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Here are seven reasons why Nigerian workers should give working online thought.
1. Do not put all your eggs in one basket:
Online business gives you the privilege to diversify your means of earning. It reduces your dependency on your job. People whose physical jobs are their only option tend to get emotional if something goes wrong. If there is delay in salary, they begin to worry. If there is mass retrenchment, they start developing high blood pressure. Why? Because all they have and all they do is vested in their job alone.
2. Opportunity to do what you enjoy:
The online world is a place full of opportunity. You can literally do online anything you can do in the real world and get massive appreciation and patronage from your audience. Is it writing or singing or comedy? Whatever you love to do already has an audience. Your audience are also your market because they are the ones you sell your ideas, products and services to. And unlike the physical world, there is no limit to the audience you can have at a time because there is no ‘distance barrier’.
3. Freedom to express creativity:
We all know that the corporate world can be frustrating when it comes to already laid out regulations. Sometimes, ‘what can be done differently’ is often sacrificed for ‘how it has always been done’. The rules can choke your creativity and prevent you from trying out new methods that can possibly produce better results. It forces you to operate within the confines of a determined circle. But when you make use of the internet, there are no restricting rules. You have the liberty to take any approach to what you want to do, provided it is within the confines of the law.
4. To shore up your earnings:
There is a law that says, “Expenses will always rise to meet income”. What this means is that, no matter how much you make, there will always be needs to gulp down the income. Let’s say you earn 100k a month. It is only a matter of time before that amount becomes insufficient to meet your needs. This is where online business can be of help because it will generate alternative income for you.
5.Expand opportunities in the real world:
The internet provides its users with the opportunity to interact with one another and by so doing, make new friends and establish contacts. This is one of the most awesome advantage of the internet. You can get to meet amazing people of like minds from the comfort of your abode. These people in turn can provide opportunities for you in the real world that you may never have been able to get all by yourself. The benefits of the networking are unlimited.
6. Keeps you buoyant despite economic recession:
When a country suffers from economic crisis, there is the problem of rising inflation. Cost of goods and services continue to skyrocket and there is no corresponding increase in the monthly pay. Much worse, there may be a certain reduction in percentage of salaries because of the hardship. An online business can shield you to a reasonable extent from the throes of recession by giving you extra cash for your efforts.
7. Online business can become the anchor of your income:
Online business has the potentials to pay you more than you can earn at your job. If you develop your business to a level of uniqueness in standard, it will yield profit to you beyond your dreams. This is aside the perks that comes with working online which I have discussed in my previous articles. Automating the business can make it earn you money without your attention, and even for life.
Multiple generations of Lebanese have made their home in Nigeria. Some are the descendants of migrants who arrived in West Africa as early as the 19th century, leaving behind their small Middle Eastern nation in search of opportunities elsewhere.
Members of this Lebanese diaspora - from fourth-generation Nigerian nationals to recent arrivals - share their experiences of life in Africa's most populous nation.
Tatiana Mousalli Nouri
Tatiana Mousalli Nouri, 38, is fourth-generation Lebanese, raised in Nigeria. She is the deputy group managing director for Aim Group, a family-run conglomerate with offices across the country, which includes broadcasters Cool FM and Wazobia FM.
She also heads Wazobia TV, which is the only Nigerian channel to broadcast exclusively in pidgin English. Tatiana is married with three children.
I was born in London, in the UK, but was conceived and raised in Nigeria. I have been here all of my life because my mum's family has been in Nigeria for a very long time, since 1886. My great grandfather, Michael Lelias, left Lebanon in 1886 on his way to Brazil.
The boat stopped by Nigeria before heading to Brazil. Back then I think it was fashionable to go to Brazil.
The story goes that he did not have enough money to make the trip to Brazil, so he basically stopped in Nigeria and made it home. He worked for many years as a cattle trader. Then he went back to Lebanon, got married and brought back his wife. That's how my grandfather was born here.
My grandmother on my mother's side of the family was born in the Republic of Benin, in Porto-Novo. My mother grew up here when she was a child as well, left for secondary school and then came back.
My father always says that we are civilised nomads because of his and my mother's heritage. We've always been nomads, going from one place to another.
I'm Lebanese maybe by blood, if I can use that word. When people ask me, "Where are you from?" I will say Nigerian, because this is what I know, this is where I grew up, this is where my memories are.
We are not "real" Nigerians, according to some people. When people tell me, "No, you are not Nigerian," I can defend my Nigerian roots more than everyone. But we're usually embraced.
In Nigeria there is a code that says all media owners must be Nigerian. We are Nigerian, meaning my parents are Nigerian, my sister and I are Nigerian. My brother-in-law is Nigerian - he was born and raised in Kano, a city in the north of the country. We feel very much Nigerian. However, the colour of our skin is very different.
When we launched Wazobia FM, in 2007, and it was in pidgin English, no presenter out there wanted to audition to be a pidgin English presenter, because it was not done in Nigeria. We used cleaners and cooks from our cafe, Chocolat Royal. We said, "Just go and talk."
We still have some of the cleaners that have grown with the station. It's gone further than we expected.
Everybody has embraced it. Even though we still get some criticism, by a small amount of people that tell us that we are teaching pidgin English to the future generations. If you want to be educated, put your kids in school. Wazobia is really a medium; it's just a language that we use to communicate a message.
Nigeria has this vibe, this thing that when you come here there is something that hooks you to the country. I don't know what it is.
A lot of my friends that live here feel the same way. The potential that there is in this country, there is nowhere else. There is this dynamism, and there is hope. There is a very bright future for the generations ahead.
Loubna Fakhri-Baker
Loubna Fakhri-Baker, 32, is the executive chef of the Lagos-based restaurant Craft Gourmet, which she co-founded with her husband, Tarek Baker. Loubna was born and raised in Senegal but moved to Nigeria in 2008. She has a daughter.
In 1939 my grandfather moved to Senegal along with a big community of Lebanese people. My father told me that they were supposed to go to South America, but the boat stopped in Senegal and they started doing business there and stayed. Senegal is a very nice country to live in and the population there is very welcoming.
I was born and raised in Dakar. We consider ourselves Senegalese. Every Friday or Saturday the family would sit around a thiebou jen (a spicy stuffed fish served with rice), which is the national dish. We cook yassa (a spicy chicken or fish dish) every day. We speak Senegalese, we eat Senegalese, I travel with the Senegalese passport, and we bury our dead in Senegal. We became Senegalese.
French is my mother tongue. I also speak English, Wolof, and Spanish. I don't speak Arabic well. When I go to Lebanon and I open my mouth and say "Bonjour" or "Marhaba", people say, "Oh, she's from Africa" because of my accent.
I want to go back to Lebanon to live - go back to my roots. Whether it's a good or bad experience I don't care. I want to understand where I'm from.
I'm Lebanese by blood but I sometimes feel closer to my Senegalese friends than my Lebanese friends from around the world. However, there's still something that doesn't make me feel completely Senegalese. I had a complex about it. When I talk to Lebanese people I'm not Lebanese, but when I talk to Senegalese, I'm not quite Senegalese for them. I'm still "the white girl" in their country.
I met my husband in Lebanon when I went there for holidays. He was living in Lagos and then he moved to Abuja. When he moved to Abuja we got married and I followed him. After I got pregnant, Boko Haram attacks started to happen in Abuja so when I wanted to deliver we went back to Senegal. We stayed a bit, but we were missing the energy of Nigeria.
When we first came to Lagos my husband was working as a financial controller and I was thinking about what I wanted to do in the food industry because I have a diploma from Ecole hoteliere de Lausanne (a Swiss hospitality management school). I knew that I wanted to work in that field.
Craft Gourmet was a concept made by me, but then I felt it was too hard to do it alone and my husband decided to quit his job to join me. He takes care of purchasing and financial control and I'm the executive chef.
It's not easy to live in Nigeria. You are outside your comfort zone every day, fighting and struggling. What I love the most about Nigeria is that I became an adult in Nigeria. In Senegal I was not. Life was too easy. Here I've been challenged. Everyone is hustling here.
Here, if you don't do something, you feel like a loser. For me there's this energy of feeling alive, of getting something fixed every day.
Eddie Bahnam
Eddie Bahnam, 41, works in supply chain management and business development at Beamco Nigeria, an engineering services company with interests across oil and gas services, construction and commodity trading. He moved to Nigeria 15 years ago and lives in Lagos with his wife and two children. He is currently applying for Nigerian citizenship.
I was born and raised in Lebanon. I practically lived there all my life except during the civil war when we had to go to Paris for three years because we couldn't even go to school in Lebanon. After that I returned to Beirut.
After my Masters in Business Administration in Lebanon I was on my way to a job in Switzerland but coincidence led me to my future boss in Nigeria. I thought to hell with Europe. I didn't want to work for a big corporation. I wanted a much more flexible structure where you can make an impact.
I didn't know anyone in Nigeria. I remember vividly, from the airport all the way to Apapa (a neighbourhood in Lagos) I saw people walking. Whether on a bridge, or on a street or on a major road, you had a lot of people everywhere.
I never had the intention to stay. I said, "Let me come here for three years." Then, it was very difficult for me to leave because at that time Nigeria was booming. Then I met my wife who was also working on a project in Lagos and here I am 15 years later. Three years became 15. I don't regret that decision.
In the beginning there was a lot of frustration because you're not used to taking care of your own power supply, providing your own water. When I first came there were absolutely no malls or cinemas. There were probably three or four major clubs that people would go to and the roads were tiny. Now, there's an abundance of malls everywhere. Shoprite (a supermarket chain) is everywhere, in every mall there's a movie theatre and there's a list of restaurants popping up every month.
There are cliches. Nigeria has the tag of being corrupt or unsafe but this is just because of mass media. I feel much safer here than in Paris after 10 o'clock at night. I don't care how foreigners or the media depicts Nigeria or generally West Africa. People are super-friendly. The sense of community is much stronger here. You will get help if you encounter trouble on the street, whereas in Europe nobody will care. Corruption - I think it's blown out of proportion.
I would say I sometimes look at how I lived my childhood and I compare it to what my children are going through. Nigeria is a great place to raise children; however, the most basic things are lacking. I remember when I was four years old, I could go with my friends down the street and maybe go buy a chocolate or walk to my neighbour's house. These are the things you can't do here. Any time you want to step out of the gates of the compound, you have to be escorted.
I've managed to integrate into the social fabric of at least Lagos. I have a lot of Nigerian friends and that might make me different from others within the Lebanese community. Some Lebanese choose to stay within the Lebanese community but these are a minority.
Most Lebanese are well integrated into Nigerian society. I feel I'm welcome in every house, in every party, in every event.
Source: Al Jazeera News
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has posted a list of documents ever Nigerian driver must have to avoid been penalized or their vehicle been impounded.
Below is a full list:
1. Driver's license
Your driver's license is one must have by every driver. To get one you should apply to the FRSC office, undergo a mandatory driving test and pay a token.
2. Vehicle license
After your license as a driver, getting your vehicle license is also as important. This can be easily done on the FRSC official website.
3. Certificate of Road worthiness
This is a document certifying that a vehicle is road-worthy and can be driven on the Nigerian road for a stated period of time.
This document is mandatory for all commercial vehicles and its validity is for a period of 6 months. For private vehicles, however, that are older than 5 years, the road-worthiness certificate is to be obtained once a year.
The road-worthiness certification process has been adopted on the AutoReg platform in Kebbi and Niger states.
4. Insurance certificate
A vehicle insurance is also known as car insurance, motor insurance or auto insurance. It is insurance for cars, trucks, motorcycles, and other road vehicles.
It provides financial protection against physical damage and/or bodily injury resulting from traffic collisions and against liability that could also arise there from.
The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) handles vehicle insurance.
5. Proof of ownership
This is to prove that you own the vehicle and can be gotten from the Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO).
6. Learners permit
Drivers with these permits must have their instructors with them while driving. You may also need CMR is some states and tint permit if your car has tinted windows.
Source: http://www.eyesoflagos.com/2017/01/frsc-releases-6-documents-every-driver.html
As fertile land shrinks and water crisis deepens, Palestinians are searching for different ways to feed their families.
According to Adham Bassiouni, chairman of Gaza's Integrated Pest Management, most of the crops in more than 4,000 dunams of land near the border were damaged last year due to sprayed pesticides.
Abu Rejela's family has been farming for generations, but it has never been as difficult as it is now. Israeli forces have shot at farmers on their land near the buffer zone, and due to power outages, the irrigation system cannot properly water the crops, Abu Rejela explained.
With shrinking cultivable land and the water system largely contaminated, many Palestinians in the impoverished Gaza Strip have been searching for alternative ways of finding fresh food and water.
Abu Nasser, 53, has grown 3,500 kilogrammes of organic produce without any soil, transforming his rooftop and concrete lot in Gaza City into an organic oasis. He grows a dozen different types of vegetables and herbs for his family, including eight children and eight grandchildren.
Using hydroponic techniques, Abu Nasser can grow twice as many crops than with conventional techniques, and he saves 90 percent more water by recycling nutrient-dense water. His broccoli, tomatoes, lettuce and cauliflower float on polystyrene squares with holes cut into them, while their roots absorb nutrients from the water.
When the power is out, his solar panels produce enough energy, even in winter, for his pipes to pump oxygen into the water for his crops.
On his rooftop, he grows herbs, lettuce and peppers with aquaponic farming. The water, containing excrement from fish swimming in a barrel, is used as a vital nutrient to grow produce.
"We previously thought that it would be impossible to grow anything in high-salinity water, but after [Abu Nasser's experiments], we found out that we can," said Mahmoud Jawad al-Ajouz, a professor of agriculture at Gaza's Al-Azhar University.
A carpenter by day, Abu Nasser received a grant and basic training from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization to start up his hydroponic micro-farm.
"When I first started farming, I only encountered problems. After 15 days, my plant would die," Abu Nasser said.
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Mineral fertilisers are expensive to buy in Gaza, so as an alternative, he has learned to mix dried, crushed eggshells with ash in the water as a source of calcium, potassium and phosphor. The chalk that his grandchildren help to grind is also used as a cheaper, alternative source of calcium
"Every home must have a farm," Abu Nasser said. "Farmers are only thinking of how they can make money; they spray too many pesticides, chemicals and fertilisers on their crops, which affects the food, the land and the water … We are working for future generations so they can, in turn, grow their own healthy food."
Iyad al-Attar, from Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, also received a UN grant to launch a hydroponic project after his family's rented farmland was bulldozed and annexed as part of Israel's buffer zone.
"The most precious thing is the health of a human being," Attar said. "The situation in Gaza pushed me to pursue this project. There are too many buildings, the land is shrinking and clean water is scarce."
His farm was damaged during the Israeli war on Gaza in 2012 and completely destroyed in 2014, when an Israeli drone hit the generator. He previously employed 10 people, but now runs the facility himself, after having it rebuilt.
Today, 96 percent of Gaza's water is unfit for human consumption after decades of over-pumping from its aquifer, which has lowered the groundwater level and allowed seawater to seep in.
Last year, Gaza photographer Fayez al-Hindi created his own water distillation and purification system using solar energy. Tap water is poured into a three-metre-long basin, and as it evaporates onto the panels, it purifies and the clean water drops into a separate basin.
On an average sunny day in winter, his invention produces four to six litres of clean drinking water for his family.
"As human beings, we cannot live without water; we depend on water every day," Hindi told Al Jazeera. "But the cost of water filters is expensive and the economic situation is bad, so I was thinking of alternative ways to filter the poisoned water and to share it with people."
Lab technician Mohammed Abu Shamaleh, from the Coastal Municipalities Water Utility, tested Hindi's water and found the results to be astonishing.
"Older generations have used distillation, but the thing is, it needs electricity and fuel ... It's expensive. However, Fayez's technique uses only solar power, and it's free. The water he gets is pure, without any salt," Abu Shamaleh said, noting that the technique "solves a lot of problems, especially here in Gaza, since we face a lot of obstacles to get clean water".
Unfortunately, Hindi says that he has found little support to expand his project.
"It cost less than $1,000 to put together. For a cheap price, all Gaza residents can drink their own clean water," he said. "But many families still can't afford it."
Source: Al Jazeera
1. Your First interview might not land you the job: You just finished NYSC and got an invite from your dream company for an interview. And it’s your first in your first ever interview. From what I discovered, your first interview might not land you the job. Am not saying it cannot “but” might not. As a fresh graduate I was so happy at the invitation of my first post NYSC interview. It looked as if I had gotten the job. I have done the interview, months past and I’m still going to numerous interviews.
2. The fact you were invited for an interview does not mean you have the job: I know many people go degy happy say so-so company invite them for interview. You will come for that interview and after everything you won’t hear from the company again.
3. Experience matters: Yes! Your number of years of experience in other organizations or elsewhere matters a lot. It would determine whether the job will be given to you or not.
4. Your years of experience are sometimes used to negotiate your salary: Many a times you have a laid down plan and salary to give to the company if hired. But forget that thing joor. When they see that you have just a year experience from the previous company you worked. The company would rather hire or pay fat salaries to those who have more experience than those without or least years’ experience.
5. You will meet interviewers who know nothing or less about the job role they are interviewing you for, but yet still argue and deny you the job: I have gone for numerous interviews that the interviewers know nothing much about the job role because it’s relatively new and broad in the industry. Yet they will still argue with you that you are wrong in the answers you gave them. They deny you the offer.
6. You applied for a job role and got the job, more responsibilities the organization didn’t tell you about will be added to the job: I went for an interview for the role of a social media personnel. After the interview the CEO of the organization called me. She started asking numerous questions like, “if I could drive a car?” Because sometimes I will have to drive her around. Some organizations would definitely add more responsibilities and roles to the ones given to you.
7. Getting a good job in Nigeria is not easy: My dear, getting a good job in Nigeria is not easy. When you get a very good job, it looks as if you won a world cup.
8. Some interviewers are the Devil’s special assistants: Some interviewers are just bent on frustrating you. They put you on a very hot fire by asking embarrassing questions. The desperate and gullible applicants often fall prey to them. There are cases where interviewers ask applicants if they are in a relationship and their financial status. It’s so unprofessional.
9. After hiring you, they may decide to sack you and nothing will happen: This one is as a result of our Nigeria’s poor labour laws. Employers threats their workers anyhow and nothing happens. They will sack you and nothing will happen because they know that there are thousands ready and willing to replace you.
10. The best might not be the ones that get the job: This is absolutely correct. After interview, the successful ones might not be the best. The only thing is that luck ran out of the unsuccessful ones, the successful ones were favoured. Na only God fit give favour oo.
This article is propelled by daily complaints by prospective buyers that are swindled by unscrupulous land sellers.
People come to us all the time with a view to seeking our assistance in recouping their lost money in a dubious land transaction. The problem we encounter now and then is that majority of the people including the elites approach the professionals after they had lost their hard earned money to 419 sellers or when they have committed certain amount to the contract. They want to avoid engaging experts so that they will reduce their cost but ironically they end up losing everything. We hereby encourage all the prospective buyers to read this before buying a landed property.
PRE CONTRACT ENQUIRIES
The first thing a buyer should do when he is interested in purchasing a landed property is to engage the seller/owner in discussion to elicit some facts which will assist him in carrying out search into the property
The following questions are some of the checklists of what to enquire about before a buyer commences his investigation:
Who is the bonafide owner of the property?
Who is selling the property?
From whom did the seller acquire his title
Why is he selling?
What are the document that the property has?
Are all relevant taxes been paid?
Is there any occupier on the property?
Has the necessary consent been obtained?
Have relevant land charges and rent been paid?
It is not advisable to buy land without verifying the owner, the land and the documents that the seller have on the property. What usually happen during this stage is that the owner or his agent will come up with the antics that there are other buyers who are interested in paying for the same property with a view to excite the buyer into paying without conducting the proper search.
Our advice is always that nobody should be over excited into paying before conducting his search no matter how long it takes and no matter how related the buyer might be to him. it is the buyer that has something to lose not the seller or his agent. Buyers should be patient and not be in haste because a hasty climber has a sudden fall. The seller is not under any obligation to disclose all the facts in relation to the property thereof. The buyer should always remember the principle of caveat emptor.
The buyer must take his time to conduct search on the land to determine whether the property is encumbered or not; and to know how the buyer acquires /possesses the land and why he wants to sell it. Buyers should not rely on reasons given by the seller as to why he intends to sell, it is only an independent search and investigation that can show the true nature of the land and its owner.
Sometimes, a seller intends to sell and transfer liability to the buyer because there are two persons (especially family land) laying claim to the ownership of the land. The phobia, that the seller’s original owner may lose out, will prompt sellers into disposing of their land. Sometimes if there is pending litigation on the said land, the owner quickly sells it off to shift the burden to the unsuspecting buyer. Sometimes the owner may buy a bad and incurably defective land e.g a land on pipeline or sometime a land under acquisition.
Where the property is being offered for sale by any other person apart from the real owner, then buyer should ask for power of attorney which authorizes the person to sell.
If the land in question belongs to a family, all the principal members must consent to the sale or they execute a power of attorney signed by all their members authorizing their representative to transfer and execute deed of assignment on their behalf.
At this stage the buyer must not believe all what the seller told him hook, line and sinker because if there is /are defect (s) on the property the seller will never disclose it no matter how close the buyer might be to the seller.
THE OWNER/SELLER
Before binding himself by a contract, one of the important things to be investigated by the buyer is the accl
15 Foods That Take Care of Your Heart and Decrease the Risk of Heart Attacks
Our heart is one of the most important organs, but, surprisingly, we take care of it the least, loading it every day with stress and unhealthy diets. And that’s too bad because fatty food increases cholesterol levels which leads to vascular plaques that prevent the heart from working correctly.
Our heart is one of the most important organs, but, surprisingly, we take care of it the least, loading it every day with stress and unhealthy diets. And that’s too bad because fatty food increases cholesterol levels which leads to vascular plaques that prevent the heart from working correctly.
Here are your 15 products that will clean your blood vessels, improve your overall well-being, and decrease the risk of heart attacks in the future.
Let’s face it, most of us don’t make millions of dollars a year, and we often think that it’s very unlikely we will ever get rich unless we inherit a fortune or win the lottery. However, successful people didn’t build their wealth overnight or by accident.
We at Bright Side have compiled a list of rules that have helped highly successful people to achieve their goals. Here’s what you need to know to make your first million dollars:
It is only in Nigeria that you get billed for electricity that you have not used in months.
It is only in Nigeria that you see poor people who steal that are being burnt alive without any trial.
It is only in Nigeria that presidents are making empty promises and the people are still waiting hoping it would happen anytime soon.
It is only in Nigeria that you would see top class graduate looking for jobs and the third class getting good prominent jobs.
It is only in Nigeria that you would see. Black men selling themselves short because of the high stake in currency.
It is only in Nigeria you would see people converting their homes to pure water companies to sell at expensive rates to the common man.
It is only Nigeria you would see families of the same blood oppressing one another due to their current status in the society.
It is only in Nigeria you would see other tribes destroying their own places knowing fully well that it is that same place they destroyed is where they would return to.
It is only in Nigeria you would see rich men sending their wards to foreign countries just because the education system is a bit behind and sometimes fall into strikes.
It is only in Nigeria you would see young people who are able getting themselves mixed up in cultism, prostitution, robbery and you find out that most people who are not able do encouraging jobs to be better people in the society.
It is only in Nigeria you would see negativity being praised and worshiped,while the positive one are neglected and forgotten.
It is only in Nigeria you would see religions that are against bigamy and some people still practice such without the knowledge of others.
It is only in Nigeria we would see some of these things and ignore them turning the other way.
And yet we still feel we have put in our best to make things right again.
WHO IS YOUR FRIEND?
Samson's parents had known the secret of Samson's strength since his birth, yet they told no one (Judges 13:5)
The day Delilah heard of it, she told Samson's enemies and brought Samson down to ordinary (Judges 16:17,18)
THREE LESSONS:
1. Everyone qualifies for your love, but not all the people you love qualify to know the secrets of your life! Because, some cannot handle it, and others cannot wait to trade your secret for personal gain!
2. The enemy that will destroy you, will not come with a sword but with a smile!
3. Learning to keep your friends' secrets is not only about trust, but destinies are at stake.
Nothing can be more dangerous and painful than to share your secrets with your enemy thinking they are your friends!
BE SOBER AND VIGILANT ABOUT "FRIENDS" God be with you!
Learn from 2016 mistakes to avoid them in 2017.
Most people who purchase lands in Lagos do not even really understand the meaning of these important real estate terms. As a potential buyer wishing to buy a land or build a new house you must be conversant with a few of these figures. The first hurdle is to understand the system of land measurements in Nigeria.
In Nigeria today, land is measured in Hectares, Acres, Meters and Feet. These measurements are affected by factors, which includes development patterns, human and environmental factors.
Let’s Start By Asking What Exactly Is The Size Of A Standard Plot Of Land In Nigeria?
According to the dictionary meaning of a plot, A plot is a marked out piece of land for the purpose of building or farming. The word "plot" is an arbitrary term used to describe a land division carved out for property development.
The size of a plot of land can vary for different reasons but according to Nigeria's land divisions, the appropriate plot for a house construction is 50 x 100ft which can accommodate a standard house with a small compound. To better understand land divisions used in Nigeria, different units of area are used as follows:
Hectares (ha)
A hectare is one of the least known metric units and one which potential buyers and estate developers seems to struggle with - it is a land measuring 100m x 100m or 328ft x 328ft or 10,000sqm. It is about two and half acres. A Hectare consists of 15 plots.
Acre
An Acre is a standard unit of measurement used by land sellers and it is almost an equivalent to the size of a standard football field. An acre is a product of any rectangular plot of land giving a total of 4,046sqm or 43,560sq ft. An Acre consists of 6 plots each measuring 60 x 120ft.
In Lagos the standard size of a plot is 60 × 120ft (18m × 36m ie 648sqm), while in some other cities of the country plots are measured in 50 × 100 ft.
Tenth of an acre, half an acre, one-sixth of an ace - what does all this mean?
In relation to land measurements, the above divisions constitutes some fraction of an acre which means a plot can be
50 x 100ft / 15.2 x 30.5m - 463.6sqm (which means there are 8.7 plots of land measuring 463.6sqm in an acre)
60 x 120ft / 18.3 x 36.6m - 669.8sqm (which means there are 6 plots of land measuring 669.8sqm in an acre)
100 x 100ft / 30.5 x 30.5m 930.25sqm (which means there are 4.3 plots of land measuring 930.25sqm in an acre)
The other day I was all alone with no one to care for me or ask how am doing. but the strangest thing still occurs and I wonder why is it that total stranger are the ones who check up on you without having blood ties. Could it be that they are connected with the universe that is in some strange way they were just concerned about ones welfare and troubles and the amazing stuff is that they want to help because they care about you. No strings attached just them being human and checking up on ones daily activities. And when you as a person try to reason it, you always end up at a dead end not being able to figure out why they just happen. I am not perfect I too have my own flaws and I hope I change but I feel like I have changed in a more different way than I was before.
I just hope you reading this would try and pick up your phone and check up on your loved ones just once in a while and say hey how are you. They are not going to put their burden on you. They just want to know that you care. I appreciate all my strangest admirer because of you, because you showed me what it feels to be human I try to be better I dedicate this to you for all your attentions and understanding. And I pray that we all see this as an example. These are my thoughts and I wish to share this and I hope it would touch you and I hope it makes you a more better person in life.
The world is being run by selfish people who want nothing
but to exploit the country’s resources and that is a big crime against humanity
and the world. We all know that the world we live in is only for a specific
period in time and my guess is if only we all don‘t act greedy may be this
world would be a better place for us. And may be there will be peace amongst
all of humanity and the world as a whole. In my life I wished and hoped for a
better world some day but I guess I am living a life of dreams and I should
face reality.
The only people to tackle this crisis are not yet here, who knows may be they are being keep from the evil of this world we deserves great people who have the country’s interest in heart and mind to help us make better judgment. But lets face facts are people willing to live great lives without oppressing the ones in need or do they want this barrier or like a gap between the rich and poor. I see every body as equal individuals ordained by God to perform specific tasks so as to bring out a certain balance between greater good and evil. Yes we all have the evil in sides of us but this choice we make still have their part to play. And what ever part we play either makes us or breaks us.
The only people to tackle this crisis are not yet here, who knows may be they are being keep from the evil of this world we deserves great people who have the country’s interest in heart and mind to help us make better judgment. But lets face facts are people willing to live great lives without oppressing the ones in need or do they want this barrier or like a gap between the rich and poor. I see every body as equal individuals ordained by God to perform specific tasks so as to bring out a certain balance between greater good and evil. Yes we all have the evil in sides of us but this choice we make still have their part to play. And what ever part we play either makes us or breaks us.
In life a lot of things mean a lot to some people but I see life as a journey. To some it is a road to no means and to others it is a road to fame, fortune, and prosperity. But in this life there are rules establishing it, making it worth living. life have given us a purpose to fulfill our destiny and mission on earth. But we fail to reach our goals to see the big picture, crime has taken the best part of life making it seem like life is full of lies, treachery, deceit, hate. And this beautiful world we live in is turning into a place of nightmare. God has a reason for all this but it is up to us humans to make it right to put an end to this horrible nightmare that is taking place. I wish we could just see what lies ahead of us. If only we could do what is right and see the results. But I guess as they all say life is not fair that life is full of disappointment. But if you are looking for happiness in other to achieve the great dream we need to grab the bulls by the horns and take charge of our life and make a statement.
Choices are made, either good or bad. The fact still lies at what decision we make and at the end of the day. If it is a good choice you end up feeling great about yourself. If it was a bad choice you end up feeling miserable. And I know am not perfect, I have made some choices of my own and it has made me a better person and some have made me worse. I am only human to feel this things, these are what makes me me. Yes I could have made the right choice everyday but we all are not perfect. So feel free to make choices because this is how we learn in our everyday life. When I make a mistake I make amends to the wrongs I have done. That does not make me weak instead it makes me worthy of emulation. I just hope that you guys reading this would make the bold step in the right direction and try to make the right choice and be good to your God , yourself and humanity.
It is funny how man could be cruel and mean to one another when in fact
we should live our life in due course according to they way God commands
it. People would do anything to enjoy the pleasures of the world, can I
blame them no, if only you can feel human compassion for one another
then the world would be a better place for all of us, if only we can get
rid of greed and hatred for one another then the world will be our
heavens of heavens. God is testing us little by little and He knows what
we are meant to do. the question is are we willing to make the right
choice even when we know that it would do right, would we go out of our
way to please our selves rather than others. I just watched a film it
is called “INHALE” watch how people out of pride and selfishness would
go to any length to save them selves rather than others try and watch it
and tell me if you would do the same the father did to clear his
conscience.
Richard came in
looking around and when he spotted her, he just went to where joke was seated
and sat across her. The look on his face said it all, he was still upset and he
could not hide it from her, at first joke wanted to reach out by touching him
but Richard made it clear he was not interested in doing that.
She cleared her throat and joke said the reason why she
wanted both her and Richard had to see each other was because she knew how much
she hurt Richard. It didn’t seem easy because she did not know if Richard was
the same person she was with during those years. Richard looked more serious
and was not looking passionate and understanding. She went on saying that she
was sorry for all she put Richard through and that she deserves whatever
treatment Richard had to give her. Last night she said she lost control because
she didn’t know how to react after seeing Richard. He didn’t seem interested in
what she was saying the only reason why Richard came was to know why she wanted
him there. She now cut to the chase joke told Richard how happy and excited she
was to see him again because she was not happy with herself. It turned out that
the person she left Richard for cheated on her also with another woman. She
told Richard of how she caught both of them red handed and that she regretted
ever leaving Richard in the first place. Joke begged Richard to get back with
her to go back to the way things were between her and Richard.
Richard was speechless at first but later convinced her that
what he had for her then was so serious but now things have changed. Richard
told her that he didn’t want her to feel bad about herself, so he told her he
didn’t feel anything for her like before. The moment he said those words joke
didn’t believe what she was hearing.
Joke never thought she could hear Richard say those words
considering the way she thought Richard was still the same caring, understanding
guy she used to know. She definitely brought out the beast in him when she
broke his heart. Richard told her that he wished he felt something but the love
he felt was gone and Richard said it would be best we didn’t see each other.
Joke was shocked and dumbfounded, it came as a huge surprise
to her as Richard was about to leave joke fell on her knees in front of him
trying to get Richard to reconsider. She said she had changed and that this
time things would be better that he just needed to give her another chance.
Richard couldn’t stand the fact that she was humiliating herself in public so
he said to her “stop being so ridiculous” but nothing seems to matter to joke
anymore since Richard left her on her own there in public and alone.
Joke felt alone an abandoned at that point she felt like
disappearing but she said to herself that she was not giving up on Richard.
Richard was lost in thought while driving back home, he felt
sorry for joke. He did not know if he did the right thing or not but he still
stood his grounds telling himself he was not going back to her. The weekend was
over and work was to resume the next day. Richard felt a little bit relieved
that work would take more of his time by taking his mind of personal issues.
Days went on, so days turned into weeks and weeks turned
into months. Richard had already forgotten about the encounter with joke.
And Richard was glad that it was over, he was checking the
records of files on his computer and a call came through his secretary informed
him that there was a lady who wanted to speak to him as soon as he asked who it
was she told him that it was a miss joke Daniels on the phone. He told her that he didn’t want to talk to
her. And she responded to his request. The moment that Richard heard the name
he was disturbed, he thought he had made it clear to her that he did not want
to see her. As the days passed into weeks and weeks passed into months. Richard
was still bothered by joke; she never accepted that it was over between her and
Richard. Richard thought she was obsessed and he refuses to take any calls that
came from joke. Richard was informed by the managing director of the company that
he would be embarking on a trip to Tokyo.
The trip was about a particular trade fair which was held
for six months and the manager director needed Richard to go for the trip to
meet people and to engage in certain business prepositions. Richard thought to
himself that it would be a good opportunity to get away. If Richard could learn
of other advance technology it would be of great value to his company and to
himself.
Richard could not express how happy he felt but he was glad
that this came in the nick of time, he would be out of the country and there would
not be any case of joke bothering him. That day Richard had gone home to park
his luggage and every other necessary arrangement were made. He already had his
passport and plane ticket. Richard wanted to bring back any type of souvenir so
he went to change his currency to the yen since it was what Tokyo citizens
spent.
Richard had boarded the plane and was in his seat, it was
his first time ever going to Tokyo to make matters a bit nerve racking it was
his first time flying. When he asked the attendant how long the trip would be
she responded as said it was a 14 hours trip. Richard thought to himself 14
hours to an unknown country. Well he was up for it since it was going to take
his mind of things.
