₦airaland Forum

Billyonaire:
Our culture is going democratic. I never hear say person suspend chief priest, na the gods dey annoint chief priests. But this chief priest is corrupt, so men have to do the works of the gods,

The war has just began. Benin yansh about to open.

The Oba can suspend anybody/any chief even if he's the chief priest if he goes against the tradition. In any case such duties attached to a position that is occupied traditionally by royal relatives can revert to another chief within the class of royal relatives (Ihogbe). It is even much easier in this case because those duties were once performed by Chief Ihama of Benin.
He can retain the title nominally.

Traditions and antecedents are there to follow. Even though detractors would relish a crisis, there is none over such a suspension. He will have to go and beg for forgiveness and if the Oba wishes, he can forgive him. QED.

YesNo:
very true.. men LOVE to cheat

women can never do such a thing

and if women ever cheat, it is usually the fault of the man or the devil.

Lol.

You nailed it.

She should tell us how a high number of kids end up being fathered by other men than the presumed biological dad (the woman's husband). Paternity/DNA tests are revealing lots of things these days. And she doesn't want to accept that many of the guys who cheat do some with married women.

We know far better now. Women cannot pull a wool over our eyes anymore.

Jeoma11:
Nigeria wants to go back to the days of making Africa the Centre piece of her foreign policy

A very foolish policy.

Africans only laugh at us for doing so.

We should make Nigeria peaceful, successful, develop it, drastically reduce number of Nigerians going abroad (including within Africa) to hustle anyhow and gain respect. People respect countries with a successful economy, peace & security.

Any African country needing help should come and beg for it. And if we have excess of anything and we cannot sell it to make more money, we can give to fellow Africans.

CuteTj:
@ FerdinandChime1

Let me explain what he meant by the statement of yours I quoted.

You and I both know that Nigeria does not refine the oil we consume but now import all we use despite being an oil producing country. When oil dropped to 50 something dollars, obviously the landing cost and other associated costs of also dropped that was why Jonathan was able to reduce oil price from N97 to N87. When Buhari took over, he increased fuel price to N145 as he removed subsidy as Nigeria was wasting money on a few nigerians at the expense of millions of other Nigerians. Now that Oil price has risen back to 50 something dollars, the landing cost and other associated cost obviously has definitely increased (when converted to Naira).

What Henry is now saying is that since oil price is now 50 something, it is either government reintroduces subsidy because if they don't, petrol price in naira will increase and you and I know that petrol is the major determining factor of prices of other commodities in Nigeria.

What do you think is a major contributing factor of inflation in Nigeria? Petrol because we use petrol to move around, move goods around and also power our generators because of no light.

So as oil prices continue to increase, and we continue to import all our needs and not refine any, the increase will have a negative effect on Nigerians as the cost burden will be passed on to Nigerians since there is no more subsidy.

I believe with my explanation, you should understand what he's saying.

Thank you my brother.

Henry is analysing the economy taking cognisance of our own very curious peculiarities, not just general economics as it applies to most world economies (whether oil exporting or not) where things work.

If we refined our own oil, had electricity to drive production, had a banking system that lends to SMEs at reasonable rates to produce to meet much of local consumption, drive export and drastically reduce dependence on import medium to long term, Henry's analysis would be partly flawed.
But he has just analysed the major flaws in our system and very crucial to see it as it is.

Flooding the system with Naira and then having to buy back dollars at higher rates to fund import can only ever increase inflation, weaken the naira even further, stifle investment, create job losses/increase unemployment, create more poverty and yet widen the gap between the rich and the poor.

Yes, fixing the flaws Henry has pointed out would be counter-intuitive and seem to be against CBN norms but business as usual is not getting us anywhere as we can see. Deliberate, calculated and bold moves are needed.

We need to depoliticise our views when talking serious economics that affects all of us.

Flaghouse1:
Area fada,

We have neglected good craftsmanship in favor of crap, that is why you see people buying substandard tiles after some years the beauty will fade, but with terrazo as soon as you polish it the beauty comes on.

To me when I build my house I will use terrazo once I get the person that can still do terrazo.take a census of terrazo houses and see how long lasting their floors are.

In terms of durability, terrazzo is just superb. There are still some done in the 1980s still in good nick. Still sparkling once cleaned.

You know we just like to be trendy, not minding if what we have is already extremely good and needs to just be upgraded a bit.

Flaghouse1:
Red cliff,

Just researched and saw the thread and believe it will be of use to you.
[b]However, I belive people no longer do terrazzo flooring due to the tiling trend in vogue,[/b]to be honest with you I still prefer terrazzo flooring over tiles if properly done,I once lived in a rented apartment with terrazo tiles some 9 years ago it was awesome. And the design will still beat some of today's tiling works,People with such expertise would have switched to what's in vogue now as I know terrazo works involve special equipments.
Wish you success in your search, I may get back to you once I get details of some one that is into terrazo or if you are based in lagos why not try ODUNADE TILE MARKET IN ORILE

Correct. I'm a big fan of terazzo but I was always discouraged by people. They say it is old-fashioned. I just believe expertise in it is not there so much now.
But nice marble tiles are pretty cool now. You can combine colours and designs using the modern tiles.

banki:
You guys are sad sore political loosers
If obasanjo and Yaradua didn't pick good luck which one of you supported him?
The same obasanjo you hate
The same northerners you loathe

Good luck had all the opportunities to turn Nigeria to a great country he contested and won against buhari and was supervised by jega a core northerner....he won in the south in the east some states in the west some states in the north....
Four years later he looses an election...you say its because northerners hate him
Boko haram was bombing during Yaradua infact it was under Yaradua that their leader was caught and killed so stop this lie that it was during Jonathan that northerners formed boko haram!
There is no crisis in Nigeria now that is new herdsmen have always been causing confusion rustlers have always been stealing militants have been bombing kidnappers have been kidnapping same with ritual killers
It depends on the way the government handles it
This government has failed with the militants and the herdsmen

The great country the North had over 35 years to turn great and failed. GEJ should have done the magic in just over 5 years, bah? Your bigotry is alarming.

Anyway GEJ turned our economy into largest in Africa, hundreds of Almajiri schools (schools Northern presidents did not build), 14 new fed universities, agric boom, better roads, new & repaired airports. I have use airports for 30 years so I know. And many more. Despite Boko unleashed on his regime.

Look, the best thing was for GEJ to go and let the North wallow in their mess and religious fanaticism.

To show he was a good looser, he handed over without even going to court, something Buhari would never do.

You guys are the losers because after nearly 40 years ruling Nigeria, your contribution to the world is Boko Haram.

Creating a monster is the easy bit. Controlling the monster is another ball game.

Jonathan is not ruling anymore. They thought it would be easy to order Boko back home. But they're now learning the hard way.
And covering up along the way. I only pity the NA casualties (and their loved ones) that are covered up because of propaganda/political expediency.

kolomax:
oya clap for yourself with this your nonsense always try to bring religion in everything, despite knowing all this and your grand master could not do anything to it abeg clear road make I see

Do not pretend that religion is the most important factor in Nigerian politics today.
Even when a Christian rules, it the one Muslims chose. Like OBJ.

GEJ wasn't chosen by them hence they used Chibok girls to bring him down.

Sadly despite ruling for 35 years, they still have Almajiris everywhere.

Old story but still sad.

emeijeh:
God be praised
Meanwhile....

lol

The guy tried.

But the car looks like 2002 mode to me. Very clean car for that age I must say.

kolomax:
exactly,like what your ogogro hero said the last time I wonder how you guys think

You can hardly blame FG of then, when Northern elite were hosting the Chibok girls in a sumptuous Mansion. They were not in Sambisa for months.

How could the girls be traced when the Northern elite had carefully planned it, possibly with funding from a foreign religious government from the middle east. Aim was to bring a Muslim to the presidency.

Why are the Chibok girls not allowed to talk freely?

The full truth will come out. Only a matter of time.

Hope you are enjoying the change scam.

jordinsparkles:
Wait why is Gideon attacking Agu? Is it not what they tell Agu to act and say that he will do. Nawa for gideon o

Abio my dear.

This Gideon guy is very unwise.

He has a lot of lesson to learn in humility.

Oh boy, your money did not cover cost of adding E.

Soup sweet na money kill am.

justi4jesu:
Happy new year dear and that's why i will keep loving you..Oya chop kiss

Hehehe...well received o. Thanks dear.

We go gist sha. About your zone.....travel stuff to your area.

Nigerians still believe in large buildings as the definition of a university.

Many world class universities do not have massive buildings. They are just well-organised and classrooms are used with strict time table.

Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Bologna, Heidelberg, LSE, etc are good examples.

To begin a maritime university (specialist school), these buildings are more than enough.

Good idea in itself, but we do not have the organisation, discipline, selflessness and honesty to run a scheme like this.

So it will be another avenue to loot.

[quote author=Krucifax post=52820130]At OP, it's best to speak to people that are already doing anything you want to venture into. I shuttle between London and Abuja and I'm currently on the construction of my second house in Abuja.
The first thing you need is a building plan. This will guide your budget. In Nigeria a Valuer/Quantity Surveyor can get this for you and for very cheap in this recession.
The second thing is your budget. This will determine how grand or otherwise the building will be. Cost of materials are almost always the same all over Nigeria except for things like windows and doors and tiles and roof materials. So therefore it's the main structure that will affect your pocket including finishings like fence and type of fence.
As a rough guide my first house was a 3 bed bungalow it cost less than 6 Million naira not including the land and estate fee a few years back. You need north of 10 Million naira as a guide. Not including cost of the land.
The third bit of advice I'll give you is to keep costs down as much as possible. Because you are almost certainly to discover you'll go over budget at some point. Ask anyone who has built. Especially if you take over a year to complete the construction. This happens because of inflation. The price of a bag of cement in January last year is very different from the price in September last year.
The very last bit of advice I'd give you is to be very careful where you want to build. Airport Road is a very contentious area. It has seen AMAC/FCT/AGIS destroy many people's houses over the years because they built on illegal land. Do not under any circumstances build on stand alone land on Airport Road or else you want to cry. Your safest bet is to buy estate land and buildings within the estate. Is this what you have done and which estate is it?[/quote]

Thanks for the insight.

Do you know of any good and yet affordable estate plots of land/agents in Abuja that you can recommend?

Thanks.

justi4jesu:
Following pending when my savings is complete. Remaining 100naira to complete.


Who will Epp me?

J4J dearie, longest time! Like 2 years sef.

How are you?

Well, even if na 200 Naira, many people including my humble sef will help.

The Okeke dude has achieved his purpose sha.

Because until this minute I never heard about him.

He could be a spare parts dealer or a nursery school teacher for all I know.

I hope this Oby lady get sense o.

The one Fulani Herdsmen (Boko Mobile Brigade/BMB) are doing in the SE/SS is not enough?

You wan carry your head (or whoever you want to send) go meet them for Sambisa?

Na wa o.

truefact:
It is not a must to be united and together. ..you must know some people do not want the unity...pls do not force someone who does not like to be one with you...

Even the British that "united" us cannot even stay in European Union that they voluntarily applied and begged to join EEC back in the 60s and early 70s. They found increasing "unity" with Europe problematic and are now leaving.

Much less we that did not even ask to be amalgamated in Nigeria.

At the very least, there should be a greater decentralisation of govt, with much powers devolved to regions. Failing that we are staring a messy implosion in the face. A very messy ethno-religious one. Nigeria survived Biafra war because religion wasn't openly a major factor in it.

juman:
You dont get me.

I mean whatever the reason why we were joined together, we nigerian should be able to derive the huge benefit in togetherness and be great country.

nigeria has everything to be great but this country was waylaid mostly by the military generals and became destroyed.

A house divided among itself cannot stand irrespective of wealth or resources.

Even OBJ who fought against Biafra and normally sings One Nigeria mantra has admitted that the country is more divided now than ever.
The more we force unity, the more disunited we become.

This is because various ethnic groups do not find fulfilment in the Nigerian project. They are being suffocated by poverty, crime, terrorism, inflation, bad infrastructure, no light, joblessness, corruption and more caused by the poor governance by the elites.

Therefore, if we do not soon grant various regions much greater autonomy and self actualisation/governance within One Nigeria, there might be no Nigeria to call one.

We cannot keep quoting corruption by state governments to perpetuate an unwieldy centralised FG that is very far removed from the grassroots. Let bring governance closer to the people and let the people take it from there.

Yes, those of us sounding a note warning are labelled IPOB, militants, wailers and whatnot by the ostriches out there. They stick their head in the sand instead of seeing reason.

Give an idea of the cost per square metre according to types and locations you have worked at.

That is far better.

Transparent posters simply get more further enquiries and patronage.

genesisproperty:
(1) A four bedroom flat on a plot of land for sale at doyin bus stop agbara lusada at linted level,fenced round,500 blocks,sharp sand and granite with gate.4 million naira asking.it has a family reciept,deed of agreement and survey.call 08130246664 or whatsapp 08162106834 for inquiry.(2) a four bedroom flat at linted level with half fence and gate on a plot of land for sale at igere opic estate at 8million nairaasking.(3) a full plot of land with a finished and furnished 5 bedroom duplex with gate and fence for sale in opic estate agbara.the house has a deed of agreement,allocation paper and C of O.selling for 12 million naira asking price.(4) a 6 bedroom duplex for sale inside opic estate agbara lagos.the house is roofed but not completed ,it has a full fence and gate and full interlock.selling for 14 million naira (5) a 2 bedroom flat for sale at lusada ketu for 3million naira only ,the house is on a half plot of land with all valid paper(6) we also have acres and hectares of land in agbara,lusada,atan,owode,idiroko,sango,badagry,lekki,ajah,Abuja,ibadan,abeokuta and ifo that you can use for farming,poultry,hostel and school.call engineer Benjamin on 08130246664 or whatsapp on 08162106834

Can you show pics of these properties?

Thanks.

oruma19:
u tried with ur analysis, but sorry to say that u can't be more accurate than the itshekiri historians themselves who wrote this story in a book titled "who owns warri". Google and read that book. Thanks

Well, maybe.

But the title of the book alone shows that it is clearly a political book.

We all know the ownership politics concerning Itsekhiri, Urhobo & Izon.

However, what I wrote is the oldest version of things coming from Prince Iginuwa's place of origin.

None of us was there when it happened.

Anyway any tribe can write their history as they like.

nams77:
Thanks for your inquiry. I will get the pix later. Its my personal property. Measurement is 100 by 50.

Happy new year. Do you now have a pic sir?

ekanDamie:
I love 2016 mehn. our future brides are amazingly preety

With all that make up? Maybe fine.

But are they as long suffering, for better for worse as the ladies of yore?

Na wa. A country where life expectancy is 53 years has a president that is 74.

Congrats sir.

softwerk:
Coffins, Caskets, Orphans, Widows, Blood, Broken Bones....Young men dying and Old men 'Chopping' and buying choice properties in Asokoro and Dubai

Some long forgotten even before they wore the heroes crest.

Some buried in the forests, some declared missing in action till date (Our journalists are the worst in the world in investigative journalism, so the truth effortlessly remains hidden forever)

How did we get here?

(NB: I have seen a video recording of our beloved soldiers cuing up to receive 2 cups of Garri each as lunch after 3days without food at Sambisa as well as drinking water from an unhealthy river)!!!

Abeg nor even mention journalists. Those waiting for govt to make then SA or SSA on media are the ones to venture into investigating anything?
Everyone is look for food. We're where we are. As much as I hate to be pessimistic, I cannot see things improving anytime soon.
We are current wasting our future (human resource) either through deaths, crime, accidents, poverty, disease or sheer unemployment and lack of productivity.
But things will seriously fall apart one day. Hunters will become the hunted.