Turn corn stalk to wealth within minutes

Turn corn stalk to wealth within minutes: We are familiar with throwing away the corn stalk or Stover after eating. This is no news. But do you know you can turn it to cash? This is news!

Start gathering your corn raids (stalks) after eating because throwing them away means you’re throwing away millions into the trash.

Interestingly, the stalks cost about $9.99 in the West, which is equivalent to 172.32 South Africa Rand and 4,584.90 Nigeria Naira. 

Wow, that’s a whooping sum of money we throw to the trash in Nigeria and around Africa, while it’s worth a fortune elsewhere.

Do you wonder why this stalk is costly or why is it this important or what is it used for? 

Your questions are as good as mine.

The corn stalk is mostly used in the cosmetic industry. It is one of the ingredients.

Also, the corn stalk is 100% vegetable, that is, it’s bio-degradable. It is mostly a formula for natural cosmetics for the facial and other parts of the body.

Ointment and other cosmetic products acts as exfoliator which is the ability of these products to remove dead cells from the epidermis so that the skin is extremely smooth and radiating.

More so, other usage of these corn stalk include production of charcoal, animal feeds, biofuel (as the world is moving towards green energy), veterinary pharmacy, etc.

Going back to natural products will protect our body from the destructive chemicals posed as cosmetic products coming into the global market by the day.

When next we buy a cosmetic product, ensure it’s made from natural products and our body will thank us for it.

This alone will make you have a rethink each time you finish earning a corn. Start making money from corn stalks.  

People are making money from just thinking out of the box and you are also endowed with such thinking capability to do the same.

I hope this guide was helpful in teaching you how to turn corn stalk to wealth within minutes.

Start foodstuff business in Nigeria without stress

Start foodstuff business in Nigeria without stress: There is a lot of businesses to dive into when the white collar jobs are not coming in handy.

People tend to wait for a long time before getting a job when they can equally start something small and become a boss of their own.

That way, they also create jobs for the teaming population of Nigeria.

Therefore, one need to find something small to start with and the one thing that comes to my mind is food stuff business.

It is true that every business has its own advantages and disadvantages, but have you tried something new recently.

Something people do not find lucrative like having a company for fuel, designer clothes, shoes and bags, CEO of high-tech companies, etc.

Don’t worry if you aren’t born with a silver spoon, you can create or manufacture one silver spoon for yourself.

Dive into this business like grains and other food stuff ingredients. We have different grains and other food stuff such as rice, maize, beans, and palm oil.

In this article, we are going to show you how to start the food stuff business without stress using the four items mentioned above – rice, maize, beans and palm oil.

Everyone needs to eat food and the items listed above are among the daily consumption in a typical Nigerian home.

Therefore, there is a market for this food stuff in your community or surrounding.

We need just little capital to start with. Since your capital is not huge, you have to be discipline, focus, hardworking and determine to success. Your saving habit must be apt.

You will again know that every single dime counts and so save a lot.

Plough back your profit into the business until you have gotten enough money to buy in large quantities.

How to start a food stuff business in Nigeria without stress

Start foodstuff business in Nigeria without stress with as little as N30,000 Naira

  • Yes! If not because of the hike in prices, inflation and economy downturn, amount less than N30,000 can start a business.
  • All what you need is to buy cheap grains directly from farmers in villages who are in dire need of money to meet their everyday needs.
  • Get rice, maize, and beans in rubber paint measure and sell in cups or “mudu” around your neighborhood. Don’t spend anything outside the profit. Just keep saving.
  • Thereafter get a pelican rubber of oil. Start with 10 litres. Also sell in small quantities first.

No household prepares food without oil. 

 Again, don’t forget to save. You have to be discipline and intentional about the business. After profits you can migrate to buying of bags. Bags of rice, beans, maize and a 50 litres of palm oil.

Currently, a bag of corn goes for N22,000

Bag of beans N43,000

Bag of rice (50kg) N23,000

Palm oil 20 litres N13,000

Importantly, minimize the number of people you give your produce on credit. The more your food stuff is sold on credit, the more you lose your capital because some may turn out to bad debts.

Unfortunately, irrecoverable debt may mean the end of your little business. Guide your business with all you’ve got. That is the real thing.

In our next article, we will show you how to make huge profit from the sale of food stuff in large quantities and how much to gain if you sale in small quantities.

How to Pass Aptitude Test in Nigerian Universities for Direct Entry Students

How to Pass Aptitude Test in Nigerian Universities for Direct Entry Students: Many Nigerian universities set examinations for prospective students to write before gaining admission into the various universities.

This is a norm now and no student can shy away from it.

The Nigerian Universities Commissions (NUC) allows every tertiary institution to conduct the exam to test the ability and capability of prospective students.

Usually cut-off mark differs by university, but the important thing is to let every student pass with a reasonable grade to ensure that they have something upstairs (brain).

No university would want to train a student that does not have basic idea of the field he/she wants to study or general knowledge about the country, environment and happenings around the world.

The 2021 JAMB UTME direct entry form is out and is one sale till May 15th, 2021.

The 2021 JAMB UTME direct entry is handled by unified tertiary and matriculation examination.

The sole aim is to organize how entry examinations are taken, admission given to students in a more organized and reliable manner, quota system and federal character is recognized especially in federal Universities.

There are lots of courses in the university. One needs to go with his or her choice of study. Study what interests you and you have passion for.

Tips

People applying to get direct entry in the universities are people with national diplomas (ND), Nigeria college of Education (NCE), certificates and even B.Sc (this ones are recognized for courses over four years or depends on the particular university’s preference).

Get full knowledge of your field of study.

You need to read harder especially if you are changing a course. That is, you have, say, ND in Economics and wants to change to Psychology.

Area of concentration

English language

Mathematics

General knowledge

Current affairs

Tips On How to Pass Aptitude Test in Nigerian Universities for Direct Entry Students

English language: Know basic English rules, concord, part of speech, idioms, verb agreement, etc. Know how to speak good English and express yourself very well.

Mathematics: Most of the courses such as accounting, Mathematics, will require you have basic knowledge of maths.

This quantitative reasoning will help to know or see if you can solve life giving situations in terms of finance administration and world problems such as diversification, inflation, hike in prices of goods, downturn in global economy, global warming, etc.

General knowledge: Have quantitative, qualitative and logical reasoning skills, know about your environment, other courses and fields, etc.

Also, ensure you visit library (state or national) around your area to get acquitted with more knowledge on any subject of your choice.

Create time to read, exercise and eat healthily. This will ensure you have the right mind to read, think and act.

In another development, know what is happening in other countries such as Britain, USA, Germany, Turkey, South Africa, Israel, etc.

Current affairs: Dwell so much on what is happening in your country, Nigeria.

There are lots of information you can get online about Nigeria, you can also enquire from friends working in any ministry you want to get information about.

Others include financial institutions, companies, manufacturing companies, parastatals, state government, etc.

The true business of selling books online and offline

The true business of selling books online and offline: With the emergence of technology and internet facilities, the business of selling books is minimal.

Considering that one needs to just surf the internet and get a good read from the millions of online books.

Needless to say that the internet has reduced the number of times people have to get to the library for reading. Many have resort to online reading to meet their needs for romance, politics, technology, and so on.

In a way, many freelances are seen publishing articles online and making cool money to help themselves.

However, not everybody can afford data to surf the internet and download beautiful books online.

The cost of one download can mean a lot to some people. It therefore means that there is hope for people selling hard copy books as a livelihood.

The disadvantage of reading online books is that it affects visibility of readers due to constant rays from the computer, phones and other gadgets.

The more people tend to use the internet for their everyday need, the less they patronize print medias and book stores.

Thus, the business of book selling is very much lucrative. This is because there are plenty of people that want to stock their personal library with seasoned books and collections for their generation to come and for reference purposes.

It is ideal to encourage someone who love books to start selling books as a passion.

Here are tips you need for book store business.

The true business of selling books online and offline

  • know your target audience, such as children, adult and retirees. When the target is in place, the issue of the types of books to be in stock is solved.
  • Know your customers’ expectation in terms of price and value. For starters, it is advisable not to over shoot profit by making the selling price very high.

This is to enable people buy the books in time and also a wide range of notification due to awareness by customers.

  • Kinds of books; it can be old books, children books, Christian or religious books, stationeries.
  • The location of the business also matters. Where there are more readers to the specific books you are selling should be where the demand is high.
  • Know the source of capital. The source such as personal savings, borrowing from friends and families is checked.

This is in order to know the quantity of the books to purchase for sale at a time. Be mindful of where to borrow money, especially the interest rate so as to gain more profit at the end of a sale.

  • Beautify the shelves to attract customers to patronize you. Have a catalogue of collections of books in the store for easy location of books.

Have shelves, show glass, counter, and canter. Arrange books in a given category like children section, or even author for ease.

  • Have a store map. This enable customer to navigate the store without any help.
  • Have a business plan. When you want to approach an organisation for help or grant, ensure you want a convincing business plan that will make anyone wants to help.
  • Get good suppliers both local and international suppliers (Alibaba, Konga, ibooks, smashwords, draft2digital, createspace, kobo, amazon, etc).

Ensure you stick to the terms and conditions of your relationships with your suppliers. It’s very important.

  • Create a niche. Don’t compromise on great service delivery and quality (not pirated) books.

And also ensure your particular line of books is unique to you and you enjoy selling those particular books. It could be books for adults only.

  • Advertise your books online, schools, offices, worshipping places, and sports centres and events centres.  

 Finally, there is a great niche in book selling and when done properly, it is very lucrative. Keep to terms, supply quality products at affordable prices. Stick to your words in terms of convincing statement about a book.

How to open a padlock: Different ways to do it

How to open a padlock: Different ways to do it: There are times when you lost your key to your lock and begin to wonder how to get access into your home, office or business premises.

Before getting a spare and it is not coming in handy, there are ways you can gain access to your apartment, kitchen or other places without waiting to look for a spare key.

Here, I am going to show you how you can break or open a lock in different easy ways.

Step 1

Open a lock with safety matches

Yes! You heard me right. The match is one of the equipment use in the home to lit up the gas or stove for cooking purpose.

Matches is more than helpful and can be used to open a lock too.

Take out some match sticks and scratch the head of the match sticks which contains the potassium chlorate, mixed with sulfur, some fillers and some glass powder.

When they are enough on a white paper, turn the padlock up sided down and poor the substance into the open place where a key goes in.

Find a slim iron or stick to push enough substance in the open space of the lock.

Thereafter, put a small match stick in that place you pour the substance.

With much safety, use a lighter to lit the match stick.

When the small match stick is lit, quickly move eyes because there will be an explosion.

The fire will mix with the substance and cause an explosion.

With that explosion the lock will automatically open.

Step 2

Another way to open lock is by using a safety pin.

Interestingly, pin can also open a lock.

All you need do is to stretch the end of the pic and fix into the open space under the lock.

Then try to find the nuzzle inside and shift it to open.

How to open a padlock: Different ways to do it

Step 3

Another way is to use sandpaper or razor blade and thoroughly scratch the side of the lock.

You will find some pins arranged in arrays that helps the padlock to completely lock.

Use a sharp knife and object to remove the pins by the side.

Once the pins are removed, the lock will automatically open.

Step 4

Another method is to use two spinners to open a lock.

Yes! You can hold two spinners each fixed and the end of the lock

Mount pressure on the friction and ensure it is firmly attached to the handle of the lock

Move the spinners in opposite direction.

By so doing, the handle will break and give way for the lock to open.

Note: This method is for padlocks only. If you have so important items don’t use the above padlock because it is very easy to break open.    

Newest business to do that will blow your mind

Online business

Newest business to do that will blow your mind: Business such as making an information product or a course is a way out in this 21st century.

Now, don’t be discouraged by all the thousand-dollar courses and fake gurus and all the hype around online courses.

You can actually put together a low-ticket course over on udemy or Skillshare just sharing knowledge that you have from your daily job or some kind of hobby that you have.

And then putting together a prepackaged easy to follow a step-by-step course that’s only ten or fifteen dollars. And then make huge money.

Here, I really challenge you to sit down and think what are some skills that you have that other people have asked in the past; what are things that you know better than the general public, etc.

Another mind-blowing business is ebates. Ebates is a plugin that you can put on your computer and essentially saves you money by giving you cash back wherever you shop.

However, they have a referral program where if you send someone the link and they signup completely for free to use Ebates as soon as they buy things online.

Now, they’re going to give you $25 for referring them and credits them an additional ten dollars just for signing up through your link.

So essentially this is like small-scale affiliate marketing where you have your referral link and you can send it out to people completely free to join there’s no fee to sign up.

The newest business to do that will blow your mind

We also have YouTube channel. YouTube is all based around value so whatever kind of videos you’re creating whether that’s educational or entertainment videos just make sure that you’re delivering value to people and adding value into their lives.

Creating a youtube channel, you may start to get subscribers by putting out your review videos and answering questions and then you can build off from there.

The way youtube channel will make money passively is what’s called YouTube ad revenue so other companies putting ads on your videos and then you see a split of that money that advertisers paid for that ad on your video.

One thing I want to add into creating a YouTube channel is that to be monetized currently, it takes one thousand subscribers and four thousand watch hours in the last year.

This is another really good one and this is Kindle ebooks. If you can see, there’s kind of a trend on Amazon and that’s because Amazon is big and their marketplace is so powerful.

Essentially, you can turn an information product course into an information product ebook and then upload it through Kindle on the Amazon Marketplace.

On Kindles, you can use the free software to format your text or video into an e-book and then completely for free you can upload that onto the Amazon Marketplace and all of Amazon’s traffic will now be seeing your eBook and again this is completely passive.

Finally, we have Instagram affiliate.  Now, there’s two reasons why this is really good.

First, it’s completely free to do, you don’t have to have a website or anything you can just create the page and start.

Second, because you can use the power of hashtags so even if you don’t have any followers in the beginning when you create posts on your Instagram page, you can use niche hashtags and people in that niche will start to see your posts.

Virtual meeting platforms and etiquette: Things to know

Virtual meeting platforms and etiquette: Things to know: The arrival of corona virus pandemic makes public gathering to be minimal.

People now embrace social distancing and people tend to work from home.

Therefore, all the team members are not at work at the same time, even clients cannot come in person at times, but businesses must go on.

Regardless of all these, life continue, meetings must hold, seminars still have to go on to achieve a greater height.

The new normal is now about the consciousness of online/virtual meeting platforms.

Online meeting platforms are in existence before now, but people are not just familiar with them until recent times.

Some examples are Zoom, Google meet, Microsoft Teams, GoToMeeting, Cisco WebEx, amongst a host of others.

We will be discussing zoom and google meet here.

Virtual meeting platforms and etiquette: Things to know

Characteristics of virtual meeting platforms
There is lots of video conferencing software and choosing the best for your need should be your priority.

The following are the characteristics of virtual meeting platforms needed by businesses:

  • Starting a meeting. This implies the business starting a meeting (also called meeting initiation). Yes! The starting point is the most important characteristic.

This is essential because it allows one to host an online video conference.

  • Screen Sharing. This allows all participants of the meeting to see every thing displayed by the host in his/her computer during a web conference.
  • Recording. This ensures that every talk on the web conference can be recorded to be used in a later date by ability to be able to record your live web conference so that people who did not make it to the meeting may find it useful. It can also serve as a record of what took place.
  • Audio. This is for people who do not have a webcam. The audio tool may also allow them hear what you have to say during a meeting session.
  • Slideshow. A slideshow is a way of organising the information you present during the web meeting for easy comprehension.
  • Private Chat.Private chat is the ability for numerous team members to communicate privately during the main meeting.

This can be useful for answering questions or asking one.

  • Video Conferencing. This feature allows video meeting participants to enable their webcams so that they can see each other during the meeting.

It is very important to know that webcam is the main feature of video conferencing and should be available before the meeting.

  • Technical Support. This entails availability of support when using any virtual meeting apparatus. This is important because every package has a technical issue and to get help is all that it is.

Etiquette for online/virtual meetings within your reach


Etiquette for Zoom meeting

  • It uses video-like device for communication among school mates, colleagues at work, etc. This service is also the same with the one in other social media apps such as Whatsapp, Skype, and Google handout.

The benefits include the capability to chat and make calls during a meeting. it also allows you to set a scheduled meetings in the future.

Etiquette for Google meet

  • Google Meet uses video-like device such as the one used in video conferencing application, which is appropriate for different sizes of businesses.
  • The app allows users to engage in video calls and can work for about 30 users at a time.
  • The application also ensures the users can join meetings that is already scheduled using a meeting’s link and code to gain access.
  • Google Meet always gives the number of total members of the meeting at a time. It usually display a button to join a meeting and provides the option of either muting or turning off the video completely during a meeting session to enable members concentrate without distraction.

How to undertake practical hygiene routines in daycares in Nigeria

How to undertake practical hygiene routines in daycares in Nigeria: Every child is of different upbringing in terms of hygiene practices.
Nonetheless, the school is where one can learn good hygienic habits with ease.

This is a very important practice for day care because with good hygiene routines, diseases cannot be spread easily around us.

Your child’s caregivers or teachers will be introducing some great hygiene practices to help greatly towards achieving a more hygienic way of living.

This therefore may include more autonomous washing of hands, limited sharing of school reading materials, and frequent cleaning of items used by the child.

Also, the child needs great help especially in participating in these routines by educating them on how to keep people around them safe from the coronavirus.

In the same way, after sneezing or coughing and/or after using the bathroom, great care of the sensitive areas such as hands, be clean properly.

These routines are helpful and can be introduced in schools.

It is a lot easier for children who are well trained at home to transfer what they learn from home to the school.

Process feelings practical hygiene routines in daycares

Most importantly, living through a pandemic of this kind is hard to comprehend.

Therefore, toddles are taught on how to use great skill and come to terms with the changes around them.

Also, the child needs explanation as he/she is going back to school so as to be informed about recent happenings.

How to undertake practical hygiene routines in daycares in Nigeria

More so, the child constantly needs to be reminded that the way in which he/she plays with other kids should be reduced.

And when a child/toddler goes back to daycare or school, be ready to see some big feelings and emotional thoughts.

Yes! The child may feel highly motivated, excited, nervous, happy, sad – maybe all these feelings may happens all at once.

But if the child isn’t able to figure out the feelings, then you need to allow him/her some time to cope with the school activities at home too.

A child may also learn through imaginative play they create in their minds, you can feel what they feel through their gestures.

Above all, whatever their feelings there are, always ensure the child knows that every feeling is okay to have.

Assure your child that he/she is bounded by adults who take care of him/her needs and they have taken it as their job function.

As schools are beginning to vacate, the healthy practices should not stop, rather it should continue even at home.

Many families are too busy attending to other functions such as career, business, work, leisure without necessarily looking out for the wellbeing of daycares.

In this vein, children left on their own are prone to diseases and illnesses.

The children will not know the time to wash hands after touching dirty surfaces, and wipe their face with clean clothes.

Therefore, it is ideal for parents to know the healthy implications of not sensitizing their children on hygiene practices.

Even when their children are left in the hands of caregivers, such information about hygiene be handed over to these caregivers to enable them teach the children the right way of taking care of themselves.