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Business degrees are hot, but you might want to reconsider your decision. Here are eight reasons why you should not major in business : 1. Business majors don't learn much in business school. That's one of the bombshell conclusions of Academically Adrift , a new blockbuster bestseller that suggests that 45% of university students don't learn much of anything in their first two years of college, while more than one out of three students graduate with no improvement in writing and analytical skills. Among the students who learn the least in college are social work, education and business majors . In contrast, the researchers found that students majoring in the humanities, social sciences, hard sciences and math do relatively well. 2. You won't make as much money as you think. If you're interested in making tons of money, here's a wake-up call: in the latest university degree salary survey is that , business is NOT one of the best-paying univer

The Federal Government of Nigeria has initiated moves to shut down MMM operations in Nigeria. Managing director of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim, said regulators have set up a committee to stem the nefarious activities of the fraudsters across the country. ''I wish to sound a word of caution to members of the public on the activities of illegal fund managers, otherwise known as Wonder Banks. It is worrisome to note that despite repeated advice, many unsuspecting members of the public are still falling victims to the mouth-watering interest being offered by these illegal fund managers'' Members of the public are therefore advised to patronize only banking institutions that display the NDIC sticker: 'Insured By NDIC' in their banking halls or entrances. ''However, the regulatory authorities have set up an inter-agency committee under the Financial Services Regulatory Co-ordinating Committee (FRSCC) to st

Is public Wi-Fi safe? The short answer: Hell, no. But if you must use the free wireless at your hotel or the satellite office (i.e., Starbucks), here are some precautions you should take. Keep it impersonal. Never online-bank via public wi-fi. Obvious, right? But you shouldn’t even check email -- that can give hackers access to a trove of personal info. This applies even to secure websites, those with https (hypertext transfer protocol secure) in the URL. “Public hotspots are susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks” -- where the hacker intercepts communications -- “which will strip out the ‘secure’ part of https,” warns David Lee, a product manager for mobile at security software company Norton. Beware fake networks. Check the network name with the staff of wherever you’re working. “You might see ‘Free-Starbucks-wifi,’ but this could easily be a fake,” says Jérôme Segura, a lead malware intelligence analyst at Internet security software maker Malwarebytes. You’d be able

Sesan Olufowobi The Executive Chairman of the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr Ganiyu Sopeyin, says public schools have been showing greater quality. He explained that statistics available showed that the level of education in the state was improving, adding that public schools in the state would continue to achieve competitive advantage. A statement on Sunday said Sopeyin spoke after public primary school pupils in Lagos (Team Lagos) came third at the 56th Independence Anniversary Inter-SUBEB Schools Debate Championship in Minna, Niger State. At the event, which was organized by the Universal Basic Education Commission, in collaboration with the President’s Schools Debate Nigeria, Sopeyin also emerged the Best Performing SUBEB Chairman in the South-West. The Lagos SUBEB boss said, “Based on empirical statistics available, the level of education in the state is improving with the provision of education facilities, teachers’ welfare and training, construction and reh

In starting out on our career path alot of us choose opportunity over passion. But sometimes it does ends up being the other way round after a couple of years on the sidelines. The circle always start with being admitted to study a course you didn't apply for because you couldn't attain the cut-off mark of the course after your heart. Friends will always advice you to go for what is readily available, instead of you waiting  longer years to get your dream course; because as they readily say "it doesn't matter what you read in Nigeria, it is the paper and connection that does." No wonder we have all seen microbiologist as on-air-personalities, lawyers working in a bank counters, ministers being assigned roles they are not fit for. The cycle keep repeating itself. Passion starts to develop when after accepting your admission status in the university, you find out that you are not as intrigued to study the course given to you. Some people at this point quit, but

The funny thing about democracy is that you can actually be guilty hiding under the ambit of the law. When your cover is blown, you cry foul and aim to be the victim of abuse of democratic process. Have you ever wondered why nobody cares about due process when it comes to charging a common criminal, and cry foul when Federal Judges who are supposed to uphold our political institutions are charged with corruption? Did the DSS have a search warrant to invade the judges homes at that time and is it constitutional as well as, did they come with a search warrant? According to them they did, and they are backed by law, as you can make a search  at anytime of the day provided the search warrant was signed by a judge, in this case the CJN. But an arrest can only be made from 6:00am -6:00pm at any given day. So why did they make the arrest at that hour and what did they find that e encouraged them to make an arrest at that time of the night, have to be proven in court.   Is it a pol

Enyim Enyim AWKA—The celebrated success in the security and crime sector of Anambra State by Governor Willie Obiano is currently under threat as the staff of the state vigilance services have vowed to embark on strike over non-payment of their two months salary arrears. Speaking to reporters, yesterday, in Awka, the workers said they were being owed August and September salaries and insisted they would go on strike if the state government failed to pay them any time soon. According to one of the officials who gave his name as Mr. Maxwell Nwoye, “we have done our best in ensuring safety of lives and property in Anambra State and everybody knows that the governor has zero tolerance for crime and all forms of brigandage. Some of us have died, some are hospitalised as a result of fighting crime, yet the authorities concerned have not found us worthy to be paid our entitlements. “Our members are not happy at all and we also learnt that the Special Adviser to the Governor on Security has