₦airaland Forum

utumunta: Thank God Ngige has woken to reality. He has realised that he is nowhere on the road to the government house in Awka. He has now made up his mind to play the spoilers game. Lose it or spoil it. No wonder he hired another spoiler and alarmist like him.

Festus Keyamo is one lawyer that makes his submission on the point of common sense, rather than law. No wonder a literary giant once described him as a legal fry.

You must be joking sha.
Festus is one of Nigeria's best legal icons. If not why has EFCC been using him since Ribadu †̥☺ Waziri †̥☺ Lamorde?
Besides, he recently took the FG, NASS and the service chiefs †̥☺ Supreme court and he won all of them. If U̶̲̥̅̊ didn't hear that, then stop commenting on Nigerian issues.
@Topic, Ngige is a Master Strategist. He waited till the election week †̥☺ discomfit the APGA using d best of lawyers with d best of cases!
The case will be overtaken by events when Ngige wins or else d election will be null and void!

Ngenge: That I was disapointed wit Rochas is an understatement. Since july,no cabinet. I've learnt dat no politician is a saint

A leader doesn't need †̥☺ be a Saint or Pope †̥☺ perform. When U̶̲̥̅̊ get †̥☺ heaven, U̶̲̥̅̊'ll meet enough saints tire- if U̶̲̥̅̊ make it. _\\_ =))º°˚˚˚°ºнaĦaнaº°˚˚˚°º‎​=))
UP Rochas

Some men are not marriageable sha. If not a woman who stayed with U̶̲̥̅̊ (despite the so-call insanity), why detain her? In marriage, U̶̲̥̅̊ must be ready †̥☺ stick †̥☺ it in thick and thin together. Ladies who dump well-meaning youngmen with prospects †̥o marry wealth, beware!
May God help their marriage!

Congrats †̥☺ the young man.
Hope he won't fail the youths like Dimeji Bankole and those numerous NANS guys who sold their consciences for a pot of lentil

Has APGA been this untruthful?
I never knew

I know kano †̥☺ be a group of highly politically intelligent voters. Big names don't carry weights as they do elsewhere. I am tired of all these pre-decamping stories of the G-7 govs, let someone just take action so that calculations and equations can change! I can't wait

I don't see this as a huge task fø̲̣̣я̅ the FG that is if they really meant †̥☺ pay the billions they promised Universities.

Why is Wike this unserious about Education issues in Nigeria? Fø̲̣̣я̅ d president himself †̥☺ meet ASUU is an indictment on his failure as a minister. Yet his hatred fø̲̣̣я̅ ameachi and his sycophancy seems †̥☺ endear him †̥☺ Mr President.
Thunder fire devil

Take it or leave it,
Politics is like battle.
You take advantage of your opponent's weaknesses and capitalize on your strengths. Look at the battles Obamacare has faced or facing. If you hate OPPOSITION, then don't attain POSITION!
The anti-ameachi crusaders have been showing video clips repeatedly on Ait and Channels †̥☺ dent his image. Nigerians and River people are watching and they know d real truths.

Cultism rules the politics. Terrible!

I don't blame the desperate drowning Obi. I will blame anyone who allows himself †̥☺ be deceived by this satanic trap/trash!
See, good governance has nothing †̥☺ do with religion. In nigeria, we have had a Rev Gov who looted his state blind (Rev Jolly Iyameh)
Some Nations that are developed today are not as religious as we Nigerians

Politicians are never tired of using this same worn-out gimmick.
Must it be thousands of ghost groups, alliances and associations that will tell you what you want †̥☺ do as an adult?

ilebaami: . Go wIth your APC, nobody needs your help. Nigeria's largest economy is Abuja. APC is a total failure.

Wetin i do U̶̲̥̅̊?

taharqa: Why is it bothering you? Why are you taking APC capsule for anoda pesin wahala??

♏Ɣ broda, what happens in our country shld concern us all because if wahala D̶̲̥̅̊εy 9ja (God forbid), everyone everywhere will be affected !

jimmysho: hmmmmm. He is doing so in order to become a strong stakeholder in PDP. Nothing like courage but I see him a political opportunist who is trying to climb high on the ladder. This seem to me as a perfect timing because other people will join him in the crusade and he will be seen as a arrow head of rebellion against his former boss.

U̶̲̥̅̊ nailed d point!
Another Wike in the making

jmaine: Damn!! You are so naive to the politics of our time

As a sensible person that I assume you are, you would have given your viewpoint rather than just resorting †̥☺ name-calling.
I grew up in politics OF OUR TIME - mind u

When d 3 biggest economies are with APC (lagos, kano and PH), then i pity the PDP.
I think real advisers who can look Mr president in the face and tell him the truth are lacking. What we seem †̥☺ have are food-is-ready advisers who tell him what he wants †̥☺ hear.
Or else Ђ☺w would U̶̲̥̅̊ allow kano †̥☺ slip out of your hands just less than 2 yrs of getting it frm the same APC (anpp)?
Why shld d political jobbers say Ameachi can decamp when he has openly showed sign of returning †̥☺ mainstream pdp: he welcomed mr president, flew in his jet, danced at d funeral of madam fyneface etc. Bad counsel may cancel GEJ's return

Shine Ūя̲̅ eyes

Hmmmmmm.
Leaders must lead by example

Some people reason as if without PDP Ameachi won't exist as a human being again.
Truth is, a LG chairman in Other parties seem †̥☺ enjoy freedom that an average Gov in pdp lacks.
Too baad
Ameachi, decamp and let's see where pdp will be with Wike the overnight godfather

CONVERSION TIME:

A plot of land in a typical Nigerian land deal are of two types:
A. 50 feet x 100 feet (i.e 15metres x 30metres)
B. 60 feet x 120 feet (i.e 18 m x 36 m)

In standard estates and new areas, a plot goes as 100 ft x 100 ft. (I.e 30m x 30m). If you want your estate †̥☺ sell fast, I make it this size.

†̥☺ convert Feets †̥☺ Metres, multiply it by 0.3. I.e 1 feet = 0.3m

1 Acre = 6 plots
Area of a plot = 450 sqm or 648 sqm depending on which size is d plot.

1 Hectare = 2.47 Acres » 2.5 acres
Therefore, 1 Hectare = 15 plots
In terms of area, mathematically, one Hectare= 10,000 sqm.

As a member of such a sensitive committee that many view with skeptic suspicion or suspicious skeptism, they are paid heavy 'sitting allowances' †̥☺ sit and wait and hear anything whether rubbish or substance.
I love d way the chairman handled d issue and knocked him out. Rtd col and so what?? Has fashola not arrested a serving col b4?
Civilians rule sir.

The writer of this article is an articulate person and not a 'hungry' type like the bunch of followers of Obi and his Willy.

Those of you complaining, where were you during Ohakim? 4years of lying and proposed billboards without a single project! Now you guys are hurling stones on a Gov (Rochas) that has done in 2 yrs what GEJ cannot do in 6yrs as president. Dat guy is just commissioning power plants that he neither awarded nor funded. Hahaha
Nigerians enjoy lies like oranges

Hmmmmm. Anambra and Nigeria knows the truth and can't be deceived

This sh1t cannot happen †̥☺ APC Govs. Why can't these G5 or G7 just swap †̥☺ APC where they will be given their full respect ??
Atleast by then the major parties will have equal strength and the ordinary masses won't be taken for a ride by any of the two.

[size=15pt]Please don't blame Tinubu or GEJ or Buhari or Fashola or Onwa if there is № eclipse[/size]
The 5 most blamed people in africa

sagombugo: One needs no dibia to know that Peter Obi has been jittery lately owing to the fact that Obiano has been unmasked as a nonentity lacking in required capacity to tinker a high calibre state as Anambra

The latest in this desperation is to go and mow down people whose sin is that they shouted Onwa in the house of God

God shall visit upon Obi,Obiano,Victor Umeh,their entire household including those who have seared their conscience on the altar of partisanship all the plagues written in the Bible

Their glory shall get cut off at the noon day! Opposition and alternative opinion is part of politicking and I see no reason why anyone should lose his or her life for not being in Obi/Obiano's camp!

One day, i will be honoured †̥☺ shake the hand that typed this. Our society believes lies but thank God fø̲̣̣я̅ people like you and the one that wrote this:

specco: From what I heard it was Peter obi and his clueless stooge, mr Obiano that came to the crusade ground to campaign for votes but when the congregation started chanting Ngige, Ngige, Onwa, Onwa, all hell was let loose as Peter obi's soldiers started firing shots to scare the worshippers and there was a stampede. Some people were thoroughly manhandled and beaten while the dead were trampled upon. That's the true account of what happened.

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This is terrible!!!!!!
Send people created by God †̥☺ eternity because of 4 year tenure??

Too much talks, we need action.
Let the 2 main parties have equal strengths so they don't take d masses fø̲̣̣я̅ a ride.

lyvin: What is the difference between
Manual Pilling and Machine Pilling
i was once told that machine plling is expensive so manual pilling is done most times
i suspect manual type is an improvised method which may not be standard enough for the job thus may lead to failure.

Pls throw more light on these if your are knowledgeable in pilling types

On this thread, i only talk on what I've done not on what books say. And have minimized use of big terminologies.
Based on experience, I've done Insitu piles and precast piles.
Insitu piles are cast into the 'holes' after they have been dugged. There are 2 common ways of "digging' those holes. Use of Percussion machine and the Rotring machine. The percussion type is d one some call 'manual'. It uses heavy cylindrical shell that falls from a height on its own weight †̥☺ hit the point †̥☺ be dugged. As it hits repeatedly, it takes out a sizeable amount of the soil till it gets †̥☺ the required depth. Cylindrical steel casings can be lowered †̥☺ prevent the pit from collapsing into the already dug portions.
Rotring Equipment is less stressful. It operates by drilling through the soil bringing out d unwanted soil thru one side and injecting water †̥☺ soften the soil underneath via another side.
Names of piling equipment include:
Large Diameter Drills
Hydraulic Crawler Drills
Caisson Drills
Tie-Back Drills
Micro Pile Drills
Small Bore Drills
Top Drive Augers

Precast piles are piles that have been cast already from the precast yard or site and driven into the ground by giving it blows at the top. The piles are made in such a way that they are strong enough †̥☺ withstand those heavy blows and still be able †̥☺ serve their purposes of carrying d structure. Driven piles of 40m each were used fø̲̣̣я̅ the 3rd Mainland bridge. There is a highrise at VI that we used driven piles and doing pile caps will mean they will overlap since they were too close. So we used thick solid raft over them.

kkonsults: Get a soil test done, and also get a sound COREN certified Structural Engineer to do the drawings for you based on the report of the soil test.
NO AMOUNT OF MONEY IS TOO MUCH for a SOUND FOUNDATION so as to enjoy your house.

Pile foundation is always the ultimate foundation solution, even if its a storey building.
A lot of houses in Akoka, Yaba which employed Raft are now TILTING, as well as some areas in Sabo.
Take Professional advice from Senior people here who have Experience in construction.

Goodluck to you,

Kkonsults.

God bless U̶̲̥̅̊ for this esp that part in capital letter and Yaba part!
I love all types of foundation equally however the one I use for any site is strictly based on the longterm safety and cost of construction (Ђ☺w economical). Ofcourse safety comes before cost.