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2) Answering a question with just a simple YES or NO only. This is very wrong. Example1: 'Do you work on Sundays'? Instead of answering 'No', you should say 'No, I don't'. Example2: 'Do you know him'? Instead of saying just 'Yes' if you know who the first speaker is referring to, you should say 'Yes, I do'. That makes it a complete answer.

Answering question with "yes" or "no" is not "grammatical blunder" as your title says.

You may say it is not the best way to answer someone, but it is not a blunder. It's perfectly grammatically correct.

Byko899:
still do not know what is wrong with our Nigerian youths,the
truth is she traveled with a diplomatic passport and not only
that, and am sure she must have lobbied US press to avoid
raising dust. is very unfortunate we youths instead of
uniting against the corruption going on in this country ,we
choose to be a tool for ethnic politics which benefits only
our corrupt official.
The norths that are making noise are the worst victim of
corruption in this country,I did my youth service there and
when compared to south is like comparing Nigeria with
south Africa, that is the honest truth, if the so called IPOB or
MOSSOB or Avengers eat twice in a day,just know that a
northerner actually eat nothing that day.that is the fact, am
not talking out of sentiment,is the reality I witness first
hand. I am from the so called Biafra and the truth is I do not
want biafra ,never supported them because I see big Nigeria
as a large market for my business,the bigger the country the
richer the business men which are mostly ibo's,if you check
Biafra map,we re too small for any reasonable
business,that is the truth.and God has blessed us with that
business talent so that we can conquer the entire country
with it,which has also proved to be working. the political
class in the north has failed and they have proved to be the
most corrupt ,instead of the educated youths to unite against
this menace, we allowed ethnicity to be getting hold of
us,shame on all of us,this can never happen in wale Soyinka
time.

I give up.

Descartes:
Another charade. Let wait and see how she meets Michelle Obama at White House if she not gonna be arrested by County Sheriffs and hand her over for prosecution.

brownjulie:
Self employment any day.... too lazy to work for someone

If you're going into self employment because you're too lazy to work for someone, you will do worse in self employment. Self employment actually entails more hardwork.

There goes the career of another talent we thought was promising.

des4ella:
I tested positive about 9yrs ago and am very healthy... Have a wife and son that are both free from the virus......

Hope you do annual check to monitor it.

Even as a Buharist, I cannot fault Punch here. In fact, I have expressed similar views in published articles in newspapers.

It is quite unfortunate that this basic strategy is being bungled by the President.

deymoh:
A facebook user living in my area narrates a ridiculous scenario he experienced while trying to getting food at a Tastee Fried Chicken outlet in Ikorodu area of Lagos yesterday.

According to the narrator, a man who was in a queue suddenly fainted and many people rushed to rescue him. In order to resuscitate him, someone quickly called for water to pour on him but everyone was shocked when the guy immediately opened his eyes and voiced:

"If I needed water, I would have fainted in front of Lagos State Water Corporation, look at where I fainted and do the needful"

It was not funny at all as many people captioned the scenario.

Many people find it hard to have something to eat nowadays and even some claim they can afford to eat in their dreams in this current economy.


See what the user posted below:

Source: http://www.9jacodedgist.com/2016/07/drama-as-hungry-man-fakes-faintness-in.html

Funny guy

pippimp:
Agreed. Everything in Nigeria was at par with world standards in the 60's, but for some reason, Nigeria is still stuck in that era.

And we still lay claim to appellations of 60s-70s that are no longer valid today.

pippimp:
Depending on who's using it. Without even using google, common sense should tell any normal human being that the most beautiful university would be in South Africa and using google it narrows it down to university of cape town. How can you even mention any university in Nigeria considering the fact that Nigerians lack any sort of maintenance culture. For something to be beautiful, it has to be maintained. Your problem is the problem most Nigerians have. They lack exposure of any kind, or experience outside the limitations of Nigeria, which is why they are easily dazzled with mediocrity. You need to start traveling the world and you will realize that Nigeria has nothing. Except food. The picture below is a sample of University of cape town. Do you still have the same opinion that OAU is the most beautiful in Africa?

Actually, when it was built in the 60s, up till 80s, it was officially rated the Most Beautiful Campus in Africa and one of the Top 25 Most Beautiful Estates in the World.

Lack of maintenance and the fact that the world has gone beyond that, meant it cannot lay claim to that ranking again.

Obviously, OAU cannot be the most beautiful campus in Africa today. But it used to be and I don't think it has lost that status in Nigeria.

ABU comes close. I have been to ABU and OAU and I can say OAU slightly edges out ABU.

I have heard of Covenant University too.

I'm an alumnus of OAU.

Great Ife. Jarus was there 2001-2006.

unklrukus:
Negros will forever remain Negros. The love for the white woman is a weakness for the black monkey even if he wears a suit. Look at her, so soft and white, every jungle bunny in his right senses would auction his entire black sweaty country just to be with her

So Lebanese is white. Issokay.

Fairgodwin:
I thought Donald Duke also graduated from there, no?

Duke schooled in the North. ABU or Unimaid.

ajasa4link:
Number 1 not true. I wasn't asked about my availability throughout d interview and I still got the job.

No rule is cast in stone. The article doesn't ask one to be mechanical, to be zombie.

It's just advisory. Not something that must be 100% true. Interview is not exact science.

The second to the last room in the upper building in the 5th picture was my room in 100L.

ALAYORMII:
Why didn't you expose him then when he was trying to bribe you



After calling you roques Ur true name

You're here yarning dust

It was actually all over the media then that Obasanjo tried bribing (or bribed) NASS members with 50m put inside the booth of cars, during his failed 3rd term project.

modath:
Na still magic, you know how these things were before now

I can't swear but one grapevine source claimed that Fowler personally paid some big shots major tax evader mafia like visits, dem grab sense quick!!

I agree. I'm a tax professional. FIRS officers came to companies office and practically escorted them to bank to pay CIT in the last weeks of June. But my point is, it is statutory to pay in June.

modath:
How? You don old pass this falsehood Pa C.

When did the scavengers start their drama? This year! When did Tompolo go into hiding? This year.

Weren't states owing salary long before then? Since last year!

Non payment of salary is purely about low oil prices.... Nothing else attached..

However whatever magic happened in June, God will sustain it, hatred does not fill stomachs... hate Buhari to your heart's delight but never lose sight of the fact that old pensioners are dying...

No magic happened in June. June is the deadline for filing and payment(of first instalment) of Companies Income Tax. This has always been the case. Maybe the fear of Fowler made more companies comply with the June deadline, but June has always been the deadline for first instalment.

GenBuhari:
HIV is a hoax,

AIDS caused by fraudulent toxic HIV medication.

However AIDS is curable provided you stop the toxic meds.

HIV / AIDS hoax is designed to depopulate Africa especially. Hence the reason any claims of a cure is not tolerated by authorities who are being controlled by the American owned World Health Organisation.

Wake black man wake up!

In 2016. Tell me you're kidding?

InvertedHammer:
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People are talking because this one made the news.
Go to mechanic workshops around Nigeria, you will see numerous high end vehicles abandoned there. Some people buy vehicles because a particular brand name is en vogue. One transmission problem or engine problem could send the owner back a couple of millions if you add the "trial and error" of mechanics in Nigeria.

I have seen people go through frustrations with their cars in developed countries because of dealerships' inability to troubleshoot and fix their car problems. One can only imagine what mechanics in Nigeria will do to such vehicles. Folks buy very expensive vehicles and drive it once in a month because of the cost of maintenance. What's the point buying such a car? Just for a bragging right?

They look good while on the road but what the owner is going through is what most admirers do not know. I know a few people who had abandoned cars at a mechanic workshop somewhere. Like I always say, cars are pain the rear end.
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I got a tokunboh RR in 2014. It had transmission issue that refused to get solved. Changed the entire gear system twice at 350k each (cost of buying plus fixing cost) within 3 months. That's 700k alone. Routine servicing (special oil, booster, this, that) alone, you spend 50k plus, you dont want to use roadside mechanic but auto companies (that carge exorbitant price).

At a time, my wife called me and told me "Are you sure it's not this car you're working for?"

Nobody told me before I put "for sale" on the car.

I realized the hard way that buying these cars is not as much problem as maintaining.

oyb:
Range Rovers that touch

My brother, I learned the hard way. When persistent gear problem also killed me,changd gear system twice at more than 350k each. Nobody told me before i put "For Sale" on the thing. When my salary was almost entirely going into maintaining the thing.

Learnt the hard way that buying is not the problem, but maintaining.

Not for salary earners jare.

Ranchhoddas:
Define 'Public'

At the bus station in Deira or in front of Wafi Plaza, for example.

buharisbae:
so guys I was going through my instagram looking for funny videos

I stumbled on this page @gidicar (as a car fanatics) I went through their post then I stumbled on this pic of an abandoned Bentley laying helplessly on the street of Lagos

I was wondering what sort of thing is this ??

could this be as a result of too much money ??


or could this be a result of stupidity??

or could it be as a result of what?? infact I'm confused



Mennn! I must make money in this life ooo and also every nairalander God bless our hustle amen

imagine one mans food is truly another mans poison

Maintenance. Buying all these cars is not as much poroblem as maintaining them. All these celebrities that hit big jobs and buy these fancy cars, find it difficult to maintain. Crazily expensive parts etc. Problem getting capable mechanic to fix. They keep doing trial and error and you get frustrated after spending money. If you no chop well, you will end up spending all your life income on those cars.

SirJeffry:
Guys please I need advice and suggestions. There's this three-bedroom bungalow I'm building in my mum village through a cousin who is a building contractor.
Aside fencing the property which is about two plots, I have put in approximately N2.5m yet the house is still on "linter" level. When I became mad about it, my cousin told me he put in a lot in building "sucker pit" and leveling the bad landscape.

Now I sent him N1m for him to do the roofing, conduit wiring and possibly plastering but he just sent me a text asking for more money for the same purpose.

Please, is he trying to drain me or are things that costly now that a 3bedroom house in a village takes up to N5m to build.

Oga, it is wrong to assume because a house is in the village, it will be very cheap to do. Apart from land cost, every other thing will be the same price. In fact some things will be more expensive in the village due to transoport cost from the city.

If I remove the cost of land, what I spent to build my village house almost doubles what I spent to do the Lagos project.

There is no way 5m will complete a 3-bedroom except you want to use zinc roof and just not plaster.

By the way, it is hardly possible in Nigeria not to be duped by contractor, family or no family (except parents).

Iko5000:
she is traveling with a diplomatic passport ,so she cannot be touch. Buhari knows what he is doing . This trip is just for show as America can't do anything .Its called diplomatic immunity.

But you guys didn't say this when Fayose, your mentor, challenged her to travel to the US and you were hailing Fayose and also challenging her.

Now that it's confirmed she's going, you're changing goal post.

joery6:
5.
A million toothbrushes when there are just 4 people in the house:

https://zikoko.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/toothbrushes.jpg


Nigerians don’t know how to throw away toothbrush.

Lol. I can relate to this. Just threw away 5 of my disused toothbrushes three days ago and still got like 4 more. Only me o. Lol


You hardly remember to throw them away after getting a new one anmd they keep accumulating in your bathroom.

Ranchhoddas:
Dey deceive yourself. Dubai is as secular as secular can be.

Drink alcohol in public to test your statement.

He doesn't leave his foot soldiers even during political off-peak periods.

Sanusi is not on any social media channel.

hmmnn

lillies:
Honestly my subconscious was all about the name

Side effect of nairaland

Nairaland don spoil me too o.

Na so I dey find name subconsciously . ;

I refused to be tempted.

HopeAtHand:
I locked my key inside my car and the panelbeater charged me 5K to open my car. Before i reach my wallet to sort the money out, the man had opened the lock in less than 3 mins.

I just stood in shock..

exactly. just a panel beater