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Duru9:
2odd

Mazi Duru, you wicked fa?? two sure odds abi and the thing go enter.

OP, you fit try those sure odds. Nobody knows. I have been laughing here

No smart phone for my kids for now.

They have laptops and use it for their assignments. They do play with my wife's phone sometimes but all the things they need are in their laptops and desktop computer in their room. They should start their IT knowledge from scratch by mastering desk top and lap top usage before I move them to ipad and smart phones.

Their games and other internet programs are in the laptops and desktop in their room. It is not about carrying smart phones and tablet about.

I don't exceed 45km in all occasions. If I am carrying my wife or family, na between 35 to 40km I dey drive even on weekends for third mainland bridge. There is no hurry. I left Island this morning and the bridge was so free.

I just maintained my 40km, wound down my windscreen to enjoy better sea breeze with my sound system giving me better vibes. No hurry in life abeg. Slow, steady and focused, you will get to your destination in all situations.

Kai, Nigerian artisans could be something else even when you are trying to support them outside the work.

The site supervisor I trusted so much doctored the list of items needed for electrical piping and cabling. The total cost given by the electrician was 750k but my supervisor sent a total cost of N1.550m for the job as he told them not to communicate with me as he brought them.

I came to site and didn't see the electrician. Called him but he didn't pick. He later called me and told me that he had left the job. I asked why and he said he fought with my site supervisor. I asked what caused the fight. He said my supervisor have not given him his complete money in the previous piping work he did.

It was there that he told me to ignore the quote of N1.1550m given to me by my site supervisor and that it won't cost us up to 700k to finish what we wanted to do. The electrician told me that my site engineer told him that he wanted to make much money from this project because he wanted to travel out of the country with his newly married wife.

Note that I was even the one that gave him money to travel to his village and complete marriage rites on the lady's head as he has been living with her for more than one year.

My people, trusting those people below the economic ladder in this country is nearly impossible.

Donchieli:
No b by fantastic profile

Can she perform


Na so 9ja use profile

Sign Buhari

See am today

Everybody carry profile for Naija like bag yet the country is as underdeveloped like shit. Title don't mean anything to me, especially in Nigeria.

We can't have all these titles and brains and yet our citizens and children are running away from the country to other countries because of bad lack of inventions that could create jobs. The problem is not just about the leadership of the country but also about the people as the leaders are chosen from the people.

gaventa:
Keep building religious centers while developing countries are building Innovation centers, keep pursuing heaven while your life’s on earth is a living hell . You all think you can worship or live the supreme creator ? You want to work for God as if God told you she needs anyone to show her mightiness. Una never know anything.

You dey mind them. If you talk, they call you anti Christian. We are too religious for my liking in this country. Less religious countries keep progressing while religious fanatics infested countries keep going backwards.

Every body goes to church and mosque and still behave like devil in this country

I was surprised when I read the message on twitter. I wondered how a sane presidential spokesperson could have written something like that. I doubt if he twitted those rubbish about twitter on his handle.

hamtabfawaz:
We're available For your POP design.......


Check my signature for contact.

How much do you charge per sqm with materials?

scent9:
Including Bethlehem and Jerusalem.

Very correct.

This one don chop land money die! All these obas in Lagos, the land money wey dem don chop no be here. Na so one Baale for Lamgbasa obtain 300k from me for my land o.

I still thank God as I would have lost the land totally. The initial family wanted to obtain N2m from me before the Baale asked me to give him 300k to close out the case. Others were not lucky as they lost their land.

Land administration in Lagos is too chaotic. People's hard earned money had gone and some even paid the ultimate price.

I have lost countless times I lend people money and they refused paying. Even the ones with capacity to pay will still be dragging it, saying, "bros you are ok naa, make you chill for this small money". If you tell family members that you won't give because you have some projects going on, that even make it worse.

For their mind, your project is more important than lending a helping hand. That you are doing projects even shows that money is coming in. So I don't use that strategy again. The current pandemic is what is helping me ward them off. Tell them that you have been at home since last year and doing nothing. That has been my strategy and truly, I have been at home working. It is good when people don't know the type of job you do. Let them be guessing.

Debt destroys families and friendship. I now avoid it.

I was wondering what the lawyers were waiting for since to take up this case - I had earlier said that one serious lawyer should just take up the case and use it to shine and get fame.

I must surely visit Egypt, Rome and Greece to learn about ancient times. Starting with Italy, my next vacation destination after the pandemic.

Judgment is not the problem in Nigeria but its enforcement. How do you explain this to an illiterate VIO Kazeem that stop you at Surulere, asking for certificate of roadworthiness and you show him court judgment, exempting private car owners from getting one. Will he listen to you.

Actually, this certificate of roadworthiness is supposed to be for public vehicles but the corruption in the Nigerian system will not allow them to focus on danfo but will rather choose to harass private car owners.

TMKsouth:
Wow, this is such a tough one. Unfortunately, the path to a resolution will be a long term one, you know like with apartheid in SA, it took decades to dismantle it.

From what I've heard from South Africans who have been to Nigeria and noticed the lack of public infrastructure is that you've become a selfish society, where many people only lookout for themselves. It's for that reason your politicians and industry leaders fail to act in the common good, which is our principle down here of Ubuntu - that you can't leave other people behind, you move forward together. I've noticed it's for this reason Nigerians prefer conservative/capitalist American presidents like Trump, while we in SA are overwhelmingly sympathetic to the socialist ideals of the Democrats over there. So it's obvious we don't think alike.

So I'm not saying our system is the best, but it appears to be the more sympathetic one, that's why we build infrastructure for the common good. It's absolutely mind-boggling that various Nigerian governments have failed to build at least one quality hospital that your leaders can patronize instead of traveling abroad. I can't even begin to attempt analysing that. But the progressives in your country should not stop exerting pressure, one day there'll be a breakthrough.

Nigeria's problem is systemic and structural and it is not something that could easily be dismantled.

The ineptitude in governance contributed in making Nigerians to be selfish. Our government has made the concept of "everyman to his own" popular and people have bought the concept. That's why the citizens struggles to provide their own electricity, education, security, water and housing. In the process of trying to provide all these amenities for themselves and their families, selfishness is bound to come in as citizens try to outwit one another to gain access to resources.

Honestly, our situation is very pathetic and my heart goes to the extremely struggling families.

TMKsouth:
Hi Focusmind, thanx for the thoughtful contribution. I'm always reluctant to lecture other countries unless I'm dealing with a troll, but I think SA development is obvious to everyone.

Are u talking about Tinubu for 2023? I've seen the name around lately on the forum, but I'm still not clued up on who he is. I've noticed a lot of hype around your VP Osibanjo though, especially the first time Buhari left him in charge. Is he perhaps your best hope for the future??

TMKsouth, All these people you mentioned cannot impact positively on the people or implement policies that would bring Nigeria to the same level of development with SA. The political system in this country makes it extremely difficult for those with growth-oriented policies to contest for elections. The electoral system here is too hostile to progressives and those with good development agenda.

I always get upset when I see my fellow country men argue with you, comparing SA to Nigeria. We have all the resources to at least near SA in terms of infrastructural development, but the inbuilt corruption and its tendencies on our politicians would not allow them to build benefiting infrastructure for this country.

Honestly, other countries in Africa have left us behind but we will keep fooling ourselves here that we are making progress.

And yet, Nigerians with their over bloated ego will be challenging SA in terms of development. Until you travel out of this country, you wont understand the extent of damage our leaders have done to us.

People are here now shouting for another typical politician to take over in 2023 and the same thing continues.

TMKSouth, please tell us that SA have left us behind. Corruption has finished our country, Nigeria

EFCC and police are always quick to hand over money back to foreigners, who were victims of 419 but I hardly hear them hand over money to Nigerian victims of scams.

They usually treat foreigners case with all seriousness but a Nigerian citizen would have to be going to station every now and then to get justice when swindled.

Nigeria!!! Deception everywhere

Arrived to do what exactly? To confirm the extent of success of the operation or to arrest the perpetrators?

I knew it was a coordinated and well planned attack.

I doubt if IPOB or ESN could do such. Imagine a government staging attack unto itself. Honestly, the kind of government we are running these days. Nigeria and Nigerians have never been this disunited in ages. Nigerians seems more united in the 70s after the civil war than now.

Sadly, those that are supposed to build cohesiveness among the citizenry are the ones causing division.

I saw how OPC members arrested some Abokis removing the small small iron culvates that were used on gutters in mushin road, Lagos. I loved the way the local council immediately started using chain to chain the iron culvates together. What is our problem in this country? Consequence of poverty, impunity and lawlessness.

BarrElChapo:
Boooooring ! This banana island is really hyped your view is telecommunications masts and three storey buildings

Everything in Naija is over hyped and bloody expensive. A low cost housing estate in Houston, Texas is far more beautiful and livable than this Banana island and other high brow areas in Lagos.

How I found myself in this place is still a mystery to me. The annoying thing is that our so called leaders will jet out to Egypt to witness the parade, praise the country and come back to continue in their rudder less leadership in Nigeria

It seems she is being starved of funds and is looking for alternative source of funding, of which launching of a book is part of the strategy.

Stupid man! Chasing unnecessary clout. They will always behave as if they love Nigeria more than themselves. Give them opportunity in Nigeria, they will just loot and go back to their bases to continue living their affluent lifestyles.

I don't support this government but Reno or Rhyno is a no go for me.

shortgun:
like he did not use the seat belt

They don't wear seat belt in Onitsha and the whole of Anambra state.

BrabusNG:
There are those who want it busy and colourful. Do not persecute them.

You are right. In Eguns words, those designs could be someone's pride and happiness.

BrabusNG:
Let me drop these extraordinary paint jobs here by fonyeri for those who want simple yet classy interiors.

#accentwalls

I am impressed with the simplicity of the POP/ ceiling design. Simplicity at its peak. Not all those crowded POP designs we see here.

Fonyeri is doing well with that his signature Italian paint. Even Baba Egun shock sef wether na Naija

MrIcredible:
Chai!

The sad thing is

70% of the money will be lavished for her selfishness and personal uses. That's the sad thing with most Nigerian researchers that wins grants. Very USELESS people.

All the researches they've been doing all these years, what positive values has it added to Nigeria economically?
They usually end up on the shelves.
No actualisation
No implementation

Good point. This is one area Nigerian Professors and researchers are found wanting.

I don't want to sound negative but some of these researchers do that. Even those that collects research grants end up acquiring choice properties and living a flamboyant life. You will see their colleagues congratulating them and scheming to be part of the research team, all for their pockets.

She must have distinguished herself to win the prize and she shouldn't lower her guard. I trust the Foundation to keep piling pressure on her to bring positive results in her research areas unlike government grants that ends up in flamboyant lifestyles and junketing from one country to another.

I just hope that the enemies of the State are not the ones targeting security agencies? Targeting security agencies is a grave sign of terrorism. Most terrorists targets State's actors.

I doubt if they were after Soludo.

Lie lie. Human right Lawyer, Barrister Ubani obtained a court injunction that granted 2months extension of the deadline for the NIN registration. The government simply did not want to say that they were complying with the court order.

See how they made it look as if the extension was their own decision.

Make one sound lawyer use this case cash out naa.