Nigeria destined to fail –Fani-Kayode

A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, says Nigeria has been destined to fail since its creation by the British in 1914.

He said the British created Nigeria such that the ‘poor North’ would continue to rule while the ‘rich South’ will remain oppressed.

Fani-Kayode said this in a Facebook post on Tuesday titled, “The 9th Earl of Bathrust and the Nigerian State.”

He said shortly before independence, the British gave the North permanent rule.

He said, “The Nigeria that they (British) handed over to us in 1960 was nothing but an unworkable artificial state and a poisoned chalice. It was destined to fail right from the outset.

“Worse still, they handed us that poisoned chalice with a malicious and mischievous intent and without any recourse to our people in terms of any form of a national referendum.”

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Sales and Business Development Professional Demonstration Programme (Residential)

Event Description:

The Sales and Business Development Demonstration Course for Managers and Executives is an intensive, four-day residential course that offers industry-specific and practical expertise to practicing Senior Sales and Business Development Managers. It is a course for Managers and Senior Managers with management and training responsibilities in sales, marketing and business development who are committed to surpassing their set targets.

The course materials are drawn from among the experienced business development professionals, many of whom have several years of hands-on experience in the field. The course is an interactive course with extensive demonstration and role plays which significantly involve real market situation and challenges with practical demonstration of tough objection handling and closing techniques.

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Forensic Accounting Professional Certification Course in Accra, Ghana

The term ‘forensic’ means suitable for courts of justice or for public discussion and debate. Forensic auditing provides an investigation methodology and accounting analysis that is suitable to the court which will form the basis for discussion, debate and ultimately dispute resolution. This course concentrates on practical advice for delegates in the fight against fraud, with focus sessions on deterrence, data mining and interviewing in a stressed environment. It provides an incisive analysis of how fraud occurs within an organization and explains the latest techniques for fighting it. Participants are exposed to the professional requirements for a successful career in forensic accounting.

Course Objectives

• Detection of white collar crimes within an organization
• Skills for Forensic Investigations
• Successful prosecution of economic crimes, in particular fraud and corruption
• The integration of accounting, auditing and investigative skills
• Participants shall become Professional Forensic Accountants with the requisite skills and expertise

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13 Lessons You Can Learn From An Olympic Champion – Kieren Perkins

So before interviewing Olympic champion, Kieren Perkins, I was not sure what to expect. Would he be washed up? Would he be old and burnt out? The answer is neither. Next to Tony Robbins I believe he is one of the most inspiring, motivational geniuses of our time.

He is not someone you want to underestimate. He has success oozing from every part of his being, and he knows every form of motivation and personal development skill you could imagine. If you want to know what it takes to be successful, and you have been looking for the answer, then the only thing you need to do is listen to Kieren’s advice!

This interview will stay with me for a very long time. There were so many a-ha moments, and so many quotes (thank god I recorded the audio). I almost had to make the entire article just quotes because there was no filler to anything he said. Everything he learnt by being an Olympian he still uses today, except he does it in the corporate world, not the pool.

For Kieren, he was attracted to swimming and not team sports like Football and Soccer, because his whole life was about beating himself and improving every day, it was not about looking good or trying to be what everyone else wanted him to be.

Below are the thirteen lessons you can learn from Kieren’s life and Olympic success.

1. You know you will win before you even start

If you stand up on the blocks in an Olympic games, and you think you can’t win, you won’t. If you do win, it’s because you knew you would, you prepared, trained, practised, stressed and pushed yourself to your absolute breaking point.

You repeated this process again and again until you got to that moment in your preparation, which aligned with your strategy, that meant that when you stood on the blocks you were ready to go.

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The 9 Golden Rules For Running An Online Business

1 – Keep Your Website Design Simple and Well-Organized

People have a tendency to want to over-design their website in an effort to make it stand out or look cool. They may add flash animation, sound in the background, and load the site up with large graphics. This is a huge mistake, especially for business-oriented websites. It is much more important to make sure your design is organized in a way that visitors can easily find what they are looking for at a glance. Music blaring out is actually a pet peeve of many internet shoppers, especially if they are surfing at work as many do. You also want to make sure that the text is easy to read. Dark text on a simple light background is the safest way to go.

Apple.com is the perfect example of a well designed website. Apple.com has some of the best web designers in the world who develop their website, check them out and also other big company sites for ideas if need be.

2 – Respond To Your Visitors Promptly

When a visitor, a potential customer, emails you or fills out your contact form, it is imperative that you get back to them as soon as possible. People always take mental note of how long it takes an online business to get back to them. Even if you are on vacation, you should either have an employee answering the emails in your absence or take your laptop along and answer the emails while your out-of-town.

There is way too much competition out there now for you to let potential clients slip through the cracks because you weren’t diligent enough to follow through.

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Oil Surges, Following Lower US Output, OPEC Talk

The hope for better days in the oil industry was strengthened Monday when the price  of oil  continued its soar for the third consecutive day, rising more than 8 percent, following a downward revision of U.S. crude production quota and the  readiness of Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to talk with other producers, a move which helped to extend the biggest price surge in 25 years, Reuters reported on monday.

OPEC, the producer of 40 percent of the world’s oil, renewed its readiness to talk to other crude exporters to achieve “fair and reasonable prices,” according to the group’s monthly magazine.

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Buhari Swears in SGF, NSA, Adesina

• Appointments not based on ethnic consideration, but merit, say Lawal, Oshiomhole
• President will not sideline any section, Oyegun assures

Tobi Soniyi and  Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja  
In what signals the commencement of the machinery of governance, President Muhammadu Buhari monday swore in the new Secretary to Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal, who was appointed last Thursday.

The president also inaugurated the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, and the president’s special adviser on media and publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina.

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Why Power Supply Has Been on the Increase

The Ministry of Power has said that no single case of gas pipeline vandalism has been recorded since President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office three months ago.

The Ministry's Permanent Secretary, Godknows Igali, made this disclosure to newsmen at the Presidential Villa, Abuja in response to questions on what had been responsible for the recent improvement in electricity supply across the country.

Igali recalled that vandalism of gas pipelines was recurrent in the last days and months of the previous administration, and reached its peak on the May 26th when gas-generated electricity was completely grounded.

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Total To Sell $5.5 Billion in Assets in 2015

Total To Sell $5.5 Billion in Assets in 2015, that the French oil and gas major Total concludes £585m deal to sell North Sea oil and gas assets itself of £585m of its North Sea assets to North Sea Midstream Partners.

Total

When the price of a commodity falls, there are two ways for companies to react: Either cut costs and even sell assets to improve cash flow, or to invest – if you can afford to.

The past week saw examples of both approaches. On Aug. 26, Schlumberger Ltd., the world’s largest oilfield services company, said it will spend about $12 billion to buy Cameron International Corp., a leader in making oilfield equipment. The deal is intended to streamline Schlumberger’s operations and attract customers by bundling service and equipment fees at lower prices.

The next day, Total, France’s oil and gas giant, took the other tack, saying it would sell a gas pipeline and a gas terminal in the North Sea for $905 million as part of restructuring plan that includes a reduction in investments, an increase in oil production and a cut in investment costs.

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