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FULL TEXT OF PRESIDENT BUHARI'S SPEECH

On August 21 2017, the president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari gave his speech after returning from from London due to an undisclosed ailment. You can read the full text below; My dear citizens, I am very grateful to God and to all Nigerians for their prayers. I am pleased to be back on home soil among my brothers and sisters. 2. In the course of my stay in the United Kingdom, I have been kept in daily touch with events at home. Nigerians are robust and lively in discussing their affairs, but I was distressed to notice that some of the comments, especially in the social media have crossed our national red lines by daring to question our collective existence as a nation. This is a step too far. 3. In 2003 after I joined partisan politics, the late Chief Emeka Ojukwu came and stayed as my guest in my hometown Daura. Over two days we discussed in great depth till late into the night and analyzed the problems of Nigeria. We both came to the conclusion that the country must remain ...

WEBSITE AND THE INTERNET

The internet is like a world on its own with lots of space to acquire for whatever purpose you desire. As a result of this, some companies decided to buy large space online which enables them to sell small space(s) to others to be able to be online, such companies are called Hosting Companies.  This companies thereafter sell the space they acquire to people in small sizes according to the amount they can afford, to use for whatever purposes they want. The hosting company has lots of work to do for whomever will buy space from them.  1. They must always be available on the internet 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. 2. They are also responsible for the upkeep of whatever space you buy from them, making sure it is always accessible and available for your visitors. 3. They are to be available to guide and support you anytime you call for help. These are just few of the services they render, for more information on hosting company services, check my previous post. W...

FIVE WAYS TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL IN ICT

Have you ever wanted to be like Steve Jobs of Apple or Bill Gate of Microsoft; all you need is just few steps away. Information technology has become more than a profession but more like a way of life, going extra mile than the day-to-day usage of ICT gadgets and software can actually put some extra cash in your pocket and even crave a space for you among the icons in technology. Here five steps that will get you to that place; Choose your area of interest: As you look around you, you will agree with me that almost everything is about technology, from the processed food you eat, to the clothes you wear, the gadgets you use, etc. it will actually do you good to take your time, sit and think of the aspect of technology you will want to venture into, either programming, web development, mobile apps, graphics networking, hardware, database or database. If you are that kind person that wants to be jack of all trade, you can actually take them one after the other, doing this will give ...

FIVE STEPS INVOLVED IN BUILDING A WEBSITE

Web development has become a lucrative job that everybody is interested in, it is not only lucrative but also gives you an opportunity to showcase or express yourself to the world. Before you can build websites that would be appealing to people you need to consider these steps basic steps; 1.        Get a domain name: Your domain name is as important as your company name and this is what serves as a link between you and your potential web visitors, the first step you have to take is to register your web address ( www.yourwebsite.com ) with a reliable company. 2.        Build your website: website building is becoming fun day in day out; with different applications like text-editors (for programmers), IDE (for intermediate developers) and CMS (for novice). There are so many tools you can use for your website, the choice of the application you go for depends on the kind of website you are building and your level of kno...

IMPORTANCE OF MICROSOFT EXCEL

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet developed by Microsoft for Microsoft, Macintosh OS. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications. Microsoft Excel has the bas ic features of all spreadsheets, using a grid of cells arranged in numbered rows and letter-named columns to organize data manipulations like arithmetic operations. It has a battery of supplied functions to answer statistical, engineering and financial needs. In addition, it can display data as line graphs, histograms and charts, and with a very limited three-dimensional graphical display. It allows sectioning of data to view its dependencies on various factors for different perspectives (using pivot tables). Microsoft Excel is perhaps  the most important computer software program used in the workplace today . That's why so many workers and prospective employees are required to learn Excel in order to enter or remain in the workplace. ...

INVENTORY DEFAULTS IN PEACHTREE ACCOUNTING

When we talk about inventory in Peachtree accounting; these are the products or services that you sell or render in your company. These items are what keeps your company running. Therefore the need for you to make the right decisions regarding them. The inventory defaults window lets you tell Peachtree if you want to allow duplicate values for a couple of fields, how you want to be warned regarding low stock situations, what default account numbers will be used for different types of inventory items, what default costing method Peachtree will use for items, what shipping methods you use and how you tax items, and what price levels and pricing structures you want to use. Finally, if there are special terms you use to identify your items, you can set them up as custom fields. Before you set up inventory defaults, there are several aspects of setup that you should determine. First, what costing method do you use for items? Second, which sales, wage, and cost of sales a...