₦airaland Forum

Saipro:
Proud to say I'm a mid-tier civil servant and I'm onto my own building project. Needless to say, it's an uphill task of unforeseen proportions. God knows if I'd any idea of the resources it'd might've gulped, I'd probably not have forayed into to field. Yet. It's been a day at a time, clocking three years now. I'm a ways from finished yet it's guzzled no less than N5m. Part-ways thru ceiling & interior plastering. No mention of flooring nor fixtures. No mention of the time & ancillary resources it's consuming (add a number of sleepless nights tallying the available cash to expenditure plus afternoons of absolute lunacy when you get to the site and your yeomen seem to be working at a pace slower than the hard-earned cash you pay). Ever had run-ins with the TPDA?

Got the parcel of land ways back thus its cost ain't an issue. There are times I feel I'd have been better off sinking the cash into biz of sorts cos that's what you do when you build - sink raw cash. Not to dampen the mood in the house. Merely a reality call to mid- to lower echelon guys out there: it takes more than the mere desire to own or build one of these things. It takes the grace of God!

Lastly, kudos to the guys who thru honest means have become proud home owners. From the heart.

Beaf:
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There are progressives in the North, but historically the Balarabe Musa's have always lost out to the Ciroma's and Rilwan Lukman's; so I'm far from from paranoid.

When I say "North", I do it with good reason. There has always been a Sokoto caliphate and (a now weakened) kaduna mafia that has controlled the affairs and voice of the North.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaduna_Mafia
http://www.newswatchngr.com/editorial/allaccess/special/10319082507.htm

Beaf:
Shame on point blank news for being this uncivil .

funkybaby:
his bellview ticket is valid for travel within the next 12 months

the problem is : when bellview eventually resumes their flights from heathrow, will the poster be willing to travel then? When he eventually decides to travel, can he rely on bellview not to cancel again and mess up his travel plans (knowing that bellview is numero uno regarding that)

jaymdee:
A professional Nigerian pilot has fufiled his dream of biking from the UK to Abuja. The 14 day journey saw him through many countries. Some other bikers are now convinced that they can make it to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa on bike. I just hope he is mentioned by the Guinness Book of WR.

zexyworm:
You do not have my sympathy. The fact that you went against common sense, by 'booking' a so-called airline (Bellview) that has effectively failed as a company and stranded thousands of passengers since August points to your intelligence deficit.

I'm sorry, but if you can't afford to fly, don't fly.

You deserve your situation, and I hope you learn from it. Book a REAL airline (BA, Arik, Virgin, etc.).

mama-gee:
Lagos, Nigeria - Popular Nigerian actor Pete Edochie, freed Monday night by the gunmen who kidnapped him a day earlier, has identified his kidnappers as "young graduates who did not have employment and were looking for how to survive".

Speaking with newsmen at his residence in Enugu, in Nigeria's South-east, Tuesday, Edochie described his experience in the hands of his abductors as 'ugly'.

He said, however, that no ransom was paid for his release, though the kidnappers had demanded 10 million naira (US$66,000), and that he did not lose any of his material possessions, including his telephone handset.

Edochie also said he neither knew where his abductors took him nor where he was dropped off.

``All I know is that I was able to pick a cab that took me to a hotel in Awka,'' he said. ``They told me they had no business kidnapping me at all. They did not manhandle me. They did not blindfold me, they did not gag me. They did not hack me. They did not tie me as they said I was their father.

``And somehow they knew a lot about me that I am good to people and that I assist people, particularly the down-trodden. They did not hide their faces and discussed freely with me. They bought me some drinks, made sure I did not `get alchoholically dry','' he said.

The actor said crime would be reasonably checked if government could ensure the welfare of the unemployed youth, as done in the developed countries.

Edochie's abduction was the latest in a series of kidnappings, now spreading across the country, which are apparently aping the situation in the restive Niger Delta region.

The wave of kidnappings has forced many states to pass tough laws prescribing the death penalty and life jail for convicted kidnappers

pekun09:
I am a 26 yrs old masters graduate from a UK university looking for true love. I am based in England, where I work and would like to meet young ladies (younger than myself) who are interested in a starting a serious relationship. I am down-to earth, cool and calm and very determined to succeed. if you are that one I have been longing for, pls send me a msg. I would prefer the lady to be based in the UK, but if you are in Naija and you are a nice and trustworthy lady, pls get in touch,


cheers


P.S: No gold-diggers pls

Lady 234:
Why are muslims easily brainwashed. All it takes is for the imam to tell them "go do this", "this is right" and boom they go and commit suicide and kill innocent souls. I watched on cnn the mess created by the suicide bombing in Baghdad and i wondered what is wrong with this people.