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Christianity EtcRe: Church Members Seen Rushing To Tap God's Blessings From Their Pastor's Car by venabili: 9:46am On Jul 07, 2024
Chei. I am now more motivated to japa. With people this gullible, there is really slim hope
PoliticsRe: National Grid collapses fourth time in 2024 by venabili: 7:05pm On Jul 06, 2024
No wonder there has been no light since
Christianity EtcRe: Evolution 101 by venabili: 5:08pm On Jun 30, 2024
budaatum:
The thing is, it shows a level of understanding, and has life implications.

Just see how Nairaland has not evolved since it was created. If seun understood evolution, it would have evolved by now, but since he doesn't, it has remained the same.

Even God evolved. The in the beginning God got angry and was swift to judge, but eventually evolved into gentle meek forgiving turn the other cheek Christ. Same way our understanding will evolve in due time.
Now that's a perspective i wouldn't have dreamt off.

I dont really have challenges with people holding on to their beliefs since it keeps them snug. The challenge is they refuting scientific knowledge that are generally accepted worldwide now even in the stringent arab world. How do you apply something you don't believe in? How do you develop without science and technology?
Christianity EtcRe: Evolution 101 by venabili:
It will take a long time for such controversial topics to be accepted in theistic homes especially Nigeria where kids are taught creationism as a fact. Its also quite disturbing that even our so call scientifically inclined graduates still find the idea of discussing such topics repulsive. Not becuase they think it is wrong but simply because they cant reconcile it with their faith. For them, they simply choose to ignore such discuss so they can trudge along with their religious view.
HealthRe: I Saw Pieces Of Tissue Paper Stuck In My Ear by venabili: 2:52pm On Jun 28, 2024
Get to an ENT. And apart from your outer ears, you dont need to clean your ears especially the wax. The ear is mostly self cleaning. If the wax becomes useless, it solidifies and rolls out.
TV/MoviesRe: DSTV Complains That Subscribers Have Dropped Massively In Nigeria. by venabili: 7:47pm On Jun 16, 2024
Mandate1:
so many apps dey show ball now sir. Go to playstore and download.
Wch apps?
TV/MoviesRe: DSTV Complains That Subscribers Have Dropped Massively In Nigeria. by venabili: 2:31pm On Jun 14, 2024
Only euro 2024 wan makee subcribe today
PoliticsRe: Lawmakers Want Urgent Purchase Of New Aircraft For Tinubu, Shettima by venabili: 10:51am On Jun 14, 2024
dydx2020:
You are just displaying your stupidity and foolishness online... idiot
The guy is being satirical. You need to read all his other comments and this one to get the drift.
PoliticsRe: Agbakoba To Sue CBN Over Cybersecurity Levy by venabili: 6:31pm On May 13, 2024
Putindbutt:
Olodo charge and bail lawyer, how can a law passed by the senate and signed by the president be unconstitutional?. What does he mean by it disposses federal govt of revenue?, federal govt gave NSA the funds to tackle cybercrime. is olisa wiser than the federal govt?
A senior advocate of nigeria.

Just so you know, the Constitution of Nigeria transcends any other law enacted by the national or state assemblies. See the supremacy clause below. Where a law violates the dictates of the Constitution, such law is void to the extent of its inconsistencies

S. 1(3). It provides thus: ” If any law is inconsistent with the provisions of this constitution, this constitution shall prevail , and that other law shall to the extent of the inconsistency be void.”

Section 162 of the Nigerian Constitution states that ¹:
- The Federation shall maintain a special account to be called "the Federation Account" into which shall be paid all revenues collected by the Government of the Federation, except the proceeds from the personal income tax of the personnel of the armed forces of the Federation, the Nigeria Police Force, the Ministry or department of government charged with responsibility for foreign affairs of the Federation.

You can infer as you like from the above
PoliticsRe: Senate Considers Bill On Unemployment Benefit Scheme by venabili: 9:28pm On May 08, 2024
Good. Then they will fund it with 1% of all salaries earned in nigeria or 2% of assessable profits of companies in Nigeria. Or better still, 2% of all inflows into bank accounts of individuals and corporate entities.
Car TalkRe: Let's Talk About Automatic Transmission Fluid (gear Oil) by venabili:
My Mechanic changed my gear oil for acura mdx 2013 last month. Coming back from work and i noticed the transmission struggling. The car sputtered before i could reach house. The roadside mechanic thought it was fuel pump but changing it didnt help. My mechanic later came and discovered that a hose to the injector had turn off and the engine seat is bad. He taped it off and managed the car to his shop. Both engine seat and hose has been changed but transmission still struggles and the car is now lighted up like xmas tree

I asked the mechanic( who worked on my previous car for 4 years without issues) what oil he used. He said T-iv. Could this be responsible for the issue? The check engine and transmission light came up after the fix he did and the D light is blinking.

Scan shows P0746 only

Cc gazzuzz
Luvvinhubby
Nurey
Radautoworks
Kingreign
Christianity EtcRe: Moment Crowd Gathered To Welcome Odumeje At Anambra Airport (Video) by venabili: 9:40pm On Apr 28, 2024
Dollar go start falling again. Indabosky bahose.

Clowns
TravelRe: Lord’s Chosen Church Bus Crashes Into Coca-Cola Depot In Imo, 5 Dead by venabili: 7:27pm On Apr 19, 2024
Tizmamoney:
To the dead, nothing except the good have to be said
De mortu nil nisi bonum
Car TalkRe: Maintenance Tips On Cars. by venabili: 12:19pm On Apr 15, 2024
vivalavida:
I drive an acura too. My tpms kept showing for so many months. I kept planning to scan and find the particular one to replace. The day i scanned it, the guy cleared the error code there and its over a year that I have seen that tpms prompt in my instrument cluster. So I suggest u make sure your tyres are adequately inflated to the correct sizes, scan with a high end scanner that can read tpms codes and clear. Then proçeed from there.
Many thanks. I'll try and find someone with an advanced scanner. I used my small scanner and got no code. The scanner cant clear anything though. Is there an affordable scanner you can recommend?
Car TalkRe: Maintenance Tips On Cars. by venabili: 10:25am On Apr 15, 2024
Macmilla:
"Well inflated" can also mean overinflated.
Check your tire pressure with a good gauge and be sure the pressure is within specification. Don't just say it is well inflated.
Thanks. Will get the guage and try myself. though it is showing as a "system function error". Normally it will show the tire that is over or under inflated.
Car TalkRe: Maintenance Tips On Cars. by venabili: 7:20am On Apr 15, 2024
Oga Gazzuzz,

Abeg i get an mdx 013 with tpms and battery sensor light on. The tires are well inflated and the battery works fine. There is also a sound coming from the front driver wheel. Is there a good mechanic (that does home pickup) you can recommend? Or one around Magboro/Arepo axis

Cc nurey
Cardoctor
AutosRe: Total Cost Of Clearing A Vehicle In Nigeria by venabili: 12:18pm On Feb 19, 2024
How much to clear

Mdx 2013
Mdx 2014
Lexus rx350 2010
EducationRe: Is This Fee Not Outrageous? (UNICAL Med Lab 4th Year) by venabili: 8:06pm On Feb 12, 2024
1972xy:
$115 / semester !
Be Grateful to your Country.

How much do you think a semester cost in UK or any school in the US?
Appreciate Nigeria.
This is misleading as it means you are dividing by the watered down rate. So all Govt need to do is devalue naira to 10,000/$ and education becomes cheaper. That will be just $16.9.

The question is , should the rate be so absymal? What if the rate was N100/$, will we still think its cheap?

This is the same stuff i see when people shout that fuell is cheaper simply because they are dividing by the watered down rate government keeps giving us.

Fuel is N650

If rate was N216 like Jonathan era, that $3/litre
If you use the current yeye rate thats $0.43/litre

They can devalue further and still push the narrative that its still becoming cheaper

What we should ask ourselves is how long will it take a mimimum wage earner to pay for a $3k fees in US and how long it will take an average nigerian minimum wageist to earn N169k to pay the same fees. Then we can know which is really cheaper
FoodRe: How Much Is This Loaf Of Bread In Your Area? (pix) by venabili: 7:54pm On Feb 12, 2024
Goodnewsforlife:
so u are telling us here that this bread was 200 naira 9 months ago

Ur insincerity is what is making people not to vote for anyone from your tribe
He meant apc in general. Thats circa 2015.
SportsRe: Ivory Coast Are AFCON 2023 Champions by venabili: 11:26pm On Feb 11, 2024
A well deserved win for them.

2025 is around the corner
BusinessRe: Totalenergies To Exit Nigerian Onshore Oil Business by venabili: 12:13pm On Feb 11, 2024
forgiveness:
“We want to divest our share of SPDC, and we are looking to reshape the portfolio. Fundamentally it’s because producing this oil in the Niger Delta is not in line with our (Health, Security and Environmental) policies, it’s a real difficulty,” Patrick Pouyanne,

See them. They didn't take note of the comment above.

The French are not interested in obeying Nigeria laws. They develop these oil wells without taken consideration of the environment. They destroyed the ecosystem will oil spillage and leave like that.

Now that laws are in place to check them, they don't want to continue because they were never interested in keeping the environment in good shape.
The way some people yarn nonsense with pride sha.
Which new law came about in the last 8 months that they dont want to comply with?
The exit of the IoCs started during Buhari era and its not new. If i was the CEO of anybof this entities, i'd have sold off a long time ago.

1. These guys pay 85% Petroleum profit tax.
2. They pay 3% NDDC levy on their budget
3. Add another 3% Host Community development fund
4. NCDMB levy, education tax and myriads of others.
5. Yet they have to still provide jobs to indigenes, communty contracts, scholarships, contractor entry fees and all sort of gifts to keep communities at peace.
6. The government is still unable to secure their multimillion dollar assets. So they need hire Community security forces to combat pipeline vandalism, oil spillage, oil theft etc.
7. The same people busting the pipelines turn around and sue them for oil spillage in millions of dollars. These fines doesnt trickle down to the people thatbare really impacted.
8. When will we seat down and ask our leaders what they are doing with the royalties, taxes, fines and levies paid by these IoCs during their stay here?

Lets see how you'll take a local oil companybto US to sue. Good luck trying to sue them in nigeria either.

Dont forget, we sold the power sector to nigerians. We are all "enjoying" the benefit of that decision today
BusinessRe: Totalenergies To Exit Nigerian Onshore Oil Business by venabili:
It is well

The exit of the IoCs started during Buhari era and its not new. If i was the CEO of any of this entities, i'd have sold off a long time ago.

1. These guys pay 85% Petroleum profit tax.
2. They pay 3% NDDC levy on their budget
3. Add another 3% Host Community development fund
4. NCDMB levy, education tax and myriads of others.
5. Yet they have to still provide jobs to indigenes, communty contracts, scholarships, contractor entry fees and all sort of gifts to keep communities at peace.
6. The government is still unable to secure their multimillion dollar assets. So they need hire Community security forces to combat pipeline vandalism, oil spillage, oil theft etc.
7. The same people busting the pipelines turn around and sue them for oil spillage in millions of dollars. These fines doesnt trickle down to the people thatbare really impacted.
8. When will we seat down and ask our leaders what they are doing with the royalties, taxes, fines and levies paid by these IoCs during their stay here?

Lets see how you'll take a local oil companybto US to sue. Good luck trying to sue them in nigeria either.

Dont forget, we sold the power sector to nigerians. We are all "enjoying" the benefit of that decision today
SportsRe: Happy Super Eagles Squad Vibing To Duncan Mighty's Song (Video) by venabili:
Lets pray for final vibing on Sunday

Right Said' song : Stand Up


I was built to be the best
Number one and nothing less
Leave me to my destiny
I have waited patiently
I have vision' oh i believe
I know I can count on me

So stand up for the champions
For the champions stand up
Stand up stand up
For the champions for the champions
Stand up for the champions
For the champions stand up
Stand up stand up
For the champions for the champions
Stand up


Here we go it's getting close
Now it's just who wants it most
It's just life that's how it is
Cause we have our strength and weaknesses
Oh i have vision' oh can't you see
I'm on the move make way for me


So stand up for the champions
For the champions stand up
Stand up stand up
For the champions for the champions
Stand up for the champions
For the champions stand up
Stand up stand up
For the champions for the champions
Stand up
EducationRe: S'africa Students Welcome Nigeria Teacher With Victory Parade by venabili: 11:54am On Feb 08, 2024
bestman09:
Weather scripted or not is not my concern, but how can parents allow their little daughters to go to school in these type of short skirts?
its their culture and generally acceptable there
PoliticsRe: Again, CBN Raises Import Duty Rate By Another 4.4% In 24 Hours by venabili: 2:08am On Feb 04, 2024
DeLaRue:
You think so, but that's not the reality.

There is a pain point at which demand for many imported goods will fall fast. People will simply start buying less and less of them. Whether that pain point is at N1500, N1800, or N2000 to a dollar, I don't know.

But the CBN will have the data. They know. If N1500 doesn't stiffle imports to the level they want, I suspect the CBN will not mind seeing naira close to N2,000 to a dollar.

In some ways, it is to the credit of Mr Tinubu's administration that it is willing to follow this extremely tough path to redirect the economy from import-dependence to greater local production. For a politician facing election in just over 3 years to follow a path that may not show positive results for a few years, is truly brave.

The Nigerian economy was heading for the rocks after over 40 years of mismanagement. Tough decisions are needed to correct long term over dependence on imports.

That naira/dollar pain point is the point at which local production of certain goods starts becoming more viable than importing the same goods. This should translate to us producing more of what we need locally. This will lead to more job creation, less pressure on the naira, and a stronger, more balanced economy in the long term.

But this approach comes with a lot of economic pain initially, as the country is witnessing now.

That's the theory o.

Whether things happen in practice like I stated above is a different matter, because Nigeria's situation often defy economic theory.
You assume nigeria has local equivalent of most of the things we import, we dont.

1. Electronics
2. Automobiles
3. Heavy machineries
4. Refined oil products
5. Mobile devices.
PoliticsRe: How Much Is A Kg Of Gas Sold In Your Area? by venabili: 1:58am On Feb 04, 2024
Elsueno:
Nah, we would be lucky if it doesn’t cross 2k by December

A miracle if it goes back to 1k and stabilizes


And I ain't hating or anything, but I really don't see this administration doing anything to tackle the fundamental issues that would help bring in more forex in.....Power, Security etc.
It most likely will cross 2k. FX inflow into the country will worsen overtime. Its simple business logic. No one want to invest in a country where they cant easily repatriate profit.

Imagine an airline that made N800m in profit for reptraition in 2021/22. That was $2m on their books. But they were unable to repatriate until recently at N1200ish. Thats less than 700k usd. Over $1.3m lost to FX only. Thats why foreign companies are leaving in droves.

In all likelyhood, Shell, Agip and Mobil will find their way year too. Other manufacturing entities will be forced to leave as cost of generating power via diesel keeps rising. They cant pass the cost fully to consumer as our buying power is seriously eroded.

And the MTEF still has more borrowing till 2026. Apart from Dangote refinery, everything looks bleak. And analyst now belive we shouldn't expect that refinery to save us.
PoliticsRe: How Much Is A Kg Of Gas Sold In Your Area? by venabili: 1:49am On Feb 04, 2024
OfeAchi:
Rome wasn't built in a day. Give Jagaban more time to stabilise the economy. By end of this year, everything would normalize. Naira would find it's place of rest at N500 to $1.
It took Jagaban at least one year to transform Lagos.
Good, established, improvements take time to form.
You don't just build a school in one day!
Really? When the 2024 budget was built on N800/$? And custom has changed its rate to over N1400? Those are indicators thats signals that there is no plan to go back to N500/$.
AutosRe: Thoughts On Buying An Acura MDX 2010-2013 In 2024? by venabili: 2:53pm On Jan 30, 2024
cosycee:
MDX dey suck fuel oo.. I just got an MDX 2010
Like how bad?
ComputersRe: Recommend Laptop For Personal Use by venabili(op): 12:40am On Jan 11, 2024
MajesticG:
Come WhatsApp
09027552747
Ok
EducationRe: Unforgettable Definition You Learnt In Secondary School by venabili: 6:53pm On Jan 09, 2024
Work done equals Mad
ComputersRecommend Laptop For Personal Use by venabili(op): 4:49pm On Jan 09, 2024
Kindly help recommend a laptop for private use. No gaming intended.

Key requirements
1. 1tb SSD
2. Core i5 plus
3. 8 gen plus

Preferably new and sub N600k

Currently considering the HP Elitebook 840 G5 with 16gb ram and 1tb SSD on jumia (410k)
AutosRe: Total Cost Of Clearing A Vehicle In Nigeria by venabili: 6:40pm On Jan 02, 2024
oliverjiad:
with #7.5m would get itcleared

Jaid
Please, How much will clear 2013 acura MDX?

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