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Omudia11:
Over a year ago, my brother noticed our pre paid meter had stopped working. He informed my dad. They took action. Went to the power station to report the issue. PHCN said our meter was faulty and needed to be replaced. Alright My brother said, "I'll just buy a new one then".. After beating around the Bush for a while, they told my brother that new prepaid meters were unavailable at the time and that he should come back at a later time.

Well he did go back a week later and the same thing occurred. They had no new prepaid meters for sale and couldn't fix the old one. They said they were to put on a fix monthly payment but didn't do so. In fact my brother went there too many on that issue that it was starting to look like we were disturbing them.

NB : Note that at this time we were no longer paying electricity bills due to the bad meter and the non compliance of the PHCN officers.

So my brother ceased going there and we kept using the same "old meter" for about one year WITHOUT paying bills. Meaning that we didn't pay electric bills for close to a year.

When they finally came one year later they had nothing on us as it was on record that we had complained about the issue earlier.

During that time we would have spent approximately 180k on bills.

tesppidd:
My brother some advice for you:

Just leave these people alone.

These are not people who are sympathetic to the victims of the herdsmen and farmers clashes.

These are people who have been angry since 2015 and will be angry until pdp returns to power.

These are Nnamdi Kanu worshippers who have been angry since he was silenced and driven away to oblivion.

Never mind them pretending to be patriotic and caring about the victims.

No amount of articles you write would remove the hate.

Leave them alone.

No amount of insults on nairaland would make Buhari lose 2019.

Just ignore them.

okachie1:
Buhari is a cow period!!

MRAKBEE:
Oga Npower , verification was done since early December. When are we getting paid?

pcicero:
You might need to understand that his taciturn attitude towards issues made him a target.

Some of us blamed Goodluck for allowing Boko Haram to fester. They even shared his picture dancing at a Kano rally after some attacks.

It was convenient to blame Jonathan then for what Ali Modu and other governors allowed to grow under their watch.




Buhari is not the architect of our Today's security challenges we face as a nation.

obasanjo fought a little boko haram and Niger delta militants.

Yaradua fought boko haram and militancy.

Goodluck jonathan was overwhelmed only by boko haram.

but today, Buhari is facing Boko haram, settling militants, armed militias here and there, kidnappers, herdsmen crisis.

all of these he inherited from previous administrations. So it is wrong to make him seem weak or ineffective or as if he were doing nothing about them ...


boko haram grew wings under the goodluck regime.


herdsmen crisis started way back but nobody saw it coming or payed attention to it, today it is a major problem.


buhari didnt promise Magic.. he only promised change.

change could be very slow and very painful and most times comes with a price.


Buhari is not a magician and doesnt have any magic wand.

Change is gradual just as it is slow too.

Why do people now develop headache when same is extended to Buhari?

laudate:
And I need you to pick up a dictionary and look up the meaning of the word "trespass," as well as "dispossession" and "criminal offence." Did I not say you would come back in here, to write a lengthy epistle to justify the Fulani herdsmen's wilful transgressions? Yes, you have not disappointed me.

Am glad you quoted the Bible, and mentioned Abraham's migration. When God gave Abraham his marching orders, He never told Abraham to trespass upon other people's lands, or covet their crops and property. Neither did He tell Abraham to nourish himself, his family and their livestock, at the expense of others' lives or their source of livelihood.

Your problem is that you believe others must be dispossessed of their land and crops, in order for the Fulani to survive. This arrogant mindset which does NOT acknowledge the fact that other people have their own survival challenges, and the right to live peacefully on their own land within their territory and domain, will always jeopardise any migration plan of the Fulani herdsmen into the Middle-Belt. It is why their migration, will always be met with resistance. The Fulani pastoralists do NOT have any rights, over the ancestral and communal lands of other ethnic groups, simply because they are nomadic herdsmen!

Dubai was a desert, and so were many parts of present-day Israel before they reclaimed it, and made it habitable for their people. Today, Dubai is a tourist destination, with a healthy economy. Your Fulani big men and people in authority, will not understudy them and learn how to turn the northern fringes of their desert into an oasis. They will not learn how to reverse or mitigate the bad effects of drought and climatic changes.

Instead, the arable land which is shrinking in the Middle Belt due to leaching, overflooding, mining activities and population expansion, is what they want to trespass upon by force, and find a way to frustrate farmers and their families, into handing over to them. Their evil plans will not succeed.

If drought and desertification is chasing the Fulani herdsmen further south, please be informed that the communities in the Middle Belt have their own peculiar challenges too, as their arable land and crop yields have shrunk considerably, and in some cases, it can no longer meet all their needs. But they have not moved into other areas, to chase away their neighbours, or trespass wilfully on land that does NOT belong to them.

The migration process of 400 BC, is totally different from the migration activities of 21st Century. Today you would probably require a passport, hotel booking and visa, to go on the same journey that Abraham did. You cannot just wake up, and decide to lay claim to the lands of others or take over their property, because you are a nomadic herdsman. In any sane society, you would be thrown in jail, or fined heavily after eviction. The laws are there for a reason. And the Fulani herdsmen must be reminded at every turn, that the freedom to swing their arms, ends where the nose of other tribes begin!

joshuakdboy:
must everything be blamed on PDP? what is even wrong with people who can't fix themselves but continually blaming someone else.

we can continue the blame games and remain stagnant forever.

victormeg:
My guy the issue about Nigerians leaving lights on in the name of security light no be talk at all. In this country where security is not guaranteed, so we should leave in darkness abi? Not if your light tire you, off it Biko.when bros dem ambush you for darkness, you will understand the difference between oh oh nepa and up nepa.

great664:
PStacks

I agree with some points raised like Po putting off bulbs during the day, using Energy bulbs etc...

My question is I know many people who by-pass their pre-paid meters and they have constant light without paying a dime... Mind you, we have over 15hrs of light daily this side...

How do you report those people? I know the Nigerian mentality will say wetin concern you but I don't care...

Note: Don't tell me to report them to the nearest office, as nothing will happen of they give them like 10k - 30k, yes that is how cheap we are.

kevoh:
Even in houses that have the prepaid meters already installed, so many people still bypass the meter thereby avoiding payment of electricity bills. My neighbour is an example. Dude bypassed the prepaid meter, leaves his two 1.5 hp Airconditioner 24/7 and uses those 100 watts bulb for security light which are permanently on whether there is someone in the house or not. Who knows what other appliances he turns on 24/7! These sets are worst offenders as other street neighbours on estimated billing are the ones who end up paying the power consumed.

Ngasky:
This writeup is actually 100% true. We are actually wasting energy needlessly here in Nigeria. Someone qouted US above, did you know US is one of the highest energy conservative nation in the world? You can never see one red bulb in use in America. One red bulb is equivalent to 5-8 equivalent white bulb also equivalent to about 300 led bulbs in term of power consumption. Now i challenge anyone to go out in his/her neighbourhood and count how many red bulbs and how many energy saving white bulbs are there. The red bulbs are cheaper around 80-100 naira per one while the white bulb is more expensive about 300-800 naira per one, but in terms of energy red bulb consumes 100watts -200 watts, while white bulb consumes less than 30watts.
Now let me explain the above in layman's language, if you used one bulb for 12 hours every day it means for one month (30 days) you would have used it for 360 hours. Now lets compare what you should pay as utility bill for that one month at the current Nigerian rate of about N30/Kwhr
RED BULB (100watts)
100 watts X 360 = 36000 whr= 36Kwhr
Amount to pay for that single bulb = N1080.00k each month

WHITE BULB (22watts)
22 watts X 360 = 7920whr= 7.92 Kwhr
Amount to pay for that single bulb = N 237.6k each month
From the above a consumer will save
N 842.40k each Month from each bulb by choosing power saving white bulb. Now multiply this by the number of bulbs in your house and see what you are wasting

Now to the government they are supposed to make the prepaid meter a priority. Not generation of power. Because by metering all households everybody will be cautious of his power wastage. And it will make the investors in the power sector to increase their generating capacity because they only get what they delivered to the consumer no more free estimated money. And in case they didn't supply power to your homes for one month they cannot get a single naira from you just like the prepaid gsm charges.
EVERY HOUSEHOLD SHOULD BE METERED BY PREPAID METER. that's what we should prioritise in Nigeria

HOLYDICK:
Wetin dis one is saying here?


Bros like u stated in dis ur your long ostentatious epistle up there " am wondering weda cos i stayed in a priority area" stop wondering Mr cos its the fact.....



My jobe requires me to be moving all over the country and so av experience the prejudice segregation in terms of electricity to some certain areas


Were i currently stays now i also enjoy 23 hrs of uninterrupted electricity due to the fact that EFCC AND DSS offices are all in the same area

While av stayed in some places still same state but na 2-3 hrs of light max a day

Nonso92:
You shouldn't blame Nigerians on wasting electricity.

My dad retired with NEPA, and you're right, prepaid metering would have worked, but those meters were brought in and instead of it to be distributed, they were sold to the highest bidder.

I know of a man that spent almost 50k just to get a prepaid meter in our estate, because he got tired of the bills they kept bringing every month without bringing electricity.

So OP, the fault is from the head. It has always been.

I can bet that the rate at which electricity is wasted in the US cannot be compared to what is being wasted here.

Like I said, you cannot waste what you don't have.

HallaDaTruth:
It's complete foolishness for Nigerian to supply constant power to neighboring countries but starve her own citizens of it. I do not see the wisdom in that

Ever8054:
electricity has improve....you say what!!!!? when we only have electricity 2 hours in the day time 30min in the night and 2hours middle of the night...lobish

Nonso92:
Nice one op. I have lived in Benin republic, and I will tell you first hand that I have experienced uninterrupted power supply.

But about managing what you cannot measure, how can you manage what you don't have?.

You see in my area, there is no electricity.

Better mine, there is this area close to where I live, and for the past 9 years, they haven't seen a blink of electricity.

How do you explain all these to them?

laudate:
This is just how these Fulani herdsmen and their clique, cause trouble in Nigeria. You migrate en-masse into someone's land, without any permission and take up residence there.

That piece of land would definitely belong to someone or some community, yet they have disregarded that fact, and decided to camp there. If the owner raises an objection or tries to evict them for trespassing, they will claim they are being attacked and would launch an attack on the community.

And people like PStacks will write lengthy epistles, justifying their act of wanton and wilful trespass, upon another person's land. Tell me, when things degenerate to the level of hostility, who bears the brunt?

If a report is filed against them at the police station, the authorities will turn a blind eye. When fight starts now, you will see arms flying round - left, right and centre. It is a pity that Kogi people have a renegade, clueless, narcissistic joker who claims to be in charge of the state, at the govt house.

pcicero:
OP

You must be joking.

Do you mean PDP also caused this?
To begin with, blaming all the woes of Nigeria on PDP's 16 years has not only become a worn-out cliche but puts this govenrment in a bad light.
We knew the shortcomings of PDP when GEJ was voted out.

Buhari presented himself as the solution. And you all voted him in.

To the crux of the matter, i first heard of ecological funds during OBJ's tenure. That was the beginning of PDP.
There were various instances where state governments were accused of diverting such funds. Ali Modu Sherrif of Borno (ANPP-PDP-APC 2003-2011), George Akume (PDP- APC) were some of such governors.

http://nigerianpilot.com/ecological-fund-the-big-fraud/

explosivesedo:
I hope I got the headline of this article right, and if I did I would like to reveal the reasons why I think google Adsense publishers will decrease with time.



Over the years, google have recorded the number one ads publishing industry with the highest number of publishers globally. This is without any doubt a standpoint for the number 1 ads publishers in the globe.

Considering how much I hate to admit this but it is true, google has the best ads rate and they also monetize their publishers traffic way beyond what other ads publishing industries can offer.

Google Adsense is the best in the website monetization business but still something about them isn’t just right.

We did say something about them isn’t just right but actually we literally mean somethings about them aren’t just right. It would oblige us to explore the indescent stuffs and attributes of google Adsense programme which will reduce their publishers with time.

Before we dive in to our reason for putting up this article, let us quickly note some upgrades that several other ads networks are making so as to meet up and eventually overtake the ads publishing industry.

. Propeller ads started out an upgrade of awarding its new users a $25 bonus just for signup. This was started late last year (2017).

. Several other good ads network have a minimum withdrawal limit of $50 which outweighs google Adsense withdrawal limit of $100. This specifically means that bloggers who might be needing their revenue fast cannot cope with Adsense and probably will move to other ads publishing platforms.

. Google Adsense monetization deals greatly on website niche and also the country specific traffic which in what case you have a double reason to rethink your usage of google Adsense. On the other hand, other ads publishing platforms basically looks at your traffic country and not essentially your website niche.

This gives those bloggers in google Adsense unfavourable niche to have a greater chance of diverting their interests.

. Google Adsense monetize with CPC and CPM whereby if you have noticed well their CPM isn’t too important as their CPC and this is why bloggers in such huge traffic niche as entertainment, dating and lifestyle have to dig the cement ground to make a good earning with google Adsense.

Note: google Adsense CPC for huge traffic websites such as entertainment and dating is relatively low ranging from $0.02-0.10.

. If you have an entertainment website with a huge traffic, say (10,000 visitors daily) you could move to a better ads network that monetize through CPM (cost per thousand visits) and you’ll be earning $10 daily or more. But considering Adsense, you may be earning as little as $2 as a result of your websites niche CPC on Adsense.

Having stated these, let’s now look at the bad sides of google Adsense that might get their publishers to decrease with time

Much policy to follow
Several google Adsense publishers have quitted the platform for a better option with other ads publishing networks where they get to see smaller rules to abide by.

We all know how difficult it could seem when we are told several things to do just to be able not to go aside the rules and if any one of the rules gets disobeyed you will suffer the same damage as if you failed all the rules.

Specifically, publishers do frown at this deeply and that is why these days you see other potential ads networks like revenuehits, propeller ads and media.net pushing forward as a result of lesser rules to follow than google Adsense.

Issue of Adsense ban
With a little flaw you could face a very long lasting Adsense publishers ban which doesn’t happen often with other ads network even when you go against their rules.

I have severally heard bloggers say that when you monetize with google Adsense your greatest fear will be google Adsense ban e-mail message.

The rate at which google ban their publishers is too high irrespective of who you are or what you have to offer and this is another reason why google Adsense publishers are pushing down the drain to try out other prospective and better ads publishing networks.

Strict rules
None of google Adsense rules is simple or bendable as all comes with same severe punishment of facing Adsense ban.

These rules are so strict that we the Adsense publishers should apply severe caution while dealing with them to avoid being caught up in the middle of nowhere.

Selectiveness of website and niche
Well we have spoken about this before but for relevance sake let’s brush through it.

Google Adsense strives to be extremely selective when it comes to monetizing some website and their niche as some niche pay lesser while some niche pay better.

Google Adsense is simply substituted by other ads networks which monetize through CPM and has no preference in website niche.

Payout options
Google Adsense has a high payout option of $100 whereby it is not every blogger that is able to get to that peak before the said month runs out.

This is why several other ads publishing platforms makes provision for monthly $50 withdrawal and some payout $20 per month or whenever you are able to get to the minimum withdrawal you can request your withdrawal.

CPC issues
This is where several bloggers face hell.



The CPC of several blogging niche falls to be extremely poor and this cause them to be unfriendly with google Adsense.

speaking of low CPC websites niche, we talk of entertainment, dating, relationships and these website niches are considered the highest quality website niches and they pay lesser.

As a result of this, several bloggers in the said niche now monetize with CPM ads publishers so as to convert their huge traffic better.

Never predictable income
I know you will be disturbed with this spellout but it is true.

As google Adsense monetize only with CPC, it therefore offers no daily predictable income as the visitors that clicked on your ads today may not come to click on your ads tomorrow and the day after.

This is why upon huge traffic some websites still make little income.

It is better and more predictable using a CPM based ads publishing network whereby you know that for every 10,000 visitors you’re making $10 and nothing less. This is better predictable than using google Adsense unpredictable CPC based ads network.

Only loves certain traffic and frowns at several traffic sources
Where your traffic comes from deals a great time with your google Adsense revenue. Google Adsense selects the traffic to give higher ranking and also brings down the value of referral traffic if you know what I mean.

Sourcing traffic from Facebook, and other social medias brings down your website CPC even if you fall to the high CPC based website niche.

Google frowns at social media traffic, referral traffic and software traffic as far as it still do with CPC and website niche.

“Google Adsense loves search engine traffic and direct traffic”

You can believe with me that google never gives such a good amount for traffic coming from Facebook, twitter, google+ and other social medias if you are a blogger who shares your articles there.

Wrap up

Monetizing your website with google Adsense is a very easy way to earn better income with your website no doubts but we presume its high time you tried other better ads networks and know what they really have to offer as google Adsense isn’t where it all ends.

Note: the major push to earning with your website is a high quality, targetter and good traffic.

We still see other good websites monetizing with other ads publishing networks on CPM basis and still make it just as google Adsense publishers do.

Source: http://blogincomes.com.ng/8-detailed-reasons-google-adsense-publishers-will-decrease-severely-time/

greatermax77:
Gerrout of here

npowerng:
Good Morning,

It has come to our attention that some states have been awarding posting letters to N-Power pre-selected applicants.

LET US BE VERY CLEAR

At this point, there are ONLY Pre-Selected applicants, we shall announce and release the names of the FINAL SELECTED BENEFICIARIES when we have finished reviewing the returns of the Physical Verification compilations.

States can ONLY deploy Final Selected Beneficiaries.

We will assume that States who are currently deploying PRE-SELECTED APPLICANTS are expanding their charity base as we currently have NO ENGAGEMENT with these pre-selected applicants until we have announced and communicated same.

We are currently reviewing the returns of the Physical Verification compilations and we shall communicate progress and next steps on our Social Media Channels.

Have a great day.

weownlagos:
Anyone one that believes this piece of trash is a fool.

PaChukwudi44:
bloody terrorist!! This thread is not about IPOB but about the terrorist Miyetti allah hore organisation.Seun and the mods should ban this terrorist to avoid further pollution of this cyber space

laudate:
Don't mind that retarde'd character. His evil Fulani killer herdsmen have been burning entire communities to the ground, killing innocent men, women and children, and he is here justifying their brigandage and killing, because they are facing "Desertification, climate change, global warming, depletion of the ozone layer etc." Do farmers, grain millers, goat rearers, poultry owners, fish farm breeders and those in other agro-allied professions, not face the same thing? Are they not affected by the ozone layer and global warming, as well?

He is trying to make it seem as if the Fulani herdsmen are justified for engaging in their killing sprees, simply because they want to survive. How sick! Don't other people want to survive, or aren't they also entitled to have a peaceful life? He has not brought up any suggestions on how to tackle the cattle rustling caused by the Fulani killer herdsmen. Instead, he is making stuvpid advocacy online. Wubbish!

PaChukwudi44:
where is Seun and lalasticlala ? Nairaland is supposed to be against terrorism.This OP is a terrorist and wants to use this website to propagate their sick ideology.Its high time terrorists like this are banned froom nairaland.

PaChukwudi44:
did anyone suggest that? Does every other tribe go about taking other people's property? If they fulanis want to rear their cattle they should buy lands and build ranches .BTW don't be too sure about your NEVER EVER!!! like I said no one has a monopoly over violence!!! By the time regional militias spring up across the regions and begin to mete out reprisals then you will know.Buhari will not be president forever.

PaChukwudi44:
WTF do you mean by taking sides? you are dragging someone's property with him and you want me to side you? You mean you have a right to dispossess a an of his own possession just because you want cow meat? are you for real?

PaChukwudi44:
exactly access to natural resources!!! Since the fulanis wants to feed their cattle.Everyothe rpeople must donate their lands!!! Chai!!! what a mentality!!!

PaChukwudi44:
you sound so sick and demented!!! Gosh!!!!