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PeeDaVinci: dude, don't be fooled by me the way I was fooled by lawan's probe - read between the linesThinking mode activated. Wondering what I'm think? How do I convince a fool? But I think all the answer to your questions are already provided by you. If only you can think straight. Let me educate you once again. 1. The bribe was paid for a reason which Otedola must wait for its full implementation before the crackdown. It wasn't enough for Otedola to claim Farouk demanded bribe from him. A sane person would ask 'For what?' And the answer would be to exonerate Otedola, to delist him which your silly man did after receiving the bribe. Had it been that Otedola paid Farouk after removing Zenon Oil from the list, the case would have been different. So, ask yourself? Will Farouk had requested that Zenon Oil (Otedola's company) be removed from the list if there was a crackdown? Will you have believed the story if Farouk hadn't request on the floor of the House that Zenon Oil be removed from the list? Why? Was that also scripted or doctored? 2. You think $600k is a lot of money. That's just NGN98m »» about 1000 bails of N1000 notes. If he's paying in $100 bills, that's just 60 bails. You think that's too much for SSS to provide. You see why its so hard to convince you. 3. The case is between Otedola and Farouk and not SSS vs Farouk. That explains the reason why Otedola simply decided to deal with the culprit and not the committee. 4. You ask why Otedola feel threatened if he wasn't guilty. Hmm! I know your type, you can also ask a kidnapped person why he decided to pay a ransom when he knew he wasn't guilty. You definitely need to research more on what a Sting Operation is. Bros, I'm done with you. You sound like Facrook himself ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
PeeDaVinci: both otedola and farouk shold be locked up.How old are you sir? On what ground do you prosecute Otedola. What are your facts? Your baseless accusations - He doctored/removed some of his recordings to make himself... - He went to SSS to help him deal with Farouk... - Otedola stole some of subsidy ... Let me educate you here. Not all crimes leave easy trails of evidence behind. Prostitution or bribery, for instance, is nearly impossible to prove without direct evidence of money being exchanged for sexual services or whatsoever. The only way Otedola can prove his innocence is to setup a sting operation into the situation. He did all that is required of him: - Informed the SSS - Obtained marked money to pay Farouk - Setup surveillance system to record the transactions. And decided to pay the sum instalmentally. Why do think a man like Otedola decided to pay just N98m instalmentally? - Recorded voluminous audios and videos to support his claim. - Was first to report the issue to the public - Provided evidences - Requested for public hearing on the issue. Tell me what Farouk has done to prove his innocence. You were quick to mention Farouk was entrapped, but let it be known that the said money was not paid at once. It was paid instalmentally. |
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I think Otedola is clean. He said all discussion should be made public. No more sting or close door prosecution |
[size=18]Walmart[/size] vs [size=18]Igbo business model[/size] It would seem to many Nigerians that Walmart business model will benefit the country because of the amount of people they can employ and cheaper bargain. However, the disadvantages are many more when local businesses around begin to lose it. But the question is, Can Walmart succeed in Nigeria? |
Farougate 101 Choose the correct answer in the choice below: 1. Who was stung in 'The Sting'? a. Farouk Lawan b. Femi Otedola c. Nigerians d. None of the above. e. Subsidy probe report |
Sting Operations Police can use deception with the aid of a surveillance system to catch an offender in the act. This is because, when it comes to prosecution, it will be necessary to demonstrate that the offender was not entrapped into committing the crime. For example, an undercover agent can disguise as a drug dealer to catch a 'drug baron' in the act. An informer or undercover agent must wear a wire to record conversations, to bug the meeting place, and or conduct phone taps. Modern sting operations, especially of complex bribery cases, must be accompanied by voluminous videotaped records of transactions and conversations, made by miniature cameras the informer or undercover agent wears. These videos of offenders actually “caught in the act” must be tendered as evidences in the courtroom to gain conviction. Don't be surprised o! I'm sure there are more videos, audios and even documents to support Otedola's claim. Farouk is a thief. A foolish one for that matter. |
Mandelaguy: We should just wait and see,2015 is still afar off. By 2014,bring up this post again,then,we shall affirmatively speak.How far off is 2015? Its just 2 years and 11 months away. Political parties had 131 days to campaign before these elections. Building up excitement about candidate(s) years or months before an election, so that they can be known is not the same as endorsing a candidate. And you'll agree with me that whosoever will get a nomination and a chance to win the presidential election must get out there at least good three years before the election they plan to run in and not just 6 months before the race. Otherwise, history will keep repeating itself. We'll keep installing the people who had tagged themselves as the 'ruling class' or the 'anointed ones' My thought! |
All the potential candidate for President in 2015 has a long list of pros and cons. In most cases, the pros outweigh the cons, but there are a few such candidates for whom it's the other way around. And even among those where the "pros outweigh the cons," the margin is narrow enough to give me that "GEJ feeling" again - a candidate that people voted for solely because we had no better alternative. I'll vote Fashola if he declare his ambition for good policies and good governance. Fashola's pros far outweigh the cons |
etchel: Wow i lyk this threadThanks etchel. This thread is meant to carefully evaluate designs of webmasters and also provide constructive criticism to help them improve the quality of their work and better serve their audience. We weren’t really looking at the negatives, but we are focusing on what's wrong with a design and what could be improved — which, to some degree, makes sense. I expect all contributors on this thread to take a thorough look at the websites submitted and provide their contribution on what’s working on the site and what might turn the customers away. Come along, let's take your site to new heights! |
[size=18]Everything is designed. Few things are designed well.[/size] |
cheapvcc.biz:That's great! It would probably spark the discussions in the programming sections. Plus it would be great to have a place on Nairaland to sell scripts. However, I would suggest talking to the moderators, Slyr0x and omo_to_dun, to seek consent. Having it on this thread would clutter up things. |
gistcrunch: STILL WORKING ON IT THOUGH. Need to leave the free host and free domain, buy a domain name and hsot it premium. Doing that this week, buying a new theme or template and some plugins to complete it, meanwhile it's on better testing.@ ajuwaya, please read my last post. Can't say much on this as its still a work in progress. Here are few points to take note: Make the registration process simple. A new user should be able to join the community by using a “Login with Facebook” button (since most of your target audience are on Facebook). The form should ask for their first and last name, gender, date of birth, email address and password. Yeah! Captcha code that was included in your the registration process before submitting the form - that's fine! Users should be able to update their profile and start adding friends afterwards. Introduce Nice Features - Profiles customization with unique colors and images - Photo albums - give users a place to organize and share images - Social games/circles - give users a way to interact online in groups or cliches. Clean Up Your Home I can see that you're working hard on building a nice website and putting up great information for everyone to see but squeezing everything you can on the wall can't get you the deserved result. Tagline/Slogan/Catchy Phrase Think about this. |
eworker: How about this: http/personalhomerealtor.comWhat's this? Take a good look at your home-page - can you summarize it in few words? Whenever I visit a site, I want to get the basic gist of the home-page in just a few moments. Your website should: 1. Motivate people to check back. 2. Describe what is special about you or your business. 3. Capture people’s attention. 4. Be Different. Don't give your audience work to do. They just want to be entertained and informed by you and your site. You should be able to convince a girl on your first date as a second date is most unlikely. |
Let's have your view. |
The ride is good but sucks. I'm even contemplating selling off this one for N500k. I had option to convert the engine and gear to Toyota Camry V6 engine. Good ride but the V6 engine is crazy.
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I have a Lenovo R400 - 250GB HDD, 2GB RAM, Bluetooth, WiFi (abgn), GPS, Fingerprint, DVD-RW, Uses SIM card, Camera. Bad Keyboard, Flickering Screen, Crashed HDD, Bad Battery. What's it worth? Let me know. |
YemiAdisa: You guys should check out http://www.hatlabicecream.com/HATLAB ICE CREAM Wow. This looks really good. I like the layout of website. Excellent use of colours and graphics. Good job! Observation Getting error message from /ice-cream-flavours, why? You tried to access the address http://www.hatlabicecream.com/ice-cream-flavours/ , which is currently unavailable. Please make sure that the web address (URL) is correctly spelled and punctuated, then try reloading the page.___________________ Site Load-time - Huh? Call me old-school, but I still like to see sites come in under 100KB. If a site takes longer to load, it makes my patience thinner. ___________________ Custom Not-found/404 Page I love that! It guides your visitors to content and helps retain them. Apologies, but we were unable to find what you were looking for. Perhaps searching will help.___________________ Clear Navigation Labels Main navigation should be short, to the point, and easy to grasp. I love them! COME TO NIGERIA I really like this site. There's a nice clean layout, good organization... Pretty sweet. Good graphics and to the point messaging. I can't find many issues with it. Observation Forum There's sharp contrast in the theme of the main site and the forum. Not too bad anyway! ____________________ Unobtrusive Ads I like sites where ads are nicely integrated. You don't need to force ads and pop-ups on your visitors to get result. It just need to be right. This site is a good example of a perfect website. |
Chinom: First of all the poster is just looking to sell more properties. He is an agent. Here is my advice; If you do not intend to relocate to Naija permenently, do not build any house. Stay in hotels or just rent a mini-flat. If you intend to build, then pack all the money in the bank, wait till you're able to return to Nigeria and then start construction while being physically there. Building a house by proxy in Nigeria is a very risky business.Home ownership by proxy is not for all. The only thing I know is whenever you come visiting, you'll either stay in an hotel or house that was built by someone (who could either be your friend, your siblings, or even your enemies,) ”If an Okada rider can build a house, why can't you." ~ NextHome ______________ Building projects in Nigeria are not fairy tales waiting to happen. If you want to create your own home, brace yourself for a long road paved with delays, trust issues, and surprises. But it is not an impossible task. In fact, its a whole lot of excitement for the wise ones. TIPS FOR BUYING LAND IN NIGERIA FOR EXPATS ABROAD - Avoid getting wrapped up in initial excitement upon seeing the importance/advantages of owning a country-home. Not all that glitters are gold. - Take the steps one at a time. Rome wasn't built in a day but they probably have blueprints - Do plenty of research, ask questions from residents of the proposed land. Remember PPPPP - When you're in the least doubt, BACK OFF. Don't come here and make headline. Be Wise. - Don't send a kobo to anybody (including your father) until you find land you are ultimately satisfied with. Don't get too emotional - Let the professionals close up the deal. Involve property lawyers. Survey the land. Do the necessary paperworks. Don't be penny-wise, pound foolish. - Fence the land and put a gate. Remember, the story of the ten virgins! Be. The Wise One. It doesn't make any difference if you're here or there. Does it? |
talontan: Portfolio:Let me guess, Team size = 1. And that one is YOU. To be fair, you have nice layouts and good domain names. But I think, you shouldn't design sites for a living. Why? Your works are just too predictable. That's not good. Advice: If you’re feeling stuck, see if a friend or a team member if you have one can review your content and make suggestions. If your friend or internal team member is “too close” to the content, consider a forum like Nairaland to help. Website need to be criticized so that you can make all the necessary tweaks. The bleeps Terms of Use I HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL OF THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED ABOVE. Comment/Observation: No action button. _______________________ About us FDate is a product of necessity created in order to satisfy the growing yearnings of Singles who are looking for relationships and are tired of paying high fees in order to date online. If you are looking for free online dating in the United Kingdom, then look no further as you have come to the right place. FDate is a 100% free internet dating service. Our objective is to provide you with the very best online dating experience without any cost to you whatsoever. FDate has advanced features to help facilitate your search and meeting the right person for you. Some of the tools include an efficient and quick search facility, detailed and complete profiles, free emailing and chatting facility, a photo gallery of members, profile rating feature and a host of other features that are aimed at giving you a wonderful experience. The ball is now in your court. Grab the opportunity to find your soulmate online today by registering and completing your profile. Happy fishing. Comment/Observation: Who wrote this? Get an SEO expert to review your contents. ________________________ Check and review the contents on fivergigs.com |
MacLovington: Lol. I was refering to Brabus' layman's quote. I wasn't even aware he posted it. Of course Brabus is not an "armchair" builder. Looking at it again, it's probably up to 2m+.Bros, don't be surprised o! @ nearly N2m, a lot of things are not included in the list given o. I'm sure you'll agree the list is incomplete. The final build cost will eventually get close to N3m or well over N3m by the time the following are added: 1. Sand filling 2. Plastering 3. Ceiling: Internal/External 4. Roofing sheet and accessories 5. Architectural Design/Building Plan Approval 6. Land purchase 7. Well/Borehole 8. Septic Tank 9. Dues/Settlements to the Omo Oniles (foundation fee, roofing fee) 10. Site/Road Access except the site is on a road. 11. Planks for beam, lintels, arcs and columns (whether rented or purchased) The cost of building a home varies, depending on where you build (the soil condition), how you finish the house, and your build route(self-managed, contractor-managed, or direct labour). But if you're a 'Bargain Champion' and can be directly involved in some of these things, I tell you N2.5m can do wonders. ”If an Okada rider can build a house, why can't you." ~ NextHome ”A house is a sum of its parts. Don't be surprised when N50 comes up in your expenses." ~ Brabus ________ My honourable prince_onx, hope this new additions has allayed your fears now? |
Beaf: Thats so totally not true. What we are witnessing is the unfortunate effect of glossing over proper procedure, laws and common sense.Oga, leave dat thing. What's common sense here? Lagos should shut down or do magic. Now, Lagos is Fashola. When GEJ is flexing muscle to change UNILAG to MAULAG, why can't he do same for roads, waterways etc belonging to the FG in Lagos. 9001 roads, Lagos alone. How many roads dey Nigeria sef? |
Why Nigeria must decentralise, by Babatunde Raji Fashola:Governance no be family business o, Omosexy! Abi, what's your take on this? |
omosexy1: What do you mean by unpopular policies. I just don't get it. Unpopular like pop music, please no policies ever implemented in this country is popular, nobody jump on the table and shout hurray here comes happy times. Its a shame when I go to other cities in the world only to return to a sham in Lagos. If okadas are banned, nobody will die, people will only shout and adjust then later thank the govt for banning it in the future. If people go to jail for crossing express roads, others would adjust and check their sanity level. If market women can't rent a shop in a proper place, they either move to ibadan where it can be done or save money and go rent a shop. A policy doesn't have to be popular, it just have to be right. I think lagosians enjoy living in their slums cos I am getting tired of this argument. These are feasible things in mega cities around the world. If you want to transform lagos to a mega city, you have to implement best practice policies, else Fashola wants to transform lagos into a mega ghetto. Well actually it is a mega ghetto. When you implement such policies, the people who want to stay in lagos will stay and does who cannot cope, afford or restrain themselves will leave the city. Hence a way to decongest the population of our mega ghetto city.All hail Nairaland's No. 1 'Armchair Activist'. Your ideas require you to be physically involved in political struggles, but instead you choose to be intentionally ignorant or dismissive of real- world issues and problems, in an attempt to continue believing in the false reality your views create. I can imagine how Lagos would be under you with all this Draconian laws and policies if given the chance. Agreed Fashola is not working, you are. Go and collect medal now. You cannot continue to blogs or posts Activists issues on Nairaland without doing anything about said issues or exercising any form of activism as required of you. Talk is cheap sha. |
omosexy1: .What have you done in your area to assist them government? Remember, Fashola didn't build those houses on carnal. Where do you want him to put the marketers in Alaba Suru? Alausa Secretariat or Govt House? Were you so blind to see the Modern Tejuoso market? Isn't that befitting? Disease my foot |
MacLovington: Thanks Brabus but it appears the cost by the fellow I replied to is not even up to 2m including land. My concern is that once you begin that kind of project, the cost keeps rising. Then it's either you give up or continue at increased cost.^^^ I cannot predict cost of any building simply on assumption. There's need to first prepare a plan of the proposed building. An engineering estimate for the proposed building can then be prepared after considering site and soil conditions, based on architectural/structural design of the building. Only after these steps an approximate figure of costing can be arrived at with some margin of error. Without even preparing a plan, only non-professional contractors can talk of exact cost of a building. The figure I gave above is a generic quote for DIYs. You cannot base your final cost on those figure when you're giving the job to a contractor. After all, contractor has to make profit and a sizeable profit as per his expectation. The quote assumes using a .4 guage aluminium definitely not step-tiles, no cladding/flashing. Just ridges and eave angle. As for references on NL, I don't have too many of them. I prefer using my personal project as a reference but if you insist I can forward you verifiable projects (ongoing and completed). If you got it for N2m from a builder or contractor, you can go ahead and seal up the deal. One word - BE INVOLVED! Builders aren't mind-readers. |
fredoooooo: hal-timeYou mean this. |
I suggest they play it in National Theatre, Lagos or MUSON Centre. ![]() |
MacLovington: Are you really able to build 2-bed room flat as you have quoted and possibly rent out?At N2.5m, I can have a 2 bedroom self contain Living Room/Dining: 12 x 22 Kitchen: 6 x 10 Master Bed: 12 x 12 Master Bath: 4 x 6 Bedroom 2: 10 x 12 Bathroom 2: 6 x 6 Basic Finish Cost Excludes Land Purchase, Site Clearing, Omo Onile, Water, Architectural design and other miscellanous. |
zitoA: @brabus, I have been duped before and i do not want to fall again. I want to buy land where can i get one plot for 500,000. I do not mind staying in my rented home while i build i just need to have one.You can always get land of N500k but my advice is to take note of where not to buy especially for those with budget is limited. 1. Don't buy lands in waterlogged areas or swamp. They are cheaper but it can be difficult to build on it for a beginner. If not for anything else, think of the cost of constructing drainage and septic tank in a waterlogged area. 2. Avoid Slopes or Hilly site. You might end up spending more on the foundation cost as the requirements are high. 3. Don't buy sandy soil. Its very unstable and usually cause cracks and differential settlement. You need to spend more to get a solid structure. 4. Ask Questions? Don't just assume all is well. Speak to the professionals (property lawyers, builders, architects, engineers, online forum like Nairaland, home owners within your neighbourhood, etc). When you're in least doubt, BACK OFF. 5. Don't pay until you're convinced all is well. If possible ask the seller if you can withold some part of the payment for 1 month to clear all doubt. Remember, he who pay the piper dictates the tune. 6. Start work immediately. You can start with paper work, site clearing, foundation 7. Setup Project Schedule Don't rush things. Even, if its only half plot you can afford on a flat, dry land - BUY IT! Above all, Involve God. |
da student: Check the apple store in computer village.Its not a an apple retail store.Mac Center, right? I won't rate the shop until I collect my MacBook Air later tmrw. But I'm smelling rat already! |
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