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shukuokukobambi:
Hmmmm.......that yankari with its long lonely drive from the gate to the lodgings. Visitors need extra care be that o

I saw a pride of lions with my very own eyes in yakari back in 1999. Those animals are very much around but visitors would hardly ever see them. The wild life officers and researchers spend time in the bush and get to see some of these animals that never want to come in contact with humans.

twinskenny:
Today I went to Coleman office with two types of 4mm cable...and they claimed both are not there's one is single strand the other has multiple strands.. how can we eliminate this confusion They claimed the conductor is okay but just had there imprint..

That was why i bought directly from their office. I couldn't buy 4mm and 16mm because i needed in meter quantities.

They told me if you want to be sure its Coleman, there is a specific weight.

I want to buy 16mm recline, i got the quote but am not sure its for the 4 core that i want. I will definitely not buy outside.

Unfortunately, i am reading this thread in the toilet. I might not have seen this thread if not for poop, so dont discourage me.

All these will not help properly.

The one i thought could help me but never did was AVG anti theft. It sent by mail, the serial number and network of a new sim that was inserted into my lost phone. I sent the wipe code but i dont know if it worked. The tracking wasn't successful too. The serial number of the sim didnt help since MTN would ask for police report before giving you. Infact MTN said they cant help, that i should give it to police to investigate.

Takeit2017:
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Very creative how his shirt blends with the backdrop!Wizkid did it a while back.Checkout Wizkid's version below

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Who do you prefer?

More @ http://trendinghelm..com/2017/09/wizkid-inspired-dapper-new-photo-of.html

Wizkid for sure.

Davidos photo editing is quite visible.

All the patterns were added to a plain shirt and background.

Davido needs to fire his photographer for this embarassing picture.

sooperrescue:
If you have been there, you will understand better. They check the headlamps with a device to know if it is properly focused , they put the car on a spinning machine that determines the suspension , alignment and the braking power. The Range Rover I took there failed because of bushings issues. Does it mean the Honda menace only occurs after using China Parts or before?

Is the Range Rover you took there not better than 99% of the molue buses on Lagos roads. How many of those buses will be denied road worthiness and taken off the road? Meanwhile, private cars of law abiding citizens like yourself will be declared non roadworthy.

Secondly, if your car failed, please tell me your car is not roadworthy and you were denied the certificate. If you got the certificate after failing the test, then the scheme has already failed.

Thirdly, if those test are to be taken seriously, 90% of cars on Nigerian roads will be declared non roadworthy.

As far as am concern, the mistake has been made. I dont see any commitment to see this thing work. I expected them to make appropriate laws regarding roadworthiness, make sure all states have multiple testing centres, then launch the program at once with enlightenment.

At this time, VIO should be ready to impound cars that are structurally damage (those with welded or rusted chasis etc). They should set up forfieture laws, and demolition yards.

Thats the point am trying to make. Besides, corruption will not let it work.

sooperrescue:
Dont forget Awka and Minna also has the facility. Those thinking of migrating to other states to get theirs is not an issue. The exercise is a civic responsibility for every citizen to ensure that their vehicles are in order to enable us have seamless traffic. The Federal Govt does not issue roadworthy certificates. It is exclusively a state matter. For me, it will reduce the Honda menace on our roads, no more leg pullout on Lagos roads. By the time the Police are fully on ground at the centers, you will not go to Sokoto to get what is in your sokoto.

I can assure you that the "Honda menace" you claim wont stop until fake parts stop coming from China.

The testing facilities are to test majorly for emissions and safety. Its unlike in the US when you have a check engine light, its an automatic fail. We dont have such strong laws.

They check tires, tire pressure, spare tire, jack, wiper blades, rear view mirrors, windscreen, lighting, illegal modification of the car etc. Road safety are already doing all that. This is just duplication of duties or at best transfer of duties.

Those rickety vehicles that carry fire wood, charcoal, market women never have documentation and would never be bothered. It is the private car owner that FRSC concern themselves with. I know that VIO do trouble some taxis and buses but still dont do a perfect job.

sanmisamuel:
The increase in the cost of road worthiness is big news. Guess you’ve all heard that it is double last years cost.

But what you don’t Know is Currently, it is compulsory to make your cars available for inspection.

The new road worthiness now as a different format to getting it, unlike before.


The new look of lagos state road worthiness




Now it is required you make a payment for the type of vehicle you’re bringing for inspection. there you will be given a slip with your referral code on it. This slip covers you for a period of 30 days for you to take your car for an inspection, find out whatever is wrong with it and fix it.

Referral note
The referral note for the road worthiness


With this slip you take your car in for inspection and a final slip with be given to you, this would certify that your car is road worthy with a pass boldly written at the end.

Inspection report for road worthiness
How the inspection report for the road worthiness looks like
Please don’t fall prey of the latest scam going around ensure you renew with right organisation.

Only Lagos and FCT has the testing facility. Other state road worthiness is still legally accepted even without computerised testing. The difference is in amount charged.

In Kaduna, we pay ₦500 for testing. In Abuja, its like ₦2,500 but the actual certificate is ₦1,500 every where in Nigeria. The Abuja has one more thing i cant remember but its like ₦1000plus.

Abuja has same process.

As for me, i cant spend close to 5k in Abj looking for road worthiness when i can get it from Kaduna at half the price.

Doing entire docs in Abj is like 12.5k but kaduna 7.5k. Both are valid anywhere.

lonelydora:
I fall into category 1. Paracetamol is my worst drug. Whoever invented it should be flogged.


I prefer injection to tablets but you will need 4 extra people to hold my hands and legs before the needle enters my buttocks I

If you think paracetamol is your worst, you have no clue to what a terrible drug is.

Try Metronidazole (Flagyl) and you will not take any drug for the rest of your life time.

Artemether/lumefantrine is another. Coartem, lonart etc This one eh! It leaves its mark on your breath. I lack word to.describe that awful smell.

Arthurwinner:
Well I'm not that super rich but I'm buoyant enough as God may have it...
To be very precise ....
I started dating this lady not too far from now and it have been moving nicely buh, lately i noticed some change in her attitude since she became very sure that I really love her...

For the past month we discussed about marriage and I told her that I'm going to marry her and truly I want to cos it feels like I CAN'T stay without her.....

But the problem is that since then whenever she's around I don't feel like coming back to my house after work cos all she does is to collect money for this or for that and when I try to tell ha that I don't have she always threatening to break up with me, every time I give her money to buy something that is when everything in the market becomes costly, sometimes I look at her and inmy mind I be lik'e "shey Dis gal no know say I sabi d price of all d things she dy lie abwt''
but I keep cool for the sake of peace...

Abeg can you imagine that a brown powder (Zara) she told she bought for 9k I checked it out and its sold for 3k... since night I haven't talked to her but as usual she's packing her bag now....I know in her mind she's waiting for me to beg her or she leave ......

What do I do FAM .....I truly love her

Love wei go drill hole in my pocket, i no want.

greenhulk:
What's the difference? Same vehicle, different names for dfferent regions. Called Acura in some countries and Honda accord in Europe. Just like the Lexus GS in North America are called Toyota Aristo in Japan. The front wheel of Op's car was probably changed to that of Honda since they are basically the same.

Guy wetin? Cant you see?

Op wants to sell 1 car. The car front grille says Honda the trunk says Acura, the steering says Acura. You are arguing another thing entirely.

We all know this model is a Honda in Europe but Acura in America.

GAZZUZZ:
on nigerian roads.

I started laughing anxious for your reply.

raymondFirstborn:
I dont support this totally.
QS dont deal with buildings only, we do lot of engineering stuffs too.Any sound QS with experience in engineering works should be able to do BEME.
I cant speak for other QS's, I personally I have done the BOQ for large engineering projects.
I have personally done the BOQ for NEPAL OIL AND GAS fuel depot, which cost over N800M, BOQ for Rammanyah OIL AND GAS which cost over N1B (have got proof) and other projects which I cant start mentioning here.

So in conclusion Cost Engineers and QS's are similar except that one is more recognized than the other(QS).I have been 2 offices where QS's are being refered to as cost engineers.During my ND days as a student, at one of the QS events we went to, I remember a top NIQS official told us that QS's can also be addressed as Cost engineers.


To also buttress my point, I can tell you that the Bill of Engineering Measurement and Evaluation, BEME, being used by engineers is not internationally recognised but was packaged by engineers to retain their stranglehold on the construction industry- QUOTING MR OLAYEMI SHONUBI (immediate past chairman of NIQS Lagos state chapter. )

Only the BOQ prepared by a QS is recognized Internationally.

Shikena

I really cannot draw the line between Cost engineer and QS, like i said before, the duties are similar.

Thank God for this post.

raymondFirstborn:
TRUE talk here is what my QS and building tech dad with over 50years experience has to say

Cost Engineers Surveys the market , does the evaluation of the Rates , evaluation of impacts of market escalations and tensions , calculates the deployment of T&P , cost of hiring skilled and unskilled labour and prepares the Rate Analysis for certain items of work or Evaluates the Cost of construction works.


While


The Quantity surveyor does the analysis of quantities , prepares the Rate analysis ,does the calculation of the quantities of work and obtains the expected cost of work. He Prepares the projects schedule of works and flow for execution and monitors it to ensure its proper implementation.ETC (GOT TIRED OF LISTENING)

From your comments, it is typical of Nigerian professionals, we don't accept our limits and find ourselves doing jobs of other professionals and still making claims to the duty.

I know a structural designer in Abj who might have been a secondary school leaver but was trained by a civil engineer as his personal draftsman. Years later, he was making alot of money on his own, you won't imagine the mighty church auditoriums, multi level parking, hotels etc he has designed for an average of ₦100k. These are public buildings. Just recently, he went for an OND, to have a minimum certification in civil engineering.

How would this guy ever know limits. He does M&E, EIA, GI, just name them.

I dont find it strange if you call yourself a cost engineer, its the Nigerian way.

Lascode:
Specialist in d house please I drive Honda baby boy nd d gear has bin working perfectly buh recently I noticed it only change to d second gear nd doesn't go to 3 nd 4.went to change d oil buh no difference.please wat cud b d cause.

Drive manually and lets know the result.

Hope you know how to drive manually. Start the drive with selector at 1, shift to 2, then D3, then D4.

zinachidi:
I never claimed I'm biafran. But its okay. You've made your point.

Sorry to generalise, cause very few people with your name deny that.

zinachidi:
I can't believe you just said this.

I also cant believe you quoted me without a valid point.

Civil servants recieve dress allowance.

Bankers do. They are required to dress corporate, when you demand that you provide it.

I am an engineer, the minimum requirement as dressi g to site includes PPE, personal protective equipment. Who buys it? My company of course.

A president represents all Nigerians, so i expect him to dress like a VIP, his wife at the function represent the country too, so she wears the best, drives the best eat the best and fly the best. She gets the best protection and alot.

I understand u claim you are not a Nigerian so imagine if Bianca or Mrs Kanu wears 10k clothes to Meet Aisha our President's wife. What a Biafran embarassment.

oyb:
Imho, a cost engineer is an an engineer tasked with duties traditionally associated with quantity surveying. Just as a project engineer is an an engineer tasked with duties associated with project management, and a cad engineer is an engineer tasked with cad related duties.

Using project management as an example, there are schools that offer project management as bachelor degree. These graduates are not just tasked with project management duties, it becomes their profession.

I have done project management duties in my former company writing monthly progress reports and chairing monthly progress meetings and even representing the project manager etc. However, i would never be appointed or employed as a project manager with my little experience. In Nigeria, to be nominated and approved a project manager for a government related project requires minimum of 10yrs project management experience and 15yrs overall experience along with COREN plus other conditions.

What is now the duties of a graduate of project management (bachelors)? He will not be employed a project manager without experience. So project management as a field of engineering is experience and also a profession.

I can say the same with Cost engineering, its not just a duty, but a profession studied in undergrad and pg level. In my experience, I have been a cost engineer, a project manager, a structural engineer, a foundation engineer, a civil engineer, a driver/mechanic, a draftsman etc. Those were my engineering duties but that doesnot qualify me to be taken by Dangote group as their cost engineer for their refinery project. I have to get a certification or accumulate experience with regards to cost engineering.

I can get admitted for masters in Cost engineering, project management, foundation engineering etc as a civil engineer. A chemical engineer can be admitted for cost engrg and project management but not foundation engrg. I can only use my cost engineering training for civil engineering projects but cannot cost chemical engineering projects.

I am saying lets not limit cost engineering to duties of all engineers but recognise it as a professional engineering discipline side by side with QS as a discipline. Duties are the same but profession is not the same.

od4life:
I posted this elsewhere but I didn't get any response.
Hey guys I've been trying the online format for drivers license renewal but some dialogue boxes are nonexistent. Boxes like state of origin. Pls how do I go about this? Thanks.

When its a renewal or replacement, not all info are available to edit. However, only the FRSC officers can change those for you.

In my case, the only thing i needed to change is my address. That was available for change.

Imagine this, why would they make your blood group change available. Has you blood group changed?

My 5 year old was watching Disney Junior this evening. My wife wanted to switch to Zee world. Immediately she asked, where is the remote control. My son quickly picked it up and sat on it saying and pointing to the wall clock "i will give you when the big hand is at 12 and the small hand is at 7". Meaning 7pm.

What?! Come see laughter.

We are waiting to see if he will surrender it. He is about to go to nursery 3 (called reading readiness).

olumide4christ:
That's what QS are called in the USA only.

As far as i am knowledgeably informed, cost engineering and quantity surveying are not exactly the same. Their duties however are very similar but their field defers.

Quantity surveying deals majorly with building construction while cost engineering with engineering projects such as a refinery, high voltage power lines/substation, power generation etc.

QS uses the term BOQ - Bill of quantities while Cost engineer uses the term BEME - Bill of Engineering Measurements.

WhiteSoup:
I am there LIVE. We are passing out today. Nairaland please celebrate with me

Congratulations WhiteSoup! How about chickensoup for me?

zinachidi:
with your own money? Hope u don't mean your salary/allowances. I don't believe a Nigerian president should be paid the kind of money that should allow him buy all those stuff u mentioned.

I am sure if Aisha steps out in a bad road side tailored gown looking like a mad woman, you will be the first to criticize her probably saying its a national embarassment.

To avoid national dress embarrassment, public officers recieve wordrope allowance. Even local goverment councillors enjoy that not to talk of a President and his family.

Do you know that even in America, they spend tax payers money for people who are not even thaf close to the President.

SpecNg:
The new iPhone X also called iPhone 10 costs apple approximately $412.75 to produce the phone. Check out the cost of each component used below

The most expensive component is the 5.8” OLED panel manufactured by Samsung. It’s price is $80 per unit which is way higher than any other part.

The NAND memory, acquired from Toshiba is $45 for 256 GB.

The 3 GB RAM is half - only $24.

Apple announced the A11 Bionic chipset, which is built by TSMC on their 10 nm process technology. One chipset costs $26 while the modem that is plastered on it is provided by Qualcomm and is $18 more.

The 3D sensor is also in the expensive category - it is $25. It is packed behind the glass on the front panel which is another $18.

The logistics and few production costs aren't included here though.

Recall that the iPhone X (iPhone 10) costs about $1000 (N400,000). So do you think that Apple is making huge profits from their devices?

SOURCE: http://www.wizytechs.com/2017/09/it-cost-apple-41275-to-make-iphone-x.html?m=0

So Samsung produces a major part for iphone and Nigerians start arguing which is better.

connkg:
@adanny
Do you not understand what he means? Some tacking at the other end of the joint, not the one you're referring to in this joke.
@ GAZZUZZ
I hear of it as a cure in my workplace. I also hear of "nulling". I reject it mostly because I trust the designer/manufacturer a lot more than the "modification experts" so far...
... as in, I support safe modification for damaged parts...

Lets look at the possible failure types of the ball joint.

1. Stripping of bolt or nut thread
2. Shearing of bolt
3. Pulling out of ball from socket

There is no way to weld or prevent number 2 if you buy a substandard ball joint. This has happened to my Dad.

It is foolhardy to tag weld the nut because it wont stop stripping then pulling especially if substandard ball joint and nut is used.

If its a complete weld of the nut to bolt, that means suspension works are permanently limited. No access to entire drive shaft, shocks or the ball joint itself. This calls for destruction of the steering knockle arm, bearing and CVT joint from exposure to heat that will be required to remove the welded nut/bolt. Filing is a safe option but that destroys the bolt even when its good but a different maintenance work needs to be done.

Lastly, with the weld of the nut episode 3 can still happen. Would you weld the ball to socket. Doing that means no steer since the ball needs to move freely in its socket during steer.

From my knowledge, the only weld that happens there does not prevent pulling but prevents one unpleasant steer noise which has happened to me. The sitiation is where the ball joint becomes dry of grease then instead of the ball to turn in the sucket the sucket turns with steer while the ball remains fixed. Because the socket is not supposed to turn, it makes a loud cracking noise from friction. So a tag weld will stop the sucket from turning. I filing machine will remove the tags for replacement this doesnt affect anything.

Gamesmart:
Through dams (hydro), thermal plants (steam) and Gas plants (gas).

To get 20,000MW requires investment, aka money.

Jonathan's era - they saw the money for investing in power as 'yam', a gorilla was in power and he allowed goats to eat yam.

Buhari's era - drop in oil prices meant recession. Goats had also emptied the reserves.

Nigeria is at 12,000MW installed capacity and generates between 4,000MW to 7,000MW.

So to be able to generate 20,000MW, lets say we would need at least 30,000MW installed capacity.

An increase of about 18,000MW from current installed capacity.

The cheapest cost of constructing 1MW comes to around $3m.

That means we would need $1m x 18,000MW investment in power infrastructure.

That is $18bn! Saraki, Ekweremandu, Melaye and co still has to chop money before we can find that. Jonathan don waste the money wey we get before.

See sense.

Alot of Nigerians no longer have common sense. I wonder how our National common sense is eroded.

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anyaekekehinde:
Lies

You need massive and highly capital intensive infrastructure development in both Transmission and Distribution network to be able to handle 7000MW.
Transmission capacity as at last quarter hoveered around 5000MW
One thing about Electricity that people dont know is you cant store it.
As you Generate, there must be people downstream to consume
Power generated = Power demanded + losses.

So its a lie that 7000MW was generated, because where is the Transmission and Distrubtion Network to handle it

Working in that sector for over 6 years though not an elect engineer, i learnt that one of the secondary reasons light becomes inconsistent during the dry season is because of heat. Conductors and transformers heat up that load has to be shed to control transformer/conductor temperatures and maintain efficiency. A 100mva trasnformer may take 90% of its capacity during cold weather but may carry 50% or less during heat periods. Even our cars experience overheating mostly in heat seasons when AC's are required.

It means the capacity of the distribution and transmission equipment increases especially in this season (August and September which are the wettest months in Nigeria). I wont be surprised if they were able to get that on a very wet and cold day all over thw country.

Lastly, when such a claim is made, it does not mean that the threshold was maintained over a long time. Its probable that it was for a second. Even that would be a record.

Lets not be negative.

anyaekekehinde:
The lie is they cant generate 7000MW,
For you to say they generate 7000MW, it means7000MW is being fed into the power pool called grid and that 7000MW is being consumed or lets say 6000MW is being consumed by the discos assuming there is wild assumption of 1000MW loss.
Even at that disco cant absorb 6000MW.

The rule is your dont generate what is not being consumed hence the system will collapse due to over voltage or over frequency, but on the day that was quoted for the 7000MW , there was no system collapse, so where did the 7000MW go to .or was it stored on the grid.. Lol

On the quoted day, a 150MVA transformer or there about exploded in Jos workstation. The over 30 year old transformer couldnt take the heat.

The house is 190m². POP was the 1st choice but beyond budget now. Even at ₦2,500/m² is not affordable.

The client has the plan to remove any ceiling that will be done now in the entrance porch, main living area and dinning for POP. So PVC is an option here but the permanent areas is more of concern especially, considering durability, sound proofing and affordability.

I have been looking at Nigerite Kalsiceil ceiling board but cant find it locally. A call to their contact has been unanswered. My email yesterday returned undelivered. I want to know if Nigerite has a dealer in Abj and how much is their price.

Its 2 weeks now looking for a suitable ceiling. Budget is ₦250k.

Suggestions are welcomed.

zeekleo:
is it OK for me to weld the ball joint and lock it so it doesn't pull out

Very funny

Your steering will not work again!!! Na straight you go dey waka every time. So choose a direction before welding.

Move2:
sirs,good morning. please I need your advice on my 2003 Honda EOD,4 plugs engine. it was giving out black smoke for some days,the Meko just refixed the airflow meter, said I should watch for some days before going to a rewire for possible trouble shooting. on Sunday,the car stopped by itself twice on the way to and from Church. though it restarted when kicked, it appears something is wrong.please sirs could you help?thanks

2003 EOD 4plug doesnot have airflow meter.