₦airaland Forum

ashjay001:
Open ur mind!

Newscasters generally have flexible schedules n d extra steady income, allows her to grow her private biz n probably quit on her on terms!

You think poultry business has flexible schedule?

Is that how your mind is open?

Tomorrow this same senator will preach youths are supposed to indulge themselves in agro business

Shallow minds

The lady in question complained about the flood destroying her poultry and Reno/Bruce are offering her a job in their private firm to be a poetic pidgin english newscaster to earn how much.............


You see how slavery started......
You want to turn an entrepreneur into an employee
So much for thinking of a senator

If not all the aspirants, majority of them have nothing to offer to the Nigerian economy.
Especially those who have become former governors, commissioners, senators in the hallowed chambers. There's no meaningful development they have brought to their respective states, local government, constituency, village.
The only development they can boast of is the so called monies they give to them less privilege people while short changing them of the roads to construct, pipe borne water, electricity, good schools, etc, etc.

You can imagine people taking the side of the lecturer, forgetting they have sisters, aunties, etc, etc.

Some of them by virtue of birth are products of such before their mother was properly taken by a man as wife.

Just because its a face-less forum means you'll spew thrash without thinking.

We also want a candidate that is loved by the north, 

No candidate can win the presidential election without the support from the North.

Killings, kidnappings caused by injustice’
If that be, then this injustice started the moment this country was named Nigeria.



This country is not being run according to law and order; there is nothing like justice in Nigeria

Since the inception of democracy we have not abided by law and order.



“Before Buhari there was integrity; there was Tafawa Balewa, Obafemi Awolowo, Aminu Kano and Nnamdi Azikiwe. These are people of honour and integrity. He (Buhari) has never for once paid tributes to our founding fathers

It is not paying tribute to founding fathers that matters but living according to the ideals they meant.


We seek restructuring of Nigeria to address the problems confronting us. We seek answers to how your policies will address all these.”
People who in their capacity as governors have refused to allow local government councils run autonomous are chanting restructuring of the country. They are not statesmen but frauds.


People when not in power will sweet talk you but when in will play down all their sweet talk with excuses.

ceelog:
If I might ask Sir, what constitutes "high quality" when the house has been roofed?
Is it the level of finishing or the price of furniture and fixtures the house gets?
I really want to know if high quality means expensive quality.

Let's take for an instance (for. 5bed duplex), if I do the following will it be classified as good and not 'high quality'?

1. Good plastering and screeding
2. Casement window and embedded burglaries
3. Simple but Elegant pop
4. Mixed Spanish and Italian tiles (not the overtly expensive ones)
5. Paint with Caplux or Meyer
6. Good kitchen cabinets (mdf) and wardrobes
7. Toilet fittings (mid price range and quality)
8. Iron rails for stairs and balcony.

Now if I do all these with 15 to 20m after building and roofing the house with 15m, it still doesn't qualify as "high"?

Pls my question is for educational purposes.

It has to do with finishing and not the carcass.

With a value of 20M, its considered good quality.
Quality comes with grade and a price tag.

Some where on this thread a pro said he'll charge #50M but #45M will still do wonders. Because he knows the quality, grade and aesthetic feel the structure will give.

Now If one considers a duplex built/finishing with #20M as high quality, will that same duplex be on the same high quality if built with #50M?

Distinction is quite different from excellent.

What you intend doing is capital intensive........

You may be looking at a minimum of 20 hectares.
You'll need to do a combination of wind turbines/solar panels and diesel generating plants for electricity generation.

Partnership will go along way achieving it.

dazzlingd:
Your balance can go as low as N0. 00 in many banks

Really.....
I'll try my luck and see

So much for fake news.
It appears NL is filled with it.
Just few days ago we read a man mistakenly sent #1million to a lady which was supposed to be meant for RAGP and the sum was returned back to him.

Now we're reading another one...
If I may ask, which bank allows a customer's minimum balance to be less than #1,000.

mvem:
....she is not a politician but a technocrat..we live in a world of double standard... Somethings can be tolerated because he/she is a politician moreover the people that are said to have stolen public funds can say there are no facts against them but speculations... In fact go look at some politicians or Technocrats that were found to have forged documents and see what became of them after all

Like I said, the maximum will be 6 months for her to get a job.
Till then I'll know.

mvem:
...i don't think you understand what happened... How would mere speculations from people make her just resign. She could have exonerated herself but she choose not too because she had no case to present... Her legal team would have advised her that she had little chance succeeding in the court which will bring embarrassment... So she most have been advised to resign which is normal when a public servant is involved in a controversy... Her public image is already tarnished because she will be remembered as the minister that forged a certificate

When you play into the hands of politicians then you'll imagine everything .
Kindly find out what was filed in court against her?

So you think Nigerians will remember her as a minister who forged nysc certificate.
....and this same Nigerians will not remember the politicians who stole public funds.

Which is more important and which will tarnish one's public image?

mvem:
by resigning she has accepted that she forged a document....

Don't interpret what was not said.

She resigned because she does not want her name to be on the lips of Nigerians who don't know how to prioritize issues.

mvem:
..dont you think this has already tarnish her public image..

Nope.
Whatever that happens does not in any way undermine her.

If she does not get any job in less than 6 months then I'll go by your statement.

Now, we're seeing people reciting the laws of the land and nysc act

We have had several ministers who did not do nysc or got an exemption.

If you're bothered that the exemption letter was forged, well you'll have to proove that she was complicit.....
After all this is not her first position in the public service and the relevant authorities who screened her refused to do the needful to save us these unnecesay speeches.

While some wailers are still at it, she'll soon be offered a job by an international organisation/company.

Nightmareo07:
I'm tellin u the truth bro.
Ok let me not just exaggerate but 70% of every family that has a young gal with a baby.
Some abort it while some leave it,.

read a topic here today where a guy laments that his yoruba gf left her after 3 abortions s for him, when I saw the story I knew it could be yoruba gal, until I saw where he said shez from ogun..
An igbo gal cant be that dumb to conceive 3times for u when u HV no plans for marriage.

Its not a coincidence, An average Yoruba gal dont mind if u knot inside her. Just a little brain washing , they are too naive thats why they easily get pregnant.

Generalization is not a good thing.
If there's an average Yoruba gal, is there no average Igbo gal as well?

We all want to praise our tribe but there's no tribe that her people are without flaws.
Keep sentiments apart.

Not everyone who comment here have actually read her resignation letter.
The next person after me may likely have read it half way

It's not because of our educational background we can't comprehend .
What affects us most is our extreme sentiments because we already don't like the person in question.

Abdomox:
Guys, please is this land upto half plot?

And what can be built on it considering space for 2 cars.

Thanks.

If within your location a plot measurement is 100ft×50ft.......
Then it's a half plot and you can put up a 2-3 bedroom apartment or settle for a duplex .

Kiishii:
I don't even know how to start, I'm really sad and i know it is my fault, i'm sorry if it's a long read i need advise please bear with me.

When i was still single at age 29, I left a relationship that turned out be a mistake so it took time before i met someone else, at age 31 I noticed changes in my period (one month off, one month on) it has never happened to me before so i didnt take it to be anything, then it started skipping 2 months at a roll, then 3 months, i became worried cos i wasn't sexualy active at all. During this period i met my husband and we started something serious, to be on a safe side i went to see the doctor, he said i was fine that it's hormonal changes, he gave me some drugs (mostly vitamins) but it was still skipping, when my husband proposed, i went back to the doctor, he did series of tests, when results came out he said i'm having symptoms of POF, i was shocked, i cried and cried cos it's unheard of for someone my age, i told him i'm about to get married what can i do he said i should start taking hormonal injections since it's too early to be POF, i started taking it and praying all will be fine, all this while i didnt say a word of this to my husband to be or anyone else, then we got married, i took in immediately, it was the happiest day of my life, when we discovered it was triplets i cried tears of joy to the extent that my husband wondered why i was soo happy, i gave birth to 2 boys and a girl, i really thank God for his faithfulness cos i was soo nervous during the pregnancy.

My period was still skipping, then this year march it stopped completely, i went to see 2 different doctors to be sure, they confirmed i have POF (early menopause), i cried and still thank God cos he blessed me with the fruit of the womb but i couldnt bring myself to tell my husband, then he started noticing i dont buy sanitary pad anymore, he asked thinking i was pregnant i always tell him no, at a point he had to ask me if i want to make the pregnancy a surprise, that was when i knew it's time to tell him the truth, i knelt down and told him everything, i held nothing back, he was shocked that i could do something like that to him, he said i should have told him before we got married, i told him he wouldnt have married me if i told him, he was angry, he said what if the hormonal injections didnt work, it was an expensive and wicked gamble, i told him it worked that's what matters now, he abused me and walked out of the house, he didnt come home till the next day, since then things have never been the same.

He hardly talks to me except when necessary, we dont gist and joke anymore, i always beg and beg him, he says he's forgiven me but he goes back to his moody self, we hardly make love anymore, when he finally does, he doesnt look at my face, now he wants me to quit my job so i'll have my full attention on the kids, recently we had a fight about it and i told him point blank i cant quit my job the kids are fine he said i must do that, he doesnt want anything happening to them since i'm no more fertile, who says that? I cried my eyes out that night, It's not my fault nature took it's course on me, i never imagined something like this would ever happen to me.

Now he doesn't talk to me at all anymore, i'm about to tell both our families everything cos i've begged and begged him and i'm tired, i want anonymous advise that's why i'm here, please please married men and women or whoever, how do i go about this?

Except there's something else bothering your husband, I can't really pin point what your fault lies.........

You kept a secret from him and hopefully and God willingly you have give an all in one package.
Triplets.......2 boys and a girl


Except probably he intends to have 5 or 7 children, then he can go ahead to marry a second wife if that will make his dream accomplished.

If he could not let you quit your job when you were pregnant he can't say he's morally correct to now tell you to quit same job to look at the children and staying at home.

I still don't get the reasoning
Inform your parents, seek their opinion before informing his parents as well in an all inclusive family meeting.

In the entire write up he refused to mention that he has reported the issue to the relevant security agency to run investigations.

Moreso I do think given who he is it would be very easy for him to get the relevant telecommunication company to sort it out .

maasoap:
There are issues against him on ground, it was in the the past news. But he's still enjoying immunity.

Yea we all know but there's no law that warrants what he's doing right now.
No one submits himself/herself for questioning except on invitation by the agency.

He is just being pre-emptive.
This move is just to make a mockery of the agency because he will be cleared now temporarily.
And in some months to come, he'll be properly served and invited, then it will be over the social media that this same agency cleared him....

We know this kind of gimmicks

What a bogus letter from a governor?

What exactly does he mean by presenting himself and answering to issues within his knowledge?

What issues exactly?

Homeboiy:
And in his constituency in Lagos state

Them sit on bare ground to study


His already making same mistake Jonathan made

There are a lot of reasons for building it there and its not any mistake.
It's a welcome development and a good initiative.

automatix:
In current dispensation, can 35 Million build a standard duplex with high quality tiles and fittings?

By the bold its likely not achieveable .

If you choose to say "good" quality you can add about #5--#7M to the initial amount.

Every quality comes with a taste, feel and how it appeals to the individual.

Is there any law that allows such..........
I just think Fayose is trying to be pre-emptive of certain things likely to occur. .....

Hope he does not intend to take a long vacation outside the shores of the country. When we start hearing of the authorities looking for him, we will then hear via the social media some funny stories from him.

Mztarstrechy:
These photos of Pastor David Elijah,the founder of Grace and Power Prophetic Ministry International who was allegedly shot by assassins while going to his church have been trending.He was pictured with stacks of money.

One word for him


Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2018/09/these-photos-of-pastor-who-was-shot-by.html

Something just does not tally here.
I keep wondering why or maybe some persons have some form of beef with the pastor.

The Op just uploaded 2 different pix of 2 different guys.
The beard in the first pix is a giveaway that something ain't right.
But a closer look to other features proove right;
The shape of the head of the person in the first pix is extensively different from the person in the second pix and the distinction clearly shows in the third pix.

debaj10:
let's assume you're right.
will you give a contract to a firm whose sister firm was convicted of corruption?
it should occur to you that the difference in name is to distance themselves from the sister company.
it should occur to you that both the house of reps and efcc have been involved, so it's easy to verify the numerous media outlets that ere quoted.
if you objections are based on the mindset of 'e no supoz be lyk dat' rather than your own investigations, then I'm wasting my precious time.
use your intelligence.

If we're to base our intelligence on sentiments then I'll go your way.
There's no place in the originating post that shows the company is an accomplice to the one found guilty of corruption charges. Those who are objecting to it will have to find something suitable to implicate the company.
The involvement of certain personalities or government agencies is a known norm and can be regarded as mere hearsay if there are no reasonable proofs.

Babygiwa:
ALEDEH.COM
Revealed: NPA Awards N717 Billion Dredging Contract To Banned Cypriot Company
Rilwan Adetayo Balogun 1 day ago
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The Nigeria Ports Authority has landed itself in crisis after it awarded huge contracts to a company known to have received bans from conducting any business in some parts of Europe.

Anti-corruption non governmental agency, Cardrell has revealed the extent of corruption that has gone down at the NPA.

Cardrell’s investigations, made available to ALEDEH revealed that the company was awarded a contract of $70million without bidding at all and that some senior figures in the NPA enjoy special benefits.

It was also revealed that foreign news outlets have reported the case of the Cypriot Dredging Company and had gone all out for the NPA in their reports, but quite alarmingly, the agency still went ahead to sanction a deal with the banned company.

According to an investigative assessment by Cardrell of NPA’s involvement in the high-ground corrupt practise, it said;

“Sometimes in February, 2018 we stumbled on a letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transport to the Director General, Bureau of Public Procurement, requesting the issuance of a Certificate of No Objection for the award of contract on remedial works at Escravos Channel-Replacement of Aids to Navigation and Minor Dredging at Delta Ports, Warri, to enable it award the said contract to Messrs Dredging International Services Nigeria Limited at the sum of Forty-Four Million, Eight Hundred and Sixty One Thousand, Five Hundred and Ninety-Six US Dollars ($44,861,596.81).

Upon investigation, we discovered there was indeed a previous bribe for contract scandal involving the NPA, and the said company. Surprisingly, the said scandal was conspicuously reported in major news in Nigeria, Overseas and various online news portals, ranging from;
Vanguard Newspaper of 24th August, 2017; Tribune Newspaper of 17th October, 2017; Punch Newspaper of 12th October, 2017; Thisday of 30th July, 2017; Nation Newspaper of 12th October, 2017; Premiumtimes on the 18th of June, 2017; newtelegraphonline on the 24th of August, 2017; businessandmaritimewestafrica.com on the 17th of October, 2017
Even, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project – an International Online Magazine – reported it thus;
NPA awards dredging contract worth US$70,000,00 Seventy Million US Dollars each year to Dredging International Services, without competitive bidding, as required by the Nigeria Laws.

And till date this convicted company is believed to have won jobs worth at least (N717 ,000,000,000.00) Seven Hundred and Seventy Billion Naira (US$2,280,000,000.00) Two Billion, Twenty Eight Million US Dollars from NPA.

We immediately wrote a letter dated the 6th day of March, 2018 to the Director General of the BPP drawing his attention to the notorious fact that the company they were about awarding a contract to, Dredging International Services Nigeria Limited, was convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction in Switzerland, and that awarding the contract to the said company would be contrary to clear provisions of S. 16 ( (e) & (f) of the Public Procurement Act 2007.
Sometimes in April, 2018, we got a call from the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Lagos office that our petition to the BPP has been referred to them for investigation. We immediately visited the EFCC office on Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, where we made statements and submitted documents and were also grilled by a group of investigators, who then promised to get back to us, if the need arises. We have subsequently visited the office of the EFCC severally thereafter, and they have promised investigations into the matter was still ongoing.”

The investigations also involved a publication by This Day Newspaper where members of the public were invited to a public hearing by the House of Representative Joint Committee on Ports, Harbours & Waterways and Public Procurement over the case.

“By a Thisday Newspaper publication dated the 13th day of May, 2018, the House of Representative Joint Committee on Ports, Harbours & Waterways and Public Procurement in exercise of its investigative/quasi-judicial powers, as defined in S. 88 & 89 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) invited members of the public to a public hearing/investigation into the matter and called for memoranda/position papers from the general public in respect thereof.
We prepared and presented a position paper to the House Joint Committee on the 31st of May, 2018 where we reiterated our position and we urged the House to invoke her powers under Section 88 and 89 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) to request NPA to reverse the award of the contract on the ground that the foreign company, the contract was awarded to, Dredging International Services Ltd, [b]was a sister company of a convicted company (Dredging International Services Cyprus, both subsidiaries of DEME Group Belgium) having been convicted upon [/b]an investigation by the office of the Attorney General, Department of International Affairs, Switzerland on allegations that the company and some officials of the NPA were alleged to have been involved in a bribe for contract scandal of Twenty Million U.S. Dollars ($20,000,00) and subsequently convicted on the 2nd of May 2012 and fined One Million Swiss Francs, by the court for bribing Nigeria officials. We also prayed the Committee to blacklist the said convicted company from Bidding for or executing contracts in Nigeria in accordance with S. 16 ( (e) of the Public Procurement Act 2007.”

The Dredging company received the contracts despite many sanctions against them and are still convicted in Europe for illegal transactions with Nigerian companies and other criminal offences.

https://aledeh.com/revealed-npa-awards-n717-billion-dredging-contract-to-banned-cypriot-company/

What is the essence of this entire misleading narrative all in the name of wanting to deny a company a contract job.
The bolded does not tally.
You stylishly interwove words and you did not do it well.
The only case here is that there was no open bidding involving other companies alike and that may likely not be an issue if a couple of documents from the company are perfect with respect to the contract job.

Another chit chat from one of Nigeria's governor who turned out to be a comedian.
I keep wondering the kind of jokes being shared at the governor's forum.

His deputy may not likely win the file petition because it just shows Fayose will over ride his reign if the case pulls through and for that the powers that be in Ekiti will not let that happen in his favour. This one does not need federal might.

Imagine the level of off response which is no where near the Op's post.

In as much as direct primaries will be good for getting popular candidates they should also know it has its disadvantages. It cannot be given a holistic approach and can't be applied in all areas.
This is Nigeria and they have to thread with caution so the election don't turn out to be inconclusive in most regions.

It's only in Nigeria where people can't differentiate between culvert, flyover or bridge.
That's why its so easy for politicians to bambozzle them .

Majority of the aspirants coming from the PDP wing are full fledged cunning fellows whose self centeredness, greed and selfishness are fully blown out for all to see.
Given their known antecedents and what they have become in 3D with a 5G network I do not think majority of Nigerians will give in to them and even their colleagues who they are soliciting votes from no matter the juicy promises.
A sane mind will be stupid to believe to get or even let to enjoy such juicy promises from such persons if allowed to become Nigeria's President.

Wahala90:
Hmmm!

Is there anything like subsidy in this administration?
Do well to use the appropriate term as used by them.