₦airaland Forum

sammyj:
In as much as I support fight against corruption I also believe this media trial by the EFCC should end. They should rather focuse their attention in prosecuting this alleged criminals and hope this trial will go on since the former military head of state has been fingered in one of the cases Ayeni is being detained for. Anyways we are watching in 8D

What in heavens name is media trial. Has there ever been an arrest or allegation against a high profile individual that was not serialized in the media, oj Simpson, Michael Jackson, the blade runner, Blagovich, Hosni mubarak, Berlusconi, the Israeli President convicted of corruption, sepp blatter and his 40 thieves. Which one was not a media trial abi wetin una mean by media trial.

phemmie06:
Why can't EFCC visit other schools as well to uncover the corruption there on. BTW what has been done to Buratai

Lololololol..... Oga o, people don use all excuses to discredit this anti-corruption drive. People dey fight for their party, others for their tribe, some nah religion excuse, your own nah school. I doff my hat, you are the greatest. School, so effc/buhari get beef with your school.

oladiran2:
Good morning to everyone

Hi Oladiran,

Please do you guys sell just the UV net and covering alone. How much does it cost.

konami001:
Hahaha... i believe you are T.B Joshua yourself.... Anyway, I understand why you want to quickly do some damage limitation with all your posts here... But do not worry too much sha, Nigerians and critical thinking do not go along together... Just leave this matter for sometime and in about 3-4 days, the sheeple will forget that you truely serve yourself and yourself only.... Relax your mind ok?... Cheers

Wow same conclusion, the way he types and the way the man talks is virtually same. Let him keep deceiving himself and others. Blind man leading blind men.

Pavore9:
Are you a snake that cannot bear the smell of garlic?

What's up with garlic and snakes. Pls do lets know

Jadoskii:
I don't see any probs with it...Besides a dog's mouth is a lot cleaner than humans'.....so the probability of catching an infection whilst kissing ur gf is a whole lot higher than kissing a dog(and I dnt min street dogs)..

Wow, thats more of a testament to the kind of girls you date

onatisi:
The poor dog wan cry sef

Good or bad I don't care, nah so ebola started o, make den no carry wetin pass man power come again o. We don't know where the next epidemic will come from. This foolish and undue fraternizing with animals should be minimized.

Hi Rev, pls are the ACs tested. I need a 1.5 KVA account and what price should I be looking at.
Thanks

frodobee:
Funny enough I was a science student, but my late mum loved literature a lot and passed it on to me. I remember playing Antonio in Shakespeare's Ceaser and Odewale in The Gods are Not To Blame. My favourite lines in Caesar when Antonio addressed the Roman's at the Capitol after Caesar's death he said "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interrèd with their bones. So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus Hath told you Caesar was ambitious. If it were so, it was a grievous fault, and so grievously hath Caesar answered it. Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest— For Brutus is an honorable man; So are they all, all honorable men— Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me. But Brutus says he was ambitious, And Brutus is an honorable man.
He hath brought many captives home to Rome Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill."

In the Gods are not to blame, I played Odewale and I remember my favourite after the Ifa priest confirmed my paternity I took hold of the floor and began on a strong but sorrowful note "no no, do not blame the gods, let no one blame the powers my people. Learn from my faults. The powers would have failed if I would not let them use me.
They knew my weaknesses, the weaknesses of a man easily goes to the defense of his tribe against others. I once slew a man in my farm in Ede, I would have spared him,but he spat on my tribe. He spat on the tribe I thought was my own tribe. The man laughed. And laughing he called me a bush man from the tribe of Ijekun, and I lost my reason.
Now I know that that very man was my father, the king who ruled this land before me. It was my run to calm the hurt of my tribe that brought me to this land to do more horrors. (I then plucked my eyes and concluded by saying) give her my wife, my mother, a burial of honour."
One funny thing happened when we were preparing for this drama. My school was a missionary sch but we went outof our way to invite a juju priest to teach the guy acting the Ifa priest role how to incant. Omo in our presence this man did incantation and smoke from no where land. We laughed it off. But now I am older, I look back and say mehnnnn.


Cc rabzy buffalowings

Wow you still remember the words, those childhood stuff just have a way of sticking with you, while the things you learn now just flies away. Acting was something i believe i could have been very good act. But drama in my school was non-existent. Though i directed some plays in the University. But i love acting, wish i could indulge in it. Odewale's story was too sad, when the outcome you dont want to happen invariably happen cause you tried avoiding it 'the tragedy of macbeth'.

I have the big compilation of shakepeares, very many brilliant stories. Reading lamb's tale was crazy, having to constantly check the meaning of those extant english words was fun but time consuming. Then you start start throwing the words around and showing off to friends and classmates.

organicfoods:
This little creeping creature will do your farm a lot of good. I will show you how you can put them to great use.

Guy you too much. I think you are about to unleash vermicomposting or worm composting. Red wigglers to the rescue

frodobee:
Lawd your post summarised my childhood. In my class, I had a challenge wt two of my mates- who will read the most novels. Fortunately, my Dad was a contractor and publisher. For every single book he supplied, he kept a copy in his library which he bequeathed me. For that I read almost all the books in AWS(african writers series) aside a few- not up to ten. I read biographies, autobiographies, collection of poems, novels etc. Just like you said, almost all the novels mentioned here including the one written by the famous slave Equiano (Equiano's travels).
From their I attempted to write my first novel in JSS3, lol. From AWS, to Mills and Boon, to Pacesetters, to Hadley Chase, to 1000+ paged novels, Corgi books, Bantam books, authors like Danielle Steel etc I remember reading an american philosophical novel that changed my views on money, it was written by a lady( I don't know her name again or the name of the novel.) One popular quote or exclammation in that novel is "who's galt?", I just googled it, the novel is 'Atlas Shrugged' by Ayn Rand. People need to read that novel. From their, my banker friend - actually my account manager- introduced me to asian novels. Hmmm, that was when I started soft-pedalling, because I started seeing other worlds and views that can shatter your belief system.
In all, it is nostalgic the feeling one gets looking back through the years. Glad to know people walked your path and lived in your dream worlds and shared your loneliness.

I tell you once you start reading wide and have read so much, you realize that not everything should be read, there are some things that is safer left unread. I remember the Ghanaian bros that first told me about olaudah equaino, martins Ashanti, he also gave me the book think and grow rich and stories of opoku ware, kweku ananse, ashantehene, the fante, dentchira and ashante wars. I had a togolese bros that taught me many songs in ewe and twi. Am going to check out 'atlas shrugged'.
I used to see myself as Umslopogaas, the black dude in King Solomons Mine, in fact his name was my password for my first email.

Is anybody familiar with 'she who must be obeyed'.

dairykidd:
I feel you bruv...and i really blv that reading is a way of life that should be instilled in kids by the parents and elderly ones in a home setting.I can still remember as a kid under 7 yrs @ the time that when ever my dad would even travel out of the country and back,asides from the clothes and puma shoes i looked forward to the books & the classic movies (till date there are movies/music and foreign popular acts i can discuss abt with the movies and roles they took which majority of ppl don't even know,even some so called foreigners ) ,he always came back with lots of books beautiful and educative,interesting reads...i always looked forward to the books from Fairy tales to Aesop's Fables which always had moral lessons to teach within the interesting stories.Dad had his library at home and was open to all of us so before eleven i had read through and reread most of the world's encyclopedia which Numbered from A-Z on every topic concerning human existence...and it helped me know a lot more about the culture,beliefs,history,myths & legends,science,Music,sports,lifestyle and whatever..one book was as heavy as a bucket of water and that room was covered in countless of them in different sets..every weekend we younger kids would run up to the library and pick one and take positions in the room even b4 we had breakfast,they would have to send for us to come and eat before we would reluctantly leave that room.There are a whole lot of things i know i learned from reading encyclopedias that even thousands of professors don't have the slightest idea about..i know so cos i meet lots of people both rich and poor even the so called enlightened ppl sef i have discussed history and folklore of foreign nations with foreign nationals and they find it had to blv i have never traveled extensively to know what i know and even till today there are some things i can talk about like i have been around the world while everyone will be listening perpetually in awe of everything that comes out of my mouth and when these things happen i just feel blessed for having to come out from the family i have and am still very grateful to God and my Old man..Honestly parents should inculcate reading in their kids & stop blaming the world for not doing their jobs as parents.. doesn't have to be print books there are eBooks,internet wow i wonder if i had internet as a kid i wonder what i would have been able to do with it!! Make it more fun for the kids it won't ever depart from them and they will always love u for that

Guy your head dey there, we had the same childhood, apart from reading encyclopaedias, Guinness book of records was another great source. Its unbelievable the way those things we read just come up in day to day lives and in conversations. People just wonder how possible you could just know so much about so many things. It makes you feel great always and immensely improves your self esteem. You are hardly intimidated by anyone. Am kids are still small but i will definitely strive to build a great library for them. Yeah ebooks, my printer should roar back to life.

bigfrancis21:
You remind me of my childhood too. I was an avid reader during my childhood days. I loved reading books a lot. A family aunt would often bring me novels and I would digest them in a matter of days. I also wrote short story books which my siblings loved to read. I still have those interesting manuscripts till today. All these books you mentioned I read them plus many I don't even remember now. Time flies, it really does.

Growing up my mom said I was too wise for my age. Before I was 1 year old she said I was already walking and it didn't take long I was already talking. Growing up I skipped 2 classes - nursery 3 and primary 5. After nursery 2, she put me in primary 1 instead because she said my performance in nursery 2 was outstanding. After primary 4 I skipped class 5 and went to class 6 where I took the first school leaving certificate exam, state and federal examinations, private school examinations etc. and passed all with flying colours. All through secondary school I was ahead of my mates by 2 classes. I took my WAEC at 15 years and cleared all my papers in one sitting. Time flies. It does truly.

Wow nice one, i think reading early and reading wide just opens up the brain. In public schools you absolutely can not skip classes. Even your brain dey on fire, you go dey where you suppose dey full time. WAEC was like child's play to me, the record wey i create still dey that school but nah only 9 courses me take o. Am not sure those teachers go even allow person do more than 9. This was an exam i almost missed due to delayed fees, the school had to delay sending the list down to accommodate me. My palle nearly go crazy to meet up.

When i think of things i have read, fear dey catch me sometimes, '150 years of murder' 'those ifa stuff'. i had to stop myself from delving into metaphysical stuffs. I read part of kama sutra in JSS. I dont read books, i read libraries..i will visit people and be picking book one after the other from the shelf on any topic until am done and then they will hardly see me again.
The internet is now my Library..absolutely inexhaustible.

This is a shout out to my sister just four years my senior, who opened my eyes and the world to me through books.
When I learnt how to read circa age 7, she would take me to Henry Carr library at oniwaya iloro agege during break. By God I read the whole children's book in that library before 2 years, rapunzel, snow white jack and the bean stalk, Gulliver travel etc. I started looking for ways to sneak into the adult section I was so eager to be older. By primary 6 I was reading Hadley chase, I would wrap the back with calender to cover the naked women, finished almost all by sss. In jss 3 I had read think and grow rich, was very curious about the sex transmutation chapter. When I got to Ife in 1999/2000, the rave was think and grow rich, rich dad poor dad, richest man in Babylon. I was like wtf, I read them ages ago. In the university even though I was studying engineering I was going to the library to read ifa ejiogbe, history of Yoruba towns and wars, Benin history, the great wars that shaped the world in the last 3000 years. The whole world was my Forte. No matter the subject matter being discussed I always have an idea, I always have something meaningful to contribute. In SSS, my school mates started calling me 'bobo idea'.

Sister Joyce, head girl okekoto United primary school agege, senior prefect saka tinubu Memorial high school, best student accounting university of Nigeria nsukka. I salute you and thank you for everything you have done for me and the family. You led us through the valley of despair, and the days of little when we were drenched in misery although we scarcely care because you and mummy was always there. May Jehovah grant you all your heart desires and remember you for good.

Where does one begin to list books. I can't even start. Let me just mention some, the boy slave, the return of shetima, koku baboni, the passport of mallam illia, African night entertainment, the Palmwine drinkard, samakwe in the rain forest, weep not child, one week one trouble, countdown to perdition, all Chinua achebe, drummer boy, ogboju ode, eruobodo, 330 etc. Am getting too nostalgic remembering these greats. Amongst the oyinbo ones, I will mention King Solomons mines and my hero umslopogaas and she who must be obeyed.

frugalandnatura:
Good day everyone,
I will like to grow herbs but don't know where to get seeds from. I want to grow chives, cilantro, parsley, oregano, rosemary, etc
Someone help!

Maybe you should look at buying from reputable seed companies online. Aliexpress is very cheap but the seeds might be unreliable. I am planning to order from a seed company in US.

I have bought from aliexpress and they were just delivered. Planning to plant soon.
Does anyone know where i can get thyme plant in Lagos.

Keneking:
Disbursement would be in the following format:

- Yoruba speaking landlords with properties in the city.
- Obas' and Baales' nominees
- Ex-governors' nominees
- Special quota (cabinet members & Bankers' nominees)
- Local government chairman's nominees
- APC members registered in Lagos.
- APC members working in trade associations (Vulcanisers, tailors,meat sellers, beer parlor owners, agberos etc).
- State Contractors' nominees
- Yoruba speaking indigene with LASRRDI card

No hope for common man

Useless government

Where is lalasticlala sef

Even if na like this dem go share am, so common man no dey among all these people. Lagos don pass London be Dat o, if Vulcan iteration and agbero no be common man again.

Emrixx:
Death of democracy in Nigeria

This democracy must have 10,000 lives, they have killed it not less than 9999 times in Nigeria.

I am assuming you already have the solution so am deleting my number off my post.

cheers

Pavore9:
Did you travel down to Enugu for the traditional wedding or you paid her bride price there in the U.S?

Dollar bride price na something else, he better negotiate in naira.

RehobothRealtor:
Acres of farmland still available.

Are the farmlands still available. What is the going rate.

Are you still in need of a solution, there is a proven idea i would like to share. my number is .

More i think i uploaded duplicates sorry.

Hello guys,

I think rainy season is not a great time for blooming flowers. I went to a horticulturist to see some flowers that blooms during the rainy season. lease who can help with identification of the flowers botanical names. If you have pictures of plants with flowers blooming at this period, kindly upload and see varieties we can have.


If you have pictures of dry season flowers too no wahala, just indicate what times they bloom. Colourful flowers are wonderful to have all year round.

frugalandnatura:
You can visit any garden centre around you, if you are in Lagos try Shodex garden or in Ikeja (where you have the railway line). I will advise you arm yourself with pictures because some of these people don't know the correct names of the plants. I heard Shodex Garden is good, they have varieties and they know the names. Any plant that can grow in a tropical / sub tropical environment will grow in Nigeria. For the others, you can have a green house to control the environment.

Thanks Chief, will try Ikeja. Is it the guys at PWD along Oshodi expressway.

Sorry if this seems much, but please which of these flowers can i get in Nigeria and would grow well here. I want to plant a flower farm of about 1 acre.

Aster x Frikartii, Butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii)
Butterfly weed
Fennel, Lantana, Bee Balm, Borage (Botago Officinalis),
Oregano, Sunflower, Sweet alyssum, Lion's Tail,
Penstemon, Red Hot Poker, Salvia
Lavender, Gloriosa Daisy, Pincushion flower,
Blanket Flower, Coneflower, Yarrow

sweetclover, thistle, alfalfa, dandelion

Pale Purple coneflower, blue giant hyssop
horsemint, Black-eyed Susan, Asters, Joe-pye Weeds

Goldenrods, cosmos, marigolds, primulas, rudbekia, bluebells,
Hellebores, Clematis, crocus, rosemary, water mint, hebe,
Sweet Williams, poppies, ageratum, digitalis
Heliotrope Hazelnut, Catnip Dahlia

i would eventually need a horticulturist but i want to determine the flowers first.

rev2214:
Direct light 220kva UK
America is 110 voltage capacity

Alright Noted, let us know when you're ready

Hi Do you have it already. I need staple gun, drilling machine and small power saw.

Onegai:
Rabzy, that's such an excellent question! Hmm, well from what I've noticed, I've seen Frangipani flower more in dry season and I noticed more flowering plants just before the way season starts in full. So maybe April-early June. However, it seems to my eyes that most flowers do pretty well all through rainy season (all the Calla lilies are in full bloom here in Lagos). I know everywhere looks drier during the Harmattan. But this relates to Lagos, so humidity, temperature and other environmental factors like sea level and co will make it different for places like Jos, Enugu or Benue. I know for example in Delta/Edo state, they tend to get even more rainfall than Lagos state and I always saw bigger Hibiscus flowers and ginormous Aloe Vera plants growing with little help.

Thanks Ma'am. I noticed a lot of blooming flowers during august too and i was thinking maybe the June-August Break of the rainfall created a sudden breakout of flowers too. I will watch out for immediately after the rains and see what we get.

Please when is the time that most flowers blossoms in Nigeria.

@oriabure...reminds me of my late uncle...that was his name. I would try and visit your farm and see what plants you've got.

badmussy:
Nice work there.
Please, is there any reason why you are not pruning your plant?
It helps increase yield significantly.
Cheers

Pruning is generally done in garden farming where resources in the soil are scarce or have to be provided by the gardener but for large scale or farm tomatoes pruning would be time consuming and may even reduce yield.

ilubarde:
Well done, crystalf.
I salute your courage and determination.
I know how difficult it is for the youth from the southern states of Nigeria to take to farming, especially vegetables.
This is because of the usual peer pressure that interprets farming as only for the aged, the uneducated and the poor.
But, all these stereotypes are untrue. It is 'easy' money from oil that brought on that mindset. Beside, farming could be
lucrative if done with the benefit of knowledge.

I am a greenhouse vegetables producer in Jos
We produce beef tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, lebanese cucumbers, squashes, cabbages (chinese, english, etc.) sweet bell peppers (red, green, white, purple, yellow) and many other vegetables. We also produce herbs and spices like coriander, thyme, rosemary, etc.

So, my brother, do not give up!!!

I will be available to offer you free advice not only on growing but also in terms of storage, transportation and marketing

please can you share you ideas on storage e.g tomato and cucumber....thanks.

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