₦airaland Forum

Aconomist:
Abandoned buildings in Marina:

LASACO Assurance building, Financial Trust House, Nicon House, Conoil House, Energy Global Tower, Afribank Plaza, UAC building, Unity Trust, Nigerian Post Office and so on.


But we have a housing shortage are we too stupid to convert these structures into housing? What is wrong with Nigerians.

Add Defence Headquarters to that list.

Aconomist:
Marina district used to be the heart of Lagos, and still hosts the city's most iconic towers. However, there is a stunning lack of investment in Marina compared to other areas such as Lekki, Ikeja, and Eko Atlantic. In fact, many of the iconic buildings are laying abandoned with no attempt at renovation or rehabilitation.

Marina is strategically located in between near the mainland and near many of the banking headquarters, so why is this distinct being so heavily neglected by property developers who haven't build any skyscraper here since the late 80s?

It is abandoned because of traffic and markets and area boys. While there is traffic everywhere in VI and Lagos, but if you get stuck on Lagos Island, particularly Broad street on the market side it can be frustrating. Also the human traffic, filth etc doesn’t make the environment look nice for many corporate head offices that want a posh environment. It’s only the companies with huge investment in Head Office building like UBA, Wema Bank, Union Bank and FIrst Bank that remain there.

Unfortunately any attempt to redevelop Lagos Ilsand will fail because of the many ancestral homes there. They will not sell and besides even if you were able to get like 5hectares, corporates will still not buy it because there will still be slums, markets and area boys near you. Except the ENTIRE Lagos Island is taken over and redeveloped.

Whoknowsme:
I tell u. Me sef can't wait to use that same broom they used in campaigning to sweep them out asap

That means you are a benefactor of corruption. Because that was why Abuja was swimming in money before.

rossniti:
[img]https://mygolfinglife.files./2012/09/golf-course2.jpg[/img]

https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/19/86/79/32/golf-course.jpg

https://guardian.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/millenium_park_abuja.jpg

Abuja is perhaps the only proper city we have in Nigeria. The rest are all slums including lagos. If care is not taken though, same thing will happen to Abuja. Thank God El Rufai restored some sanity to that place.

iamDrRhymes:
Am with Osaze on this one. You will never be controversial until you start speaking the truth.

Exactly. Not seen a set of people that like to bury their head in sand and pretend all is well like Nigerians. Then when matter explode, they run helter-skelter like they had no idea it was coming.

This betting thing is already a pandemic amongst the youth.

Twelfthman:
At ur age u dey Run ur mouth like tap. Have u no shame. Anyway apology accepted

What Osaze said is actually quite correct.

dre11:
https://www.thecable.ng/judiciary-tops-icpc-corruption-index-with-n9-4bn-bribes-in-two-years

So why not plan sting operations to set them up and root out corrupt judges!?

It ain't rocket science.

LegendVibes:
Popular blogger Linda Ikeji has said she is still in search for a husband, Igbere TV reports.

The Lagos-based socialite on Tuesday described herself as a ‘strong, self-made and independent’ woman on Instagram.



https://www.instagram.com/p/CIRP3EincOY/?igshid=1idiz3px8slrb

Linda has a son Jayce for oil merchant Sholaye Jeremi with whom she had a secret affair.

She gave birth to Jayce in Atlanta, USA on September 17, 2018.

While it is true that she is self made, the constant reference to it is a bit childish and unnecessary. It shows a lack of humility. There are thousands of tech billionaires in America and you don't see this constant reference to self made all over the place.

Islie:
https://dailynigerian.com/hoarders-trouble-nigerian-rice/

Story. Rice that you will never see to buy. Then APC will start giving out to Mc Oluomo to share.

NwaAmaikpe:




2020 is almost over.
Hanty when will you marry?

The sad reality of knowing she doesn't have a man to her name despite her fame and wealth has pushed her to leading a sad life of acute vanity.
She buys expensive things she doesn't need since she can't get those things that come cheap to others which she really needs.

Knowing she has 2300 pairs of shoes, 800 bags and 7 automobiles may make her sleep better at night.
But the truth is, she wakes up every morning realizing that she needs more than just a Range Rover; she needs a new last name.

Till she gets that, she is unsuccessful.
Because a woman's greatest laurel is a husband.

Dey there!

This country is a real travesty of justice. Never seen a country that like to chase shadows like Nigeria. Boko Haram and herdsmen the cannot stop or catch, yet they have all the time for end sars.

Another reason why the stadium should be privatised. If the stadium we ere being used regularly and generating income, would weed be an issue in the first place?

NLC will soon come out against plans to concession the stadium, yet their own members who work there add no value to the facility. Does the stadium not have a groundsman.

So is Banky W now claiming to be born again?

I've said for a while and I'll say it again. If all these new train services are left in the hands of the government they will all stop functioning by 2025.

Nigeriabis the worst country to leave services for government to manage.

The best way is to privatise railway services in Nigeria. Let the tracks be owned and managed by one company, while other companies own and run the service itself. Similar to how many airlines use the same airport and pay landing fees etc.

Government is going to ruin these railways and we will be paying loans for what isn't even working.

Flyingngel:
When we were complaining abt such ancient trains the zombie says so many unprintable word against us; how can a government buys old trains when bullet trains are now in use everywhere?
They shld thank God it didn't break down in a Book haram enclave, otherwise it is RIP that will be written now.

Bullet trains are not in use everywhere and there is nothing wrong with the types of trains we bought.

Its not about exiting recession. Recession is an academic construct, defined by mathematical formula that does not mean much to the average Nigerian because their is no linkage.

What interests Nigerians is how the economy improves to the extent that infrastructure improves, jobs are created and people have more money to spend and their quality of life improves.

Kekereekun123:
shame. Dangote had bought 2 of the refineries under Obj. The dull Yar adua reversed the sale. now Dangote has his own refinery and the Nigerian one are worthless. https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/how-yaradua-was-pressurised-to-revert-refineries-sold-to-dangote-obasanjo/

The most stupid decision of government in the last decade. Just think where those refineries would be now worth jobs created and revenue earned for government from taxes.

ouzo1:
Vaseline Crew.

Pictures are probably touched up. Particularly the hips area.

ivolt:
Foolish and regressive policy. Everyone knows that fuel price is responsible for high transportation costs and not import duties. If fuel price is slashed today, the effect will be immediate unlike the duty reduction whose effects is dubious.

Very well said. I struggle to see the correlation between the levy and daily costs of operating the vehicle. The levy is one off, but costs of doing business such as fuel, maintancence, etc are daily.

Having said that I do support the deregulation of petrol though. But the point is the government need to be smarter. Having good roads and also effective train services may be more useful in the long run for efficient transfer of food products across the country than reduction in levy.

Yenefer:
Every problem. Buhari Buhari. PDP ruled over this country for 16 years. Just because Buhari is from the North. They try so hard to make it look like he is not working to take us to the promised land. Buhari is the best president Nigeria ever had

You must be crazy if you really believe what you have typed up there.

Article doesn't say exactly what the bursar did while in office.

It's possible that the bursar is right while the union is wrong. Perhaps they have been collecting illegal money which the bursar stopped and they hate him for it.

Kemi Adeosun had a similar experience with ministry of finance staff then when she stopped bogus allowances and they were up in arms against her, but she prevailed because she was right legally.

seniormallam:
After reading, I didnt find anywhere prepared as alternative parking for them, bubu's style of government, this government don't operate with reality at all.

That's not the government's job bro. Owner of truck should find a parking spot that does not contravene the law.

Originalsly:
If you want to have a truck... you must plan where to park it. It is not for the FG to provide parking.... we always look for the FG to provide everything. Their responsibility is to provide the highways..... and to enforce the no parking rules. This is an opportunity for entrepreneurs to invest in truck parks.... but we can't see such opportunities.
I just hope the laws are enforced period..... don't know why he has to talk about oil on road as if it will be ok to park if no oil gets on the road.

Absolutely right. When starting the business didn't the truck owners have a plan for where to park them? Well obviously not, but the road is not the place. FG should act for once and stop talking!!

dre11:
https://punchng.com/fg-orders-parked-trucks-trailers-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway-to-vacate/

This is part of the incompetence of FG. So tanker drivers are now more powerful than the laws of the land? Parking heavy trailers on the road has become the norm all over the country, wrecking the roads, yet the FG just turns ablind eye. Like Fashola said, if trucking is your business then plan for well designed trailer parks along expressways that do not deface and destruction the road and do not cause a nuisance for other road users.

NwaNimo1:
https://tribuneonlineng.com/2nd-niger-bridge-will-be-completed-in-2022-%e2%80%95-fashola/

So how is China able to construct bridges 10tines in length in 3years? Why is everything rocket science in Nigeria? JB should be working night and day under protection of Army for security.

The bridge in the link below is 164km. Almost the length of lagos ibadan expressway and it took just 9 years!!

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2183290-worlds-longest-sea-bridge-opens-between-hong-kong-and-mainland-china/#:~:text=China%20is%20also%20home%20to,water%20between%20Shanghai%20and%20Nanjing.

MRSAWEDOFF:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndE4TJDq9hA

Passengers in an Abuja-kaduna bound train lamented after their train broke down on the middle of nowhere for over 2 hours without any help coming from Railway cooperation.

The visibly distraught passengers had no option than to disembark from their coaches, wilt some sitting down on the rail tracks as they patiently wait for technicians to come fix the train.

Government should remove itself from running these train services otherwise by 2025 mark my words, it would have fallen to pieces.

So just like that because senate requested and president agreed, a road just changes from 2 lane to 3 Lane overnight!

No serious analysis was done with respect to vehicle flow on that road, long term demands etc. That axis already has train planned, which should be the long term focus for passenger and freight, yet the senators selfishly wanted it expanded to enjoy their luxury vehicles.

Dedetwo:
Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim was one of the richest in Nigeria and the pride son of Oduduwa. It is funny he is now addressed as Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim instead of billionaire Jimoh Ibrahim. Nigeria is a really shithole.

Jimmy Ibrahim and his like who rape Nigerian banks and cause them to fail at the detriment of those of us with small money there are the real sithole.

infogeneral:
With the absence of law and order, the country is gradually becoming a failed state and this is not good for all of us. Look to Yemen, Somalia, DR Congo etc.

This is our country we all have roles to play to make it work even as we register our displeasures with the current situations.

#law&order

Totally agree. Nigerian government has to find a way to restore a semblance of law and order. The more these touts are emboldened, the more they disobey the laws of the land and become uncontrollable.

I am getting more worried now. After the END SARS thing, the masses have now seen that police really have no way to stop them except shooting. And if 50 police come up against 1000mob, police can only but run away.

This will embolden mobs and criminals, especially now that police morale is at an all time low.

And its the people that will bear the brunt of the mayhem on the streets.

Nigeria is now beginning to suffer from the under investment in the police. No rubber bullets, no pepper spray, no tear gas, no riot gear, no hot water cannon etc to disperse crowds. So only option is to use bullets or run away. Not good for our police.

In the America and Kong Kong protests, police almost matched protesters and with equipment they could hold their ground.

sammy329:

I blame SanwoOlu for the level, Lagos has fallen into. He should have curb the protest when it was still at a small stage, but he was unnecessarily diplomatic and now Lagos is still paying for it.

I'm beginning to see Sanwo as a weak man, he should learn a lesson or two from Governor Wike.

Sanwo Olu doesn't control Army or Police. Not sure there is much he can do. That Chief Security Officer tag is just that....a tag.