₦airaland Forum

jrusky:
Pls read what you posted pls does it make any sense? Though Atiku offended lot of people for his inpatient by joining the evil ones to removed Jonathan but in a real sense as per what is on ground Atiku has done nothing wrong to be crying ok.

Personally all U'm after is at least a presidential election can be challenge in competent court which was not possible in Nigeria before. More so all these nationality brohaha make no sense to me because Buhari biological father is from Niger Republic so both are guilty on that ground if apc want to go that way.

Atiku's lawyers will only end up telling Nigerians of probably the loopsided-ness and inconsistencies in INEC.
But they can't use server results to win through the tribunal or any court as its against the electoral constitution.
And whoever is thinking they will cancel the election is dreaming .

AngryParrot1:
I think APC was buying time. I don't think they really thought the nationality sham would hold any water.

Don't believe everything written.
Majority of these fellows know they're not Nigerians. Not everybody will tell about his true lineage. It's to their benefit.

fm7070:
Everyone who has a hand in the downfall of GEJ is having their portion of karma so fast. Even OBJ is not left out. When last has he spoken or written his mischievous letter?

OBJ won't write any letter till the desirable outcome of the tribunal becomes undesirable to others.

festacman:
I found it disappointing that some Kano elites have gone to court over the creation of the New Emirates because they want to PRESERVE their age-long HERITAGE of having one emirate serving the massive population of Kano State.

Try to reform Almajiri systems. You hear, "leave it, it is our heritage". Touch early marriage. You hear, "leave it, it is our heritage". Try to modernise cattle rearing. You hear, "leave us alone, wandering about with cattle is heritage". However, how come people use television, phones, and other sophisticated technologies that were never part of their heritage.

Come on gentlemen of the North. Hasten and open up Northern Nigeria before it is left completely behind. Time is running out.

By the way, if Emir Lamido Sanusi is a change agent he always claims he is then let accept this as a necessary sacrifice to move Northern Nigeria to the next level. He should partner and work closely with Emirs.

SLS is a change agent but not in the context as we expect him to be. SLS is a man with his own agenda and he will want to see to it. But I believe apart from political reasons what the governor did is the way forward for kano indigenes. Let all embrace it.

stephleena:
Change is constant indeed.. A former CBN governor reporting to the Presidency directly,is now reporting to a local government chairman's house.. This is the APCs kinda change of retrogression

The governor quoted what's supposed to be according to the constitution as written.
Nobody seem to say its false.

Bojack:
either Jon or Arya will have to slit dany's throat

The character run by Jon will not do that.

If they intend to do that, then Arya will have to kill Greyworm first, use his face as one of the many faces to get close to her and do that.

But all the same.......
It's likely not what the movie producers will give us.
They have spoilt so many scenes already. Don't need more.

Hermionegranger:
Not Targaryen Succession Law. Westerosi Succession Law and It was this very isssue that caused the Dance of Dragons. In that situation, I imagine they'd either call a council to revise the law to allow succession through the female line or the ruling family will change. But since none of that is provided for in either the books or show, I can only guess

Westoros law in general.........paraphrasing......
In the total absence of all male sons in the direct family line, the female becomes the true heir before the uncles or distant relatives.

JubrilBuhari:
Shut up, he was replying on the Afro Hair quote. Afro hairs grow not glow.

The keeping of Afro hair is not just to grow it. That's not the essence because Afro is a growing hair.

The main essence is ensuring the hair remains and maintains its natural "black colour".
That's the "glow" use of English in Sani's case.

Magnifico2000:
My question is does greyworm know about Jon's parentage? Has Dany in any way told him(greyworm). So why is he acting like that? Is he acting on instincts?

Just as you have ,"The Mountain" to Cersei so is "Greyworm" to the Mother of dragons.
Danny need not to tell Greyworm about Jon's real identity. While in winterfell, there were not much loved. Guess its justifiable that the north loves themselves rather than strangers.

Danny told Greyworm that you'll know when you get my signal. Also don't forget Missandei was the only person who Greyworm came to love and care for. And such from what he said made him weak. He is the only unsullied who is without weakness from birth through training and that's how he became the head amongst them all.
Remember what he promised her when the war comes to an end. Well that is not binding on him any more. So I'd expect his character change.
Jon became too reserved for numerous reasons. He has chosen to honour his words.
Let's see what E6 has in store for us.

GloryIsaac:
@first bolded

This is why Season 1 is very important.

Truly, we don't know the Mad King, but based on those stories about him.... the conversation between Robert Baratheon and Ned Stark, Robert and Jaimie, Ser Barristan Selmy, even Grand Maester Pycelle

He was a good man, such a charmer. To watch him melt away right before my eyes....consumed by dreams of fire and blood... - Grand Maester Pycelle

It's clear that they wanted us to have good knowledge of who the man was, based on stories told by those who sat with him and rebelled against him.

Maester Aemon deliberately made a decision to join the Nights Watch because he wanted to be away from the political games being played.

@Second bolded

That's why their words were important. I believe that if they really wanted to start from the very beginning, it would have swallowed their budget. So, a lot of events were put into words, to carry us along.

@Third bolded

As earlier said, their words have more meaning than we might even think.

Arya killing the Night King is a strong proof. In as much as i was pissed, shocked, annoyed, frozen etc that of all the characters, Arya was the one who killed my king. It was clearly foretold by Melisandre, but we paid little attention to those words.

"I see a darkness in you. And in that darkness, eyes staring back at me. Brown eyes, blue eyes, green eyes. Eyes sealed shut forever. We will meet again." - Melisandre (To Arya)


It's a pity that G.O.T is coming to an end, if not for anything, it personally taught me how important words are, no matter how or where or when it is said.

Good, Good , Good.
Those words reinvigorated Arya and if I'm not mistaken that's like the second time she spoke against not giving in to death.

The Night king was a pretty nice guy. It was good the producer/director gave him 2 special facial expressions in his entire role.
I so wished there were not in a rush to put the movie to conclusion. There are so many secrets left unexplained.

GloryIsaac:
I'm definitely going to rewatch everything - Season 1 - Season 7 - some time later.

With that being said, truth is, there is really no justification for Dany's madness.

The reason is because her life is very similar to that of her father. Varys served under her father, so he has a very impressive curriculum vitae when it comes to knowing the Targaryans. Even Ser Barristan Selmy was wary of it.

"I am no maester to quote history at you, Your Grace. Swords have been my life, not books. But every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness. Your father was not the first. King Jaehaerys once told me that madness and greatness are two sides of the same coin. Every time a new Targaryen is born, he said, the gods toss the coin in the air and the world holds its breath to see how it will land." - Ser Barristan (To Daenarys a.k.a Mad Queen)

There are similarities between her life and her father's, and how they reacted to situations when pissed off. So if you defend her actions and say she isn't mad, then you can also defend her father's actions and say he isn't mad, whereas he is known as The Mad King.

This is part of her conversation with Tyrion in the throne room...

Tyrion: "The people who live there. They’re not your enemies. They’re innocents, like the ones you liberated in Meereen."

Dany: "In Meereen, slaves turned on the masters and liberated the city themselves the moment I arrived."

Tyrion: "They’re afraid. Anyone who resists Cersei will see his family butchered. You can’t expect them to be heroes. They’re hostages."

Dany: "They are. In a tyrant’s grip. Whose fault is that? Mine?"

Tyrion: "What does it matter whose fault it is? Thousands of children will die if the city burns."

Dany: "Your sister knows how to use her enemies’ weaknesses against them. That’s what she thinks our mercy is.....Weakness."

Tyrion: "I beg you, my queen..."

Dany: ....but she’s wrong. Mercy is our strength. Our mercy toward future generations who will never again be held hostage by a tyrant."

This conversation clearly shows that Daenarys had already made up her mind on burning the city, innocents included. The only thing that would have stopped this is if the people fought Cersei like the slaves in Meeren and saved her the stress of even fighting a soul. Which could also have meant that they love her, the love she has been searching for.

Unfortunately, the people of Westeros and the people of Essos are quite different. She was highly pissed that she had to scare them before they rang the bell, so since they prefer fear, let it be so.

"Dracarys".

"Burn them all".

Nice one.
Apologies but we don't know the mad king other than what we were told or some stories/quotes made about the mad-Ness of the Targaryens. Don't you think it was a deliberate act to send Maester Aemon to the Night Watch?

I'd want to stick to what the movie offered, following everybody's role and judging their actions.
The actions of the characters is quite limited in the season movie when compared to that in the novel's.

Every word spoken you quoted, has just 2 sides like a coin. And most of those words don't have literal meanings as we make want them to.
Those it would benefit or affect are the real actors and everything depends on how each plays out their roles.

GloryIsaac:
In all honesty, i had always known that Dany was going to turn mad, the excuse of doing what is necessary doesn't cut it. Thankfully, the show writers proved me right. I have my reasons....

1. Ever since those dragons matured, Dany has been burning people everywhere. At first, it seemed like she was the savior of the world, so a lot of fans didn't pick the clues that the writers were dropping. The burning of Sam's father and brother was a very strong message about a potential Mad Queen.

2. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Dany was hellbent on ruling the seven kingdoms at any cost, which is why Varys was bothered about her state of mind. Remember that Varys served under the Mad King, and a lot of others after him, so he clearly saw similar traits between father and daughter. Jon's refusal to be King made Varys even support him the more.

3. Dany rarely made decisions herself, which made me believe she wasn't worthy of being queen. She was excellent at saying 'Dracarys', but when it came to the major decisions that didn't have anything to do with execution....there was Ser Jorah - King of the Friendzone -, Tyrion Lannister, Jon Snow, Missandei, Lord Varys.

4. It wasn't necessary to burn down Kings Landing with all the innocents in it, but she made up her mind to do so because they didn't love her and to spite Cersei. Isn't that madness?, the children on the streets had absolutely nothing to do with the power tussle.

5. When she told Jon to hide his true identity, it was clear that insanity was already rising in her. She was desperate to rule the seven kingdoms and was going to do it at any cost.

"I spent my life in foreign lands. So many men have tried to kill me, I don't remember all their names. I have been sold like a broodmare. I've been chained and betrayed, raped and defiled. Do you know what kept me standing through all those years in exile? Faith. Not in any gods. Not in myths and legends. In myself. In Daenerys Targaryen. The world hadn't seen a dragon in centuries until my children were born. The Dothraki hadn't crossed the sea. Any sea. They did for me. I was born to rule the Seven Kingdoms, and I will." - The Mad Queen (To Jon Snow)

You need to watch the seasons' again and get a different view.
In as much as its a movie, you should also be aware of ancient stories in times of war.........
1) She is the heir to the throne and in her quest to conquer those who refused to bend the knee will be given the ultimate punishment/sentence. The other option was to put them in prison, seize their lands, strip them of their titles, etc,etc.....but she got no time for such.
Her burning act sent the right message. And that did in no way qualify her to be called the mad queen.

2) She was never the mad queen. Vary's was only toying with the possibility of making things right which he claims. He has his reasons same ways little finger does what he does. Vary was warned and he took his chances. The roles played by both Varys and Tyrion was sort of to have a balance of character. Varys claims to do whatever he does for the interest of the throne and we all see where the interest takes us to after the death of more than 5 kings. Tyrion is not interested in such scheming interests.

3) Dany is filled with hatred over alot of things and given the history of the mad king she refused making certain decisions and allowed her appointed staffs to play their roles effectively. A true leader needs such traits even if he/she may likely not adhere to the advices/decisions from others.

4) Two things made her do that. 1, The beheading of Missandei. 2, Yes she was enraged, and she never wanted to believe the sounding of the bells will actually make Cersei to surrender and Tyrion has actually been outsmarted by Cersei on his every move. With just one Dragon to her breast there's no need playing soft. You don't expect her to lose all her children and not win the last war.

5) Yes, she coveted the throne and wanted it at all cost. So she expected Jon who is a nephew to make his real identity a secret. She has previously made her intentions known to Sansa when she refused letting go, of the Northern Kingdoms to be on their own and have their king.

ogb5:
One critical piece of information was that when shagari was told that buhari was plotting a coup against his government, shagari waved it aside claiming that he knows the coup plotters and does not know the politician that will otherwise succeed him if the coup is stopped.

By that statement, shagari preferred a fellow northerner to overthrow is government than for him to hand over to Ekweme his vice from the southeast after his tenure.

Nigerians will need to watch buhari closely as we get close to 2023 when he is expected to hand over to a southerner. We don't want a fg sanctioned coup just to prevent a southerner from being President.

Concentrate on the now.
Let whoever wants to take over start to prepare from now till then.

SoftP:
They've got no shame

That's why they are Nigerians and we will argue on their behalf free of charge.

The source added: “You are aware that the Emir of Bichi is an amiable and easy-going king 


“So many palace guards prefer working with him because he is an open minded person.”


I find the second bold as some form of sarcasm against SLS.

Venerable612:
It’s relative. Some, and I would say quite a lot, of graduates from Nigerian Universities too cannot even write application letters. Punctuations are so bad - and they are even bereft of Skills needed by employers these days.

Truth is, many Nigerian graduates are unemployable: largely due to the obsolete system of education though - Polytechnic or University alike.

But the discrimination is not in Knowledge - it’s in the ranks and remuneration structure. It’s a subtle way of influencing prospective students to apply to Polytechnics as well - which would at least reduce the huge population seeking a University degree.

[b]If you ask me - it’s a good thing. [/b]But overhaul all the curriculums for courses in the UNI and Polys already- it’s not 21st century like!

Some will applaud the bold.
Truth be told, a country will not solve her national problems by way of short cuts.

Be it the curriculum are not 21st Century like, it still doesn't solve anything meaningful.

Let's see if those with HND in engineering will go and tell NSE/Coren to register them as Engineers.

demoBaba:
Please educate us.

You really don't need one to educate you on it. Probably you are in need of an argument.
The same reason government established government technical colleges(called Craft Centres), Commercial Secondary Schools and the regular secondary school.

Kindly make use of Google and check the difference for your question.

jaxxy:
Was there actually a fraud Or just an attempt or even nothing? I see not prosecution besides blame game, bothering and maltreating of a helpless staff.

It's an anticipated fraud.
Something of such has happened about 20 years ago and alot of persons were sacked for it.

The money never left the bank. It's an anticipated fraud.
If he has a good lawyer he should sue the manager of the bank , the branch he's working and the entire first bank as a company and write a petition to CBN.

I don't want to believe this was written by the Nigerian Police.

okonja:
Taking back what is yours is not a crime. According to history, there used to be Hausa kings before Dan Fodi came with jihad and killed them, since then, Fulani has been the only Emir in Kano. Gandollar's decision to reverse back to the old custom shouldn't be seen as balkanization, rather a restoration of an old custom.

The same persons he is giving those areas to are still relatives of SLS.

ak22:
Please all the engineer in the house is anything wrong with this plan ?

Is it a must the building be 3 bedrooms?

Please do you have others in your company who share the same burden?
Though you did not state the name of your company and hope your real identity online is not known.
Please get in touch with those affected in your company with sufficient proof(s) and seek the advice of a lawyer.
Many have lost their jobs trying to fight their company for their rights. I'm in no way telling you to chicken out but apply wisdom in all your dealings.

Even those who you might think are at the pencom office are also fraudsters.
Companies have been known to bribe pencom staffs in such matters.
Try to get in touch with the right person.

I still don't understand why people are crying over the governor's actions.
Years ago, the Russian monarch was abolished completely.
There are so many monarchs that have been abolished even by way of revolution.
There are certain things the masses can't do alone then it takes the handiwork of one man to accomplish.

If the actions of the governor will probably bring a new way to things in kano then let it run its course.
The entire North and middle belt is riddled with either boko haram or herdsmen and there's no single traditional ruler who have actually spoken against it without sentiments.
We are our own enemies.

GoodFaith:
bricklayers are 3k or 3500 and service are 2k or 2500
Benin

So what's the output of work per day at this rate?
You are a paying client and you're supposed to be more explicit with numerous jobs done.

Adedward:
good evening house, this issues is very simple, let's him explaine how, it happened but for my experience in this work, I don't think is possible ,

Everything is possible.
He only needs to do the explanations to everyone's assimilation.
After that pix of the plastering works as done and let all decide.

elengine:
OK while we are here deliberating on the reasonableness of Mason charges for plastering, I need a quotation for plastering this 4 bed room duplex plus a small room and a bq. The house is built on approximately 200 Sqm. It is a portable house and am attaching the Pic here. Sorry it is not that clear. The location is inside an estate at warewa, before Arepo

In order to give a quote, the sizes of each room should be known.
Quotes are giving in number of partitions or per area of coverage(SQM) for both internal and external walls.

twinskenny:
You see the reason why we have shoddy job everywhere


Say no more.... a duplex is about to be pull down around Gbagada cause owner believe paying professional fees is wrong... how can u plaster a duplex in and out for 300k?

Oga,
There's no need to argue the price. They are the ones doing the job.

Let them say how much is per partition or if its daily pay, how many partitions make up that pay?
And how many partitions are in the said duplex?


About 2013, my carpenter charged me 120k for roofing wood work/nogging for a simple 3 bedroom apartment. We used aluminium long span.
I told client. He called a friend in Benin who gave him someone who charged 60k. They drove down from Benin to Bayelsa. They were just 3. I got their quotes, purchased wood same day and they started work at about 2pm. They worked extra 3 days. The client paid hotel for them, the head man 5k room and the other stayed in a 3k room together.

GoodFaith:
The job was great
Benin city
the rate is two bricklayer and one services to a room
bathroom is one bricklayer
that would have cost me about 134k but i just paid 180k

We know its 2 mason to 1 service man. But at what price do they do it? Is it per partition or on per daily pay ?
No one is in doubt of the great job.
It will be nice to see pix of the great job.
Even contractors, engineers and clients would even love to give such artisans jobs at such prices when its know that the works are appealing to the eyes.

timesup234:
A 12 by 12 room will cost you 8k, thats means the four rooms will cost you 32k before you move to other areas of the house

Great.
By this your price and the previous quoted of 5k, it means the mason/service man collects probably 6k/2k per room. That's about 2k per partition (mason/service man).
So If you say 5k(mason/service man) as daily pay. It translates to just 2 partitions.
Or is there something I'm not understanding?

Also does this price include dressing of doors and windows internal?

I would very much like if you post pix of this great works.

GoodFaith:
My brother 700K for labor?
Jesus help the contractors here not to kill us with over prices
Amen
I just finish two living rooms with dinner
Four bedroom en-suite
two storage
two kitchens
Two guest bathroom
Inside plastering I paid 180k
My goal was 140K-I just give the other 40k

Good indeed.
1) Please what rate do you pay your mason/service men and how many partitions do they accomplish?
2) Kindly post some pix of these plastering jobs your mason/service men have done.
3) Please which location precisely are these jobs done at that price?

Thanks.

timesup234:
young man dont strees it. I just finished plastering a massive six bedroom duplex for 300k. I have been doing it for years. I pay 5k daily pay. Both masons and service

Good indeed.
1) Please how many partitions does this 5k daily pay(service/mason) collect?
2) Kindly post some of these plastering jobs your mason/service men have done.
3) Please which location precisely are these jobs done at that price?

Thanks.