₦airaland Forum

olaztek:
d north has the highest no of states and population- a great advantage for winning elections.

No of states maybe but largest population? (Debatable)

modath:
Saraki is just stalling for time, with hopes that he will be able to negotiate soft landing somehow.....

No matter how long person rear chicken, na pot e go end.

I know right, let us wait and see how he ends.
But am I the only one who thinks this "Obasanjo vs opponents" scenarios playing all again?

989900:
Would you all prefer excess of 250,000 barrels (N2 BILLION) be stolen everyday?

Do you guys know even multi national oil companies in Nigeria are part of the oil theft/bunkering -- and some have actually been indicted before?

Should we continue to allow such leakages unchecked because some 'indian buyers' (be wary) and their shippers prefer the old ways whereby they can 'collabo' to sabotage Nigeria?

Whence the system is purged and stable, serious countries will patronize us -- even in other non-oil sectors!

It is tough on everybody. Personally, my businesses in Nigeria are affected -- good things come with a price -- hopefully in time we get it right, 'cause it's tough as it is.

God bless you sir! All this sharp-sharp entrepreneurship everybody's running after now are needless if only we have a working system in place.

Our economy is so bad that people make "abnormal profits" and go give thanks giving.
What we need isn't the money per se.
It's the improved life that established and robust systems make possible.

OlujobaSamuel:
Seems we all don't know how a Letter of Comfort operates, this is not a bad policy to me, it's just find a guarantor that will guarantee that you as the crude lifter will not divert our resource. I fear for Tomorrow, at this rate, hunger might starve her to death in the hands of we the (un)learning leaders of hers.

Yes it might, for a while.

These people are always making noise, there are so many indians in that part of our economy and some are cheating (of course not without the help of some black sheep of our "family",

let the freighters charge what's profitable to them and not be hoping to beat the system.

Plus you never know, the refinery guys might just be crying foul to get some preferential treatment/leeway which I hope he do not get.

At worst the freight cost be borne (in some agreed ratio) by both parties.

Completely transparent crude trading aren't that easy to get and I hope it'll start with us.
Let's deal with this thing once and for all.

Bevista:
Just because PMB disagrees with specific policies, does it mean that he micromanages NNPC?

PMB believes that the Naira should not be devalued further, does that mean he micromanages CBN?

If an appointee of the president makes a good policy, the appointee takes credit but if he makes a not so good policy, It's the "dullard" that takes the blame.

Same was done to GEJ after all they appointed these people.
The staff get's praised for good performance cos he could've done otherwise like many of the other are doing.
The leader gets the knocks for an appointed official's poor showing for not having noticed that chink in the person before he outsiders

MayorofLagos:
Thats wht i said, the Nigerian UN mission is distinct from the Nigerian Embassy in US. Totally separate staff and headcount.

The fool i responded to had it mixed up.

So in short, Prof. Isn't to blame here is she?
By the way, why don't we take a parallel look at other countries there present and see who chaperoned them to those meetings.

Then we'll all know whether/not the madam deserves the wipes She's been getting lately,
I saw someone mention the AGF, what's his part in all this?

keppyy:
I could not make it...they are in camp now.

Thank you.

Ok....
You can put in for it again for the next intake. But I'm sure you won't have to.
You'd be too busy birthing your dreams and saving humanity with them

[quote author=keppyy post=37798184]**might Find Your Match Here** by Nobody: 1:03pm On

Jan 30
keppyy:
It's partly my fault though, I don't go out much...Infact ........at all.......I'm just focused on.... for now. ..I know ..

And now;
Na wa for una...I'm working (although a corper) and I also have a side business but my boyfie just graduated....and yes he is older than me...

**might Find Your Match Here** by Nobody: 1:03pm On

Hope he met your specs? I'mhappy for you if he does,

keppyy:
Sorry, notification...

The VSO-ICS I know is an overseas Volunteer organisation not a profit based outfit.
Did you register for volunteering? If yes, then expect them to ask you personal questions et. al just to gauge your suitability for available roles
Google might your best bet here

NB: like most interviews, try to keep your cool duringthe entire process.
Don't sound like they're doing you a favour, rather talk like you who what contributions you're offering humanity by making such a move.
The monthly stipend (as I heard) floors what some 9-7 jobbers here get monthly. Couple that with the connections, the broadened mindset and other benefits that come with it. Who knows, it might be the miracle you've been praying for.

So remember; keep your cool during the interview, speak your life's vision/hobbies that tallies with the organisations'

Do mention me when the testimony arrives

keppyy:
Sorry, notification...

The VSO-ICS I know is an overseas Volunteer organisation not a profit based outfit.
Did you register for volunteering? If yes, then expect them to ask you personal questions et. al just to gauge your suitability for available roles
Google might your best bet here

coldgate:
Pls. feel free to write in your native dialect.

That's some sharp jab up there! You no pity d guy @ all. Not even the "Cause" instead of cost could get him a reprieve.

Amusaopeyemi:
He translated Igbo Olodumare too to 'In the forest of Olodumare'
I have all his books.
The prof is a Legend and I won't be surprised if he wins this one.

Good day Ope!
Can you give me a run down list of Fagunwa's books? I'd also appreciate it if you know any website where I can download their pdf's from

DorisK:
Chai! Smart politician! While Honorable Mr number one Nigeria, Mr Rhoda Cape Verde and other Nigerian politician are preparing their witch hunt, smart lady has bagged international diplomatic immunity and left them to be tumbling over themselves looking for whom to blame crashing Nigeria upon.......... Wished Dora was still around

Abi now?
I don't blame her for much though, her hands are almost tied in whatever post she's in after-all nobody threw stones at her when she was with OBJ.

I knew the entire economic team would act shabbily when people like Dangote were included in it courtesy GEJ n his (dangote) cronies.

How do you make an accused's relative a strong member of the grand jury and still expect objectivity.
A businessman's first allegiance is to profit.
They hardly get there by sheer love of country.

ifekobi:
I attended my friend traditional marriage yestaday at Orlu in Imo State. It happans that the groom is a born again like they say.. During the "Itu mmaya" ie when the elders will give drink to the bride to search and present who is her husband.. The groom and his church members, insisted that it will only be done with Eva wine instead of the palm wine as the tradition demands... Haba, they drag this issue for more than three hours, you trust the Igbo elders nah, they either use palm wine or no traditional marriage.
Is it right or wrong? As for me traditional rites should be maintained.

He shd've stayed off traditional marriage entirely... It's no longer traditional if it's not done with palm wine

kodlins:
During CONFAB, the ranching system was suggested but the elite North spoke against it.
Look at Australia and Netherlands, they are the largest producers of beef yet they have no Normadic herdsmen.
Well, I don't expect much from Mr President being a Fulani man himself

Might be wiser to not judge him yet, at least till he states his take on the issue.
I'll expect him to be devising a more viable option.
But shd he play the ostrich now, they'll only have themselves to blame when land's no longer that cheap for ranching

kodlins:
While men slept... the enemy sowed tars..

Tell me why the Fulani herdsmen will come to the South and East and be oppressing people daily.


It's a daily occurrence in Enugu (Enugu -Nsukka road by Sullivan) and (Enugu-Awka by Sullivan)

A man that kills must be killed too.
The Southerners and the minority groups in North central must think up ways to protect themselves

The Nigerian question does need to be adequately answered.
They managed to avoid it during the National discussion GEJ called conference the other time.
I kind of expected this brazenry. But I know normadism is not just anachronistic but unsustainable. Give or take five-ten years from now and the cracks will be bared in everyone's face.

kodlins:
While men slept... the enemy sowed tars..

Tell me why the Fulani herdsmen will come to the South and East and be oppressing people daily.


It's a daily occurrence in Enugu (Enugu -Nsukka road by Sullivan) and (Enugu-Awka by Sullivan)

A man that kills must be killed too.
The Southerners and the minority groups in North central must think up ways to protect themselves

The Nigerian question does need to be adequately answered.
They managed to avoid it during the National discussion GEJ called conference the other time.
I kind of expected this brazenry. But I know normadism is not just anachronistic but unsustainable. Give or take five-ten years from now and the cracks will be bared. In everyone's face.

asha80:
no excuse for estimated billing nonsense.
I should pay what consumed not what disco think I consumed...i don't care how the got the loan and if people are discovering how to subvert prepaid meters it is left for the technical partners of the discos to find the way to stop it..i should not be made to pay 13000naira estimated billing when a neighbour that has almost the same gadgets as me uses only 4k prepaid card..Na for Nigeria we go dey give excuse for illegality and outright thievery

I didn't say it was right, or that I support!
You asked a question and I gave you reasons for the extant situation.
I just told you what obtains presently and why?(Can't even tell all that's going on) if you can type this, then you're reasonable and sometimes hedonism demands you just think for thinking sake.
I'm not in the power industry mind you! At least not yet.
You can go complain at their office. That's what most people do.

asha80:
the discos themselves do they really want to deploy prepaid or they want to continue estimated billing?

Pricing is still highly regulated, and given how they got capital and how quickly they'll want to pay back, the current pricing system does not really favour their doing that with prepaid billing. Hence the Estimated billing thing. But if they're able to ensure everyone gets the Prepaid meter, maybe then estimated billing might stop.
Moreover, I've seen a house built and occupied by the State Governor's direct uncle who runs govt. Contracts plus other perks yet deviced a way to beat the prepaid meter thing. Won't share the method here. That's part of the problems DISCOs face andit backfires on both the TRAnSCOs and GENCOs
We'll get there.

bigfrancis21:
Coal & Electricity

Modern life is unimaginable without electricity. It lights houses, buildings, streets, provides domestic and industrial heat, and powers most equipment used in homes, offices and machinery in factories. Improving access to electricity worldwide is critical to alleviating poverty.
Coal plays a vital role in electricity generation worldwide. Coal-fired power plants currently fuel 41% of global electricity. In some countries, coal fuels a higher percentage of electricity.

Coal in Electricity Generation

South Africa 93% Poland 87% PR China 79%
Australia 78% Kazakhstan 75% India 68%
Israel 58% Czech Rep 51% Morocco 51%
Greece 54% USA 45% Germany 41%

Source: IEA 2012

How is Coal Converted to Electricity?
Steam coal, also known as thermal coal, is used in power stations to generate electricity.
Coal is first milled to a fine powder, which increases the surface area and allows it to burn more quickly. In these pulverised coal combustion (PCC) systems, the powdered coal is blown into the combustion chamber of a boiler where it is burnt at high temperature (see diagram below). The hot gases and heat energy produced converts water – in tubes lining the boiler – into steam.
https://www.worldcoal.org/media/jpg/585/174139cgart.jpg

The high pressure steam is passed into a turbine containing thousands of propeller-like blades. The steam pushes these blades causing the turbine shaft to rotate at high speed. A generator is mounted at one end of the turbine shaft and consists of carefully wound wire coils. Electricity is generated when these are rapidly rotated in a strong magnetic field. After passing through the turbine, the steam is condensed and returned to the boiler to be heated once again.

The electricity generated is transformed into the higher voltages (up to 400,000 volts) used for economic, efficient transmission via power line grids. When it nears the point of consumption, such as our homes, the electricity is transformed down to the safer 100-250 voltage systems used in the domestic market.

Enugu State's Coal Production

Before the discovery of crude oil in Nigeria, Enugu's coal production used to be one of Nigeria's greatest source of revenue between 1916 and 1970, and completely stopped during the closure of the Nigerian Coal Corporation (NCC) based in Enugu particularly due to privatization policies by ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo. What used to be once functional coal mines are now left to shadows of their former selves, dilapidated and abandoned.

Coal exploration began proper in 1909, with production at the mines in Onyeama, Ogbete, Iva Valley and Okpara climbing from 25, 511 tons in 1916 to an estimated 583,422 tons before a decline set in during the Nigerian Civil War which started in 1967 and ended 1970. At the end of the war most parts of the South east had been ravaged and many expatriate mining experts, mostly from Britain and Poland had left Nigeria. The exit of experts coupled with the discovery of commercial quantity of crude oil which made the government to abandon coal resulted in the neglect and subsequent abandonment of the massive infrastructure at the mines managed by the Nigerian Coal Corporation (NCC). The NCC tried to manage operations unsuccessfully for another 30 years but the game was up. It finally folded up in 2002.

Revival of Enugu's Coal Production
There is an urgent need to revive Enugu's former coal production to an even greater capacity than before. Enugu state is said to have the highest coal deposits in Nigeria and hardly would one dig a borehole or foundation for a house without hitting coal. I am passionate about Enugu state because I am maternally from Enugu state, my mother being from Oji River LGA, and I did my undergraduate studies in Electrical Engineering at the University of Nigeria Nsukka campus in Enugu state. Most of my maternal cousins live in Enugu and I grew up visiting my maternal village in Enugu more often than my paternal village in Anambra state. I hold Enugu state very dear to me.

Enugu coal mines can be located at Amansiodo Coal Field, Ezinmo Coal Field, Inyi Coal Field etc. The Ezinmo Coal field, which stretches from Enugu to Benue state, is reported to be able to generate 1200MW of electricity. Additional electricity sources from other coal fields in Enugu state and neighbouring mines in Anambra, Anioma Delta could add an additional 5000MW of electricity, thus ensuring steady power supply in the south east and south south zones, inducing investors to the SE-SS zones to invest, given the steady electricity supply that drives business success.

Take the US for example, coal electricity generation accounts for nearly 40% of its total electricity production and this is the highest electricity production in the US, followed by natural gas electricity production at 27.4%. The United States is able to generate a total of
1,060,000MW of electricity for its population, with proposed additional energy additions coming from renewable energy sources.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/U.S._2014_Electricity_Generation_By_Type.png

Enugu state can achieve this. With all the coal mines in Enugu state, Anambra state, and Delta state put into maximum use, constant electricity supply will be achievable for the entire SE and SS zones, thus making the zones attractive for foreign investors, business owners, and general development of the zones. Millions of naira in business operating costs would be saved yearly from alternative electricity generation from generators by companies situated in these zones, businesses would be more efficient and effective, more entrepreneurs would be encouraged to open up businesses all over the zone creating more jobs for people of the zone, poverty levels would further be reduced, and standard of living would increase in the entire zone. An additional 5000MW of electricity could be generated from this zone alone, compared to the current 3800MW electricity generating capacity of Nigeria in general.

The Nigerian electricity power generation figures are dismal. As of December 2013, the total installed or nameplate capacity (maximum capacity) of the power plants was 6,953 MW. Available capacity was 4,598 MW. Actual average generation was a mere 3,800 MW.

Not to think of other production uses of coal such as in steel production, cement production, liquid fuels as alternative to crude oil, combustion products etc., leading to the establishment of steel, cement companies around the mines in the zone and generating additional revenue for the zone.

With the right minds, resources and brains put together, SE and SS zones could be transformed to a Dubai in just under 20 years. The natural resources are in great supply, the mental resources are ever in abundance and the viability is assured.

I think Nigeria's power problem is not more a Generation problem than it is distribution, some DISCOs are having a hard time getting paid by customers.
You might want to analyse the whole chain.

drnoel:
...and so wat

donJ2:
Wats wrong wid dat?...
Wats d big fuss about flying that he had to change his socks??
Na soo gals go dy snap up and down...as if they hv achieved d unacheivable
*mtcheew... 9ja and irrelevances*

Going by the alias, you might wonder who actually had the socks on.

drnoel:
...and so wat

Going by the alias, you might wonder who actually had the socks on.

obagoriola:
Cobra does not crow
This one crow

I quite agree with you, they do so to attract birds (hens) in areas where such is abundant.
In those days, I had a Couple of guys who ran out oft he bush with their pants/shorts dangling on their legs when they encounter large and terrific pythons while thinking heard a cock's crow.
So it's probably a young python

ITbomb:
Yeah, very scared

BEWARE of all those roadside nurses in chemist and medical labs
They claim to have great knowledge of contraceptives and have easy access to them but end up pumping various chemicals into their body which later destroy their wombs.

As for the regular nurses, we are only afraid of the night shift with that handsome doctor or even patient

A promiscuous person will always be so, be she a sweeper or a CEO!

kosplateau:
That is a possibility but you know which one you are talking about. Not saying one and meaning the other.

It is madness, when people say..borrow me money instead of lend me...

I always cringe whenever I hear that. We just must do something about our educational system in this country soon.

HungerBAD:
We have written about this before here.

Nurses?80% of them,give the other 20% a bad rap. Would i marry a Nurse/Banker/Actress for anything in the world?No.

Whatever floats your boat oga! I've seen some real good ones.

PubLlcEnemy:
Yes, Because the Doctors are always fvcking the nurses during night shifts...




They even Fvck rich and handsome patients...




I will never take a nurse seriously.

Haba!!!
You're repeating rumours you've heard and haven't grown enough to be able to think and judge for yourself?
Are you that young?

The discussion is about nurses (real ones) and not "Auxilliary"/apprentices

omowolewa:
There is no way the government could be strict about TSA, it just like blocking all route to a building. Na small small dem go dey flex the rule till its no longer effective.

How will the commercial banks (who are the access point to the populace) receive money on behalf of the government when all government accounts are domiciled with the CBN?

TSA is good but still needs a good fine tune. Imagine, CAC web declining receipt of funds due to TSA. That is just CAC.

Experimentation....../ trial and error
That's what we'll spend the next two-three years doing.
Nothing's changed.
We've only changed drivers...
But We're still in the same car...

V0lv0:
Who be your sweetlove? Gerroutahere menn

But I will say that no other country in this whole world is as hospitable as Ghanaians. Do you think you guys can even open up companies like this or even be in top positions in other countries. Then some idiot here says they control 92 % of SA economy. Lol foreigners can never ever be in such positions there. Instead of you guys to thank us and be grateful for our continued hospitality we also hear rubbish and insults about Ghana and Ghanaians. Just travel more and you will understand what I am talking about.

I said that Ghanaian's kindness and hospitality will be the end of them. It's time stricter laws and regulations are put in place so the likes of you won't come and run your mouth thinking you own Ghana and the economy.

Oliburuku

Sorry missy!

Would you have preferred a Ghana without the listed and unlisted establishments?

The people who're making mouth about controlling/owning your beloved Ghana here hardly own anything to their name here, talk less of Ghana.

So if I were you, I'd be happy a child finds my home more hospitable than his/her parents'.
I take it you understand what I mean.

EreluY:
WHAT A MORONIC CLAIM. UNMARRIED WOMEN ARE NOTHING BEFORE GOD? WHICH GOD? THESE PONTIFICATING 'PASTORS' NEVER CEASE TO AMAZE ME.

He's certainly deluded.... You should know, there's no need wallowing in his mire

TheMainMan:
mtcheew!.. It maybe the sweetest cake ever... ..

The Asians are renowned culinaries and they know food's eaten both (and first) with the eyes as well the mouth.

hiroz:
even that ugbowo road was done by the federal govt...so many abandoned roads by oshiomole I doubt he will do anything before he leave...Benin is such a mess.

Shaking my head for that state,they almost never get anything right!
After God saved them from Igbinedion, now they're in Oshio's hands....

GEJ wey no kuku sabimake noise... Never knew he wasn't even the one who constructed the Ugbowo Road!
Wonder what he's gallivanting about for then.
Some leaders ehn! There is God