₦airaland Forum

Everyday drama of the jungle.

It's no use trying to make a case for either of the men.
Both of them are products of a very flawed and lawless system.

It's a jungle out there, and impunity reigns.

GogetterMD:
Look closely and realise it's a toy gun.
Visit his Facebook page, and apart from the fact that he was a young juvenile thug, exhibiting the normal exuberant behaviors common for his age group, there's nothing outrightly suggestive that the young lad belonged to a cult group.

NB: I don't know him from Adam, neither have I met him before

Thanks, bro.
People post a lot of shyte online, and a lot of folks who can not discern shyte just jump on it.

That definitely is a toy.
However, it is up for debate if the boy was involved in cultism or not.
I know how these misguided dudes operate. They do not normally target a non cultist for elimination, except there's a very compelling reason.
One could be guilty by association as well, and be mistaken by rivals to be a member. I witnessed this too.
Bottom line, if you're not one of them, give them a huge gap.

Great news, Oga Spyder!
You have been fantastic in this venture. I salute you.

Our economic wizards at work!

This move has cleared any doubt that the present government not only lacks direction, but they have absolutely no clue as to how an economy should function in the face of dwindling resources.

dubemcapital:
I understand your fear and appreciate your concern. That Would have been ideal if the soil has a low bearing capacity (LBC) But from what am seeing here reverse is the case.

Thanks for the explanation.

Following....

Nice to see how you are trying to make a headway here.

Though I can't help but feel concern about this foundation. With the amount of underground water in this location, wouldn't it be advisable to cast an all concrete structure, like a raft foundation? Perhaps you have noted the way other nearby structures were done also?

Just thinking out loud.
The amount of water is just scary!

@modelmike, stealing ext HDD does not necessarily imply the burglars were after info that may be in it. If they know what a laptop is, then they should know what an ext HDD is for, and they also know they can easily sell it for quick cash.
They would have ransacked the entire house, searching for money and other valuables when they found the hard drives.
The painful part of the incident is the police. Zero attitude to investigation or even going through the motions. Reporting an incident to the police has become a mere formality. Its a precaution one needs to take, just in case.
I'm just wondering if the building was kind of isolated. Being a Sunday morning, neighbors ought to have heard the noise from the break-in

investnow2013:
If Nigerians were to imbibe the Nnewi spirit by putting the nation first always, seeking peace, creating the spirit of healthy rivalry among the ethnic groups, pursuing industrialization, rewarding excellence and perpetually thinking of ways to make the nation great, Nigeria would be the envy of other nations.

Imbibing a spirit....this is something that is done without compunction. You do it from the bottom of your heart, without being forced.
In the Nigerian context, this is impossible. The country doesn't elicit any loyalty or patriotism in most of it's citizens. You can't show such spirit to an entity which doesn't care in the first place, whether you survive or not.
Wishful thinking is good, but in this context, that's all it is. Except for the crooks and vampires with political power, nobody gives a shyte about the country. Even the politicians really don't care, they are just in it for what they can get from it. Take the cookie away from their lips, and they become like the rest of us, the walking wounded, perpetually hoping for an elusive improvement.

dubemcapital:
My brother if is only the rain we have 3" Robin pumping machine readily available for that but the funny thing is that there is natural tap all over the foundation.

Wow!!
This is definitely going to affect the dynamics of the build. Even the structure and type of the planned foundation may be reviewed, right?

dubemcapital:
What? I shouted... After two days stop work notice, to wait for a good weather I saw a surprise this morning.

dubemcapital:
If not for God's grace and also experience I have gathered in this field, I wouldn't have continued because it wasn't funny...

Biko, what's the problem here?

It's the height of the rainy season, so this should be expected. Or is some of the water from underground?

Sweet Lord!

I read the entire narrative. One may not understand this or fully appreciate the depth of this nightmare, unless it becomes a personal experience.

Revenue drive is necessary, but in it's enthusiasm, the government makes people pay double or triple the amount required.
This is one of the ways small businesses get strangled and die off.

Montaque:
Does US citizenship make somebody more human than others?
I still see inferiority complex in ur post.

Quit being an asshole, unless it's second nature to you. I merely mentioned what is a known fact. Are you about to dispute it?
I state a fact, and that makes me inferior? Congratulations. Look harder, you're bound to get more details.

Come back with the details when you eventually do.

Most go to USA for childbirth because the baby automatically acquires citizenship status. I'm sure ObyJackson cannot offer that

But on a serious note, there are health facilities in the country that rivals some of their counterparts overseas. The problem is brain drain. The system isn't encouraging professionals to practice within the country.

His first term will determine if the people will vote him to commence a second tenure.
If his performance so far is no better than what he can come up with in the next two and a half years, then he is bound to be sent packing.

Meanwhile, these prophets don't cease to be a pain in the behind. I'm just fed up with these charlatans.
Even if Bubu scores a 100% in his anti corruption crusade while the economy goes comatose, to whose benefit is it?

@ igbodefender. I agree with you. The issue is cumbersome, and needs concerted efforts from enlightened folks to handle it. Not the likes of the present minister of agriculture, Audu Ogbe. These old relics from the stone age ought to quit the scene. They got nothing else to contribute, and that's the truth.
His first order of business was making plans to import grass from Brazil. Next, last week, he mentioned that farmers would be made to pay certain fees for police protection. Just imagine that! Is this the sort of "forward thinking" people who we expect to help "diversify" the economy?

First all, the issue doesn't stop at acquiring lands for building ranches. I'm sure the herdsmen will overgraze such lands in no time, without making arrangements for alternate sources of feed. Remember, they are averse to spending money to buy feed in the first place.
Also, the idea of planting grasses may not hold much appeal to them.
This is where planting fodders by means of hydroponics comes in. I have watched how this practice is steadily gaining grounds in Kenya and Uganda. A very easy step of cultivating fodders in trays by germinating barleys or other grains over a few days, without the need for soil. It takes very little space and requires very little water. One only needs a few square meters of space to produce tons of hydroponic fodders, as you can build shelves to stack the trays of fodder. Each tray of fodder is ready to be fed to livestock within 7 to 10 days.

All that is required is for one of those lazy oligarchs up north in the cattle business to acquire one or two hectares of land, and put this into practice. Once the others see the benefits, they will follow suit.
The problem is, the herdsmen are set in their ways. They don't even believe there could be a better alternative to roaming the countryside in their endless search for grass.
Theirs is a private business. I'm sure it will be much easier for a single or a few individuals to pool resources together and get ranches on a few acres of land, than sourcing for huge finance to buy thousands of hectares in one fell swoop to build "mega ranches"
A single farmer I read about is keeping almost a hundred cattle on an acre of ranch land. It should start from somewhere. This solution embarked on by sourcing for billions to buy thousands of hectares was totally out of place. I'm not surprised it failed.
Even if the fund was available, what community is going to give up thousands of hectares? Personally, if i own hundreds or thousands of hectares of farmland, I won't sell it to them. I will rather lease it out. That way, I have the option of recovering my land in the near future if the herdsmen become a nuisance.
Breaking it down to one or a few cattle men to a few acres is more practical. Let them acquire such lands in bits. Laziness and the feeling of entitlement is making them wait for government to acquire lands for them. That is absolute trash. They are private business men, aren't they?

igbodefender:
Nigeria’s herdsmen-farmer crisis has led to so many unnecessary deaths and had a very bad effect on Nigeria’s agricultural sector. It has increased the amount of internally displaced people in Nigeria. It also poses grave risks to President Muhammadu Buhari’s efforts to diversify Nigeria’s economy, following the crash in the price of crude oil.

That statement in bold is perhaps, the only fallacy in this write up. Sorry, dearest Bubu doesn't have the foggiest idea what the word diversify even means.

The reason why his predecessors couldn't put a stop to grazing and advocate for ranching instead, was because they never had the guts. Everyone knew that confining the herdsmen to ranches would solve these clashes and unnecessary deaths. Everyone...except the herdsmen and their sponsors.
If the president can use the military to sack and displace an entire LGA and convert it to a grazing area, he would have done that.
He and his kind in the cattle rearing business are not interested in ranches, as it means the purchase of suitable lands. They would rather acquire such lands by force and illegally. I mean, what has he done to reprimand these rampaging vampires after the wholesale slaughter in Agatu? And I'm just referring to one of the most vivid incident of recent. What they are hoping for, is for the entire community to permanently vacate the land for them.

Your individual efforts won't yield much headway unless government is working along similar directions...which it isn't.

Did you read the recent report about farmers in Kebbi state declining to sell hectares of farmlands to Dangote? He offered to pay 100k per hectare, but the rejected the offer, reason being that the transaction would make them become mere laborers for Dangote instead of them owning their own farms and be in control of their future. Ponder on it.

With the blood lust of these herdsmen, I doubt any sane community will be willing to sell their lands to them, and have them living in their midst. Their reputation precedes them wherever they go.

I dropped a comment in one of his similar threads earlier.

You don't need to be a super nerd to realize the guy is simply blowing hot air. He's just out to defraud folks who couldn't spell the word "diesel" in the first place.
This is the hustle he just dreamed up.

Great job! Following this.

Will appreciate it if you can share the architectural design too.

Though the budget could be confidential, it will be great if you give an idea of the range. Just like oga Spyder does.

Keep it up, bro!

Huh.
I pity for all of you that would come back here later to lament.
Read between the lines. This is just bullshit.

You know how it is in politics: Permanent interest. An interest which needed to be maintained as long as you are (or think you are) being served juicy morsels from the top.
It's the same interest that makes the SW cry louder than the SS over the environment in the SS getting destroyed by militants pipeline vandalism.

It's all politics.
However, the worst form of politics is to lose your humanity in the face of such growing callousness and disregard to the sanctity of human life.

The most absurd and laughable mistake they made was believing that Tinubu will be calling the shots after Bubu gets elected as president. That idea was as lame as any political permutation could ever get. Haba! I thought you guys were smarter than that.
I daresay the SW would be the most progressive of the geopolitical zones if they take their destiny in their hands. But it's obvious they love the "pass me ajekun" politics of the north too much.

This present government won't last for ever. And your descendants are going to judge you by how you treated your people in the face of oppression and injustice. In naija politics, once you are "eating", you excrete your conscience along with it.

Ok, then. Have you asked yourself why it's muslims who often "misinterpret" what their holy book tells them concerning violence?

Why is it that its adherents are always shoving the phrase "it is a religion of peace" down people's throat? Have you seen Christians doing the same, trying to defend their religion, and trying to convince people about it's peaceful teachings? Of course not!

You only need so much PR to launder your image when your business stinks. A good reputation doesn't need image laundering. If you are not ready to accept the fact that there is something fundamentally flawed about your religion that makes it have a strong affinity with violence, then you are beyond redemption.

The evidences are overwhelmingly strong, and it is there for even the blind to see.

Pavore9:
There are many of them depending on the company selling them, some of their names and attributes are in the link.

Check the link below to see the Indeterminate varieties they stock. click on each of them to get their description.

http://www.amirankenya.com/gold-medal-seed/

Great. Thanks!

Pavore9:
You need to specify the variety you need.

Hi, Pavore. I want to know, what tomato hybrids are referred to as "indeterminate" variety?
Indeterminate are the ones that keep producing fruits for more than a single season after harvesting. Also, their plants grow much taller and need to be staked or supported.
Problem is, I'm not sure of the variety's specific name.

Oh, so the blame is now on UN, because their humanitarian aid isn't forthcoming as expected? Rubbish!

How about the rascals in charge of the IDP camps that has been stealing truckloads of foods?
Even if the UN provides more than enough aids today, these backward and depraved sub humans will find a way to steal them.

They brought all this trauma upon themselves in the first place.

When a bunch of people choose religion over education, over enlightenment, over human development, over kith and kin, over rational thoughts, then expect disaster.
Next, put one of them to be in charge of a diverse and multi-faceted country such as this, then the implosion has become a certainty. It's just beginning.

As it is now, the number of people that's going to perish from starvation will far outnumber those killed directly as a result of the insurgency.

Huh. Tell me something new.

The very devout ones commit acts of terror.
The very moderate ones commit acts of terror.
The absolutely "not serious ones, who eat pork, drink alcohol and beat their wife" like our friend here, also commit acts of terror.

They all have one thing in common, don't they?
So, what's the argument about?
There is something that defies all reason: mass killing of totally innocent people who bears you no grudge, and who are oblivious to you to begin with. What's the gain in this?

The Naira is digging for it's own crude oil

Patience, folks. It will hit rock bottom in a little while.
Bubu and his witch doctors has everything under control. No need to panic....unless Mr Naira couldn't locate crude oil in the abyss.

Learnt the location of the dig is in the Chad Basin.

Good to hear that your little cousin pulled through. Ignorance can be very expensive! here's wishing him a speedy recovery. Truth is, access to quality health care in the rural areas is very poor. Most deaths there are certainly avoidable.

Now, I'm not sure I've seen a Carter motorbike before. Looking forward to see the picture when you upload it. All the best!

sweetyme001:
Why protesting in KOGI state and not in Kaduna state where the school is located!!!

Na wah o!

Truth and facts will always emerge in the long run.
As if it was Fayose that included Aisha Buhari's name in the document in the first place. He merely pointed out that she was involved in the scandal, and showed the document supporting this claim.

If Aisha has any grouse over this issue, she can take it up with the US district court that gave the verdict in the first place.
A sane country had jailed the recipient of the bribe, while the country that harbors the giver is posturing and making vain threats to protect a non existent reputation.

People have always been eating snake meat since the passage of time.

But with the present economic hardship and hunger in the land, there's very real possibility of these animals becoming extinct.
Imagine how it's going to be if this misrule persists for several more years! guys will wake up every morning and be like, "make we enter bush go hunt for snake and bush meat for today food"

Hope we don't regress to become cannibals by the time it comes to an end.
I must admit though, the meat looks really appetizing.

DropShot:
America, Russia, Israel and other world powers have a hand, one way or the other, in almost all countries that are not peaceful. From Iraq to Syria, from Palestine to Yemen, from Libya to Pakista, the list is endless.

Don't forget the influence religious sentiments played in those regions.
It is what largely contributed to the tension in many hitherto peaceful European countries.

Yes, the USA is a huge culprit in many of these places. Their involvement in the Arab spring eventually led to the rise of ISIS, whose activities led to the spillover in Europe.