Sweatshirt:

What do you mean?

My HTC Sensation is is extremely fast. It's actually as fast as my broadband, so what are you talking about?

My HTC is capable of hitting download speeds of 14.4 Mbps (1.8 mb/s) on a 3G network, not Wifi but 3G

So it actually has nothing to do with wether it's wireless or not. Smarty pants. I'm in England so this proves Nigeria sucks when it comes to these things.

trisurface:

Commendable, Jarus.

If I may, some cash saving tips.
1) Get in quotes several months ahead. excepting cement, its a myth that Building materials fluctuate widely in Nigeria. By getting quotes in ahead, You keep prospective contractors for different jobs on their toes & waiting for you instead of the other way round. People will give you a quote in January & execute the job in August without variation. This is my personal experience.
2) Spend some time educating yourself. 1 hour in a plumbing/Electrical/Paint shop will save U money. All bills are made up of three Parts. Materials Cost. Labor Cost. Contractor's Overhead/Profit. Educating yourself can save you money on the third.
3) Prequalify your Contractors. have repeated meetings. Bring them to site often as you can. The ones who will mess you up will show their hand sooner or later.
4) Timing is critical. Contracts negotiated within certain times of the year are cheaper. Eg, Do your plastering in December. Most bricklayers are idle then. Dont paint in December. Good painters are booked to their eyebrows then.
5) Reduce everything to units of measurement. Use cost/m2 as much as you can.

God will stand by You.

Acidosis:

Sir, I hope you've been there to see things yourself. There is this story where a man sends lots of money to a contractor and the contractor in return ate the cash without building anything instead he sends beautiful pictures from the start to finish another man's property. The contractor is not a relative but a blood brother.

ThiefOfHearts:

An understanding. A discussion. I know many of you are zombies that are so afraid to question things and have legiitimate discussion due to fear of being "struck by lightening". My thread isnt for those cowards.

kabukabu:

Number one is SANDALS, matter of fact 9 out of 10 grown men wearing leather sandals has to be Nigerian or African.


Pulling up their pants almost chest high, you know he is straight from Owerri


But the number one thing for guys is "Ogo", a big head flat on top and somewhat elongated at the back, aka Idiagbon , you can tell it from miles away.

badmrkt:

blame GEJ for this

horny4u:

I used to feel this way as i went to boarding house.
I have a younger sister that did not and the difference is clear while i am fiercely independent and an expert at bending rules and getting by them, knowing and creating shortcuts by default , closed up with a solid street mentality, i can blend either at oluwole ( agbero) or hilton (posh). We were always cooked for so you donot learn to cook, sew and home cleaning per se until later.

My sis is not like that but she trusts people more, she is not as materialistic (she is ambitious though), she lives by rules, polite, not ruthless, she does have a mind of her own but she is not rugged, she is not as laid back and does not know how to create shortcuts , she is not a hustler yet she is smart, she is posh as thats all she knows, she is just as sound academically. She is only 12 but she can cook, sew, clean etc

I have seen some people who go to boarding house and it brings out the best in them and some people it awakens a beast in them
For me my boys will go to a rugged or military boarding house but my girls will go to the poshest day school as i feel skills i learnt in the boarding house are more valuable for boys but girls need a different skill set, plus i will prefer to monitor my girl and teach her how to pronounce NO in capital letter as its the most important word a gal can learn.
I want to know all her friends et al. For my boy i will advise and step back a man has got to find his way.
Old fashioned but na so i see am

Just my opinion !

Swift SMS:

Is boarding school beneficial to children? Yes and No

Yes: Because for me I was lazy as a child, we had relatives and stewards at home who would cook, clean and wash for us. The only chore I remember doing back then was washing the dishes and filling the water bottles with drinking water, nothing more. Well boarding school changed all of that, I learnt how to wash my clothes plus senior students own. Fetch and carry water from a long distance, sweep/clean etc. Boarding school practically transformed me from Princess Lazy to Queen Hardworking and it taught me how to take responsibility for myself.

No: Because I was so miserable  for the most part in college from JS1 to SS2, can you imagine that. I was miserable because of the mean senior students we had, who still had power to punish you even in your SS2. I still remember a good number of them by name after all these years because of how cruel they were. In fact they were terrorists, there was no point reporting maltreatment in my school, as you are getting back to the hostel after class you will chop s-h-i-t, because more seniors would have ganged up to deal with you for reporting one of their own. It seemed like the teachers, principal and vice were all helpless or couldn't be bothered with what went on btw juniors and seniors.

Seniors had more power than the school authorities put together (and to think this was an all girls school) until we got a new principal who was even more mean than the seniors and had zero tolerance for their bullshit , unfortunately I was already in SS3 and couldn't benefit from the succour she provided to junior students, but she wiped the whole school into shape starting from her staff to students.

Having suffered misery for so long I am not really a fan of boarding school. But I think it will be a great idea if the school has a principal and staff who do not condone maltreatment of junior students by senior ones.

pendo89:

A guy needs his space. So do ladies.Being in relationship is not license to spread your tentacles everywhere,and anyhow.It's annoying, very irritating and misusing each other.
There's a level in a relationship where you don't need to check phones,social networks,and monitor movements.The level where you don't care if he has your pic on his desk or not.
You have a deep sense of security since you speak the language of the heart. You rest! Maturity should tell you that you cannot fbi your partner cz if he decides to cheat he will do it without u noticing. No I would not put my partners pic on my wall and I wouldn't want mine on his either.
His wall is his space with his friends. Before we met the wall was there so why should I dominate and choke it? I would want my space as well so no need for each other's pics cz we aren't even married and even if we marry its still his social space.That is how I view it.
If I need him I know where and how to get him.
I would only expect this kind of behaviour from an adolescent.Because she wants to show her man off to her friends. But a grown up? pardon me.

pinkrex:

GEJ built Abuja?

lwkd

baslone:

See them people don dey vex!!!

Hate them because they are everything you want to be!!!

After having been frustrated outta of your own country! You screaming on top of your voice blaming other people for your failure in life!!!

Please don't get mad! Pray for your turn and stop feeding us with all those "expensive slum", "it has port-holes,
bad drainage" "I paid $20000 for mine in US"!

Feed all those stories to the dogs!!!! Abeeeegggggi!!!!!

GoldCircle:

there's no point bad mouthing the place. If you can afford it, then go get it.all this talk about access road is gibberish.How many have passed through  recently? except for a tiny stretch that where the interlocking stones have caved in, the roads leading and inside the island are fine. I guess the mega rich just got tired of Osborne, Parkview and VGC simply cos middle income earners could save up and live in with them either as Landlords or tenants and these places started loosing their appeal just like Dolphin estate did in the past. I must confess that the island is well planned and it's targeted at a specific segment of the rich. there are people who have mega bread in this Naija. just looking for where to throw some around. make dem spend am as dem like.

Too much money jor!

alexola20:

Anyway I don't see any difference in this building and the various estate I have lived outside the so called Nigeria.where we have constant and uninterrupted electricity,finest security u can ever think of,good roads,street lights that will make u think it's 4pm while u r already at 2am.When u go out in the city,u see beautiful faces and smiling people.And I paid less than $10000 a year.
In your so called banana Island,when u leave the so called place,all what u ll see r crying faces,begging faces,ugly faces,poverty stricken faces,etc

It's a waste of money and resources owning anything expensive in Nigeria.It's like owning a zoo in the midst of wild forest.It's no news.

kistehsia:

@Oloko Nla

You should refrain from saying anything about someone you know nothing about,  I am far from bored had you read anything about me you would see I am kept very busy looking after the little ones that no-one else will, I do so with great care and love,  all of which takes a great deal of my time,  I am rarely ever bored, I find what I do to be very fulfilling and rewarding.

I would like to thank all those who posted their concern, and will take great care as I proceed with what I feel to be a blessed journey,  I will from here on no longer post on this thread as it has turned into a breeding ground for ill doers.  Positive in put was always welcomed and concern appreciated, however there are some who choose to be rude, I guess it takes all kinds to make this world go around.

Have a good evening/night/day!

kistehsia

bayemibo:

Sometimes I wonder why our Government chooses to deceive us, I am a trade finance specialist and an Export consultant (exportnigeria..com, 3timpex.com) and we have the data of all the products exported from Nigeria from 2006-2010 based on the NXP registered with Nigerian Banks which is a pre-requisite for exportation from Nigeria. The table below shows the data of the the volume of sales made for some of the commodities exported in 2010 of which sesame seed sales is just $157million due to huge post harvest losses.
Commodity Total (USD)
Cocoa beans 651,258,142.84
Cocoa butter 54,125,706.18
Cashew kernel 41,495,692.88
Cashew nut 18,988,066.08
Sesame seed 157,071,597.40
Ginger 9,418,397.79
Gum Arabic 32,340,295.86

TOTAL 964,697,899.02

bayemibo:

Sometimes I wonder why our Government chooses to deceive us, I am a trade finance specialist and an Export consultant (exportnigeria..com, 3timpex.com) and we have the data of all the products exported from Nigeria from 2006-2010 based on the NXP registered with Nigerian Banks which is a pre-requisite for exportation from Nigeria. The table below shows the data of the the volume of sales made for some of the commodities exported in 2010 of which sesame seed sales is just $157million due to huge post harvest losses.
Commodity Total (USD)
Cocoa beans 651,258,142.84
Cocoa butter 54,125,706.18
Cashew kernel 41,495,692.88
Cashew nut 18,988,066.08
Sesame seed 157,071,597.40
Ginger 9,418,397.79
Gum Arabic 32,340,295.86




I knew the statistic was dubious. A year or two ago, huge efforts were being made to increase the export of the product abroad, so, i was surprised at the incredible leap in export figures.

However, the real tragedy, is that it doesnt take that much to improve the product to the next level, before export to the secondary consumer - thereby earning thrice as much.

Na real mumu person dey happy say e dey export "raw material". E be like make u export timber, come inport toothpick. Tchai! Una don hear am ooo ma peeenpunnnl,

TOTAL 964,697,899.02

Why do we like window dressing the truth from the public? We have potential to hit $600million in volume for the sales of sesame seed alone but we are not yet there (since more than 70% of our farmers are peasants we have not even utilized up to 50% of our arable land). But try to face the issues confroting us and tackle it head long instead of deceiving the public