Is the car still available for sale?

My neighbours newly built wall. Lots of other land owners are popping up around my plot to start work in their sites during this sunny season.

More blocks

For the past months I have been gradually buying and stacking up vibrated blocks for the next phase. My target is 5,300 blocks, so far I've bought 3,500 (1,800 more to go).

This is the cleared additional plot

Update: I bought an additional 50 x 50 plot next to mine and had to clear the jungle land.

BabaTony:


The fact that efik was adopted by the british colonials some time ago through voting in calabar -efik won by just one vote by the way does not in anyway invalidate the fact that their ancestors migrated from uruan in akwa ibom to establish at calabar. I am not just talking, these are historical facts, if you need them I can freely email them to you. Facts written by European missionaries (who have no bias towards anybody) and based their writtings on oral history gathered from all these these ethnic groups who told the gospel truth back then before politics crept in. The OP did a very good research job, I don't think he has anything to gain from stating that ibibio was the name all these groups were known as before the dialectical differences came in.Attacking him because you think otherwise is not decent at all.

I agree with you that along the course of Efik migration they settled briefly in Uruan before finally settling by the creeks in Old Calabar; but the point is that Uruan people do not speak Ibibio, they speak Efik language (even until now). This means that either Uruan originally spoke Efik before the Efiks arrived there or that the Efiks arrived there with their Efik language and the Uruan people (who are in the midst of Ibibio speaking villages) adopted and assimilated the Efik language of their guests.

My maternal great grandparents are from Uruan. My maternal granddad was the President of Uruan Union in Calabar as far back as the 1960's. Every year(in the 1970's) we use to make annual visits from Calabar to Uruan across the sea through Oron, so I can give firsthand evidence of the oral history of the people of Uruan, they had no links to the Ibibio's at all.

In 1964, there was an Enquiry into the Obongship dispute by A.K.Clark where the oral evidence about the evolution of the Efik language and history was documented.

Your assertion that Efik language was adopted by the Missionaries based on a voting criteria (of one vote) is quite absurd. How would the Missionaries adopt Ibibio language when they did not even have access to the Ibibio hinterlands? Calabar was a coastal state, business and trade was done by the creeks, riverside settlements. Who from Ibibioland welcomed the white-man to their land? That choice between the two languages wasn't even an option.

How many streets in Akwa Ibom are names after Missionaries or White people (even uptil now)? Where in Ibibio history did Ibibio people have interaction with White Missionaries? Even the villages that Mary Slessor visited in present day Akwa Ibom were Efik speaking satellite villages.

The White man did not visit Calabar/Efiks by fortitude. It was a carefully planned voyage. Reverend Hope Waddell was a Presbyterian Church missionary that was sent to Jamaica as a Missionary. In Jamaica they met a young Efik boy who told them about his homeland, Calabar, and about the need to bring the gospel to his people. In Jamaica there is a popular Calabar High School there presently, in recognition of the historical influence liked to the Efik slaves that were shipped there. Rev Hope Waddell got permission to change his mission from Jamaica to Calabar and thats how he came to Calabar. Reverend Goldie and Reverend Hewett spent years learning the Efik language in order to translate the New Testament Bible into Efik.

Why would they need to vote between using either Ibibio or Efik language in Calabar in the 18th century in Calabar ? Nearly all the Ibibio people in Calabar by then (18th century) were either SLAVES or HOUSEHELPS, the political/economic/religious significance of learning Ibibio language or choosing Ibibio over Efik language as the medium to translate the Bible by the Missionaries was non-existent.

BabaTony:


Another mad Efik monkey on the loose. This all you are known for-foul language, animalistic reasoning, fatally delusional with great posseion of the cave mentality. The very decent Ibibio people will forever deal with you and haunt you all the days of your life. Is it not a shame to you that an urhobo man knows more of your history than you? Shame Shame Shame indeed! Don't even think of ranting back because its going to be a waste of time. HISTORY CANT BE CHANGED BY IT.

You haven't made any cogent point about the Ibibio dialect or the false assertion that Efik, Annang,Oro and Ekit are sub-dialects of the Ibibio language.

Efik language is still spoken in Uruan LGA in Uyo. Mbiakong and Idu Uruan are Efik settlements in Uruan/Uyo that still speak Efik. Efik is spoken in Itu ( Akwa Ibom), Ikot Offiong (which was ethnically cleansed and burnt down ) is an Efik settlement in Akwa Ibom, Oku Iboku speak a mixture of Efik and Ibibio, Obot Itu speak Efik.

Efik has never been a sub dialect of Ibibio. Efik has been a WAEC O'Level subject throughout the 1960's-1980's.

When you go to church in your village what Bible do you use? Can you recite or write down Psalm 23 in Ibibio language without using Efik words?

This must be a recent development. We never had this when I lived there. Where's the venue? Ikom Town? Ikom LG council ground? Ikom Stadium? Or Four Corners?

fratermathy:



Why cant you be sane enough to make points without attacking someone's personality? Im I an Ibibio or an Efik person? Is it now a crime to research and document tribes I love? Must you insult me?

I cant speak any of these languages and all I wrote are research based. Whether Efik, Anaang, Ibibio, Ibeno, all I know is that they are one people of same stock. If you disagree, you can troll off. If you know so much about your people why haven't you written a thread on them before now? I am showing off your people to the world and you are insulting me. Chei.

That said, my research says Efik is a DIALECT of Ibibio. If you don't agree with whatever I wrote, write a counter-thread. Dont come to my thread and insult my person. No one has a monopoly of insults.

You shouldn't masquerade your personal unsubstantiated research as facts and present it to the public. It will open you to scrutiny. Most of your assertions were glaringly wrong.

Nsibidi isn't an Ibibio concept. The origin of Nsibidi is from the Ekoi's and was widely used by the Ekpe members of the Efiks and Egbe/Mgbe members from the Ekoi's to secretly communicate using symbols.

Ibibio's don't have Ekpe or Obon fraternities, they use Ekpo

Hope Waddell Training Institution , Calabar and Methodist Boys High School Oron are not in Ibibioland, and doesn't support your premise.

Ibibio language can not be written, it has no set of grammatical rules, they are still trying to invent an Ibibio etymology- something that the British Missionaries abandoned due to the difficulties and complexities involved. Efik language is still being used in Churches throughout Akwa Ibom whenever the Bible is being read or hymns are being sung. This gave the Efik language a cultural superiority over Ibibio language, something similar to the spread of Russian language over the former Soviet Republics.

Obongship is a concept the Ibibio's borrowed from the Efiks recently. They never used to call their heads or rulers Obong as a title.

There are lots of second and third generation Ibibio's living in Calabar South, Akamkpa, Odukpani and Akpabuyo, but most of them have adopted Efik names or speak Efik as their main language as a result of cultural assimilation over the years.

The origin of the word Ibibio is from Efik. It means the SHORT PEOPLE. Ibio-ibio =Short short.

The origin of the word Efik is from Ibibio. It means the OPPRESSORS. Fik= Press. E-fik nyin= They oppressed us.

Historical the Efik ship merchants used to raid the Ibibio hinterlands and catch Ibibio people for the Slave merchants while the rest were sent to the farm plantations in Akpabuyo as servants. It was this notoriety that made the Ibibio's to call them Efik.

naijaguy77:




Are you sick? Since when did Oron people become Ibibio? And since when did Oro language or even Efik language become an Ibibio dialect?

Just consider the following facts:

1) Oro people speak oro language, they also generally understand Efik language but only because the bible was first translated into Efik, so the missionaries used Efik to spread the gospel. Even in the most rural parts of Oro, people can understand efik, but ibibio is some irritating sound that no one relates to.

2) Ibibio is a dialect of Efik, not the other way around. Efik is the main language, it is understood by everyone, Efiks, Oros, Ibibios, Anangs, etc. The Efik bible is what is used from Ikot Ekpene to Ikot Ansa, so I wonder which alternate universe you live in where Ibibio is a language and Efik is a dialect?

3) What are the characteristics of a language, as opposed to a dialect? Efik is studied in university, Efik has poetry and artistic music from Inyang Nta Henshaw to Peter Effiom, plays and playwrights, literary luminaries, Professors of Efik language such as E.N. Amaku, Efik alphabets and etymology. Jesus, what is ibibio? Ibibio is a barbaric dialect of the efik language.

Comparing Efik and Ibibio is like comparing Queens Engligh to Pidgin English, just because more idiots speak pidgin English doesn't make it the language, it is still the sub-language/dialect of proper English.

Maybe becuase you have started getting some oil money (which you don't even produce a drop of oil, oil is produced by Oros, Ibenos, and Obolos) and you are no longer houseboy and housegirl, you think you can come on nairaland and denigrate other people's culture and language? You better think again.

The Ibibios, up until recently, have been something of 2nd class citizens in that region. Because they live in the hinterland (despite being in a predominantly Riverine/coastal region) , they had the following misfortunes:

1) The Efiks and Oros are coastal people and their main commodity during the slave trade era were ibibios. They sold ibibios to Europe slave traders and this led to the generally perception of the ibibios as inferior. Since they had no access to the coast and were mere commodity.

2) During the colonial and missionary era, the Europeans first settled in the coast - Lagos, Calabar, Oron etc. Because of this, Education and Administrative generally went to people from the coastal regions, hence the reason why you find the oldest schools in these areas - Hope Waddell Training Institute Calabar, Methodist Boys High School Oron, St. Patrick's College Calabar, Kings College Lagos, etc. Because of this, the ibibios had no access to Education until the late 20th century. This naturally placed them at a disadvantage to the Efiks and Oros, who are coastal people and had earlier interaction with Europeans, embraced western education early, etc.

Today, you see jokers come on the internet to proclaim a barbaric dialect as a language. Can you tell us even one seminal work done in the ibibio dialect? None. You think a sound is considered a language because it is chanted by numerous monkeys?

What a joke.

The main language of the Lower Cross River Basin is EFIK. The dialects of Efik include Ibibio and Anang. Some related languages to Efik are Oro and Ibeno.

Your dialectics is 100% spot on.

faceless
Good evening everyone, so happy to stumble on dis thread. I have a legal background but won't mind starting a career in HR. Any advice on how to go about it esp as I'm considering a masters programme. Thanks in advance

faceless,

Check the advice below




shegz4law

Hello everybody.. I'm a recently qualified Lawyer who is passionate about starting a carrier in Human Resource Management... I'm thinking of volunteerimg to gain experience in the field.. I need advice on how to accomplish this... Thanks

LondonCool:


shegz4law,

Volunteering is the pragmatic option for you to take in order to cross over to the HR sector for practical experience. However, there is still a body of theoretical HR knowledge that you need to acquire in order to demonstrate proficiency as an HR practitioner. This means you either need to enroll with the CIPMN as a student or go for a Masters degree in HRM (and apply for some exemptions from the CIPMN).

Your knowledge of Employment Law/Labour Law ( if at all you did the elective module) can come in very handy in the area of Employee Relations at the workplace. The problem is that you need to work your way up the HR career ladder from a foundation entry point or brag your way through at a higher level.

Local churches or charities are good places to volunteer. You can offer to update their HR policies or Staff Handbooks for starters, or offer to overhaul their HR staff record filing system. We all started our HR careers from filing HR records.

Testimonial:

I recently engaged micgray100 to help me to register my Limited Liability Company in Nigeria from the UK.

Previously micgray100 used to give tips how to do incorporate your company yourself via the CAC website. I followed his tips and was able to get my business name approved but surprisingly the CAC stopped their online process so I was stranded.

My Solicitor charged me N110,000 to incorporate my company and micgray100 promised to help me process it for N70,000. I gave him N55,000 upfront, sent him my passport copy, AOA/MOA,etc.

I had to make some adjustments to my share ownership and Company Secretary details and micgray100 was able to guide me. He followed up the process and gave me updates frequently via phone calls and Whatsapp.

After around 2 weeks I received my certificate of incorporation. I sent N5,000 for him to send the certificate by Express mail to my brother in Cross River for safekeeping which has been received. I also sent him the N15,000 balance.

I'm impressed with his trust worthiness and ability to deliver what he promised to do especially for someone living abroad. I'll be sending more clients his way shortly. It also gives me the confidence that I can easily do business in Nigeria from abroad without any fear of being defrauded.

Note: For each business you incorporate you ( or any director) need to provide CAC with a qualification of expertise in that area.

Through Obudu/Bekwara axis where it terminates and can be joined to the existing Ogoja-Katsina Ala route.

Passing through Ikom/ Etung

The highway navigates its way through part of the Cross River National Park at Oban through to Ikom

The super highway is shown with double lines

This is the starting point at Akpabuyo LGA

Let's navigate our way through the Super Highway

Skoopy:
Don't give misguided info pls, it's calabar- ikom- obudu super highway. State of cross river cannot use its funds to make roads to katsina ala. Quote me

If you are conversant with the geography of cross river, you'll know that akamkpa LGA is the biggest in the state and it is also bordered with ikom and etung LGA. The intention here is to avoid the regular route of going through akamkpa, biase,yakurr, and obubra before getting to ikom.when completed, you can approach ikom directly from akamkpa while from calabar. It's that easy. Attached is tha map of CRS.

I don't get your grandstanding? There is already a Federal road that links Ogoja with Katsina-Ala. Its just a 1hr 16 minute journey between the 2 places. If the new highway terminates at Obudu/Ogoja axis, that's where the jurisdiction of the Cross River state ends. It's left for Benue State to repair their end of the Katsina-Ala Rd or wait for the Fed Govt to repair it.

That is a very poorly written Job Description and Person Specification by the apex HR body. Practice what you preach.

After President Muhammadu Buhari performed the ground breaking of the super highway in Obung, Akamkpa Local government area of Cross River State today, he shared some private discussions with his entourage.

After the ceremony the President and his entourage including Governors Ayade; Rochas Okorocha and Udom Emmanuel; APC governorship candidate for Akwa Ibom State; Otega Emerhor, APC governorship candidate for Delta State and Chief Obono Obla boarded the Nigerian Airforce One Chopper at the Margaret Ekpo International airport back to Abuja.

In the cabin with the President was Umana Umana, Otega and Chief Obono Obla. While chatting with the President, Umana Umanah used the opportunity to thank the President for affording them the privilege to travel with him. The President jocularly said he was 'wooing ' the people of the South/South.

The President then told those traveling with him how as a young officer in the Army during the civil war trekked from Gekam in the present Bekwarra Local Government Area to the border between Nigeria and Cameroon in the present Etung Local Government Area.

Source: Chief Obono Obla (APC Chieftain and Radical Human Rights Lawyer from Cross River State).

President Muhammadu Buhari has performed the ground breaking of the super highway in Obung, Akamkpa Local government area of Cross River State. In his speech he pledged the total commitment, support and dedication to the success of the project that he described as visionary and revolutionary.

He commended Governor Ayade for his foresight in conceptualizing the project that will link South/South, North Central and North East on completion. PMB described Governor Ayade as ' his brother' for his foresight in conceiving the project which is expected to link South South with North Central and North East.

After the ceremony the President and his entourage including Governors Ayade; Rochas Okorocha and Udom Emmanuel; APC governorship candidate for Akwa Ibom State; Otega Emerhor, APC governorship candidate for Delta State and Chief Obono Obla boarded the Nigerian Airforce One Chopper at the Margaret Ekpo International airport back to Abuja.

In the cabin with the President was Umana Umana, Otega and Chief Obono Obla. While chatting with the President, Umana Umanah used the opportunity to thank the President for affording them the privilege to travel with him. The President jocularly said he was 'wooing ' the people of the South/South.

The President then told those traveling with him how as a young officer in the Army during the civil war trekked from Gekam in the present Bekwarra Local Government Area to the border between Nigeria and Cameroon in the present Etung Local Government Area.

According to Chief Obono Obla, PMB is an intensely private person but at the same time friendly , humorous and a study in humanity

Source: Chief Obono Obla (APC Chieftain and Radical Human Rights Lawyer from Cross River State).

Donbryan:
Hi...am happy to be part of this wonderful cream of intelectuals. I just enroled in an Msc in Strategic HRM at the Pan African Institute For Development West Africa. I would be happy if you people assist me with any infos relevant to my field. My first semester courses are;

1. Advanced Human Resource Management Policies and Strategies.

2. Industrial psychology and Labour relations.

3. Labour Law and regulations in the Anglophone and Francophone Zones.

4. Leadership ad Organizational Behaviour.

5. Trainning and Development

The rest of the courses are the schools compulsory course.

Feel free to help me with any stuff on my email...Mbonibryan@gmail.com

Donbryan,

It's good to know that you are about to embark on your Msc degree in Strategic HRM. My concern is about the pedigree of the school where you are getting your qualifications from. Which University is accreditating your degree? What is the quality of the academic staff in the HR department? How many Professors, Readers, Senior Lecturers, Lecturers, Research Associates/Fellows are there?

Your course modules need to reflect the body of knowledge required to constitute a Strategic HRM masters degree. I would have added more global content or curricula, although it does reflect the areas of study for PAID-WA.

If you are given lots of reputable African companies as case-studies to diagnose in the area of change management, organisation design/culture, global leadership, strategic corporate planning, etc, as part of your learning you would be able to sharpen your strategic acumen.

As a starting point, if I wake you up from sleep and ask you 'What is Strategy?', you should be able to tell me the answer. ( If you are in doubt Google the article 'What is Strategy' by Prof Michael Porter)

Your access to recent HR journals, research work and text books is very crucial. HR is a fast changing subject and any secondary research material more than 5 years can be deemed as obsolete in many traditional University settings.

I work as an HR Consultant for a UK University so I deal with a lot of degree validation issues when it comes to recruitment. Where and what you study is very important. Normally, I should be able to go to Google and access the details of your school, department, research activity before offering you a job.

Lest we forget !

Akolawole:
Congratulations Nigerians,

While we are wining and dinning, its time to guess who will be working with our NEW President.

1) Babatunde Raji Fashola ~ Attorney general and mister of Justice

2) Abike Dabiri Ereduwa~ Foreign Affairs

3) Ogbonnaya onu ~ Internal Affairs

4) Olorunbe Mamora~ Information

5) Chris Ngige ~ Health

6) Owelle Okorocha ~ Finance

7) Kayode Fayemi ~ Police Affairs

Rotimi Amechi ~ Petroleum

9) Alhaji Kawu Baraje ~ Works

10) Prof Osinbajo (Junior) ~ Special Duties

11) Dakuku Peterside ~ Niger Delta

Any Addition or Deletions?


EFCC

Alhaji Abubakar Atiku or his nominee

Really ??

godello:
Pls @londoncool email,Some folks need land around qua calabar or ikot ishie. I noticed u have d connection. Thanx

Have they bought the land ?

wolestix:
Hello House'
Pls I need a Job as an HR Officer in IBADAN, Am a graduate of Public Administration(Bsc), I have a little work experience on human relation(NYSC). Am presently a student member of CIPM(PE2). I would like to have a work experience in the field of human Resources. Am reachable on this mail for timanjorin@yahoo.com. Thank you and God Bless U.

If I were you I'd write down a shortlist of all the public and private sector organisations in Ibadan and target them by sending them my CV. To be employed as an HR Officer you would be expected to have a couple of years of demonstrable HR working experience.

I studied Public Admin for my first degree just like you and I registered with the CIPM as a Youth Corper just like you too ( in 1992), so you are on the right path. You just need to be focused and persevere with your HR goal.

sisisioge:


Whew! Sounds indept...thanks. I was so interested in HR cos my first degree was related, I got CIPM and then majored in it with my MBA but haven't had the opportunity to work in HR capacity. The volunteer HR jobs aren't anywhere in the horizon for me now cos I need my time and money. I will take your advice and see what happens...thanks a ton.

My friend, you can volunteer on a weekend or once a month, it doesn't have to be on a 9-to-5 full time basis.

Second,you may need to reinvent yourself, register a business name with the CAC and package yourself as an HR Consultant in the area of your expertise. That's how you break through in this rat race. With all your qualifications and experience what HR problems are you capable of solving? Use your business and let potential clients know what HR problems you can solve for them. For instance, can you provide vetted cleaning staff for organisations? Can you supply temporary Teachers to schools?

Use your company/business to provide your HR experience for your next HR role. Read up and make sure you have the substance to back up your claimed HR experience.

johnson232:

Sir was the beam at the foundation level introduced on all the walls, both the exterior and interior partition walls? Or it was only on the exterior walls? Thanks.

Hi johnson232,

The beams are normally introduced all round the foundation perimeter (exterior). By this stage the interior walls wouldn't have been partitioned as more coaches of blocks would also be usually added on top of the beam (level).

twaintoy:
How do you get these volunteering jobs?

You need to apply to organisations that
1) have vacancies for voluntary roles
2) do not have such vacancies but indicate your willingness to add value to their HR processes by volunteering your skills on a pro bono basis. This could be your local church, library, private school, charity, private sector companies, etc. This way you are creating the vacancy for yourself through your resilience and persistence.

sisisioge:


Thanks for your response cool. CV appears alright though I wouldnt mind a review. I haven't really test driven it though I have been working for 3+ years. I want a job in administrative capacity having worked in supply chain, operations and now customer care. I presently work with one of the telecoms and really wish to move to the next height. Any ideas?

What kind of career path do you desire to pursue? Administrative roles are only stepping stones. The kind of Admin role you are looking for depends on the organisational hierarchy in place.

You may be looking for Admin Officer, Admin Executive, Senior Admin Officer, Admin Manager job titles, but their level of seniority or job description may differ from place to place deoending on the degree of complexity required to carry out the role.

Have you considered adding something extra to your Admin skills like Project Management, Systems Administration, Accounting, Customer Service skills, etc ?

Get your CV reviewed by a friend or peer, or blindly send them to companies and once you get a refusal response contact them to find out what aspects of your CV they had issues with.