₦airaland Forum

Hello good people of nairaland. I am in search of good, reliable and efficient cement haulage company that i can develop business relationship with. Locations will be between Ibese to Lagos (or any western part of Nigeria)/Apapa to any part of Lagos and Obajana (kogi state) to the norther and eastern parts of nigeria.

Right now, I need to get the best cost estimates for ibese to Lagos (Lekki area) and Apapa to Lekki area.

I can be contacted at kokomansion2000-8 ( @ ) yahoo.co.uk. I will appreciate if someone with knowledge can respond pronto

Rgds

klm is good, the customer service is way better than airfrance even though AF owns klm now. and of course you will be able to wonder round only the terminal you touched down in and taking off from. but seriously, you have limited choice in what you can do at that terminal. i believe there is a gaming section where you can while away time on the consoles; shops you visit. but serious, who does duty-free shopping going to london or any european countr[ies], you only do that going to nigeria.

your best bet as someone mentioned earlier is to load your ipod with your positive feel-good music tracks, because i can assure you that you will never do another 8 hours stopover again. you will be thoroughly bored, tired and restless, at the end of it, you will be so looking forward to getting on that plane out of amsterdam.

i had a 5 hours stopover in 2009, i was so tired and sleepy coming out the lagos - amsterdam flight, because i don't know how to sleep in the plane, what i did was to find a nice spot, strapped my bag/hand luggage around me, set my alarm and took a nap. that was after i had wonder round the whole accessible part of the terminal. so brace yourself.

queeneve:
I don't know if you been watching the news lately,  A 62 YEARS OLD WOMEN HAD TRIPLETS!!!!

So if he is looking for a family, just pick a woman who is fertile regardless of age,

@queeneve, false. no 62 years old woman will have child[ren] without any assistance. If you had followed the news well, you would have noticed that it is assisted reproduction.

@poster, I think we are all ageist to some extent. For the man, the young fresh body of the youngwoman is the needed elixir of life to re-awaken the moribund male intimacy drive. Of course it's all about physical attraction and no one can deny the hard fact that we all lose that lustre as we age - men & women. And I don't think we can question the great Creator for putting a timer on the women anatomy, there is reason for everything. Some women like youngmen because they attain their intimacy.u.a.l prime later than men.

Women are just very sensitive about the age thing, I know of good number of guys that have had there propositions turned down because of difference in age.

blakbarbie:
k poster, its like this, whats taboo and whats not is relative, meaning ppl see things differently, with that said, there are serious health issues for children born as a result of breeding with close blood relatives, diseases of the blood, various deformities, retardadation etc, my advice gather facts, really know what your getting into, there are consequences for every action.

[quote author=fyne_dr link=topic=376486.msg6031307#msg6031307 date=1273772167]this is incest , socially speaking. however there are some parts of the northern Nigeria where the practise is allowed in the name of 'preserving the family legacies. this was widely practised in the west esp among the royal families-- for the the same reason as stated ,in addition to preventing a tainting of the royal 'blood '. now the main problem with this is encouraging the phenotypical manifestation of other wise  autosomal recessive  traits which were hither-to silent-- typical example is the blood disorder- haemophilia which ravaged a certain western royal family. so i advise the young lady to tread with caution.

hey guys and ladies, this is my first time on NL,  hope am welcome.[/quote]@poster ,  strictly speaking there is nothing to stop you from shagging/having a relationship/marrying your blood family, but society frown on it and genetically isn't a good choice. it is called inbreeding and your offsprings might have either a low natural immunity or come up with some strange illnesses. there is a reason why intermarriage is encouraged and infact a genetical pool of varied elements produces better products (children). how far are you related? 1st/2nd/3rd cousins? personally i think 3rd cousins are ok but nothing closer than that. however, forget about those pontificating about it being an incest ,  it isn't? it is only incest when it happens between blood siblings/father & daughter/mother & son ,  or maybe that granny & granson in the u.s (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100430/tod-granny-72-having-a-baby-with-her-gra-870a197.html). so thread carefully and, with all these advices you have received, at your own risk. a word is enough ,

@fyne_dr good observation about the ill-effects and ofcourse you are welcome to the show. very interesting forum to be 

Yep, just saw it on Sky news as well. The chap finally had enough of naija wahala. I hope this is the beginnig of good tiding for Nigeria.

Different stroke for different folks, but personally I don't see anything wrong or big deal about it. If you have spent anytime at all in the western world (Europe/U.S etc , ), you would have realised that the system and the law here is tilted way too much in favour of the women folks.

Here in Europe, a woman can easily ruin a guy's life and take all his life worth from him in the name of marriage. She can thrown him out willy nilly; no question ask. And you know what, you dare not come back. Different kind of orders (safety/protection/barring) will be taking against the unfortunate man. It is now becoming the speciality of our women (african) to deploy this shameful act anytime they have issue with their men. No thought is given to the fact the man might have worked his back side off in the cold winter to bring the woman to the West.

So if this arrangement is going to save the man this aggravation, at least until they are both well into their middle/late age, then so be it. If you think I am exaggerating, ask any of your brothers in diaspora. The things these women get up to here is beyond belief; totally not our culture.

However if the separation is by mutual arragement to source quick capital abroad, the man/woman should return to base as soon as the money has been put together. Separating famil[ies] is a terrible thing, not ony for the spouses but the children especially.

My 2cent

Tatase:
Hmmm. . . what's the average guy?!?   It's hard to give an estimate because someone might be perfectly nice and a good communicator but you guys just don't click somehow.

E.g. I've met people who we're so in tune that within minutes we're finishing each other's sentences and laughing at the same things without even articulating them, but then on the other hand I've met other people who are nice but we'll never be deeper than maybe friendly acquaintances because we don't "get" each other- we don't share the same humour, ideas of life, way of thinking etc.

So in the latter case, the estimate would be never, because no matter how much we spoke, nothing meaningful would ever be said, it would be likely mostly superficial chit-chat, not much real talk, and so in such a situation it would not be appropriate to ask the girl out, because the connection isn't there.

However, let's say the connection is there, and you have the flirty-flirt going on, and you've kind of hinted at your interest and the girl seems receptive, I'd give it at least a couple of weeks of steady/meaningful communication before making it official, even if the connection is such that you kind of know where it's leading from the first day.

@tatashe, I think you have the most intelligent take on this topic. I detect an hidden talent in your discourse; you should set up a finishing school for teens. It will save young boys from unnecessary confusion.

@Poster, thanks for this thread. this is one of the most hilarious posts I have come across in NL. Each time I visit home to naija, I just love the eccentricities of everything happening around me. Very interesting never a dull moment in Lagos, the best spot in world

@poster

There is plenty to recommend marriage. You will come to a stage in your life with all the money/position/assets/power you would have got, you will look about you and would desire deeply to share them all with someone special.

The problem is that most of the time my people don't take their time to find love and then grow in love; too much pressure from everywhere after certain age. Hence hooking up with the wrong partner.

Youthful exuberance made you think marriage is irrelevant now, but come back when you are middle age and tell us how you feel about it.

My two pence!