₦airaland Forum

Prophetkelly:
Oh okay...you actually got the message before,you just want to be stupid. English teacher 😔

What message? someone just correct your use of English, instead of you to say Thank you ,you calling the person stupid,the other a dummie....don't you have manners?that you have to display your gutter character online?

ScamHunter:
I still don't understand this cousin sister term. How could someone be your cousin and sister rolled into one?

I tire oooo.. Nigerians and formulating their own English.

smokinloud:
The notion that “it’s not compulsory to do water business” misses the mark. people run water businesses even in developed countries, and it’s perfectly normal. I just searched Google and found a U.S. EPA report showing that some American communities, even in urban areas, rely on decentralized water systems. Private individuals handle their own borehole drilling, water treatment, and distribution. The EPA also notes that over 13 million (in 2022) and 45 million (in 2025) U.S. households depend on personal water sources, like wells they’ve built and maintain themselves. This isn’t some backward anomaly; it’s a standard practice, even in a wealthy nation. Water businesses aren’t odd, they’re a global norm.
Your thinking leans socialist, but a capitalist mindset puts economic impact first, not noble intentions. If noble goals trumped economics, the U.S, with all its wealth, would have universal healthcare like the UK or a railway system linking every state like China. It doesn’t. Childcare, internet access, affordable public transport, free education to university level? Basic amenities, sure, but the U.S. government leaves them to the private sector. That’s no accident, it’s why the U.S. stands as the greatest nation in history. It thrives and can cut-off any country without because its citizens don’t depend on the government for everything. Socialism sounds nice, but it doesn’t work. Capitalism, with all its edges, delivers.

Modified: The reason why you find few generator mechanics in Ghana is because Ghana is a developing country. Developed countries like the US have generator mechanics who work on industrial generators e.g the mining sector, trucks that transport frozen foods big agricultural companies etc.

oga please stop posturing nonsense online please it's making you look some how..heck people are into private business of electricity generation, private education,schools,have you heard of private roads toll gates?pipe borne water is a social amenity..you crying that Government should not build a water treatment dam in Lagos is hilarious because of people doing water business...there will always be market for them but in ideal situation..there is not even a need for them in a state like lagos with watee everywhere..all the government need to do is to lay pipes to all households .it's not rocket science...the America you quoted.is as large as west Africa..with vast plains ,rugged terrains wilderness etc .alot of households are far away from the metros..hence why they have yi fend water for themselves..you wont see that in Europe cities ...nor in American cities..but surburbs , settlements..lagos is a city and its suppose to have a good functional watwr system .that has nothing to do with being a capitalist or socialist..thats nomenclatures is non of my business...water is a government social amenities responsibility like road ,health care, education, security, electricity....all this still have people on the private sector offering services for them if you dont want government own

CodeTemplar:
The first 5,000 senior officials of NNPCL should be locked up in an island with no comminication link with the world. Anything short will lead to stupid competition with sane investors.

as a matter of fact that company should be closed and everyone sacked ...let oil companies and refineries sell and pay their duties to government coffeee ..NNPLC is nog needed .

What's cos?& MC?

Allow the imports ..my owmnis that CBN most not give it to them ..they should also source of at yhe black market..let the price wae begin.malso Government must force transporters to lower theor price...wicked set of human beings ..price goes up they hike price come down them remember spare part.Nurtw is one of the the biggest headache Nigerian economy is facing..vwey unproductive union oflazy chairmen excos

smokinloud:
You have to assume that I've not left Nigeria.. You're just making claims without concrete points. If Nigeria government provide water for every household today 100s of thousands of job will be lost. Nigeria is a third world country, there's no job for the populace and you want us to follow the models of developed countries?.

its not compulsory for you to do water business...you will hardly find generator mechanic in Ghana..it's an abnormal.. people doing watee business is not normal my brother ..they will venture into other business..not a social amenities business like good drinking water for all .

How much tax did he pay to the government?plus which industry or company does he owns to be gifting someone oh okay his "Dad" 250m worth of gift FIRS and LIRS or any state government he resides has to go to him and make sure he pays his 27,% payee tax on his annual income and his tax on the gift too .

Seun is it that you not paying your mods or something?cos I don't understand why they keep on collecting money to promote people on front page..I thought the front page is suppose to be for trending news ,story or trending topics in various categories not some promotional paid advert foe people trying to get into politics.

smokinloud:
I'm not kidding, I'm only talking common sense. If generators have more economic benefits than the national grid then government can consider it but that's not the case... For instance, using fossil fuels to generate electricity makes more economic sense for the government, it’s cheaper than solar, nuclear, wind, thermal, hydro and all the greenhouse nonsense and it also provide cheap energy for the manufacturers in the United States to compete with China... Energy is what drives industrialization, and any country serious about growing needs power, affordable power hence, Trump ripped up the Paris climate deal —for a reason, not because climate change is not a threat but it's a scam that's dragging the West's economy backwards. Green energy’s nice, but for the U.S. to keep its economic edge, cheap fossil fuels are the way to go. Governments don’t just do things because they’re noble; they weigh the economic side too. Lagos, if the government supplied water to every home, think about the ripple effect. You’ve got water treatment workers, plumbers, water distributors, water tanker distributors, companies selling bottled and sachet water, water chemicals treatment sellers in Ojota ( I used to be one then) etc. arguably, about 200,000 people in Lagos rely on those jobs. How are they supposed to feed their families if that dries up? Nigeria’s already short on jobs—do you really think a smart government would cut off these people’s livelihoods like that? Think it through!.

Oh jeez ...wow .when youbhave not left the shores of Nigeria,you won't know the value of pipe borne water,when you have not left Nigeria..you wont know that some people have never seen generator in their life..its because you been deprived of this basic amenities that's why you are saying what you are saying..

Am not going to dwell on your conspiracy theory and maga hogwash about green energy,etc .

Saying fossil fuel is the cheapest form of energy is extremely laughable so let me stop there .

No economic sense in not having a water treatment plant for a metropolis..look at American movies..every town always av a watwr towers,thats the first thing they makw aure its there before thinking of building any other thing.

Kokaine:
na wa o
See as person just use confidence dey spew nonsense.

if you no fit use your own confidence to state your "facts"I guess you man up and stay on your lane ,do the honorable thing and be quiet when knowledgeable people are discussing a topic .no be by force to quote anyone.

ElevationD:
Apata memorial is not on a low land na. Bros talk true. Approaching from Okota roundabout entails driving a little uphill. If you approach through Chemist, na the same. If you approach through Ilasamaja na the same. However, Okota has issues because it is on the low land.

Apata Junior high was in ire akari it self before it was moved to the new school where it is now..also..that low land you see is actually a land filled valley..no part of isolo is hilly.

fuckJones:
Obasanjo, atiku and now ibb make abacha look like a bad man,

Abacha administration oversaw an increase in the country's foreign exchange reserves from $494 million in 1993 to $9.6 billion by the middle of 1997, and reduced the external debt of Nigeria from $36 billion in 1993 to $27 billion by 1997.

Abacha also constructed between 25–100 km of urban road in major cities such as Kano, Gusau, Benin ,
Funtua , Zaria , Enugu, Kaduna , Aba , Lagos , Lokoja and Port Harcourt.

Abacha brought the privatisation programs of the Ibrahim Babangida administration to a halt, reduced an inflation rate of 54% inherited from Ernest Shonekan to 8.5% between 1993 and 1998, all while the nation's primary commodity, oil was at an average of $15 per barrel.

GDP growth, despite being estimated to be higher than the 2.2% growth in 1995, was largely limited to the petroleum sector.

Projects he executed within 4 years and 7 months his administration lasted without taking any loan.

1, National Assembly Complex.

2, Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG)

3, Federal Medical Centers (FMC) in all the State Capitals.

4, Built the National Hospital Abuja.

5, Women and Children hospital, Sokoto.

6, Aminu Kano Hospital, Kano

7, Gwarinpa Housing Estate (thd BIGGEST housing estate in Africa)

8, Apo legislative quarters

9, Aluminum Smelting Company, Akwa Ibom.

10, PTF drugs and beds in all the federal government hospitals.

11, PTF roads and water projects across Nigeria.

12, Lecture halls, campus buses and hostels in all Federal universities, buhari was in charge of that department.

13, Establishment and funding of the National Health Insurance Scheme.

14, Federal Mass Assisted Bus Service., my uncle introduce federal mass transit

15, Revival of the Nigerian Ports Authority

16, Revival of Nigerian Railways.

17, Export Processing Zones

18, Groundwork for mobile telecommunications in Nigeria.

19, Groundwork for Nigeria's nuclear electricity with Uranium.

20, Payment of all the debts of federal contractors.

His popular quote

"Africa is not just a place, it's indeed a feeling. Africa is the heart of the world, and there are only few of us who have been touched by her. Africa defines our souls and people can feel it, people just know". ~~

crap BS of the highest order...like other regimes or administration won't come uo with their own right ?which inflation was down ?from where to where cos I can't remember the price of bread ever coming down,or price of public transport services,price of garri etc ..so please safe us of this nonsense..Abacha days were dark days no onw should pray for ,othee Africa countries,Togo and Benin republic had GSM before we did.that had nothing to do with Abacha.btw he overthrew the government of shoneka..if he is a good man why didn't he hand over to MKO if he is the saint you guys project him to be ?there are other people who were padt of that arm force ruling council still alive ..let them also come and sat their part of the story ..what happened.

Bluette:
Overload of the battery can affect the panel. I mentioned overload of solar power.
Just like electricity, everything can burn when too much load is on it (change over get burnt), why? because everything is connected.
I understand the wiring etc part too. I've not seen one physically burn but people have worked with have seen, in this same Nigeria.

you understand absolutely nothing about either Physics or electrical engineering.
A solar panels is merely a battery charging component,it powers nothing even if it does it's miniscule to the extent that it's power is not enough to burn or ignite anything..the change over, electrical circuits you mentioning are constantly under loads .am trying to explain like 5 years old so that you won't say am using industry jargons to confuse you.

No mattwr the load on the battery oe inverter..its does not affect the solar panel.

Let me explain how electrical current works..just like a river with its source,the river current from its source is moving from point a to b ,that movement is the power..the speed at which the water moves is the current..somw might be slow,some fast like rapids...power can diffee depending on size ans depths of water , especially power is mainly by volume.

Has you will hardly see a river flowing back to its source same way you can never see a battery overloading a solar panel.

@naptu.cant the state government or federal government force down transportation price since price of dollar has come down with price of petrol from 1200 to 850 now?why are transporters not reducing price of transport when price of fuel decrease but very fast to increase when it increases, forcing a transport fare reduction will go a long way for the common man to feel the effectiveness of the government policies..if nothing is done to force them to reduce the fares am afraid there is no gains in the policy then.

smokinloud:
Government providing water is a good thing but do you think it's what Nigeria need in this economic quagmire that we are?. I don't think so. There's unemployment everywhere and you're thinking of blocking other people's source of income?. There are thousands of individuals that supply water in Lagos, they've invested millions and billions in the business and you think blocking their business is healthy for our economy?.
Government can't just do things because it's good, except in a socialist state, they consider economic impacts too.
There's a reason why US don't have universal healthcare insurance, there's a reason why USA don't have a national railway system that connects every single state...

are you freaking kidding me?so because people are importing electrical generator and solar power, Government should not provide conducive power to the people, because someone is selling pure water which was an aberration when I waa young Government should not provide pipe borne watee again..go to Abuja and see how people are enjoying pipe borne water which they still pay for .

ElevationD:
Enugu means city on the hill. Enugu always had pipe borne water in some parts, just like Lagos state. The major challenge that Enugu faces, just like other cities and towns on hilly and mountainous areas is water depth. Water seems to dry up leading to lack in those areas.

Constructing boreholes can be very expensive in those areas. For example, Lagos which is a lowland costs 150-250 k to construct boreholes depending on the areas. In Enugu, just like other hilly areas, one can spend cash much as 3m naira to construct boreholes, as depth matters.

Lagos has the challenge also around Ire Akari estate, Isolo, where water depth is deeper. Ire Akari is on the hilly side. But if you find water in the area, just like in other cities and towns, it is much better than you can find in other areas.

ire aakari water gave me typhoid when I attend Apata...plus nothing hilly about that area..Lagos is mostly a plain marsh , swampy land .

Mrexcell:
Ok thanks for the explanation I was wondering too when I saw this post cause I have never heard that a solar panel went up in flames before on a roof.

you welcome.

Bluette:
The cause of burning solar panels like the picture depicts above is when the solar power is being overloaded.
They help in calculating the load your solar panel can carry, if it can't be enough, you shed your appliances. Use 1 for some hours before changing etc.
Just get a good solar person for consultation.

that picture is fake or the cause of the fire is not solar panels...solar panels does not over load .never .. nothing like that...the inverter or battery yes .but not the panel..the work of the panels is simply go charge the battery,there is no load on the panel..the op is just a fear monger and should be highly discouraged.

Mrexcell:
What are the possibilities of a solar panel going up in flames on a roof is this a common phenomenon or is it unusual? I have plans to get one soon.

the possibility is zero..this OP is just been mischievous... solar panels do not generate that can of power that can burn or ignite anything..where the transformation comes into play is in the inverter..if you say that one is catching fire..I can believe you..but a solar panel?very highly unlikely.

CrownLands:
The images shown and the caption do not match the installation of solar panels on the roofing.

The op should present an analysis of the percentage of fire outbreaks resulting from solar panel installation.

Studies will reveal negligible. However, anybody intending to install solar systems in a building should employ safe, standard and professional procedures.

Use a professional. A tenant can write an indemnity letter to the landlord; to repair or replace damages resulting from such installation.

Finally, landlords!! Insure your buildings. They are investments.

don't mind the mischievous op..that image shown is not the same..also external factors might be the cause of the fires and not the panels..

GravityDefier:
I came across this. Anyone encountered or heard something like this?

am too certain that fire was not causes by that solar panels .

AI generated nonsense... akintola never said that .

Kingpele:
Nawaoh....we need the word of God at everywhere we found ourselves...if God created the earth through the power of his word then the word of God can be preached anywhere here on earth...we need God's word in our minds all the time to keep our minds free from wicked thoughts and actions....the only reasonable thing will be to ask him to reduce the speakers if it's too loud....wealth makes man to think he is bigger and wiser than God .but death brings man to reality that God is greater than all...

Why dont you go to a hospice theater or a court room and start preaching, hypocrites that always think they are better than everyone all because they preach...yet they are the worat in character.him for go shoprite go Preach if them no go bundle am commot ...other people are working he is preaching in the market disturbing daily transactions.

Stayingalive:
People who don’t know speak ill of other people, also people who don’t know speak highly as well sometimes too. Both the person you quote and you are on same both.

For this guy until we know how he is getting his money then we can advise others good or bad but we may never know. So make we leave am for middle

I don't know how what I said got to make me samw with who I quoted tho .am also for knowing how anyone got rich and we need to always ask questions among ourselves in the society.this guy bought a house in a country that in not Nigeria,a country that they will definitely ask you if you ve paid your tax and will want you to prove how you got your money ..not like Nigeria..am not saying the country USA is corruption free tho ans people with illegitimate income are not roaming freely.

xtianchris:
And Asake Opened a drug store..

which one be drug store?a pharmacy?

Nonsense visit ,Musa can consider himself to be one with them from Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger republic,they are components of Songhai empire....but we in the South and middle belts are not ,I still say it the worst form of democratic Government is better than best military Government..this guys military personnel are being taken out by Islamic militants ,the same militants that they accused their various Civilian Government of not doing enough to arm them to defeat them,now they are in charge and nothing has changed..

The sharia council of Nigeria just supported closure of schools during Ramadan..I have nwver heard those people issue Fatwa against Islamic insurgency..so how will militancy in Sahel stop when now it has turn into a business..the core leaders in the Islamic communities are afraid,Muric can't issue threat on Iswap or boko Haram..nor can NSCIA issue a strong fatwa that any Muslim that kills a boko Haram member is doing honorable killing etc..

xtianchris:
The entertainment industry is like the more you look the less you see. ..A smoke screen..
If you really know what's behind the scenes.You will have an understanding of what I'm saying..

abeg go and work and stop believing all those bullshit conspiracy theory and thinking that's what is not making you rich ,hard work pays and good music pays without drugs also..much more than drugs .

missjekyll:
Look at the toilet sef. Where is the cover? Crack taker

lolzzzz.i swear thats the forst thing I noticed ...broke ass morafuker ..must have been on drugs...you too rich and you are using normal ceramic in your toilet..idiot .

franchasng:
Natasha is a stubborn, possessive woman that lack respect for people, maybe because she believes that she is too pretty based on how men flock around her and based on what she was doing in Abuja before she joined politics fully, that's one.


Godswill Akpabio too lack self control. Nobody should doubt the fact that Akpabio did made romantic abi sexual advances on Natasha and she probably refused, of which he should have moved on and not use it against her in the Senate house affairs, which is why she decided to cry out.




My anger is not even that Natasha accused Akpabio, my anger is about Akpabio, how a Senate President would stoop so low to wanting to bonk his female colleague; a married woman that has given birth, what's romantic or appealing about her? With your influence and wealth as a former Governor, former NDDC Chairman, and now Senate President, you can get any single lady of your dream; be it from Nigeria or anywhere in the world. If your fetish is Caucasian ladies or mixed race chicks or Indian, Moroccan or even Arab ladies, you can assign your Aides to get one for you without you stressing.


Honestly many men don't know their worth and who they are. Some influential guys like the other mumu music star Burna Boy was even promising a Runs Girl heaven and earth just to have sex with her, a supposed music superstar that ought to have quality hot chicks begging for his attention and time was busy promising a Runs Girl what he cannot afford to give away just to have sex with her, tufiakwa.


All these Nigerian men should please do better. At every point in time, I always remember my worth and who I am even at my small level talk more of these influential and powerful men disgracing their generation because of expired pussies

Succinct...thank God someone with brain.

MyExpression:
That's a large waterbody.

Why not create an economic ecosystem around it, that will explore the waters.
We know you tamed the ocean but pls stop trying to tame every water.

You'll spend sooooo much holding water back, when we can create clear water channel and make the best of the water body.

Venice is doing it...what can we do for Makoko, without encroaching on aquatic territory.

i don't understand why they just keep on sandfilling that lagoon.