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Consumer Protection Council Unravel MTN Ultimate Wonder Fraud, Orders Them To Pay N1.85m To Short-Changed PROMO Winner

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I know we all remember the MTN Ultimate Wonder Promo! Yes the one that they claimed the winner won an aeroplane! Yes! That particular one… Well it all appears to be a fraud because if MTN short-changed the winner of just N2million during the same promo, how would they have honoured the money price for the winner of the Cessna 182T aircraft, Ebube Essien-Garricks who purportedly emerged...

Valentine Warning! The Importance of Internet

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Diary of A Crazy Doctor – Val Blues One of the most essential things in the life of a man… eh… After food wey person go chop, after house wey man go sleep.. Di next thing na Internet… If not for internet, how Ba’atunde go take dey search for wife? (pardon the digression) After internet, na im your wife fit come… (Nowadays, no girl will marry you if you...

The Danger of a Second Hand Gospel!

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The Danger of a Second Hand Gospel! 1. Eve didn’t hear from God directly, she heard from Adam. So when the serpent came, she had a different version from what God said. 2. The sevens sons of Sceva were thoroughly trashed by evil spirits. They preached in the name of Jesus whom Paul preaches. 3. God sent the Babylonians to plunder the Children of Israel. They did not know God for themselves...

The Eagle in a storm (Part 3) – Protect The Root of Your Business

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Protect the root of your business. A young man and his father were watching a huge fire coming down from the hills towards their family vineyard. At first, the young man tried to organize buckets of water but it was clear that the fire would engulf everything and consume the vineyard. Then to his surprise he saw the old man pick up an axe and run towards the vines. Systematically he began to cut...

Ms Kemi Adeosun: The Competent & Courageous Minister

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Dayo Orolu WROTE: I was at a CFO Forum earlier today where the Minsiter of Finance, Ms Kemi Adeosun made a presentation. My key take-away: The FG payroll bill in January 2016 was 5billion naira less than that of December 2015. Reason: many fraudulent ghost accounts had been delisted. Plan is to achieve 10bilion monthly savings. 400 accounts opened in a Bank sameday and put on the payroll are now...

The gods of Men, The Slaves and God Himself

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‬I was born into the Catholic Church plenty many years ago, but I was born into a family where religion was just a word defining your supposed spiritual inclination and nothing more. I grew up attending Jehovah witness meetings with my neighbours, Four Square crusades with my friends because their church was just a walk from my house and one of my favourite teachers was a member, Celestial Church...

President Buhari Begins Vacation, VP Osinbajo Takes Charge as Acting President.

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President Muhammadu Buhari has embarked on a short vacation according to his office on Friday 5th, February 2016. The president will be on break from all his official functions February 5 to February 10, 2016. During his absence, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will perform the functions of the president, a statement signed by presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, said. This is “In compliance...

Yaba College of Technology, The Art-Beat of Nigeria

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I was at a project site working with some engineers and IT troublemakers installing access control systems at my facility and we got talking about Universities and Polytechnics while on break. On my side of the argument I had three Computer Science graduates; one from a private university and two from the Yaba College of Technology. On the other side I had 5 graduates, two Computer Scientists and...