₦airaland Forum

004gist:
The first 4 pictures shows Ezeukwu (Bende LGA) bridge that was built and commissioned by the senator representing Abia North, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu on the 29 day of January 2024, barely 1 year after commisioning the road/bridge for use, it failed , posing serious great to the lives of Ezeukwu people as this is their main entrance into their ancestral land.

The last 6 photos shows the current state of the bridge and the road as it's been reconstructed by the Greater Ohafia Development Authority (GODA), a body established by Governor Otti to ensure that strategic LGAs in Abia North receive the necessary attention.

Gov. Alex C. Otti is not just working the urban centers of Aba and Umuahia, the rural areas are also receiving great attention.

📸 Nelson Anya

Abia Gist Hub

Just asphalt! No stone base at all. And in the South East of all places....where the soil isn't very stable. Criminal construction.

alamscolo:
The reality is not far fetched from the writer's point of view, but going for a residential building is just to tie your money and after some years when you're tired, you sell off the property. It's actually one business that the risk is calculated, I have 3 already though I'm not doing anything residential again after these but it's a fund tied down for pension, sell some and use some to eat when you don't have the power again

I hope what you realize in Naira when you sell it will make sense. Houses in Nigeria are not always liquid. Sometimes you need money in 6 months and you start putting the house on the market. You may not get an offer that interests you till 12.months after. I notice Nigerians don't like houses somebody has lived in for many years, except to demolish for the land. We typically like new houses.

CoronaVirusPro:
I think it’s just that people are bad with mathematics. Cos simple maths can show that it does not have a good ROI.

Build a house for 100M then wait for 20 years to reach profit! Common, many things you can do to keep the money working and finance any lifestyle you want to live.

It’s a false narrative that has been imbibed for years.

I won't say it's a false narrative. It was s good narrative in the 60's, 70's and 80's when Nigeria's economy was more stable. But from the 90's when Nigeria's economy started a consistent decline, the argument for building residential property to rent got worse and worse and that argument got really bad in the last 10 years most especially.

IamANigerianMan:
Another rubbish , Create state police, use the so call constituent allowances, security vote , allowances for senate, house of rep to finance it

Police is not to fight terrorists. State police may not be the immediate answer.

moscow007:
Why not buy from the global South for a change.

The last tucanos can't be used becos the West disabled so many functionalities.

Instead of all this waste of money buying hardwares we can't use due to western restrictions, why not borrow Ukraine tech. (Which is not public knowing), obtain semantics for making 3D printed drones or improve on our home grown drone tech and root these terrorists out

That's not true. The tucano have been used several times.

tunjijones:
Do pay per view.

All this one you are saying is nonsense without paying per view

DSTv doesn't have any pay per view anywhere in Africa.

If you insist they do share the link to the website where they advertise that offering.

Kemetian:
But why the obsession with cement houses when they are cheaper alternatives all around us?

The real surprise is why we use so much cement. It's not as if we are a hurricane-prone region or something. We can use lighter materials that are cheaper too.

Nigerians are really entitled. Even dirt poor Nigerians will say Bamboo house is not for them. Isn't it's better to have a roof over your head first?

And truly our houses are probably over engineered. Cement and concrete everywhere.

thesicilian:
369m for a single car. Even many bullet proof cars are far less expensive than that. If you ask what particular feature about the car makes it that expensive now, no body can say.

I hope you know ordinary Camry thsts brand new is at least N100mln. Brand new Lexus LX600 will be at least N250mln. So him having a N369mln car is not excess by any means.

CaptainFM1:
Even China cannot use this kind of trains they are giving us.

The point of any mass transit is to get from point A to point B safely, speedily and efficiently.

We aren't doing fashion parade with trains here. There is abosultely nothing wrong with it.

If they bring much fancier trains thst cost more and ask you to pay a higher fare, una go still complain.

lilfreezy:
Arsenal is not a serious club. Lookman is a serious upgrade to Martinelli.

I also think he's an upgrade to Martinelli and Trossard.

I'd buy Lookman and sell Martinelli. Rotate Lookman and Trossard with each backing up for the other

AMINDA:
What decades rot? Nigeria has seen more rot in 2 years than it saw in a decade while Tinubu and his elite political class continue to live extravagantly. Does he also need decades to fix the so-called decades rot?

I've not yet seen One thing in life that is easier to build than to destroy.
Nigeria is suffering from over 40 years of maladministration symptomized by subsidies for everything from an era when Nigeria had stupendous money.

Rhado:
We the Arsenal fans will very soon accept the truth about Arteta. The man is so arrogant and proud. He wants to form some kind of genius, like introducing a style of football that will be completely attributed to him, while that maybe good, I don’t think he’s got the capacity or pedigree for such. You keep trying to prove nonsense. 5 years now trophyless. Tottenham finally had a more successful season than Arsenal.

That's being a bit harsh.

Maxymilliano:
FULL LIST: VAT generated in states across Nigeria in Q1 2025


https://www.facebook.com/share/1AehUBTjYH/

This report is still on the old basis of calculating VAT based on where the head office of companies are, rather than where consumption of the product or service took place.

Once the tax bills are signed into law by Mr President and the method of calculation changes, this will look very different

Truths9ja:
“Nobody Owes You Anything” – Actress Damilola Adegbite Shares Emotional Life Lesson After Turning 40.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPcrc0Mnd8o

Looks like she's gone to get some work done too!? Cos this hips can't be natural, even though I agree she was curvy in her Tinsel days, which are about 10years ago now.

Shidinky:
10 and 20 naira re not price cuts
They should stop playing with our sense
A real fuel price cost will take fuels to 600 or 700 range. Anything else is media cruise

If your not aware. Ghana cedi has appreciatedby 50% since their new president took over gew months ago. But tinubu depreciated naira by 300% . Turned Nigeria to an apc state and sent cost of living to an all time high.
Let's keep voting lubbish

Do you know why it appreciated? Do you know the dynamics of in their economy why it appreciated? You folks just behave as if its by the wave of a hand!!

Sheuns:
Una no wan diversify again?

Lol....lazy government!

Man102:
Source : https://politicsnigeria.com/inside-nigerias-quiet-egg-and-sperm-market-where-students-trade-fertility-for-survival/

I wouldn't believe people do this till I met a girl who told me she sold her eggs. If I recall, she was given N250k or so. But the procedure left her unwell for like 3 months, due to the hormone injections she had to be taking for a few months. She felt bloated, ill and was bleeding for a bit after the procedure, but thankfully, she is fine now. All this was like 9 months ago.

sonssyo:
me self is considering doing it for my mum in the village;

1.5kva sumor
8 room apartment with just tv...
1 freezer thats all

will cost how much bikonu....
every time i travel, i spend 100-150k on fuel that we use for 6 hours in a day, I'm tired like this, if i can drill borehole for her and put the solar, change the roof of the house this year, God don help me be that.

I have 5kva inverter with 5kwh lithium battery.

Everything in my house except washing machine, AC's and oven are connected to it. i even use my microwave with it for short times - like 5mins to warm food or electric kettle to boil water for tea, which is just few minutes.

But things that are on always are fridge, freezer, water dispenser. lights, fan and TV are used as required. Basically I dont think twice about using anything....I just use as I need it and it lasts me about 10hours, so roughly I consume about 0.5kwh every hour.

it cost N2.8mln. I installed this in October 2024. No panels.

Putindbutt:
If you don't know debts accumulate interests over a period of time, then you need to pick up a GCE form and enroll in classes.

Maybe you are one who needs to go back to school, if you believe $120BILLION (in US Dollars) is missing from Fidelity Bank. Thats probably more than all the deposits in Nigeria's banks combined!!! Thats N195 TRILLION!!!

Vendor127001:
As weather conditions change and raining season has fully begun in Nigeria, It’s the yearly anniversary of water flooding lekki as usual, a man complains about the amount of used condoms floating in the flood , with vehicles also stuck in the water which has risen above knee level.

Source: Energyoftheicon

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV_RN-5r5AA?si=oAqdkWjmzWwwdU5X

Here we go again...

adenigga:
Source: https://vanguardngr.com/Lagos-hospital-pays-N20m-monthly-bill-for-3hrs-daily-electricity

This 80,000 litres a month amounts to N88mln. This makes no sense. I'm not sure what the power requirements are on on a KW or Kva basis, but their are industrial containerized inverter and battery management systems that will provide electricity they need. And if they have space, they can add enough solar to take themselves off grid.

If they spent N300mln to set that up inverter and battery system, they would save money in the long run.

Nairaland should get the functionality for polls.

Ologolo, Lekki I'd rate 8/10. For past month we are getting about 22hrs a day, Band A

[quote author=DrMB post=135366431][/quote]This analysis makes no sense, because not all of them had the same policy with forex. Reason why it devalued more with Tinubu is because of a drastic change in policy by Tinubu to stop defending the naira recklessly.

Tinubu took a bold, rational and damaging policy change for the long term good of the country.

Kewekubosineh:
LoL 😆

So, you are underestimating the political prowess of Seyi Tinubu?

Seyi Tinubu is the next governor of Lagos state.

Take this to the Bank!

Its not going to happen. Tinubu cannot stop Obasa from putting forward his sone for LG Chairman and then go ahead and out Seyi for Governor. That will create bad blood. He has set a precedence with Obasa, it will be foolhardy for him to try and circumvent it for his own son.

Lalar27:
The right person for the job is seyi Tinubu. I see the legacy of his father in him and am very sure if he contested and won he will fo wonders to Lagos state and me the state the best state in Africa

What is his pedigree? What has he achieved in his life?

SmartPolician:
This was what agbadorians told us about Babatunde Fashola until he proudly wasted 8 years as a Darkness Minister

But compare the two. power supply under Adelabu is visible better! it's like night and day.

Fashola was a huge disappointment

AntiChristian:
Who go come win am?

Hakimi if he wins UCL?

Salah again.

DeLaRue:
Given that the price of crude oil has been averaging around $65 or less per barrel for nearly a month, I would have expected petrol price to fall significantly more than it has done.

If petrol price can't go to around N750 when crude oil price has fallen so much, that's a bad sign.

It means petrol price in this country will probably not fall to N700 for several years to come.

On what basis should petrol have fallen to N750 based on the current price of crude which is about
$63? What level of knowledge on crude pricing and petrol Dynamics do you have??

treesun:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/05/breaking-dangote-refinery-slashes-petrol-gantry-price-to-n825-per-litre/

So N10 is slash again? So simple 'reduce' no suffice.

Sharpsharp00123:
u are here hailing your own despite d fact that u know he's in jail n u knew what took him to jail.

But the same u wants every Yoruba to condemn tinubu who wasn't caught for any tribe.

It's taboo for yorubas to celebrate tinubu but u Igbos can celebrate ekweremadu even in jail.

I can bet if tinubu was an Igbo person u Igbos will hail him to high heaven.

To u Yoruba buts who believe being woke is throwing your own under d bus, think about it. These people only want u to destroy your own, they will always celebrate their own no matter how worse he is

Nigerians abre the biggest hypocrites on the planet.

adenigga:
Source: https://punchng.com/Fuelled-by-hunger-Luxury-vehicle-owners-hit-the-streets-as-taxi-drivers

So Corolla is now luxury vehicle?

Most people who do so may be drivers trying to make quick cash, now the vehicleb owners, is it's a nice car.