₦airaland Forum

Ignorance is bliss. Don’t argue with the ignorant, my guy.

chimex38:
Naaa.. Not comparing, JB is still the father that fathered their father as long as Construction history in Nigeria is concerned.

just giving Hi-tech the benefit of doubt until the elapsed time.

Make I hear
crack in pillar or
timeline issues or unsoumountable challenges of nature

Na that time I go run my mouth 👄

That’s the point if they fail to deliver, let them be crucified! But if others have enjoyed the same favor without complaint, Hitech can do the same in peace. What needs to be corrected is how no one will enjoy that favor to the detriments of others.

chimex38:
JB had Wike in their pockets from 2015-2023..
Na turn by turn
No one really made much fuse cuz they most certainly always deliver on quality and timely to shut out naysayers.

Hope Hi-tech does the same

Firstly, you’ve not disproved the fact before you concerning how Julius Berger was indicted by multiple credible sources.

Secondly, saying Hitech has no construction experience or expertise shows that you just started following happenings in the country a few moons back. So no more words for you. It’s the hard-at-learning type like you that politicians like.

mikeapollo:
Comparing a company with credible German roots, the experience and competence in construction with a company that had none!

No wonder Nigeria is how it is!
Reminds me of when some people said Abacha was the ''saviour'' that Nigeria needed for good governance and all the political parties at the time unanimously endorsed him.
There will always be some useful lots available to serve the interests of some demigods in our country.!
We enjoy the drama!

You mean Hitech? Na Jagaban and Sons hand dey there.

megawealth01:
I heard na one minister in the cabinet get am abi has shares there

Argue with this.

mikeapollo:
Julius Berger is the baby of German construction firm Bilfinger Berger AG with solid track record in major construction works, before they started winning contracts in Nigeria.
Can you tell us the track records of Hitech in construction works before Tinubu/Lagos started hobnobbing with them?

Can you tell us when Julius won a contract without a tender, no bidding, no senate approval,, no budgetary allocation etc.?

Exactly. They once prayed to the likes of Babangida.

nosa2:
Julius Berger pray to the wrong gods

The same favor that Hitech is benefiting now was what Julius Berger benefited from in the 80s and 90s which makes you think they’re a civil engineering giant. Is it right? No, but What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander!

mikeapollo:
Construction of major roads (coastal or not) is the Julius Berger specialty.
Hitech has no track record in constructing major roads, apart from the ones they got from Tinubu/Lagos state for some roads in Lagos state.

Tsk tsk I have no further words for you. The democracy you’re practicing was not borrowed, your forebears have been practicing it from time immemorial.

ppogba:
Since it happened in Virginia, it must be replicated the world over.
Indeed, I have learnt something.

All the common sense has been privatized.

Agbalowomeri:
No more common sense in the market

If you don’t understand things, then you learn. Firstly, what you quoted is a full sentence, not a clause or an adjectival clause of assumption for that matter.

Globally, government structure respond to changing population dynamics. Virginia redistricting is a recent one you can learn from.

ppogba:
"Population explosion would have made regional government to go further from their people" --------Adjectival clause of Assumption. (WASCE May 2031).

“Kenyans speak the best English in the world, even better than the British!”—Delulu Ruto

Well, the federating regional government structure was great, but it would’ve had to change at one point or another. The population of the country was about 45M-50M between independence and 1967, and the regional government was still effective to cater to the population. As the population exploded, the regional governments would’ve gotten further away from their peoples. Maybe each regional government would have needed more internal divisions (states or local administrative units).

ayobama1:
We lost our way after the Regional Government constitution was torpedoed. That was the compass that would have guided Nigeria to her greatness

I don’t think that way. Singapore and a few other countries attained their independence after us and are doing well today. The major problem with Nigeria is the I-too-know mentality (over smartness), so no one (group) wants to be the biggest fool for the others. Therefore, all the efforts are just cancelling out one another.

Religious influence is another major bane of the country as the versions (Europeanized Christianity and Islam) that our people practice are targeted to enslave the minds.

We can definitely break free and self-organize ourselves. Hopefully, someday before it’s too late.

megawealth01:
NAIJA for never get INDEPENDENCE

I no just wan talk so I don't derail this space...

He still better make we still have the feeling say na we we dey mint our own currency.

megawealth01:
E never reach make Oyibo buy CBN?

Sope oti lo!

Last last one president (like Tikulator) will just pocket (privatize) am at one point.

megawealth01:
Jagaban

Who go regulate am?

megawealth01:
CBN should list joor

I’m not of the opinion that it will dip after the markdown (I’ve expressed that here a few days back). Nonetheless, it’s going to stay behind GTCO after the markdown—that’s the stance I expressed above.

Sunrisepebble:
The buying interest is strong I won’t be surprised if it recovers quickly. I’m looking to buy after if I can

Its dividend qualification and markdown dates are coming tomorrow and Monday, respectively. It will fall back in line on Monday.

ogoo4real:
Zenith has surpassed GTCO like play like play...

Are you a learner? That’s the result of corruption that we talk about. The driver was dispatched with an empty bus, but he must have decided to pick up passengers and make money off the company without investing a kobo in the business. Followers are corrupt just as the leaders who emerge from among them.

Maxymilliano:
But according to the company management, empty bus was dispatched with no passengers

Literacy simply means can read and write, not having a formal education or degree.

👌

presiade:
PRESCO is picking up the last few passengers before heading to the next bus stop.

Atlass Portfolios = ATLS. Well, they ain’t perfect, but I’ve enjoyed them far better than the current MCSE. Submitting orders on their platform has been pretty smooth for me. The only mutual issue that I’ve observed between them and MCSE is the sudden changes in the high, low, and last prices on the trading platforms. I often need to refresh my watchlist to see the current values. That may be from the CSCS API.

elpaso007:
I'm referring to Atlas Portfolio.

To be honest, I have not really looked them that much. So my comment's based on the user reviews I read here.

Their trading interface is essentially the same as Morgan's from what's shared back then.

I'm curious to know if you also experience trade execution delays with Atlas Portfolio?

Morgan's delays can be more than 30 minutes sometimes.

I assume you’re referring to ATLS. I had no issues opening an account with them and funding it. They credit my trading account within 30 minutes of wiring my funds to them. I still paid in today, and the experience was the same.

elpaso007:
I have read complaints about them as well.

I recall someone complained about account funding or loggin in to their trading account.

Same here—I’ve been with MCSE for decades, but their dwindling service quality and revised fees structure have made me move my trading activities away from them. Although I still hold some long-term assets in my portfolio with them. Scalping and swinging require minimizing transaction costs.

megawealth01:
I've been using Morgan for decades oooo

Change to Atlass Portfolios for your gambling trades so that you can retain more of your loots.

megawealth01:
Add MERITRADE

I use MERITRADE and INVESTNAIJA for my long term purchases then Morgan for gambles

megawealth01:
The FBN man

I know. That was just a cruise.

ositadima1:
Skewness fit dey ooo, when things are not allowed to go naturally. For example, most people in politics have criminal tendencies. Why? Because bad politicians do not allow the normal voting process to take place.

Pure normal distribution without any skewness .

Agbalowomeri:
You carry Gaussian curve enter here

Lol I was going to check updated posts and mistakenly clicked on the page that post appeared on. . I’ve been on the thread prior to 2013 when that post was made. @sboga has taken his place now.

chimex38:
Lol @bolded... You must have really gone back Memory Lane of this thread..

I can relate.

Characters have been through this thread! Who knows ihedioramma‘s whereabouts?

ihedioramma:
SO IF YOU ARE TO BUY NOW CAN YOU BUY JAPAUL OIL? OR DO WE BUY THE STOCK NOW?

Senior “Birisope” (“Legbuke” in Benin/Edo language), I greet you.

The key is starting early … That’s how the discipline and tenacity required for great financial success are acquired. Good luck on the journey to your next milestone.

Mankind2024:
When Savings and Investment Are Not Optional, but a Priority
Growing up with Iya Ijebu, my late maternal grandmother, shaped my mindset about money. I ended up living with her because my father was a polygamist — three wives, many children. Resources were stretched, and everyone had to learn early.
I remember that at age six, I already had a kolo (a clay piggy bank). She would give me coins to put inside it. More importantly, she taught me discipline — I had to keep it in a secret place where only I knew. I enjoyed filling my kolo with the Nigerian coins of those days. Apologies to the generation of Nigerians who never had the privilege of spending coins.
Fast forward. After high school, while waiting for my SSCE results, I worked at a construction site known locally as Birisoke (a Yoruba term). You earned your money in cash at the end of each day. That experience taught me the dignity of labour and the value of money earned through sweat.
By God's grace, I passed my SSCE with five credits and four distinctions. University admission, however, did not come easily. The era of late Abacha was marked by endless strikes. Looking back, those years felt even tougher than the present economic situation in Nigeria.
Eventually, I gained admission into my favourite varsity — Aqua Marine. The Akokites will understand the reference.
After graduating with a Second Class Upper, NYSC posted me to Abuja. At the end of my service year, I travelled across Nigeria searching for a job that never seemed to exist. But giving up was never an option.
Eventually, I was privileged to secure employment with the Federal Government. I was deployed to a toxic ministry where I quickly realised that your degree does not automatically place you above a director or manager with an ordinary level certificate or even an Arabic certificate, who has spent 10–20 years in service. You are answerable to them. The system is structured around “first come, first rise.”
After three years, I knew that environment was not for me.
Then opportunity came. A retiring merchant was selling his business in a prime location in Abuja — high human and vehicular traffic (don’t ask me the location). I took a bold step. I bid for the business and financed it using a personal loan, proceeds from disposed equities, and an aggressive investment fund I had been consistently building.
By the grace of God, the business returned my purchase price twofold in the first 12 months.
The rest, as they say, is history.
When life was tough, I blamed everyone — the government, Goodluck Jonathan, and even the so-called village people. Today, I see things differently. Government is not the primary reason many people struggle. Even the “village people” have their own trailer loads of problems.
The real issue is mindset.
Learn from many Igbo traders in Abuja. Some never worked for government, some never attended formal universities, many speak mostly pidgin English, yet communicate effectively in Hausa. They are extremely successful in their chosen entrepreneurship.
Meanwhile, many graduates with multiple degrees and polished grammar are still waiting for government rescue.
From my observation, there may never be collective prosperity in Nigeria. Individuals must free themselves from the oppressive system through personal initiative.
I refused to japa because I am my own boss. I believe my colleagues who relocated abroad cannot look down on me in any endeavour of life.
If I have just one request from the Nigerian government, it would be this: fix electricity. I want to venture into a 20-ton agro-processing factory capable of turning ₦2 billion into ₦8 billion within five years. The only limiting factor is stable electricity. Diesel or solar significantly erodes both seed capital and projected profits, based on my feasibility studies.
Finally, savings and investment are not optional — they are priorities.
We should enjoy life, but also plan for the years ahead.
With God, we will surely reach our goals.
NGX mission: ₦1B achieved.
NYSE mission: $1M — on course.

PRESCO is picking up the last few passengers before heading to the next bus stop.