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Top 3 COVID 3myths that people are believing about COVID-19 protection
Well people will still be gullible no matter how much information you try tom put out there but for me my top three still remains: Myth 1: Face masks are a good defence against catching any airborne illness Fact: A lot of research has been done on the effectiveness of face masks in preventing infectRead more
Well people will still be gullible no matter how much information you try tom put out there but for me my top three still remains:
Myth 1: Face masks are a good defence against catching any airborne illness
Fact: A lot of research has been done on the effectiveness of face masks in preventing infection against influenza and other airborne infections (coronavirus). Despite much research, the verdict is still under debate. There is no evidence yet that masks can protect healthy people in their day to day life.
In fact, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention does not recommend healthy people to wear a face mask to prevent contracting respiratory diseases, including COVID 19.
The best defence strategy to save yourself is by washing hands properly and frequently.
Myth 2: Wearing gloves can prevent you from picking germs
Fact: Surgical gloves are not the best way to avoid germs. Gloves are like your skin, they pick up germs and pathogens from unclean surfaces just like your skin. If you touch your face with these gloves, you might get infected just like you would when you touch your face with unclean bare hands.
For gloves to serve as a protective gear, you need to change or clean them as often as you would wash your ungloved hands.
But when you are caring for someone with an illness like COVID 19, CDC recommends you to wear gloves when you come in contact with the person’s blood, stool or other bodily fluids.
Myth 3: Vitamin C can help you recover faster
Fact: You might have read at several places that a tall glass of orange juice can help you recover faster when you are under the weather. Yes, vitmain is important for immune defence, but even taking a daily dose of vitamin C, reduce cold’s duration only by about 8 per cent, says the National Institue of Health (NIH).
If you start oping Vitmain C, once you are already sick, it won’t do much to speed up your recovery, says the NIH.
Let me give another person space to contribute as well.
See lessHow can I boost my memory?
We all have a period we forget things from time to time. While this could be a natural effect, there are ways you could still avoid getting frustrated as a result of poor memory. Studying in school or for a course on your job could pose a threat to your assimilation. Many a time, you have probably wRead more
We all have a period we forget things from time to time. While this could be a natural effect, there are ways you could still avoid getting frustrated as a result of poor memory.
Studying in school or for a course on your job could pose a threat to your assimilation. Many a time, you have probably wished you had a magnetic brain that picks every ditto detail once you read them. However, there are ways to help improve your memory.
Following these, would help your brainpower and aid your memory retention.
See lessThe Truth behind the Saga behind the ASUU strike looming in Nigeria?
Hahaha... it's not looming it has started already. Well, here are your details. "WHY ASUU IS ON STRIKE" - PLEASE READ THIS AND SHARE WIDELY.... 1. Less than 10% of the universities have Video Conferencing facility. 2. Less than 20% of the universities use Interactive Boards 3. More than 50% don’t usRead more
Hahaha… it’s not looming it has started already. Well, here are your details.
“WHY ASUU IS ON STRIKE” – PLEASE READ THIS AND SHARE WIDELY….
1. Less than 10% of the universities have Video Conferencing facility.
2. Less than 20% of the universities use Interactive Boards
3. More than 50% don’t use Public Address System in their lecture OVERCROWDED rooms/theatres.
4. Internet Services are non-existent, or epileptic and slow IN 99% of Nigerian Universities
5. Nigerian Universities Library resources are outdated and manually operated. Bookshelves are homes to rats/cockroaches
6.No university library in Nigeria is fully automated. Less than 35% are partially automated.
7. 701 Development projects in Nigerian universities 163 (23.3%) are abandoned 538 (76.7%) are PERPETUALLY on-going projects
8. Some of the abandoned projects in Nigerian universities are over 15 years old, some are over 40 years old.
9. 76% of Nigerian universities use well as source of water, 45% use pit latrine, 67% of students use the bush as a toilet
10. UNN and UDUS have the highest number of abandoned projects (22 and 16 respectively).
11. All NDDC projects across universities in Niger-Delta States are abandoned. About 84.6% of them are students’ hostels
12. 77% of Nigerian universities can be classified as “Glorified Primary Schools” Laboratories are non-existing.
13. There are 8 on-going projects at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi. None of them is funded by the State Government
14. 80% of Nigerian Universities are grossly under-staffed
15. 78% of Nigerian Universities rely heavily on part-time and visiting lecturers.
16. 88% of Nigerian Universities have under-qualified Academics
17. 90% of Nigerian Universities are bottom-heavy (with junior lecturers forming a large chunk of the workforce)
18. Only 2% of Nigerian Universities attract expatriate lecturers, over 80% of Ghanian Universities attract the same.
19. 89% of Nigerian Universities have ‘closed’ (homogeneous staff – in terms of ethnocultural background)
20. Based on the available data, there are 37,504 Academics in Nigerian Public Universities
21. 83% of the lecturers in Nigerian universities are male while 17% are female.
22. 23,030 (61.0%) of the lecturers are employed in Federal universities while 14,474 (39.0%) teach in State Universities.
23. The teaching staff-student ratio is EMBARRASSINGLY very high in many universities:
24. LECTURER STUDENT RATIO: National Open University of Nigeria 1:363 University of Abuja 1:122 Lagos State University 1:111
25. (Compare the above with Harvard 1:4; MIT 1:9; Yale 1:4, Cambridge 1:3; NUS 1:12; KFUPM 1:9; Technion 1:15).
26. Nigerian Universities Instead of having 100% of Academics having PhDs, only about 43% do so. The remaining 57% have no PhDs
27. Nigerian University medical students trained in the most dangerous environment, some only see medical tools in books
28. Only 7 Nigerian Universities have up to 60% of their teaching staff with PhD qualifications
29. While the majority of the universities in the country are grossly understaffed, a few cases present a pathetic picture
30. There are universities in Nigeria which the total number of Professors is not more than Five (5)
31. Kano University of Science and Technology Wudil, established in 2001 (11 years old) only 1 Professor and 25 PhD holders.
32. Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero, established in 2006 has only 2 Professors and 5 PhDs
33. Ondo State University of Sci & Tech Okitipupa, established in 2008, has a total of 29 lecturers.
34. MAKE-SHIFT LECTURING SYSTEM: Out of a total of 37,504 lecturers, only 28,128 (75%) are engaged on a full-time basis.
35. 9,376 (25%) Nigerian Lecturers are recycled as Visiting, Adjunct, Sabbatical and Contract lecturers.
36. In Gombe State University, only 4 out of 47 Profs are full-time and all 25 Readers are visiting
37. In Plateau State University, Bokkos, 74% of the lecturers are visiting.
38. In Kaduna State University, only 24 out of 174 PhD holders are full-time staff.
39. 700 EX-MILITANTS in Nigeria are receiving more funds annually than 20 Nigerian universities under ‘Amnesty Scam’
40. 80% of published journals by Nigerian University lectures have no visibility in the international knowledge community.
41. No Nigerian academic is in the league of Nobel Laureates or a nominee of Nobel Prize.
42. There are only 2 registered patents owned by Nigerian Academics in the last 3 years.
43. Numerically more support staff in the services of Nigerian universities than the teaching staff they are meant to support
44. More expenditure is incurred in administration & routine functions than in core academic matters in Nigerian Universities
45. There are 77,511 full-time non-teaching staff in Nigeria’s public universities 2 Times number of academic staff
46. The University of Benin, there are more senior staff in the Registrar cadre (Dep. Registrars, PARs, SARs) than Professors
47. Almost all the universities are over-staffed with non- teaching staff
48. There are 1,252,913 students in Nigerian Public Universities. 43% Female 57%Male
49. There is no relationship between enrolment and the tangible manpower needs of Nigeria.
50. Nigerian Uni Horrible hostel facilities, overcrowded, overstretched lavatory and laundry facilities, poor sanitation, etc.
51. Except for Nigerian Defence Acadamy Kaduna, no university in Nigeria is able to accommodate more than 35% of its students.
52. Some universities (e.g. MOUAU), female students take their bath in d open because d bathrooms are in very poor condition.
53. Laundries and common rooms in many universities have been converted into rooms where students live, in open prison style.
54. In most improvised cage called hostels in Nigerian Universities, there is no limit to the number of occupants.
55. Most State universities charge commercial rates for unfit and unsuitable hostel accommodation
56. In off-campus hostels, students are susceptible to extraneous influences and violence prostitution, rape, gang violence
57. Nigerian University Students sitting on bare floor or peeping through windows to attend lectures
58. Over 1000 students being packed in lecture halls meant for less than 150 students
59. Over 400 Nigerian University students being packed in a laboratory meant for 75 students
60. University administrators Spend millions to erect super-gates when their Libraries are still at foundation level; Expend millions to purchase exotic vehicles for university officers even though they lack basic classroom furnishings; Spend hundreds of millions in wall-fencing and in-fencing when students accommodation is inadequate and in tatters;
61. Govt interested in spending money on the creation of new uni instead of consolidating and expanding access to existing ones; Keen to award new contracts rather than completing the abandoned projects or standardizing existing facilities; Expend hundreds of millions paying visiting and part-time lecturers rather than recruiting full-time staff
62. Govt spending hundreds of millions in mundane administration cost instead of providing boreholes and power supplements; Govt hiring personal staff, including Personal Assistants, Special Advisers, Bodyguards, Personal Consultants, etc.
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See lessHow can I manage stress (Especially Lagos-induced stress)?
Living in Lagos, as a daunting challenge, could be synonymous to manoeuvring a tanker. Lagos is one of Nigeria's smallest cities in size, but biggest in commercial and operational activities. Like New York, Lagos never sleeps, activities are always happening; they never stop. Traffic in Lagos couldRead more
Living in Lagos, as a daunting challenge, could be synonymous to manoeuvring a tanker. Lagos is one of Nigeria’s smallest cities in size, but biggest in commercial and operational activities. Like New York, Lagos never sleeps, activities are always happening; they never stop. Traffic in Lagos could last for hours, regardless of where you work. It is popularly said that “Lagos traffic would not teach you patience, rather, madness”
Lagos stress has been responsible for making people lose inner connection, since everyday is a struggle and everyone is fighting for the best position for themselves, personal time has been a mirage. Practically everyone is frustrated and ready to vent aggression in Lagos, as a result of the stress inherent in the city.
You can manage your stress by
- Living in the moment. You owe yourself a time out to enjoy your present moment, without bringing the hurt of the past and uncertainties of the future.
- Accept things as they are. It is a norm to wish for better things, no one wants things to get ugly and bad. Do not try to change things because you do not accept them, change the things you derive joy in the process of learning new things. It does not mean you resign to fate when things happen to you, but reduce the stress you give yourself worrying over things you know too well you have no power over.
- Exercise the power of visualisation. When stress of whatever source sets in, take a deep breath and take yourself on a rollercoaster of dreamland; dreaming while awake. Try to imagine positive things out of your bad days. Doing this often would help reduce your stress rate.
- Practise helathy/mindful eating. Ensure you chew your food more than swallowing to reduce the workrate of your digestive tracts.
- Take small steps. It is said that the journey of a thousand mile begins with a step. Do not try to overload yourself with too many steps. As much as you should succeed in your endeavors, pay close attention to the steps you take. Do not choke yourself with too many activities that might throw you off balance with time. So take it step-by-step.
- End your day on a positive note. Do not make life difficult for you and others, this is enough stress. Endeavor, as much as possible, to end your day on a peaceful and positive note. Take time out to appreciate the people you have in your life and be thankful for everything.
- Ease yourself off any distracting thought. Thoughts are guest with a temporary stay. Thoughts would cross your mind, choose carefully the ones you know might disturb you and take your mind off them.You have the power to diffuse or infuse thoughts crossing your mind-path.
See lessWhere can I get to download HD movies free of Charge?
First, try and subscribe to Netflix it will help you have access to clear and most recent movies. Well if you fall into the categories of people who love to save Movies to watch later, I have a solution for you, ensure you build a virtual file explore and save your movies there. Okay, for MKVRead more
First, try and subscribe to Netflix it will help you have access to clear and most recent movies.
Well if you fall into the categories of people who love to save Movies to watch later, I have a solution for you, ensure you build a virtual file explore and save your movies there.
Okay, for MKV and BLURAY Movies, I have one of my friends who built an online virtual file explorer where you can download movies from any time, any day.
For Drytooth the movies are big-sized and most times up to 3gb and good for large screens and projections. I will still recommend you subscribe on NetFlix and watch unlimited movies for a small amount of money
See lessHow can one start a POS Business in Nigeria, 2020?
POS business can be otherwise known as agent banking business. It involves the transfer of funds, withdrawal of funds, sale of recharge cards and bill payments like GoTv, DSTV, Startimes, and NEPA Bill services. Furthermore, this business thrives in areas where they are limited or no banks or ATMs.Read more
POS business can be otherwise known as agent banking business. It involves the transfer of funds, withdrawal of funds, sale of recharge cards and bill payments like GoTv, DSTV, Startimes, and NEPA Bill services.
Furthermore, this business thrives in areas where they are limited or no banks or ATMs. People will always be in need of money for various needs and will be glad to go to where they can be quickly served at a minimal cost.
Steps to start POS Business in Nigeria
How to set up a POS business in Nigeria
Host: You can start the POS business by getting a host. A host is a financial institution through which you extend their services to your customers. Good hosts include;
Location: Your location is very strategic to your success in this business. A location where they are limited or no ATMs or Financial institutions like Banks will do. Apart from that, they should be enough room to contain your customers, furniture divider between you and your customers. Create a place where customers will feel free to carry out transactions.
Get a POS Machine: Most of your customers will come to make withdrawals, so a POS machine is really important. A new POS machine goes for N85,000 – N100,000 only. First Bank offers free POS machines you just need to meet their requirements. To get one visit any First Bank Branch closest to you and make more inquiries about Agent Banking.
Get Banners: For a business to be known you need to create awareness, you won’t sell anything if people don’t the goods or services you offer. Go get a well-designed banner. it goes for N4000 only.
See lessWhere can I download Albums from Movies for Free?
I used to be in your shoes until I realised that most of those Movie albums are posted on Youtbe for Free. Yes for free and all of them are complete. You can search for any movie you love the soundtrack and you will see them on an online playlist from the company who brought the franchise. We all knRead more
I used to be in your shoes until I realised that most of those Movie albums are posted on Youtbe for Free.
Yes for free and all of them are complete. You can search for any movie you love the soundtrack and you will see them on an online playlist from the company who brought the franchise.
We all know we cannot download directly from YouTube except we use Apps or Software that can bypass that download protocols.
One of those Apps is TUBEMATE. Download the app here
Here is how you can download with TUBEMATE APP.
It saves you the stress of paying for YouTube Premium.
See lessWhat is special about people that use left hand?
First, we need to establish the fact that people who predominantly use their left hands are south-pawed people. And a lot of things are special to them, without demeaning the right-handed folks. Left-handed or sinistral people wonder why the world is oriented towards right-handed or dextral people.Read more
First, we need to establish the fact that people who predominantly use their left hands are south-pawed people. And a lot of things are special to them, without demeaning the right-handed folks.
Left-handed or sinistral people wonder why the world is oriented towards right-handed or dextral people. There is no answer to this question, however, do not try to switch yourself or your child to being dextral. Being sinistral is not a bane, neither is it a defect. Most African parents try to switch their wards to being dextral when they discover they are sinistral.
The good part of the gist is that being left-handed has its own advantages.
It is scientifically proven that your right-hand is controlled by your left brain, while your left hand is controlled by your right brain (there are juicy traits on the right brain, not as more on the left brain though)
So, start making use of your left hand or otherwise.
See lessHow to download from Youtube?
The other day I stumbled on an interesting, mind-blowing song and wanted to have it on my device in case I run out of data whenever I want to watch it again, but there was no option on Youtube that says "download on your device" or something close. I tried every option but it proved abortive until IRead more
The other day I stumbled on an interesting, mind-blowing song and wanted to have it on my device in case I run out of data whenever I want to watch it again, but there was no option on Youtube that says “download on your device” or something close. I tried every option but it proved abortive until I came to realize how to download from Youtube with ease.
You should know that it is illegal to download from Youtube using a thir-party app, as it is against Youtube’s terms of service, which states that “you are only able to stream videos directly from its servers” Downloading Youtube videos also opens you up to potential copyright infringement unless you have permission from the copywriter holder. The issue of copyright is a big one in developed countries; they do not joke with it a bit. If found guilty, could land you a law suit and fine of over $10, 000.
With the above being established, Youtube offers some ways to download from its web or app platform.
The simplest way to download from Youtube web, not App( you could toggle on “watch later” on the App to enable you view videos in offline mode):
Normally a Youtube link is always like http://www.m.youtube.com/watch?v=BW_DYhv-FTU
To download this video, all you need to do is edit the link and add “ss” just like we have it down here.
ssyoutube.com/watch?v=BW_DYhv-FTU
Technically, all you are editing or deleting from “http://www.m.youtube.com/watch?v=BW_DYhv-FTU” is “http://www.m.” while you insert “ss” immediately before “youtube”
Enjoy your downloads and do not be caught.
Cheers
See lessHow to answer “What is your greatest accomplishment?” interview question
While younger, we were taught not to show off in social situations as it is considered rather rude; Humility was inculcated to us from childhood. Consequently, as adults, we rather consider it odd when asked to talk about our achievements. On the flip side, a job interviewer would ask you this questRead more
While younger, we were taught not to show off in social situations as it is considered rather rude; Humility was inculcated to us from childhood. Consequently, as adults, we rather consider it odd when asked to talk about our achievements.
On the flip side, a job interviewer would ask you this question to know if you are the right fit for the job. So, you need to start embracing all that makes you great. When asked this question, they do not want you to sound arrogant, rather, they want to know what stands you out from the crowd, since the HR receive tonnes of application documents for a particular role.
When asked this question, they want to know:
How to answer this question
The best way to prepare for the question is to follow the STAR technique
Situation: In what context did your greatest accomplishment occur
Task: What hurdle did you surmount or intend the overcome
Action: What did you do during the challenge you faced
Result: What was the result of the actions you took? What outcome were recorded after the challenge?
You could wish to answer in the following
Rules to answering the question
Below are samples
“My greatest accomplishment occurred in my previous position as an HR Administrator. I noticed team members often had difficulty locating specific files – which reduced productivity, particularly during busy periods. So I took the initiative to implement a team filing system. I scanned every vital document, which I then saved to shared folders on our computer system. At the end of the month, our timesheets indicated that the time spent looking for files had reduced by several hours.”
“My greatest accomplishment is when I took over a children’s reading group in my current position as a Library Assistant. Children between the ages of 7 and 12 can come to the library on a Saturday morning, we read a chapter of a book together and then we discuss it. At the time, my official responsibility was to provide customer service at the front desk. However, one of our Library Supervisors retired and no replacement was hired. Due to the lack of staff, the library made the difficult decision to cut the weekly children’s reading group. I was saddened to hear about the disappointment felt by the children and their parents. I volunteered to change my shifts so I worked on a Saturday morning and could run the reading group. I am now the leader of the group. I help choose the books we read, prepare questions for an educational discussion and organize games and other activities. We get around five to ten children per session. Their parents are so grateful we were able to continue the group and I enjoy interacting with children who love to read.”
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