Pejah97:

Queue is long

GTB allows customers to do it online with clear instructions. I just submitted my.

safetyboot:
Buying electric driven buses.
Who do you want to sell our petroleum fuels to?

Very sensible comment for Nigeria economy.

Lama70:




Don't forget to order dry cassava peels from me to feed your cows. Dry season is almost here and you can't bank on grasses this time.

Dry corn stems are used in USA to feed livestocks; they pack the stems after harvesting the corn and sell it to ranchers. If Nigeria ranchers can utilize that product, it will be another source of revenue for farmers and perhaps brings cordial relationship between farmers and herders.
I remember in my early days, in my father’s farm, we usually burn off the stems.

Racoon:

https://www.thisdaylive.com/

"With APC not getting 25% in FCT, will there be a runoff? (corrected)"

https://www.thecable.ng/with-apc-not-getting-25-in-fct-will-there-be-a-runoff/amp

The people that wrote the constitution did so for personal reasons and to rig in the future .
Abuja election result should not by any justification the determinant to choose a President. Is either it stand as a state or completely eliminated.

Kobojunkie:
Our stomachs probably can digest it if preprocessed

I have had to have a serious change of mind as far as what is and what isn't edible.

You are very correct !
I have Mexican friends, and I go to many of their restaurants; I have seen many fruits, seed, and leaves that we acknowledge in Nigeria as not edible in their food. To be sincere, possibly there is no fruit or leaves that is not edible, it just depends on the process before eating to suit the taste.

This is Ishin in Yoruba; I am surprised to here any part of it is poisonous. I grown-up with this fruit in my grandmother’s compound in Ogun State. I ate every part of it from 1969 to 1973 when I left the Neighbour-hood to my father’s Neighbour-hood. We ate the flesh raw and many times cooked it as soup. We burnt the seed in fire till the shell burn out and eat it. The seed taste like groundnut.

Kobojunkie:
Also found another fruit. Not sure what it is called in Nigeria though. The ackee is another member of the soapberry family, much like the longan and the lychee. It is a tricky fruit to eat, because if it is not eaten properly, the fruit can lead to vomiting, a coma or even death.

The only edible part of the fruit is the yellow flesh that surrounds the seeds. This part can also only be eaten when the fruit has turned red and split open. However, some who have tried the fruit do claim that it is worth the risk.

https://listverse.com/2011/07/08/top-20-fruits-you-probably-dont-know/

VaselineCrew:
Some roads may have lanes when just constructed, but as soon as they start to fade away, that is the end of the lane marking on that road, almost never to be re-marked again.

Generation after generation of Nigerian drivers keep adapting to the lawlessness of driving on roads without lane markings, further worsening the already chaotic driving situation aided by low level enforcement of law and order by the police force.

I guess to some, we should rejoice at the fact that we even have roads in the first place. Unfortunately, these people are somewhat justified, in the sense that, the unsightly sight of bad roads pervades the entire country.

All in all, we need to promote order in our society and lane markings are a step towards order, at least in terms of road transportation.

You cannot aspire to become a developed country and ignore the details, because the details are far from trivial.

It is because all the people that are leaders in every department of the federation are not qualified to be there. They are blind people leading the well sighted people. Every time I see what you just mentioned, I feel bad and ask myself if whoever is minister of transportation has ever traveled out of the country, or the governors pass through the roads.
Lack of the road demarcation actual add to bad driving habits in the country.

samincredible44:
sometimes I just can't help but wonder if buhari personally did brain surgery for all his followers and removed their brains.what is insulting about give a country as fanatically corrupt as Nigeria conditions.

It is because they are all corrupted; a thief doesn’t want anyone to known he is. All the leaders we currently or in the past have in Nigeria are thief, and the world knows that.

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Islie:


https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/governors-hijacking-lg-funds-will-face-trial-presidency.html

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Why the fund belongs to local governments can’t go directly to the account of the local government ? Why should it go to the state’s account ? The governors won’t heed to that warning because they know nothing will happen to them after their tenure; many of them will move from governor to senate and the stealing would continue .

Witchersunited:
Our grid is outdated, redundancies aren't put in place, una dey laugh, grid collapse doesn't mean that there is no generation of electricity, it means that the load is more than power available

Government can allow states generate power for their own use but cost will be too much, power plants to serve just enugu for instance will cost billions of naira, so our government prefers to build it small by small but population dey grow, building isn't meeting up, hopefully as more people go to school, less children will be born and generation will eventually catch up with consumption, to fix Nigeria power problem permanently will require our complete budget for 10 years straight

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If they sale the transmission’s shares on NSE, they will race the money needed to fix the problem; and everyone will be benefited. I don’t known why all the energy and distribution company are hoarding the investment.

iyatrustee:


Insurance companies pay claims. It is just that most people don't file for the 5k third party. . You can imagine free money they make yearly
I have claimed 80k repairs for a car I hit a while ago. I had to fix mine myself cos I had a 3rd party insurance.

They would rather fight each other and cause unnecessary traffic than just exchange insurance and vehicle information for claim procedure.

ursullalinda:
A lot of Nigerians are not really exposed about somethings....they need to be educated about it and then see it play out....before them go get mind do better insurance.

You are correct; they are not really educated about it, and that is the reason you see fight every time cars hit each other instead of just exchange insurance, vehicle, and drivers information. In addition, insurance companies are not helping the situation, they need to link any driver that is the cause of a compensation and the beneficiary of the compensation in their NATIONAL DATA so all the insurance company could make sure such driver pay the consequences for his/her action by increase cost of his/her coverage. If that is done, there will be some sanities on our roads.

olaboy33:
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Don't be biased or apologetic

Ps: I go with the second.

Logo should be Logo; the name underneath the first one shouldn’t be there. The name could be somewhere at rear.

MiztaYouneek:
Wait. It seems many members of this forum are uneducated or just lack common sense. Sometimes a lot of comments just doesn't add up to what a post is about and its usually based on condemning anything they read. I think the owner of the site and the moderators should do a better job to screen comments that are always based on unnecessary ranting.

Is there any form of development that can happen without a change in certain policies or ways of doing things. If we all stick to that particular way of life we are used to and still complain about it, then there is a change to such policy to bring development and we still complain then we the masses have a big problem being that we hardly spend time to think about the positive aspect of any new development but quickly rush to exhibit our ignorance by condemning it.

If we continue in this matter and line of thinking then I will be forced to say that we all deserve an iron hand government like this government of PMB who pushes whatever they deem fit to bring a positive development without having to listen to what the masses say because the masses say a lot of trash sometimes out of ignorance.

You have a good comprehension of these people. They just don’t want to discipline themselves and don’t want any policy to discipline them.

9jaRealist:


Unless you’re saying that you can charge the card for more than the amount in the account...

Whatever fanciful term the bank may have dubbed your card, it’s effectively a DEBIT card...
In fact, it’s WORSE than a debit card as you’ll pay interest on the “credit” ostensibly being granted.

Meanwhile, you and your business should be SEPARATE legal persons (with different BVN and TIN numbers)...
Thus, unless you’re providing a personal guarantee for loans to the business, your personal credit history is irrelevant.
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It seems you are not getting the gist; I am talking about how people or business without previous credit history which banks can use for them to get loan, you are saying something else. We are actually not on the same page. Can you read where people are saying they asked for loan and banks declined them? That is mostly because of lack of credit history. If I should pay some interest on a certain credit card in order to catalyze my credit history, what is bad in that?

9jaRealist:


You don’t need to be a startup (or require a bank loan) to get a credit card...
A credit card provides just that - credit! If it’s cash-backed, it’s effectively a DEBIT card.

PS: Btw, would personally never advise anyone to use a credit card for working capital!
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If you want to fast-track without previous credit history, that is the best; and that is what I did in my case. However, the deposit is like I opened account with the institution but won’t be able to withdraw from the account.

Actually, many of the financial institutions will ask start-up to deposit certain amount of his/her choice to their institution as collateral, then, they will issue you a credit card in the amount deposited and charge interest on the credit card as you use it; meanwhile, you will start having good or bad credit based on your repayment on the card.

9jaRealist:


Stingy? I hope you know that Banks' lend out OTHER PEOPLE's (primarily Depositors) funds...
In Nigeria, where you cannot track credit histories and many people don't repay even money borrowed from friends.

Meanwhile, in many advanced economies...
Startups do NOT get their working/debt capital from banks, but from private equity funds and venture capitalists.
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https://www.proshareng.com/news/Credit%20Services%20&%20Registry/All-You-Need-To-Know-About-Credit-Bureaus-in-Nigeria-/38833

I am sure there are three reliable registered credit bureau agency in Nigeria according to information I have from a reputable source; that would help the banks (advantage of BVN). In addition, annual income tax of the applicant that the bank will have to verify from government will be very helpful.

Agugbadin:
This does not make any economic sense, what if you don't have genuine borrowers and the risk involved in lending to wrong persons.

That is exactly the trick. And there will be competition of interest rate among the banks

budaatum:

Well, since they now have to beg you to take it or pay CBN fine, I see them lowering interest rates eventually.

AutoReportNG:
The Lagos State Government is doing all it can to rid the state of corruption especially among its civil servants and so far, they are starting off with LASTMA.

LASTMA officials have come under strong condemnation over their Extortion and Harassment especially how they willingly stopped drivers to harass and extort money from them. The Lagos State Government has listened to all complaints has released guidelines to report any LASTMA officials who either ask for a bribe, extort or harass anyone on the highway by using these numbers.

[img]https://1.bp..com/-q9aXkDfEqHs/XQ0sKdo-0dI/AAAAAAAAc8s/J1vkhtq2yOAwUvyJ0oN3fDjNID_aHAUQwCLcBGAs/s1600/LASTMA.jpg[/img]

Source:
https://www.autoreportng.com/2019/06/lasg-releases-hotlines-to-report-any.html

Lagos State has not got it right. @AUTOREPORTNG, if you are connected to the government, the best that can bring peace for both Lastma officials and Lagos drivers is for Lagos State to provide camera (photo and recording) to every officials on duty, to record offends and offenders; and take picture when necessary. The recording could then be downloaded into office computer. From there, the office would analyze the recording and through the plate number, the office would send violation ticket and amount to the registered owner which he/she would pay or contest. There won’t be need for any Lastma official to confront drivers except those that drive vehicle without plate number. The judgement at the court will also be cleared with vivid video or picture. After the court verdict, if the registered owner refused to pay the fine after the specified time, the vehicle could then be impounded. IT IS NOT A MAGIC. That is how it is done in developed country.

You should have posted it on social media including tweet to some media houses; probably an authority could have picked the situation. LET EACH OF US TRY OUR BEST TO CHANGE NIGERIA.

Benosky011:
What about the national drivers license. Official price on the internet is 6250 for 3yrs. When you get there, you pay atleast extra 5-10k to fastrack the process.
I paid a total of 17,250 to get the one for 5years.

Everyone that has passport passes through this extortion at passport office. With the evidence in this video, everyone that has access to social media suppose to post it everywhere with bitterness until it reaches the right authority. We should use the social media to help ourself; the guy has done a part by recording the incident. Nigeria media houses are not doing good either; if this incident happened in America, all media houses will report it, and even invite the head of the departiment for verification, until it become a big case. Let us try our best to make sure someone get fired on this issue.

NewsPoacher:
http://tribuneonlineng.com/abuja-many-houses-no-tenants-•changing-face-of-a-federal-capital

Imagine! They refuse to sign a property tax bill into law since June 2014, and all of them have mansions in America, London e.t.c where they pay ridiculous amount as property taxes. They abandon the law that can help generate revenue and employment and chasing and signing the law that benefit them overnight. If Nigerians could understand, none of the senators deserve to be re-elected.

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GoodGovernance:
Power has been privatised!

You cannot improve power supply at a production cost above the selling price.This is basic economics.

What we should demand for ,is metering of every consumer.

The law of DEMAND and SUPPLY implies that where demand is more than supply,price is bound to go upwards! Supply can only be increased at the appropriate and attractive price.

Then over time when supply is increased,price(tariffs) is also expected to drop gradually.This has happened in the Telecoms sector,it can also happen in the power sector!

ALUTA or activism cannot solve the problem,unless we want to remain where we are,or return power to the government to run 100% at a loss(subsidy).

Your comment is very accurate. I wish every Nigerian can see it the same way you do.

@ikennaf1. All the fueling products that you mentioned are just secondary product; they all need primary product that must work with, which we still import at expensive price. The current tariff is not bad; people just need to change their attitude and learn to manage electricity in order to pay less.

They are not only frustrating the government but unknowingly frustrating themselves as well. It would be better for them/public to pay the increase in the electricity than to pay for generator electricity. The investors must be able to make money from their investments and must have money to update and maintain the system. Electricity is not a cassava or maize; almost all the parts use to generate it are imported--how do we expect it to be cheap and available?

@Lexusgs430; @nairalander1516. Thanks to both of you; you actually solved the problem. I was using EDGE BROWSER. Nairaland opens on the EDGE, but when I signed in to my account, it didn't open the account.

I just updated my computer to window 10 since about a week. Since then, I couldn't login to my Nairaland account on the laptop; however, I am able to login to the account on my iPhone. Did anyone experienced that?

That is what I have been thinking, but my thought is beyond that. NIMC don't have to create another number; they should completely adopt the data and the number -- BVN and use it as National Identity Number just as Social Security Number is used for every data in America. That does not put any account at banks at risk. When that is done, the government should compel every person 18+ (working or unemployed) to file tax return yearly; that will expose people e.g (self employed) that are working and claiming that they are unemployed. The overall advantage for the citizen and government would be unlimited: It would be easier for citizen to get loan from bank because their financial information would be easily accessible.