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HealthRe: How Safe Is Sniper/ Go 90 For Mosquito Control? by linearity: 1:38pm On Jun 05, 2016
akinlhab:
I work wth the company producing it. It can be safe for you if you how how to dilute It and what to use to dilute it depending on the size of the area you want to apply it.
Contact 081375677731 on the dosage
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Am curious why anyone should contact you for dosage, is it not suppose to be written on the container?

Also, it would have been far better if you educate people publickly here on recommended safe usage, dosage, etc.

Not everyone will be able or willing to contact you; plus you will be doing your company a huge favor par adventure some lands on this page from google or some other search engine, all they will read is the overwhelming life threatening side effects with your comments commending it's safety but only a phone call to unlock those safety measures, plus you work for the company and such, it is reasonable to assume that you will be biased.

Just my 2kobo.
HealthRe: How Safe Is Sniper/ Go 90 For Mosquito Control? by linearity: 1:02pm On Jun 05, 2016
hatchy:
Seriously? My dear same thing happened to me and i even prayed that God should just take my life and restore me back few days after just to get over the suffering I was passing thru for over one week.I experienced complete seizure of breath so many times and doctors couldn't diagnose what was wrong until i found out that each time I'm back home,the breath seizure becomes worse.I realised I sneeze so many times due to that stuff.
I bought this small spray stuff pushed in wheelbarrows all over town in port called "e dey kill mosquito well well,e dey kill landlord,dey kill tenant but e no dey kill care taker"

The worse is that it doesn't kill mosquito but kills roaches instead the mosquitoes emerge stronger with resistance to other insecticides and doesn't bite again but chops off your flesh
lol, quick fix for my obnoxious landlord, btw why is the caretaker immuned to it?

For Lagos some caretakers and landlords have the same DNA, so the stuff suppose work on both equally:..smiley
Music/RadioRe: #SouthAfricanMusicAwards: Man In Cloth Made Of Currency Notes by linearity: 2:09am On Jun 05, 2016
Those must be Zimbabwe dollars, they are not worth the paper they are printed on.
RomanceRe: Woman Marries Her Unknown Caller Whose Calls She Missed by linearity: 1:22pm On Jun 04, 2016
Truman155:
another unvetted story in nairaland yeye the smell
ps was there cell phone in Nigeria 13 years ago?
anyway ladies inbox me or drop ya number lemme flash you
na so god the take answer prayer o
If you had done a little due diligence, you would have found out that, she is not a Nigerian and does not live in Nigeria. She is an Indian lady, who lives in Kolkata India.

BTW, GSM came to Nigeria around 2000/2001, i.e. about 16 years ago, I remember getting my first MTN line in 2001, and there were even cell phones in Nigeria before then, through NITEL albeit very limited and expensive.
CultureRe: List Of Nigerian Tribes And The States Where They Live. by linearity: 9:30pm On Jun 01, 2016
fratermathy:
You are utterly misinformed. Okpe is a kingdom in URHOBO. However, there is another Isoko kingdom known as Okpe-Isoko. Isoko people are quick to claim Okpe as theirs due to the linguistic similarities. However, we all know that Isoko, Uvwie, Okpe, Erowa, etc, are all "culturally" Urhobos and this is the basis for my claim.


Other than the above, Okpe is listed as an Urhobo dialect everywhere as gazetted by Nigeria!
I thought the comment was about Okpe-Isoko; whichever the case maybe...if the reference was about Okpe-Isoko, it is not a tribe, it is covered under the Isoko tribe and if the reference was to Okpe (Present day Sapele), it is still not a tribe, as it is covered under Urhobo tribe.

And Isoko is not 'culturally' Urhobo, but it is safe to say that, they both have the same roots, with linguistically similar languages.
CultureRe: List Of Nigerian Tribes And The States Where They Live. by linearity: 9:00pm On May 31, 2016
donsteady:
Your list is not complete without my tribe.
Please include Okpe.... Delta state

Click like if you are from Okpe Kingdom let's see how many okpe we have here
Okpe is not a tribe, it is part of the Isoko tribe.
PoliticsRe: You Can’t Stop Me From Travelling Abroad - Fayose Dares Buhari by linearity: 7:09pm On May 30, 2016
Super1Star2:
Last time I checked, the publications did not name any Governor?

Fayose you are a PUMA.
Even if the publication did not mention names as you summised, that did not invalidate the sustain of his argument -ditto- The President cannot unilaterally impend the movement of any citizen of Nigeria, without a court order; albeit the movement of a constitutionally immuned citizen who was elected by the citizens, just like the President and draws autonomy from the same constitution from which the President draws his.

I do not like this guy, but he is one of the vocal opposition to the President and for our democracy to mature, we need more oppositions. Yes, the opposition do not always get it right, I do not know anywhere in the world, where the opposition gets it right all the time.

A heathy democracy need dissidents and contrary voices, we should encourage and not muzzle these voices.
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Looking For A Job In Nigeria With 2.1 Or Staying In U.S.A Illegally by linearity:
lekjons:
people talk as if getting to U.S.A. is the best thing that can happen them..

if it is, those drug pushers would had had better alternatives to risking their lives..
Drug pushers are looking for a quick fix and trying to get rich over night.

Agreed, going to the US will not make you rich or land you that dream job, even if you have a green card or are a citizen, but if you are young, ambitious and not lazy, you will be able to find something to fetch money to live a decent life and have some to send back home or start some projects back home.

The truth is, it easier to travel to Europe compare to the US from 9ja, but it is also easier to get deported from Europe compare to the US, and as such, the US is the best country for illegals. As long as you stay away from crime, choose a state and city that is liberal (e.g. States in the North East), you will be just fine.

I meet Nigerians without papers everyday and you will be amazed what they are doing back in 9ja for their families, projects, etc...sometimes I laugh when some Nigerians will insult some people abroad irking out a living by washing dead bodies, unbeknownst to them that, that same person owns a face-me-I-face-you in Nigeria for which the insulter might be paying rent.

The struggle is real, my people said; you should not stand in one spot to watch a masquerade; if your current view of the dancing masquerade is getting obstructed, and there is an open spot nearby, instead of standing put and waiting for things to change for the better, why not change things yourselve and move to the open spot?
BusinessRe: SMS Alert Charge: Is First Bank Stealing My Money? by linearity: 1:35pm On May 29, 2016
dotcomnamename:
I am a (NRN) Non Resident Nigerian customer. I did not sign up for ATM, i did not even sign up for Token device for online Transfer, at least it would be a miracle how money will fly out from my account when i did not request for a Token, coupled with the fact that i don't even have BVN because there is no BVN centre here in Ireland.

I did not request for SMS alert. I only signed up for internet banking just to monitor my account online and i requested for email alert only. But according to First Bank on their website, it is clearly stated that Email Alert is at no cost. See attached below. What do you think?
Email alerts are free, that is what I use for my first bank account.

Try to do your BVN and token, first bank will dhl the token to you. I have done both and the token is great.

Though when I first opened my account, I was charged for a Cheque book that I never requested for and never received.
FamilyRe: 9-Year-Old Girl Describes Her Dad In A Note She Wrote by linearity: 1:19pm On May 29, 2016
SAINTSAMURAII:
This is heart broken. the dad must have indeed failed in caring for the emotional and mental needs of the child hence her strange outburst. how the heck can a nine year old has these insultive words in her brain? well the father is to be blame too.
She is merely repeating what she heard her mom say about her dad.
PoliticsRe: Customs To Use N285/$ For Duty From June 1 – Businessday by linearity: 12:57pm On May 29, 2016
mrvitalis:
That's great, more revenue
That comment is very unintelligent, I guess you know the meaning of 'devaluation'. In lay man's term, since naira went from about N197 to N285 officially, it has lost about 50% of it's value and the government needs about 50% more currency now hence they are collecting more.

To the worker whose take home pay was about e.g. N30k/month, this means unless his/her increase salary by 50% (which can never happen, even Jesus came), their N30k is now effectively N15k/month in value.

My guess is, the government will not increase minimum wages, which means all wages including minimum values now have a 50% reduction in value and buying power.
TravelRe: The Myth About Nigerians Washing Dead Bodies In The US by linearity: 5:14am On May 29, 2016
Beehshorp:
My brothers and sisters.. Make una stop dis no job excuse nd bad nation misyarn.. US is not meant for everybody.. If e no favor u come back home.. Its better u fry akara here dan wash dead bodies in a foreign land.. #myopinion
Na robot abi na computer dey wash dead body for 9ja?
CrimeRe: Student Of Bayero University Commits Suicide (see Her Photo) by linearity: 4:21pm On May 27, 2016
franciskaine:
just pray life doesn't push you to the limits. Life might not be juicy the way it's to u to others.
I am yet to met anyone that life is juicy to, we all have our difficulties, black spots and hiccups and we still manages to carry on.

One of the beautiful thing about life is, the guaranteed ups and downs. If life is one smooth sailing of ups, it is will be useless and will not provide a bases to determine success, triumphs, victories, achievements or accomplishments.
CrimeRe: Student Of Bayero University Commits Suicide (see Her Photo) by linearity: 4:16pm On May 27, 2016
Nothing to see here, laws of natural selection hard at work, help humanity to clean up the gene pool for a better posterity and future for all.
NYSCRe: Abuja Corper Sleeping On A Bridge In Kubwa (Photos) by linearity: 12:54pm On May 27, 2016
OLUJOSHINS:
SMH

Y did He not go to: NCCF lodge, Local govt lodge, or at worst write a letter to the DG.

There are 101 places for Him to sleep. Sleeping on the bridge is exceedingly weird.


This stunt is political jare.
And what made you think, he didn't try any of those options?

Your conclusions made it look as if, when the choice of where to spend the night came to his mind, his first and only thought was the bridge.

BTW, if one write a letter to the DG, will they respond and provide the temporary accommodation same day before night fall?
Science/TechnologyRe: A Car Made By University Of Benin Students (photo) by linearity: 12:39pm On May 27, 2016
feldido:
Aerodynamically designed... Nice
It is waste, the low profile means, it is not operable on any 9ja road.

That car is accident waiting to happen on any 9ja road, if they dare drive it above 25miles/hr, the next smallest pothole will testify to that.
PoliticsRe: $1.8bn Assets Of Aluko & Omokore To Be Frozen by linearity: 1:35pm On May 26, 2016
cktheluckyman:
Beautiful automobiles and structures!! Where is the proof that they are proceeds of corruption?
For your church mind, you think say na their salaries na him buy and build those things?
CelebritiesRe: Toolz & Tiwa Savage Hangout In Dubai Ahead Of Toolz Wedding by linearity: 9:55am On May 26, 2016
TellingItAsItIs:
She's trying to copy the American way of speaking. Typical Nigerian celebrity
Not true, never met or heard an American speak like that...she messed up big time there or it was an autocorrect mishap.
EducationRe: Students Sitting On The Floor For Lecture At UNIJOS (pic) by linearity: 12:50pm On May 24, 2016
zico530:
Na punishment for late coming. If not we can call that a glorified nursery school because even primary school pupils in my place sit on well furnished chairs.
The result would have been the same, even if everyone came two hours before the start of the lecture, as there is no room to accommodate everyone.
CelebritiesRe: Seyi Law: Why I Slapped The Eko Hotel Gateman, Peter Ethan by linearity: 3:42pm On May 22, 2016
He should apologize to the Security man, from his own account, that situation did not warrant a slap.

And it does not appear that, hitting the door against him from intentional and he is a public figure, he should learn to be professional at all time.
FamilyRe: The Society And The Male Child by linearity: 3:34pm On May 22, 2016
beyondwalls:
The post has got nothing to do with degrading manhood or manship smiley as someone called it.
Let me try to give the bottom line of that insightful write-up and maybe a mix of my own thoughts.

1. There is a stereotype we have for the male and female gender in this part of the world.

2. That typically dictates how each gender is being raised until the individual child is able ‘enough’ to define his/her own life.

3. The female gender has a more robust syllabus (wherever the parents got that) and is trained more rigorously while the male gender seems to have an assumed unclear direction that is based on primordial mind-sets and societal expectations especially in Africa. Every culture has its own dictates.

4. Therefore, most or sometimes ladies are more matured than guys of their equal age. And that has also lead to guys wanting to marry ladies younger than them.

5. The pain basically is the male child is not given much grooming as the female child especially in Africa. You think it’s really a man’s world? Who call you man sef all because you have dick?

6. Where did we even get the syllabus for training? Why is the syllabus still the same considering the swiftness at which change has taken over our globe? Gender roles in marriage are now very sublime. And we still want to live as though we are in 10th century….?

Just take it one line after another….I hope that is still not too much to read or comprehend.

CC:
kayalla(f):
suzan404(f):
goingape:
EVILFOREST:
numericalguy(m):
firstolalekan:
Don't you think you are missing something? It is erroneous to summise that, only the female child have some form of training while growing up.

However, I can understand how you come to that conclusion. Within the African context, female are seen to be home-makers, while males are seen to be home-providers. While the mom of the house is busy teaching/training the female child how to do house chores, the father is training the male child how to provide for the house e.g. By going hunting, fishing, farming, etc with the male child. Society pressure and expectations also exact their own training on the male child, believe me it is not easy to be a male child and don't think they have it easy.

I don't think it is the training that makes the female child to be more mature. Even from the Bible days, in the garden of Eden with no training, the woman had more curiosity. God ordered the man not to eat of the tree of wisdom and he obeyed, but Evi will have none of that and the Bible recorded that, she ate the fruit first and became wise far before Adam, who was her senior.

Also, ladies are wired to think qualitatively, while males are wired to think quantitatively. While the lady is qualitatively seeing the beautiful synergy a new luxury vehicle will add to the family dynamics, the man is busy quantifying the money involved, garage space, speakers, lights, speed, etc.
FamilyRe: The Society And The Male Child by linearity: 3:11pm On May 22, 2016
daretodiffer:
In this 21st century, if name means everything to you then I don't want to ever get to know you.

By the way, you can't tell a tale of a great person without talking about the side of the family that made more impact.
If you look at it closely, it is more than a name; it is identity, it is history, it is cultural heritage and their preservation, it is handing down of tradition and custom to the next generation, who will carry it into the future.

Not get me wrong, I do not subscribe to the 'absolute supremacy of the male child', all am saying is that they both have their uniqueness and the male child is uniquely placed to preserver the family identity, history, culture and tradition in a Nigerian context.

Also note that, there are few exceptions to the above rule; albeit, It is the predominant rule and norm in our society.
PoliticsRe: "It Is NOT True That Nigerians Are Suffering" - Buhari's Spokesperson. by linearity: 10:16am On May 22, 2016
leonbob:
If this story is true, na quadratic thunder go fire Adesina angry
Quadratic Thunder ke, wey me dey call for Polynomial Thunder.
FamilyRe: The Society And The Male Child by linearity: 10:05am On May 22, 2016
Not to rain on your parade, it is true that; it is the male child that carries the family name to the next generation in most Africa cultures.

The lady gets married and start bearing the husband's name and the kids will follow shortly. Yes, she will remember her origin and bring the kids for visitation from time to time, but the father's or family's name and culture, traditions, etc of the father begins an untimely death from there. The male not only preservers the family culture, tradition and name, but he grows it by brings others e.g. his wife and children into it.

Yes, the above is the norm and there are some exceptions e.g. in some Ibo community, if a girl gives birth before the man pays dowries, the child bears the lady's maiden name and there are a few ladies who still retain and pass on their maiden names to their kids especially unmarried ladies, but these are the exceptions to the rule; the male child still dominates this rule book.
Christianity EtcRe: 10 Popular Churches In Nigeria And Their Origin by linearity: 9:44am On May 22, 2016
Two things still surprises me:

1. Why is Deeper Life Bible Church still been referred to as 'non denominational'? Yes, it started that way, where original members belong to various denominations and only come together weekly for Bible studies, but it is now a full denominational church.

2. Why is Christ Embassy called 'Believers love world'? When Christ himself have commanded believers not to love the world nor the things thereof and that, we are not of the world? He even went further to proclaim that, Satan is the ruller of this world and that, it will be destroyed for the establishment of the new heavens and the new earth. And non of those pronouncements were symbolic or figurative. The name seems to contradict the Bible, anyone who knows the origin of that name should shed some light.
PhonesRe: MTN Plans To Roll Out 4G LTE Services To Selected Nigerian States In July by linearity: 10:57am On May 16, 2016
DICKtator:
When most developing countries are already on 5G, this empty Hen is planning to roll out 4G LTE?

Good morning!!!!!

When their competitors roll out 5G, they would shape up!!!!

grin grin grin grin
5G has not been deployed anywhere in the world. 5G standards and specifications are still been defined and there are currently wide skepticism among the various standard bodies.

Most specifications you see online today e.g. on Wikipedia on what will be incoopearted into 5G are speculations, suggestions, anticipations or expectations; nothing is cut in stone and has not been adopted by 3gpp.

The best speculative deployment of the first 5G network is bill for 2020.

4G LTE is not moimoi, as someone who was involved with LTE rollout in the USA for one of the major carrier, LTE presents a tough challenge for the carriers in Nigeria because Nigeria Terrance and IP and flat network requirements of LTE,

It is even more easier to deploy these technologies in rural areas in Nigeria than in the mega cities because carriers have to lay physical fiber cables from their cell sites to their various switching stations or to an ICT, which is significant departure from the use of wireless microwave and radio to aggregate services from base stations to switching stations or ICT today. However, the low revenue generation from rural areas will discourage implementations in rural areas.
CelebritiesRe: Tiwa Savage Is Wrong According To Yoruba Cutomary Marriage Act by linearity: 2:11am On May 01, 2016
It is very sad that, someone in this 21st century will have the mindset, that relatives should have more rights to children than their biological mother.

And it is more ironic that, the same individual(s) that trashes western "tradition" and the whiteman ways, will choose the whiteman's inventions like the Internet, blog and media to convey such ignorance. I believe the same Yoruba culture and tradition define means of communications, transportations, commerce, why don't we also stick to those old traditional ways of doing and accomplishing these tasks?

In the past, these same Yoruba customs term twins evil and kill them with complete abandonment and many other inhuman practices that were put in place to appease the gods from time to time. We should as well stick to all those and completely disavow ourselves of the benefits and quality of life improvements that the western view of things have given to us.

And it is utter ignorance to summise that, the western or America family court system blindly gives the rights of the kids to the mother. The America family court system revolves around the concept of the 'best interest of the child', which is a multifaceted criteria the 'trial of facts' must go through in other to determine who among both parents (in some states grandparents) should have primary custody/visitation of the child.

And except in cases where there is documented cases of real danger to the child/parent, the other party always have visitation rights and there have been cases, where the custodial parent had been forced to even drive the kids to the prison, so that the noncustodial parent can exercise his/her visitation rights. This system, though not perfect and in some cases have done harms to the family dynamics, beliefs that, the child need both parents and only steps in, when both parents cannot amicably or willingly settle their issues.
PoliticsRe: Troops Ambush Boko Haram Terrorists Escaping Sambisa Forest (PHOTOS) by linearity: 11:13am On Apr 25, 2016
Leeeekeeee:
Was the bicycles being towedhuh
How can we have 9 bicycles nd 5 motorbike while just 5 were killedhuh

Lie mohammed battalion I guess, ..
In the chaos of war and flying bullets, others must have escaped into the thereby forest leaving behind their bicycles and bikes.
LiteratureRe: Fuel Scarcity And The Missing Prick: A Short Story by linearity: 8:34pm On Apr 24, 2016
Cityofdavid:
The nonintervention of the police is deliberate, very intentional. This story is a satire. It summarizes the breakdown of the various institutions of the Nigerian state and the hardship the citizens are confronted with.

To this end, the narrator intends to tell the reader that everything in the country is not working because petrol is not available. So, even the policemen are frustrated and, like the missing prick, they are inactive and needs petrol to work.

The narrator says that Mobil will save the masses, not the government. See the paragraph that talks about the police again and you'll understand the technique.

Thank you anyway; you're a brilliant reader.
Thanks for the in-dept analysis, the satire angle make a lot of sense.

I can see the subtle point the OP is trying to convey...This summarizes what the typical Nigerian confronts on a day to day bases, an epic example of OYO - On Your Own.

This also goes a long way to show the resilience of character, we all share as Nigerians; in that, we really do not need the government to function to be able to be productive as a society. We only need the availability of basic necessitates and we will just be fine. In some advance societies e.g. the USA, if the federal government shuts down for just a mere week, the society as a whole will feel the brute and many things with cascading effects will grind to a stop, but that will hardly happen in a resilient society like Nigeria.
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LiteratureRe: Fuel Scarcity And The Missing Prick: A Short Story by linearity: 4:31pm On Apr 24, 2016
OP nice fictional write-up, more grease to your elbow.

One constructive critic though....you mentioned the presence of policemen, but did not assign them any role or involvement in the chaotic situation, even when match was about to be lit to consume the Alhaji, it appear the policemen were not involved.

No shooting into the air, no intervention, no exhortation, no arrest, no intimidation, etc...in a typical Nigeria setting, if this were to play out, oga police will not sit by and watch.
PoliticsRe: CCB Didn't Interrogate Saraki Before Filing Charges Against Him. EFCC Detective. by linearity:
popsonbj:
Justice is no longer on TECHNICALITIES but on facts and law.
Get that right!
Looking at it's meaning, there are really nothing like 'facts' in a court case; you have exhibits/evidence and you have to prove them beyond any reasonable doubt while following the lay down procedure.

You can have all the facts, and even have a video of someone stealing, but if you cannot present that exhibit/evidence using established procedures, the person will be found not guilty. The same way, someone can be innocent of a crime, but with a talented prosecutor, they can use the procedures and circumstantial evidence properly entered to obtain a conviction, that is why it is not call the "Court of Facts" or the "Court of Truth" but the "Court of Justice"

The court presume the accused innocent until proven otherwise and yes one can be discharged on technicalities, in other to get a fair hearing, the prosecution have to follow lay down procedures and this procedure is known to all parties. Sometimes, to cut corners and surprise defendants, prosecution play fast a loose with these procedures and they end up losing the case or it been thrown out on technicalities.
CrimeRe: How I Escaped Being Murdered In Front Of A Police Station by linearity: 6:49pm On Apr 20, 2016
fidorocks:
And they never thought it fit to call a lawyer and believed all the bunkum the police told them.
The problem with calling a lawyer is that, it will end up costing more that the N10k 'bail money' and if you dare them, they can charge him with anything, knowing fully well they will not win and will make you pay more...so most people just cut their lost and pony up the illegal 'bail money.

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