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QUESTIONS!!!  ASK YOURSELF .... “It’s not enough to be in the right place at the right time. You have to be the right person in the right place at the right time.” So who are you? How do you think? What are your beliefs? What are your habits and traits? How do you really feel about yourself ? How confident are you in yourself ? How well do you relate to others? How much do you trust others? Do you truly feel that you deserve wealth? What is your ability to act in spite of fear, in spite of worry, in spite of inconvenience, in spite of discomfort? Can you act when you’re not in the mood?

Court bans tolls collection on Lekki-Ikoyi Bridge A Federal High Court, Lagos has barred the Lagos State Government from further collecting of tolls from users of the Lekki-Ikoyi Suspension Bridge. Justice Saliu Saidu, in a judgment on Thursday declared that since the bridge was built by public funds, imposition of tolls on motorists using it was illegal. The court held that the power of control of all navigable waterways in Nigeria, resides with the federal government. The court held that since it was public funds that was used for building the bridge there was no basis for the public-private partnership arrangement which was adduced as the justification for toll collection on the bridge. The suit was instituted by a civil rights lawyer, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, against the Attorney-General of the Federation, the National Inland Waterways Authority, the Lagos State Government and the state Attorney-General. Adegboruwa had urged the court to determine whether the impositio...

COURT DECLARES NEW NUMBER PLATES ILLEGAL A Federal High Court in Lagos has declared that the new number plates introduced by the Federal Road Safety Commission are unconstitutional and as such cannot be imposed on vehicle owners. In a judgment delivered by Justice James Tsoho on Wednesday, the court held that the redesigning of the old number plates was not backed by any law. Tsoho, who was delivering the judgment in a suit by a lawyer, Emmanuel Ofoegbu, against the FRSC, therefore, held that the FRSC had no power to impose the redesigned number plates on vehicle owners, who had not acquired them. The judge said, “The issue of redesigning new number plates by the respondent, is not covered under the provisions of any law in Nigeria. “The respondent cannot force Nigerians to acquire new plate numbers by impounding cars without the backing of any legislation to that effect. “I hold that the act of the respondent amounts to an arbitrary use of power, and is therefore illega...

Ten Emerging Tech Jobs With Great  Futures If you need further proof that technology trends such as mobility and the cloud have changed the face of business, then check out the following emerging IT job titles, which were compiled by Janco Associates. They reflect how organizations are overhauling traditional concepts about what people in the IT department are supposed to do. And they speak to an overall rise in demand for uniquely skilled IT professionals, as the once-rigid divide between tech operations and strategic planning continues to fade. "The management and direction of technology are no longer based within an ivory tower operation," says Victor Janulaitis, CEO of Janco. "Today, technology is ubiquitous with organizational strategies and operations. For example, the demand for someone to manage the rapidly changing digital sector in business often is beyond the scope and capabilities of the CIO. Thus, a new business role is created: the chief digital office...

How to Succeed Where It  Matters Most Professor Howard Hendricks mentored hundreds of pastors and leaders. He writes: 'As a young leader, my biggest mistake was allowing my time to be eaten up with things outside my core competencies. I wanted to set the pace for others, to demonstrate that nothing was beneath me, so I devoted an inordinate amount of time to things I wasn't good at - things I'd never be good at.  At the same time I invested little energy into developing my strengths... Finally I realised that my true value lay within the context of my giftedness - not the number of hours I worked. There were some balls I'd no business juggling. When I finally got the courage to let them fall to the floor, I began to excel in juggling the two or three balls I was created to keep in the air in the first place. And the amazing thing is, people came along and picked up the other balls. What I couldn't relinquish were the opportunities they'd been waiting ...

Android Mobile Apps Training First Hand Now In Nigeria.  The explosive growth of Android TM    applications lately has created a boom in demand for Android App developers. Android supported devices is on the increase daily, therefore the technical know how to manage this devices is on a rise. From this perspective, we are proud to announce to you that New Horizons Nigeria have become Android Advanced Training Consultants (Android ATC) Authorized Training partners.  New Horizons Systems Solutions Limited and Android ATC key objective is to spread learning of Android development applications worldwide.  These training courses have been developed and calibrated by a team of Android experts for some years. These courses enable people with primitive knowledge of IT to become developers for complex android applications .After completing these courses, developers can sit for online exams which entitle them to become Certified Android Developers by...

Bill Gates Is The Richest Man in the World (Again) The Microsoft founder reclaims his spot on top of Forbes' billionaires list Microsoft founder Bill Gates has reclaimed his spot as the richest man in the world, according to Forbes’ annual  list  of billionaires. Gates’ net worth is now $76 billion, according to Forbes, having risen $9 billion in the last year. Gates bumped Mexican telecoms magnate Carlos Slim Helu off the top spot, which Gates has held for 15 of the last 20 years. Forbes calculates that there are 1,645 billionaires in total around the world.

Sosoliso Aircrash survivor, Kechi Okwuchi's message to president Jonathan Kechi Okwuchi, one of the students who survived the 2005 Sosoliso air crash is now a big girl and in this YouTube video asked the president to do the needful in the Aviation sector. Watch... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGRmIQiaxn4#t=359