date1816:
I have noticed a sharp difference in the cost of service provided by our GSM companies back at home and those in other African countries. The truth is that, perhaps nowhere in the world, are citizens sucked by these tse-tse flies as in Nigeria. The price differential is just terrible. We are essentially cows milked dry every minute of the day.

I realise that this is off topic, but cable costs in Nigeria are high for these reasons

1.Most mobile phone companies do not rely on the mains power supply. So, they have to source money to buy generators for their cell towers.(There is an MTN tower not far from a relative's house...and MTN routinely comes to top it up with fuel). Guess where the money comes from...

2.Vandalism of telecom facilities is quite common in Nigeria. The same MTN tower i mentioned just now, for instance, has had the generator stolen several times. Hence ....the costs go up.

3.The backbone of our GSM network was built from scratch. Because thanks to NITEL(remember them?)'s decades of inefficeint management....Nigeria never had a good enough fiber optic network. So MTN and company had to build one from scratch. Without government providing a kobo. Guess who is paying for the thing.....

4.And furthermore...the cable network must be expanded...so that it can serve a population of 170 million people(far more than Sudan). Guess what...it costs more to build a house for a family of twelve than it would for a family of five.

That is why GSM charges are higher in Nigeria....but as you say...it does not mean it is right. Perhaps as more players come in...prices will continue to fall(They did fall drastically once)

click2cbn:
The reason why its not good for COREN registered Engr to be stamping any structural design he wouldn't supervise. You can't tell what they are doing on site and if it finally collapses, they will hold him responsible

yea..most people don't do things whole heartedly b'cos it isn't theirs...if it were a superviors building he would make sure all things are put in the right place...

I wonder where a Corporal in the Nigerian Police could get money to own a club house in Abuja. Where did he get the money from? A Corpral's salary is not more than 50k a month. That said, every bricklayer, building materials dealer are all builders that is why houses are collapsing coupled with fake materials as well as mixing more sand with cement. Anyway RIP to the dead.

9jatatafo:
I wonder where a Corporal in the Nigerian Police could get money to own a club house in Abuja. Where did he get the money from? A Corpral's salary is not more than 50k a month. Anyway RIP to the dead.

There are lots of great investment opportunities in kola.....

dj187:
E be like na building collapse season wey dey o, from Lagos - Benin - Abuja.

which season we dey now?season 2 or 3?

9jatatafo:
I wonder where a Corporal in the Nigerian Police could get money to own a club house in Abuja. Where did he get the money from? A Corpral's salary is not more than 50k a month. That said, every bricklayer, building materials dealer are all builders that is why houses are collapsing coupled with fake materials as well as mixing more sand with cement. Anyway RIP to the dead.

it can only happen in naija

Wow... Converting a Bungalow to a Storey building. As an architect, its possible to accomplish this, but it requires come certain structural measures to be in place.

Boycotting these structural components would definately leed to a collapse. People just tend to wanna take shor-cuts most times, not knowing that peopls lives are at stake.

mikeapollo:



Who told you that the collapse of Synagogue building was due to poor building practice? And how do you know that the load on top was too much for the foundation?
The church has demonstrated that it had approval for a 12 storey building. LASG officials have gone to carry out tests on the foundation and they have seen that the foundation was cast for 12 floors, even though the building was only 6 floors
Just go and check......All the buildings in the SCOAN premises are solid in structure, design and construction, hence the collapsed building cannot be an exception.

Nobody wants to ask the critical questions about the strange military jet plane that hovered 4 times above the building at low altitude within a period of about 30 minutes. In saner countries, the directors of bodies NCAA, FAAN, SSS etc would be at work to unravel the identity and mission of the strange aircraft......but here in Nigeria, we want to crucify the pastor because we have hated the man long before now......this tragedy just provides an opportunity to the haters to call for his head and blame him for everything!

TB Joshua denied that report about having approval for 12 story building. Go to TB Joshua ministries official facebook page of Sept 30th.
............................


Our attention has been drawn to several articles circulating around the internet quoting Mr. Ken Emeakayi as an official representative of T.B. Joshua, The SCOAN and Emmanuel TV. The Vanguard Newspaper even called him ‘T.B. Joshua’s aide’ which is a misrepresentation.

While Mr Ken is a member of The SCOAN and an Emmanuel TV partner, he went to the media on his own personal level to air his views concerning the incident and not to officially represent the church.

Any official statement from The SCOAN will be published on our website and our official Facebook Page.

Give TOWN PLANNING its RIGHFUL PLACE, and this will be curtailed.!

Shut up about the stúpid synagogue church. What kind of name is that, anyway, are they Jews or Christians?

Stay on topic.

If we can't enforce building codes right there in the presidents backyard in Abuja, God knows what other builders are doing in other parts of the country.

feyif:
Building Collapse Is Now Becoming An Everyday Thing.

thats the new swag

dagentility:
Dis might b end tym oo, na so so collapse evrywer

which kain end time things Cant u recognize a fashion trend when u see one?? iPhones now bend, artists fall from stages, female artists wigs fall from their heads on stage and buildings collapse...... Its just a kind of fashion statement..... Dont follow it....

When TBJ said a stranger object flew over his church, many called for his head now the stranger object has moved to Abuja.
According to TBJ, usually the object will fly over the building three times and then pour chemical substance on the building leading to the eventual collapse.

fatdon2:
I can't see comments saying
prosecute the owner as it was the
case with prophet T.B Joshua church
We can see a clear diff btw dis
collapsed building and that of
synagogue...this one is a true case of
collapse bt d one dat happened in
synagoge..we saw d whole building
coming down lik d world trade center...it looked so much lik a
controlled demotion...God wl surely gt
back thos bhind it

Simply because of ur Pastor,U ve jus invariably exonerated Osama bin Laden from that attack!

fatdon2:
I can't see comments saying
prosecute the owner as it was the
case with prophet T.B Joshua church
We can see a clear diff btw dis
collapsed building and that of
synagogue...this one is a true case of
collapse bt d one dat happened in
synagoge..we saw d whole building
coming down lik d world trade center...it looked so much lik a
controlled demotion...God wl surely gt
back thos bhind it

Can you just listen to yourself TB Joshua's house is not the first or last to collapse in Nigeria especially in Lagos. But the wide spread criticism he got stems from the fact that:
1. His church members (though he claimed they are not his members but community pple) prevented rescue workers from helpin out and went as far as man handling them especially the journalists.
3. The infamous audio tape from a journalist, Mr. Ibekwe, about TB bribing some journalists.
4. The most important of them all. SCOAN's claim that a jet that flew over their building (that didn't throw bomb or pour any chemical on their building) caused the collapse. Mehn!!! That's ridiculous. How can u tell me that the sound of an aircraft (even if it is ten aircrafts) caused the collapse. I av watched that CCTV film time and over again buh am yet to see anythin that connects that aircraft with the collapse of the building.
Building collapse happens in Nigeria

moneybag100:
The owner must used them for ritual sacrifice, the owner must be fake club owner, the owner must be arrested and prosecuted....lol...I don't know why people want to bring T.B joshua down because of a collapse building like its something new in Nigeria...even Government own building do collapse in Nigeria...
if you wanna bring a man down...find a concrete evidence that the man nor any other person can't deny and before you know you see crowd stoning him.....not a bit.ch accusation.

Note: have never been to his church nor watch his channel for once. Just the fact.

RIP ot the dead.

Shut it friend

fatdon2:
I can't see comments saying
prosecute the owner as it was the
case with prophet T.B Joshua church
We can see a clear diff btw dis
collapsed building and that of
synagogue...this one is a true case of
collapse bt d one dat happened in
synagoge..we saw d whole building
coming down lik d world trade center...it looked so much lik a
controlled demotion...God wl surely gt
back thos bhind it

Can you just listen to yourself TB Joshua's house is not the first or last to collapse in Nigeria especially in Lagos. But the wide spread criticism he got stems from the fact that:
1. His church members (though he claimed they are not his members but community pple) prevented rescue workers from helpin out and went as far as man handling them especially the journalists.
3. The infamous audio tape from a journalist, Mr. Ibekwe, about TB bribing some journalists.
4. The most important of them all. SCOAN's claim that a jet that flew over their building (that didn't throw bomb or pour any chemical on their building) caused the collapse. Mehn!!! That's ridiculous. How can u tell me that the sound of an aircraft (even if it is ten aircrafts) caused the collapse. I av watched that CCTV film time and over again buh am yet to see anythin that connects that aircraft with the collapse of the building.
Building collapse happens in Nigeria, but the way SCOAN's own is been handled deservedly calls for criticism.

fatdon2:
I can't see comments saying
prosecute the owner as it was the
case with prophet T.B Joshua church
We can see a clear diff btw dis
collapsed building and that of
synagogue...this one is a true case of
collapse bt d one dat happened in
synagoge..we saw d whole building
coming down lik d world trade center...it looked so much lik a
controlled demotion...God wl surely gt
back thos bhind it

And what's the evidence that He wasnt behind the "controlled" demolition? cuz me neva see where CCTV dey face sky? abii na Clarence Peter dey handle their CCTV? abegiii packwell and discus about the issue at hand

fatdon2:
I can't see comments saying
prosecute the owner as it was the
case with prophet T.B Joshua church
We can see a clear diff btw dis
collapsed building and that of
synagogue...this one is a true case of
collapse bt d one dat happened in
synagoge..we saw d whole building
coming down lik d world trade center...it looked so much lik a
controlled demotion...God wl surely gt
back thos bhind it

Abi ooo, no body will talk about the owner of this building. He is not healing anybody or casting out demons, so he is safe. In fact as a club owner he is doing just the opposite of T.B Joshua so he I'd their own.

The devil won't come down, he uses regular people. Just like the ones asking for the head of T.B Joshua

Izunwa:

Can you just listen to yourself TB Joshua's house is not the first or last to collapse in Nigeria especially in Lagos. But the wide spread criticism he got stems from the fact that:
1. His church members (though he claimed they are not his members but community pple) prevented rescue workers from helpin out and went as far as man handling them especially the journalists.
3. The infamous audio tape from a journalist, Mr. Ibekwe, about TB bribing some journalists.
4. The most important of them all. SCOAN's claim that a jet that flew over their building (that didn't throw bomb or pour any chemical on their building) caused the collapse. Mehn!!! That's ridiculous. How can u tell me that the sound of an aircraft (even if it is ten aircrafts) caused the collapse. I av watched that CCTV film time and over again buh am yet to see anythin that connects that aircraft with the collapse of the building.
Building collapse happens in Nigeria, but the way SCOAN's own is been handled deservedly calls for criticism.

Abeg tell am ooo... sure he's been praying for this collapse just to prove that dead point

Keshi ofcourse..ah mean coach Stephen Keshit got back nigeria the Africa Cup of Nation's title,But i would prefer if had resign to give another man a try..

We shall look into dat

Tolexander:
and who are the people to enforce this law you just stated sir?
that's the irony of the issue!

Baba ne. Wan my meat?

fatdon2:
I can't see comments saying
prosecute the owner as it was the
case with prophet T.B Joshua church
We can see a clear diff btw dis
collapsed building and that of
synagogue...this one is a true case of
collapse bt d one dat happened in
synagoge..we saw d whole building
coming down lik d world trade center...it looked so much lik a
controlled demotion...God wl surely gt
back thos bhind it

guy na lie jor

The haste to convert bungalows to storey buildings is the problem.Greed!

Looking for evidence of a failed nation? look no far.Hopefully everybody will make it out alive .At least the owner didn't block rescuers from doing rescue job, like false prophet t.b joshua did. I'm still waiting for all these MOF= men of gold, going to Liberia/Serria-leone to help healed those infected with ebola.Anybody can say anything, if Jesus were to be on this earth,he would have gone to those places and heal them free of charge,unlike all these charlatans making fortune out of the gullible.

Season of building collapses in nigeria

mikeapollo:



Who told you that the collapse of Synagogue building was due to poor building practice? And how do you know that the load on top was too much for the foundation?
The church has demonstrated that it had approval for a 12 storey building. LASG officials have gone to carry out tests on the foundation and they have seen that the foundation was cast for 12 floors, even though the building was only 6 floors
Just go and check......All the buildings in the SCOAN premises are solid in structure, design and construction, hence the collapsed building cannot be an exception.

Nobody wants to ask the critical questions about the strange military jet plane that hovered 4 times above the building at low altitude within a period of about 30 minutes. In saner countries, the directors of bodies NCAA, FAAN, SSS etc would be at work to unravel the identity and mission of the strange aircraft......but here in Nigeria, we want to crucify the pastor because we have hated the man long before now......this tragedy just provides an opportunity to the haters to call for his head and blame him for everything!

Do you have proof of the plane?

abuja of all places? Am shocked. Nigerians and corrupt practises. When will this attitude ever end?