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Photo Credit: Google Images In my one of my previous posts I wrote on how to file a civil suit in Nigerian lower courts. Today, I am writing on how to file a criminal suite in Nigerian lower courts. Please subscribe to my next post on the difference between criminal and civil suits so you don't miss it. Just like the civil suit in the lower court, an individual can also initiate a criminal suit in a lower court, even without the help of a lawyer. I mean, the service of a lawyer is not necessary but if you can afford it, it is better for you. There are little differences between initiating a civil suit and a criminal suit in lower court. Just read attentively as I will explain them in this article. In criminal suit at times you may go through the police when initiating it in the lower courts. This may happen when you report the person you are suing to the police or when the police has arrestd the accused person before informing you. In either of the two scenarios, the police wil...

In one of my previous posts I wrote on how to file a civil suit in Nigerian lower courts. Today, this article is concerned with how to file a civil suit in superior courts in Nigeria. Like I said in that previous post, the processes in lower court differ from that of the superior courts. In a superior cout like the High Court of the state for instance, you need a lawyer in order to do that. This means, service of a lawyer is necessary, unlike the lower court where you can do it yourself. You need to go to a law firm (Chamber), get your lawyer and explain to your lawyer in details the facts of your matter. Did I say explain everything in details? Yea! That's what I really mean. After examining the facts of your matter, your lawyer will tell you what to do. He will tell you if the suit may favour you or not. If it won't favour you and you are the Plaintiff ( the person suing) there is no need of wasting your time and money to proceed with the case. The best thing is to quit. B...

Although it has become like a usual chorus that almost every internet savvy sings; making money online is still true and it exists . So many people have testified of the good side of it; while so many have also delved into it but didn't wait for others to advise them to make a reverse. Just like every other area of success in life, making money online has its hindrances and challenges also. The truth of it is that it is real but one must come up with products to sale or services to render to the public. Like myself, it has been working for me as a result of the services I render to my clients. The two services that give me a better income online are bulk SMS service I render to my clients and blogs I design for companies and private individuals. There are other services that also bring me income but the aforementioned two are far much better. So, before you think of making money online, first, think of the service you can render to others and get paid. If you have such a service...

Source: Hussaini Kana Tari Tumba This post is in honour of Miss Peace Kenneth; from Akwa Ibom state. Until her death, Peace Kenneth was a student of Modibbo Adama University of Technology (MAUTECH), Yola; formerly known as Federal University of Technology, Yola (FUTY). She was a student in department of Information Technology with 5.0 G.P.A. In fact, history has it that she was the first to make such an excellent academic record in the department of Information Technology since the school came into existence. She was so caring, loving, and confident in pursuit of her academic goals. She died after a brief illness. The shocking news of her death went viral on the Students Union Government, MAUTECH Facebook Page on 20th December, 2014. What a great loss to the Nigerian society and the world at large! We miss her. The Success Minds Crew wishes her gentle soul enternal rest in the bossom of the Lord. May God grant her parents, relatives, friends and well wishers the courage to bear th...

Today I want to talk on how to file a civil suit in Nigerian lower courts. Before we proceed, I want you to understand that law suit can be criminal or civil, but in this article we are concerned with how to file the civil type. Please subscribe to our next post on how to file a criminal suit in Nigerian lower courts, so you don't miss it. In nigeria, we have the lower courts and the superior courts of record and the processes of initiating law suits in both categories of courts differ. Unlike the superior courts, lower courts are not courts of record; they are courts precided over by individuals who are not lawyers, except for the upper area courts that are precided over by barristers. Area courts 1 and 2 are precided over by individuals (not lawyers) who hold Diploma in law and have gained requisite experience in the court system or those who do not even have Diploma in law but have worked in the court and have gained requisite experience also. If you are initiating a civil ...

Photo Credit: Google Images In one of my previous posts I wrote on How I made money as a Data Gathering Officer (DGO) for Vconnect. In that post I promised that I will write a post on the strategies I applied during the data gathering exercise for Vconnect. I also promised I will write on the challenges I encountered during the exercise. Today I am fulfilling one of the promises. Just like King Solomon said in his book of wisdom, "wisdom is profitable to direct." I applied a certain wisdom during the data gathering exercise in order to make myself the thousands of Naira I made. After making my analysis on what Vconnect wanted from me, I came to a conclusion that the only thing they needed was active (existing) business data of people withing Nigeria, hence the reason for confirmation of all the data I upload before they pay me. Looking at it that what they really needed was genuine existing business data, a thought came to my mind on how to gather huge amount of data for ...

Photo Credit: Google Images Last time I wrote on How to start a patent medicine business in Nigeria with a little capital. Today I am writing on how to start a honey business in Nigeria with a little capital. Honey is obtainable in almost every part of Nigeria but when it comes to having it in a large quantity, there are certain places you go to. In this particular post, I am writing on how to get honey in a large quantity in Ganye Local Government Area of Adamawa State in Nigeria. Ganye is one of the localitis in Nigeria that share boundry with cameroun. There is a large quantity of honey in Gany, though the primary souce of the honey is Cameroun Republic. Dealers in Ganye go to Cameroun to import honey and sellers like me go to Ganye to buy and send to our customers in different parts of Nigeria. Like myself, I have different customers in places like Lagos and Ibadan who I supply honey regularly. What it takes me is just to receive calls from my customers whenever they need the p...

Photo Credit: Google Images Patent medicing business can be lucrative especially in an environment like Nigeria, but starting it may be challenging. Things you need: Licence. Obtaining a license is a fundamental precondition when starting a patent medicing business in Nigeria. Though the licence may be delayed for upto a year or more before it comes out, after you have gone through the application processes, the Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria through the ministry of health of the state where you want to operate your business will issue you some documents that will prove that you have applied for a licence and with this you can start your business pending when your licence comes out. Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria is the regulating body in respect of patent and proprietary medicine vendors and the pharmaceutical industries and distributors in Nigeria. Shop (location). Unlike other businesses that can be operated anywhere and in any kind of shop and environment, patent medicin...

Photo Credit: Google Images IIn one of my previous posts I wrote on how to make at least 50k per month from bulk SMS as a beginer. Today I want to unveil to you how you can start a bulk SMS business without a penny. It may sound untrue but it is from my own experience. I tried it and it worked for me perfectly. It will work for you too! I want to believe you know what bulk SMS is. Incase you don't know, kindly subscribe for my next post on the reality of bulk SMS for beginers. Bulk SMS business is very lucrative especially in this era where the world has turned to a global village. Many organizations use bulk SMS to reachout to their clients, customers, associates, well wishers, etc. Politicians now use bulk SMS for campaign, churches use it for outreach, banks use it for alerts and other communications. If you know how to go about it, you can render service to any organization or individual without capital in your hand. Yes, it is possible. What you need to do is just signup w...

Photo Credit: Google Images In one of my previous posts I wrote on How I made money as a Data Gathering Officer (DGO) for Vconnect. In that post I promised that I will write a post on the strategies I applied during the data gathering exercise for Vconnect. I also promised I will write on the challenges I encountered during the exercise. Today I am fulfilling one of the promises. Just like King Solomon said in his book of wisdom, "wisdom is profitable to direct." I applied a certain wisdom during the data gathering exercise in order to make myself the thousands of Naira I made. After making my analysis on what Vconnect wanted from me, I came to a conclusion that the only thing they needed was active (existing) business data of people withing Nigeria, hence the reason for confirmation of all the data I upload before they pay me. Looking at it that what they really needed was genuine existing business data, a thought came to my mind on how to gather huge amount of data for ...

Photo Credit: Success Minds Success Minds Blog at www.successminds.net ; an initiative of a Nigerian passionate blogger and a human rights activist, Attamah C. Malachy is an online community of know-how gurus who are passionate about sharing their ideas with others and also help people solve their problems with ease. The blog also profers solutions to challenges affecting nations and criticizes bad practices of the government. It is a corporate blog that has the founder, Attamah C. Malachy as the Coordinator and other success minded gurus also known as 'The Success Minds Crew' as contributors. Unlike other Nigerian blogs, Success Minds Blog at www.successminds.net is dully registered as 'Success Minds Business Solutions' with the Corporate Affairs Commission under the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 1990 as a business establishment that provides solutions to the business communities within the global village. This implies that any individual or corporate en...

Photo Credit: Google Images Becoming a blogger is as easy as taking a breath but honestly speaking it has its hindrances too. It is one thing to become a blogger and another thing to become a successful blogger. In this post, I am concentrating on the things you need to become a blogger - to start blogging. If you want to know what it takes to become a successful blogger, subscribe for my next post so you don't miss it. In order to start blogging in case you intend to, you need an email account with google. Did I say google? Yes! I mean the Google giant because if you want to enjoy blogging and make earnings via google ads as a beginer, the best platform to start is the Blogger at www.blogger.com or www.blogspot.com which is owned by the Google giant. Unlike the wordpress blog which you can't make earning via google ads as a new blogger until you migrate to cutom domain - .com, .net, .info, etc. extension, on blogger you are eligible to do that if you have quality and ori...

Photo Credit: Google Images In one of my previous posts I wrote on how I buy things on amazon online shop in US. Today I am writing on how I make money buying things for others online; both in Nigeria and oversears. Being an internet savvy is profitable especially when you are popularly known for it. People know me as an internet savvy and as a result of that many people consult me when they want to make online transactions; both buying and selling. This may be because; they don't have time, they don't know how to do it, they need someone that can do it better, or they are afraid of taking risk of internet fraud, so they need a savvy who may be held responsible if anything goes wrong. What a privilege of God to me! Baba God you are too much! Sincerely speaking I have bought unprecedented number of items online for many people and corporate entities that I now refer to as 'My Clients., These things range from; mobile phones, computers, electronics,music sheets, online ap...

Photo Credit: Google Images I It was in March, 2014 when I stumbled on an advertisement on Vconnect website for data gathering exercise. Because of my passion for online activities, after reading the description of the job I picked interest and submitted my application for the job. Two days after I received an email from Vconnect congratulating me for getting the job. I was sent a letter of introduction from Vconnect, introducing me as their Data Gathering Officer (DGO). The purpose of the letter was to clear doubt in the minds of business owners whenever I go to gather their business information. The job was a freelance type that warrants going from on bussiness center to the other to gather their business data and upload them on Vconnect website for verification, approval and enlistment. This include; business name, location of business, description of product and services, and contact information like; phone numbers, emails and websites. After uploading their data, Vconnect calls...

Success in bulk SMS business is real but it is all about knowing your targeted customers and clients. In this article, I am speaking from my personal experience. I am talking of how you can make at least 50k as a beginner, unlike the plethora of adverts we see and read online on daily basis; where they tell you that you can make millions on bulk SMS as a beginner. I disagree with such a claim. I want to say it categorically that as a beginner you can make at least 50k in a month as your profit if you are a serious business minded fellow, but just as it is said; salvation is free but you have a price to pay. In order to make it in bulk SMS as a beginner, many things are involved. You MUST be committed; you have to go from one place to the other in order to tell your potential clients and customers the benefits you and your bulk SMS can bring to their businesses. You must have access to internet 24/7 so you don't fail your clients when they begin to patronize you. With the help...

Both are interlocutory injunctions sought by way of applications (prayer) before the court; but they serve different purposes. Motion exparte which is interpreted as 'on one party' is an application before the court in time of urgency; to restrain from doing an act which may cause an irreparable injury to the applicant. The order subsists pending the final determination of the suit. Eg. If the subject matter of the suit is a an economic tree, and the defendant intends to cut the tree because he claims it belongs to him, the plaintiff can apply for a motion exparte for court to stop the Defendant from cutting the tree until the suit is determined. It is an exception to the rule of fair hearing enshrined in the constitution. So, the Defendant need not be served provided the Plaintiff can convince the court that waiting for the Defendant to be served will occasion an irreparable injury on him as the Defendant may cut the tree before service is effected on him. Motion on noti...

Like I said in one of my previous posts on how to buy things on amazon, there are fraudster on amazon, so be very careful in making transaction with sellers. In every group of disciples is always Judas. There was a time I bought eitheen fairly used Blackberry phones on Amazon and I discovered that one of them - BB 8900 (Curve Javeline) was faulty. The phone doesn't make calls nor receives calls. Each time I want to make call with it, it indicates 'only emergency calls are allowed.' When someone tries to call me, the person will see 'user busy'. In fact, it nearly cost me my fiancee as she was calling me on a faithful night and she kept seeing 'user busy'. She thought another lady has snatched me from her. Lol! At last I was the one that used the phone for browsing and text messages as those are the only things it could offer. But what I am trying to say here is this; I made every necessary enquiry before buying the phone and the seller told me with confid...

In fulfillment of my promise in my previous post that I will write an article on my experince on Amazon as a beginner, today I have decided to fulfil the promise; hence the emergence of this article. Just like very other beginer, I also had an encounter on amazon too; a bad encounter so to say. The first mistake I made on amazon was when I bought an android pc thinking it was a very good laptop. Hahahaha! I saw the price ($104) Hundred and four US Dollars for a brand new, so I thought God has buttered my bread on that day; not until when it arrived and I discovered it wasn't what I wanted to buy. What a frustration! I think you can now see the reason why it is of a paramount importance that you make serious enquiries before you buy anything on amazon website. I was a victim just because I didn't realise how important it was to make enquiries before buying on amazon, then as a beginer. Believe me, I couldn't use the android pc because its battery barely lasted for thirty ...

In case you have been wondering how to start buying on amazon, I have a goodnews for you. Today I am writing on the criteria for buying on amazon as a beginner. Though, it may sound as if it is so easy to start buying things on amazon; the truth remains that it is not always easy as we always think. I can recall my experience then as a beginner; yes as a beginner then. For you to start buying things on amazon online shop, the first thing to do is to create an account, just as it is done on any websites that requires personal profile. You get to create an account using your email I'd. After that, a link will be sent to your email for confirmation. After confirmation you need to provide your credit or debit card information and your billing address. Note that your billing address is the same address you opened your account with in your bank. After doing that, amazon will contact your financial institution (bank) to confirm if you are the original owner of the credit or debit card ...

One of Nigeria's famous bloggers in person of Jide Ogunsanya was involved in accident today, 15th December, 2014. The blogger Mr Jide Ogunsanya made his testimony public on facebook after his life was saved by the almighty God of heaven and earth. The guy Mr Jide Ogunsanya posted on his facebook page saying "I Just had accident with my car. I would have been dead by now but thank God I am OK." Jide Ogunsanya is a mentor to many bloggers in Nigeria, including my self Attamah C. Malachy. He is humble, loving and always passionate about sharing his new ideas with his co-b loggers. The Success Minds Crew wishes him a quick recovery from stress and injury he might have sustained. God will continue to preserve his life for the good gestures he has for all, especially we bloggers.

The Living Faith Church aka (Winners' Chapel International) had her annual event known as Shiloh for the year 2014. The anual gathering which witnessed unprecedented attendees from across the globe started on 9th December and ended on 13th of the same month. During the power-packed convention, the President and founder of the church, Bishop David Olaniyi Oyedepo popularly called papa by members of the church declared some power-packed prophecies concerning year 2015. Below is the list of the prohecies: * 2015 shall be a year with clear distinctions; *In 2015, nobody will doubt those who serve God. It will be clear that we are only in the world but not of the world. *In 2015, my God will wipe away all your tears. *There shall be no occasion for mourning or weeping in 2015. *Throughout 2015, you are not permitted to bury anyone in your life because there shall be no more death. *In 2015, some things that cause you sorrow will be far from you. *In 2015, you will not need any medic...

Buying on Amazon may sound very easy but the truth is that its a bit challenging, especially to novies. Honestly speaking, things are very cheap on amazon especially fairly used items, such as: Blackberry phones, Computer laptops, Digital cameras, iphones, android phones and tabs, etc. But not withstanding the fact that they may be cheap, you ought to be extra careful when buying. You need to make accurate enquiries on the items you want to buy. We have been carried away by the fact that the white men are not fraudulent but in my years of experience on Amazon, I have come to realize that among them are Judas Iscariots. So, you are expected to make enquiries on the item you want to buy before you either buy or leave it. You get to send emails directly to the seller for enquiries. You also need to carefully read reviews on the products you want to buy and on the person or seller you want to buy from. Be sure you are satisfied with the response from the seller. Your enquiry should be ...

If you are buying anything on amazon, one of the budgets you ought to make is your customs clearance fee. At times I pay up to seventeen thousand naira for a single shipment. The amount you pay to customs is determined by the amount of items you bought. The higher the amount of your items, the higher your custom fee. When I ship my things, I choose either DHL or FEDEX express. They appear to be more reliable and trustworthy to me; especially DHL. When my consignments arrive Lagos, they will notify me of the customs clearance fee; that is if customs with holds the items, because there are times when they don't hold my consignment. At times I get information through tracking even before I am notified by DHL or FEDEX. If my consignments are with customs, the tracking system informs me. When they hold my consignment, I pay the clearance fee into DHL or FEDEX account and DHL or FEDEX will settle custom on my behalf. Subscribe for my next post on how to file a complaint on amazon.

You may be wondering how your account is being debited each time you make purchase on amazon. When you buy an item on amazon, after checking out to the payment section, your account is temporarily debited with the value of the items you have purchased. The money will remain in your account until the items you purchased are confirmed to have been delivered to you before the money finally leaves your account. At the time of temporary debit, the money will be in your account but it is on hold until your items are delivered to you before the money will be credited to the account of the seller. This is to avoid fraud, for instance where the buyer may collect your money without delivering the items. In a situation where the seller fails to deliver the items, your money will be revesed to your account. This is almost the same thing that happens in every online transaction. I hope this wipes away the fear of buying online in the minds of my fellow Nigerians who never believe that there is ...

Before I started buying on amazon, I used to be a doubting Thomas. Lol! Then I was doubting if I would get my things shipped to me in Nigeria. This fear overwhelmed me to an extent that the only thing I bought was a sixteen (16) GB Sonny memory stick for my digital camera, at seven ($7) US Dollars. It was shipped from amazon to my shipping agent (MY US) in Florida. As soon as it got to MY US, they shipped it to Nigeria without waiting for an instruction from me. This was because I was maintaining a standard account with them. Standard account doesn't have any special benefit like Premium account which allows you to keep your items on hold up to thirty (30) day, after which every item incurs a storage fee of one ($1) US Dollar per day, or premium plus account which you can also place your items on hold too. Subscribe for my next post on the difference between the three accounts on MY US

Source: Guardian AN Abuja High Court has barred former President Olusegun Obasanjo from proceeding with plans to publish or have someone publish on his behalf a new autobiography entitled, My Watch. Presided by Justice Valentine Ashi, the court, after listening to an exparte motion by Dr. Alex Iziyon (SAN) on Friday behalf of a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Buruji Kashamu, gave the restraining order. Iziyon had submitted that the content of the book relates to issues contained in Obasanjo's December 2, 2013 letter to President Goodluck Jonathan and former National Chairman of the PDP, Bamanga Tukur, in which the former president alleged that Kashamu was a fugitive and was wanted in the United States (U.S.) He argued that since the content of the letter is the subject of his client's pending libel suit against Obasanjo, it would be wrong before a court of law for him to be allowed to proceed to comment on, write books about or make publications on the ...

Source: allfrica.com . The Speaker of the kwara state House of Assembly, Barr Razak Atunwa has emerged as the House of Representatives candidate of the All Progressive Congress for Ilorin West/Asa Constituency for the next Year's general Elections. Barr Atunwa who was a sole Candidate polled 1545 votes to emerge as the flag bearer of the Party in the Primary supervised by the INEC officials and five Man team of the APC from the National Headquarters led by Chief. H M Osha. Speaking after the election chief Osha expressed delight over the peaceful Conduct of the Primary and urged other states Chapter of the Party to. emulate kwara State model in electing their Candidates. He praised Senator Bukola Saraki for his leadership quality and called on the People of the State to vote massively for the Party in the 2015 general elections. In his remark Senator Bukola Saraki praised all the Stake holders and other Aspirants for the Post for accepting the Candidature and voting massive...

SOURCE: Sahara Reporters. As the Nigerian troops continue to sustain their offensives against terrorists in North-Eastern Nigeria, more arrests have been made. Some of the recent arrest include professional cameramen for the terrorist group who are experts in photo, video recording and filming of their attacks on communities and atrocities against innocent citizens. The terrorists were nabbed during patrols, surveillance and raid operations to track fleeing terrorists in communities around Adamawa State Confirming the development, the Director Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade said four of those nabbed as they tried to escape in an SUV jeep with digital camera and weapons were taken into custody. He added that they are helping in ongoing investigation in one of the barracks.

Nigeria leaders are wicked and selfish. I have come to realize this fact after making analysis on what is happening in our political field. I have discovered that political affairs and positions have turned to family and friends business in Nigeria. The positions keeep rotating within the friends and family circle of our wicked leaders. What an evil plan agaist the poor! Imagine; the poor can no longer contest for any elective position in this country simply because, these cabals have made the cost of nomination form unbearable for the poor. Even if the person has a good plan for the country; he/she cannot contest because the cost of nomination form is not affordable to him/her. These cabals have hiked the price purposely to render the poor incapacitated? How can the poor afford Twenty Seven Million Naira (N27,000,000) just to purchase a mere nomination form? What a wicked leadership we have!

Nigeria’s largest local search engine, VConnect has announced a strategic partnership with Stanbic IBTC, a leading banking conglomerate in Africa and provider of integrated financial services, to enable SME customers of both companies gain online presence and have access to financial aid which would help these SMEs increase reach and profit. In most countries Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) represent a substantial proportion of all economic activities, and typically account for well in excess of 50 percent of total employment. However, developing a successful and thriving SME is always difficult, especially in emerging markets because there are limited platforms that encourage and support their growth and development. It is in view of this, that VConnect and Stanbic IBTC have joined forces in order to empower SMEs. The partnership between both organisations is forged such that SME clients of both would benefit substantially from it. Speaking on the part...

In response to your questions I have received since I published an article on Naira Land on how to make at least 50k via bulk SMS as a beginner, I have decided to write it in details here with a comprehensive analysis for the benefit of all my readers, especially the newbies in online activities. Bulk SMS is a lucrative business. Success in bulk SMS is real and its all about knowing your targeted customers and clients. Please note that I am speaking from my personal experience. I am talking of how you can make at least 50k as a beginner, unlike the plethora of adverts we read online on daily basis; where they tell you that you can make millions on bulk SMS as a beginner. I disagree with such claim. I want to say it categorically that as a beginner you can make at least 50k in a month as your profit if you are a serious business minded fellow like me. But in order to make it in bulk SMS as a beginner, many things are involved. You MUST be committed. You have to go from one plac...