pcicero:

@Ibime
I will admonish you to stop your pontifications. Nothing gives you absolute authority over any issue.
If your ilks are on Sanusi's payroll, then be bold enough to admit it so that we can know what else to address.

@Poster
I have my reservations on Fasheun's comments. I've always known him as someone who gets carried away by certain persuasions. However, interventions like his are sure relief at this time. Why? it is because people are afraid lest Almighty Sanusi decides to "Whip" them by publishing their names on the pages of newspapers as debtors as if it's a sin to borrow from banks, wrongly classify their performing loans as bad and even quoting over-bloated figures against their names.
There can be no predicting Sanusi's dictatorial tendencies and errors of judgment.
Only time will tell.

One of the things that amazes me about Nigeria is how they can get away with publishing wrong/fabricated information without being sued and getting huge compensation for damages. False statements like that can ruin companies in the 1st world, and should not be carelssly made as in Nigeria. The only way that sanity is kept in developed nations is by sanctioning those who slander hard enough for them never to repeat it again. When will we wizen up in the country? How many business deals could have been jeopardized by the wrongly published information?

gaby:

Oya brother Larez post your own abeg!!!

Ole Boy, my standup comedy days na when I be mock-news King of lagos back in my days at Gregs. Now I be supporting fan wey dey clap well well. The one wey me I remember be Busa Suka Dimka announcement wey he make after he try Topple Murtala regime. I wan make you type am de way wey he talk am for radio back then. Humour me.

zomby:

There is no need to further complicate this issue.
The point here is not which strategy will be most effective to solve this problem, but simply who has the right ingredient to make this dream come true.
I do not care if the solution is solar as an alternative or deregulation as an option, because identifying the solution was never the problem. The problem has always been having an entity with the right mindset in place to accomplish the goal.
And I’m convinced that if we are prepared to finally solve our everlasting electricity problem in Nigeria, a personage like Mike Adenuga should be consulted.
He has the perfect ingredient, he has the will power, he has the right attitude and most of all, he has the leadership skill to design and complete the implementation process that will provide stable electric power supply in Nigeria within a very short period, if he’s given the chance.

If you know anyone else in Nigeria that has proven himself and has similar capability, please feel free to submit the name.

What you have just tried to eloquently type amounts to nothing but gibberish full of contradictions. There are thousands of Nigerians that can do the same if given the chance as you require for Mike Adenuga. You still don't get it. The problem here is the Political will. Let me give you an example here. All the cars in Nigeria are not as many as the cars in the city of Atlanta, Georgia, USA. How do you think fuel importers make money? Don't you know it is basically from generators? Why do you think Bola Ige was killed?

The only solution since progressive Governors are being restrained by the Military created laws of Nigeria is self-empowerment. Nigerians need to undertake permanent solutions that are within the law and their God's given human rights. The best our Governors can do is to create incentives to make it feasible such as low interest loans and property tax breaks. Let's stop going around in circle and tackle the problem head-on.

George_D:

solar as an alternative to nepa/phcn is not about cheapness. it's about availability
and convienience. what use is a cheap product that is never available?
as we speak, in my area we have been without power close to a month now. in sharp
contrast, over this same period, the sun has never failed. even on cloudy days,
the sun is still up there shining only that the rain clouds prevent its rays from breaking
through. and most days it still shines up to four or five hours-more than enough time
to recharge your battery bank for night use.
so, it is the dependability of alternative sources of power that attracts people to them
not their cheapness. for those that can afford it, the cost is worth the escape from
perpetual darkness at the hands of nepa.

I agree with you my Brother, people will gladly pay 10 times what NEPA/PHCN charges if they will provide power continuously. There is a project that I am developing which I was considering Solar as an option, but now, it will not be an option but a must. I am sure this will make the units much more marketable than without, even with the extra N3.9m that it will cost per unit to have each one independent of water works and nepa/phcn.

Lol@Becomerich, our resident Historian. Keep up the research man. We are reading.

For you guys with Trucks including the ones who called me, I am still out seeking a significant long-term contract. Stay tuned to this thread, and I will let you know as soon as it materializes.

More!!! More!!! I am enjoying this. Naija fit make person cry.

LadyT:

HABA!!!   

Lady T:

Abeg no vex. You see since I come Naija, na everybody turn me to Mumu. But the day wey I beatup one King of Agbero like small pikin in front of him boys around my Mama house, na that day those Yeye boys stop dey disturb me. Naija is a jungle, and sometimes one has to step out of his civilized ways to handle monkeys the way that they understand. Just because all of us dey wear jeans no mean sey we be the same.

Gbawe:

My guy , take it easy !!!! No need to insult anyone let alone their Parents !!!! Wrong of Specific to call you an idiot but insulting his/her Parents is over the top. I think such insults , Unless you guys have a history , is uncalled for.

I am sorry that you find my response harsh. However, when some crude asshole chooses to insult others then he should be ready to receive their response wrath. This is the only way that jungle boys (Monkeys) understand. Na me and him papa be mates.

@Gbawe and others:

Power problems in Naija can be resolved overnight by deregulating it. Lagos will no-longer have power issues within 6 months of deregulation. How in the world can a system that steals any power that you create to move it to Nothern towns, while you that created it is left without?

Fashola needs to create a solar incentive program in Lagos. he needs to grant 50% of costs for people who choose to be self sufficient via Solar power. I did some homework yesterday in regards to this, and Solar power depreciated over 25 years with the batteries depreciated over 5 years will cost about 9.5 times what we currently pay PHCN at N4.00/KWH. While compared to a generator, using a generator costs us 5.8 times more than Solar. My calculations include 45% extra for the acquisition/shipping costs of solar equipment as compared to purchasing in the United States. If anyone needs this calculations, just send a request to me, and I'll give you the spread sheet.

specific:

@Larez

I think this Larez is an IDIOT. U have really made a fool of urself.

I heard abt Glo 1 and MainOne Cable but I didn't bother to think whether they were real or fake.

Fake or not, time will tell.

My Kitty Cats were more civilized than your ignorant ass. By the way your father and mother are the idiots who made the choice not to abort you knowing fully well that they will be birthing another criminal problem for Nigeria. You uncivilized bastard son of a gun. I don learn to battle fire with fire for Naija.

Oluschenco:

Glo1 or whatever, all we want is a better service

And we also need not go broke trying to make calls to chase business. In the USA for approximately $35.00 (N5350.00), you can make calls throughout the United States and Puerto Rico 24/7 for free. This is an area much bigger than the whole of West Africa. I challenge Adenuga to take the bold step of copying that model. Glo will become the sole telecom company in Nigeria. I am willing to pay up to N10,000.00/month for unlimited service.

larez:

Lol, I dey bait them so e go become interesting.

You see as dem don start. Now I don get degree for illiteracy from person wey dem raise inside gutter. Soon, you go see dem begin fight each other like monkey wey Oyinbo dey call them. Abeg, grab Coke, and some snacks begin watch dem show.

Ibime:

hehehehe. . . . I am sure you are the one who didn't know how to read and right

Infact, I dont think you know your left from your write

Is this the calibre of graduate Nigeria is producing namadays?

Lol@Ibime, We cannot crucify them ohh. We only have to try our damnest best to uplift them. We also need prayers. We'll get there one day after we clean out all the corrupt professors exchanging grades for money a wussy.

A-town:

Larez, larez, larez, How many times did i call you?
Olodo rabata oju eje lo mo je. Your ignorance is so appalling i feel like washing the toilet!!!!!!!!!
The fact that you didnt hear about GLO-1 means it is non-existent? I am dissappointed.
I heard/have been hearing about GLO-1 for almost 2yrs. I was one of the people that kept asking when it would land all the time cos it was supposed to land earlier this year. They started the campaign a long time ago. I believe they even had commercials on TV. Abi you no see the green light wey dey travel from UK, Portugal all the way to naija ni.
Shut up while you can. This is a real project. It is different from SAT-3 and Main 1.  Main 1 is not even billed to arrive until next yr

dwonder:




Where are u?

You deserve a knock on the head.

What details do u expect us to find, Tell us now, Me I want to learn oooo


http://www1.alcatel-lucent.com/submarine/refs/index.htm;jsessionid=5DRTY3MASSHWTLAWFRUE1CVMCYWGI3GC


This links to a map from alcatel lucent. ZOOM it and find GLO-1 cable route when under construction.

I expect you to say it is arrangee map but remember the map is there for the world to scrutinize like you said.

All your questions will be answered. 

I think everyone that achieves any success at what they do deserves praise even if the achievement does not meet our expectations.



Try to always keep an open mind.

To all those who yabbed me, I bow, the yabbis was well deserved. I just found it unbelievable that I will have missed such event. Also, it goes to show how biased International Media is when it comes to the Black man. I have noticed that it was mainly in Afrocentric magazines that articles about this was written. Why now? Why is white man still hating on achievements by Black folks? Micheal Adenuga, Even though you had people taking pictures while pulling cable out of the Ocean by hand, I bow to you. May your life continue to assist the progress of Africa and indeed your people.

Dis Guy:

saw that too one ait,  


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Where else can a submarine cable go through from UK to Nigeria? Suez Canal? lol, we are indeed holding up our names as the joke of the world. Is the population that uneducated that we fall for Nigerian media paid lies? Nitel paid for this cable and it looks like it had been completed since 2005.

asha 80:

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Na trouble you dey look for here

Lol, I dey bait them so e go become interesting.

Dis Guy:

Glo 1 is real, theres also a competitor coming up by next year Main One cable

Glo1 was meant to be delivered march 2009 but its here now thankfully

I pity Hollywood, Microsoft sha 100m+ people with broadband 

Do your own search about the project, and see if you can get any news about the deal and who supplied the cable,  What ship was used to lay the cable, when the submarine geological survey was done, when it was decided it was a feasible project, where divers and survey UAVs were contracted. I know the logistics that it takes to embark on a project like this as well as the infrastructure requirement it takes.

It can never be done without world scrutiny. Now do a search or the media cable one project, and you will find the details that I described.

I was laughing at the picture of guys in suits pulling a cable ashore,  Why has Nigeria decided to be the laughing stock of the world? Was this supposed to authenticate the fact that a cable came ashore? If this project was in the process in 2002 and was owned by Nitel,  How was is sold to Adenuga and when?

Nigeria and Wuru wuru. I knew it!!!!  Here is another scandal brewing. The poster should have never started this thread. come to find out, this was a done deal by NITEL!!!! there was no previous post about this deal prior to the past 1 month except for this, Y'all read for yourself ohhh!!! http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-137391383.html

It is only in Naija that an $800m project will happen without anyone in the world knowing about it until it is finished.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

Excerpt from unattributed report entitled "Ministry, BPE disagree over sale of NITEL submarine cable" by Nigerian newspaper The Guardian website on 10 October

A trans-continental cable, SAT 3, is now threatening the ongoing privatization of the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (Nitel).

The Ministry of Communications and the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) have sharply disagreed over the sale of the SAT 3 cable which belongs to Nitel.

The cable, on which Nitel allegedly spent over 45m dollars in 2002 to co-own with other international consortium of owner-operators, runs through the ,

Read all of this article with a FREE trial

I was about to go into shock after seeing the post from itnewsafrica. But then I saw the name:Emma Okonji Daily Independent at end and remain skeptical. But I have begun to research and will indeed hail Adenuga if he pulled this off without Western Media giving it it's rounds of press.

I get tired of you paid agents of Nigerian politicians and primma donnas. Why must there be any hate involved? What da hell? Do you think a submarine fibre-optic cabling venture is a small thing that noone would have heard about it? Do you know how many hundreds of millions it costs in Dollars? Until I read it from a reputable global Networking or communication magazine, I will not believe it. It is a mere arrangement to ride off the other one while branding as theirs.

And by the way, it is crazy for anyone to say that they will by pass countries along the way where they could land and do their splicing. Do you know how many nautical miles it is from UK to Nigeria and how many countries they go past? Do you know that they go past all the other West African countries to get to Nigeria? Do you know how many feet of cabling can be run in a month? Or did you think it was a project that could be done in 2 weeks?

I won't even try arguing with you guys on this. I undertsand the logistics and infrastructure necessary to embark on such a project. Y'all better go for some geography lessons. One other note, How many submarine cable laying vessels do you think are available in the whole world? D\o you also think submarine capable fibre-optic cables are just sitting at Alaba market waiting to be bought? Even the contract for the cable alone will have been major news in the industry.

I believe Glo is just trying to brand. There is no way that another submarine cable system will have been built and completed without me knowing about it. I subscribe to too many informational sources not to have heard. Why are Nigerians so gullible? Do you guys think we are all illiterates?

Wikipedia?? Are you kidding? I could go to Wikipedia and claim to have been a Nigerian president. Please do not ever make the mistake of quoting Wiki on Nairaland again. Wikipedia is an open forum for anyone including deranged people to post what they want, until refuted.

For a moment, I was about to say that yes, it is true that most of these people are not actually Nigerians. But guess what? We actually need them in Lagos and should find space to settle them in. These unfortunate folks are truly the hardest workers in Lagos, labour wise. I will advise the Governor to begin to recruit them for job skills and pay them a stipend, so they can be prepared for all the infrastructural construction that Lagos will soon undertake. Hopefully, they will also use the opportunity to build wealth for themselves and better their condition.

No matter how we feel about seeing people in rags and not fitting into our norms, we should still consider that these are indeed flesh and blood like us as well. I am indigenously Lagosian, and I can truly say that in my early years growing up in Lagos, we were never taught to hate outsiders. We are a welcoming people and may have been corrupted recently by some Bush Yoruba people from neighbouring states.

@Kobojunkie, Great job. You obviously keep up with developmental things relating to Africa as well. Stay sharp Bro.

To have a sovereign conference, we need leaders that represent the people. Do we have such leaders left now that Gani has passed? My take will be that the people of that generation should nolonger represent their people. We need people like the younger Lawyer that worked with Gani and other fresh faces. How can people who have enriched themselves within a corrupt system have a moral standing to attempt a new beginning? This will indeed be a farce.

Y'all should confirm this topic first before running with it. The submarine fibre-optics cable that I am aware of was not a Glo project. Glo may just be the local Nigerian partner subscriber. I'll dig my files and post the info that I have.

gaby:

Following the unrests that followed the annulment of the june 12 elections:

Pellow Nigherians kwonsidering the swocial and folitical unrests in the kwountry that has lept the kwountry in a state op trauma and comflete kaos and apter a frolonged kwonsultations at the armed porces ruling kancil (AFRC) meeting this morning,i hab given instructions to the security agencies to defloy to the streets to get the situation under kwontrol and any groof op feofle who cause any purther kios will be dealt wip to the pull extend op the law and i hab giben an order that they soot at sight.

long lib pederal refublic of Nigheria,long lib the armed porces ruling kancil

ROFL!!!!! Hahahahahahaha Gaby you's a real mess. I am laughing with tears in my eyes.

Enough already, we are not making any progress. I am almost certain that Sanusi is aware of this forum. Why not create a thread named "Ask Sanusi" then address all your legitimate questions there. It will be interesting to get some responses through his press people.

thirdeye:

@Larez, thanks for the observation my webhost the problem working on it.
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa oga Larez have you forgotten I am an architect though I have the idea is better to use a structural Engineer I can getu one. Thanks

I appreciate that Bro. I'll be in touch with you after my meeting with the "Big Boys" tomorrow or the day after. Thx

Cornelli:

My guy,

The best approach to this is this; if you can bring in a company that has crushers, and machines used in breaking granites i can take u to a location where we can mine granite and sell off to numerous customers especially in the east.

think about it and give me a shout

And where is this location?