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@Paddylo.

In one of the renders I noticed a Suspension bridge. What part of Lagos is on the other side of the bridge?

At this stage, Modric will leave. Levy should never have uttered from inception. My guess is Levy knows Modric is off, however to prevent him looking like a fool after his public statement, he has to make Modric look like the villain.

Unfortunately, Modric will leave for more than 25m which is a little over-priced if you ask me.

gidson12:
^so lagosians should all be happy for street light and road signs, now their properties and houses are being destroyed in the flood,  mr man this is not a natural disaster, it is just rain that should should flow through d drainage n canals, and  the absence of it caused flooding,

You stumbling on falling on your own vomit. You said in your own words.

gidson12:
I'm yet to see a project of this man that has affected the life of the common man.

And I did you a favour of listing a few. Now you have to come back telling me how Street lights are not for the common man, how new roads, street signs, repair of the ailing third mainland bridge, BRT, Lagos Rail, clearing of Oshodi, waste disposal, cleaning of roads, construction of B/Stops, orderliness at B/Stops to name a few are all not for the common man.


You don't even have to search for long. Follow this link and look at the people working on the Lagos Rail Blue Line. Do you see men with Bentleys and Ferraris there? Tell me you don't see the common man. https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-477443.416.html


Go and watch videos of the Eko Atlantic on youtube and tell me the people working there are not the common men.
When the whole place is complete, how many people do you think will be employed? Even you may get a bigger job and I wonder what your utterances then will be.


Piling work has begun on the first building on Eko Atlantic. Follow this link and check the people working there. . . Do they look like they can afford houses in Lekki? https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-477443.416.html


Have you not gone past the Ultra modern Tejuosho market recently? Do you see Dangote and his ilk trading there?



Please educate yourself before coming out with such drab.

Modric's gone bunkers over his desire to move. Now I hope Levy paves way.

gidson12:
^^he keeps embarking on white elephant project to decieve lagosians and using the media to polish his false appearance, other state governors who are actively working are doing to silently to the satisfaction of the people, now all those false facade are about to be washed away by the flood, LAGOS is sinking o!!, do i hear someone say 'eko oni baje'

phantom:
Yet he wants to build a 102Billion naira airport and a magical city on water, lol, shiny projects! Something more serious stares this man in the face and hes busy with propaganda, tiny rain and lagos is flooded, that means the kain rain wey dey fall for south south go sink lagos

Both of you are ignorant. Is Fashola "building" the project? Can you tell us how much rain fell? Then check historical statistics or rain levels and come back and tell us if this is unprecedented or not.

"Tiny rain" is what one of you said, when it is widely accepted that it rained for 17hrs. How can that be tiny rain?

BRT, Ferry transport, Bus Lanes, Road construction, Street lights, on-going construction of the Lagos-Badagry express-way, road markings, Street signs are a few examples of things he has done to benefit the common man.

You think bigger projects like the on-going construction of the Lagos-rail, the Eko Atlantic City and Lekki free trade zone will not benefit the common man? Please keep your opinions to yourself.

Nigerians are the worst racists I have ever known. It's amazing how much animosity and tribal bigotry flies around in these threads.

Ogbonaikenna:
^^^ We don't bomb. All we need is a well articulated movement, a civil disobedient, a vibrant pro-biafra radio station and a cable tv station, and we'll be jubilating like southern sudan

Then you will be here till thy Kingdom come.

Ogbonaikenna:
@emmke, the whole idea is to educate non biafrans that we have the right to a free and independent nation and thank God most of you are getting enlightened. Self determination is legal and it is recognised by the united nations(UN resolution A/61/295 of september 2007)

Bullsh.it. Are you ready to carry arms and sacrifice your life for it? If you are, get some explosives and blow yourself up in Tinubu square. That's what your mates who crave independence are willing to do. If you are not at that stage yet, can you please STFU and let us hear word abeg!.

Andre Uweh:
Nna biko nwayo nwayo.
Essien's parents are the one to say if their son is a cheat. However, they have not said that.
What do you expect Emenalo to say?, biko hapu ya aka. Do you want him to go and tell the world that Essien is a cheat, yet he has no evidence that will support his claim.
Ibime, biko biko biko.

Ibime is not asking him to tell the world but to use his influence that got him to DOF to help ease Essien out. He knows better. Some of us have been seeing this coming. I even remember saying I will drive him to Milan myself if we got 18m for him.

Reports coming in now indicate that he may be out for the season. He will be 30 by the time he returns and without football for a season.

It looks like Essien has injured his knee ligaments again. We should have sold him.

johnie:
Here's a post on that thread by by Rabzy on May 26, 2011, 11:09 AM. (https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-674926.128.html#msg8396198) and  I agree with him
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This is bad rep for Lagos, though the problem is caused by gripping poverty in the Hinterlands. At least from the video the guys acknowledged that they are better-off here than where they came from, they could eke out a living here, whereas in their hometown there was virtually little they could do

As per the people selling on the railway and expressway, when accidents happen and a mad trailer driver crushes people to death there, it is the government that gets the blame for allowing them. And when you arrange for some to leave maybe provide a place for them to sell, others promptly take over the space. Most times the government gives warning, but the warnings are not heeded.

Immediately the KAI officials leave, you see people setting up their kiosks again. There are several places where the government erected barricades (e.g oshodi) and barb wires to prevent people from crossing the highway, but people pull down these barriers and risk their lives.

Its a complex situation and the solution is not just straight-forward, it would take time, people would have to be educated and be re-oriented, the economy needs to grow, light has to be stable, and we wont solve all the same year.For me since the mid-sixties, we have hardly had a government and now we are just learning how to vote, who to vote for, how to make a constitution, how to prosecute people etc. The finished product is still some decades away and in fact the product is never finished, there should always be a 'new improved ariel' in the way we do things, at least some state governments have started doing some things, eventually maybe later mediocres would even be scared to present themselves or forced to perform.

Getting people to steer clear off the railways and motorways is not a complex problem my brother. The only problem we have is the lack of political will. The people in charge don't know how. If they don't know, let them consult people who do.

Why do people always return? It's because they can. What do you do? Make the terrain unfriendly. Lay spikes, concrete stones on the surface. For instance, along Osodi - Bolade area, construct a concrete slab which begins 2 feet from the road kerb and spans the entire space up to the railway barrier. However with a sitting surface at 75 degrees across the entire space the people always return to. If you attempt to climb on it, you will slip and fall. If buyers cannot come to you, you won't sell there. Simple.


                                       ___12-foot Concrete Barrier
                                      /     l
                                     /      l
                                    /       l
                                   /        l
         Road                  /          l           Railway
------------------------/          l    _______________


The above figure resembles what I am thinking. How can people sell on this? You don't even need police presence to deter people. The terrain is unfriendly and it polices itself. And this is just off the top of my head. Without sitting to think about the problem. And I am not even a construction engineer. You have millions of people in the country who can think about even better ideas and you tell me the problems have been there since 1960 so they can't solve them . . . Bullsh.i.t.


If there is a will to work, it won't take more than two months to erect this along that road and drive people away. What complex solution. Do away with mediocrity man.

agitator:
Your points are very clear never mind me with my unclear points
There is a difference between criticizing somebody to take action and just plan saying he is stuopid.
What you people have been hammering is that things are not being done because the president is stuopid.  Anything that happens now is GEJ.

And what you have been doing is jumping on the defence train without critically investigating if the opposition is presenting valid points. According to you, I said he is st.upi.d. Can you point out anywhere in my posts where I have stated that?


Any can you please provide valid solutions to these problems since you said everything I said is rubbish? I am waiting!.

agitator:
All your insinuations is rubbis.h when did this start, with the present administration?

Stop dancing around issues.  Nobody likes what is happening, but when people bend the truth just because they are against somebody then there is problem. Selling along rail tracks did not start in 2009.

I wont be surprised if you have never lived in Nigeria, or even if you have lived or lives in Nigeria, you have never seen a market along rail lines because you have been privileged to do you shopping in supermarkets, or no rails pass through where you are staying.

What I'm saying is if you want to discredit somebody do it wisely, not to play with peoples intelligence.

Hehehehe. You are saying a lot yet saying nothing. No one is playing with anyone's intelligence dude. If you think my insinuations are rubbish then it's only a valid explanation as to why Nigeria has a long way to go. Bros, I used to walk past Oshodi every single day for a long time in my life so cannot lecture on what is not.

The only rubbish you see in my post is because I dare to say the problem is the President's. You are obviously a GEJ supporter. If you think I bending the truth, tell me what the truth is.

I honestly do care how long this decadence has lived, if you have someone in power who is willing to wipe it all out in a month, it will happen. See what Fashola did at Oshodi. Naysayers like you will say it's not Fashola's duty because it's been like that since 1960. It's Fashola's bleeping job because he is the Governor now and guess what, he did it.


You obviously do not have any ideas of how this should work and you dare tell me I am talking rubbish. Please highlight where I am wrong.

- Is it that it is not the President's job to appoint Federal Minister of Transport?
- Is it that it is not the Minister to  establish a frame work under which all modes of Transportation operate?
- Is is that it is not the Minister's job to ensure Safety along all Federal roads, rail and transport facilities?
- And by safety, is it that it is not the Ministry's job to barricade the Railways to prevent access to the train-lines?
- Is is that if people disregard the law, they should not be punished?
- And lastly is it that if the Minister cannot get this right, then the President has to appoint someone who can?

Why don't you answer all these questions and if you think I am wrong, point us to the solution wherever applicable. Replying with a load gibberish does not make your point any clearer.

It all begins with the head. If the head is rotten, the people will in time inherit the rot. It is the job of the President to appoint the Minister of Transport whose job it is to work with professionals and build a framework under which all forms of transportation operate. Policies and procedures which govern the whole structure of transportation in the whole country is written down in a book. Buried in this book of guidelines will be one very important chapter. . . . .  SAFETY. Under this chapter, the book will state how safety in transportation can be attained. It will state somewhere in there that no one can come within 50ft of the train-line.

Because this minister already knows that there is no need just talking the talk and not walking the walk - people will go 2 ft to the railway and try to touch the speeding trains - the minister will instruct that a physical barrier is installed at 50ft to the railway and all the way. And because he knows people will still try to get through the barriers or scale the barriers, he will work in conjunction with a task force, to enforce this law.


However, because the Minister of Transport cannot think of things like this by himself, you cannot expect anything different. Everything will remain the same. Which brings us back to the very beginning of this post. Who appoints the Minister? If the person that appoints the minister does no know what needs to be implemented, how can he appoint the right Minister? Which is why whoever appoints the Minister takes the balme for a non-functioning system. Simple.


Now the question is - Who appoints the Minister?

dyabman:
@fbs
where r u pal?

Where is FBS sef?

BlueDiva:
I"m so loving our young, good looking managers. . .

See them. What those two can come up with will make Avram Grant look like a Sunday League Manager.

BlueDiva:
@nateevs,
Seems we aren"t getting Neymar afterall.
Madrid seems his likely destination.

Neymar's head's been turned by the interest in Madrid.
Ribeiro really worked out that move for him.
And the latest I hear is Real was to sign him and loan him back to Santos for a year. Everyone's happy. Even Neymar wants to play in the world club competition with Santos. 

Chelsea cannot offer that. Pay 30m for a player and then loan him back?
You pay that sort of money because you need the player ASAP.

Besides, I won't be paying 40m for Neymar and that's what Santos want.

I won't waste my money placing a bet. None of the scenarios will happen.

I saw that last week. The same day I saw this.

ritchboy:
Out                 In

Torres             Junior Agogo
Drogba            Marlon Harewood
Lampard          Rabiu Ibrahim
Terry              Mikael Sylvestre
Cech               Manuel Almunia

Malouda         Siphiwe Tshabalala(if possible)

Quadruple guaranteed!

Ode!.

Ibime:
I thought he was 29. . . anyway, one average season doesnt make a has-been. . . . Maicon was obviously demoralised that his move to Real fell through and failed to ginger himself last season. . . .Its not fair to call him a has been cos hes 30. What makes Sneijder a "hasnt been" after underwhelming last season, the fact that hes 26?. . . . give a ninja a break. . . . a player who had a less than stellar season @ 29/30 shouldnt be written off cos of age factor.

Anyway, Maicon is a BEAST!!!

Best right-back Ive ever seen on his day. . . . and I thought Cafu and Zanetti were special, but Maicon is like having 2 players in one.

I really respect him. He was good we he was Maicon but I remember how Bale made him look ordinary. I dey fear man.

What a game!.

Are you serious Ibime? Maicon? No bloody way will I be spending 13m on a 30 year old has-been right back. Plus what are his wages? Who do we play against Spurs when Bale is playing and we've sold Bosingwa and Ferreira? Nani, Valencia, Young, Jarvis, Walcott will make him look like a Tennis player.

I also will not be buying Borja Valero and Shaqiri in the same season I let Essien, Kalou and Benayoun go. Especially in the last season of big spendings before FFP rules kick in.

For me,

Leaving                         In
Malouda                 Arda Turan
Kalou                     Alexis Sanchez
Ferriera                 Van der Wiel
Essien              Modric/Pastore/Sneijder
Drogba            Radamel Falcao/Higuain



One more signing I will like to make is (but that's 6 now) Fabio Coentrao.

It's hard to decide.

If the rumours of Chelsea bringing in 5 new players are true, Chelsea fans which 5 players will you like to see based on the deficiencies in the team? And which players will you like to see go?

coogar:
interesting! is this what chelsea has been reduced to?

Let me pretend I know what you are talking about. He was released by Barcelona. Chelsea think he is good enough perhaps for the PL. Chelsea secure his services but understand that he may not have a chance right now. Chelsea loan him to a club they think he may get games at and assess his development.

A signing which may pay off and go downhill. Either way it's a very very inexpensive risk. You signed Bebe for pete's sake.

In other news, it's being reported that Chelsea have signed 17 year-old Barcelona striker Gael Etock. He will be loaned to Sporting Lisbon for the next season.

Ibime:
Who said Pastore is worth €50m? Ninjas need to stop reading rumours. Zamperini or whatever his name is specialises is talking bollocks about a value of €50m which he made up in his fantasies.

I honestly have chosen to totally ignore those comment. Zamperini or whatever his name is is a complete joke. He needs to be shot. At first he said Pastore is worth 90m Euros. Everyone's jumping on the big money valuation because of FFP. How can Pastore be worth 50m? 25m tops is what should be offered for him and that's because I see some quality in there. Dude has not set the world alight for goodness' sake!



Meanwhile news floating about suggest that Palermo have received a big money bid for Javier. Under g sources suggesting it's Chelsea.

debosky:
Whether it is a feeling, an inkling or my highly developed perspicacity, I did kibosh your dreams of Thiago a while back and that has turned out to be the case.

I said there is little or no chance of him joining Chelski, and now he is definitely not joining Chelski.

What else is there to be said?  

After this, there's no point having a discussion on this topic any longer.
It's clear you are out of your depth.


Who the hell is Schneider by the way?

debosky:
You claimed he liked Chelski didn't you? Weren't you the one jumping up and down like a rabbit on heat about Alcantara joining Chelski after Cesc goes to Barca?

This is what you said:


I told you that there was little or no chance of him coming to Chelski, and if he moved at all it would be to Arsenal as a part-exchange for Cesc.

Admit it was a wild dream with no chance of coming true, and I told you so.

This is first class crap. I stated he could join Chelsea and that the "quotes" interest me. He said he would leave if Fab joins, and will not be interested in a make-weight transfer. I had quotes to get excited about him choosing Chelsea. You on the other claim there's little or no chance of him joining us based on what?

You pluck sh.1t out of thin air. More of a feeling than anything. He signs a new deal and you claim to have known from the start? Based on what?

debosky:
Didn't I tell you there was little or no chance of him coming to Chelski?

What do you mean didn't you tell me? It was public knowledge that he was on the last year of his contract.
And it was also widely reported he was likely to sign a contract extension. Scouts know this and if Chelsea wanted him, they would have approached long time ago.

24 million pounds. One of the few times Chelsea actually made a profit on a player.