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voltron14:
Are you unaware of the persistent hijacking of sea-going vessels on that axis?

He actually mentioned it and cited it as one of the reasons for low traffic at the eastern ports, but it wasn't highlighted in the article. He called on the navy to increase its efforts at the eastern ports in order to combat the problem.

NwekeUG:
The committee also appealed to the Nigerian Navy to provide effective security in Calabar,Warri and others.

Sekibo,who also regretted the recent kidnap of some persons onboard a ship cargo ship in the country, tasked the Nigerian Navy to redouble its security efforts in the country’s waters even as he noted that the service was doing alot in that regard in spite of the meager resources at its disposal.


He said:”You will all recall that among all the ports in Nigeria, Lagos Port seems to be a little bit free of attack,piracy and so on. But other ports in the South South,including the one in Calabar,the one in Port-Harcourt and the one in Warri are not being effectively utilised thereby sending vessel owners to Lagos Port, thus causing congestion there.

“Often times, owners of goods don’t get their goods as and when they are supposed to because of the congestion there.

“We believe that if the security programmes you do in the Lagos Seaport is also transferred to other seaports in the country, it will enhance businesses in the country.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/12/senate-seeks-development-of-seaports-in-s-south/amp/

voltron14:
I reckon you are a mode here.

Please can you help with the antispam but stopping me from contributing in the sports threads?

If you ever get banned by the anti-spam bot, do the following:

1) Go to the top of the page of the section (for example, sports section https://www.nairaland.com/sports), click on "mail mods" and tell the mods that you've been wrongly banned by the anti-spam bot and they should release you. Don't forget to provide a link to the thread that you were posting on.


2) Wait for a minute after sending that mail, then go to the bottom of the home page and click on "mail supermods" and tell them that you were wrongly banned by the anti-spam bot.

Dedetwo:
However the same government of Nigeria destroyed Ibeto's cement industry so that Dangote could have monopoly. It is act of idiocy to defend moronic government of Nigeria on politico-economic policies. Please bros do not even dream of holding brief for dumbass Muhammadu Buhari.

I know you very well, so I won't waste my time trying to educate you about what happened to Ibeto, but wow! You say Dangote has a monopoly and yet Lafarge is still doing good business.

Great thinking, eh?

Ishilove:
So Micheal was a shy guy? Why am I discovering this 10 years late?

This is my last word on this subject. I want to give you an example of a situation where sunglasses were viewed as a fashion accessory and not just a practical device.


I was listening to a programme on the BBC World Service in the 2000s and they were talking about American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. They said that a high number of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan were going blind, so the authorities launched an investigation to find out the cause of the problem.

This was the problem. The soldiers had been given dark glasses to protect their eyes because of sudden bright lights from explosions and other situations on the battlefield that could damage their eye sights. However, the soldiers were not wearing the goggles because they felt that they were ugly and cumbersome.

In order to solve the problem, the military commissioned fashion designers to redesign the dark glasses and the glasses eventually became so cool that the troops were wearing them even when they were not on the battlefield.

Whiteangel1234:
No the whole logic is to encourage Nigeria Local Manufacturing Industry and create self sufficient . why not allow foreign companies to set up cement Manufacturing Industry in Nigeria ? Dangote is allow to monopolize that sector . why not Encourage innoson Motors already on ground ? Because he is not a Northerner

Oh my God! HAVE YOU NOT HEARD OF LAFARGE??

Is Lafarge a Nigerian or foreign company??

Doesn't Lafarge have production facilities in Nigeria??

By the way, you missed the second part of my earlier post.

The same way that government welcomed Hyundai as it's coming to set up production facilities here, that's the same way that government welcomed Arla, a Danish company that is setting up milk production facilities here.

Whiteangel1234:
No the whole logic is to encourage Nigeria Local Manufacturing Industry and create self sufficient . why not allow foreign companies to set up cement Manufacturing Industry in Nigeria ? Dangote is allow to monopolize that sector . why not Encourage innoson Motors already on ground ? Because he is not a Northerner

Oh my God! HAVE YOU NOT HEARD OF LAFARGE??

Is Lafarge a Nigerian of foreign company??

Doesn't Lafarge have production facilities in Nigeria??

By the way, you missed the second part of my earlier post.

The same way that government welcomed Hyundai as it's coming to set up production facilities here, that's the same way that government welcomed Arla, a Danish company that is setting up milk production facilities here.

The government banned the importation of rice and milk products. However, foreign producers are free to invest in Nigeria and produce in Nigeria.

The government did not welcome Hyundai because they are going to import. They welcomed Hyundai because they are going to set up a factory for the production of vehicles and also because they are going to set up a health facility here.

The same way that government welcomed Hyundai as it's coming to set up production facilities here, that's the same way that government welcomed Arla, a Danish company that is setting up milk production facilities here.

law001:
Hello sir. Trains moves on either side. They don’t turn around like a car.

naptu2:
Ok. I made that observation because Governor Fashola talked about a turn table at Marina and another one at Okokomaiko when he was talking about the project c2011.

According to Governor Fashola, when a train runs from Marina to Okokomaiko, for example, on the left rail line, it will turn on the turn table to the right rail line in order to run in the opposite direction, from Okokomaiko to marina. He actually showed a diagram that had the turntable on it.

I remember this quite well because it reminded me of the turntable on the Lagos Steam Tramway in the early 1900s. The Marina turntable was going to be situated at almost the same spot that the steam tramway turntable was.

By the way, despite what you wrote, trains can and actually have been turned on turntables. Anyone who knows anything about railways knows this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_turntable

masseratti:
I don't think they intend to use a turn table since it's a passenger train and not a freight, they will just have engines at both end of the train, my opinion tho.

mysteryman2014:
The trains dont need to turn. There is driver at both ends of the train.

Ok. I made that observation because Governor Fashola talked about a turn table at Marina and another one at Okokomaiko when he was talking about the project c2011.

Freeman59:
The title of the post says COMPLETED, the comments and write up suggests project is yet to be completed. What's going on?

The title says that the Lagoon Bridge has been completed. The Lagoon Bridge is a bridge that spans from Orile Iganmu on the mainland to Marina on Lagos Island. Part of the bridge passes over the Elegbeta Channel. The bridge has been completed and the ceremony yesterday was to mark the completion of the bridge.


The bridge is part of the Blue Line rail project. The Blue Line rail project is meant to run from Marina to Okokomaiko. The Blue Line rail project has not been completed. The MD of LAMATA said (yesterday) that they've completed 90% of the civil works between Mile 2 and Marina, but that also means that there's still work to be done between Mile 2 and Okokomaiko. Also, apart from the civil work, there's still other work to be done, like signalling, etc.

So there's no confusion. The Lagoon Bridge has been completed, but the Blue Line rail project has not been completed.

Ishilove:
Makes sense. I still think it's nonsense but your points are valid

"I made a deal with myself that if I win one more award, which is this, 7, it's a record, that I would take off my glasses.

I don't really want to take them off, but Kathrine Hepburn, who is a dear friend of mine, she said I should, so I'm doing it for her.

And also for the girls at the back"


Michael Jackson.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVXquUvHr_k

Ajibel:
Here is it sir,

RED LINE RAIL: Dr @dr_oladeinde says Lagos will take advantage of FG’s rail infrastructure development in Lagos with a signed agreement that will ensure that it gets to Oyingbo from Agbado .. #ForAGreaterLagos @Riddwane @gbenga_omo @segunfafore @jidesanwoolu @gboyegaakosile pic.twitter.com/hPMy8W1LsW

— Jubril A. Gawat (@Mr_JAGs) December 15, 2019

I like the fact JAGs uploads videos too instead of just images. Imagine if there was no video, we'd have believed that incomplete report on the RED Line.

I like his own SSA style.

What's shocking is that the report was from the Lagos State Facebook page. They should have known better.

Ajibel:
naptu2, I don't think that report on the Red line is entirely correct. From a video I watched on Mr_JAGS status, Oladeinde said while they will use the same rail corridor being built by the FG for the red line which has just 3/4 stations, the LASG will build the remaining stations for the red line and connect to FG's rail corridor.

I am frantically looking for the video, the man has a lot of tweets on his TL

That's a relief.

Ishilove:
I still can't understand the rational behind wearing sun glasses in a shaded area.

naptu2:
Exactly! It's a fashion accessory and there's absolutely no reason in this world why sunshades cannot be fashion accessories, just as watches were designed to tell the time, but they eventually became fashion accessories (why else would someone buy a Rolex, Cartier or Raymond Weil watch when you can easily buy something much cheaper).

So it's also a fashion accessory and lots of people (Including Michael Jackson) wear it indoors as part of their fashion ensemble.

Now, there are several other reasons that people wear sunglasses indoors and I'll give you another reason that I figured out c1990 when I read Michael Jackson's book Moonwalk.

Chatbot1234 is quite right that shyness might be a reason why people wear sunglasses indoors. That's the reason that Michael gave in his book and I remember watching an event that someone, I think it was Diana Ross, teased him and forced him to take off his glasses, but there's still another reason.

There was a picture in that book and the cameraman took the picture from behind Michael and I saw it for the first time. A lot of people that wear shades indoors are stars and for the first time I saw the lights that stars are exposed to. There are spotlights, stage lights, lights from camera flashes and so on and so forth and so it makes sense to reduce the effects of all those lights by wearing sunglasses.

But like I said at the beginning, sunglasses are also fashion accessories and people also wear them indoors because they are just that, fashion accessories.

Proudlyngwa:
Thanks to naptu2, bookmarked and following.

Thank you.

Snapchat:
Nice job sah!!! I enjoyed it.

Thank you

iamclime:
Saving this thread. Very interesting piece. Well done, naptu.

Thank you

Sanwoolu Marks The Completion Of The Blue Line Rail Bridge
https://www.nairaland.com/5586709/sanwoolu-marks-completion-blue-line#84995816

johnie:
Naptu2, thanks for keeping this thread and the Lekki one alive in my absence.

God bless you.

Thank you

You can easily tell those that read the last post and therefore they know what a coat of arms is, from those who did not read the last post.

mojeezy:
good job op
u really tried.
Didn't know each state has coat of arms
thought it was just slogans they all had.
Also, I thought only Benue had a flag, even though I didn't see it here,
Because they're the only ones I know who use the same color in all their weddings.
But why is this so? anyone
Anyway we learn everyday

That's actually the colours of the Tiv ethnic group.

YorubaKing:
OP... What manner of nonsense be dis? Dem no teach you how to summarize or compact your work?

I learned nada!

My God! You really think anybody cares whether you learnt nada or not??

Amazing!