b196e39676b791a77
So spread the news! You never can tell who could come calling....

Hello everyone,

Register for the BAT before the end of this year!

The BAT from Bloomberg Institute is a 2-hour multiple-choice exam designed to assess aptitude for business and finance. Scores are entered anonymously into the BAT database where over 20,000 top firms all around the globe can search for internship and full-time candidates.

Here's a direct link to take the test https://talentsearch.bloomberginstitute.com/test_sessions/available?ober_reference_id=d328ad4aaebfb39487cf779b196e39676b791a77

So spread the news! You never can tell who could come calling....

Can this be kindly taken to front page please? Thanks.

Good morning.

The Holy Father Pope Francis has declared today 7th September a day of fasting and abstinence (like Ash Wednesday) to pray for peace in the Middle East, especially in Syria. Let's unite ourselves fully to this intention that's so important. Pls send this to all your friends, relatives, etc.

Thanks.

AnodaIT: First thing first. Is your fan having problems?
Overheating can set a pc to panic mode and 'help' you save your session and shutdown to prevent damages.
.
Another thing is your battery, does it hold power or it just change from full to empty.
Finally, does it beep before it shutdown. What kind of beep

Thanks for your reply. The laptop doesn't overheat but cannot say if the fan is having problem. Everything seems to be working just fine apart from the problem I stated initially.

As for the battery, its still very ok and gives me up to 5-6hrs of battery life and the laptop doesn't beep before going into hibernation. Besides, the laptop is still new, and the few times I encountered the problem I wasn't doing some heavy work on it.

Hello house,

Please my Dell Inspiron 3520 occassionally goes into hibernation while working on it. I dont know what might be the cause. This is a laptop i purchased just early this year.

Please I would need advice and suggestions on how to go about this.

Thanks.

texasbreed: No harm in trying......apply

Thanks for the prompt reply bro.
Though am just kind of apprehensive about not getting the chance to do that next year due to the 12 month interval period one has to wait if you had applied the year before. But since the application came out again the second time this year, I was thinking it could extend till next year due to delays that might be inherent in the process. Funny enough I had applied already and even done the competency assessment but still in a dilemma. So please, if you were to be in my shoes, considering the whole situation, what would you do?
To everyone in the house too, please your advice will be highly appreciated.

Hello house,
Can someone who's rounding up service by February 2014 still apply for this shell job? Please your urgent responses are highly needed. Thanks

amieokonji: Sorry dearies, got a success mail. @harriseen after d panel interview, wot nxt?

Please what was the format of the test? Gmat or shl? And how many minutes? Thanks.

Roland Berger

@sanme and all, please kindly help with info concerning the latest test format of Vetiva, its really needed urgently. Thanks!

cinammon: Thanks guys,I really appreciate..

When you as an auditor finds in a published financial statement,accounts payable whithin one year,an overdraft of over 1.5 million;
1)Will you comment?
2)If yes what will your comment be?
3)If you choose not to comment,why?
4)And what do you anticipate of the readers (your clients?)

*there are stil abt 4 more questions buh I thot I shud bring them in 1 by 1...God bless.

1. I'll comment based on the Materiality principle i.e how material is the N1.5m overdraft facility to the company? Will the inclusion and the size of this amount in the FS distort the views of users of d FS? In doing this, d auditor needs to carry out an analytical review of the OD in the B/sheet using ratio analysis and see how it compares with the company's current assets(stocks, debtors, etc) and thus determine the extent of risk exposure of the company in terms of solvency, and in doing this the auditor can now form an opinion based on the review carried out and the conclusion reached on that.

2. The auditor's comment can be based on how fundamental and material the OD is to the company. Just like i said before, if the size of the OD is too large compared to the size of the coy's current assets so as to make the coy vulnerable of being insolvent, then the auditor's comment may be adverse, and management's attention brought to it.

3&4. You can take a cue on what has been said above in answering these.

Peace!

@motunrayo and others, please what was the format of the test? Was it Gmat or Shl? How was it structured? Quantitative, verbal & diagrams? And the duration? Please, will like to get information on these. Thanks!

@OP, just as Ajalenkoko has said, u should concentrate most of ur efforts now in securing an accounting or a finance job based on your chosen career path. The trend currently is that employers are more keen on recruiting skilled applicants even fresh graduates.
So i'd advice, a take up a job to get the relevant experience and also start preparing to write ICAN if u want to go in that line or any other professional exam that will lead you to your career goals.

Peace!

21 Jump Street

luv4mama: 22/24, Industrial Avenue, Ilupeju,
P. M. B. 21164, Ikeja, Lagos.
Tel: 234-01-4978720-4; 2715700, 02;
Fax: 234-01-4963033, 2715701

@luv4mama, thanks!

luv4mama: Thanx bro. Well I actually finished from a poly and got my IT letter n submitted to various companies, which nestle happened to be one of, n luckily for me, I received a text from them inviting me for the test

@luv4mama, can you help in supplying the address of Nestle where you submitted your IT letter, so that others can give it a try? I tried checking the address on the internet but couldn't find any. Your feedback to this will be highly appreciated. Thanks!

oneblacboi: Internships! Internships!! Internships!!!

It seems most Nigerian undergraduates don't know how important this is. Most foreign trained guys know the power of internships and you wd now think they are being favoured in the recruitment process.

Concerning the IB trend growing stale, it might shrink, but would never become extinct, as long as people earn money, they would want to grow it somehow!

@oneblacboi, pls kindly reply to my post on this thread https://www.nairaland.com/740444/mckinsey-first-round-interview
Cheers!

@cityofsin, oneblacboi, & others, pls how long does it take to be called for a mckinsey test after application? I applied since like two months ago and still expecting their call. Will be expecting to hear from you guys. Thanks!

Where are the auditors, please kindly take some few minutes out from your busy schedule to respond to the above attached questionnaire...please i really need your assistance.

Blank and others, please kindly respond.

Thanks a lot!

Hello everyone,

I am currently carrying out an undergraduate research work on "THE ROLES OF AUDITORS IN A CASHLESS ECONOMY: THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE". This is a study i have put in so much in order to find out how the cashless policy put in place by the CBN recently, will actually affect the auditor's functions.

Kindly assist in completing the attached questionnaire and even get your colleagues to support too, as your responses will go a long way in contributing to the knowledge base of our society; as this is the major purpose of initiating this work in the first place.

Kindly send the completed questionnaires to my mailbox which can be found on the first and last page of the questionnaire.

Will be looking forward to all your responses!

Thanks!

Onaolamipo: we should be commending Mr. President for giving room for free and fair election. Thank you God,thank u Jonanthan

not as you think my guy!

Freiburger: We are seeing the fruits of hardwork.

dont judge the book by the cover...

Hello people,

How possible is it to secure a full time job position while still an undergraduate student in final year? I wrote a recruitment test not quite long ago on campus here in Nigeria and i got myself thinking...could it be possible to apply to certain companies and still get calls for tests while still in school?

Can we share ideas on available job opportunities for undergraduate students in their final year and various companies one can apply to, to at least get called for tests?

Contributions are all welcomed!

Thanks!

tanimola22: Bros, I agree that my oyinbo has some K-leg , but I wonder whether you read my submission. All the questions you asked, I have managed to answer them. Okay, let's go over the questions one after the other..

1. Do you mean that SHL tests do not change as to say that the test taken in one company will be the same for another? Please kindly clarify further.

SHL tests are the same around the world, so you too can easily employ this strategy.............Again, SHL tests are same around the world. OandO SHL test=JP Morgan SHL test= Nomura SHL test= Guinness SHL test=-----=-

So, yes they do not change.


2. Secondly, can i apply to a UK based company in consideration for a permanent position even as am based in Nigeria? What challenges would i have in getting such foreign jobs right here from Nigeria?

....In fact, start applying to those UK companies today. Some of them invite applicants for the SHL online tests almost immediately, so you can use this opportunity to practice very well before your company of choice asks you to take the SHL test.

So, yes you can apply to the selected companies that use SHL tests. However, the main reason for applying is to practice how to take real SHL tests. In the process of doing this, if you get invited to the UK for interviews then that will be great. However, the aim of applying remains to practice and not to get a job in the UK. Use your UK address or your friend's UK contact address when filling out the online application..All these are tricks that you should act fast on.

I suspect I have managed to answer your questions. Please let me know if the answers are clear.

T22.

Yes they are clearer now. You've been so helpful...thanks again!