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adanny01:
I really get am for strong head but I dey fear failure too.

I really cannot understand why DIY car painting is perceived to be such an impossible job when I turn my head and see badly painted cars daily. Every time I see such badly painted car, I tell myself, I can do better than this shit.

I know what I am up against. The only fence that is too tall to climb now is the locked borders. I can't get some tools locally, I need them soon before I lose steam or divert my attention to other things.

I will advise you negotiate with a cool headed painter in your hood. Be in charge of your painting yourself but seek his opinion when/where it's necessary. Make use of his tools and one of his boys(you'll pay for these). You will learn a lot from this(doing it in a side of his workshop) and perform better in DIY next time.

diportivo:
pls sir

which type of Honda is not strong....so I can avoid it wen it's time for me to buy a car?

thanks sir

Honda is one of the best car maker: engine, body interior, etc... just laying emphasis on this particular 1997-2001 CR-V (actually, this model is more rugged when compared with other crv models); maybe how I presented my comment using Honda instead of crv due to how some Nigerians always see Toyota models as only good cars.

Antibettings:
Okay
Any fault?

No.

Sound engine and gear
first body.

This type of Honda is very strong, cheap parts and an utility vehicle that will serve you well without disappointment.

Antibettings:
Are you the owner pls?

yes, wife used it before.

Come for this; Ekiti is not far.

https://www.nairaland.com/5767790/clean-registered-2000-cr-v-620k

Grt

That's just it. I hope to see more comments and opinions about these.

tensazangetsu20:
Electricals is it.

Thanks. This is where my support lies but really want to get People's opinion before I try to convince him. Meanwhile, did you consider his age?

However, unlike mechanical and general Auto (in which I would have tagged some big Ogas I've learnt so much from here), we seem not to have experts in Auto Body work and Auto Electrical - Professional diagnosticians and keys reprogramming on car talk...

More contribution, please.

Where are the gurus, your contributions will be invaluable please.

autologic:
Tell him to look beyond money and he shud not use the past workshop that he he been to judge that particular aspect and no aspect of auto doesn't sell in US and all are regulated unlike naija .He should just follow the aspect that he is more comfortable .

Thanks so much for this contribution. He was actually enjoying the former except the electrical aspects and until his bros suggestion. He is yet to find an ideal place for the auto body work but liking the idea (of only auto body preparation and painting) more than the former right now.

Thanks.

I have a friend in his late 30s, who has a job but wanted to use his spare time (Friday & Saturday) to learn something else; also as a side hustling.
He has strong passion for anything auto and I advised him not too long ago to go into Auto Diagnosis and Keys programming and any other aspects of Auto Electrical he could still learn at his age.
He found a nice place and the man welcomed him. He started about two months ago. He was loving it, though he complains of some aspects being so cumbersome...

He informed his engineer older brother in the US last week about his exploits but the brother is now advising him to go for Auto Body Work instead. That if he plans to relocate, he will make more money per hour than anything mechanical and he would not be required to have many certifications..

Now my friend has already informed his New master that he would not be coming again (he gave reasons though). He is now trying to get a place to undergo apprenticeship in Auto Body painting and preparation. He said he would not be leaning panel beating since he has minimal time.

Please, what do you suggest?

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Eryyy92:
Ameachi AKA Abuja politician

I don't believe the 'State of emergency' news.
However, Ameachi did not send him to start arresting pilots and strategic oil workers.

maestroferddi:
It was an important historical nautical mark.

Wetin concern you with how Biafra wants to name her territory?

Ok na you hold the patent and trade mark on Biafra, you can go to court...

Oga, get a job...

Easy man! you and your brother I quoted stated that Biafra existed before some people. I just showed you the origin, then you brought emotions and sentiment to it. Have a nice day!

maestroferddi:
You are struggling to make sense out of the nonsense logic you were trying to promote...

I have completely neutralized you oga...

Accept, let's move...

I know the intelligence of average Ipob member has limit.. unlike those that are not members.

maestroferddi:
The Bight of Benin was named after the Benin Empire and the Benin people decided to change the name of their country from Dahomey to Benin in 1975 in recognition of an important African kingdom...

Stop arguing blindly, this man.

Both gulf and bight refer to bodies of water...

To come to your level, the Mafra or Biafra in Cameroon you're naming yours after, is it an important African kingdom?

Or you're naming a landlocked country after Bight of Biafra? You're getting me wrong, I'm not against the name but telling you that the name was initially picked based on old eastern region.

maestroferddi:
Half-knowledge is not good.

The Bight of Benin was named by the Europeans after the Benin Empire so what are you talking about?

The Bight of Biafra has been known to history before it was chosen as a name for the defunct enclave in 1967 so what is the point of your argument?

Who is being emotional and irrational here?

You who has chosen to be blinded by petty envy and squabbles or myself who is trying to dusabuse your mind and educate you?

Go and study the etymology of countries and stop embarrassing yourself...

American.......named after Amerigo Vespucci (Italian explorer);

Bolivia....named after Simon Bolivar (Venezuelan revolutionary and general);

Colombia....named after Christopher Columbus (Italo-Portuguese explorer and navigator )

And many other countries named after individuals, rivers, tribes etc...

I hope you are not drawing from the likes of Asari Dokubo who makes similar ignorant arguments...

We all know that Portuguese called a part of Gulf of Guinea after Benin but where your intelligence is low is in the context of Benin Republic being named after Benin Empire instead of Bight of Benin. Go read their history.. there is difference between the two.. can't just continue to 'school' you.

My point is Benin Republic you compare yourself with is a littoral country name after the sea but SE isn't open to sea except with SS.

Makemefit12op:
Bro all this energy you are wasting claiming that SE is landlocked can be channel into a useful resources.The SE is landlocked yet the federal government wanted to drench river niger so as to create onitcha seaport with aba seaport.
On the claim that the present SE has nothing in claim with Biafra,can you please ask Wikipedia about the history of Presbyterian Church of Nigeria (Biafra) knowledge is power bro.
And can you also Google the history of abaribe clan in abia state to show you that Igbo efik and Ibibio has same heritage.

You own Presbyterian church...and there is Onitsha seaport, hope you're ok now; I don't get time for emotional dude...

gidgiddy:
According to you, they can do as they like there since there is one law somewhere; they can even move with there forces to trade on the rivers because of the law...

Why would Mali or Ethiopia be using the River Niger or the Nile when they have much shorter routes? Why would Ethiopia use the Nile when Eritrea is next door to them?

No, it would have been cheaper for Niger in the long run to dredge a river in another country, Nigeria and start moving in heavy duty stuff... can you show me instances of countries doing these in a short distance land to sea?
That's, dredging a channel of numerous Niger Delta creeks and start using it without permission of the owner country.

gidgiddy:
Not true. The same law that gave Nigeria a certain number of nautical miles as Sea territory also denies Nigeria the right to use that sea territory to deny another sovereign country access to the Sea. Article 125 of UNCLOS(United Nations Convention On Laws Of The Sea) states:

Article 125: Right of access to and from the sea and freedom of transit
1. Land-locked States shall have the right of access to and from the sea
for the purpose of exercising the rights provided for in this Convention
including those relating to the freedom of the high seas and the common
heritage of mankind. To this end, land-locked States shall enjoy freedom of
transit through the territory of transit States by all means of transport.


Yes Nigeria has 200 nautical miles, it it has no right to use it to deny the SE access to the Sea.

I can quote thousands of functionless international laws for you; don't be deceived by such. The article writer, Okonkwo has said it all.

Then why is Niger or Mali or Ethiopia not doing their business, importing/Exporting through Niger Delta or Alexandria using river Niger and Nile?

Landlocked countries can cope but it's so challenging getting stuff like heavy stills and machines across; they are overtaxed. What do you think make Ethiopia so bitter about Eritrea?

maestroferddi:
The republic of Benin was named after the Benin Empire...

Ghana got her name from an ancient African kingdom of Gana...

So what are you talking about?

Then you will need to go back to secondary school if you've not gone yet.

Why not Google how Republic of Dahomey name was changed to Benin Republic instead of unnecessary argument..

Benin Republic (named after Bight of Benin in the Gulf of Guinea to reflect all groups not only Dahomey) is a littoral country just like the Biafra of 1967-70...but the present SE isn't without SS. No need being emotional about this.

@Makemefit12op

The landlocked status of the SE should just be accepted in good faith. Most of the landlocked countries also have rivers that flow to sea, these do not make them littoral countries.

The Biafra was initiated to be for SE and 4 other coastal States in the SS. It's no longer feasible except the SS join. Otherwise, the SE should just go alone.

Even the present SE has nothing in common with the name 'Biafra' which is for a town in coastal Cameroon called 'Mafra' but change by Portuguese to Biafra and called the coastal areas to Gabon 'Bight of Biafra' just like Bight of Benin, all in the Gulf of Guinea.


Bight of Biafra
... ...
The Bight of Biafra (officially Bight of
Bonny) is a bight off the West African
coast, in the easternmost part of the Gulf
of Guinea.

Geography
The Bight of Biafra, or Mafra (named after
the town Mafra in southern Portugal),
between Capes Formosa and Lopez , is the
most eastern part of the Gulf of Guinea; it
contains the islands Fernando Po
[Equatorial Guinea], Prince's and St
Thomas's .
The name Biafra – as indicating
the country – fell into disuse in the later
part of the 19th century [1]
Early map of Africa depicting a region
named Biafra in present day
Cameroon
A 1710 map indicates that the region
known as "Biafra" ( Biafra ) was located in
present-day Cameroon .
The Bight of Biafra extends east of the
Bight of Biafra from the River Delta of the
Niger in the north until it reaches Cape
Lopez in Gabon...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bight_of_Biafra

Some dullards believe they can easily dredge rivers in another country as if Niger, Mali did same in Nigeria.

grt

Yorubas are independent thinking people; with little emotions and could forgive, forget and move on easily.

We don't have future in present Nigeria as constituted without true federalism, restructuring or con-federalism.

Look, my grandfather, my father and myself lived and live in the same situation with dreams and hopes. Nothing is realised or achieved and you want me to support same for my coming generations, who will have little history of who they are?

Oil will dry, militancy and Islamic fanatics will increase, looking for more lands for conquering and subjugation. Even if Boko haram is defeated, many more like that will emerge in the North. The earlier we have strong regional boundaries or separate countries the better.

Anyone vying for president isn't doing wrong as citizen but that is not the solution. Moreover, these people are contesting for personal aggrandizement not for their people; the time of legends like Awo, Enahoro, etc.is far gone. We're just in one spot with all the problems in this world without any improvement or development, only mediocrity.

I will suggest, people that are already fighting for independence or restructuring should fight harder and better because present leadership and people gaining from the present set-up will always device deceptive ways to maintain status quo. They have what it takes (money, religions, ethnicicy) to cajole the masses along their selfish interests.

We should drop excuses, blame games, emotions and look more to the society we all want for our children. We must know that there would be oppositions to our resolves and there are lots and lots of wicked, terrible people and selfish interests in our midst.. that should not stop our positive moves in anyway. We must be determine, dedicated and ready to lay the foundation with any COST without holding back for posterity.

We're just being played like game..love to deceive ourselves and shy away from reality. Really like what Prof Banji Akintoye and others are doing..

micflo28:
Can u drive down to abuja

Not possible bro. Lockdown plus I'm not based in Ado; just leave it for prospective buyer to pick up.
The vehicle can drive anywhere in the country, all documents complete with sound engine, gear and tires. So come pick it, Ekiti is not that far.

grt

Why would Gowon kill Awo?

Muritala even drove him home in his personal car, calling it a privilege...
Awo is a God given legend for ever...


IN LOVING MEMORY OF CHIEF OBAFEMI
AWOLOWO.. MAY 9,1987

Jakande was sentenced to jail just like his
boss, Awolowo. But Jakande was crying in the
court not because of himself but for Awolowo.
When Awolowo saw him, approached him and
asked him "why crying for only me..." Jakande
replied "I don't mind going to jail and even
adding your terms to mine, why South.West,
why is it that the only Premier in Nigeria that
will be jailed is the Premier of my Region?".
Awolowo replied "Dry your tears, God
sometimes keep his own away when danger is
approaching...."
And that was what happened! The reason why
Nigeria didn't break in 1967 was Obafemi
Awolowo. Gowon said "I needed him badly
more than I needed the Nigerian
Army".....Why? Two reasons;
1. The original rallying point of the Yoruba
was Awolowo. If Yoruba supported the break
up, no Jupiter can stop it. Therefore, to keep
Nigeria one, Awolowo must endorse it!!!!
2. The wisdom of Awolowo was unequalled,
unparalleled and unrivalled. His wisdom must
not be on the side of the rebel, Nigeria would
not survive without it.
No wonder the two Warriors Gowon and
Ojukwu said and I quote;
"I am the luckiest
ruler of Nigeria because the best Nigeria asset
in person of Chief Awolowo was my Vice
Chairman and Finance Commissioner..."-
Gowon.
"Chief Awolowo is the best President
of Nigeria that never was..."- Ojukwu.

Need I say more? Murtala Mohammed had
ensured in his Transition Programme that
Shehu Shagari would not contest but after his
death, OBJ relaxed the rules.....Shagari was
allowed to contest and won but in 1984,
Buhari stopped Shagari again, describing his
election as "shamelessly rigged".......
NCNC was the popular Party in Lagos. They
always won Lagos. And Awolowo's Action
Group would have lost in 1954 if not because
the Yoruba quickly considered him and
dropped Zik

THE SECRET OF AWOLOWO....
Awolowo deliberately spent a lot of money in
establishing exclusive investments for the
Western Region where he thought the SW
Progressive Politics would be financed. He
said "SW need stable source of fund to fight
politically because a poor people cannot fight
the Central Government...". No one knew this
secret until his Deputy had issues with
Awolowo and leaked the secret to the
opponent. He told them "fight Awolowo from
now till forever, if you didn't destroy the
Western Nigerian Investments, SW will always
be buoyant financially and they will fight you
and win you...." Wow!!!!! That was the end!!!
From that time, to cut the story short, SW was
targeted! AWO was accused of fraud.
Investments converted to Full state
investment and later Odu'a Investment. And
later, during the military regime, there was a
time when all SW governors were non
Yorubas, Odu'a investment was crushed. Cold
dead! But LAGOS of Tinubu reinvested the
progressive interest in a more sophisticated
way. MAY THE SECRET OF LAGOS NOT BE
LEAKED THE WAY ENEMIES LEAKED THE
SECRET OF SW!!!

The Story of Progressive
Politics in Nigeria since 1954 had its Genesis
from Awolowo's Palm Tree.
We must never forget the families of Obafemi
Awolowo, Lateef Jakande, Bisi Onabanjo, Bola
Ige, Adekunle Ajasin, Ambrose Ali, Adebayo,
JS Olawoyin, Anthony Enahoro, Abraham
Adesanya, S.O Gbadamosi, Bode
Thomas.....These are first generation of
progressive politicians who played progressive
politics for life!!!
UP AWO!!!!

Simple but Notable. When Awolowo arrived
Lagos from Calabar Prison, after meeting with
Gowon, it was Murtala Mohammed who
voluntarily drove Awolowo home, in his
personal car. Murtala described the gesture
(driving Awolowo) as a privilege!!!
copied.

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