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Omihanifa:
After 112 years of existence, Minna, the Niger State capital, has remained in a serious state of decay. Most public facilities, including schools, police barracks, health care centres, markets, among others, are all in bad shape. The poor economic and social life in Minna is also an embarrassment to residents, Daily Trust Saturday reports.

Minna is always a very busy city, however, all the roads connecting Minna, the state capital, to other parts of the country are not motorable. Township roads in Minna and other major towns including Bida, Suleja, Kontagora, New Bussa are also in deplorable conditions, crippling businesses and social activities.

Daily Trust Saturday also found that acute water scarcity was another major challenge facing residents of Minna over the years.

Some residents attributed the decay to the lack of maintenance of existing facilities and lack of vision and roadmap for the development of towns and cities in the state.

They said serious efforts have not been made by civilian administrations since 1999 to consolidate on the infrastructures inherited from the military administrations in the state.

The railway, which was believed to have made Minna city boom in the 80s, has become history as the rail has completely collapsed while the staff quarters have also become ghost houses.

Findings by Daily Trust Saturday revealed that some relaxation centres built by the administration of Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu like the Murtala Mohammed Amusement Park, Bosso Road; the Democracy Garden and the Magartada Garden Tunga Minna have been poorly managed.

Also, the Minna Central Market, which was demolished by the immediate past administration of Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu for construction of a city centre has become a space for defecation and breeding ground for reptiles.

The Minna City Centre, expected to be built after the demolition of the former Central Market at Mobil Round-About was to serve as a business area.

The centre was initially planned to house a shopping mall of about 5,000 shops as well as Shoprite, and a 25-storey tower that would serve as a cultural centre, among other edifices.

This gigantic project, estimated to cost the state billions of naira, was abandoned a few months after it took off.

Another challenge facing the town in recent time is the rising incidences of youth restiveness, drug abuse, thuggery and robbery.

However, the Director General, ICT in the office of the governor, Abdulberqy Ebbo, said the administration of Abubakar Sani Bello had made efforts in giving public schools face lifts through “The Whole School Renovation Approach.”

He listed the renovated schools in major towns including Minna, the state capital to include Maryam Babangida Girls’ Science College, Government Girls’ Secondary School, Bida, Mu’azu Bawa Secondary School, Kontagora, Government Science College, Izom among others.

A resident, Dr. Hamza Kamar, attributed the decaying state of Minna city and other major towns to lack of seriousness on the part of governments to take advantage of its numerous opportunities, especially the landmass and natural resources, therein to develop.

“The initial factor was the railway factor. When the railway transport system was working very well, Minna was a melting pot because people transported goods from Baro to Minna and vice versa through the railways.

So, the collapse of the railway affected most traders at Minna market that time because instead of going to Lagos, Zaria and Kano to buy goods, they no longer had the capacity to go because of the dilapidation of the railway transportation.”

A police officer who resides at the Police Barrack, a few metres away from the Railway Station, told our correspondent in confidence that he had not enjoyed staying in Minna because of the boring nature of the city.

“I have served in many cities including Lagos, Kano, Abuja and Lokoja. Life in Minna is very boring. The social life and general development of the town is poor. From my assessment, two things are responsible.

The town is blessed with rich men but they don’t invest in the town. In the aspect of social life, religion has an influence. I don’t mean opening beer parlours; I don’t drink alcohol, but one doesn’t really know what’s happening,” he said.

Multiple sources said the town only booms whenever civil servants are paid. While the population of Minna and other towns in the state have continued to increase, the facilities are not increasing while existing ones have become dilapidated.

Dr. Kamar said “that is why we have overcrowded public schools. If not for the private schools, the public schools would have been overpopulated, and as it is now, even the private schools are overpopulated.

The government and the town planning department did not do enough to uplift Minna to the level of other state capitals.

Investigation by Daily Trust Saturday revealed that the Niger State Urban Development Board, which ought to provide layout for building in towns and cities, has no existing plan to properly guide residents in the construction of houses and erection of other structures.

Residents said this has caused friction among dwellers in many areas of Minna due to illegal structures and improper building plans. In areas like Kpakungu, Bariki Sale, Sauka-Kahuta, any attempt for a proper layout would lead to the demolition of several houses.

Some residents, however, pointed out that Niger State has remained underdeveloped because it has refused to take advantage of its proximity to the Federal Capital territory.

Abdullahi Umar said “even Suleja that is very close to the Federal Capital Territory is still rough and unorganized; the planning is poor. Kaduna has been taking advantage of that long ago.

The dry port in Kaduna was supposed to be in Niger State; they were supposed to work on Baro and then, a dry port in Minna. But the Niger State government has never been proactive.

Even the airport that was taken to Kaduna was supposed to be in Minna. The idea of the airport city that the government of Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu had was not implemented.

“So, that too contributed to the rate at which Minna was not developing at all. Kaduna has been taking advantage of those opportunities. Kaduna has Orlam in its place. Niger State has more land than Kaduna. Even the Wushishi Fields for Rice and then the Niger South Fields for Rice production too. If the Niger State government had been able to work on that, it would have realized a lot from there. The Niger State government is just talking and no action,” he added.

Daily Trust Saturday gathered that initially, there was the existence of few companies such as Minna Wire Industry, Fertilizer Blending Company, among others. But while the state government ought to have focused on establishment of middle range industries, a lot of attention paid on white elephant projects that could not be sustained.

It was also gathered that the state with electricity power generating dams had not been able to do the things that will make the federal government feel its impact.

Residents said the power being generated from the dams in Niger State should have been an advantage to the state, but the state is not trying to force the federal government to dance to its tune by giving it more power that it generates.

Chikodi Christopher, who sells drinks at the Railway Station Minna, said “Patronage is low due to the poor economic state of the town. I have been in Minna since 1989. When the rails were working, our business boomed but the cessation of train movement has crippled our business totally.”

Also speaking, Abubakar Abdul Kuta, an artiste, said “People are leaving the state capital for lack of business, which means economically we are backward. And for a state to thrive, small and medium businesses have to grow and we need small factories and more. The only factories that are thriving in Niger State as a whole are sachet water and bread factories.”

“In terms of infrastructure, if you leave Minna for 10 years and then come back, you won’t see positive changes like what has happened in other states like Kano and Kaduna. There is no infrastructural development. This is mainly due to lack of continuity in governance. There are several abandoned projects in the state,” he added.

An economic expert, Dr Abdulmumin Alfa, of the Department of Economics IBB University, Lapai, Niger State, said the decay of infrastructure in Minna and other towns has serious implications on both the citizens and economy of the state, calling on the state government to invest more in building factories to create jobs and allow small businesses thrive.

“Infrastructure is a drive for an economy and if you look at it, most of the infrastructure that you can see in other cities like Kano are not in Minna and other major towns in Niger State.

When we talk about infrastructure, we are not talking about the SMEs or whatsoever, we are talking about the establishment.

For instance, in Bida, we used to have Premier Publishing House where they produced books and whatever and textile companies. The lack of infrastructure has so much effect on the economy because the effect on the unemployment rate will be so high.

“We have land but the agricultural sector is not working perfectly to engage teeming youths who are mostly into okada riding. The closeness of Abuja to Niger State is an advantage if the state can put in place infrastructure and enter into alliance with some companies in Abuja.

Suleja is supposed to have developed beyond what we have today because of its closeness to the Federal Capital Territory. Government should provide an enabling environment for investors to come in,” he said.

The Chief Press Secretary to the Niger State governor ,Mary Noel Berje, however pointed out that Niger State Government has spent more than N4bn intervening in federal roads across the state.

“The Governor Abubakar Sani Bello-led administration in its bid to modernize and improve ongoing infrastructure received Suleja smart city feasibility progress report compiled by a South Korean Company DOHWA Engineering to make it liveable.

“The government is also partnering the South Korean government to carry out the project initiated by his predecessor about ten years ago to have an all-encompassing city comprising of both residential, commercial as well as agro parks, amongst others.”

https://dailytrust.com/minna-inside-nigerias-decaying-city

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TheSeoGuy:
Where are the cheapest places to live in Abuja? Is Abuja expensive to live in? Are house rents affordable in Abuja? What is the cost of food in Abuja? These are some of the questions people ask about Abuja. People who look to move to Abuja often ask these questions. We shall attempt to give answers to some of these questions.

Abuja is really an affordable place to live in. This post focuses on the cheapest places to live in Abuja. It all boils down to your budget and taste of living. There is always something good for everyone.

We shall look at some towns in the FCT and see how those meet your tastes. This list of towns is based on specific factors which are:

Proximity to town. Town here refers to the Central Business Area(boulevard ). All the towns mentioned are less than 40 minute drive to the Central Area especially without traffic holdups.
Availability of basic social amenities especially power, primary health care, schools and security.
Even with this considered factors, this list of towns are not exhaustive. But we feel this is a good way to start the conversation.

Durumi.
Durumi is the historic town of Abuja with 9 lives. It is the town that survived two major demolitions exercises under El Rufai as the minister of FCT and still stands. Durumi is originally inhabited by the Gbagyi tribes, who are also one of the original inhabitants of Abuja.

The town grew bigger with better structure after surviving each demolition exercise. Before now (2022), Durumi enjoyed better power supply than the presidential villa. No jokes! Power rarely goes off, and when it does, it is back on in about 5 minutes or less. Things are really bad in regards to power now. But I guess it’s a national challenge.

Durumi is the closest you can get to the highbrow areas in Abuja. A single room goes for less than a 100k, while a self-contained apartment goes from anything around 120k to 250k. It generally on what your taste is.

So, if you earn say 50k a month, you can budget your 3 months salaries for your landlord, not funny. This is if you choose a self-contained apartment. Or your 2 months salaries if you choose a single room. From Durumi to The Central Business Area costs about N200 or less, and takes less than 15 minutes depending where you are starting the journey from.

Durumi is relatively a safe place to stay both as a single and a family. It has less criminality, utilizes community policing and has less institutions and groups that breed criminality in town. It is not a perfect place, but it is good. And definitely one of the cheapest places to live in Abuja.

The credibility of Durumi is boosted by the fact that it is strategically cited. It is surrounded by places like the Apo Legislative Quarters, the Nigerian Defense College Quarters and the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria Head Quarter. The old CBN Quarters, Savannah estate and the Addisa Estate form part of its surrounding. Other neighbours include the popular Gudu Market, the Gaduwa estate, Prince and Princess estate. Not forgetting to mention the games village, the National Stadium and the American International School.
Read More...
Also read: Places to Avoid in Abuja at Night.

TheSeoGuy:
Where are the cheapest places to live in Abuja? Is Abuja expensive to live in? Are house rents affordable in Abuja? What is the cost of food in Abuja? These are some of the questions people ask about Abuja. People who look to move to Abuja often ask these questions. We shall attempt to give answers to some of these questions.

Abuja is really an affordable place to live in. This post focuses on the cheapest places to live in Abuja. It all boils down to your budget and taste of living. There is always something good for everyone.

We shall look at some towns in the FCT and see how those meet your tastes. This list of towns is based on specific factors which are:

Proximity to town. Town here refers to the Central Business Area(boulevard ). All the towns mentioned are less than 40 minute drive to the Central Area especially without traffic holdups.
Availability of basic social amenities especially power, primary health care, schools and security.
Even with this considered factors, this list of towns are not exhaustive. But we feel this is a good way to start the conversation.

Durumi.
Durumi is the historic town of Abuja with 9 lives. It is the town that survived two major demolitions exercises under El Rufai as the minister of FCT and still stands. Durumi is originally inhabited by the Gbagyi tribes, who are also one of the original inhabitants of Abuja.

The town grew bigger with better structure after surviving each demolition exercise. Before now (2022), Durumi enjoyed better power supply than the presidential villa. No jokes! Power rarely goes off, and when it does, it is back on in about 5 minutes or less. Things are really bad in regards to power now. But I guess it’s a national challenge.

Durumi is the closest you can get to the highbrow areas in Abuja. A single room goes for less than a 100k, while a self-contained apartment goes from anything around 120k to 250k. It generally on what your taste is.

So, if you earn say 50k a month, you can budget your 3 months salaries for your landlord, not funny. This is if you choose a self-contained apartment. Or your 2 months salaries if you choose a single room. From Durumi to The Central Business Area costs about N200 or less, and takes less than 15 minutes depending where you are starting the journey from.

Durumi is relatively a safe place to stay both as a single and a family. It has less criminality, utilizes community policing and has less institutions and groups that breed criminality in town. It is not a perfect place, but it is good. And definitely one of the cheapest places to live in Abuja.

The credibility of Durumi is boosted by the fact that it is strategically cited. It is surrounded by places like the Apo Legislative Quarters, the Nigerian Defense College Quarters and the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria Head Quarter. The old CBN Quarters, Savannah estate and the Addisa Estate form part of its surrounding. Other neighbours include the popular Gudu Market, the Gaduwa estate, Prince and Princess estate. Not forgetting to mention the games village, the National Stadium and the American International School.
Read More...
Also read: Places to Avoid in Abuja at Night.

Victor2707:
Avoid this behaviour.

Sex is not just physical, it goes deeper into your spiritual domain.

Prostitutes are dirty mortals will infect you with filthy spirits which will destroy your life.

SeriouslySense:
Although it will create more good will if they ensured its always working.

Reference:
Well I think to solve problems society must set rules.
Sane societies do not just sit down and twiddle thumbs while crime escalates.
Rules have to be set by government to mandate hotels to instal functional CCTV systems or pay a penalty for not and a far stiffer penalty when incidents occur.

They are businesses and can afford it. CCTV systems are becoming more available and affordable as time goes by. If they can pay for manned security at the gates they can afford even the cheaper systems.

TOPCRUISE:
The hotel should be held responsible for her death. Cctv was faulty since January up till this July. Does it cost millions to repair cctv. They did not repair anything.

mrjeromeobinna:
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ezicospot:
I wonder oh.. I du. Research tire.. This phone na scam honestly

Marrvelous:
Apple iPhone 7 32gb Phone only Might as well say it’s brand new, no hidden issues TLC 105k firm!

Administration1:
No na, the information that these pictures are trying to depict is totally wrong. I lived in App resettlement for a couple of years and still maintain an apartment there, courtesy of the service. APO resettlement is made of very clean places that you'll marvel of truly it's a resettlement.
From Gudu cementary to yayale estate, to efab, to prince and princess all those areas are Apo resettlement. I do not know what the OP stands to achieve passing such wrong information

Fayrouzz:
They don't write Speedaf. Copy the tracking number and paste it on speedaf tracking website to check.

Mayemavins:
I have been seriously contemplating, she Aborted my pregnancy after we both went to hospital confirmed it and we both agreed to keep the baby.

Moreover I really need the child, she connived with her sister and they Aborted it. I'm thinking to go the Police station to make a report and arresther!!

Pls should I?
Many more things surrounded that Pregnancy. I really need a child.

LeoDeKing:
2023 election is over.

The great Asiwaju of Nigeria, the Jagaban of Africa is the man of the moment. His name is a household name among Meth addicts. They mention his name a million times a day but he has no time for them.

Whenever he speak, they all tune their ears to listen and in less than 30 minutes, his speech becomes the talk of the town among them.

God bless the great Asiwaju of Nigeria
God bless Nigeria and patriotic Nigerians
God bless SW SS NE NW and NC

timmyagwu:
please house I don't understand my phone again it drains quickly after char ching . engrs in the house any solution.

hefexzy:
How much you wan come buy am? Go and steal it nah

xynerise:
Clue: Tupac and Notorious BIG excluded

PALAPALA02:
More pictures

Modified
To those saying i was probably drunk.

I don’t take alcohol or do drugs.
I only smoke cigarettes. Not even weed or stuffs like dat. Just cigarettes alone.
Ordinary 1 bottle of star will spin me 360degrees.
So i wasn’t drunk o
I no dey take alchol o

Phc is dangerous at night, so me tryna speed up back to my hotel room wasn’t expecting a truck to be parked on the speedlane of a highway (4lane road).
Major highway at 2am.

But honestly still can’t explain how i came out unscathed.
And i came out almost immediately after the impact. No blackouts whatsoever.
Though i had my seatbelt on.

oz4real83:
where did you see the ranking?, You are very deficient in your English language ability, just read your statement all over again

oz4real83:
Some people are so stupid that they think Nigeria is UK, they think Nigerian govt is the same with UK govt, they think UK judiciary is the same with Nigerian judiciary, they think that UK police is the same with Nigerian police. This post is aimed at making UK to look bad, the post wants to make Ike Ekweremadu to look like a victim of a bad UK, we are not dumb, UK won't have done anything like this if he had no case to answer, Metropolitan police are well-trained professionals and the case has no political undertone. He has the money and access to quality lawyers, let him defend himself, thank God it happened in UK, everything will soon come out to public fold.

Zolyjagorr:
THIS KIZZ DANIEL NA BIG FOOL! ABEG WHO DECIEVE THIS BOY SAY HIM NEW SONG "BUGA" IS SWEET OR NICE?! LETS BE SINCERE GUYS, BUGA NO SWEET, HIM JUST THEY FORCE THE HYPE FOR DANCE VIDEOS, NOW THE BOY IS MAD TO THINK OF PERFORMING A BAD SONG LIKE "BUGA" AT WORLD CUP ?? SERIOUSLY KIZZ? INCASE YOU DON'T KNOW "BUGA" IS YOUR BEST WORST SONG YOU'VE EVER RELEASED SINCE YOU GOT FAME .. "BUGA" IS BORING & WACK NIGGA! LET THE REALS TELL YOU THE FUCKING TRUTH... EVEN MAVIN SIGNEES SONG "OVERDOSE" IS MUCH MORE SWEETER & NICER THAN THAT "BUGA" RUBBISH [b]

Chopchopfine:
You can make this meal with N2k
Shaki- N500
Kpomo-N250
Vegetables
Ugu(pumpkin) N200
Scent leave N100
Tomatoes N200
Pepper N100
Onion N50
Garlic N50
Crayfish N50
Prawns N300
Vegetable oil N200.

Even with your low budget, you can still have a good meal,it's all about knowing what to get

LienwaltAbel:
So does that make God evil?

LienwaltAbel:
I thought that it's God that directed the Israelites to slay the women and children of Jericho.

Righteousness2:
The World is Ferociously expiring and is at the edge of being expired.
Wicked, evil, abominable and depraved hearts and minds manifesting all over the places in different ways

This Ship is Sinking Fast.
The Life boat is JESUS Chrust.
The RAPTURE of the Church is just a Trump away...
Amend your ways and Live Prepared !! Thrr is no more time..

Gabbriell:
Here is what led to Jesus saying those words:

Luke 9:59
He (Jesus) said to another man, “Follow me.” But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

Then Jesus reply:
Luke 9:60
Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”


So what does it mean ?
The word "dead" is used twice in the sentence.

The first one refers to those who are alive but dead (spiritually). These people do not know about God or believe in God.

The second one refers to someone who is dead (physically and spiritually). That is someone who died without knowing God.

The man Jesus was talking to has already found Jesus. So he is not dead (spiritually), that is why Jesus was setting his priorities straight. Saying he should leave the dead (spiritually dead) to bury their dead (spiritually and physically dead).

Gabbriell:
Here is what led to Jesus saying those words:

Luke 9:59
He (Jesus) said to another man, “Follow me.” But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

Then Jesus reply:
Luke 9:60
Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”


So what does it mean ?
The word "dead" is used twice in the sentence.

The first one refers to those who are alive but dead (spiritually). These people do not know about God or believe in God.

The second one refers to someone who is dead (physically and spiritually). That is someone who died without knowing God.

The man Jesus was talking to has already found Jesus. So he is not dead (spiritually), that is why Jesus was setting his priorities straight. Saying he should leave the dead (spiritually dead) to bury their dead (spiritually and physically dead).

your explanation is not related at all.
please don't confuse us,you are wrong.