₦airaland Forum

TooNoisy:
What exactly is your point? So women should expect their husbands to cheat? What nonsense is this?

Not really.
She's simply saying, don't kill yourself when it happens, because it can.
A kind of preparing your mind to absorb the situation if it happens, instead of dying in shock.

vincent72:
The Amalgamation of 1914, stated that, after 100 years, any part of Nigeria, that want to separate, or secede can go, they only need to apply to United nation for that

Where is the document?
Has anybody applied officially?

Just tell me why an educated person should be knocked down by a vehicle 'UNDER A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE'!!!

I always see them trying to run across when I drive by. Where are you rushing to, that you can't just use the bridge already provided

Obiagelli:
THE newly sworn-in Governor of Ebonyi state, Engr. Dave
Umahi yesterday said his administration would create two
more ministries to bring their number to 18. The new
ministries include those of Religious/Welfare and Planning,
Design, Evaluation and Strategy. Umahi spoke shortly after
being sworn in as the third elected governor of the state at
the Abakaliki Township Stadium.

www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/umahi-to-create-2-more-ministries-establish-trust-fund/

In a state that that contests the ignominy of being the least developed state in the country?
Even with Abakaliki as the only real city in a whole state, yet no development whatsoever.

And yet, this Governor's idea is just to create two new ministries, useless ones at that.
Please how do daft people keep getting to the top of our leadership ladder in this country?
Remind me the IGR status of Ebonyi state again. How do you plan to sustain over bloated ministries in the face of dwindling Oil revenues from Abuja?

akeensbussy:
Sorry for the loss, may his soul rest in peace. Sincerely speaking, ordinary unripe pawpaw would have solved that problem. African, especially Nigerian has herbal solution to all dieases. we have abandoned our tradition. ordinary unripe pawpaw would have cured the little child. cut the pawpaw into pieces, soak it and leave it till next morning start giving the baby little and bath him with. he will hail and healthy.

Damn! I can recollect from childhood memory. I knew a relative that was being bathed with unripe paw paw/leaves broth.
It was called 'Iba ocha na anya' then, but I couldn't understand. Now I know.

wasamtech:
Thanks for the comment. We never insisted on discharging both mother and baby, we even asked them to take their time to care for them but they gave us a good bill of health that the baby is sound and okay to be discharged. We were only told not to bathe the baby nor cut his hair even at child naming as required by a muslim. We adhere to all tips given and we never expose the baby to cold nor too much heat.

We were not advise before referral whether we could afford expensive care or free public care as l detest general hospitals. I had given vengeance to God otherwise l would have either sue the hospital for negligence or even blacklist them by publishing their hospital address and phone numbers on the internet to prevent patronage.

We were completely ignorant of the health situation of the baby and thereby put our trust in the hospital as they so called professionals.

Thanks

Your story is heart rending! I can't imagine all of you running from one 'hospital' to another in the middle of the night, only to be told the same useless stories time and again.
However, I believe that the hospital that delivered your baby is hugely culpable and can be sued for negligence.
Do you know that good hospitals will even insist that a full term jaundiced baby will stay under photo treatment until it fully clears before discharge, how much more for a pre-term baby?
You owe it to the general public, even if you don't want to sue them, to make an official report to the NMA Lagos for proper review of their activities, and sanctions if found wanting.
Strangely, some of these hospitals employ quacks and sub-par consultants, just to make money off unsuspecting public.

Take heart for your son's demise. God will give your family more healthy sons as you desire. But this hospital/doctor must be brought to proper scrutiny.

nd07:

At the end of the double operations which lasted for nine hours, imported fake, unregistered and expired food products worth over N1bn stocked in these illegal cold rooms were evacuated in six Hilux vans and buses which NAFDAC stormed the place with

how realistic is ds? 40ft cold rooms wt their contents in just 6 hilux vans?

Can a 30 seater bus carry 2 passengers only?
The news item says the man has 40ft capacity cold rooms. It doesn't necessarily mean they are filled to the brim.
However, quoting the value of the (expired) items on the spot means the NAFDAC guys must be some genie.

The craziest thing about this incident is that mainstream media are yet to report on it. Someone called in to Radio continental about it this morning, and Boo Boo and his crew claimed they are yet to get any official report from NAFDAC.
For an offence of this magnitude, one expects it to be a national disaster, the type that will have CNN setting up call-in interviews with all and sundry to ascertain what exactly was going on.
But in my country here? All the media houses still are waiting for NAFDAC to invite them with Schnapps and kola nut first, before they do their job

Airtel service has been going downhill since 2 days ago.
In the office, My data service fluctuates from H+ to 3G to E to G
Then at home, there's no sign of data at all, only one bar left for frustrating calls.

Please can Ifeanyi Ubah do a diesel SoS to them, I guess some of their equipments are off power.

You go fear collabo now?
A prophetess and a herbalist running a joint ops to defraud bank workers?

Ain't no way those cash counters will have 6m to waste, it must have been depositors funds.

Anyway, their money rituals don end nah. Work and earn an honest pay, then invest wisely, that's the greatest money ritual anybody can make

It is now clear that GEJ wants Buhari to start on a very CLEAN slate from the 29th.
#NoFuel
#NoCookingGas
#NoDiesel
#NoElectricity
#NoMoney

and now...
#NoBankingActivities.

Walahi, I no envy Buhari at this time.

Islie:
http://www.punchng.com/politics/ijaw-people-must-return-to-fishing-orubebe/

Wait o.
You mean the enfant terrible Elder Goodswill Orubebe of the Orube-being fame, the one and only Ijaw man that has been in charge of the Niger Delta affairs since 2008 till date?
He is the one now discovering that ND has no good road network, and should all go fishing in oil polluted waters.
What exactly did his office do with billions of naira budgeted for over the years?

Damn!!! When are we going to start lining up these criminally minded looters on a stake

three:
No. 5 - (Construction of Waste Waster Plant at N2.6Billion) This picture of the Waste Water Construction Site Was Taken Yesterday. Contract period was 18 Months from October 2013 to April 2014.

The way that land is looking, I can bet the Plant was creatively constructed under ground for effective cooling

It's only idiots that spend their energy defending politicians in this country.

All of them, I mean ALL are hard core criminals and looters! Just that some have better Public Relationship managers than others.

ednut1:
big lie, most banks had low public sector funds cos it was useless at 75% CRR. wit the harmonisation. d private sector funds held by banks will take a big hit. cbn sent a circular ydae crr will be debited weekly as against fortnightly. CBN/ Emefiele are jokers i swear. bankers are facing increased deposits targets soon. SMH GMB force dis clown to resign o

My mouth was agape when I read the analyst saying the move will be positive for banks
Is Mr analyst aware that recent implementation of TSA has made it impossible for banks to retain public sector funds, which CBN mops up as soon as they are collected by the banks?
As a matter of fact, banks currently have insignificant public sector funds to use as risk assets for lending. So they can as well drop public sector CRR to 0%, no biggie.
The real worry is moving the only substantial available funds for the banks, the private sector funds CRR up to 31%
In a lay man's understanding guys, don't expect banks to fund any of your project that will be tenured up to two years, except of course it is a very short term import business. And expect upward interest rate restructuring for your current running facilities!

Taa!
If I hear...
The traditional delivery service givers simply put the beads on the baby. Simple!

Jarus:
But he was not in ruling party since at least 2013., why did the law favour him this far?

The law did not really 'favour' him.
The problem is the useless way our police prepare their prosecutions, no evidence, no proper investigation. Meanwhile there are tons of hard evidence to put these guys away for a very long time.
Just like jungle justice accusations, they go to court expecting a judge to convict a politician just because 'dem say, dem say'.
At the end of the day, the criminals actually walk free with a bragging right of 'having been discharged of all accusations' by a competent court.
That's the same way they bungled Igbinedion, Tinubu, FFK's cases.

madjune:
I once lived next to one girl that worked at BGL and I mut say, I marveled at the pace she grew and the fast life she led.

The babe oozed so much money.

One week in Paris, next in New york and a home in Lekki. Gosh.
I'm sure she was amongst Albert Okumagba's favorites.
Albert's supposed to be in jail since 2005 when he and Ndi Okereke Onyiuke wrecked the capital market.
All along, everyone had overlooked these people while they criminally amassed billions of investors money.

Yeah. When the groovy train is well oiled, IB bonus packages can be insane, compared to other industries average salary.
Especially for a single girl with no extra mouth to feed in this world, Na globe trotting sure pass jare

Damn! BGL gone under?
Some 'big boys' have been completely stripped to bare bottoms.
Now, I'll like to see Albert jailed for a very lengthy time. Bennie Madoff was sentenced to 150years! Any way, that was in America. I won't be surprised if he walks free eventually. After all, banks have gone under here, with Directors bailing out unscathed.

Toying with people's investment is like pre-meditated murder, you can be sure that some of the investors will die of heart attack and High blood pressure related ailments.

While it is possible that AC induced cold can be fatal, even to adults. Only a confirmed autopsy report can factually determine the cause of death.
I have it on good authority that AC is good for babies. But then, AC temperature control runs from 16 to about 30 degrees celsius, you need to regulate it appropriately to avoid freezing to death.
There are some nights when I'll wake up to urinate and discover my body temp has dropped badly, and I'll have to increase to 20 degrees up from 16.
Another mistake people make, even you find it in some hotels, is mounting the AC to face the bed directly, this is dangerous as it can lead to freezing if you're not properly covered in thick duvet.

tonychristopher:
In a lay man terms I will make this easier for us

Tropicalization of cars

The climate conditions vary severely across the globe and car manufacturers previously made cars for specific countries based on their climate conditions without realizing that with globalization the cars do get exported out from the country where it was originally meant for sale in.

Cars made in Europe used to be designed for European climate which were cooler and dryer than sub tropical Asian countries where temperatures can exceed 40C and have humidity over 80%. The direct impact of exporting a car designed for the European climate to Asia meant that the cars were not able to function at its best. There were many examples of cases where the cars would over heat as the cooling system was not suitable for the sub tropical climate. The radiators were far too small and other components were not able to cope with the high humidity leading to premature failure. Some BMWs, Alfa Romeos and Audis that were imported to Asia from Germany or UK struggled to cope with the heat. Many of these cars could barely travel 100km across an Asian city without overheating.

Some interior components also started to fade and peel off as the coatings and linings were meant for dry climate conditions.
The car manufacturers only realized this in the late 1990s and started to do global scale testing during the development phase.

Things involved in tropicalizing a vehicle:
1. Paint - either repaint or try a good paint sealant.
2. Rubbers and Plastics (e.g. weather strips, dashboard, plastic bumpers, trimmings, etc.) - replace weather strips with tropicalized ones. Other plastic parts may require painting.
3. Cooling system/ Radiator Size/ Fan, etc. - Replace radiator as necessary or replace fan that has higher air flow.

Start with the paint. Its the most expensive part. Next is the cooling system. Then just observe first the other rubber and plastic parts and replace as necessary. Some might not need replacing immediately.

Damn!
I can't believe this stuff you are handing down here!
Let me start with number 1 - US painted car of 15 years standing is far better than a 6mths 'oven bake' you'll get at Ojota or Gbagada. I'm saying this from experience with my first Camry. I fell into one advert here by a Nairalander to 'oven bake' the whole car just because it had a small dent at the back and front side, while the rest of the body are still glossy. 6 months after the 'oven baking', the whole paint collapsed and became worse than it were before painting, any slight touch from kids leaves lines all over the body.
Number 2 - Any dashboard that melts here (Murano, Camry 2007 etc ) is purely factory fault. Other cars are doing great.
Number 3 - This is the biggest killer of cars in the country today. My two cars have never had any slight issue with over heat, while I've seen people that followed this daft idea of changing radiator to double cell/removing thermostat run from pillar to post as the car issues escalates increasingly there-after.

Caveat! Don't follow this Dude's advise if you want to enjoy your car/s

Nigeria political offices are the most legal organized crimes in the world!
That's why Obasanjo charged the PDP in 2007 elections that it is a DO or DIE affair.
We as a the electorates should come up with plans to stop these men, renogotiate the terms of engagement and make them earn nothing more than Perm secs in the ministries.
Anything other than these, every charlattan with his eyes on the loot will always come out to aspire for positions, and they will soon bleed us to stupor.
This is not Buhari's fight alone, we may need to march to their chambers and demand 'Enough is Enough' again.

Interestingly, I'm supposed to hit Asaba tomorrow. I checked both Arik and Aero sites, they all have scheduled flights to Asaba.

Why will they want to be flying there still, If NCAA has warned that it's unsafe to land there, or is it that they have no EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE yet?
Now, Do I book or reroute

I think I will have to reroute for my own safety.

Why won't they kill themselves over women, jobless thieves.
There are bunch of them, usually from 3-5 that permanently camp under the car park building at Surulere shopping mall.
Can you imagine their job? Just waiting for unsuspecting drivers that will turn in front of the shop, and they will jump out and start negotiating for settlement.
5 fully armed men doing absolutely nothing but still collecting salaries and bribes they will spend on women!

Upload pictures of the actual building.
Capture the environment from across the fence.
Capture the full buildings
Capture the interiors.

blank:
Ah. Okay. Get ready for the culture shock. EKEDC bill will collect all of that in less than 2 months. Good you are using prepaid meter but if it is an IKEDC one, you will have to purchase another meter.

That your 40k will be less than what you will spend per month on services. I believe in estates cos i feel it can reduce costs without putting the physical stress on you but those rules and regulations are utterly crazy.

My current location is managed by EkoDisco and I guess their jurisdiction should cover Lekki too. Monthly service charge on the meter is a little less than 800 bucks (whether you use it or NOT), which I am sure that as consumers awareness grow, they will soon be challenged to knock the charges down.
The problem is people like LG charging double of what PHCN pays for the kw/hr, and then uses the 24hr delivery as an excuse to jack up annual fees to over 200k, while I enjoy the light for 12hrs max.
The greed they bring to the table is just what I can't afford to finance.
Using economics of scale, the overall service charges should even be lower than what an individual pays in an isolated home.

blank:
40k for utilities a year? Wow. I am interested o. What part of Lekki is this?

Nah. That's mainland.

blank:
Let us do the maths properly so that we are comparing apples with apples.

On your Own (assuming all things being equal and normal usage;
1. Electricity bill in EKEDC
2. Maintaining generator
3. Fuel (diesel and petrol)
4. Paying a security man
5. Buying water (including Water Corp)
6. Security dues (gate fees, OPC)
Any other that i didn't mention.

Compare that with the cost of estate dues and 24 hrs electricity and not having to do any of the above. Remember EKEDC bills are really high. That is when you can know if the cost is worth it.

Using my current residence as a guide,
I pay less than 40k/annum for all utilities- water, security, Lawma et al.
My meter is Pre-paid and because there's not much supply coming from the Grid, not sure I use up to 1k worth/month. I use Gen only at night, no need for 24/7 as everybody is out during the day.

Now, remember I can decide to put a shop in front of my building, or even a BQ, and use the rent to defray all the utilities.
Fact is the over bloated estate charges makes it unattractive for me, It looks like I'm still renting even after down-payment for the house (after all the major motivation for owning the home is to be free from rent bills).

chitown:
Thank you lawyer for this article. I and some friends bought some plots of land in Mowe from Wisdom property for 500,000 each. Its been over 5 years now and nothing has been received. The last I heard they are requesting 1.2M for development fee. They got to be kidding me right!!! I wouldn't spend another kobo on them. The govt land is not too different either. People who subscribed to govt schemes in ikorodu and ijanikin are yet to see their land despite paying the govt fully. We truly need a change!! Everything stinks when its comes to land in Nigeria. The lasg has not fully performed their responsibilities to those citizens who were allocated land since 2010, yet they are coming out with new schemes. What they have done is making those in the land bureau stupendous rich by allocating these lands meant for the citizens to their cronies for resale.

These guys are so heartless! Imagine your 1m in 10%/annum investment for 5 years, you should have topped up extra 500k by now.
But then, what's the appreciation rate of the land now? Is it habitable yet?
Assuming you want to sell, can it fetch up to 1.5m?

blank:
https://www.nairaland.com/862800/lekki-gardens-estate-how-genuine

Wow! Thanks for the link.
I read up from page 1 till the end.
With the rules and regulations, connection fees, service charges and all, I can clearly see that it won't work for me. How can I supposedly buy a home, and yet I will be paying pseudo-rent for life, with no right to make simple decisions
Their subtle strategy is to lure people with lower entry prices, then milk them for life!

It seems I'll have to ditch this idea of living in these fancifully marketed estates, getting a land in a good place and gradually build up will make more sense, with the liberty to enjoy the property as mine too.

I was running from Omoniles and their owo foundation, owo decking, owo roofing and all that, but it seems to be cheaper still, compared to these hidden charges from the estate developers. At least once the building is up, you are home and dry from the exploitations.

Onuokwu:
Are you sure you still want to go ahead with that transaction? Have you read the thread on Lekki Gardens? You may want to do so.

Oh, there's a thread on that already?
Please drop the link.
Thanks.

IdiAmin1:
I'm not surprised Mr. Fayemi, I saw it coming. Anything to accomodate Tinubu, Amaechi, Atiku and whole lot of his campaign financiers is a well orchestrated plan by Buhari/APC. After all the "I will destroy corruption bruhaha", now this. That shows how "incorruptible" the almighty Buhari is

We all know these crooks will find a way of watering this corruption fight down.
But Buhari should get ready for a show down with the citizens.
The ONLY ONE reason why people wanted GEJ out of the seat and Buhari in is because of the wanton looting of our collective wealth, and they latched on that popular wish for the CHANGE campaign.

Buhari should in fact start from his financiers because charity begins at home
It ain't gonna be funny! The nation is watching!

blank:
@ Lawyer, this is a very apt thread. I will give my own personal experience and will call names because i do not pull my punches.

I tried to invest in Lekki Gardens Phase 2. They were dodgy about releasing information and gave out false info as well. I remember Gladys saying that each house will have inverters, the estate will have a town hall meeting in which they will choose their own service charge and electricity charge, each house will be provided with a carport, etc. I asked for a contract that states all of these which they didn't have. I asked to see the documents of the land, they kept telling me long stories. Can they start building if they do not have title? Will they swindle me and run away with the houses? They can only show me after i have paid up fully and other such thrash. Also, they don't have building plans so could not get a mortgage. After 2 months of back and forth, i let go. This was before they started building Phase 2.

After a couple of years, they had built up and really expanded and we were interested again. By this time, the areas available in Ajah were either Phase 4 or Phase 3 extension. After seeing the layout, we decided on Phase 3 extension because of the access road and how easy it would be to access the express. It was meant to be directly behind Phase 3. They showed us the documents which were that they had a court case that had been settled by the families. Gave us an upfront contract (although they said the proper sale contract would be after full payment, i have forgotten what they called this initial contract). We paid the deposit and started the wait game.

After 3 months, we went there and noticed that the access road beside phase 3 had been fenced off by the people beside. That day we went, we saw army and navy fighting over one side of the land (the unfenced part) where the estate should be. We started disturbing LG to show us where the phase 3 extension will be. Today they will say it is on the right, another day it is on the left. They said the access road will be through Phase 3 or phase 4. We did a search of the documents and realised that LG lost the land they bought and they had to re-buy it from the original owners which they had not done. We started bombarding their office for our money back. They wanted to give us phase 4 which was already being built but we insisted on getting our money back. That was when they mentioned that in the final contract, refunds will be 10% of the money paid and they will refund after 3 months. That was a very long 3 months. We went there with my cousin, a lawyer to fake a law suit if they should deduct any money as we didn't enter into that contract (it was meant to be done after full payment) neither are we defaulting. They were the ones that defaulted.

They finally gave us our full money after 4 months and i have steered clear of LG and any other estate property since then.

Damn!
I am currently in discussion with LG for one of their new developments.
Your experience has given me ample points to push on our next meeting.
Thanks a lot for sharing this.