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Odingo1:
But your indigenous language is Igbo. Can you speak your Ogba language then record it and post it let’s see if it is not Igbo you are speaking. Everyone that hear Igbo will understand what you are saying.

So that makes Ogba people Igbo? That means all Africans that speak Afrikaans are Dutch or all Dutch people are Germans by you logic.

You people should continue begging for unity, we'll have nothing to do with is people

XXXOGBA:
Lie. I'm Ogba. We are not Igbo.

Focus on yourselves.

Unity beggars.

Leave that mad man wey dey deceive himself. Maybe we go pursue them comot from omoku main market

Odingo1:
Beautiful Igbo land (Ikwerre, Ogba, Etche, Egbema, Ndoni, Ndoki, Asa, Ubani, Ekpeye, Opobo, Nkoro are all Igbos)

You wish 😂

DeathToRiggers:
Trump will reset his lizard eating brain with 100 fold tarrif increment.

Tariffs and sanctions don't work on superpowers. When will people realise this?

It would be difficult to win a trade war with China because they have large scale manufacturing and cheap labour. America had to outsource its large-scale manufacturing to Asia as Americans won't work for minimum wage because they feel too big for that. This is the reason why China's BYD electric cars are 4-5 times cheaper than Tesla with the same or better quality.
Increasing tariffs mean the importer will also increase the price of his goods. Another thing is for Anericans to totally boycott Chinese goods but will only lead to astronomical levels of inflation.

Iweakbro:
Russia is the most sanctioned yet they get help from China, Iran, North Korea, etc. We saw the 10k plus North Korean troops, not to talk of the Indians and Africans promised citizenship. Iran has supplied drones and Fath 360 missiles to Russia.

Why won't Ukraine ban men from leaving? Who will now fight the war? They are under martial law which states clearly, that the government has the right to restrict the exit of men from the country during war.

You still haven't provided proof of the Ukraine genocide before Russia's incursion. You keep beating around the bush. I understand that you love Russia, but stop trying to paint them as saints because they are no different from the U.S.

Ukraine never said they were tired, if not, they should have taken the pope's advice and thrown in the towel instead of invading Kurks. Russia has heavily censored losses that failed. How many drafts has Russia organized for the war?

Mind you, Russia is only surviving because of third-party deals through China, yet, inflation is bitting hard. Go and research their inflation levels in recent months. To finance the war, they are spending huge from their reserves.

I like the fact that you admitted that America is not the good guy here because so many nairalanders here say so because of possibility of an American visa in the future and all that.

You see, when two or more people have an agreement and sign a treaty on that, it ought to be kept by all parties right? Well that's not the case here. NATO reneged on that agreement that lead to this war and I blame Zelenskiyy for not seeing the handwriting on the wall, now his country is been used to fight a proxy war will a few millions his pocket while his people die.

Sometime into the war he wante a ceasefire but the them UK prime minister urged them to keep fighting.

You see, I think Zelenskiyy thought NATO would match with him to the frontlines but alas, his assumption was wrong and he realised he's been fooled.

Again days into the war, Putin had a meeting with Macron and he wasn't mincing words but they called his bluff and look at were we are.

1000 days after, the whole world is suffering inflation as consequences of the war.

To some people here on nairaland, the war is like a football derby which they can pick sides to support but the biggest loser is Ukraine. Putin is never going to give back the territories he's gained even if a ceasefire is brokered. He's not going to lose this war either and for those hoping that maybe eliminating Putin would fix this, you're in for a shocker, the person coming best would even be more resilient.

Zelenskiyy was hoodwinked into this war and believe me if he knew things would play out like this, he would have avoided the war on all along.

What pains me most is that this war was very needless but because two people were bored and wanted to know who's dick is bigger, we have a war that has impacted the whole world. I pray Putin isn't bored enough to use nukes.

topsy23:
The 10mm single might likely to be enough if the electrician is using single phase supply to the distribution board... Also, the 16mm you mentioned is going to be service wire(aluminium.). He might not need that now because the electrician quoted for only internal installations

Noted.

Again from the quote it seems 2.5mm would be used for the cooker unit in the kitchen. Cooker units should be able to handle 3k watts if I'm not mistaken. You don't recommend 2.5mm on that do you?

Gharnew112:
Please electricians in the house, kindly help look into this quotation from our electrician for a 3 bedroom bungalow… project is Ogun state.


PIPING
(1)8 Bundles of 20mm pipes @11000 =88000
(2)7 packets of 3by3 plastic boxs @1500 =10,000
(3)5 packets of 3by6 plastic boxs @1400 =7000
(4)4 packets of 20mm cupplers @2000 =8000
(5)1 pack of 20mm looping box@3000
(6)1 pack of Ubox@3000
(7)1 big gum@ 12000
( 1 piece of D4 Distribution box@75000
Total cost is 206,000

Workmanship and transport 150,000


WIRES
(1)4 coils of 2.5mm Red@47000=188,000
(2)3 coils of 2.5mm black @47000=141,000
(3)5 coils of 1.5mm red@27,500=137,000
(4) 4 coils of 1.5mm black @27,500=110,000
(5)3 coils of 1.5mm green @27,500=82,500
(6) half coil of 10mm wires =95000
(7) 1 coil of TV cable @12000
Total cost is 765,500

Workmanship and transport 190,000.

There's no 4mm for cooker unit.
There's no 16mm for supply from the pole to the house or is your Disco expected to provide that?

The half roll of 10mm I believe would be used to supply the DB from the cut out fuse unit. It may not be enough if there's a considerable distance from the cut out to the DB considering it's a 3-phase wiring.

uniqueboi1:
Those ones are gone

Nothing can change.

You see, I have no horse in the race between Wike and SIM because they're the same person.

After 8yrs, WIKE did nothing to develop ONELGA that contributes a huge chunk to the oil money he's lavishing and stealing. He had to do a road from Ahoada which SIM is now completing after destabilising the region. SIM wasn't even supposed to get the ticket in the first place but he wanted a partner I'm crime to cover his tracks and now he's crying fowl.

He should go and rest.

Jayhome24:
Yes bro. We warned Fubala to slow down politics is not okrika business.

So what will happen? For Wike's cronies to gang up and suffocate him? Well elections will take place on Oct 6th and none of the allies of the man you're sucking his balls is gonna near it.

Wike turned a Hitler for 8yrs and everyone ketp shut. He's time has passed, he should leave Rivers State alone. Everyone that came before him left but he wants to hold the State to ransom after stealing billions? He should go and touch grass. He's lucky SIM isn't his type of politician and don't worry SIM will complete his 8yrs, Ikwerre man will not smell that seat for the foreseeable future.

9JAMac10:
bet money on it America will defeat Russia if a war was about to happen. America no care for it citizens they love war more than anything

They average American is a coward!!! No street credibility at all, just guns and vibes. They don't love war, it's only their greedy politicians and friends that do.

There's no winner in a nuclear war! As it stands today, the US won't even confront NK because of what? Yeah you guessed it right.

OkoYibo:
China is a joke everyone laughs at.

China told Nancy Pelosi not to go to Taiwan, else there would be military consequences. She went there and the Chinese were just crying online.

The other time, they forbade British warships from sailing on the South China Sea. The British leisurely sailed their warships there and nothing happened.

Houthi rebels sef get mouth pass those Chinese.

This is exactly how the Russia-Ukraine war started. Putin warned so many times but they called his bluff, Ukraine is a shadow of itself today because Zelenskiyy allowed himself to be a puppet. The biggest mistake Zelenskiyy made was to allow his country suffer while two elephants fought. They'll have to agree on a ceasefire but Putin WILL NEVER give back those regions he captured. In the end everyone will leak their wounds. Putin won't pay any repatriation either. After the war, Zelenskiyy will have to run to the democracy givers to rebuild his country.

The war gas turned the world economy around, the Europeans especially Germany I believe won't have supported this war if they saw the end from the beginning. The US thought as usual, sanctions will do the trick but now the whole world is learning, others are growing in boldness too.

We don't want the same thing to play out in with China. The US will not get directly involved in a war with Taiwan, they can give all the military hardware available but won't get directly involved in combat. If they do, it'll trigger what we all don't want to happen.


The day the Chinese will strike they'll all cry fowl.

9JAMac10:
hahahaha the day Vladimir putin wants to act out of line then you will
Understand while America spends more on defense than anything

Thats also the same reason why no American missile will hit mainland Russia. There's a "tool" of check and balances so nobody can overdo themself

drips8:
A lot of the US budget is on research and development.

A sizable proportion of costs could be inflated due to the military-industrial complex. The big defence contractors like Boeing and Lockheed Martin.

The defence contractors own the US! They lobbying their rep members and pay the media handsomely too. Those rumours of war that topple oil prices won't spread themselves and the state-of-the-art military hardware won't gather dust for nothing.

Not for a fact but I think the US military budget is gulped by:

1. Multiple military complexes they operate around the world (55%)

2. R& (30%)

3. Logistics (10%)

4. Health, salary and the rest (5%)

phemmyjohnson:
This is the reason you won’t see USA boasting about its arsenal . They have the kinda weapons that will neutralize Russia in face of war . Let Russia keep deceiving itself . The United States still remain the world power

It's not always like you think, infact Russia has an equivalent of ANY weapon the US have for a fraction of the cost.

The US defence budget is actually overbloated because of kickbacks to highranking officials and contractors like Lockheed and Co.

Remember they also have bases around the world?

A man that has 5 kids will never have the same budget as the man with 2.

Namaster:
USA is a real JUGGERNAUT!

ALMOST a TRILLION dollar spent per year just to develop more efficient ways to DECIMATE their enemies.

With a budget that is MORE than 3X that of the next country and their population, they will remain the BIG DADDY of the world for a long time.

Do you know of that more than 50% of that is spent on running military bases around the world? Another chunk on R& and logistics?

Anyone who's not really interested in spreading democracy won't have to spend that much on defence budget.

I've seen worse and it's not extracted. A root canal will save this tooth albeit done properly.

michlins:
having watched lots of Hollywood movies, this is not safe. Having the whole line of succession in one place is a high risk venture. An attack can throw this country into a huge mess.

Then the issue of separation of powers, the three thiers of government celebrating the federal government makes it look like they just one and powers not truly separated

Not to mince words but believe me if there's a successful attack on that train there'll be a guinness record of highest number of a group of happy people in the world at a given time.

MEEVEET:
Ogba are not igbos? ... Eze ogba are not igbos? Lmaooo given the Royal Family came from Benin yes but the people are 100% igbo

They have produced Ohaneze chairman even

Ogba, ndoni, egbema, obigbo and omuma are the largest producers in rivers state

Atleast you've admitted that Ogba arguably the biggest producer of oil and Gas in Rivers State. I won't fault you for that since we're a minority in the State.

Now let's talk about the first point you raised. Again, with facts, Provide any material you can that proves that the Ogba people are Igbos. Please don't say we bear similar names as that's not enough. Tell me about culture and tradition.

I'm willing to go any length with you on this because I know more about the Kingdom because my dad used to a king before he passed last year.
My dad married two wives, my step mom is Igbo from Imo State and my siblings bear full igbo names, you know how difficult it's going to be for him to express his views and not being criticised because he's not Igbo? I spent my Service year in a Federal Government establishment last year and you guessed right the Northerners there always assumed I was Igbo because of my name.

My point is this, as much as naming customs can be a pointer, it's not enough to claim another ethnicity, there's a whole lot of difference in culture.

Again let's have have civil discussion, no hauling insults, just facts.

I want to make another disclaimer: I don't in any way hate the Igbos, I won't just bear another person's identity because I'm a minority. We have our own culture and traditions. This is because of the oil ownership shenanigans. Its similar to the Tsekiris I'm Delta State, they're a minority but won't let themselves to be eclipsed with other ethnic groups. I believe one of the many reasons why there's almost no God-fatherism in Rivers State politics is because of the mult-ethnicity, so many ethnic groups and interest are at stake so it would be difficult for one person to hold it all down.

mrvitalis:
I remember the video of Igbo king ( ndoni ) in rivers State when he was asked by other igbos claim they are not igbos in rivers State

He went on to ask those people always shouting our oil our oil how many of them have oil wells ?

Egebema ,ndoni n obigbo produce 70% of rivers State oil and this are 100% igbos who never denied being Igbo

Have you eve heard of the Ogba Kingdom? You automatically assume your father's farmland is the biggest because you've not seen my fathers own. If you're ready to bring facts without insults I'll bring facts too to prove that Ogba Kingdom is the biggest producer of oil per day in Rivers State.

I already brought up a disclaimer that you shouldn't haul insults at me, just bring facts and facts only.

Meanwhile the Ogba people ARE NOT Igbos.

KILLTHECOWS:
ibaa,obele,rumuji,ndele,even rumuokuta and rumuola......

I called your bluff when you included Rumuokuta and Rumuola. Nane atleast one producing oil well in these places. I'll wait

CrownedPhoenix:
To imagine the things they use to hold Africa down.

Is this not similar to giving village chiefs mirrors, powder and Kaikai for our mineral resources in return?

You would prefer our greedy Nigerian leaders so stash the cash oversees? We constantly borrowing money form China with almost nothing to show for it because a huge chunk of the borrowed sum is stolen. Why no exchange your natural resources for development that would benefit everyone instead of a greedy few?

I will gladly be a slave to a white man for 10yrs if it means we're liberated from the shackles of the terrible crop of leaders we have in Nigeria right now.
There are systems, services and amenities that an average Nigerian will never get to use not because we can't afford it but it's inexistent. You think if Telecommunications industry wasn't privatetised we would have 5G? We can't even have running water or gas supplied to our houses so we have to build personal boreholes and carry cylinders around because of backward thinking leaders who's only genius is awaken to create new ways to steal.

I can go on and on but I'm angry and tired. Graduated since last year yet to job. Nigeria has to work. I never considered jakpa, if I'm wealthy enough I just wanna go there, allow snow to cool my bald head and come back.

seunayantokun:
Agreed. Zelensky shouldn't have called a bluff of what Putin could do. Diplomacy is far better than confrontation, especially when power isn't on your side.

Dude thought the US would go all guns blazing against Russia but it didn't happen. I still maintain that if he saw the end from the beginning he would've avoided this war. American tax payers are also not happy with Biden. War is not and can never be a good thing.

Adonko:
you know sometimes I laugh when some of you just spill trash...there is a saying that an empty drum makes the loudest noise..

So while they were acquiring all these weapons or producing them US just folded thier hands ..and did nothing to upgrade thier arsenal. Who pass u pass u ..you see that country you called US and her citizens they are something else and there is a reason they call them God's own nation.

That was how Japan was making mouth but when US striked till today they have nor fully recovered..they are the highest in terms of investment on military equipment/ defence....followd by Russia, then China.

My bro ..don't be moved with emotions or initial gragra ....US as a country is something else when it comes to war..Russia and China knows this..

Let me drop it here.

As much as money is important to any military, having the highest defence budget doesn't necessarily mean you're the best. For almost any military hardware to the US have, Russia have it for about atleast have the price. Let me explain better:

The US military is likely the most corrupt industry in the country because of the process involved in bidding and winning contracts. They pay so much for kickbacks and all that. The DoD and CIA in turn "make" wars to sell this weapons. There's a reason why military contracts are not made public. In this regard, the US selling weapons (not oil) arguably makes them top dollar. Having defence budgets in billions and trillions doesn't mean they're all for R& for vibranium-esque materials for weaponry but as well as logistics across the world to give "democracy".

On the other point you raised, the world right now is so multipolar that the US will NOT attempt to directly hit mainland Russia, China or even NK...yes you read it right North Korea and I believe you already know why.
It's also the same reason why any of those countries mentioned would not DARE hit the US too, they all have a weapon of check and balance. There's too much at stake for anyone to attempt it. You know those offshore accounts and fishy deals in Switzerland? Yeah. Have you also wondered why no one bothers Switzerland? When's there's a common factor everyone sheats their sword.


God's own country? The US have done and is doing a lot of wrong right now for God to be involved with them but I'm not God so I can't call the shots on that.

I love the US, it's a great country filled with opportunities if you're willing to work but the past few years haven't been the best for them in terms of leadership and even down to security.

AllenSpencer:
What else than to drown America


Europe better stop spending on that gas pipeline going through Niger, cos what happened to Nord stream will happen to it 🤣🤣🤣

Putin is a damn chess player. Hommie just to trap Niger. Hold them by the throat

They think Putin would let the nord stream II incident go unpunished. It may not necessarily be blowing up the new trans-saharan pipeline but he'll surely retaliate. People need to go back to history to understand why Russians are so resolute and unforgiving.

Again, if the West thinks Putin dying or leaving power would give them an upper hand then they'll be in for a shocker. I don't know who's going to be the next Russian leader after Putin but believe me he's going to be worse. The USSR had one thing at heart: Nationalism.

seunayantokun:
I like Putin because he wants everything to be put in a proper shape, but I condemned and will continue to condemn him for invading Ukraine. He could have used Russia's position of power to peacefully make Ukraine and other neighbouring countries friends of Russia. Wickedness is never a solution to a problem of relationship.

Putin is a not a mad man as the West portray him to be. He has tried to resolve this amicably countless times but they called his bluff. The Ukrainian clown took his chance thinking Putin wouldn't attack now look at the result.

The war is only going to end in one possible way and it will be Ukraine's loss. Regardless of how much they get to rebuild, innocent Ukrainian civilians lost their lives. At worse, Russia is going to be forced to pay some billions in reparation but Ukraine may never remain the same again.

War is bad for everyone, I'm not exonerating Putin either but Zelenskiyy should've done EVERYTHING possible to make sure his land is not a puddle for two fighting elephants.

edungene7:
You will call it a lame excuse because of yr sense of reasoning the fact that CBT has been in existence for hundred years does not make it the best form for testing of students knowledge 6 years spent in secondary education with one week of mock exam to familiarize themselves with CBT possibly the first time in their entire 6 years is completely unacceptable

Bro these youngings make videos and post on tiktok, make perfect edits with their 16/17yr old boyfriends and girlfriends but CBT exam that can be figured out within 10mins is were you draw the line. Anyone who's not versed enough to take CBT in 2024 should forget about tertiary education.

oluwaseyi0:
Sometimes those exams are just very unnecessarily hard

I beg to disagree. You'll pass if you read using JAMB syllabus. My first JAMB was CBT and my strategy was give myself a target of atleast 50/100 for each subject and a total of 200/400. Meanwhile I expect 200/400 to be poor and guess what I scored 200 but couldn't secure admission with it, the following year I scored 232 and was admitted.

edungene7:
Blame the useless and clueless government a student that has not used a computer system all is life to study is expected to use same computer to write an exam why won't they fail ask some of this students those questions they failed orally and they will give you the answer we should stop all this useless copy cat system certain things should be optional not compulsory

I can't but say this is a lame excuse. JAMB has been CBT for atleast 10yrs now. Before your exam day, a mock exam is conducted especially to familiarise students with CBT but MOST students don't make take the mock exam.

There can be problems with server and all that but saying someone failed because of little or no knowledge of CBT in 2024 is unacceptable.

I think Canal is offering on their projection to be able to make profit too. The thing is, I don't see DSTV turning around their fortune soon especially with the falling naira. They'll spend more of their revenue paying for football rights alone. They also have to pay for salary, operating cost, tax, egunje and the rest. It's not easy doing business in Nigeria, you'll pay through your nose. No wonder They now call people on the phone begging them to subscribe.

FireUpNow:
Your streaming is about football only. What about other programs? How many of your kind are present in Africa? If you know what business of broadcasting and tv station is you will know that the management of DSTV knows what they are worth.

Keep playing. With a data of 5k+ per month and 3900 for showmax I'm assured to watch Arsenal matches for an entire month. There are so many of us that stream matches on match days. Before hesgoal was closed down they drove loads of traffic on matchdays.

Omoapena:
But since they have salary structure, how can they pay you less even if thatz what you asked for, aren't they supposed to stick to their structure.

Does it mean, if you have asked for an amount higher than the salary structure, would have accepted to pay it?

It's funny when companies do this. It's a very flawed logic. When you ask for more they'll say they can't afford to pay you that but when you ask for less they'ld be more than willing to pay you that despite have a payment structure.