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What kind of silly, dirty announcement is this?? All the times there has been electricity outages on the Island, how come they have not announced it, and why are they now announcing this one? On the Lekki-Epe axis, power supply is so poor and erratic, that many homes can count the number of hours they have received power supply in a month, on the fingers of both hands.

Yet, the bills still read the same high charges, without fail. The thunder that will fire Eko Disco is still doing push up at the edge of the Lagoon..!!

bigfrancis21:
I suppose anyone can respond to you here....dude it's a public forum.

Not him, pls! Public forum or not! He has a history of responding in an uncouth way to my posts. Let him get off my mentions!

Lordsocrates:
I dnt blame him

You love Gambia n You didn't leave after they said they dnt want u again ? tot it is said that if you love something you have to let it go..

You love Gambia and After the begged you firs tym, Second tym, 3rd tym you didn't agree... you planned on stayin to force Gambia to love you.

but when You Saw the Nigerian NNS Unity on your waters, The Senagalese troops in your bay, the Nigerian Air force touching down, The UN declaring you persona non grata, and the Gambian Army abandoning You... You now remembered that there is a word called love ? Infact you are very very .........

LWKMD!! ROFLMAO!! Once he perceived the combined military ECOWAS forces, the picture of love descended on his soul...! The sight of those troops helped him to make up his mind, gave strength to his feet and propelled him to take a hike out of Banjul!

jpphilips:
An investment of this nature target foreign markets, except the NNPC will have to operate a form of domestic supply obligation.
You need to sell LPG in usd to recover investment cost.

There is already a domestic supply obligation in place. NLNG supplies 250,000 MT of cooking gas to the domestic market annually, and even bears half the cost of shipping from its Bonny terminals, to the Lagos LPG coastal depots.

bigfrancis21:
Most likely. A text indicated that only descendants of Isuama and Elugu (Olugo) were allowed to be members. It later included members from other tribes but only those of Isuama descent could hold executive posts.

Both are a few pieces of evidence of Igbo traditional survival in the new world.

Quite understandable. Thanks for the explanation.

pazienza:
Carabali Isuama and Carabali Elugu, are not religious practices to be adhered to. They are names of Igbo groups, Isuama and Elugu, who were shipped out via the Carabali slave markets at the Bight of Biafra.

Guy, was my remark addressed to you? How many times have I told you on different threads to refrain from addressing me? What part of 'get off my mentions', don't you understand?

Castroii:
how can u generalize that entry level salary for bank staff hover around 100-150k, whereas ET in gtb takes home 207k mnthly, and I doubt if its among d top 5 highest paying....... Bros NL is a very big forum with different class of pple, dont just come here and say just anything without being sure if not you will end up making yourself look stupid.... Peace.

Nah, you are the one that will end up looking stupid. There are over 28 commercial banks in Nigeria. You have mentioned just one as paying 207k monthly, while 2 other people mentioned Access & Skye bank as paying over 240k monthly. Are you saying those 3 examples are the norm in all the other banks, which are the majority? I have worked with bankers before, and I know many people who are entry level staff in most banks. Their salaries in many banks are lower than what you quoted up here. Why don't you conduct your research on all the remaining banks before coming here to misyarn??

The banking sector in Nigeria is one of highest paying sector as far as salaries are concerned. What banks pay their workers however differs from bank to bank. This is partly due to the fact that there are no particular regulations that stipulate what private organisations should pay their workers. Also, the financial strength, customer base and performance of the bank are other factors responsible for how much a bank pays.

Here is what some banks pay their staff in Nigeria.

Zenith Bank
Zenith bank which is regarded as one of the most stable and reliable banks in Nigeria as of today pays its entry level staff about N110,000 (One hundred and ten thousand) monthly, which comes to about N1,320,000 (One million, three hundred and twenty thousand Naira) per annum. This is reasonably good enough for young graduates who know what they are doing. Suffice to say that this payment subsists only for the probation period of about a year, after which the salary increases.

First Bank
As the name implies, First Bank is seen by many as the strongest bank in Nigeria and the bank has many achievements to prove this point. First Bank’s pay for its entry level staff goes between N90,000 to N110,000 monthly depending on department or unit. And this increases with confirmation and as you grow in rank within the system. Though FBN is the oldest bank in Nigeria, many people still prefer to work there because they believe that the chances of job security here are higher than some new generation banks.

GTBank
GTB stands as the bank of the masses, yet maintaining a very positive and professional outlook. GTB pays her staff at entry level the sum of N209,000 per month after confirmation, which makes it one of the highest paying banks in Nigeria.

Fidelity Bank
Fidelity is one of the new generation banks, but has done quite well within a short period of its existence. The bank started as a Mortgage bank in 1988 and converted to a commercial bank in 1990. On the salary scale, it is doing pretty well too for its staff. Fidelity pays about N140,000 monthly at entry level, an amount many young graduates will agree is good enough to start planning life with in Nigeria.

Central Bank of Nigeria
It is also good to know what the apex bank pay its staff. CBN does one month training for its new intakes and pays N122,000 per month afterwards. This is aside the many mouth-watering allowances. Many industry watchers say CBN is the master when it comes to allowances. So what is lacking in actual salary is made up for in allowances. https://www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/what-nigerian-banks-pay-their-workers.115180/

Blizzy9ja:
I can't stand a newscaster looking like a female suicide bomber... I will change the channel that same minute

What value does the hijab add to her newscasting??

StOla:
Fear the Ipobic plague. It is worse than Zika Virus, and only compares to the Bubonic plague of the middle ages.

While Bubonic plague killed the body, Ipobic plague kills the mind, logic, reason and intelligence. It however increases mental creativity to a point of delusion.
In its most advanced stage, a man would lie and even believe the incredulous lie himself.

I don talk say I no go laugh today, but....

basilo102:
Lol, there are more Igbos in Kano than warri. there are more igbos in Sokoto than Calabar. There are igbo streets in Kano and Lagos, Sabon gari kano is all littered with igbo named streets, a certain part of the city was renamed Nomansland and the Kano govt accepted it. Go to Onitsha and see Nupe Square, Bida road (Bida is a town in Niger state), Sokoto road, go to Aba and see Dan Fodio Road, Mosque road etc. Go to Enugu and see Adelabu street, Ademola street, Brainthwate street etc. Nobody have any apologies for your inferiority complex and lack of adventure. The Niger delta are being deceived of igbo domination while those that tell them to resist igbo domination are begging for igbo domination to their economic advantage. Igbo men just won HOR in Lagos. Hausa and Yorubas are afraid of Igbos leaving their land, they make sure the Niger delta live in panic of the igbos and remain anti igbo, while they (yoruba and hausa) keep tapping from the economic prowess of the igbos. Calabar and Warri has all it takes to beat Lagos, the only reason they will never come close to Lagos is Lack of Igbos. Niger delta minorities live in delusion that somehow igbos will be supressed and this will cure their minority status. Nonsense way to think, the only solution to your minority status is to have a merger with igbos, there are more minorities in the North than south, the fulanis are even killing them but yet, they maintain the Arewa political block with the Fulanis and somehow, they are regarded and Northerners and have a better say than you lots.

They are everywhere. Yet, they still want Biafra!! _smh.... It appears all the people in your post have never heard of the phrase: "Charity begins at home." Why have they refused to stay at home, and unleash their economic prowess at home?

bigfrancis21:
@bold... I've always agreed. Never disputed that. My point made is that not all these adherents are necessarily of Yoruba descent. You and I, as we know, are highly westernized and practice Western culture, food, dressing, religion (Christianity etc.) but we are NOT Europeans neither are we Westerners. That is just my point.

Are all the adherents of the Carabali Isuama and participants of the Carabali Olugo, necessarily of Igbo descent? Just asking.

Dedetwo:
I guess you are an Ijo. The referendum should not be limited to the so-called SE/SS because of the inherent presence of Ndigbo but include Kogi and Benus States with Igbo as indigenes of the states. Ndigbo should not give a ratass about those who are ashamed of the lineage of their forbearers and will settle with a nomenclatural crap and inconsequential nonsense such " Rivers man" as an identifiable entity. What a jerk.

Include Kogi and Benue states??! Do you know how big those states are, and how many different ethnic groups dwell within their borders? No, I believe you wanted to write: "The referendum should not be limited to the so-called SE/SS because of the inherent presence of Ndigbo, ( but include the Igbo people resident in Kogi and Benue States) or only areas where there are Igbo as indigenes of the states..."

Kogi and Benue States contain different ethnic minorities. Would you subject those ethnic groups in there such as the Igala, Okun, Nupe, Bariba, Idoma etc., to your referendum too, when they have not asked for one, neither are they interested in being part of it??

jsaak:
While it is a good thing for Messrs Sahara Energy and a few individuals at NNPC, this does not appear to bear well for Nigeria, why?
NNPC is in a joint venture with SE to supply Nigerian gas to lift under the Cabotage act. The vessel is NOT registered in Nigeria, so there is will not be registry income to Nigeria and as I saw in the picture again, there is NO Nigerian seafarer onboard, so it is a "Nigeria" vessel that we should all celebrate with no quantum of inputs from Nigeria!
There are qualified gas seafarers from NLNG that would have made Nigeria proud on these vessels, a Nigerian registry could have helped our flagging fleet!
Finally, 38,000mt for both vessels means they're made for river ports!

River ports, in what sense? What is the draught at the jetties where these vessels will be loading & off-loading the gas? That is what you should consider. Larger vessels will run aground and get stuck, if they go into shallow waters or inter areas where the draught is not deep enough.

Wiseandtrue:
Okay. I hope the price of gas will be drastically reduced now

Honestly, so do I. Unfortunately, cooking gas is priced in dollars and then sold at naira equivalent rate. There is no subsidy on gas. I hope NPA and PPMC will not use their bad logistics decisions to frustrate this good venture, when it comes to berthing & discharging the vessels.

oyatz:
Don't mind the bigots, thousands of Yorubas in Oyo , Kwara and Kogi States have Borgu, Nupe and Fulani ancestry and many Nupes and Fulani's in Niger ,Kogi and Kwara States also have Yoruba ancestry.
Sen Fatai Buhari (APC, Oyo North) bad Fulani ancestry
There is no pure Fulani in Kwara State, what you have at best is hybrid that chose Fulani self identification (depending on the proportions of ethnic mixture)

True!!

kettle84:
what western part of Nigeria is better? almost all companies are in Lagos because of the nation's sea port and major airport domiciled there due to selfish and wicked political reasons of the presidency .let other regions have same previlage and see equal development.

Ok, so there are no sea ports or airports in other parts of the country? Where is Onne port located? And Calabar port? Are they in Lagos too?

Port-Harcourt sea port is located where? On the outskirts of Lagos, right? Enugu International Airport is in which part of the country? is it Lagos? And Port-Harcourt International Airport is also in the western part of Nigeria,. not so??

bigfrancis21:
Of course we do. It's always been part of our culture. Before the advent of Christianity, Igbo families often held naming ceremonies for their newly born or after circumcision conducted 8 days or two native market weeks after birth if male. Anybody who says otherwise does not know Igbo culture.

Re-ea-ally??! I was called all kinds of nasty epithets a few years back, when I told some chaps on that thread that a naming ceremony is part of Igbo culture.

Here is one of the responses made on that thread:

Donzman:
@Laudate
The link you posted has vindicated me, it has also called on you, TerraCotta and the rest to admit you were wrong. There was no naming ceremony mentioned in that article, the article clearly described the process most Igbos go in naming their kids. They name them after the experiences pre-during-post pregnancy, there is no OFFICIAL ceremony where people gather just to name a kid.

Now Thiefofhearts, Laudate and TerraCotta, where is the apology to Donzman, Babyosisi and the other people who have been banging it into your heads that we do not have naming ceremonies?

P.S.: After reading that article, we still have people who think Ikwerres who name their communities in the same exact pattern, Umu-this, Umu-that are not Igbos, people need to be more honest with themselves! https://www.nairaland.com/59913/what-significance-yoruba-tribal-marks/6

RedboneSmith:
The more you focus on me, the more the topic of discussion here suffers.
*sip sip*

You ba-aa-ad boy!! Hehehe....

Wait, o! What happened to that thread where some Igbo folks were arguing that Nd'Igbo do not hold naming ceremonies and it is alien to their culture??!

NaMeAboki:
You clearly need to work on your comprehension and literacy; because I clearly never said the killings were propaganda but that there were two sides to the story; however, one side pertaining to the clashes was being told as part of an over all propaganda and bias by the media for reasons already mentioned.

I clearly also recall stating that the Fulani were not blameless or not part of the problem.

This is a typical example of how you guys continually deliberately or carelessly misquote Buhari and twist information through your unethical press.

Pls learn to be objective - at least for once.

Just one question - let us even assume that the Fulani herdsmen were unfairly treated or were victims of some attacks, why on earth do they go on rampage, killing and maiming so many innocent people, and laying entire communities to waste? It is reprehensible!! Their response always outstrips whatever damage they claim to have suffered and cannot be justified in any way!

sophiadfirst:
hello friends. hope we re all doing fyn
Young dreams and antara those are my series.
never had interest in twist of fate and living up to the expectation of stupid movie, where one person makes a stupid decision and the others stand and watch, even to their own detriment. from abhi, to boboo, aliya, in short everyone in that movie follow us the viewers to watch as if na us go come act the movie for them, y one person takes the center stage, especially the idiot called abhi. he annoys the heck out of me. I can't stand the stupid movie called twist of fate.
Gunjam is just the girl to watch, she never falls short of expectations n makes one happy with this series not some dumb idiots in the other like pragya.
And Shelle is one nice woman and real good mother for the two girls.
Then today's episode quite intersting, loved what gunjam did. didn't expect her to still go ahead n marry maygan , after all that blackmail, n mumu maygan can't even discern the truth and have trust on.his said to be wife. maygan don't kill his chances, and vihan is at one corner if not eye gunjam and thanking god for the opportunity
On.how I will. love the pairing to be,
gunjam n vihan
rochana n rajid
waiting for more suspence to be unraveled
c'est fini

Young Dreams episode which aired today was da bomb!! Mayank got served a taste of his own medicine! I just loved the way the truth about those scheming women (i.e. Seema & Sangeeta) was exposed. Seema who is Mayank's mum, connived with Sangeeta her sister-in-law to push Gunjan out of Mayank's life, and replace her with Charu. The whole secret was revealed in broad daylight on video, during the wedding.

You need to have seen their faces...! Dolu, the little detective with his handycam, deserves an award for his actions!

pword:
Ile gini? Nna ehn! the way u enemy of ndiigbo use to brandish anybody who has contrary opinion with yours is just appauling. Abum nwafor nwanne aburom onye ofe,before u start throwing tantrum can you name igbo one politician which you hold at high esteem ? but u will use ur body and soul to defend GEJ,Dasuki and co. Even some of you guys has started campaigning for Atiku when its still more than 3yrs before general election. what do you call this my bother? pls just take out ur time and ponder about igbos and Nigeria politics befor you come here and attack.

ROFLMAO!! I don talk say I no go laugh today, but....

Wow!!! Lord, bless my hustle. Help me to launch one of these for Christmas!! This beauty would be great for cruising the coastal waters offshore Lagos...

KidsNEXTdoor:
This is the reason they chant one Nigeria
They can die for one Nigeria

All the multinational oil companies have their head offices in SW Lagos
They major recruitments are done in Lagos
While the labourers and drivers and cooks are reserved for the indigenes

The northerners are the main owners of the oil blocks

Tell me why the west and north will not be proponents of one Nigeria

Guy, when are you going to get tired of dishing out these petty lies? The Northerners control the oil blocks, abi? So where is Alabo Lulu-Briggs from? He owns Moni Pulo, one of the foremost indigenous oil exploration companies.

Where is Uduimo Itsueli of Dubri Oil from? He has been involved in oil production from the early' 90s.

Where is Ambrose Ojiakor of Seplat Petroleum from?

Dan Etete, Abacha’s oil minister is the owner of Malabu Oil & Gas Company, which has OPL 245? Is he from the North, too?

Do his oil wells exceed those owned by Dr. Azudialu- Obiejesi of Neconde Energy which produces about 37,000 barrels of oil per day?

LastProphet:
shame on u, shame, am igala not afonja and i say shame on u Igbos. Idoma will still tell u the same, any tribe with a skull that isnt flat will still tell u shame on u, nonsense

Hehehe.... bros you should know these guys by now. The default setting in the brain of an average IPOBian is configured to scream the word "Afonja," whenever anyone disagrees with their myopic point of view. It doesn't matter if he is Gwari, Tiv, Urhobo, Okirika, Sayyawa, Fulani or Junkun.

But whenever they want to embark on territorial expansion, they then plot the graph of their proposed republic to include Igala, Idoma, Ebira etc., and a few other northern minorities into their fake map, without the permission of those ethnic groups. Just watch.

Eshinwaju:
We full ground....the mods here just enjoy banning me for any flimsy reason....

Na so we see am, o! Their ranks have been infiltrated...it appears some of them did not get the memo on 'how to stay objective & impartial'.

xana101:
I want to use the vw Passat 2008 for Uber taxi. I want to know if d car is an everyday car, I want to know about d maintenance and parts. Finally hope it's not a problematic car. Any one in d house who has experience about Passat shoud help me. Thanks.

I used to have one, and the problems were basically two: fuel pump issues (i.e. had to replace this unit like every 4 months or so), and the second problem was the shock absorbers. Also had to get these changed frequently.

DICKtator:
Two lovers working in the same branch?

Or is it two lovers working in the same bank?

I know this issue has been discussed on NL before
But I thought it wasn't allowed in banks?
Maybe one of them would have to resign after they tie the nuptial knot.
You know bankers don't like it when they work with their spouses in the same bank/branch.

They claim there may be undue influence or nepotism at play but they fail to add that they like to f@#$& one another too

It is not allowed in most banks. One of them would have to resign. In most cases, the woman is the one who always goes out to seek another job.

1bkaye:
It's not baseless though, in fact it applies to most men regardless of country to be honest. Places like Nigeria especially though because misogyny is very much deep rooted in our system.

Lmao, I've not only listened but observed for myself and come to the conclusion that it's a very solid assertion.

Most Nigerian mens' qualms with women who are successful are the traits that tend to come with it. Successful women tend to be more self confident, self assured, independent, assertive, emotionally stable, self sufficient etc than average and they can find this intimidating because she's less likely to be as easily controlled as someone who is more easily subjugated. So whilst they may not mind someone with a good career on paper (although I still maintain that this sef can still be an issue because of ego and the whole 'man of the house provider' thing) and smart enough to not be considered stupid, they want that to be as far as it goes as the other traits give her more leverage to be able to challenge him (as you've actually confirmed lmao).

Lmao, what's wrong with being opinionated and decisive? (in other words, actually being able to challenge him like I said). I don't doubt that there are some instances of some women being overly aggressive, disputatious, confrontational etc but at times it's just a case of a genuinely assertive woman being misbranded and confused as 'bossy' and 'abrasive' because we've been socialised to see it as 'masculine' trait and 'unladylike' so people are more shocked when they are and view it more negatively even though a guy is doing exactly the same thing.

You can be assertive, bold, challenging etc and still be 'warm', 'affectionate', 'nurturing' and 'thoughtful', they aren't mutually exclusive characteristics. Call a spade a space, most Nigerian men just want doormats else are intimated.

Babe!! You don research this matter, well-well!

Kondomatic:
A very baseless assertion there.

Now lemme educate your a little.

Men want from their woman what they can't get from their friends and business associates. Things like warmth, affection, nurturing, thoughtfulnes etc. Men want women that will support and encourage them not challenge them.

Don't listen to the people that say that men feel intimidated by successful women, it's false.

Women who think that the reason they're still single is because their wealth intimidate men are simply looking for any available excuse to give.

The real reason is that many successful women don't know the difference between what makes one successful in his or her career and what makes a successful marriage.

Men love successful women but problem arises when the qualities that make a woman such a big success cross over into the relationship.

In a woman’s career, she may rise to the top by being very opinionated, aggressive and decisive. But when these same qualities cross too far into the relationship, we don’t like it.

We appreciate an accomplished, successful woman but we don’t want to have to come home to a stressful, competitive environment after spending all day in a similar type of work environment.

Bros, what did you just say here? "Don't listen to the people that say that men feel intimidated by successful women, it's false." Haba!! You just fall my hand, big time!! Instead of you to just speak for yourself, you are here trying to speak for all the malefolk including those that have serious self-esteem issues. I know many men, who are intimidated by the success of their wives or the success of women around them!

My former boss was a classic example. He refused to promote any of the women in my dept., despite the fact that they were skilled, knowledgeable & hardworking. His wife had one of the best results in her ICAN final exams, and actually got job offers from two multinational firms immediately the results were released that year. They got married rather quickly after her results came out, only for him to forbid her from taking up any of those offers, and he even made her resign from where she was working, at that time.

His excuse? The firm was not paying her much anyway, and it would be a waste of time for her to work! Bros, that is just one small example out of many. You need to see the way he talks down to her in public. He does so in a highly condescending tone. And each time he sees a picture of a successful woman in the papers or on TV, his next comment would be: "Only God knows what these ones are looking for, sef!"

Another of my friends dumped a lady he was dating, simply because she got promoted and her new position came with a car! Meanwhile, he was still using his leggedez-benz, to trek all over the place! The lady in question was quiet, prayerful, humble and hardworking, but he just couldn't see all that.

ephi123:
Who else is claiming to know it all on this thread apart from you!

In which particular post did I claim to know it all? Are you sure that you are not addressing the wrong person??

ephi123:
Maybe he works in all the banks, since he claims to know it all

Are you ok? Who claims to know it all??