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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.

I find it funny and full of the usual tales.
In order for the police or any security outfit to search your house, It's mandatory that you're shown a search warrant.
This is not just some street or low level personality.
Even with the presence of a former ambassador on the premises.
There's no way the IG or anyone can do any investigations because those who came to conduct the search are unknown.
It'll be patriotic if Pa Clark can file a case at the court and let them serve those who ordered the fictitious search warrant.

A lot of people will not understand what the VP has said because of brain defect.

This Op,
You can lye ooooooooO

The new acting DSS boss while trying to discharge his duties as best fit failed to understand the machinery and machinations of his new office and the office of the presidency.
If any of these stories are not tales then it shows he's an outsider to the insiders.
Well I look forward to the coming months and how events will play out.

abokibuhari:
The All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom State has temporarily suspended the membership registration and revalidation exercise that it commenced a week ago in the state.

The suspension according to a source privy to the development was made due to low turnout.

Sources at the State APC Secretariat said that the party is disappointed at the low turnout of people to register with the party.

“It has become embarrassing that everyday registration points are opened and only very few people come out. It is a bad image for the party,” one of the sources said.

Some of the people who registered with during the exercise said they were uncomfortable with the party demanding for their Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC) details and number.

However, a statement signed by the Chairman, Revalidation/Registration of Membership Committee, Dr. Amadu Atai, said: “The decision is taken to ensure that the party focuses and attends to issues demanding urgent attention.

“We commend members for the supporting for the exercise thus far. A date for the recommencement of the exercise shall be communicated soon.”


https://insightlinks.net/2018/09/02/akwa-ibom-apc-suspends-membership-registration-due-to-low-turnout/

That's the reason for the low turn up

sisieko02:
Exactly. Nlanders and their ridiculous prices for bungalows. I even asked a NL engineer how much for a 4 bedroom bungalow, sent him pic of what he built already, he told me 45 million. I immediately deleted his number off my phone. I knew straight away he didn’t know what he was saying. I asked another engineer who doesn’t know about NL, he said 10m. But I know for a fact that a 4 bedroom bungalow would be around 7m from foundation to roofing. Then finishing 3m. I find this thread a wake up call to let everyone becareful of NL engineers because they will ruin you.

It would have been easier for you to just mention the name of the would be NL engineer than to generalise the statement even if you're not using your real moniker.

I do not want to believe such statements iscoming from the D-SP.
There's also no proof any where that such amount was given and to who?
Asking Ngige to confirm if it's true is like saying he gave the money to Ngige.

GoTV:
Even though I'm a born again Christian, the reason why Muslim ladies are more decent than their Christian counterparts is the Islamic upbringing meted on Muslim girls. [b]This young girl is well dressed and covered with the tenets of Islam [/b]while a visit to churches every Sundays will reveal the immorality in Christian women who wear seductive cloth to give pastors erection. No wonder prostitution is common among we Christians. I'm ashamed to be a Christian sometimes

Just a brief re-think of the bold in your statement........
What's the correlation of the dressing of a young muslim "girl" to the dressing of "women"

Immorality has no bounds and its not particular to any single religion.
If you're ashamed of being a fake christian kindly choose the religion that does not indulge in immorality or prostitution.

amaniro:
am aware of that but the million dollar question is why is our country still suffering budget deficit??!

It's simple economics.
We suffer it because most of what goes on expenditure is/are unnecessary and we need to cut down on it and focus more on sources of increasing revenue.

A lot of loop holes needs to be plugged in.

A lot of you did not actually read former PGEJ statements but you all started insulting yourselves and calling PMB into it .
I wonder what exactly are the achievements of some of your parents that you always find it easy to insult someone/anyone?

Well I do not think former PGEJ wants to go back to the classroom and ever will want to
A man of his calibre and status and as an academician does not wait for the opportunity because he is ready
All he needs do is to call the VC or rector of any institution and the matter is settled....

TonyeBarcanista:
Published September 1, 2018 on Punch Newspap

The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, in this interview with TUNDE AJAJA speaks on the recent political developments in the state and his plan for people of the state as he declares his intention to seek re-election in the 2019 governorship election

You recently declared your intention to seek re-election as the governor of Akwa Ibom State in the 2019 election; what are the things that should make the people of Akwa Ibom vote for you again?

In all sectors of the economy, the question anybody would ask is who could have done it better? That is one. The second one is that in the face of the worst recession ever in this country, which was in 2016 and part of 2017, a governor could pull numerous projects through, and despite the challenges in the country, a governor was able to commit investors to bring money into the same economy going through recession. At that time, it would ordinarily take you almost 10 times the efforts it used to take you before to convince one investor to bring one dollar to Nigeria, but we were able to. So, I think it is highly commendable that we did all that and Akwa Ibom people appreciate it. Beyond that, in 2016, there were a number of months that our allocation really dwindled and could barely meet our first line charges, but in the face of that, we were paying salaries, pension and allowances and we didn’t owe anybody. When we came into office, even the local government gratuity that was being owed from 2003, we paid them. If you look beyond that and we start taking sector by sector, there are evidences of the much we have done in all the sectors.

Some of your critics, especially the opposition, believe that you have not done as much as you want people to believe. Could you tell us the specific things you have done in the different sectors?

In the education sector, for example, I pay West African Senior School Certificate Examination fees every year for our students, and while some states are retrenching, I’m still recruiting teachers. The first batch of recruitment was 1,500 and the second batch is also 1,500. So, the question is; how many states actually did these, vis-a-vis when there was so much money in the system? Our public schools are representing Nigeria in Sweden now in some SMART competitions. When the Peoples Democratic Party government (led by former President Goodluck Jonathan) handed over, a US dollar was N186, unlike today that we get it at about N365. At that time, a Toyota Corolla was going for N3.4m, but now, the same car is over N19m. So, now, we have hyperinflation, with a reduced income and real value of money in people’s hands, which is like a double whammy. But, in the face of these, a governor is able to pull through and is running a government as if nothing had happened. Don’t mind what the propagandists are putting on the social media. Right now, we have intervened in the local government system and it can only take a magician to do much more in that area than we have done. In agriculture, we have done a lot too. When we took over government, two cups of garri (cassava flakes) was going for N200, but with collaboration with the farmers and government intervention, today, 13 cups of the that same gaari go for that same N200. People are beginning to see effect of the green house initiative that we introduced. In the past, there was a period you wouldn’t find vegetable to buy in the market because of rain, but with the green house initiative, the essence is for us to have daily needs available at any point in time at affordable cost. Also, the rice we are growing today in one of the local government areas, even though we are still on a test run, you need to see the quality of the rice we are producing, or is it our cocoa plantation that you want to talk about, where the yield has really improved over time and we have had to bring a fertiliser blending plant. So, in terms of agric, we have done a whole lot, and we now see youths going into farming, because we created appropriate pricing of farm produce in order to encourage farmers and have more people engaged in these activities.

There was also a report that in terms of infrastructure, there is not much to show. Could you tell us your achievement in that sector?

If you go to infrastructure, I stand to be challenged anywhere that despite the recession, we did 1,700km of roads, and some have been completed and inaugurated while some are in advanced stage of construction. And some of these roads are dualised into six lanes; some are even the so-called federal roads. These are things anyone visiting Akwa Ibom would see; to tell you that we are not just talking. Then, the seaport and the logistics centre in the state were things only on papers for a very long time. The very first time to move beyond the first stage was under this government and we are at the last stage now in the Ibom Deep Seaport. These are visible evidences of a well focused, transparent, resourceful and well managed government that can compete anywhere with the best practices in the world. Let me also tell you that in terms of health care system, the secondary health care system was completely dead, but we have now revived it and we now have paperless (digital) general hospital. As of today, we got the report that the number of patients in our teaching hospital has reduced drastically, because we have revived them. We have brought in over 26 containers of equipment to equip our hospitals with modern facilities and our target is to bring in 100; the other containers are on the sea and we will clear them very soon. In terms of social services and youth empowerment, we have done so much and it remains one of the areas we pride ourselves in. We have begun constructing modern sports centres and facilities in all the 10 federal constituencies of the state, so we could raise champions. We engage the youths, under our youth skill acquisition programme called AKEET. These are things we are doing that are touching the lives of people. We promised our youths that as we continue, we will change their situation from begging for a living to earning a living and these are improvements that we have made in all ramifications. And what then do you call dividends of democracy?

Some people are saying your predecessor did a lot on infrastructure than you did, but that…

(Cuts in…) Let me say something here. When people do comparison, look at the depth of understanding of those people doing the comparison. Even in financial reporting, there is what we call year-on-year. First, you can’t compare three years [/b]with eight years and when you compare, there should be a common denominator.[b] It’s simple; compute how much we have collected in three years and factor in the exchange rate of N365 to a dollar, not forgetting the rate of inflation now and the fact that at some point, dollar rose to N495 and the price of bitumen went up six times, yet we did a lot of transactions. Then, compare that to their eight years when dollar was about N161.7 on the average. With that, you would get a reasonable comparison of who had done much, bearing in mind the number of years of eight to three. There is no intelligence in what whoever did that comparison did. You see, they want to keep dragging us there and we don’t want to, but if we are allowed to go there, we can bring out the hard fact and the people would be surprised. Our own is forward never backward never.

There were also reservations expressed about your industrialisation programmes. What have you done in that regard?

That was the same thing they said about it, until we made a documentary and showed it on the television. Today, that has silenced them. Let them continue with mischief and propaganda, while we continue with the development of the state; empowering people and building the economy of the state. Industrialisation was the bedrock of our campaign, and as difficult as it was to convince anyone to bring one dollar, when we took over power, toothpick and pencil were being imported from China, but today, the toothpick and pencils we are using are produced in Akwa Ibom. Fertiliser blending, the first of its kind, is also in this Akwa Ibom. The largest syringe manufacturing factory is in Akwa Ibom. The flour mill that is most modern is in Akwa Ibom. Our state realises the economic value of crude coconut oil and we have 11,000 hectares for that, and we are building a coconut oil refinery and that same facility will refine palm kernel oil. We are building a modern plywood factory, such that we can easily export them and we are about growing bamboo to be processed for the textile industry. These are some of the things we are doing, and that is not all. There is no government in Nigeria today that can boast of something better than we have done. And our people are excited as well as appreciating this. In terms of security, we have also done a lot and that was the reason why when we did the declaration on Friday, last week, people showed that sense of loyalty and solidarity. The number of people at the stadium answered the question and it showed they are ready to support us in the coming election. It is also because we have humility in service, transparency, best practices, integrity and character in service and people are beginning to appreciate that there could be governance that gives hope. We are not just preparing our people for the future; we are also preparing the future for them. At our airport, we are constructing the second runway. So, all the three major gateways to our industrialisation; water (deep seaport), air (the airport) and road (massive road construction) are receiving huge attention. We came in with a blueprint that we are implementing and that is why people are saying that if we have done this much, we need a second term to do more. Basically, what we are doing is to build a solid economy for our people so that the political structure can run peacefully. It’s only mischief makers that would say you have not done well, and I’m glad you mentioned opponent because night and darkness do not go together. Propaganda and development can never go hand in hand. These are infrastructural projects that are visible; not abstract. In terms of the quality and the length of road that we have constructed, no government, since the creation of this state, has in one day inaugurated 28 internal roads. Ask people who are from here, they will tell you. We don’t take issues with people who do not see anything good in things that are good.

Now that you claim to have done this much in less than four years, people might ask what your plans are for this next tenure, if the people of Akwa Ibom decide to give you the mandate?

I came into government with a clear five-point agenda, which are all clearly stated; job creation, poverty alleviation, wealth creation, economic and political inclusion and infrastructural consolidation and expansion. I told them at the declaration that in the first term, we are to sustain superior performance, while in the second tenure, we are to surpass superior performance. In clear terms, you can never finish work on any of those five points in four years; it is after eight years you would see the impact. Even as a country, you can’t finish those five in four years; work on them must continue, and things would be at an unprecedented level after the eight years.

Your state has been in the news recently, following the defection of your predecessor, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to the ruling party. Some people saw it coming while some were caught unawares. For you, what was your initial reaction when it happened?

None of the above, I mean in the options you provided. I didn’t see it coming and it wasn’t a great surprise. You see, we are a well trained people and trained minds don’t reason like untrained minds. If you are a trained mind, the unexpected are expected to happen at an unexpected time. However, what you do as a trained mind at that point in time is what matters most. And you could see at this period that we are calm and we are not bothered about it. No cause for alarm. Everywhere in the world, not only in Akwa Ibom or in Nigeria, people defect from one party to another, but the cause for concern is the volume of what people say about individuals that have nothing to do with the main cause of the defection. We all know what is happening in this country today; why some people are defecting, which I might not be able to say in the public, but people can deduce. And you know people will always look for their own reasons to add and they would look for another person to be painted black.


The day Akpabio defected to the APC, the EFCC froze the accounts of Akwa Ibom State government. Lawyers and many people condemned the act, especially when the same thing happened in Benue State after Governor Samuel Ortom left the ruling party for the PDP. What is your take on that action?

If such things continue to happen in this country, we are turning Nigeria into a very lawless society. It is an extreme breakdown of law and order that an agency of the Federal Government would impound the account of a state government and the banks would obey that and this is a government that is preaching about corruption. That is an aspect of corruption; that EFCC could illegally impound an account of a state government and everybody would just keep quiet. Today, it could be Benue and Akwa Ibom, another day, it could be any other state and it means any other person in power can also do the same thing. Let’s also look at it; I was talking about selfish service; the same people you are referring to now are the people that part of their negotiation is to clamp down on the account of 6.2 million people; the masses. An orphan is there, a widow is there, a widower is there and a beggar is there. Somebody who is dying on the hospital bed is there. So, you clamp down on 6.2 million people and then you think that is the best way to play politics? No man should play God as part of negotiation. There are certain things that we do and we don’t know the repercussion tomorrow. What if somebody dies due to what the money in that account could have done, and maybe security agencies that are supposed to protect the people could not mobilise due to lack of logistics. Then, imagine what that could lead to. The issue here is not just about Akwa Ibom, it’s about Nigeria. There is no democracy anywhere in the world without rule of law. So, any agency of the Federal Government cannot be so lawless, where an individual can just pick up a phone and call a chairman of an agency and the person would close the account of a state government. Common! This is Nigeria, and I’m surprised the press didn’t shout about this. Civil society organisations should shout, because it’s an infringement on the fundamental of democracy in Nigeria, not about Akwa Ibom. If we don’t stand up to defend this democracy that we want, I don’t know, but I rest my case on that.

https://punchng.com/why-i-wasnt-surprised-by-akpabios-defection-emmanuel-akwa-ibom-governor/

I just like the bolded and he keeps emphasizing on it.
He just intelligently says the basis for the shortfall in development strides is the inflation and forex.

I guess the wailers won't let PMB pass onthe above for his 3 years in office since he's being blamed for the high forex.

PDP enjoyed uninterrupted 16 years.

oluwashola4me:
Hello.
Is wall screeding really necessary for a painting with Vinyl Silk(Dulux, precisely)?

Very very necessary.
Those kind of paints reveal the uneveness of a wall after plastering.
The need for screeding is to hide such.

hoodboy:
I'm talking from an informed point of view, those tgat are familiar with the area know the angle I'm coming from.

Just what if another vehicle had run her over?

The bustop i talked about is just at the foot of that bridge, it is almost like a bottle neck with busses and market activities that spill a bit into the road.

Yea a couple of us are familiar with that area but you should also be aware that those guys may likely have their accomplice waiting at the foot of the bridge to hop in as passengers discretely pointing a gun at the lady and nobody would notice and she probably may not be able to scream at the mere sight of a gun

Her life was at risk
She took a risk
She's alive
That's important.

Barryton:
I so much appreciate this sir.
Which should come first between ceiling(POP/PVC) & plastering?

Plastering precedes POP/PVC.

I'd like to know what actually brought Theresa May to Nigeria?
Because I still don't understand what's the impact of this meeting with the billionaires to the Nigerian economy.

You don't see such happening in other climes.

Ikio:
Another Idiots, Seen U Refused 2 Go 2 Skul Let Me Educate U The Judiciary Interprete The Law In Terms Of Conflict Between The Legislature And The Executive Its D Judiciary 2 Tell Wats Right!!!!

GO 2 SCHOOL

When U Don't Respect D Rule Of Law Be Ready 4 A Unstability And Coups

And you went to school to study physiology?
Thanks for educating me.

Courts do not have the constituted authority or knowledge to inform anyone of what threat to national security is but they have the authority to mandate security agencies to abide by the judgements of the courts.
Lets not fool ourselves about that.
The courts have not been up and doing in their responsibilities. They'd prefer to hide from one infraction to another.

All of a sudden they are signing an MOU to back an assumed consensus candidate ........

You don't see them signing such manner of MOU on how to bring meaningful development to the nation....


We know what happened to how Secondus was elected. We looking forward to an improved version to picking a presidential aspirant.

Opinionated:
Popular social affairs commentator, Charles Ideho has listed the names of Nigerians that have declared interest in becoming president in 2019. See the list next:

LIST OF THOSE WHO WANT TO BE NIGERIA’S NEXT PRESIDENT

1. Kingsley Moghalu

2. Sule Lamido

3. Donald Duke

4. Kabiru Tanimu Turaki

5. Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi

6. Ibrahim Dankwambo

7. Muhammadu Buhari

8. Fela Durotoye

9. Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies

10. Remi Sonaiya

11. Thomas-Wilson Ikubese

12. Omoyele Sowore

13. Enyinnaya Nnaemeka Nwosu

14. Ahmed Buhari

15. Adesanya Fegbenro-Bryon

16. Charles Udeogaranya

17. Mathias Tsado

18. Eniola Ojajuni

19. Olu James Omosule

20. Tope Fasua- Anrp

21. Elishama Rosemary Ideh

23. Usman Ibrahim Alhaji

24. Datti Baba Ahmed

25. Adamu Garba

26. Chris Emejuru

27. Oluwaseyitan Lawrence Aletile

28. Omike Chikeluba Lewis

29. Ibrahim Ladaja

30. Omololu Omotosho

31. Fidelis Akhalomen Lawrence Ekoh

32. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar

33. Ibrahim Shekarau

34. Professor Iyorwuese Hagher

35. Chike Ukaegbu

36. Attahiru Bafarawa

37. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso

38. Alhaji Ibrahim Eyitayo Dan Musa

39. Gbenga Olawepo

40. Mr Festus Obeghe

41. Dr Yunusa Tanko

42. Mrs Eunice Atuejide

Watch out for more… Nigeria no dey carry last. Which of them do you support?


source: See List of Nigerians that Want to Be President in 2019

Some of the names listed ought to go to their respective states, aspire to become governors or in the local state assembly houses and effect the necessary change.
If states don't change how can you change Nigeria, except its just mere cosmetic .

raymondFirstborn:
well it depends on your preference.
But for me I think sand filling is faster.Truth Is even if you raise the foundation you are still going to do some level of landfilling.

In terms of cost, sandfilling is cheaper.

Yea, it depends on one's preference and a lot of factors to consider.
You'll have to do a cost analysis to prove that sand filling is cheaper. Probably you can do one using 1000mm filling height for a 50×100 ft plot.

Rubbiish:
This will meaning having something like a basement depending on the desired height?
I think i prefer this approach of raising d foundation to a desired level before sand filling to Sand filling before construction. The fear of proper compaction btw d time of sand filling to construction has been my worry.

Yea, but its just one method out of numerous to achieve the intending purpose which also depends on so many environmental factors. I only mentioned that method because of the assumed difference in height of 500-1000mm to existing road. And by using this method the area and cost of sand filling the un-built areas on the plot will be minimized.

Barryton:
Thanks sir
But wont flooding pose a problem?

After you must have taken your foundation to the desired height you'll have to sand fill the remaining un-built surrounds which will address the effect of any form of flooding .
Find out the history of the land in the event of a heavy rainfall, the height of rain/flood water that's left standing on the land before it percolates and if there be run- offs from surrounding environment. That will give you a guide to what level to sand fill and the gradient to maintain during landscaping.
Reason is that you can choose to take your building to roofing level and sand fill the compound afterwards which is subject of time and availability of funds.

Welcome.

Barryton:
About 500mm to 1000mm difference.

At <1000mm difference from plot to existing road level.......
Your structure type will depend on type of foundation to use and other considerations to adopt in the process.

Given normal conditions for good soil/land type
A foundation depth of 450mm/600mm (bungalows/single storey) can be used.
Run your blinding with appropriate concrete thickness, run a plinth beam (chain beam) after 5 course block work all round existing wall.
Assuming it will take 8 course of block work to attain a desired level above the existing road, you'll run your plinth beam on the 4th course and repeat the process on the 8th.