₦airaland Forum

mbhs139: You are wrong bro. The same person is in the same all pics. The Oba of Benin don't seat nor see eye-ball to eye-ball with another Oba. It's a taboo.

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Ol' boy where did you hear that?

When the Oba of Benin paid a nationwide thank-you visit to all the Obis, Obas, Emirs etc who came to his coronation, you mean he sent a body double? I had some relatives in his convoy.

Maybe you were not even born then.

WildChild00: National youth service corps, should not be scrapped, this is one of the only means whereby youths across the nation can get to meet each other, exchange ideals, culture etc today the case might be different due to one or two occurance in some region of the country, perhaps as a result of political instability, Nysc is meant to bring peace and unity among corp members especially during their community development program.

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You don't have to crisscross your country to be patriotic or get ideas. All those Farook and thieves in government did NYSC and it didn't make them better people. Most countries don't it.

Instead it should be a community service programme. You can apply to serve anywhere nationwide from kindergarten to NNPC or national assembly. NYSC should only help those who cannot secure their own places to serve BUT should shed its paramilitary toga.

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kaflex: This plot of land is dry and in good location where people are already living, its a genuine land with good title.
contact 08028650671

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Thanks lawyer.

This is very serious indeed.

I have never heard of this new law till now.

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ceasare: @maclovington: ur email is not correct cos i kp getting failure delivry tryn 2 send u a mail.you can mail me @ gothamprojects at hotmail dot com .

My brother sorry.

Email:

mac.lovington@yahoo.com

And for the 1/4 plot is it 30 x 15 or what's the dimension?

Is Agbara in Lagos or Ogun state?

Phonon: Scientist?He should examine one of those lions that are starving in our zoos all over the country,then he is a scientist,sorry,zoologist.ZOOLOGY IS NOT REALLY SCIENCE.

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Ol' boy, you sure say you know anything about science so?

A zoologist must be confident with biology, microbiology (bacteriology, virology, mycology etc), phylogenetics, molecular biology, taxonomy, biochemistry, plant science, animal anatomy/physiology. He needs these tools and more in his research.

I had colleagues at uni reading zoology and they were very good in science. Although it was in Europe but I think it can't be different in Naija.

@Op, for the negotiable 700k Agbara standard plots, please email all details (title documents, survey costs, + pictures to:

maclovington@yahoo.com

Also state if there's light in the area. Are people building around there already?

oshea44: this is fcukest problem, i am always having with my people, u go to another peoples country, u start forming over sabi and bullshit, now if the South African police kick their ass now, We start complaining, why is South African police after Nigerians alone? cos their behaviour is terrible. Period

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SA police van dragged a Mozambican along a tarred road, with policemen jogging behind the van. Simply evil and heartless. It is not only Naija. Except you only rely on Nairaland for your information.

Mandela is the respect they now have.

After him, their social situation and divisions will become obvious like anywhere else.

funnyx: The report didn't state that he was chased by the police but by 'some men'. He must have had some dealings with these men otherwise they can't just single him out for a chase for no reason.

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Plain clothes policemen arrested a SA woman and her friends just days ago, asking why she had Nigerian friends and threatened the girls with r.ape in detention. After fabricating charges against them, trashing their flat etc.

The killers could easily have been bent policemen.

WE NEED TO WAKE UP AND RECONSIDER OUR TIES WITH SA.

AjanleKoko: Haba Mallam
You think they actually look at someone, finger them to Nigerian, and put bullets in them?
Don't yarn like the SA and Charley chumps on NL. And as for not going to SA . . . sorry oh. Na you miss

So you never heard of fellow Africans being chased down the streets with machetes?
Did Lucky Dube killers say they thought he was Nigerian or not?

One thing about Naija people is that until themselves or family members suffer injustice, they have no sympathy for others especially if the victims have no tribal/religious ties with them.

bidis: most nigerians in abroad always tarnish our image wit thier illegal activities i pity those gud ones outthere

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What a silly comment. If "most" Nigerians were doing that Nigerians everywhere would have been driven out by now.

People I know here are medics, IT experts, civil servants, all cadres of workers, all tax-paying honest people. Don't be brain-washed.

Have you ever seen a write up or documentary showing talented Nigerian surgeons abroad? No. Yet I know some here.

Have you ever seen a documentary/write up about Nigerian criminals abroad? I bet you have.

Don't be brain-washed.

AjanleKoko: This is obviously a drug slaying or some other dirty deal gone awry.
If the nucca had been Cambodian, he prolly wouldn't have been treated any better. No xenophobia here jare

You mean like Lucky Dube who was thought to be a Nigerian?

Just listen to yourself.

I have never been to SA and I have no intention of going.

successking: Are Nigerians the only national that engages in drug business in SA?
Besides, why do relate this murder case to drug? Are you the dummy who shot him in order to claim his property?

Imagine that Lucky Dube was actually an innocent Nigerian, no body would have believed it.

I think FG should forget silly diplomacy and seriously consider partly evacuating Nigerians in SA and limit diplomatic relations.

But they won't because they have too much stolen money in SA.

If Lucky Dube was indeed a Nigerian (however innocent he was)as his killers thought, everybody would have branded him a real drug dealer.

South Africans like to blame others for their woes, it was whites, now it's fellow Africans.

We need to face African reality in Nigeria today. There is no Pan-Africanism, it's a mere dogma and wishful thinking. It's dog eat dog.

Smearing Naija's image using any minor misdemeanour of a Nigerian makes other Africans feel good about themselves. The West know that too. Disparaging a major African country would affect the self-confidence of all Africans.

They try to big up some Lilliputian African countries that have no clout (and cannot become too influential/powerful) and would always do their bidding (if only out of gratitude).

In Naija we know our problems and we criticise ourselves more than any other country. No question of us being in denial.


Remember: Nigeria sacrificed so much goodwill and economic opportunities by vehemently opposing Apartheid.
Even as a school boy I went hungry a few times because I gave my school lunch money to people collecting money to fight Apartheid. That was a normal thing in those days.

If somebody dating a pastor could not avoid such a grave sin, then there's hardly any hope.

Fast fast break up with the pastor. Have the child and give it to those who really can't have one. Or do you want to drive your sugar daddy's wife away and marry him?

Op someone like you will also condemn a roadside ashawo, how's yours different? You have a job, yet for you were forking a married man. Speechless.

segzy14: @ maclovington
There is plot @ kuje 15m by 30m @240k
you can reach me on
Tel:07035596641 or 08178706641
Email: samuelajoseengineer@gmail.com
serious buyers pls.

This Kuje land, what documents has it? Is it buildable now? Is there electricity/road in the area?

Nigeria was never set up to succeed.

I don't know when people are going to realise it.

Without sacrifice and bloodshed in such magnitude that people can build up from the ruins and finally decide who wants to be with whom, your grandchildren will still be lamenting in 2063, that is 50 years from today.

We are currently just sleepwalking with churches and mosques everywhere we think God will just do it (come down from heaven). We have abdicated our struggle to move forward as a people. Only vanity and individual pursuit of wealth by any means.

The building, how many rooms? What documents do you have? any picture of the plot?

mac.lovington@yahoo.com

It is not what goeth into a man that defiles him but that which cometh out of his heart. Mark 7:15

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Kunzee/Sprumaba,
Please be more specific: no prices?

Money matters: Post your brief here including prices for each or send to:

mac.lovington@yahoo.com

etunoman76: I saw ur post on d properties section, but I think I'm on suspension. Funny enough, all I did was to post some of d properties I have like I told u. After posting, I wanted to add another that I forgot and that's it. Im still trying to understand why I got suspended there.
Can I post them here for u to see or wait till 'I'm set free'? Lol

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Yeah you can post it here or email to:

mac.lovington@yahoo.com

etunoman76: I have a couple there@Kuje and other areas here in Abuja if u are still interested. Thank u!

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Etunoman76,

What offensive stuff did you post above that made it to be hidden by mods? Lol.

Very bad.

But do people still believe in free things/money coming their way just like that?

plendil: The practise is common among the TIVs (Benue State)

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From what I learned, it was common in one part of Benue, but has changed long ago. Now it's just individual indescretion.

It's like saying a certain Naija tribe romoured to eat people is actually a widespread practice today when infact it was an isolated preactice in the past.

makelove2m: Let anyman who is clean and free from adultry first cast the stone on the woman, When it come to a woman, it becomes NEWS, Abeg make we hear something jareh

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Jesus doesn't allow us to cast the stone BUT apart from that I have never committed adultry. I don't know what kind of married men you mix with. You need to start mixing with decent men.

Plenty of temptations yes. But was Jesus not tempted?

babyosisi: I love it when folks fall for all my twisted humor
Anyway sha
Is it because we are Nigerians
In Cameroon,this is no biggie
A married woman can even go out and born pikin for another man and return to continue the marriage from where she stopped
I hear part of Ijawland and Edo allow same
She had small uha soup after eating egusi for so long
It's not as if she killed somebody

Which part of Edo allows it?

In Edo State single girls can be liberal and date any guy irrespective of tribe BUT after marriage you cannot mess about.
For thoses that do it away abroad (Italy & Spain mostly), the man back home will have effectively married another woman back home and only uses her money to live good.

When she returns she will realise that she has no husband waiting for her. These stories abound.

supaeagles: Here's my double like for your astute observation .
Even better , I think the title should reflect that " a couple were caught committing adultery" .

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She brought the man to her own house to sleep with her. She was even seen calling the man to come. Both are wrong but there is no history of polyandry in Naija or the bible. But plenty of polygamy in our culture. I don't support polygamy but to every man his own.

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gtrust: Interesting topic and very interesting write-up here!

My understanding is that some people cannot leave their jobs even for one day because they will lose alot of money!
Some people live so far away from Nigeria that cost of traveling home is so so much!
Some people are happy to pay a little extra (not 60%) and I heard some say 15% more than 'standard' to get their jobs done!

Wahala here is: what is the standard
why will someone just decide to buy inferior materials
Is this because some people fear neither God nor man

Anyway, I have been in all these wahala situations and they have NOT stopped me from continuing to love my Nigeria and I will continue to invest there anytime God blesses me with money (earned from hard-work!)

My current method is:
- to trust a professional, (DEGREE, I will see your projects, you MUST still be working NOW!)
- pay adequate fees,
- monitor via emails and this has been enough besides, I don't have time. ONLY the professional is incharge and no friends, no families. Anybody you see on-site is working on that site under the professional.
I know a man who was 'monitoring' his wife and she was doing stuff right infront of his nose but he couldn't see.lol
- build within 6months (avoids grammar of Oga price increased!)

So far so good, I thank God.

I leave the rest to God!
If the 'professional' f.cks up, I move on. God DEY!

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Very good points made.

It is not rocket science. Standard is not the problem. It is nothing elusive. It is just dishonesty. If you know that 10 men can set x number blocks a day and you then tell your relative abroad upfront that you need 30 men to do it, it's just daylight robbery.

If you know that labour to plaster a bungalow is 150k and you claim it's 310k, it's not due to standard.

If you measure the surface area of a bungalow to tile to be 336sqm and you demand money claiming the size is 778 sqm, you're a rogue.

These are the kind of rip off I am talking about.

In the past, I have seen people asking for 120k instead of 105k that was actually quoted (through checks), I usually just did as if I didn't know and paid 120k.

There was even a time eons ago when I used to add 10% to every quotation I got from a close relative as commission (not agreed on, but out of appreciation).

He began well. Later, he wasn't even spending 50% of money sent on the project. He was pocketing most of the money plus commission. In those days no internet, no mobile phone. Analogue Nitel phone line was unreliable. So verifying things was hard unless you travel by yourself.