₦airaland Forum

jelel6:
Even though I know Prof Sagay would naturally support the government on this particular matter, it's clear for everyone to see that he made sound arguments. Arguments I would like to see fellow attorneys who are of different opinions counter while focusing on the issues at hand and not resort to under-arm tactics.

His points on whether if this was to be a case of murder would the police be expected to wait for the decision of the NJC before making arrest, And the fact the CJN, who appointed the overwhelming majority of the members of the NJC, of which he's the chairman
Cannot be expected to judge his case fairly, those two arguments Particularly resonate with common sense.

However, even if the FG cannot get him before the CCT, I'd still like for them to submit their evidence and present the case in front of the NJC. The aim wouldn't be to get justice now, it will be to expose the alter rubbish that is the Criminal Justice System in Nigeria.

The NJC is the CJN.
So who will they present the evidence to?

There's a loop hole in the law and it needs to be corrected by those whose responsibility it is.
The evidence is clear given that the CJN has admitted. It's now left for they to inform us if its a punishable offence.

dokyOloye:
Yes.
The telecoms industry is making gains today and serving Nigerians better cos of privatisation.
You remember when ppl used to que to make calls in NITEL?

Ancient and deceitful stories about the telecom industry.........
I'm sure you do know that the profits made by MTN in Nigeria from inception till date even with our epileptic power supply cannot be compared with their parent country South Africa in 100 years to come.

Please kindly let us know the gains to Nigeria from the other companies privatize under the OBJ/Atiku administration?
Also tell us the gains from the power sector where the DISCOs have been privatize ?


What's hard for Atiku to say, he'll privatize Aso rock when voted in...........

elengine:
Good evening house. After I finished the wood carcass of my house last year September, I didn't have money to roof it immediately and it has been there as we speak. My question is, is there any risk at all given that the woods were exposed to sunlight from September to November before it stopped. If there is any risk, what can I do to salvage the situation before I cover it by month end. Cheers

No one can categorically and authoritatively give a to fit your interest. I as a person tell my clients a period of 90 days maximum between roofing woodwork and roofing sheet covering. That being so and depending on geographical location our weather conditions changes and varies compared to the normal we were taught in primary school.
You'll need to run a physical examination and the best person to do that is the roofing sheet installer.

Please what's the current price for 0.45 and 0.55 Aluminium step tiles (Tower and First Aluminium brand)

gare:
Why initiate his on project lets see not jumping around looking foe almost completed project to commission, was that part of his promise

Ohhhh, now PMB is the one jumping from almost completed project to commission................
Please who will take credit for the following tasks which are one and same;

The one who took a bucket to the river or another who carried the bucket of water home?
The one who went to the market to buy the food stuffs or another who actually cooked the food for all to eat?
The one who got a lady pregnant or another who actually took care of her?

gare:
Who should i ask

If you're among those who says PMB should not take credit for project(s) completion of previous administration, then you can tell what can he take credit for ?

Atouke:
Stop lying the afam power station is privately owned by the consortium headed by the chairman of uba bank.
These power station was one of those that benefited from President Barack Obama power Africa loans in 2013/2014.
Money was paid to GE for the turbines via this initiative.
These was done during GEJ tenure, buhari had zero input.
Stop taking credit for GEJ good and strategic leadership.

So what exactly should PMB be doing since he can't take the credit?

ceelog:
From the pictures I now understand you

I always associated plinth beams as those tied to individual footings and cast on natural ground. The foundation na no shaking even with earth settlement.

I didn't know reinforced concrete at dpc ws also called plinth.

Thanks for the info

What you're referring to is called "grade or ground beam".

Plinth beam (chain casting at dpc level )

damola311:
Hi guys! I'm a follower of this thread and I will like to ask a question.


For someone who can't afford doing a German floor, is it advisable to cast just the foundation blocks all round with 4inches thickness or so and cover it with DPM Nylon?

The land is great, not waterlogged, a dry land.

Just want to make sure this is right and won't affect the main building?

You can afford to do the german floor. It's not only granite that's an aggregate material for such purpose. There are other alternatives.

Given that, you can do a plinth beam(chain the entire wall line with rods and cast it).

anochuks08:
Hello house, please what is the remedy to a house with humming german floor. The foundation was done during dry season, though after filling, it was watered and rammed but i guess that wasn't enough. After the rainy season, the foundation settled further, thereby leaving little space between the dpc and the earth filling which gives a humming noise when stepped on forcefully, Please what is the perfect way to fix this.

There's absolutely nothing you can do as long as there's no actual cave in of the concrete floor.
Except you choose to mark out the affected areas, break the concrete, refill with back filling material and cast again.

Pekele007:
Read and understand first.


.....He argued that only after the NJC has pronounced against such judicial officer could prosecuting agencies of the Federal Government proceed to initiate a criminal proceeding.

Let's watch how the FG intends to play it out. There's a loop hole in the existing law.
The CJN is the chairman of the NJC and by extension cannot be the judge of his own case as well as other members of the council.

Nigeria is one country where you see supposed matured adult fathers continuously misbehaving like teens playing pranks on themselves.
So Reno thinks all these release of tapes will do any harm to Amaechi?
They are just scared about the role Amaechi will play in Rivers State in the upcoming elections. This releases will only make him stronger as to his role in the elections.

Igbos can't be playing absolute opposition and just because there's an unwritten rotation of presidency they expect it to be handed down to them!!
They are practically not in good terms with any geographical zone to wield the needed desired support to win any election. Just as they are not even in love with themselves to clench power.
Do they even think Atiku has the weight to sway the North to vote in an Igbo president?
The Igbos have made themselves politically irrelevant in the present day system and they have no one to blame but themselves.

LibertyRep:
There are two things involved about Muazu's defection. It's either;
1. He has been a mole all the while and was contracted to sabotage the party from within. A task that has been successfully achieved.
2. He was whipped into line by the EFCC as alleged. That's makes him a corrupt person seeking for protection and soft landing

Whatever, he won't be the first ex-chairman to defect from PDP to APC. Modu Sheriff and Audu Ogbe comes to mind. PDP should count her loses and restrategize

You are only telling a good tale.
A lot of persons stayed back in PDP when the going was tough and certain persons left for personal reasons to oust GEJ. I'll categorically tell you its getting to be pay back time. Expect more shocking stories and even a night Tom election day Nigerians will be overwhelmed by events.

KOMBE:
That's the DPC and going to be a two storey building

From the pix it appears you chained(plinth beam) your DPC.
I'll advice you just carefully chisel the concrete off the section where the column meets the bottom of the block and lap the extension reinforcement steel rods for continuation.
Hope you understand.....

engreddy:
Well, I have heard the second part. I must say, Reno is just shooting himself in the leg. I thought he said Burahi does read, that Amaechi said so, but Amaechi could be heard saying the president reads and laughs at how people are blaming him for everything.

The first release actually implies PMB reads, otherwise how can someone who does not read make a joke of something written in the newspaper?

The other aspect of the speech was; PMB does not listen, which can be interpreted in any form.
Not giving listening ear to Reno's statements could be one of those.

What I have gathered from this audio release is that people no longer think with their brains once they dislike or have a chronic hatred for someone.
One can only imagine the contents of the part 2 release?
Reno is trying to get the reactions of Nigerians before releasing that and it will certainly be doctored to suit the occasion.
It appears the PDP are not finding it easy sleeping.

Daviddson:
It can't be 2014, because Jonathan listens to people. In fact, his downfall was as a result of over listening to people and not having a mind to say "no", which recked his govt in the end. Buhari doesn't listen to people at all, just like Trump. If not, he'll have corrected the anomalous, skewed manner of appointments in the security by bringing in southerners. If not, he will have started to visit crisis states and displaying empathy, like a true leader does.

Were you there?
If GEJ listens to people the fall out between him, OBJ, Amaechi and a list of grassroot politicians would not have gone the way it is.

Nobody asked Reno to leak the audio tape, so why is he telling Amaechi to own up to the audio speech?
He should leak the entire thing but of course it's all about play act.

Truthfully speaking, who can tell Nigerians what year since 1999 did NANs fight for the interest of Nigerian undergraduates?
If higher institutions are on strike, what role can NANs play when ASUU is involved ?
When higher institutions expel and rusticate undergraduates, how many times do you hear of NANs coming to the aid of those affected?
Since 1999 till date is there a single year that Nigerian higher institutions don't go on strike, be it ASUU, SSANU, NASU, etc, etc....
Even when the now governor of rivers state in the former administration was minister for education, was universities and Polythecnics not on strike while the minister was shuttling on chartered flights?
Since all these strikes how have our institutions of learning improved?

No single pix of the PDP presidential candidates in the crowd.....
No body is seen carrying any pix or placard showing the presidential candidates............
Those posting such can do better, please..........
This alone is no proof...

As much as its a welcome development, the post is just a brief.
Did the PIGB address the issue of owners of oil blocks/wells, marginal fields who have left it dormant or not up to running capacity even after 5 years or more in operation?
While trying to reduce the powers of the president, who is responsible for the selection and final appointment of the 9 man board members?

KolaShangOne:
If I read this right,

You're saying there's no evidence or literature that backs the assertion that chaining lintel enhances the structural integrity of a building?

You read right, but there's no mention of the bold as to your thoughts.

The PDP presidential candidate , however , said although the plot was meant to put his party at a disadvantage , the ‘ PDP would not lose any sleep over the ignoble deal, since the battle to rescue Nigeria from incompetence and bad leadership would be fought by the people themselves and not by the Governor of Zamfara or President Buhari ’ s hatchet men.

How does the PDP presidential candidate make a complaint and end it all up with the bold?
Was the information necessary in the first instance?

gabbytabby:
Happy New Year to all the building enthusiasts on this thread. May 2019 see more learning experiences for us all.

I will be disturbing Una for some internal design ideas so I thank you in advance for your help and guidance.

In most decisions one makes in 9ja one has to factor into the cost, the present day 9ja factor.

For example if you are going to be moulding and supervising the moulding (mix ratio etc) of your blocks or you sufficiently trust your moulder then using 6 inches block for boungalow foundation might be less an issue than if you are buying blocks.
If you have to then you do the needful. Why not just use four y16 rod and be done with a column than use six y12 for example.

If you remember that you can’t do over your foundation you might choose to do all foundation with 9 inches block. A typical present day 6 inches bought block is often times not of similar strength as one used in the 60s to 80s. Often times what we all do is provide advice. The owner or builder then gets to make his/her decision and then lives with consequences of that decision shikena.

Regarding the bold from the latter part of the statement, one may not know the originators of such in Nigeria. But if a professional(individual) possess the right knowledge, technical and field experience and saddled with a client that strongly insists on such then it's up to the professional. There are limited articles online regarding the use of Y12 for single storeys but there are a whole lot of considerations.

This is not a comparison to the above.
Just like the drivers of lintel complete link chaining as against just covering the door and window openings and putting blocks on the remaining length of the wall.
The traditional rule is the use of Y12 (4 bars with Y8 as stirrups).
Other conventional methods are Y12 (3 bars), Y10(4 bars).
I think I may have seen the use of Y8(4 bars) for lintel purposes but it was a foreign steel.

Now, if any of the above is right ,one should be able to establish his/her stirrup spacing to use since all can't be the same given the loads.

olaitoro:
Not just in Imo and Edo state, in Anambra state especially Onitsha 60 - 70% of one storey buildings were done with Y12 iron and 6" solid blocks as against Y16 iron and 9" hollow blocks.
Also some people use Y12 and 9" hollow block in their construction.

And one can imagine that such structures are still standing.
Guess probably they know what they are doing.

To them politicians/Nigerians, PMB was the better person to get GEJ out of office giving the chances. Now the same persons are saying Atiku now stands a chance to give them the dividends PMB denied them.

Putting the list of governors who have turned Ex's, Ex-governors who have turned legislators and the rest of their kind. Are we really progressing or its the syndrome of take it as you see?

Imagine over 30 million voting Nigerians and over 150 million people tweeting on social media platforms having to choose between 2 parties and 2 individuals?
Are we really thinking as a people?

KolaShangOne:
***Oga Brabus,

I think we should make it clear that this Individual has to be a professional. A structural Engineer that can calculate the loads acting on the building, and distribute this load appropriately.

A house built with 6" blocks will most likely have 150 x 150mm columns and beams. Can they easily substitute for 225 x 225mm columns and beams? Do they have a required safety factor? Etc etc..

****Also, the fact that you use a 9" or 6" block doesn't guarantee absence of defects ((this is majorly down to construction practices)) but there are reasons why we choose to use 9". All things being equal, a 9" block will have a higher load resistance than a 6" block. I'm talking Dead loads, Wind loads, Live loads, Vertical loads, compression and axial loads etc etc..

About the lintel.....

Naturally and professionally one won't do a design for a single storey building with 6"blocks and Y12 to be used as columns/beams.
If another is said to be a professional that individual should be able to calculate the number of Y12(columns/beams) that would stand as substitute for Y16 and also its corresponding stirrups spacing putting every other thing into consideration.

When there are persons who are yet to have BVN, they are bringing NIN when most of us still have paper copies since 2014 with no known date to collect the plastic card.

In construction work, there are substitute/alternative materials to use and when done right, it'll give the desired result.
In as much as 6" blocks, Y12 are not the recommended to use for single storey buildings Engineering wise, that does not mean a structure done with such will not stand if the individual doing such knows what he's doing.
The use of Y12 for single storey building as wholesome reinforcement material is not just peculiar to Edo State, you can add Imo State to that list and some other states.
The use of 9" blocks for foundation wall of bungalows is a nice option but not a guarantee that the building will not have defects.
There's also no known article anywhere that says complete lintel chaining prevents wall cracks.
In certain riverine communities in Bayelsa State, those who have the resources have to transport granite materials across water via pontoon-barge to effect their building construction works. Others who can't, make use of periwinkle shells and 3/8" coarse as aggregate materials for concrete works for their single storey buildings.