₦airaland Forum

okorogodwin4:
and how does ministerial position reduce the price of food in the marketplace or tell me were I will buy Rice cheaper in Tinubus market. ODE!

You are ingrates, that’s why everywhere you go there is always friction. Among yourselves friction amongst others friction.

SmartPolician:
Soludo don become asslicker. Dude will decamp to APC after 8 years as governor.

Someone actually needs to teach him that ministerial slots are constitutional requirements!

True but he could have given you culture, sports, humanitarian affairs etc.

saintkel:
Who d hell is Gandi?, Is he better than d great Zik of Africa?

Zik is only known in Nigeria. Nkrumah, Mandela, Sadat, Haile sellassie are known all over the world talk less Africa.

There is currently no Nigerian politician living or dead that has acheived world statesman status, importance or recognition.

Wiz kid, Davido Burna Boy etc are 100 times more recognized than the most recognized of Nigerian politicians.

clinician2x:
Absolute nonsense. There is no how rough you drive that 1.8 corolla to match the miles per gallon of a 2.7 camry. If you like carry stone and drop on the gas pedal then be stepping on the brakes and controlling steering, it will never ever match. The engine displacement, the torque and the horsepower are constants and that determines the differences.

Words of an ignoramus.

codemaster2much:
On par corollas are of better fuel mpg than Camrys. But with time you will wish you had sacrifice the extra fuel cost for the extra power the Camry can deliver.. Best of luck in your choice.

Just because you have a car with better economy does not mean you will get good economy.

If you drive like a fool up and down like all those Uber drivers and 419 boys with tokunbo Lexus and Camry accelerating braking changing lanes anyhow, your car will not give you any good fuel economy whatever car you drive.

When tests we’re done for fuel economy, they did not involve driving like a mad man.

smokinloud:
God bless you!.

Abeg don’t mind them, they never learn because they always blame others. APC got 8.7m votes down from 12.7m in 2019….what kind of rigging is that? PDP and it’s splinter groups got 14m votes up from 10m in 2019 what kind of rigging is that?

They dont want to take responsibility for the basic schoolboy error of not recognizing that election is simple arithmetic. Their ego is why Tinubu is president despite getting 8.7m and they are not despite getting 14.7m. If one has decided to step down for the other, one would be president and the other vice.

All this talk about it must be south is not absolute. Shebi Tinubu and Shettima are Muslims, heaven has not fallen, nobody is talking about both being Muslims anymore. Similarly if Obi had swallowed his pride he would be Vice President today. Heaven would not have fallen if north handed power to north. Pride goes before a fall. Tinubu swallowed his pride went to beg Buhari, waited 8 years, today he is president….. against all odds! Obi through his ego has blown his chance of ever becoming Nigerias president and wasted the faith and momentum of his supporters.

mrvitalis:
The elections have improved and least now they have to rig like brainless mofos to be able to get in

Make snapping of results and uploading at the polling unit compulsory

If a polling unit results is not uploaded 3 hours after the last bvas capture that polling unit should be cancelled

It’s as of Nigerians do not know how the elections work. Irev is not for collation of results, Irev is merely a viewing portal for the public…it has no legal status. Whatever is shown on irev is unimportant if it does not match what is on the form signed at each polling unit. Whatever is shown on irev takes its origin from form EC8A which all parties have a copy. You cannot rig the election by changing or delaying uploading to irev in so far as part6 agents have copies of the original EC8A. You don’t collate results based on irev, you collate results based on form EC8A. Every party and the police has a copy of form EC8A. Any party telling you otherwise is lying to you because they do not want to show you the results of the tabulation of the forms EC8A that they all have in their possession.. If they didn’t tender EC8A in court it is because they do not want to and the question is why do they not want to tender their EC8 forms in court? Perhaps because they know they didn’t win and so therefore focuses all their efforts on trying to disqualify the winner by all means including the ridiculous.

Let us use Lagos as a test case. After the elections they say they got 1m votes in Lagos. Lagos is not a backward or remote place where LP or PDP did not have party agents in every polling unit. So it means they have copies of the true results…why did they not tender those in court….perhaps because there was no 1m votes in Lagos?

I can understand areas where you are not popular but If you are popular enough to get substantial votes in an area then you are popular enough to have party agents there. So tender the EC8 forms your party agents signed…is it that hard?

LordIsaac:
How then can Nigerians be reformed? How do we convince a sugar cane seller that 4 wives and 30 children is not the way to go when his religion encourages it?

No answer to that one. Maybe if they continue to lose by stupid tactics, they will eventually borrow themselves some brain.

It is neither INEc nor our laws nor the judic that needs reform, it is Nigerians that need reform. You didn’t win an election but you claim you won, you went to court you did not provide any evidence you won, instead you start to attack the umpire and the court.

How anyone can think because I live in Abuja, my vote is more important than the vote of the man in Ibadan or Auchi is befuddling. How you can say you won, did not show where your votes were stolen and expect to be declared winner is befuddling. You say I stole your property but provide no evidence of me in possession of your property or evidence that your property is even missing and you say I must be declared the person who stole your property. How you can split your base and expect to win is befuddling. How you can base your case on things that the constitution say have a time limit and are outside the time limit and expect to win is befuddling.

I remember this man, he gave Mandela hell. RIP.

Bukola94:
I think v4 is the best & is a must have,an expert said i6 is perfect. V6 is not that bad. I like Toyota Solara, don't know if there is v4 engine ? The Solara remind me of Benz coupe convertible dad used to drive,their speed and sleek is so close. Just that Benz is so expensive and cost of maintenance costs is high,else it would have been my favourite & prefer ride.

there is nothing like a V4 engine all 4 cylinder engines are straight except Subaru boxer flat 4 (similar to Porsche 911's flat 6). V only exists in 2 cylinder(usually motorcycles) , 5 (volkswagen had a v5), 6, 8 or 12.

the whole point of a V is to create a compact engine. a 4 cylinder engine is already compact so it makes no sense to create a V4 and then add the expense of creating 2 cylinder heads, 2 additional camshafts etc per branch...hence V4 made no sense does not solve any problem and was never made.

EDIT: actually I am wrong, V4s do exist but they are usually found in motorcycles or racing cars. There is no production car in the modern era that uses a V4 engine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V4_engine

Bukola94:
They are cheap for a reason, I like that, Mazda,Mits.Lancer too are cheaper, I notice transporters like the Volkswagen, Mazda and Lancer,they use it for transport & carrying goods for years. You will count 10 to 15Mazda & VW ,Toyota Hiace 4 transport in my state before u count 3 to 6 Toyota Taxi. Thou corolla, Hyundai Accent are the most used for BOLT&UBER. Good night, thanks for your time and sharing of information once again. God will continue to bless you man

This world has its perculiarities, you go to somewhere like edo and they seem to like golfs and jettas (at least last time I was there), you go to Ibadan it seems Micra is their official car, In lagos toyota rules. you to the the states, lexus and Honda are popular, in the Uk only old people drive lexus and honda. In Nigeria the only mercedes that are really valued are the G-wagon or GLE......Different strokes, different folks.

Bukola94:
direct port injection ? Or direct fuel injection ? A guy that use golf2 said golf2 is less problematic than golf3 and Golf 4,said I should avoid the Auto gear of golf3,4 and the Peugeot 206,307 Auto gears,said they don't last like the manual gears & can't be repair/replace easily.

Normally the fuel injectors are before the valve, so as petrol enters the engine through the port it cleans the carbon deposits on the valve along the way. VW went big on direct injection some years ago, in DI the injector is after the valve directly in the cylinder so the cleaning action of petrol flowing over the valves does not happen. In time carbon builds up on the valves and causes premature and sometimes catrastrophic engine failure. VW in particular is noted for this. To resolve this they created a hybrid of normal port and direct which gives the advantages of direct and the cleaning properties of port.
Avoid models with direct only. they are cheap for a reason.

Bukola94:
U are a big man, I like cars, never own one. Mostly drive dad,mum,auncle, aunty,boss/company cars & friend cars. With your experience and cars that u have own , I need your suggestion on Toyota, Peugeot and Golf Polo(my pref). Most dealers I talk to rated the Toyota & Peugeot above the Volkswagen, but my eyes &heart keeps telling me Golf is going to be my 1st ride. The mechanic kip discourage that golf cars are problematic, saying especially the Auto gear,which I still don't believe

In Nigeria I will also advice you stick to toyota. You probably wont listen but thats ok. I was like that when i was young, i bought whatever car i wanted because it was what i wanted even though it made no sense or wasnt practical or was a car that had no resale value. Its a phase of life we all go through and probably some of us need to go through to get it out of our system, gain the experience so we know 1st hand what works and what doesnt. lol

toyotas are the most uninspiring and boring cars in this world but they are the most reliable, rugged, easily maintained, available parts and easy to sell. it also depends on where you live, if you live in Lagos there are no roads to really enjoy your car.

if you are buying a volkswagen or Audi, stay away from models with direct port injection.

Bukola94:
WOW,now I get it , VVT I variable valve tech written on corolla still same has VTEC on Honda. CVT? Thanks for the time&info

exactly lol CVT is continous variable transmission, its a kind of automatic transmission..problematic from what I hear, i have never had a car with one.

Bukola94:
The Honda use to have 1.6i ls written at boot side? Honda use to have VTEC written at boot or when one open the bonnet

a 1.6 is most definitely a 4 cylinder engine, the 1.6 stands for the size of the engine and the i stands for fuel injection. VTEC is simply about the valve technology..just fancy marketing, there was a time when Honda used to label their cars ABS when ABS just came out, every car has ABS today. Every car these days is fuel injected and most cars have some sort of advanced variable valve technology. Variable valve technology simply means the computer varies how much the valve opens to let in petrol and air depending on how you are driving, this aids performance and fuel economy.

Bukola94:
God bless you for this self explanatory pictorial illustrations. May God continues to increase u in knowledge and wisdom.

You r welcome

Bukola94:
What is the main difference between V6 & In line 6? The in line 6 engine that you said I mostly see it in Honda Accord cars. My aunty Honda Accord 2008 got speed and balance on the road than Camry 2008. But I don't know if is V6 OR I6 or 4Cylinders,it is a fuel drunkard and that is one thing I don't like about it

An inline 6 (aka straight 6 or I6) has all six cylinders in a straight line, wheras a v6 has 2 banks of 3 cylinders in a V. If your car is a front wheel drive, it is not an Inline 6 because a I6 engine is long, there is no space in a front wheel drive car to fit an inline 6 sideways as well as the transmission. There has never been a Honda with an Inline 6, all Honda 6 cylinders ) and most Japanese 6s today are V6. Toyota and Nissan used to use i6s when they made RWD cars like the old Supra and old 280zx of the 1980s.
See below the different types of 6 cylinder engines. VR6 was used by Volkswagen and flat 6 is used in Porsche 911.

I should also add, you often hear people talking about V4, there is nothing like a V4 engine.

Throwback:
Oseni is not a professional journalist in the mould of Reuben Abati who was previously the Head of editorial board of Guardian Newspapers for many years before he became the media and publicity aide of President Jonathan.

Oseni is not a journalist full stop! With the exeption of Abati, none of them are trained journalists.....full stop! presenter is not the same as journalist.

blesdman:
Good additional knowledge but the OP was very great. Now I understand why my V6 de show me she nowadays

A v6 is an inherently unbalanced engine, very few manufacturers get it right. You have 2 banks of 3 cylinders that don’t move up and down together in balance, hence the need for counterweights which introduces other problems. One of the reasons Mercedes V6 are problematic and they stopped making them…their current 6 cylinder engines are straight six engines also known as inline 6. . Toyota make some of the best V6s. The V6 was one of the reason that led to the problems of Citroen. They went bust and the French government forced Peugeot to buy them to save jobs. BMW have never made a V6 and the only time Mercedes ventured into the V6 world it damaged their reputation with unreliable engines. The Mercedes with a V6 is one of the cars you are advised to stay away from used.

AutoHubNG:
You probably understand the importance of your car’s engine because without a working engine, you won’t get very far, but most of us don’t know much about how vehicle engines work. When identifying your car’s engine type, it usually comes down to the cylinders. So, what exactly is a cylinder? We’ll go over this, as well as some other engine parts you should know about.

Cylinders are an important part of your car’s engine. Whenever you look at the engine bay of either a newer or an older car, you’ll see the configuration as it’s usually quite noticeable even if it’s only just a quick glance. The cylinders are usually located in front and at the centre. Most of us associate the number of cylinders with power, and there’s nothing wrong with that. However, that isn’t always the case.

Car cylinders are a lot like the pot you use to cook your food. It’s not the cylinder itself that is powerful, but what it holds. Car cylinders contain fuel; the more cylinders you have, the more fuel you can use at one time. It’s the same with cooking pots and pans. You can’t cook 2 litres of soup in a 1-litre pot.

Now with that said, let’s briefly touch on a few parts:

The cylinders – are made of durable metal and are sealed at one end. The other end opens and closes. The cylinder has a tight-fitting piston that slides up and down, and two valves that open and close to let something in or shut everything out.

Intake valve – lets fuel and air into the cylinder (from the carburetor or injector).

Exhaust valve – allows exhaust gases to escape.

Spark plug – sits at the top of the cylinder and it creates a spark that ignites the fuel.

Piston – is located at the bottom of the cylinder and is attached to a shaft called the crankshaft.

Crankshaft – provides power to the car’s transmission and drives the wheels.


The real difference between 4, 6, 8, 12… cylinders

If you should only know one thing about car engines, it should be the difference between a 4-cylinder, 6-cylinder, 8-cylinder, & a 12-cylinder engine (could be more – it was intentional to use the image of a W-16 Bugatti engine in the title-graphic). Since cylinders are like cooking utensils that hold fuel, the more you have, the more fuel you burn. When you have more cylinders, you create more motion to turn the crankshaft, which provides more power to the car. But as you may have discovered by now, more cylinders also mean you’ll burn a lot more fuel, and faster.

That’s why faster or more powerful cars are almost always less fuel-efficient than most economy cars. But don’t make the mistake of thinking that more cylinders equals a faster car. Again, that is not always the case. In fact, most trucks and pick-ups use 6, 8, 10 or even 12-cylinder engines in some cases – but you won’t see an F150 winning a race against a regular sized 6-cylinder sports car. More cylinders mean more power, period. The design of the car, however – dictates how that power is distributed. And modern technology to add to that, has usurped “size” – redefining how much power can be gotten out of “smaller” engines via the manipulation of air – “forced induction” through a modified air intake contrivance based on the principle that more air in the combustion process greatly creates a higher of output of power, and they are usually called Turbochargers or Superchargers. Slight variation in how they operate, however, they both carry out similar functions nonetheless.

Also, pistons matter a lot during this stage – as you might imagine (or not imagine), pistons are subjected to a lot of heat and pressure during all combustion processes. When the pistons are able to move with more force, the combustion will be more powerful, and the car will in turn move with more force.

Conclusion

When choosing between a 4, 6, 8, 10, or a 12-cylinder engine, it’s all about personal preference. If fuel economy is most important to you, you’ll want an inline 4-cylinder engine. If you want to balance fuel economy and speed, then I strongly urge you to consider a 4-cylinder turbocharged engine which can be found in many German sub-compact, compact and mid-size luxury category of vehicles post 2015. To get pure power, a 6-cylinder turbocharged engine may be right for you. Then if you’ve got the means and fuelling (especially now that a sizeable chunk of our income goes into this – God abeg O) isn’t really a problem for you, and you really really long for that your dream powerful ultra-high performance V8 car – then by all measure go for it! There are few pleasures in life; driving the ultimate behemoth is definitely amongst that list…

And as you may know, the best way to determine which car is best for you is to carry out research on it first then take it out for a test drive to see if its performance on an open road will fulfill your heart’s desire but please don’t forget your pocket level O at the end of the day.

Do have yourself a pleasant drive. And as always, thanks for taking out your precious time to read this piece.


https://autohub.ng/blog/the-differences-between-4-6-8-12-cylinders/

These days with turbo and twin turbos, no of cylinders is no longer an indication of power or how fast a car can go.

There are turbocharged 4 cylinder cars have more power than some V8s. The Merced c63 with a 4 cylinder has almost 50% more power than an s580 with a V8!

I expected you to talk about things. Like the smoothness of an engine and the sound because apart from the number of cylinders that’s the real difference between, 4,6,8 and 12 cylinder engines.

4 cylinder engines are usually very harsh and noisy,
There is a difference between V6 and in line 6 (the most perfectly balanced engine is the I6 so it is the smoothest. Because a v12 is essentially 2 inline 6 put together it is also a very smooth engine.

V6 and v8 depends on the angle of the V you usually have 60 or 90degree. V8s tend to have an angry rumble like you get in AmG V8 ( although that is accentuated by the exhaust)

EDIT: I forgot to add that no of cylinders is synonymous with low end torque. So you usually have to rev a 4 cylinder harder (i.e closer towards the red line) than say a V8 although again the introduction of turbos has impacted this.

Allisgud:
let me even ask u what kind of power are u talking about

Power is power, power is the ability to change lives, to influence events, circumstances, laws, destinies, fortunes to grant access etc.

Power comes in all forms, but money is money. There is no distinction between hush puppy and Dangote when they go to the Rolls Royce dealer. But when you get to the embassy, the social club, the ministry, institutions, conferences, constituting boards, recognizing leaders in society, you will understand the difference between money and power.

Even a Mai guard has power and can deny you the richest of men access if he so deems and his of dubious character he can make money by granting acccess. There are offices where the secretary is very powerful, because he/she determines whether you get to see oga or not. You cannot see the president without clearance by the chief of staff. He is the gatekeeper, it doesn’t matter that the president is your friend or you have money.

The permanent secretary who decides to recommend the banning the importation of rice for example has the power to make or break multiple rich in that industry with the stroke of his pen. If you were a rich man today you can go broke tomorrow as a result or you can become an instant millionaire as a result. That is power!

That is the difference between power and money. Your money does not affect my life, what you do with power can!! Dangote’s money does not make a difference to my life, what the speaker in the house of assembly or House of Representatives does while he is there does. Dangotes money does not affect my life, Dangote’s ability to affect the price of cement or petrol in future does.

Another example is the NL.C president, the guy looks, talks and behaves like someone you see under a tree drinking ogogoro at best at a beer parkour. Yet everyday he is going in and out of ASO rock, all eyes on him, he can bring the country to its knees, one day he will get national award. Yet there are rich men many legitimate and hard working who have never been inside a governors office or ASO rock, never been invited and never will be, cannot call a governor or president and will never get national honors. Why? Because he is the president of the NLC…..that is power. If his wife annoys him tomorrow and he decides he wants aviation workers to strike, your flight is cancelled!!! Ordinarily, he is supposed to be a struggling man certainly not supposed to be wealthy but by his position and power he cannot be poor because there are legitimate and illegimate means of wealth by virtue of his power, influence and position. If he is poor it is because he has no interest in money or he squandered the money he made

OvertheTop:
Most Times, You get that Power with LOTS and LOTS of MONEY.

Not all the time. Do you know how to know a rich man with no power? He makes a lot of noise to flaunt his wealth. Because he has acquired the wealth and hasn’t got the power he craves.

People with both power and wealth are not loud.

Power comes from influence and relevance but if you have money but no influence and relevance, you are just a rich man.

When I say influence I mean you are relevant in your sector. For instance you are a successful farmer and a big player in rice farming. You are rich and you are powerful because of your influence in that sector not because you are rich. If they are talking rice they must talk to you…..that is the source of your power not your money.

That is the mistake people make, they have money but they have no influence so they have no power and start throwing money around.

Dangote is not powerful because he is rich, Dangote is powerful because he controls many sectors of the economy….understand the difference. Like I said there are many 419s, drug dealers who are rich. There are also rich men in the same industries Dangote plays in that are not powerful and get wiped out. There are many instances. They are/were rich but not powerful or powerful enough.

Hezzyluv:
All these people you mentioned above, you think say no be money dem used buy the power?? If to say dem no get money, dem for get the power abi?

You are clearly very immature or unexposed to power.

The best 100 days in office since 1999. In fact the only good 100 days since 1999. I score him a 7.5/10.

The best way I can put it is this. If you have money you are not guaranteed power. If you have power you are guaranteed money if you want to use your power to make money.

Why do you think our politicians do anything and will take any position to remain relevant despite most of them already having made enough money while in office?

ukaface:
Money

With money comes power

There is a limit to this. Look at the number of drug dealers and fraudsters in Nigeria. What power do they have? Do you see any of them at Aso rock or governors lodge, investment summits, traveling with the president toG20 meeting or social functions of private members clubs… no!!!! With all their money they cannot enter Ikoyi club. It’s only hungry people they can oppress.

Meanwhile everyday you see average people with power wining and dining with the president and the likes of Dangote.

There are people of average means but with power who the richest of men do not mess with. There are people with money and no one cares about the and with all their money they had e no access to real power hence they flaunt their wealth with noise.

Hezzyluv:
Show me the man with money and i will show you the man with power! Show me the man with power and I will show you the man with money

Read the above

nwakibie3:
You can't have access to power without money, so money comes first

Nonsense. The most powerful people is most countries (Top Civil servants) are not rich….and they can make or break the richest of men.

Hezzyluv:
Power is good and depends on which power persay. But, what shall it profit a man if he has power and lives in abject poverty? I.e begging to feed or watch his love ones dying from curable sickness simply because no money to treat such malady?

If you don't have money but have power, you are as useless as the P in psychology. Money stops nonsense!!!

Get money, even the person that has power would be calling u sir upanda.

A man with power can never lack money, if he lacks money it is because he is not motivated by money. e.g a principled public official/ civil servant, .

let us hope it leads to progress and development in the SE. It is the interest of the rest of Nigeria for the SE to develop and create jobs there for their people...otherwise they will migrate to your zones and bring their problems.

Dundalk:
let me updated on behalf of him..

males..

babangida..danladi,dantala,danjuma,shekarau,bala,idi,and so on...

females..

talatu,jummai,asabe,larai,ladidi,and so on...

That’s more like it. Make una no allow una names disappear o. We for south dey bear our traditional names even if we add Muslim or Christian name join.

Ibrahimlagosian:
Ok,i guess i admit you're right but this are the names we hausa people use.most traditional names in hausa are affiliated or from a particular ethnic group but here are some hausa traditional names i know;
Idi
Garba
Faruk
Babangida
For the females,we have;
Umaima
Maijidda

are you sure Faruk is a hausa name? I know it is a name found in many islamic countries from turkey to bangladesh to the middle east.