₦airaland Forum

Henix:
I don't want to hear that my container was among the ones that were thrown away while trying to reduce the weight of the ship

The ship was traveling from China to Netherlands.

yinkus6750:
So sad.
The nation at large failed her.
The Christian community most especially.
All out Christian leaders have been silent and continue with life.
So unfortunate, takes a US based organisation to be following up on her.
God will surely deliver her from captivity, one day.

They said VP Osibanjonis a senior pastor at RCCG. I don't know if that's true.

We lack maintenance culture in Nigeria.

If universities, skyscrapers built in 1900 are still standing in the western countries. Why shouldn't tinapa still be in a tip top shape. Tinapa is not upto 20 years old.

MrGoood:
I am a businessman and the thing is I am in for money in any choice I make. I made around 22 million in savings last year. Though I cut family and girlfriends off my life to achieve that and am in Nigeria.

But seeing the doings of people outside The country, there was an America based lady that spent over 12 million naira on her mother's burial. For her to spend that much I believe she will have 20x of that amount.

At least for an upright thinking fellow, I feel like am making less so am thinking of relocating. Can I make over 22 million yearly in savings in USA, If no how much can I save? Talk from your personal experience pls, Let stop deceiving each other pls, How much did you save annually in USA? Please let be sincere.

The bolded is a wrong belief of us living in Nigeria.

Someone doing a project in Nigeria or spending money on a ceremony in Nigeria while they are based abroad does not equate surplus funds.

The lady's mother probably had a life insurance and she dipped her hand their for the burial. It could be she took out a loan... it could also be she went out of her pocket but the vast majority of folks doing project in 9ja. If the total value of the project is 12m, it doesn't mean they have 48m sitting around.

They probably robbed Peter to pay Paul to get the project accomplished.

Abeg is she hiring? 90k a month . Boyz wouldn't mind 89k

Obj had a chance to make Nigeria the greatest country in Africa as a president in 1999 but he chose political paybacks and retribution.

Happy birthday to him tho but he is not a legend

Always bending the rules to make one of their own richer smh..


Please don't quote me, I am not feeling fine

lilvicky68:
Nice..just moderate.. well-done..but Oga try give one of this vagina people Belle na..abi are you not capable?

Don't be surprised if Don Jazzy already have a family.

All these houses he buys, who lives in all of them?

I don't know him personally but I know one of my friends, a real agbaya you wouldn't even know he is married talk more of having kids... because he was a bit popular.. he wanted his family out of the spot light.. they live in separate houses.

The police should have had him take his cloths off down to his boxers just like other individuals in police custody.

I bet you he was not even processed , they just gave him a stool to sit in front of the police station, he should have been behind the counter

These might sound funny but this is how the police treat everyone else, why should he be treated differently?

bmcariyo:
250 k monthly. He shock me

. I was being generous

But I will suggest you take your cut plus bank charges for the transfer and give him the rest.

I was having a beer parlor conversation with my men them.. the general consensus was take all the money , let him sweat bullet

But I don't agree with that.

bmcariyo:
You loaned your friend N4,000,000 last year and since then, he has refused to pay back, which has really deteriorated the friendship.

You beg him to just pay you N2,000,000 and forget the rest because you are in a financial crisis. Your friend then says he can only get you N1,500,000 since that's all he has.

You feel like you have no option but to accept. You eventually give him your account details to send the amount directly to your bank.

You wake up the next morning, checked your account and there is N15,000,000 in it. You kept staring at the screen in disbelief but it is indeed 15m.

You grab your phone and find 53 missed calls from him and an additional 27 text messages begging you to transfer back N13,500,000 since he only meant to send N1,500,000 and mistakenly added an extra "0."

As a well-brought-up person, what are you supposed to do?

1. Send back N13,500,000/=?
2. Take your full N4,000,000/=?
3. Keep the entire N15,000,000/=?
4......
5...

#FoodForThought

As a Christian, I don't take what does not belong to me.

I will just take my 4m and send him the rest. I will also deduct any charges the bank will charge me from his money before I send it back.

If you want to be petty, refund him 250k every week until the 13.5m is complete.

Even if he carry you go court, he will not win.. because you did not refuse to return his money..you agreed and you are refunding it

The dog looks like she want no part of whatever this guy is doing

valencia2012:
FRAUDSTER. FRAUD.
You don't know these words until you are called one, especially after working so hard, and upright to get to where you are today. In most cases, its only snakes who see every rope as a snake!
If we really do wish ourselves and this thread well, we would always learn to address issues within parties exclusively and only report it here when such move prove abortive.

Very well said..

I had in mind of adding that to my initial post but wanted to have the thought marinate in my mind well before someone label me as fraud.

In as much as we have bad people around us, let's take it easy with all this fraud fraud stuff.

Accusation of Fraud in business is a big stain to wash away. In as much as a client want to guide their investment jealously, remember that the contractor, artisans etc are trying to guide their means of livelihood jealously.

The last 2 fraud this and that here does not fit the bill in my opinion. In a sane court system, there is a good chance both cases will likely to be dismissed outright.

I hope we don't get to the point of someone coming in here to say, ehn.. I reached out to xyz contractor for a job he advertised here, he didn't get back to me, I sent him text, what's app, no response.. don't patronize him/her he is a fraud.

Or a contractor coming in to say, ehn this client agreed to mobilize me with 100k to start the job, he only sent me 97k, he is a fraud.

Again, when you invest in 9ja especially in building a house, all those oyibo mindset is out of the window.. I can understand the frustration of the client (michlins client).. but na 9ja we dey... measurements are not always what you think they are on the building plan and my guess is the client does not live in Nigeria full time.. Oga , na 9ja we dey oo ... it is very frustrating building from abroad especially if it is your first build. I know folks that frustration made them abandon their projects.

Wahala no dey finish oo

It's all good michilins, that's life for you. You gotta have a thick skin.

From the chats I have seen here, it is obvious what the alumaco guy wanted to do. Maybe he have a partner in crime that he would have preferred to partner with on the job but the oga based on the recommendation of his confidant gave you the job and he is not happy about that.

This is similar cut throat culture folks see in corporate jobs. BACKSTABBING.

But my firm believe is, in whatever you do always protect your integrity.. just like you said your name is more important to you. Igbos will say, Eziafa ka ego ( good name is better than money).

Be content, don't spoil your name for wealth and victory is certain!

rotecch77:
Here are another one done for diff member here
... about 5-6years ago through Hajji mufutau.

1st one in ikeja gra
The second one in ogun state

What is maintenance like in this water filtration units?

rotecch77:
The water can be treated for human consumption (the water will be taking to laboratory for test and certificate will be issue for if need be)
We have done many like that
Check the pic of the one we did for a member here in Ajax axis

If someone already has borehole, tank stand etc..

What would be the approximate cost to install this water filtration equipment?

benjamin007:
My Dad Caught The Biggest Phyton In Africa

See what we are having for dinner tonight
It came to our backyard to swallow our goats luckily we didn't tie the goats so they ran away, my dad was wondering what could have made the goats at Midnight, I followed him to our biggest surprise it's a snake at first I didn't believe my eyes, it was trying to get away my dad use Cutlass to hit the head till it stopped moving

Snake pepper soup all the way...

Lala shall we?

What part of the country do you reside to have a snake this big visit your compound?

Just asking, no harm intended.

rotecch77:
Yes I get you right, safety is paramount In any field.
As you can see we have used scaffolding to work on that sport earlier so the block set up there was used to do little smoothing but never the less I will stick to your advise
Thanks.

The said amount 2.5m cover the the cost of materials and Labour to carcass level.

Considering the cost of the project at 2.5m and the quality of work you have shown us here..
I know I am not the only one thinking.. shìt I wouldnt mind living in a building like this

I really don't like mourinho's tactics whenever he meets Guardiola, he gives up possession and relies on counter attacks.

As a player, that will wear you out. You are chasing the game from the first whistle.

valencia2012:
Both home owners and contractors should be on their feet. In my opinion, it was alright to show your disapproval and displeasure of his handing of your job with your updates here. But it's unacceptable to label someone who that could have been dead for goodness sake a fraudster in seconds. I will feel same way especially in Diaspora, but just little more patience......
The storm is now calm. I suggest you tender an apology to him for the name calling while still letting him know how pissed you are with the way it all transpired. The word "FRAUDSTER" isn't as light as you may think. It can kill.

Seconded!!

n3xt:
Moving forward, I got this from the kobocity team on suppliers verification. What do you think about this move?

Yay or Nay?

I am on the fence on the BVN issue.

But on the other one, yes contractor should create a thread and update for transparency.

somehow:
Don't be surprised to read that the contractor contacted the client but the client decided to leave out this fact.

It wouldn't shock me I tried to get to the bottom of it but n3xt say let's move on.

I move not because I don't have mb or my battery is low, this is weekend and I do have time for Yada Yada, back and forth posting but admire his tenacity and effort to fix this issue.
I would have preferred this all happened in kobocity not here in nairaland. He deserved the accolades.

The lawyer guy on nairaland might show up in 2030 threatening a lawsuit

n3xt:
Baba, we’re done.

The contractor got to know about the fracas after the case was reported around 11pm so it couldn’t have been the cause of the delay.

Let’s move on sir.

Ok, as long as everyone is happy at last. We move

Cribking1:
Good morning all,

I want to thank everyone who has helped in solving this issue. Special thanks to Kobocity for his swift response and professionalism . Mountmoriah has delivered the roofing materials and installers are currently installing them. I was very nervous because of my previous Fraud experience on this platform. Also, the gap of communication he created exacerbated the whole situation. Sure, there was sinister motive behind his silence but thank God I acted fast. My advice to anyone dealing with contractors on this platform or anywhere else is to be on your toes....

Hang on a minute.. not so fast.

Did you know about the fracas in the area?

Did the contractor inform you on the difficulty getting to your site because of the fracas?

You said in a previous post that you had a communication with him by 10am?

somehow:
This is what I detest on this thread.

Those who label others as fraudsters hardly come back to update the thread when things actually turn out to be false.

He suddenly disappeared after discovering what he said concerning the contractor is false.

It's well o.

Within 24hrs of transaction, someone is already a fraudster. Not like the site location is at the backyard of the contractor.

Very good point of view.

But a fraudster would need even less than 24hrs to do their damage. I heard a story of a contractor that was leaving the country to husssle, he was even at the airport when he accepted a deposit for a job he knew he will not complete.. things dey happen..

We haven't heard from the contractor to ascertain what happened, his own side of the story.

But if the client was on ground, spoke to the contractor about 10 am, and having knowledge of the fracas around the area, he should have been reasonable since he knew e dey hot for area.

But n3xt have been in communication with the contractor, that means he was somewhat reachable even with the fracas.. did he send a text to the client? Facebook etc.

I will await until both sides are debriefed.

Enyinne:
I will share my opinion even if u dont agree . God knows i wont cross road with your type as impatient and name calling comes easy to as ABC . I hv run a logistics company and still manage a supply chain . I know the challenges . U cant label someone a fraudster without tangible proofs. 48hrs to rushed off to ur Name calling. If u don't trust the process , dont make a deal . Now you hv succeeded in Labeling him a Fraudster and having ur roofing sheet , what happens to the irreparable damage u have done against his Name ??

I completely understand your point of view..

Not to defend anyone here but do I fault a client whose millions is on the line, not hearing from a contractor for hrs?

How long is a piece of string?

The bottom line is please communicate with your clients, this is probably a logistics issue with the contractor having no intention to defraud the client but with the no communication, everything else happening around us, it might appear so

n3xt:
This is one of the many reasons we created the kobocity platform and I’m happy our very first fraud allegation was well managed.

We are still awaiting confirmation from @CribKing1 that his materials has been delivered.

Well done!!

Here we go again, I have been writing about this time after time..

Communication communication communication.. people won't listen , until the worst happens and they will cry had I known.

If you are dealing with someone for a business with that much money involved, any amount of money as a matter of fact.. why don't you communicate to the person if you are having difficulty with any part of the project? This roofing issue could have been the delivery driver disappointed him or something of that nature, he can't carry the roofing sheet on his head to the clients site.. why not communicate?? Send text, email, what's app etc. Facebook, Instagram.

For everyone reading this , few weeks ago, we all laughed about a post of passenger throwing blows with an Okada man because of 100 naira change..

Think about this for a minute, if someone is ready to put their life on the line and ready to inflict injury on another person for 100 naira, what do you think people could do for millions of naira??

This nonsense is innate in our mentality as 9jirians, Africans. You have an appointment with someone, they possibly forget, you call them up after waiting for hours, they tell you they are in traffic jam... I am thinking, did you just realize you are in traffic jam??

Or they tell you they are on their way, when they just woke up from bed.

We all understand, shít happen, in as much as we want to do a good business, we all have families etc and are dealing with whatever else life is throwing at us which might affect our ability to finish up a job, or stay through to our commitment.. what happened to telling your client, hey, my kid got flu, I am taking them him/her to the hospital etc. Or Car broke down enroute to the site, held up by police etc

Client might be mad but hey.. it is what it is.. the client will understand

But please do not wait until the client boils up like this guy here before you start talking..

lukkens:
Please my Boss in the house...

Is there anything like Lcda/Local government development fee in Lagos State?
I was approached by the so-called officials last weekend for payment of Development fee.

Awaiting feedback from the house.
Thanks

Boy o boy, all this new group forming here and there ....

Maybe I should form mine.. LSNBA ( Lagos state Nairalander builders Association) development fee.

My fee will be N5m, whether you are building a self contain, 2 bedrooms, duplex.. flat fee


Na joke I dey oo.

elohim24:
Image laundering at it's best. If celebrities don't want scrutiny, the should keep their "achievements " to themselves. These girls only appears in few movies in a year and they started buying properties worth tens of millions. Nobody is hating but we all know Destiny Etiko cannot afford that car.

I agree .

If anyone is close to nollywood and knows the inside and out.. you will know this actors/actresses don't make that much money in a movie but they post up new houses, cars etc.

Not saying that Destiny or other actress use clitocurrency to acquire their wealth. Some of them do have legitimate side hussle and get free gifts from rich folks/ government officials.

Soon, government of her state might appoint her SA of something.. the salary from there.. the government connection.. she might get a contract or some polticial favor using the SA position.

They should stop flaunting all these wealth online creating a false impression that Nollywood is profitable which it is not. They don't get paid that much !!