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But he doesn't wear mask all the time?

vickzie:
I did my IT in a govt parastatal where building plans are approved, tens of drawings come to the office for approval on a daily. the kind of designs I saw eh, you'd begin to have mercy on the future occupant. I remember convincing a client who came to collect his approved drawing to abandon the design after I modelled the interior and showed him the terrible flow. why do people pay peanuts and get a bad design for a project that would cost millions?

Maybe the government shouldn't be approving those plans.

The government in a way might be aiding all this poor design, poor construction and all.

Do we even have statutory requirements in Nigeria?

Are the appropriate authorities enforcing it? Or they just care about all the fees you have to pay ?

In as much as I despise his actions. Dude was seeking popularity and the police just helped his case.

Think of it, what can the police charge him for?? Defacing naira ( if that is even illegal ). But we see politicians, celebrities throwing money around during burial , wedding, birthday etc.

The police will eventually release him and shamefully, he will even gain more members.

His actions are despicable nonetheless , and I hope our people learn.

Work hard, stay focused, God's time is the Best!!!

Someone some where is getting paid to say and do nothing about this ugly issue.

AlhajiImam:
Did you give them money and land to build ranch?

Are they sharing the proceeds from the cattle business with anyone?

Why don't the herdsmen have a ranch where they can graze their cattles jejely without disturbing anyone and without being disturbed??

Cattle grazing is a personal business not a community business.

And to think that the "prophet" actually recorded and posted the video online himself..

It wasn't like someone snuck upon him to expose this.. SMH.

Talk just full my mouth but

diordaves:
I'm not sure it is good advice for the BOQ to have been prepared by the resident engineer of the project. Conflict of interest comes to mind. I'm of the opinion BOQ should be prepared independently of the resident engineer or builder. "3 bedroom up and 3 bedroom down" means the project is two units of three bedrooms right? 3 million is a fantastic fantasy to supervise just the foundation. To be honest, 3 million to supervise the whole building to completion is still a fantasy. Less than a 100k for a dry land foundation in your location is more like it. Get a second and third quote.

Well said!!

Soldier slapped him because he can I guess? But the way the G wagon was parked (judging from the video), the G wagon was driving in the wrong direction unless that road is only a one way traffic which doesn't appear to be the case.

2 wrongs don't make a right.

Stevo30:
This is all shades of wrong. You pay tax on earned income in a juridiction. The best could have done is leavy. The governor Lagos do not pay income in fct and he should not be made to pay one of he has to build in Abuja but can pay levy and fees on the property. I guess they just see the clearance as a fee . So i have to dash Lagos state 750k-1.5m when i get to that stage. Gangster governance. Up till few years ago if you travel to some western countries you are refunded tax you paid on things you buy in the country on your way out at the airport.

Regrettably Yes. In almost all the states I have dealt with or know people that have gone through this process.

The states don't care if you live and pay your taxes in state "A" , state " B" would want you to provide a tax clearance showing you have paid taxes in "B" before they will approve your plan.

Double taxation? Not their problem.

Gangster governance? Sounds like it but nah 9ja we dey.. what can an individual do? Sadly, nothing.. you make a small noise, your file will move at a tortoise or snail rate.

For you to do any business in 9ja , especially lands, erecting a build.. and the like, you have to be tough like 2 dollar steak.

n3xt:
If rent is as cheap as 350k, it makes no financial sense to buy a land and build any type of house there. You won’t recoup your investment in 2 decades even if the rent is increased by 300%.

I once lived in an estate where you pay N2m/ annum to rent a 2 bedroom BQ and 1000sqm land is sold N45m within the estate.
We also pay as much as N7m / annum (and even far more) to rent duplexes in some location in Lagos.

If it’s an industrial area, the price 100m/plot is still cheap compared with what’s obtainable around here.

Instead of investing in such area, a wise investor will look for land in neighboring communities and buy land at cheap price to develop residential projects.
If however, the plan is to flip lands - it’s a wise decision in my own opinion.

Your thought process is very plausible and I do agree with it.

I did a write up here once about peoples thought process in investment, some people are looking at Economics like you are, some people are sentimental investors making investments
decisions to a place they are emotionally attached to or to have a sense of pride say I own this and that in here and there..


However, I don't think folks in the East, Onitsha to narrow it down think in terms of Economics.. in my opinion it is sentiment, sense of pride.

For the Easterners, it is a beautiful thing, a sense of pride to own a property back home. Akuluno ( If wealth reaches home - that's the literal translation). Economics is not heavily factored in it.

Why would someone buy a bungalow of 18m to knock it down and spend 55m+ to erect 3 storey building and collect 300 - 350k per annum? It does not make any business sense it will take longer for someone to recoup their investment.. legends have it that average recoupment of a real estate is between 10 to 15 years.

And do you know that most lands in Onitsha are not free holds. They are leased from the natives. They used to lease the lands for 99 years, but they stopped that, I heard they lease 50 or 25 years now not sure, some families lease for 15 .

Now back to our prior calculations, bungalow 18m + agent fee, change of ownership etc, new building 55m and remember the land might have 10 years or even 5 years lease left so you will get ready to go haggle with the family in few years time. It doesn't make a business sense if you ask me, but people are doing it and don't have any regret about it.

n3xt:
As at 2012 that I first met Olumide, his bedroom doors are around 350k. His entrance doors are over 1.2m/door

You won’t contest the price if you see the finishing of the doors.

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If we intend to use his doors on any project, we tell him immediately we start the foundation work. He does not use just any type of wood.
Recently he did a house in banana island where he use a 100 years old cedar. That door was one of the unique selling points of the luxury apartment.

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I know there are lots of lookalikes but you can tell the big difference when you see Geometro Doors.


Here are some of amazing doors by another great guy Edgar

Nice doors.

But ehn, one entrance door for N1.2m price tag must led one to the promise land

Note: There are doors in those price ranges and some that cost more than that... not sure if the trees they used in the construction were bottle fed from nursery but people that could afford it do go for them.

Classic Trump, never pays any one..

Trump might be the founder of Stingy men Association, he doesn't give anyone shishi, not even the IRS.

But Stingy men in 9ja are still explaining to their kinsmen why they joined the association....

NAFDAC are just throwing their weight about..

At first glance, I thought one of the universities were parading themselves as having come up with a covid 19 vaccine.

Didn't the minister order covid 19 vaccines from China?

Speaktruth88:
If he shot your brother would you ask that?

Why the rubbish question?? When will people learn to attack an issue not the person asking question.

The army said he was court martialed.. signaling due process was followed.

My question was, did the army indeed follow due process or was court martial a false pretense of due process, was he deemed guilty before the trial began?...

I was expecting a reasonable individual to respond like , yes or no. Yes due process was followed, he retained a lawyer but the court found him guilty or no due process was not followed.

jaxxy:
No did u? Court martials are private for the military. I grew up and skoled around the military and have frnds and ex classmates there.

I did not.. you sounded like you knew details on the case that's why I asked.

My original quote was just asking if he was giving a fair trial when he was court martialed. If the army followed due process, allowed him access to a lawyer, filed proper paperwork etc.

If the army did not, there's no need to pretend they followed due process when infact they did not.

jaxxy:
Court martial is a chance to explain urself and the situation Incase events were gotten wrong by others. And there have been cases of mistakes or even self defense that were settled in court martial. Bt if obvious the circumstances are what they are he has no defense. It’s a hearing not hypocrisy.

Did you follow his case ? Who was his lawyer?

jaxxy:
U do not intentionally shoot ur colleagues no matter what. The judgement has only one outcome. No sentiments here.

Anybody who does that shud be ready for the consequences which they already know.

No sentiment applied!

What I am saying is why the false pretense of a court martial?? Court martial is just similar to a law court where the accused is giving a fair trial, a chance to plead their case.

If the army weren't ready to follow due process, they should have executed him right away instead of pretending to follow a due process when they don't really intend to follow due process.

andyanders:
What kind of fair trial do u want them to grant to an accused who killed his superior? You reason with ur anus.

The only conviction and light sentence I never liked is the one that killed a 12 yr old.

What is the point of the "court martial" if they don't intend to follow the law and give him a fair trial.

The offense he allegedly committed is very reprehensible I might add but why is the army pretending to follow a due process when they actually are not affording him a due process?

in as much as he was "alleged" to have committed a horrible crime.

was he giving a fair trial??

Stingy man's bedroom .....

Stingy man explaining to his Kinsmen why he joined the Association..

Stingy man explaining to his kinsmen why he joined the Association...

Stingy man explaining to his kinsmen why he joined the association..

Very funny... like Trump is excited about visiting Nigeria

Well, he did this to himself... he could have bowed out jejejely and still command his 80m plus Twitter follower.. still have a strong base.

3 weeks before it was all over, he messed it up... tarnished his image. He name is now synonymous with riot and violent act, outlaws..

Boeing again? God please save your people.

I pray this doesn't end on a sad note.

n3xt:
I know a popular estate here where some houses were recently demolished. It was in the news.

One of the affected persons is among us here. He has since given up on anything property in Nigeria after his experiences at Alausa secretariat.

In Lagos - Nigeria, real estate is look well before you leap.

The guy has been living in the house for 5 years before it was demolished last year.

Even the house of a sitting commissioner from one of the Eastern states was demolished and nothing to the best of my knowledge could be done to stop it.

I saw the guy who led the demolition team. He told me “I did it and nothing can be done to stop it. We are coming back.” Believe me! They came back fully armed.

The affected persons went to court. Omo onile blah blah....

It was a sordid experience for the man and all he affected persons. The house you once lived in now became a sad story to tell.

May we not experience such.


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Buyers Beware

What a sad experience....

Is there any website, or office where someone could get a legitimate information regarding real estate before taking a leap??

It is sad that most of these "office people " in government do collaborate with bad guys to do this evil. Just wondering if there are still decent avenue for someone to source information before getting involved in a real estate transaction in Lagos.

In the west, it's all there in the county/council assessor/recorders office.

Who did this to us in Nigeria, Africa, government officials always backwards, gearing to cheat and deceive the people. No wonder so many people aren't proud to be Nigerians or African.

The world richest man Elon Musk is African but he never claims to be ( I have never heard him mention he is African ) and the press never addresses him as African or mention his African background, I wouldn't imagine he would be excited and be bouncing off the ceiling if he is addressed as African - he might buy the news outlet and shut down their operations.

Focusmind:
I love this statement, Dijita. Michlins has now become a poster child of tenacity, sincerity, good works, iron and steel fabrication expert. It shows what resilience and self-belief could do. He was once bullied, his capacity doubted, even his mastery and efficient use of English as an artisan questioned. He didn't give up. He has shown utmost openness in the few works received via this forum. Well done Michllin. It is always good to allow your works to speak for you rather than your tongue.

Agreed!

Everyone deserves a chance! I am glad michlins is doing well for himself.

One thing that brings people down faster than they rise up is compromising on their work quality... allowing their head to get bigger than their shoulders.

I hope michilins and everyone else keep calm and stay focused. The sky is the limit.

spyder880:
Let's do this again, which do you prefer, and why?

The high roof, or the contemporary style?

The first picture. The Contemporary style.

Reason: it gives the house this elegant WOW factor. It made the building worth more than the high roof counterpart. It is just beautiful.

My reservations: to achieve this roof, it requires a good technical know how, not just any "roofer" can climb up there and deliver this job.

spyder880:
Still digging, but the workers are on a short holiday.

Just curious, why was the soak away system being done this late in the game?

I thought usually this things are done earlier before now?