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Rubbish! You provided zero information and no coherent details. Charlatans and scammers like you should be banned from nairaland.

That Yellow guy should be made to spend at least 25 years in jail, and not only that, he should be castrated! What arrant nonsense! If someone hypnotised, kidnapped and indoctrinated his own sister and then impregnated her, would he give such a man a pat on the back?

Where is Oby Ezekwesili to comment on this issue?

City Mall's problem is that there are too few shops within the complex, that cater to mass market tastes and pockets. Apart from KFC and Goodies, most of the other shops there sell items with high price tags that cannot even justify their value.

Unlike other complexes like Ikeja Shopping Mall, Shoprite in Lekki etc, where there is something available in every price range for all ages and tastes, City Mall falls short in this area. And it is constantly reviewing its rent upwards every year, with the result that most shop owners pack out each time there is a rent increase. A shop might have built a loyal clientelle with good patronage that visits the mall, but by the following year when rents go up, such a shop owner would leave the premises, taking their clients with them.

Another thing that has a negative effect on the influx of visitors to City Mall is the location of the VIO/Traffic unit across the road, not far from the Mall. The officers there are wicked. They impound cars on that road anyhow, for real and imaginary offences and then take the motorist to their office before compelling him to pay fines ranging from 50,000 naira to 250,000 naira. No be joke, o! According to them, they were given a target by the state govt., which must be met by hook or by crook. Anyway, these extortionists are fond of locating themselves on the Onikan road leading to the Mall, and any motorist that falls into their trap for the day is doomed.

If you are unable to cough up their 'fee', your car sleeps in their yard overnight. Every night your vehicle stays there is 10,000 naira. Now, who in his right senses, that has had a taste of their wicked antics would like to still visit the City Mall, when there is a high probability that he might run into these extortionists in uniform??

CzarChris:
Very true, even some professors that came back from foreign universities to lecture in the university where I work are all threatening to go back.

And someone will be complaining of "capital flight". I just don't understand why this government doesn't take the education sector serious.

You all know that Buhari did not attend a university or any school of higher education. So he does NOT value tertiary education. Why are you now blaming him for taking such a clueless action?

Can it fly for 750k??

Is this Lekki Gardens I, II, III, or IV? Where exactly is it located? And how much is it going for?

Aufbauh:
Do you see why we say Igbo is different from ipob.
Ipob is characterized by warped mentality and foul speech.
Even on nairaland you can easily identify an IPOBian from his gullibility, intolerance, bitterness and mischief.
I see them as people not different from the Boko haram faithful except that the IPOBians hardly lack the gut to carry a suicide bombing vex instead he prefer online vexation and street protest.

Na true word you talk, jare...

Hemanwel:
You are an unadulterated hypocrite!You vehemently condemned this situation during GEJ's regime so much that you used it to vote him out of office but now romanticising it cos it's Buhari, bah??God will judge you lot!

Aa-am-men!! It has been almost 1 year since Jonathan left the saddle, yet they still keep blaming him for everything instead of putting on their thinking caps and finding ways to stop the landslide of the naira against the dollar! Fake people...

Ghost447:
Why don't you advice your daughters or sisters to be responsible so that men will not take advantage of them. No properly brought up lady will agree to live with a man who is not her legitimate husband let alone having children for him. The bottom line is, give your female children good home training .

1,000 likes for this post! When the woman was enjoying living with the man, even though they were not married, her people did not see anything wrong in it. Neither did they go and drag her out of the man's house. If you check properly, some of them were probably even collecting gifts, money and kola from the man while happily referring to him as a prospective in-law. Now, that the woman is dead, they are making the man the scapegoat. _mtcheew! Scammers!!

Why is the owner selling the jeep??

opal4real:
Yorubas are now claiming Benin,wonders shall never end.

The last time I check yorubas refer to Benins as omo ibo.

Who are the Yorubas that are claiming Benin? Guy, na wah for you, o! And how many Yorubas refer to Benin people as Omo Ibo? Did you conduct a census from Ekiti, to Ondo, Ibadan and throughout Lagos to ascertain this? Chai!

teelord1:
Which Lagos is working come to Alagbado, Old Otta Road and see that there is segregation in Lagos...... Like those people at that side of Lagos don't vote or pay tax. Unjustified government, Earth soil on a major road at this age and you said Lagos is working.
I which I could snap some pics for you to see....no high rise building to even snap.

Technically, Alagbado and old Otta Road are in Ogun State.

ebosie11:
She is not only a Nigerian star… her sudden fame has landed her in UK famed newspaper Huffington Post. Olajumoke Orisaguna was featured in the Style page of the tabloid. The headline reads; How To Get A Modelling Contract: Photobomb A Pop Star. May Olajumoke’s story be our portion, lol.

Source: http://www.trezzyblog.com/2016/02/bread-seller-turned-model-lands-on-uk.html

Abeg, na which church she dey go? Na dat place I go port next. I dey go worship there next Sunday.

Churchillsaug:
brother, let's be realistic here. In a case like this, men ends up loosing, so, to be on a safer side, let's always do the needful. If this case goes to court, the man might go to gail if care is not taken. U know why? The lady in question is dead, so the man will take the blame alone. Or do u want to blame the dead? Court will demand for marriage certificate and he aint got none, they might claim he killed her, yes! Because she is not his wife and he does not HAVE ANY RIGHT on the lady, so when the family start demanding for their daughter, he need to provide her for them. As simple as that

If you know anything about court processes, you should realise that the law of evidence will always come into play. If the hospital report or post-mortem, proves that the woman died in childbirth, and there was no foul play, the man will walk away scot free.

Their daughter was NOT blameless. Why did she agree to live with a man that was not her husband to the extent of getting pregnant for him, not once but four times? That family is useless. They just want to expose their daughter's immorality to the public. If I am the man, I will not pay a dime!

step1:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

first you said aworis and egun, then you are saying before yorubas migrated to Lagos

lastly Onitsha an ally to benin

so igbos were in Lagos before yorubas. Too much igbo (weed)

benins are just fighting and distorting history

The guy you are responding to is not even Bini. He is an an Ipod chap.

APCcrimes:
LOLzzzzzz

I never knew yorubas like binis like this o..

hehehehe..See wailers at the top trying to grab binis to their side...

FYI, my mum is Benin and she does not in any way look like Yoruba...Even in Benin, the Yorubas are like aliens.. The igbos are seen more like family than the yorubas... My cousins, uncles, aunt from my mum's side don't have any atom or trace of yorubish...

The Binis are Binis. Yorubas should mind their lane!

Bros, you can lie, sha! Who are the Bini people that see Igbo like their family? In which planet did that one happen? Speak for yourself, pls. Bini people do not subscribe to the idea of seeing Igbo like their family.

madetayo:
Liar,go check your history well to confirm you weren't adopted. Served in Auchi and frequently visited Benin,was surprised to see the massive number of people speaking the Yoruba language, not fluently but you need no soothsayer to tell you it was Yoruba language. Furthermore, have you heard of the Reformed Ogboni Fraternity (R.O.F), a Yoruba dominated fraternity, you can hardly go by 3-4 houses in Benin without seeing any of their members or signs. I know all these cos I've got Benin friends with Yoruba names & average knowledge of the language,been there as well. For the record again,3 out of 10 Benin indigenes speaks the Yoruba language

Thank you, o! The guy who made all those false assertions obviously knows next to nothing about the interaction of Bini and other Edo communities, with the Yoruba people over the past several decades.

Gamesmart:
That is just laughable rubbish.

Even many of the Aniomas (who are closer to Igboland) refuse to be seen as family with Igbos, it is the Binis that will see them as family?

Thank God say you sef see am! I don laugh tire, since I heard the ipob boy trying to claim that Bini people regard the Igbo as their family. LWKMD!

Toks2008:
You are right sha..the same reality of smokers dying young yet ciggeretes sell like no tomorrow.

Please you can also help the ministry by creating threads to preach the sermon of fidelity.

Whatever rocks your boat abeg..have a great day.

Oga, like a I said before you are the one preaching a sermon, not me. Free your mind. Your epistles supporting infidelity and philandering men, are calculated to deceive and brainwash the gullible into accepting the indefensible. Desist from it. Have a great day.

Boss13:
Unfortunately, it is you who is poorly knowledgable in Economics. Have you ever heard of OPEC before? Do you know that production quota is rationed amongst member countries of OPEC. Do you also know that reducing supply may reduce your market share? That is why Saudi Arabia is refusing to cut down on production quota. Are you also aware that there are other suppliers in the market apart from OPEC. The Oil industry is now a consumer market and no longer a suppliers' market, where suppliers such as OPEC can control the price of oil.

Finally to address your poorly informed brain cells, we have a minister of petroleum who is responsible for pursuing the country's interest. Kachikwu is a sound engineer and has the president's support even if as you said the President has F9 in Economics. The President is not expected to know everything.

Please stop being ignorant

Kachikwu is a lawyer, NOT an engineer. You do not have to lie to get your points across. And excessive oil production leads to a glut and fuels low pricing. The premise on which you have anchored your reasoning, is seriously flawed.

DikeOha882:
The custom must be preserved, else the woman that died will get angry and clear their family (kill) it has happened before. Pride price must be paid no matter how little, I dey go church or I be muslim no dey this one as far as you are Igbo.

That woman is totally stupid! When she was sleeping with the man without him paying her bride price or she was enjoying the bedmatics and getting pregnant, why did she not kill the family? If I am the man, not one kobo will be paid as bride price....when she was not raped in the first place!

bellville:
That's why customary law, a potent source of Nigerian law, will continue to suffer in the hierarchy of laws. I completely agree that a plethora of cases (Mariyama v. Sadiku; Edet v. Essien) support your position.
However, if I were a judge in this case, I would take a pragmatic and activist approach not minding if I would be tongue-lashed on appeal.
I just hate when a man puts a woman in his house without proper customary marriage. Call it sentiment if you like. Every parent who has raised a girl-child to marriageable age deserves some recognition.

mtcheew...and every girl-child who is of a marriageable age needs to respect herself and her parents, instead of packing blindly into a man's house and cohabiting with him, without going through the rites of marriage!

Churchillsaug:
you cant just conclude like that. I dont see any cruelty here, rather, I saw stupidity in the man's part. I am not from that side of town and how I wish they will trade softly. But is not stupid for a man to take another man's daughter and start having children without fulfilling the marital rites? Then, when something happens, they will call some race wicked. That lady is owned by some kinsmen, though they may not fight you when the woman was still alive because she may be in support of her husband and will not agree to leave him. But once they person is dead, you will know that she have people and they will come after you. It's as simple as that

When the woman was alive, why did her kinsmen not drag her out of the man's house for his failure to marry her? Or did the man hold a gun to her head to keep her in his house? Their daughter is equally guilty of the same offence, jare! They should leave the man in peace with his grief...

asuustrike2009:
inasmuch i sympathized with the widower, you should know that the man is at fault too why because he did not pay his girlfriend's dowry.

And why did the girl agree to move into his house and start living with him, when he did NOT pay her dowry? And why did she get pregnant for him? Do birth control methods no longer exist in the market? What kind of lawless girl is that? Why blame only the man?

Toks2008:
See sis you need to face reality and stop your paper sermon of what or how marriage should be.

This is why some people see my write ups as very controversial because i dont write about the way things should be but i focus on factual reality.

Preach from now till tomorrow,it does not change the fact that 7 or even 8 out of every 10 guys cheat on their ladies and the fact that a man has not been caught does not mean he is not doing it.

Saying you believe you can get a faithful man is like saying you can pick a diamond from the floor..it is one chance out of every 8 guys you meet so this is why rather than waste my time preaching chastity,i would rather prepare my daughter for the obvious.

Oga, stop calling me sis because everyone can see that you are the one preaching a sermon, and NOT me! Free your mind from those preconceived ideas and face reality, before you start writing your fake stories. The reality that every spouse of cheating men/women can identify with, is that infidelity kills a marriage. Period! Until you can open your mind to accept and understand this basic truth, your comments will never make sense to those with rational minds.

adipemcanis1:
And where do you expect the GSM companies to get the money to give you light for 24/7?

GSM companies were able to give us good service because intially we paid high prices.I can remember when V-mobile (now Airtel) was offering sims for N5000....and calling it bonanza (Really!?).

They did that because when government invited the GSM companies to invest in Nigeria...they did not give them start up money....just the licence.

The DISCOS inherited NEPA's ancient facilities.They need to fix them up,and they need to do it with money.Add the fact that we are generating half of what we need on a daily basis....sometimes less than that....and you see the problem.And government won't give them any extra money.

Let us pay the high price...so that we can pay lowprcies when the DISCOS fix up our power supply.Just like the GSM did.

And how much light do you think the DISCOs or GENCOs give to the GSM companies to carry out their operations on a daily basis? Very little. In many areas, the GSM companies still generate a substantial amount of power on their own, to drive their operations, cell sites, base stations, switching centres etc.

When GSM first started, they had no infrastructure upon which their backbone could ride. Apart from that, NITEL was still functional, even though its services were not perfect, some offices and commercial enterprises as well as a few homes and educational institutions, still had an alternative. For students in those days, there were call centres available and NITEL phone booths where they could queue up and make phone calls. It was not a perfect situation, but it still provided an alternative. Also, MTN and Econet were competitors in the telecoms space way back then, with the expertise and funding to provide services and fund their internal operations. They did not receive any bailout from govt, neither did they inherit govt telecoms infrastructure. Today, the DISCOs and GENCOs are a monopoly, that inherited govt assets/infrastructure. They have also received govt support and bailout on at least one occasion.

You cannot compare the situation in the telecoms sector back then, to the current situation in the power sector now. The DISCOs and GENCOs want to increase tariffs....in order to do what? To supply darkness? Why are they NOT listing out strategies to get more defaulters to pay, and expatiating on how to make pre-paid meters available to all those who currently lack one? Why are they not mapping out instalmental payment plans to capture those who have failed to pay up their bills till date, and compelling govt agencies who are the largest defaulters on electricity bills, to get payment deducted from their allocations at source?Why are they not mapping out strategies and tactics to plug waste and losses

Why overburden those who currently pay for power with increased tariffs?? I don't get it, o!

Inspectahdeck:
please what about the (750) fixed charge monthly that amounts to billions of Naira, didn't it settle the gas charges? Or the estimated bills charged to customers for power not consumed which amount into billions.

The problem is they want to make more profit. I pay around N20, 000per month for a 2 bedroom apartment with at least 5-6 hours power in 2days (estimated bill). Now please add 45%to that and tell me how visible that is.

If they cannot operate they should hands off. The Government should open the market for free entry and see how things will change.

Help me ask dem, o! The billions they have made from the money they have collected from consumers in the past few years, why didn't they use it to pay for the gas used to generate the power? Abi, they forgot they had to pay for gas? As for the meters, the consumers pay heavily for them in Lagos and other southern states, so I do not understand why EKEDC or its mischievous management have failed to supply these pre-paid meters, yet they still want to increase tariffs. Don't forget that they got a bailout fund from Jonathan with plenty of fanfare, o! Yeye people..

blazetitov:
Ehen, Come , You dey run pure water factory for the house

If this is true, then you need to complain unless you don't have a meter. You referred to the N750 monthly charge but you forgot to mention that when these companies were sold, the were sold with huge liabilities and moribund equipment. If we want steady power, we should be ready to pay for it.

Ehen?? Didn't the investors conduct due diligence on those existing facilities, to know if they could generate power profitably using those moribund equipment in the face of the existing liabilities, before buying them? Did anyone force them to buy those power plants? What kind of excuses are you making for them?

kjhova:
You are very correct Goke. Econet and MTN paid almost US$300M each in licensing fees and still spent additionally over a billion dollars to build infrastructure from scratch to the level we are today. They were serious business entities which were already in existence and operations before bidding for the Nigerian licences. They also brought in a functional billing mechanism which put them and not the consumer in charge of bills collection.

The entities GEJ's government sold our power structure to were only briefcase companies with only owners and letterhead papers!! Most of them borrowed funds to pay for the licenses and had no financial nor technical knowhow to improve the structure they were taking over!!!

For those of you who live in Lagos, have you ever seen any IKEDC or EKEDC project around your neighbourhood? Groundbreaking, base cell installation, new 33KVA projects, step down transformers, smart meters that can b remotely tripped off etc

This is not privatisation, no, this is crony capitalism and crass rent collection.

@kjhova, Step up and collect an award for this insightful piece. This is the best post of the month, by far!

ATERI:
You know that you have not answered my question, but it`s ok. The truth is, everything Nigeria is doing today, Britain has been doing since 1970s, so we know where blind privatization is going to lead. US an UK are the indisputable kings of privatization. The same US and UK are the most unequal countries in the West, Describing America and London as Apartheid States would be very apt, when we talk of economic inequality. The most important factor common with them is that everything is privatised. In London, everything is in private hand, but still government is spending billions of pounds to boost infrastructure while the Dangotes of London go home with the profits. And that is where Nigeria is going; blind privatisation handing over the economy to a couple of individuals, who promise heaven and earth in the beginning, only to tell government and society later that they need more money from them to do the business. In other words, losses shared by the people while profits are shared by a couple of billionaires. The reason why ours is worse is that when Brits and Americans privatise, their economies still stay in their hands, but when Nigeria privatised our economy go to the West. The way forward is not blind privatisation but govt and private sector getting together like it`s done in the best countries in the world.

You forgot to add that when Britain privatised water supply in the eighties, they discovered that more older people were dying due to their lack of access to clean pipe borne water as a result of higher rates charged by the water companies. The govt had to intervene to give concessions to the elderly so that they could still get water supply at minimal or subsidised rates. In a few places, the high rates were even revoked.

Sadly, in this country we privatise blindly without examining carefully the pros and cons, or conducting a long term analysis of the effects of such privatisation, on the populace. We keep forgetting to take a look at lessons learnt from other countries and sectors, and we tout privatisation as a 'cure-all' for every form of ailment we have in this country.

When the DISCOs took over PHCN's assets, didn't they know how much it would cost to upgrade such facilities and how long (and at what cost) it would take them to generate power using the existing facilities?

Toks2008:
Please note this.

I love writing on romance and when i do,i dont write from what i believe is morally just and that is why you will hardly read any form of sentimental notes from me.

Its one thing to imagine and clamour for what you think is right and another to face the harsh reality.

The funny part is that most ladies who commented on this thread never chose any option or even gave a new one and this is the strange twist to it.

Ok let me ask you one question giving the fact that 8 out of every 10 men cheat on their ladies regardless so which will you prefer?

A hubby who has only you as a wife and keeps several side chics or a man who chooses to mary more wives and remained faithful to them but will never keep a mistress.

Please ubderstand that these are just the two types of men available.

Which one do I prefer?? None. Both are untenable, unpalatable options. And for you to present these kind of options, show that you do NOT even understand the basic qualities that underpin the institution of marriage. If you have a daughter who is married or old enough to be someone's wife, then present these options to her and wait for her reply.

Once love, respect, fidelity, integrity, honesty and loyalty are absent, there is no marriage. Infidelity KILLS a marriage. It does not enhance it. Learn this lesson before it is too late.

crazygod:
Wow. This short man is actually taller than his wife. Just wondering how their pikins go be... HBD shaa

The man has more than one wife. Wife number what, is this one?

Toks2008:
Absolutely you are free to cheat on a vheating hubby...its your choice as long as you can bear the stigma.

See dont ever be among those who claim equality with men when it comes to philandering except you just want to jettison your essence as a woman.

If you are divorced base on adultry,walahi it will take the grace of God to find even a blind man to marry you except he has no clue...be wise.

Another fallacy...a woman who is divorced due to adultery, can either still go ahead to marry the man she cheated with if the man truly wants her, or even marry any other man that desires her or catches her fancy. Real life examples abound of this scenario. Wake up!

Toks2008:
Why not use words liike tough? sounds more intellectually decent but i guess you are far from understanding the marital institution so its ok to feel they are crazy.

Only marrried ladies will identify with the relevance.

Maybe only married ladies should make comments...so that the thread can serve its purpose except maybe you are married.

Married ladies have made their responses, yet you have chosen to dismiss their rejoinders simply because it does not fit into your preconceptions or your mindset.

When infidelity occurs, it destroys several basic things - trust, respect, integrity and loyalty. Every single philanderer's toolkit is rooted in falsehood and deceit. He continually lies to his spouse about where he is going, what he is doing and how he spends his time whenever he is with another woman. Such lies and deceit breed resentment, distrust and cynicism in the heart and mind of the non-cheating or faithful partner, towards his/her adulterous spouse. It can eventually turn into hatred.

When this happens, the fabric that holds the marriage itself together unravels, irrespective of the fact that kids may or may not exist, within such a marriage. So what exactly is the married woman supposed to hold on to, in trying to preserve the marriage? The unfaithful husband's deceit? Sheesh!

Toks2008:
....Don't even think about worrying your head about your husband's fidelity but warn him to use protection if he must keep mistresses...i bet he will be so scared that he will sit up. Unfortunately many ladies just give their husband an excuse to have that Alpha ego whenever they rant and give them heat over an inconsequential emotionally vulnerable side dish.[/b]

There are more interesting things in life so please don't spoil your fun by hinging your happiness on your hubby's infidelity to you..trust me,If every married lady can care less if her husband cheats and just focus on developing her life and that of her child(ren),how happy many marriages will be. Its not difficult,,its a thing of the mind.

Hope this makes a little sense.

No, it does NOT make any sense!!! You are NOT even offering sound advice to make the man stop sleeping around, instead you are saying they should warn him to use protection...are you going to be there to supervise him when he wants to sleep with another woman, to make sure he uses the protection? What makes you think he will remember your warning??

Abeg, let me laugh very well in my native language, first. It is people like you that mislead others, (especially ladies) with your ill-conceived words of faulty and fallacious so-called 'wisdom.' Go to the General Hospitals and find out how many women were infected by their randy husbands, with various sexually transmitted diseases.

Continue to advise women to stick to their philandering husbands...until the day the man comes home to infect them with STD, or even worse, HIV/AIDS!!

Are there bungalows for sale there, too?At what price?