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Na wa for these Nigerian churches o. They'll collect your money, still tell you where you can't sit. Am i in primary school?

theffanyi: All dis effissi go end for nija road,just two brushes from keke marwa ur shakara don end

Bad belle!

@Mr Inspired,

Thumbs up, great car.

I just love Tiwa Savage. Even if she's wearing agbada, I'll still love her. She's in a class of her own.

[quote author=Sisi_Kill]Nigerian Journalists never cease to amaze me. What is the point of repeating what someone says. . . word for word if you are gonna quote them anyway.

In his address to the nation, the president said the claims of Gucci Rice and Prada beans are greatly exaggerated. His words "The claims of Gucci Rice and Prada Beans are greatly exaggerated"

It makes no damn sense. [/quote]Those are the half-baked graduates our universities create annually.

Utter balderdash!

[quote author=e.code]I still wonder why stories that tend to paint the image of christians in a bad way always make the front page.the Moderator that put this on the front page is very stupid. No apology for what I said. Is just a matter of time before Nairaland lose it relevant if it continue this way. Rubbish!!![/quote]So the story should be hidden simply because it embarrasses the church? See hypocrisy on display here.

Make: Nissan
Model: Pathfinder
Year: 2002
Engine size: 3.5l
Engine output (if known): 240hp when new (LOL)
Transmission type: Auto
Drive configuration: Part-time 4WD
Aircon: Yes

Aircon on:

Coolant temperature stationary: about 45% (no lettering at all on gauge)
Coolant temperature in dense traffic: 55%
Coolant temperature at highway speeds: 45%

Aircon off:

Coolant temperature stationary: 45%
Coolant temperature in dense traffic: 50%
Coolant temperature at highway speeds: 45%

Coolant + Water (I use the green coolant and the direction on the bottle says to empty the 1-liter (i think) bottle into the radiator and then fill with water)

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galadima77: hmmm... Quite clever minds we have here. Pls hw does d votes n ur arguments stop d sales of job vacancies by gov't officials? Since u guys r so brilliant n eloquent

My friend go to the food section. I even thought I was replying someone else.

Prof Corruption: You can use your weapons to enforce an economic order like Bush forced Iraq to sell Oil in Dollars. Military edge is not for nothing.

That is economic terrorism it's getting harder n harder to do that these days. I don't know if it difficult for you to admit, but the US is fast losing its influence around the world. A lot of things are responsible, but the (Republicans') unending thirst for more & more oil and blind support for Israel in the face of common sense are 2 important factors.

@Corruption

You must be very funny. Weapons don't determine power. It's the economy, and America's is in tatters. Weapons are basically for deterrence.

Kay 17: ^^
The Palestinians are mainly Muslims and as a result are being subjected to discrimination. Even if they are muslims, they have human rights.

Thank you. Only mischievous people bring religion into this. This is purely politics and majority of the Pals just happen to be Muslims. While there are extremists amongst them, most are just people who want to live decent lives and they shouldn't all be collectively punished by the terrorist Israeli govt and their gradually-becoming-toothless US govt.

Condolences to her 2 families & the General. RIP beautiful lady.

I'm happy for the Palestinians. Slowly but surely, they'll get there. Shame unto Israel & the US, the so-called champion of democracy.
Same with Britain who made it clear that it would vote against the Pals if they don't give up their right to file for ICC membership, to which the Pals assured that Israel has nothing to fear if it has committed no crimes (LOL). What a shame. Well, the UK govt is a joke anyway.

At last the Palestinians are being taken more seriously. And I like the fact that Qatar is showing more interest in them, esp in Gaza. They're no more alone. But at this time, they should rein in the violence. It was useful & achieved a lot, but diplomacy is the way to go now.

Thinking about it, the 8-day Gaza war earlier this month actually helped their cause to win the war. A proverb in my lang says "don't dig your enemy's trench too deep, for you may be the one that'll eventually fall inside."

Siena: And your fan operating constantly with the engine running, is not ideal.

Can this be true for all cars? I have a 2002 Nissan Pathfinder with the VQ35DE engine. The fan is connected directly to the engine and its belt drives the AC compressor too.

The fan is thus always on even though I hear a click and notice a slight increase in speed when I turn on the AC.

That'd be one good news before the end of the year. Kill all of 'em bas.tards.

victorian: Av seen it happen several times... A mother coming up to plead for money to buy food, drugs or even school fees .... No be today... It happens..and I wonder why create a family with kids , if you can't give them basic needs.. Some Nigerians with the mentality of God will do it, hoping on zero level when it could have been better to work with something credible on ground... Am a realist.. I don't deceive myself that manner falls from heaven.

I love you. Even if you have a job. Ensure to have some savings before getting married, for the rainy day. Nigerians have this funny statement of "God will provide" and they suffer for it.

100% in support. Okada is a serious SEFAETY and SECURITY risk.

They should go back to their villages and farm.

Can this county divide already? UN where art thou? I want to be in the non-oil region pls. Agriculture all the way.

That's the difference between theory & practical.

blacklion: Folks,

Can any one familiar with Sequoia please recommend a good mechanic in Lagos? Not satisfied with the one I'm using now. Thanks!

There's a thread on this site specifically for this purpose. Try and do a search.

2 pieces of advice.
1. Get a better ac tech/mechanic/service center. That guy is only experimenting with you car and will ruin it in no time. This is a modern car that should only be serviced by qualified personnel, not roadside quack. Don't worry about paying a little more.

2. Change the thermostat before the compressor. Thermostats are very cheap.

Car models are designed for specific target markets. Driver's age, affordability, tastes, parking garage size (yes!) etc are some of the criteria used.

The C is targeted at younger people who are buying their first Benzes and who have lower budgets. Thus it has fewer luxury features than the E which is targeted at older buyers, more like an Executive model.

The E also has more luxury features, options and costs higher because it's believed that money is not an issue to this class of buyers.

Compare them with the Corolla & Camry. A company will usually buy Corollas for the junior staff, & Camrys for mid-level mgt. Senior mgt may get Landcruisers.

As per running costs, it'll usually depend on engine capacity as Siena has said.

I think I read somewhere that the average increase in fuel consumption when you run your car AC is around 15%. It may vary with climate & car type though. I think you should check VW forums where you can get more technical & reliable data.

Personally though, the AC is a must for me even as my car is a V6, an SUV actually. I'd rather park the car than drive without the AC. I don't compromise my comfort at all. I guess that's why one works so hard.

bigx: Is there a special type of outfit that should be worn to drive them?

LOL

Maybe he was expecting him top wear lace agbada with matching cap.

Did you say "look good?" Did you google the 04 Camry? That's what they call Camry Big-for-nothing o. Well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder sha.

For that price you may be looking at 00/01 Camry which I believe has all the features you described above.

It's too intrusive. Good morning/how are you is ok for me.

I also dislike the popular greeting "what have you been up to?" I guess people say it trying to sound cool but it sounds dumb to me.

Beautiful! Creativity & hardwork on display. Good job man.

FG sacks the Director General, Bureau for Public Enterprises, BPE, Bolanle Onagoruwa
The Federal Government on Tuesday finally hit the hammer on the Director General, Bureau for Public Enterprises, BPE, Bolanle Onagoruwa, with President Goodluck Jonathan approving her immediate sack from office. A terse statement signed by Umar Sani, the Senior Special Assistant (Media & Publicity) to the Vice President, Namadi Sambo, did not give any reason for Ms. Onagoruwa’s sack.

She was directed to hand over to the most Senior Director in the Bureau, Benjamin Dikki, who would hold the position in an acting capacity.
Ms. Onagoruwa took over the reins at the privatisation agency following the sack of Christopher Anyanwu on March 9, 2010, in the wake of the failed privatisation of the national carrier, Nigerian Telecommunications Limited, NITEL.
Last year, the Senate ad-hoc committee investigating the privatisation and commercialisation of public companies between 1999 and 2011 in one of its 45 recommendations contained in its report called for her immediate sack from office for “gross incompetence in the management of the BPE” and “illegal and fraudulent sale of the five cent Federal Government’s shares in the Eleme Petrochemical Company Limited, EPCL.”

The reason
Though it was gathered that Ms. Onagoruwa’s ouster was a culmination of a number of issues, Presidency sources, however, confided in PREMIUM TIMES that it may not have been unconnected with the poor handling of the recent Supreme Court order on the Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria, ALSCON.
Following the Supreme Court ruling on July 6 removing the Russian firm, UC Rusal, as owners of the $3.2 billion smelter located in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State, the Presidency had pointedly directed Ms. Onagoruwa as DG of BPE to take immediate steps to give effect to the apex court’s order by ensuring that the plant was transferred to its rightful owners, BFIGroup Corporation.

BFIG, which emerged the preferred bidder for ALSCON since 2004, was manipulated out of its win by BPE following directives by the then President Olusegun Obasanjo that the company be sold to the Russians. After the annulment of the bid, BFIG proceeded to the court seeking the enforcement of its rights to the ownership of the plant, culminating in a landmark ruling by the apex court in its favour.
Curiously, almost six months since the ruling and the presidential directive, the Russians are not only having a stranglehold at the plant, recent media reports uncovered that since they took over the management of the plant in controversial circumstances in 2007, its fixed asset have been devalued systematically by over N101.2 billion, almost 90 per cent.

An audit report by PriceWaterHouseCoopers Limited showed that ALSCON’s total fixed asset as at December 31, 2003 stood at about N127.7 billion, though the value dropped marginally to N127.3 billion at the beginning of 2004 prior to the bid for the plant.
However, it was gathered that following the handing over of the plant to UC Rusal in 2007, its management conducted a comprehensive re-evaluation of the assets and marked down their value by over 76 per cent, from N129.9 billion at the end of 2006 to N30.98 billion.
Another audit conducted by KPMG chartered accountants in 2011, showed that the company’s net asset value underwent further massive decline from N30.98 billion in 2007 to N25.2 billion in 2008; N19.4 billion in 2009 and N14.9 billion in N2010. The report for 2011 is yet to be published.
The Presidency on reading the reports was said to have been angered that the plant was subjected to such massive devaluation under the watchful eyes of Ms. Onagoruwa, who by virtue of her position in BPE, sits on the Board of ALSCON as the Federal Government representative.

The Visit
In the wake of the startling revelation, the National Council on Privatisation, NCP, planned a three-day visit to enable stakeholders conduct an assessment and ascertain its current state of the plant pursuant to the Supreme Court’s order.
But the visit scheduled for last Wednesday was aborted at the last minute, because the Russians had told Ms. Onagoruwa in a response to a letter she sent to intimate them of the impending visit that they would not be ready to receive any delegation which included persons other than BPE and National Council on Privatisation, NCP officials.

It was gathered that the Russians’ response was sequel to indications that representatives of BFIG, the Nigerian-American consortium that the Supreme Court declared the authentic winner of the bid for the plant, would be part of the visiting delegation to ALSCON.
The company was initially declared the preferred bidder by the NCP, at the end of the financial bid in 2004 following an offer of $410 million for majority stake in the company, as against the $205 million by the Russians, but was upturned in controversial circumstances.
Though, following a protest by BFIG, which had already mobilised a 14-man team from United States and South Africa to Nigeria, BPE reportedly apologised for the sudden abortion of the visit, PREMIUM TIMES gathered that it was not enough to placate the Presidency, which was miffed at the audacity of the Russians in defiance of the Supreme Court ruling.

Since the controversial cancellation of BFIG as the preferred bidder in 2004, stakeholders had consistently accused the BPE of being in bed with the Russians, as successive leadership of the agency hardly betrayed any pretence to their commitment to ensure that the outcome of the widely acknowledged flawed process was sustained.
Until her appointment, Ms. Onagoruwa, a lawyer by profession, was a Director (Electric Power) at the BPE.

http://premiumtimesng.com/news/108925-why-jonathan-fired-bpe-dg-bolanle-onagoruwa.html

This Ajimobi is a disappointment. 21st century slavery.

[quote author=geez*]Even if it was N1000, the truth is that this is a link bridge, an alternative that wasn't existing in the first place and you're not compelled in any way to ply it.

What would you say about those that ferry cars across the same waters for N1,500?


You can move from Lekki to Ikoyi and vice versa without using the bridge and if motorists wanna force government to reduce the toll, it's simply by just not using the bridge. It's the law of Economics and you can't legislate that[/quote]Stop comparing tax-funded infrastructure with private businesses. Tarzan is a private business. You really are what people call you.

popoyeh: Not saying it is right or wrong, but I think it is an option specifically designed for the 'elites' who transport between Lekki and Ikoyi, specifically Old Ikoyi and I doubt if 500 Naira is too much for these set of people.

Once the bridge opens and the so called elites use that route, it will invariably reduce the traffic on the expressway for other road users. I am not one of the elites, I reside in Lagos Island and I don't have a car, but hopefully someday, I'll be able to pay the toll on the bridge too, without bathing an eyelid.

My Two Pence.

But the lawyer also lives in Lekki. The issue is really not that of affordability. Rather, if you willingly pay this one, a worse one will be imposed on you next time.

Fashola is really running an elitist govt. He apparently doesn't care about what people think. A minister maybe, but I can't imagine him as Nigeria's president. You'll be buying fuel at N300/liter. He's not compassionate at all.