₦airaland Forum

Terrible! Hope they managed to escape.

Sexyolori:
honestly my dear, I believe there is more to this story than this confession. several times, she complained of being afraid that her husband will kill her because she knew nearly all his secrets. it's sad that we are in a country where the police do not carry out thorough investigations to get to the root of a crime but just draw shallow conclusions.in most foreign countries, even if it takes them years, they leave no stones unturned to solve a crime. the wicked may escape judgement on earth but will never escape God's judgement....

Hmmm! Another angle...

How are we sure that she was in a relationship with him? The woman is not alive to confirm or deny.

The important thing is that the criminals have been caught and the husband's name has been cleared of any wrongdoing.

OMEGA009:
No Nigerian can visit Ajaokuta Steel Company ASC, see investments of more than $8b rotting in the African sun and not cry. i went there, I cried. what exactly is the problem? if I have written severally on this topic, but today let me do a comprehensive post.

Ajaokuta Steel Company is massive, she has 68km road network, 24 housing estates on the project. Some of the estates have over 1,000 homes, a seaport, a 110mw power generation plant, there are 43 separate plants in Ajaokuta alone. It is estimated that if Ajaokuta becomes operational, it will create 500,000 jobs.

There is no industrialized nation on earth that does not have a steel sector it’s that simple. A report by the Central Bank of Nigeria shows that Nigeria currently imports steel, aluminum products and associated derivatives of approximately 25 metric tonnes per annum estimated at $4.5bn, this figure will continue to rise, and the Nigerian economy continues to expand. Ajaokuta is an integrated steel company, it was designed by the Russian to be self-sufficient to get all its inputs from Nigeria and make steel. Ajaokuta strength is also its weakness, Ajaokuta can only work with all inputs available.



this will be a slightly technical post, but please try and follow.



Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon amongst other things, iron is the base metal in steel, to make steel, you need Iron Ore, Coke from Coal, Limestone as main components. these components are mixed in a blast furnace to produce liquid steel which can be long steel for rail lines or flat steel for automobile making etc

To give a simple example, look at steel as making jollof rice, iron ore is the rice, the limestone and coke are the pepper and salt the pot is the blast furnace. At a steel plane the blast furnace is ONLY turned on when the steel company is ready to make steel. Blast furnaces operate continuously and are never shut down. The raw material to be fed into the furnace is divided into several small charges that are introduced into the furnace at 10- to 15-min intervals. this means everything must be in place BEFORE the blast furnace is turned on, the iron ore, the coal, the limestone, everything, why? Because you do not switch off a blast furnace for another 10 years or however its campaign life is.



Nigeria has blessed with all the major raw materials needed to produce steel including iron ore in Kogi, coal and limestone in Enugu.

Nigerian iron has very low iron concentration. Agbaja has the largest iron ore deposit in Nigeria with about 2 billion tonnes but the Agbaja iron ore has a high phosphate content. Phosphate can cause brittleness in steel making it to fracture, thus Agbaga was abandoned for Itakpe. Itakpe iron ore has no issues with phosphate but has low iron content, thus to make steel with Nigeria iron ore, a process called “beneficiation” has to be done to process the Itakpe ores to raise its iron content to meet the required standard for steel production.

Coal? Most of the coal found in Nigeria is non-coking, thus, unsuitable for steel production. coal deposits in Enugu, have no impurities but are non-coking. The good news? Nigeria has abundant deposit of limestone and we have natural gas to provide power



So back to Ajaokuta, what really happened? why can Nigeria not make steel anytime soon? let’s link up the elements

Policy Failure: The Ajaokuta contract was signed between the Nigerian government and the Soviet state-owned company, Tiajpromexport (TPE) the company was scheduled for completion in 1986. In 2012, the Federal Government launched her backward integration policy. Going forward import licenses for steel products was only granted to companies producing steel locally. TPE to ensure they could import steel parts for Ajaokuta simply went ahead and built the rolling mills in Ajaokuta before the actual steel plant was completed, they imported billet from Ukraine to accomplish this. Thus, Ajaokuta was producing steel before the actual steel plant was started. Thus, amazingly Ajaokuta has a functional rolling mills but no operational blast furnace, Ajaokuta cannot produce steel from basic iron ore found in Nigeria in her blast furnace.…this is the definition of cart before the horse.


NIOMCO Factor: The iron ore in Nigeria earmarked for Ajaokuta is from Itakpe, it has low iron content thus the FG built National Iron Ore Mining Company (NIOMCO) a 2.15 metric tonnes beneficiation plant designed to process the low-quality iron ore from Itakpe to iron ore suitable for Ajaokuta Steel. Simply put, if NIOMCO does not operate, Ajaokuta CANNOT operate (unless Ajaokuta uses imported iron ore.) as at today, June 17th 2018, NIOMCO is not operational




Railway: 15m tonnes of iron ore cannot be moved by road, as it will destroy the roads, thus a railway was to be built from Itakpe to Ajaokuta to take iron ore from the beneficiation plan in Itakpe to the Ajaokuta. The. Itakpe to Ajaokuta by rail is just 52km, the rail line was to be delivered by March 2019, but the Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi revised the delivery date to June 2018 and converted the purely commercial railway to also carry human passengers. These changes meant the cost of the project and delivery dates had to change as passenger wagons and train stations had to be built. To achieve this, 12 new passenger stations and 12 access roads had to be designed and built. The Itakpe to Ajaokuta (IA) has two stations. As at June 2018, The station IA1 – Eganyi to Itakpe, is still under design. Station AW1 – Ajaokuta (standard station) (zero per cent work done). Thus the railways are not functional


Blast Furnace: The furnace in Ajaokuta is the heart of Ajaokuta, it is the pot where the jollof rice will be cooked, however it has never been turned on, why? because there has never been any time Ajaokuta has had raw materials available to ensure continuous day in day out production for 5 years. Why has there never been materials? Because there is no rail way to take iron ore from Itakpe to Ajaokuta. Why is there no railway from Itakpe to Ajaokuta? Because NIOMCO in Itakpe is moribund and no functional and cannot convert Nigeria iron ore to high grade ore for the furnace in Ajaokuta.


So, it follows that for Ajaokuta to work, we MUST have three key critical paths



NIOMCO must be functional
Itakpe to Ajaokuta Railway line must be functional
Blast Furnace operational
All three are not functional, so its clear Nigeria cannot make steel in Ajaokuta. Nothing however stops a corrupt government official from importing billets and running them in the rolling mills to deceive tax payers. So, when anyone tells you Ajaokuta will soon work ask them, can a steel plant work without NIOMCO, railways and a blast furnace?



All is not gloom, Kayode Fayemi as Minister was able to secure an out of court about Ajaokuta, we must build on this



In closing, Ajaokuta is the only steel plant in the world built by the USSR, sold to Americans, then to Indians, all these teams have come and gone with their own technical style, there have even been accusations of asset stripping by the Indians.



So why this post? because I am a patriot, I will not sit by and watch scarce resources be wasted in a grand deceit. Probably some corrupt folks have told Mr President that Ajaokuta can produce economically viable steel if “small” dollars are spent. You can already see how the critical rail line delivery dates was moved back to ensure it is done in time for 2019 elections, yet it is still in design stage. Ajaokuta is Nigeria and probably Africa biggest failure. It has failed. Can it be made to work yes but the cost to integrate Ajaokuta with her mines and rails can be used to build new smaller modern turn key functional steel mills. The government should get out of Ajaokuta, sell the place and allows the private sector capital and expertise restructure and own it.



If you want to make jollof rice and there is no rice the solution is not to keep boiling water without rice but to go and get rice.

Thanks so much for this enlightening post.

Agadsman:
I have never seen a Muslim prostitute

Visit Obalende at night.

Are we just planting cocoa for export or planning to upgrade to cocoa processing so we can produce chocolates etc?

Raw Cocoa bean export won't take us far.

The rate at which doctors are leaving the country is alarming. It's scary considering that we don't have enough medical personnel to man our hospitals. This should be a source of worry if the government cares for the citizens.

Wondering how he came about this idea.

That is according to other reports including one from Interswitch.

mamajaz:
That ford that was parked before the jumping jumping we were told was fully registered nah. Who owns it, was it the owner that drove it, if not he/she should know who drove it then. The jumper doesn't look so mysterious to me joorrr. The stewpid bloggers are just longing things for us.

The owner of the jeep and his wife are alive and well. They had nothing to do with the suicide if any actually took place. They only stopped by to be of help.

May God protect him and keep him safe always. Amen

I just feel so sad for the woman's family. Her husband and children need help, love and support to get over this disaster. The children especially especially who suddenly have no parents. Terrible!

May God strengthen them and give them the grace to forge ahead against all odds. Amen.

JamaicanLove:



I do have suicidal thoughts sometimes

Don't know what it means

But sometimes, whenever I think about taking my life, my thoughts go to my dad, how he would feel. The pains he would go through, when I'm gone.
He doesn't even know that I have chronic asthma, and sleep apnea.
I hide this things from him.
I'm an introvert, I don't associate.
Lots of things are weighing me down.
Who am I Kidding, no one here gives a fuc.k

Every human being has problems. When you hear from others you'll thank God for what you have. The reality is that how issues are managed makes all the difference in our lives.

Talk to your dad or someone you can trust. Visit a counsellor if necessary. Better still, faith helps as espoused by Banky. Get close to God whichever religion you practise. A lot of strength is derived from that.

May God guide and uphold you. Amen

He will not die but live to glorify the name of God. No evil weapon fashioned against him shall prosper. Amen

His comment is rude, full of hate and most unbecoming of an Editor. It's so shameful!

I wonder why anyone would conclude that Yorubas will vote for PMB just because of this late hour favor done to correct the anomalies of June 12. The favor is accepted in good faith no doubt but time will tell if it will have a significant impact on the forthcoming elections.

People are wise. They can determine what is best for them under any situation.

GenBuhari:
The media were saying that Abacha's family were going to court to defend the loot, but I have done extensive research and have not seen any evidence they looted let alone go to court to defend looted money. The only reason any Abacha's family member may go to court would be to clear their name of malicious and unjust allegations of looting.

You need to read more. Apart from the loot, life was hellish (at least in the south) during that era.

The most transparent and least violent election of our time! God bless Prof Humphrey Nwosu.

@Op

Please where is your nursery located. I'd like to buy some plants.

Buhari was part of the government when Abiola was incarcerated and subsequently died. Thank God that he has now deemed it fit to do the right thing.

While i applaud him for what he has just done, it may not have the desired impact on 2019. There are too many issues to consider before taking a decision.

So much ignorance on Nairaland. The days of articulate analysis and presentation of news is far gone!

There is no judgement yet. Those who understand court processes will know that no one is being paid now. The case isn't over. It's just a precautionary measure to ensure that the money will be paid IF Innoson wins the case.

Time to probe the Murtala Mohammed Foundation!

Well deserved if it is legally justifiable. This makes our efforts to engender true democracy in our society on and after June 12 worth it.

However it changes nothing as far as 2019 is concerned. June 12 is our past. There are more critical and important issues to consider now if we must have a better future.

This is certainly not Offa.

Trust Offa people to do their best at all times. They're very good at making a success of communal efforts.

Hmm! The state should have a law banning the receipts of funds derived from Haram items like beer then.

What is the point of destroying beer bottles and arresting bar owners when the economy of the state partially depends on Federal allocation which includes VAT from the "illegal" items?

This can't be true.

I don't blame Femi. I blame the populace for being more interested in personal gains in the name of dividends of democracy. The money spent on these items could also have been spent on a more enduring project that will benefit the constituency as a whole instead of a few people. For instance, donation of modern hospital equipment, upgrade of common facilities etc

I can't help crying!

Almighty God, please intervene on this lady's behalf. She doesn't deserve to suffer anymore. She shouldn't be made to go to jail. I know she should have walked away but I recently came to appreciate that it's not always as easy as we all want to believe. Father please do the impossible for her to glorify your name. Amen.

People need to be enlightened to know where they can find succour so that they're not afraid to quit when the going gets unbearably tough. Most of those badly affected are poor and helpless. Clerics and family usually advice that they stay instead of supporting them to find their feet. Social welfare facilities in this regard should be visible and easily approachable for people.

Hope he gets involved in charitable causes. He's from a rich family no doubt. He should impact more on the society especially the less privileged. Money and assets just for flaunting sake adds no value to life and humanity. We're created to make a difference and to fulfil a divine purpose to God's glory.

They should hold him (if the man was aware and consented) and his wife responsible for having faith in their pastor instead of God. Every human being is capable of doing what a Pastor does if he's spiritually in tune with God.

God asks us to seek knowledge and improve on our understanding. In that situation, the doctor knows better. It's wise to pray along as he does all he can to save the man's life. Why take him to the hospital only to tie the hands of the doctor? She might as well have gone straight to the Pastor. Ignorance is a terrible disease indeed.

Worship, serve and trust God absolutely not your Pastor!

A public park or private park? Relevant documents or court processes can resolve this if true. It seems that there's much more to this story.

May their souls rest in peace.

This is getting too much! Why is it so difficult to find the killers in Zamfara after all these years? This is not about tribe or religion or farmer/herdsmen clashes. We need to get to the root of these killings before we inadvertently end up in a Rwanda situation. It's time to learn from Mali and Ghana where terrorists have been largely defeated.