₦airaland Forum

M2DXi:
To build this kind of 5 bedroom dublex, how much can someone budget.

Note we don't need high roofing, it's either this type of roofing on the picture below or hidden roofing.

Since you say it's a budget then to be safe you should be looking at #120M which includes it's finishing at moderate taste. Luxury finishing will take much more.

Tracy2020:
Hello, I just came across this thread and read through from 2023. I’m building a 3 bedroom on a standard one plot in Lagos. All room en suite with guest toilet. I just got a quote for soak away which is 1.5m and fence which includes plastering at 2.9m. Cement cost at 10300. Please I want to know if this is a reasonable quote cos I’m in the U.S. Thank you.

You'll have to tell us what type of soak away it is and it's dimensions .

Your plot exact measurements will have to be stated and the height of the fence constructed and are you plastering both inside and outside of it ?

Leobankx:
The US President, Donald Trump’s recent order, suspending the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, is currently affecting family planning programme in Bauchi and other states in Nigeria.



https://dailypost.ng/2025/02/07/trumps-recent-order-triggers-major-disruption-in-bauchi-others/

It's not yet up to 3 months and they are experiencing stockouts.... Wonderful.
This is just from Bauchi State. Please how many States in the North will this have a negative impact on?
I hope those States who go ahead to do mass weddings for widows, widowers, orphans, etc,etc won't be complaining too?

Great100000:
A fresh proposal by the House of Representatives Constitution Review Committee to create 31 additional states in Nigeria has triggered strong reactions from prominent individuals and socio-political groups across the country.

The proposal, which would increase Nigeria’s current 36 states to 67, was contained in a letter read during Thursday’s plenary session by Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu, who presided in the absence of Speaker Tajudeen Abbas.

According to the letter, the proposed states include:

– North-Central: Okun, Okura, and Confluence (from Kogi); Benue Ala and Apa (from Benue); FCT State

– North-East: Amana (Adamawa); Katagum (Bauchi); Savannah (Borno); Muri (Taraba)

– North-West: New Kaduna, Gujarat (Kaduna); Tiga, Ari (Kano); Kainji (Kebbi)

– South-East: Etiti, Orashi (sixth states in the South-East); Adada (Enugu); Orlu (Imo); Aba (Abia)


– South-South: Ogoja (Cross River); Warri (Delta); Ori, Obolo (Rivers)

– South-West: Torumbe (Ondo); Ibadan (Oyo); Lagoon (Lagos); Ijebu, Ogun (Ogun); Oke-Ogun/Ijesha (Oyo/Ogun/Osun)

The committee stated that the creation of new states must meet constitutional requirements, including a two-thirds majority approval from the National Assembly, the affected State Houses of Assembly, and Local Government Councils.

Afenifere, Arewa Groups Reject Proposal

However, major socio-cultural groups, including Afenifere and the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), have rejected the proposal, describing it as “ridiculous and unnecessary.”

The National Organising Secretary of Afenifere, Abagun Kole Omololu in an interview with Punch, dismissed the move, stating that it contradicts Afenifere’s longstanding demand for true federalism.

“Instead of addressing the core structural issues plaguing Nigeria, this initiative appears to be a mere political exercise that will further weaken governance and deepen economic inefficiencies.’’

Afenifere has consistently advocated genuine fiscal federalism, similar to what Nigeria’s founding fathers agreed upon before independence.

Omololu noted, “The creation of more states without a viable economic foundation will only compound the financial burden on the nation, as many existing states are already struggling to generate sufficient Internally Generated Revenue and rely heavily on federal allocations to survive.

“Turning every local government into a state is not the solution to Nigeria’s governance challenges. The real issue is not the number of states but the dysfunctional federal structure that has concentrated power at the centre, stifling regional development.”

Instead of proliferating states that may later be unviable, Afenifere urged the National Assembly to focus on constitutional reforms that would devolve power, return resource control to the regions, and grant states the autonomy to develop at their own pace.

“Nigeria needs a system where states or regions control their resources and contribute an agreed percentage to the federal government, just as it was during the First Republic. This is the only path to sustainable development, not the reckless creation of more administrative units.

“Afenifere rejects this proposal and calls on well-meaning Nigerians to resist attempts to distract from the real conversation—restructuring and true federalism,” Omololu declared.

Arewa Consultative Forum Oppose Lawmakers’ Move

The Arewa Consultative Forum similarly expressed strong opposition to the proposed creation of 31 new states, describing the idea as unnecessary.

Ohanaeze Endorse Move

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide declared that the South-East should be allocated more states to address “the wrongs that had been done to the region on state creation.’’

Ohanaeze’s National Publicity Secretary, Ezechi Chukwu, stated, “It is unfortunate that such a bill is also aimed at suppressing the South-East as usual. It is completely unacceptable that Southeast should be appropriated only five states.

“South-East, all these while, is the only zone in the Federal Republic of Nigeria that has the least number of states irrespective of our population and our contributions both economically and infrastructural development of the nation.

“So, giving southeast such a small number of five states in this bill when others that already have advantages orchestrated by successive governments before now is quite unacceptable and unfortunately, it is above all antithetical to the commonwealth of the South-Easterners and the so-called equity we are preaching in the country.”

He added, “South-East deserves more states more than any other zone in the country because South-East is the only zone that has been short-changed over the years by successive governments. So, if justice and equity should prevail southeast must be given the highest number of states.

“So, if the Federal Government fails to correct the wrongs that had been done to the South-East over the years, this is the time to at least give this equation some terms of balance by appropriating more number states to the South-East to make up with the other geopolitical zones.”

The Pan-Niger Delta Forum observed that the creation of more states could be meaningful if all the geo-political zones in the country have equal states as agreed in the last constitutional conference.

The spokesman for PANDEF, Christopher Ominimini, however, queried the viability of new states, pointing out that states should be created based on self-sustainability.

If the creation of more states became necessary, he argued it should be done equally across the board to even with the North-West, which has seven states.

Anything short of that, he noted, would be a perpetuation of the injustice in the country.

He said a situation where more states would be created to depend on the oil and gas from the Niger Delta region, while other states with mineral resources are allowed to exploit theirs is not the way to go.

He stated, “ Well, it is the right of the people to call for the creation of states. However, the most important thing is that in the last constitutional conference, it was agreed that all the geopolitical zones should have seven states each as it is in the North-West.

“So, the South -East should have additional two states so that it would be seven states. The South- West should have additional states to make it seven states.

He added, “But the question we want to ask is ‘will the states be viable?’ Do they have the means of survival if the vision of our forefathers are kept to? Because the vision of our forefathers who fought for the independence of this country is that the various states should control their resources and pay tax to the centre.”



https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/ex-nassembly-members-groups-fault-reps-31-new-states-proposal/%3famp

What the country needs now is basically each zone should have the maximum of 7 States in it, so those regions yet to be 7 should benefit from the creation of Staets.
Moreso after the creation, the FG should empower the SG to create Cluster Development Areas or Rural Development Areas and after some years where we see that usefulness of allocated funds for meaningful development properly utilized, then the SGs with proofs of such development can apply to the FG to upgrade those RDAs into LGAs.

eddychukwu:
He'll definitely find another way to get it done.
Trump is not one to back down.

Really.......
Maybe he should start building retirement homes for the Federal Judges, luxury vehicles , increase their salary and other allowances, etc,etc,etc.

asiwaju60:
Amaechi Dedicates Award To Wike Completing Medical College Of Rivers Varsity



https://leadership.ng/amaechi-dedicates-award-to-wike-completing-medical-college-of-rivers-varsity/

Something definitely is happening....
At least we now know that the FCT Minister when he was governor did not abandon all of Amaechi's projects even those conceived and initiated. Today we are told Wike completed it. Rivers people have their own college of medicine. Wike is an achiever.

I hope Gov. Fubara, his supporters and those who have hatred for Amaechi and Wike are seeing what is happening.
Who would even think or believe that CRA will commend Wike in this times of troubles.

MufasaLion:
Adding "the First Daughter of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR)." in the letter is so irrelevant. We don't need that information. Your position as the market leader is enough to get the attention of the king.

You never can't tell.......maybe the President has many daughters and I guess she's only trying to lay a legitimate title in a Nigerian way.
Where there is a first family then there is a first daughter as well as a first son.

commoditiesnig:
Very good. Exactly applicable overseas

Gbam! Grade 1 - 12


PS: I witnessed this very type of Grade 1-12 system when i worked in an European country as an English teacher.. I tell you its truly a brilliant system, allows students to fully develop academically and hands-on skills.

I was greatly impressed.

Are you still working in that European country?

Do you not know that educational models are structured in a way that it suits the country and her needs thereby adding value to the economy !!!!

Do you think this model is well suited to the needs of Nigeria given the kind of leaders we get?

Those who make this models in this country with their outdated models which is of no use to modern day theories and ideals still ask the FG to extend their age of retirement to 70 years......

michlins:
una too dey believe nonsense

Can you verify this? How many news agencies reported this?

So you think that lady that gave testimony about a dream where she said "I am a Chosen"....



Do you think she was telling fairy tales ?

akeembeans1:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2025/02/introduction-of-shariall-ignite-war-in-yorubaland-chief-imam-warns/amp/

This is one of the few who have spoken sincerely.
They want to burn down the SW just because they don't have anything good in those areas of the North where the Sharia has birthed banditry.

LegacyB:
Now Kemi you’re doing too much…

It's only the beginning of getting started..
She has not even start.

Rossikk:
Satanic witch.

Will you say such of Donald Trump ?

She's just putting up a UK version of the USA !!!!

visaclick:
so this is what nairaland have reduced engineers to, per day visit eiii

A client prefers day visits to site which is not a bad idea if that is what he wants.

You can also see he requested for the portfolio of whoever will be interested.
You might be surprised someone might send his and the daily would be about #50,000 per day.

I guess if you're following the thread you'll see someone talked about the engineer he requires he's services is requesting for #15,000 per day and duration of the job to be done is three months.

Wholesome jobs with engineering supervision rates comes with some form of multi tasking.
But daily rates is not quite like that.

Evangelisttj:
How do engineers confirm that a foundation is balanced in other to avoid this situation?
Especially for a slanted landscape.

You avoid such by starting your foundation trench excavation from the sloped area and transfer it's levels to the rest of the foundation plan so that you get a uniform level spread.

Iykenuwa:
Look for crops that are poisonous to cattle and sow them around your farm.

This is not a good practice and may not prevent what one is avoiding because the herdsmen may likely make your farm a target if they find out that your perimeter crops are actually poisonous since many of the cows who had fed on those poisonous crops would have died.

Peakdesign23:
Hmmmmm..... This is unbelievable, why did he marry her in the first place? Which kine nonsense nau, haba!

He got married to her to shame his enemies.

Bobloco:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/02/someone-called-me-30-times-to-beg-for-n3k-ex-minister-decries-poverty-rate/

The Ex minister is saying at the time the woman called and requested for the #3000, he did not have such amount of money !!!!!

Does he mean he does not have it also in hi bank account?

olayinka63:
Is jungle justice the same as justice from a Sharia law court? Once you people seen a Muslim acting on his own volition, you think that is what the Islamic sharia stated. Christians were also doing many atrocities and we are not saying the same.
Try to learn how to separate Islam from Muslim. Islam has rules for fairness and equity, but overzealous Muslim acts on their own withuut resolving to competent sharia court. Those acting on their own is what you guys see as the Islamic sharia.
Knowledge is power please

All of us are not drafts s d stewpid.
In the fairness of Islam, how many Islamic faithfuls have condemned such acts done against christians !!!!

Is it not this same country that someone condemned it on his social media handle and when his Muslim fanatics complained and told him he has lost their voted, the post was deleted.....

Who are the ediots !!!!!

online4business:
Trump is not making any mistake instead he is stopping drug from entering the US

Canada and Mexico has already complied setting up fast force and manpower to stop fetalyn from entering the US something Joe can't do.

Give it to trump


In less than 7 days Mexico and Canada don comply that's leadership.

Lots of persons thought the Ukraine will not last up to 6 months in the war that Putin brought against them....
I guess we all know how many more months it will continue...

Proudlyngwa:
No he is not.

Did you not read the article , it says when he becomes IGP he is no more under Thier authority .

That is a lie.
We don't have to write everything in black and white. Common sense should also take it's rightful place in things if we are sincere and have good and strong morals.

Edygrin:
The Police Service Commission, PSC, has said it has no constitutional powers to determine the appointment or removal of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP.


https://dailypost.ng/2025/02/03/we-dont-have-power-to-determine-tenure-of-igp-police-service-commission/

Resonings and statements like the spurting of a pig...

Is the IGP not first under the services of the PSC and still remain same even while and when he is made the IG-P ?

Lovenorth:
Why are Christians angry about something that didn't concern them?

When the Muslims kill Christians just because they claim the christian purportly blaspheme against their prophet and their god.....

Please under which of the law was the Muslim allowed to kill the Christian?

ibechris:
At this point,it is only a fool that would vote Tinubu.

Your salary for one month is spent on transportation and food...the little energy left u will now use it to support APC.

Then,everyone would know that nothing is right with u...

Story story story...
Do you really think anything they say against PBAT will sail through?
When the economy was good purportly from the administration of POBJ - PYaradua - PGEJ, how did the people fare in the respective States, how did development fair both in human and other infrastructures bot on the part of the FG and most especially the States and regions collectively!!!!!!!

The weakest plan of any coalition would be to use a Northern candidate to oust the Southern candidate being PBAT because there's so much to this than meets the eyes and whatever's agenda of the North and those from the South and East and even the West would want to put up, they sure really suck and they will be given sucker punch that they would not know from where it would come from.

olayinka63:
You think Islam is coded as total way of life just by mouth? Let them bring the case to the panel first and you will see how justice and fairness will be applied to both couple of different religions. Our prophet has applied justice using Islamic sharia to Jews living madina and the Jews were happy with the justice. Islam has legal instrument that accommodate none Muslims in the case of fairness, justice and equity.
It's just that a lot of you were acting in ignorance.

Those who were non christians who you purportedly claimed blasphemed your prophet and your god, please under which law were they judged and given the sentenced of imprisonment and how about those that were killed by burning ?

OLAADEGBU:
[color=orange]Source[/color]

JNI, being led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, noted that Section 275 of the 1999 Constitution grants states the authority to establish Sharia courts, and by extension, Shariah panels.


They keep quoting the law but understanding in ignorance is what always happens....


If the bolded is vested on the State having the authority then we know first and foremost that the authority of the State is vested in the hands of the State NA and ultimately the State governor.
Where these authority thinks otherwise, no manner of advocacy or protest can stand.


Now they are quoting the constitution and impressing in on the South West States but we all know that's not what it is. The constitution can't say it's subject to South West States who having Muslims.
Why can't they say Sharia panels and Sharia Courts should be opened in all the South South and South Eastern States, after all that's what the Nigerian constitution says, why the demand for such panels in the SW. !!!!
It just seems the sanctimonious fanatics in the SW who intends to bring in trouble from the North are behind such things.
All these Muslims saying this and that will they want to hear that Christian Courts be allowed to open in the North as they demand same for Muslims in the SW

If Muslims kill a Christian just because they claim the christian blaspheme against them the Muslim, where is the religious tolerance and what right does the Sharia panels/court or any Muslim judge a Christian on such matters?

Or maybe the Nigerian State should set up a mixed court where both christian clerics and Muslim clerics be the judges on such issues !!!!!

ajabani4allah:
Wao! This is a nice deal $6k is around 10m. I have spent more than this in my 3 bedroom project and I am yet to do pop, plaster, plumbing and electrical Finish

The last part of his post added terms and conditions....


But is it not good you drop your house foundation plan and let him say if it can still be done. Probably he can drop a sample foundation plan as well.

I am one not keen on the 3D of any house because any house can look good from the exterior but it's the inside that matters.
Lots of homes have shitty insides but it all depends on the clients taste and the Architect's/Engineer's/Builder's concept.

So many people over rate USA and Trump.
Well, I don't know if Canada can stand tall on their position.
But I believe and can bet on my Asian folks they will reciprocate USA and Trump.

UltraSolid:
Bro, even if true, do you see others doing similar in any sane nation of the world where there is homogeneity of ideals, principles and broad acceptance of what is fitting and expected leadership conduct and utterances ?

Can Kemi Badenoch openly accuse Prime Minister Keir Starmmer of similar when, with an hour, she is aware it iss her own Party that will demand she step down for bringing the Conservative Party into disrepute?

She can accuse the Labour Party of ineptitude, misrule etal but cannot direct unverified wild claims of criminal conduct against individuals let alone the Prime Minister.

It just isn't done. I only see a people, I.e Fulanis, who have thrown caution to the wind because they feel they are above other Nigerians and even our President. In their mind, any Southerners in Aso Rock is merely keeping the seat warm for them and must never take independent decisions without their approval.

That is how they completely muzzled and bullied GEJ and are now getting very frustrated because they have been unable to do same to Tinubu so far.

This is why I want Tinubu to diminish the strenght of the Presidency and 'one Nigeria' centre, to the benefit of States and region, before he leaves otherwise we are back to square one when a Northerner takes over after him.

The man PBAT, will handover to someone from that northern extraction that will continue with his idealogy. I have no worry about that.

UltraSolid:
@Topic.

Atiku should go and sit down or better still, retire from politics. His insincerity and bigotry is nauseating. This is same person who left for Dubai immediately Buhari defeated him in 2019 and remained silent about all the obvious misrule of PMB for four years ostensibly because he cannot criticise or badmouth a fellow Fulani.

The very same Atiku has not been able to desist, even for a second since Tinubu became a President, from ungracious, personalised and daily attacks against Tinubu that should benesth any Statesman.

I know most Nigerians are bigots who support enemies of their enemies blindly, and will thus back Atiku's condemnablee antics, yet even a child knows it is terrible for Atiku, without proof, to claim wildly and insanely that Tinubu is bribing some in the opposition Parties 50 million Naira to weaken the opposition from inside. It is not done anywhere worldwide.

Atiku makes so many terrible and distasteful wild claims against Tinubu daily to the extent most objective Nigerians will know this is beyond opposition politics. It reeks of Fulani Born-to-rule disdain they reserve only for "inferior" Southerners they will never use against each other.

Simple proof is how Atiku never dared to say similar against Buhari whose second term was especially bad because of the death and destruction, by omission or commission, PMB caused. Honestly those still supporting or endorsing Atiku today need their heads examined.

His vitriol against BAT, we did not see him deploy against Buhari, is too distasteful and personal. You are virtually, without proof, calling a sitting President a criminal daily ostensibly safe in the belief you are above the law or sanction as a Fulani.

Yet Tinubu ignores him, El Rufai, Ndume, Bala Mohammed etal and just gets on with his job. PBAT is truly the right President and God sent. My god bless him with long life and vigour.

Let's just say it's true that the opposition and especially the PDP is bribed with #50million monthly.....Atiku should know that there is hunger in the land and so should not complain.
Atiku is one of the founding fathers of PDP, at least let him double the amount being purportly given to those who bring destabilization to his party and same also to those who would put the party on the right track....does he not have the money to do such given his presidential ambition. Or he only comes in when he wants to collect something and not stand to build.

UnabashedIPOB:
Only time will tell! And hopefully, I do NOT have to come on this same platform to say, "I told you so."

Absolutely, yes, that time will never come when you'll have to say to me......shebi I been tell you.

Happy New Month of February.

UnabashedIPOB:
Don't be so sure that it would NEVER be the entire Nigeria otherwise, why are the politicians from the other parts of the country so scared to vociferously speak against the moves to both Fulanize and Islamize the country? Let me refer you to the Abuja Declaration of 1989, read it in its entirety, and then you might want to retract your statement.

This is something I know and it can never be done in the entire Nigeria. Absolutely never. The political class are mainly there for their stomach but there are some who know this Islamization can never be achieved at least not in Nigeria fully.
Nigeria is not like other countries where these fulanis have found a way by planting their stooges to do their bidding and achieve it.
This is something very impossible.
Just like I tell people revolution is impossible in the present day Nigeria likewise Islamization of the entire Nigeria is impossible.

UnabashedIPOB:
Are you asking this question for real? Did you forget the country we are talking about? In that HELL hole where corruption is rampant, anything goes.

Well I just hope his children don't reason and talk like him in such issues publicly.