₦airaland Forum

BlueRayDick:
In Lagos this is a very risky move; Landlord for Lagos fit wake one morning tell u say he don sell house and new owner dey come takeover the building in 3 months time

Nah, can't happen here. At least not where I live. I'm the chairman of the compound so I'll get first hand information from the landlord if he even thinks of selling it.

chrisooblog:
You should be exempt. Same principle of paying for DSTV for one year before the new price is effected.

Thanks bro

larride:
You should be exempted.

But a new tariff isn't started on July 1, what's happening in July is the review of the tariff by NERC and the industry stakeholders. It will take a while maybe months for them to come to an agreement sef.

Since I'll be staying at my current apartment at least another one year and I'll buy electricity regardless, it makes sense to just buy it once and for all.

Any direction they decide to take is okay as long as they don't reduce the tariff

BlueRayDick:

iamoyindamola:
Sense no go kill you
I thought of it yesterday

Make Tinubu and APC no send person go village before this light at the end of the tunnel they are promising us comes

Can someone clarify this electricity tariff? If I buy enough to last me for one year before 1st of July, am I exempt from the increase?

Or the rate of consumption will increase regardless.

OasisX:
.....poor judgment and political calculations.

He may not admit it openly but everyday he wakes up, I'm sure he regrets that decision.

OasisX:
He backtracks after he was seriously grilled.

He didn't backtack anything and has always said that politics is different from governance.

Those who you say grilled him were mostly the same people who weren't happy when Atiku hired him. They felt it was undeserving considering he had just come from the APC.

Bwala is a brilliant guy. I sometimes wonder how he ended up with Atiku.

OasisX:
Atiku would be highly disappointed in him and Bwala.

Bwala has done nothing wrong. Reno on the other hand is a disgrace

larride:
Omo I don tire.

All petroleum products are exempted from VAT.

Just go and pick up the Finance Act and read ffs. How many times I wan dey spoon feed you ehn Prosper?

From what I have seen, diesel is not exempted from VAT

seankafor:
na mumu dey buy 2015 Lexus

Boyz go buy 2012, upgrade am to 2017

If you no like am go to court

The upgrades are just cosmetic and a waste of money IMO.

When you enter the car, the 2012 instrument cluster and every other thing is still waiting for you

Plus you can't even upgrade the rear end of the car

liveLongNprospa:
Lexus? 😂

Omo economy Don spoil pata pata

My brother, a toks 2015 Lexus ES350 is 12-14m. Why you think say people no dey too buy am unlike the 07-2012?

liveLongNprospa:
Lmao.. Ahn ahn money to do somethings Don dey like this.
What about hyundai elantra 2015? Possible price🤔

At least in my town, everyone is now the same. It is not so common seeing people drive cars above 2017 model.

Not necessarily because they can't afford it but how do you justify spending 15-25m on a car when the money can be used to do somethings as you put it.

As for the Elantra, 5.5-6.5m should do.

larride:
The customs 9yrs rule is that you cant import a car that's more the manufactured date is more than 9yrs, but if you want to import a car that is more than 9yrs old in production, you have to pay the same tariff as nearest one.

For example, now you can't import car that's manufactured below 2014, but if you want to import a car that's below 2014 model, you have to pay tariff of a 2014 model.

Exactly.

And the more luxurious the vehicle is, the more the ridiculous amount they ask you to pay.

Anyone buying a toks BMW, Benz, Lexus, Infiniti or Acura in Nigeria of today na chairman

liveLongNprospa:
So how much for hyundai 2015 sonata like this?
8 million ish ba?

Yes, that's the average price. Between 8-9m.

And here's the catch. All na still accidented from Copart/Iaai

Theflint1:
My neighbor is a car dealer, asked about a 2013 Hyundai, and he told me it now costs 5.5m.

Hopefully there's light at the end of this tunnel we're going through.

You can't buy any decent Toks car below 5-6m now.

Someone I know got a car loan of 7m, he had to add some money to buy a Nigerian used car

The original plan was to buy a Tokunbo. The prices he got shocked him

Meanwhile all cars now pay 2014 duty due to customs 9 year rule. 5 years from now when all cars start paying 2019 duty, I hope any of us will still be able to afford decent Tokunbo cars.

To put into perspective, the average Corolla used for bolt will cost 6-7m to buy all other things being equal.

Theflint1:
Wike is a clown. The PDP is bigger than any single individual, the move to APC was the only logical thing for him after the level of betrayal and treachery he was involved in during the elections. Seyi Makinde should follow him out. PDP dropped the ball by not suspending the g5 clowns.

Lol, suspend 5 sitting governors

Maybe you think it's water that funds political parties

When you suspend them what now happens when the election is over and funds dry off. Where will the money to fund the party come from? In states where PDP is not in power, who do you think funds the party there?

Why do you think Labour Party only won one governorship election?

You think PDP is like APC that's in power and have the national cake to share?

Funny how you people think you know better than those who were most affected and yet could not suspend them

seankafor:
but I thought wike said that he will chase Atiku out of PDP so why is he wike now been the one decamping?

Maybe because PDP is a sinking ship. With the way things are, it will take a minimum of 16 years before PDP can return to power at the national level.

OasisX:
"While we are seeing sign that it’s like you [Wike] want to go over to the other side with everybody wishing that, please don’t be too far from me because I know that the sharks, the tigers are really around looking for what to hurt.

“So, being around would continue to guide and put my head straight for the purpose of this state."

- Gov. Fubara

Itsrm.... wuz goin on ere.

E be like nyendeba is one leg in APC already. The only surprise for now is that SIM wants to remain in PDP.

OasisX:
....he is a Technocrat, an Economist per excellence. I expect much from him than talking to the media everytime.

He should work on improving IGR as Itsrm opined. Though its gonna be difficult to tax people that never want to pay it, but he must be decisive and make the decision NOW.

None of these new governors have impressed me yet. I know it's still early days but at least BAT don show small workings in the little time he has had.

BlueRayDick:
In this case my guy planned and made research . He paid for care visa which was real ( cos his dependent is using her dependent visa to work currently ) . It was the agency that didn’t hold its own end of the bargain by providing the job when he arrived .

Could have been better. There's nothing he experienced I don't know already and I never even leave Naija.

Hope for the best and prepare for the worst should be the motto for anyone moving out.

BlueRayDick:
Itsrm I remember u mentioned obtaining UK healthcare Visa as a means of relocation in one of our discussions in the past .

So recently I got a call from a friend telling me he used me as a character reference for a job he applied and that I should be on the lookout for a mail that will contain the reference form . I was baffled cos I know him to work with the civil service and wondered why he would apply for a job instead of doing side business to augment his income .

Long story short , he told me he resigned from the civil service already and relocated to the UK since February . So he applied for the job in the UK.

So I called him that weekend and he lamented how things have not been the way assumed they would be . The care visa he got can only be used to work in the care sector legally . If u will work in other sectors it will certainly be illegal , so whoever employs u either to wash plate at restaurants , security guard at club or cashier at african store will do so with the intention of exploiting u since they know u can’t go complaining to the authorities when u are working outside what ur visa permits .

He said his problem started from the fact that Nigerians who own agencies there can bring as much as 15 people into the UK despite knowing they have only 5 COS approved by UK government . So 5 people get jobs in the care sector as promised while the outstanding 10 are on their own in a foreign country while trying to fend for themselves while hoping their agency will come through for them soonest . He said na naija dey do naija .

He’s been in since February and didn’t get a job placement till this June . Imagine trying to survive in an expensive city like London . Na me wey dey naija come still dey encourage person wey dey UK to be hopeful.

Unfortunately, Nigerians don't make any research before they jump on any trending thing.

Look at Chef Dammy. Hilda broke the Guiness world record, she decided to do the same without following laid down rules before she started. Didn't even bother to apply

There's nothing this your friend has experienced that would have surprised me if I was in his shoes. I won't even leave the country if I don't have enough money to last me at least one year where I'm going.

People travelling should have realistic expectations. Except you work in an industry where your skills are easily transferrable and you're extremely good with what you do, it will always be a difficult first two years.

I think those who weather the storm will be glad they did 10-15 years from now.

WhoDeyHause:
Things like?

Higher levies and taxes for starters. Like Soludo did in Anambra state

WhoDeyHause:
We know ipeazu ran that state rugged. The last stooge in a long line of terrible governors. I think he's right to voice out his complaints on this one. With time aided by the monies accrued from the subsidy removal as chrisblog said and maybe loans the pending payments might be resolved. If otti fails too then abians need to go ask God to give them their own personal Jesus.

Unless he does something extraordinary to improve the states IGR while ensuring the people don't turn their back on him, he will fail like the others before him.

The things he will want to do to increase IGR will be tagged anti people.

dapotemi:
I was out of Lagos on Wednesday. My flight was to Enugu, finished my assignment and later took a ride to AWKA, then to Onitsha. Yesterday I was at asaba and today am in warri. I'll be in bayelsa tomorrow and back to warri on Monday to connect a flight to Lagos.. I notice alot of improvement on road infrastructure to be honest and I give it PMB administration. Even the bad roads I notice where mostly road under construction..Lagos somehow is overrated and there is no much federal presence in terms of road construction..I did not see a single pothole from asaba to warri...
By the way, this trip will give me nothing less than 500k as add-on, after all expenses, with all the 'igbadun' that usually comes with official trips like this...Some of you have been so tortured in the labour market that when you hear salary job, you think we all have to wait till 31st to get 100k! I think that is the reason for all the bad mouth I see here but we can understand...To the new cat, I beg you, if you're a graduate, get a CAREER....Be patience, CLIMB the ladder...Let me ask you, what do you think an Uber driver will be after 10 years of driving? Still an Uber driver right? I don't want that for you! If you're JOBLESS now, then maybe you should drive but don't sleep on it, don't let anyone tells you it's the BEST for you! I beg you!

This may interest you

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Theflint1:
Game of Thrones has arguably the greatest first four seasons in the history of television and that's why people come after the producer's for the last season as much as they do. You'd enjoy game of Thrones.

Donjazet2:
You definitely have to watch GOT, you will love it.

Also check out Westwing and person of interest.

I hope you guys are right

Will give it a trial.

iamoyindamola:
Today is Father’s Day and I haven’t seen the difference between this day and regular sunday
Omo them no rate us at all for this country

larride:
GOT final season was also rubbish. Seems the writers just wrote rubbish since there was no G.R.R.M book to use as guide anymore..

I started reading the book of ice and fire but mehn I just stopped when i was dragging with it.

I didn't watch GOT. Fantasies are not my thing.

It was generally agreed that the final season was underwhelming.

afrodoc:
Yeah. I think you are right.

I think the average life span of a great series before it starts derailing is 4-5. After that things usually go downhill.

Absolutely.

Season 6 of 24 especially was so horrible. I can't for the life of me understand why they didn't just wrap it up in season 5.

That is why breaking bad remains my GOAT. It peaked in the final season (season 5) and they ended it there.

BlueRayDick:
Na that twist and turn I subscribe for .

We all know all the series and movies are fictional and not real . So na to see series wey fit tweak with our imagination we dey find . 🚶‍♂️

This is why I don't enjoy sci-fi, telenovas and Nigerian movies. I know movies are not real but I don't want to have that feeling while watching it.

Once it starts feeling too unnatural, I lose interest.

afrodoc:
LOL. That is what I used to say. By Season 2 I realised that they were just tying themselves in tortuous knots. I think my sister still watched to Season 4 or so before she gave up.

You never watched 24? That started before all these ones you mentioned. The first 4-5 seasons were really good too until they also ran out of real creativity.

The final season of 24, season 9 was also great. I usually recommend the first 4 seasons and the final season.

No wonder the governors treat them anyhow

https://www.nairaland.com/7731844/ifa-doesnt-pick-yoruba-kings