₦airaland Forum

jantofubu:
If you boarded at jabi, you will either be dropped at powerline garage or at old garage depending on the driver's preference...

Thank you so much

jantofubu:
if you are in Osogbo... Abuja car park is@ PowerLine area and Ota efun area.... it's nothing less than 6hrs journey if d car is fast.... if u are going from Abuja to Osogbo.. you can go to jabi car park or giri Junction.... #3550 for bus., #4550 for car.... buh if you want to board car at giri it's always cheaper like 3k at most.. (negotiable tho}

Good morning, please do you have an idea of where someone coming from Abuja will be dropped in osogbo?

harbeedaymee:
I never liked that statement. I hope he stops saying it

Happy birthday to you

Ogbuu101:
From all indications,thiefnuubu and Sowore have reconciled,so Sowore is back to his political journalism.
Expect more of these types of fake news against all those SW governors thiefnuubu did not handpick including Fayemi.

You noticed too, Sahara has been getting so many exclusive this days. The last time they had this much exclusive was during Jonathan era.

jplusnaira:
Read where they talked about daily subscription

Thanks bro, seen

I hope this is true.

Because there was no where in the write up that the Startime representative made mention of PAY AS YOU GO. It was only the guardian reporter saying he said, without quoting is word for us on pay as you go.

Edit: There pay as you go is actually a daily subscription. So if you dont watch on a particular day, you will not be charged, still better than nothing

This life sha, God grant him his first wish, which is to reach 70.

Baba God na 95 i want o, in good health, happiness and wealth.

petitejolie:
is standard not same as stanbic

nop, totally different

Shoodboi:
I am so pissed off right now.

I wasn’t angry when I broke the card. I just wanted to make sure that:

i. I will not be able to use the card or account anymore.

ii. I will be forced to open a new regular bank account.


The Story (in brief)

I suffered a failed POS transaction yesterday.

I sent Wema ALAT a mail and they are yet to reply as of now (almost 24 hours later).

I called them this morning and listened to a recorded message about how my call may be delayed because of COVID-19. I quickly cut the call. Their customer wasn’t effective before the virus came along, so I wonder what to expect now.

I later visited their bank and the customer care rep told me the transaction will be reversed within 14 days, if they were sure that I was really unable to withdraw the money.

14 days? Why is this so?

The money doesn’t even belong to me and the owner is very angry with me right now. Someone sent it to her and she wanted to use someone else's account to receive it, but I convinced her to use me—and then this happened.

Worse, she needs it for feeding and I don't have any money to give her. (She wasn’t paying me for the service in case you’re wondering.)

I suffered the same thing in the hands of GTB. (Their regular customer service email complaints@gtbank.com isn't even working anymore.)

In fact, I opened a WEMA Alat account because of GTB’s failures. I thought Alat will be better since they marketed themselves as a “Digital Bank”, but it appears that I was wrong. They are “digital” in name only.

This should be the third or fourth time WEMA Alat is doing this sort of nonsense to me. And that is without counting the failed mobile and POS transfers.

I am actually not concerned about GTB’s and Wema’s failures. I just hate their terrible customer service.

Failed transactions are one thing. I actually consider them normal. However, poor customer service and unwillingness to quickly solve failed online transactions aren’t. And this is unfortunately common with most banks and businesses in this country.

Now, I’ve have made the decision to stop going cashless. I will start moving around with cash henceforth. I’m sick and tired of all these failed POS transactions and sluggish customer service reps.

I know I will still do some online transactions but that will be occasionally (online shopping, international payments, etc.)

That said, I want you all to answer these two questions:

1. Which bank is reliable for online transactions?

2. Which bank has the most effective customer care service in this country?

I’m thinking of opening a Union bank account since I can see they have revamped their business, but I don't want to jump into conclusions as I did with Alat.

Could you all help me out?

P.S. Please UBA and Skye (if this one still exists) are out of the equation. I used them in the past and can confidently say they are terrible. They steal money.

I don’t want Access bank too. I’ve never read anything good about them. They and fraud are relatives. I don’t want Diamond bank either since they are the new owners of Access bank.

So, any suggestions?

Try standard chartered bank of Nigeria, have been using them since march, no illegal deduction, free transaction, no maintenance fee charged and you can easily get in touch with there customer care team. They have a toll free line too in case you have a complain.

AhoadaRivers:
The USA should arrest the yoruba thief. He won't be missed. He is a criminal.

Chai, and you go to school o?

SarkinYarki:
Shut up !!!! Trump has nothing to do with Adeshinas travails , the allegations are as plain as daylight , its a classic case of cronyism and now you want to blame Trump ...well I pray the Americans pull out of AFDB and let me see how long y'all will be able to run it ..remember it's the only working African institution and it's working because of the accountability it has been subjected to right from time ... You claim you are worried about how Trump has divided America yet you support a hyper divisive Buhari..

Be objective for once even if you don't like the tribe he comes for. No African countries has come out to complain that he his favouring Nigerians over other nationalities.

You claim Afdb is working because of the accountability it has been subjected to right from time. Is it not the same ethics committee that's responsible for maintaining that accountability that the US are trying to usurp because its verdict do not favour them.

There is a lay down rule in the organisation, thats what should be followed. If not they can withdraw there support and sell there shares, China is waiting to buy them.

The US and the African Development Bank have fallen out over allegations of corruption against the bank's Nigerian head, writes former BBC Africa Business editor Larry Madowo.

Akinwumi Adesina is a sharp dresser known for his expensive tailored suits, immaculate white shirts and an endless supply of colourful bow ties.

But the clean public persona of the 60-year-old president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) is now being questioned after a string of corruption and abuse of office allegations from his own staff spilled into the open. Mr Adesina has denied all the allegations.

The board of governors of the 55-year-old institution met on Tuesday to discuss whether to bring in an outside investigator into the allegations concerning the Nigerian's conduct just days after the US rejected an initial inquiry that cleared him.

The prospects of an independent probe comes only three months before he was expected to be re-elected unopposed at its annual general meeting in August.

US at odds with Africa
The 20-point allegations of "impunity and bad governance" from unnamed employees have exposed a rift between Mr Adesina and ordinary staff.

The "Group of Concerned Staff Members of the AfDB" claimed that Mr Adesina has used the bank's resources for self-promotion and personal gain while also paying out huge but undeserved severance packages to staff who resigned mysteriously, and favouring his fellow Nigerians.

US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin personally signed a letter to the board rejecting an internal investigation that cleared Mr Adesina.

"Mnuchin's move is significant because it has now cast a limelight on governance issues and on [the] importance of an independent investigation to uphold the integrity of the AfDB," said Barbara Barungi, the bank's former lead economist on Nigeria. "There are very few people that were willing to stick their necks out."

Besides the core 54 African countries, the US is one of the 27 non-regional members of the AfDB and its second largest shareholder.

Presentational grey line
AfDB's 10 biggest shareholders:
Nigeria: 9.1%; US: 6.5%; Egypt: 5.5%; Japan: 5.4%;
South Africa: 4.9% Algeria: 4.1%; Germany: 4%;
Canada: 3.8%; Ivory Coast: 3.7%; France: 3.6%

"I think AfDB is Africa's most valuable institution," said one insider who spoke on condition of anonymity.

"But what you have now is the biggest paymaster, the US, in a stand-off against the Africans. If you read Mnuchin's letter carefully, it has put the bank on notice."

The BBC has obtained the original whistleblowers' email from January 2020, sent to two executive directors of the bank, Yano Takuji (Japanese) and Steven Dowd (American), and the British director for its Integrity and Anti-Corruption Department Alan Bacarese.

In an April update circulated to a wider pool of senior managers, the whistleblowers said the Ethics Committee headed by Mr Takuji failed to examine their concerns.

The committee later carried out an investigation and declared that Mr Adesina was "totally exonerated of all allegations made against him" and recommended that the board of governors adopt its conclusions.

In early May, the board's chair - Ivorian Planning Minister Nialé Kaba - wrote to shareholders that the African finance ministers who supervise the bank's management intended to clear Mr Adesina.

"We fear that the wholesale dismissal of all allegations without appropriate investigation will tarnish the reputation of this institution as one that does not uphold high standards of ethics and governance," Mr Mnuchin wrote back.

"Therefore, the United States cannot support dismissing the allegations at this stage," he added.

Mr Kaba said in a statement that a decision had not been made about Mr Adesina and he remained in office.

"The bureau, which I chair, wishes to reassure the public that it is seized with the matter and it is treating it with the utmost seriousness that it deserves," he said.

'Trumped up allegations'

The whistleblowers have accused Mr Adesina of major conflicts of interest in his dealings with current and former employees, unethical conduct and preferential treatment.

Mr Adesina, who holds a PhD in agricultural economics from Purdue University in the US, did not respond to BBC requests for comment but released a statement.

"In spite of unprecedented attempts by some to tarnish my reputation and prejudice the bank's governance procedures, I maintain my innocence with regard to trumped up allegations that unjustly seek to impugn my honour and integrity," he wrote.

"I am confident that fair, transparent and just processes that respect the rules, procedures and governance systems of the Bank, and rule of law, will ultimately prove that I have not violated the Code of Ethics of this extraordinary institution."

The AfDB board meeting is said to have agreed to an independent investigation into the allegations concerning Mr Adesina's conduct after Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland supported the US position, Bloomberg news agency first reported.

"Should it surprise the world that we're getting a second investigation backed by no African country? What does that say about the other countries that have lined up behind the US?" wonders Debisi Araba, a friend of Mr Adesina's.

"He's due to run unopposed but you want to muddy the waters with this stain of corruption. I believe he will be vindicated."

Mr Araba worked for Mr Adesina in the Nigerian government and was also an intern at the bank while doing his PhD in 2009.

He says the bank has always had a culture of salacious rumour and gossip but faults the US for formalizing the "crass, bargain basement reasoning" into a complaint.

This was denied by a US Treasury spokesperson, who told the BBC: "The United States continues to value the AfDB and its efforts to promote development, reduce poverty, and address the current health and economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on the African continent."

Chinese 'shopping spree in Africa'

Some policy analysts at think-tanks in Washington, DC, worry about the timing of the American pushback and its longer-term consequences in Africa.

"A prolonged battle will be a distraction for the AfDB when its resources are more desperately needed than ever for its borrowers," Nancy Birdsall, a Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development told the BBC.

She said it was not good for the AfDB if Mr Mnuchin was unhappy and suggested that "the US Treasury should look for some form of quiet compromise in which no-one loses face".

Ms Birdsall also reiterated a recommendation she made in a 2018 paper for the leadership of the AfDB to open up its shareholding, including to China and oil-rich economies.

But Daniel F Runde, senior vice-president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, disagreed.

He said the Abidjan-based bank that lends exclusively to African governments represented one of the few non-China-led and western-funded approaches to development on the continent.

"If Adesina is cleared, the US may need to mend fences with the management because China will probably go on a shopping spree in Africa after Covid-19, and we will need every non-Chinese tool to respond," he said.

Mr Runde saw Mr Mnuchin's letter as "disruption" and called it a good tactic but a poor strategy.

"Now that the Trump administration has caused disruption and perhaps made a point, they have to decide when this plays out," he said.

Last October, the 81 shareholders of the bank pledged extra funds to more than double its capital to $208bn (£170bn).

Missouri Congressman Emmanuel Cleaver, who sponsored a bill backing the capital increase in the US House of Representatives, came out in support of the new inquiry.

"Independent accountability measures strengthen institutions and reinforce their legitimacy - both domestically and internationally. I am pleased the African Development Bank's Board agreed to take this important step," the Democrat told the BBC in a statement.

Mr Adesina is an eloquent advocate for Africa and the bank and a good fundraiser, but his detractors say he promises more than he delivers.

"His administration hasn't always been fantastic and perhaps he has run roughshod over some people. Maybe the practices haven't always been what they should be, and the feeling is that the board just whitewashed the investigation," the insider said.

Accused of favouring Nigerians
The whistleblowers also accused Mr Adesina of preferential treatment for Nigeria and Nigerians.

"I don't think we should trivialise the issues and reduce them to anti-Nigerian sentiment," said Ms Barungi, the Ugandan-born, Lagos-based former bank employee.

"It's really more about governance concerns that require attention and the investigation to help clear the air," she added.

Mr Araba, a Nigerian, said talk of the "Nigerianisation of the bank" was false as the country was under-represented in employee numbers despite being the largest shareholder.

As the crisis at the bank escalates, employees, consultants and government officials in African capitals, as well as American foreign policy nerds, wonder how this impasse will end.

But at the Treasury building right next to the White House, Mr Mnuchin and his advisors are doubling down.

"Undertaking an independent evaluation of facts is not at odds with a presumption of innocence, and by promoting transparency and good governance, it can only strengthen the AfDB's capacity to deliver results to people across Africa," the spokesman told the BBC.

Mr Adesina's carefully curated career could crumble if a new investigation criticises his reign at the AfDB. His style is solid, but the substance is now under scrutiny.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52831185

mynd44
Lalasticlala

dangoteinlaw:
sue what! Unless u don't know how record labels work. I am not a soccer or tennis fan but i know in and out of music. U see record labels owners know exactly how to exploit an artist, as an artist u are so desperate to blow that u hardly look at the papers u are signing. This is the same tin micheal jackson suffered, lil wayne is yet to get over his, dr dre surfered it too, 50 cent almo did but the white boy eminen was his savior. 360 deals is worse than selling ur soul to the devil, you will loose even that soul. Thats what birdman is doing to drake and niki minaj, u all see them as rich but I confidently tell u that almost 70% of their earnings is birdmans and nothing u can do about it.

Come to Nigeria here artist like brymo suffered the same. Infact in history the very few artist that survived record label saga is non other than jay Z and madona from sony music. Jay z was too much powerful to be exploited. Even 2pac amd biggie were a victim and when the died they left nothing infact biggie ans 2pac account were all minus. God dey sha humans are wicked

God safe Brymo sha. If not only God knows where he will be today.

wax101:
Why do you Yoruba Muslims hate OBJ so much? How did he offend you people?

Tribalistic pig will never disappoint us. Femi Adesina is a muslim abi?

BreakingNew2020:
Derby Idris is the best president not that of the Zoo Republic (9ja)
Make him enter Frontline go see BOKO HARAM SOLDIERS

You can move to Chad

lastempero:
Keep lying your ass off, chad came into Nigeria and decimated boko haram n the video was all out there for everyone to see,your oga at the top and his military arm robbers where busy looting and buying houses in dubai. And i believe you saw soldiers protesting out there over their ill treatment.

Am not concerned with that am not Buhari spokesman.

Also for your information since you are too lazy to verify information just because it suit what you want to happen.

The Nigerian army as challenged the Chad president to name which part of Nigeria he entered, since then the french puppet has kept quite.

Since April have you heard or saw the soldiers protesting?

But the good news we are hearing you will not believe but thank God sha, your fellow igbo men are also at the war front. So keep supporting the Chadians, Bokoharam will not only kill hausa or Yoruba soldiers, your people will be among too.


As i said earlier you can move to Chad if you are not happy with the recent good news we are hearing from the battlefront.

lastempero:
30k is not enough for you to run amok.

Not everyone is as blind as you. You can check my previous post am not a fan of anything Buhari.

But the Nigerian army are doing well right now, not even because of Chad but because of the good weapon being supplied to them at the war front.

If you are not happy with that, you and your people can move to Chad or Niger.

MRAKBEE:
How?

The lake chad Basin where Bokoharam are presently camped is bordered by Nigeria, Niger and chad.
Whenever Nigeria push them out, instead of the other too French countries to man there border it usually at that moment or few days today to that when the Niger and Chadian army will withdraw from there border to give the BH a place to run to.

This has been happening since the time of president GEJ, if you remember few days to the 2015 election the Nigerian army push them out of our border totally, only for them to return back again from Chad and Niger.

As we speak i heard the chadians have withdraw from there own end of the border again, Niger is not even there at all. But this time i heard the Nigerian Air force is entering the Niger air space to bomb them.

lastempero:
God should please bless the chadian army for us.

Which bless abi God should punish them for us. They are the one sabotaging us along with the internal forces that dont want Bokoharam to end because they are benefiting financially.

Nyamve1:
well am happy for him o, cos brymo used to be one of my favorite artist, when i was the lover of circular music, but his talent is been underrate

You can check out some of his recent albums, they are dope.
Yellow
Oso
Klitoris
Tabula rasa

Nyamve1:
Are u sure?

Very sure

Nyamve1:
Ur career ended immediatly u left chocolat city, chai i remember action film with MI, hapi birthday anyway

He his doing very well

EternalTruth:
na true wey that guy dey talk.
Na you be the olodo here.
After that Ara song in 2012, his popularity stopped, we no more heard his new release.
Maybe his fame and songs is only centered within your region

Which truth?
Like someone said above about the project guy, both of you need to do more research about him before you come on here to disgrace yourself.
Brymo is doing well, as in very well. His music is not for a particular region but may be its your music taste. If you listen to noise, you cant appreciate Brymo songs.
Let me recommend some of his songs for you
Billionaire dream
No be me
Preek no get shoulder
Rara rira
Dear child.


Happy birthday Brymo, wish you long life bro.

Buhari

Hopefully I will be posted to Kano(heard good things about the state) next month for my NYSC.

OgunLaakaye:
Would have made a 3rd class in the university if I could read a long epistle like this.

Can someone please summarise for me.

Bro, go back and read it. The article is making a lot of senss

Rekhina:
sound education like funsho William u agberos killed , don't be a dunce for once and see that oluomo is a nuclear bomb waiting to explode on ur pitiable generation unborn , u yorubas has always follow the part of evil cos u know evil has been winning over good

Haba, must everything be about tribe.

maiyee:
lucky you! i served or I'm serving in the west, precisely, and my stay there has changed my perception of the yorubas. Before i was posted to the west, infact, i desired to be posted to the west, but getting there the harsh treatment i and other non- yoruba corpers, especially the Igbos, have received is so terrible. I mean, their hatred for the igbos is so much, such that they may like you at first meeting but once you reveal that you are Igbo, they hate you immediately. serving in a yoruba village as an Igbo corper is terrible, i mean we came here to serve you guys, we are just corpers, why the hatred? they would treat other yoruba corpers better than you, finding every reason to discredit you, before you say I'm biased in my generalisation, i experienced this, from the motor park, to my PPA and even in the copers lodge where you see segregation between the yoruba and non yoruba corpers. Honestly i used to love the yorubas but my experience here has made me detest having anything to do with them. even the hausas are more welcoming and accomodating.

Mr Lie Muhammad rival is here.

WHATEVER anyone may say, kudos should be given to
Major General Muhammadu Buhari, president of the federal
republic for remaining stoic in public, despite the domestic
civil war, raging inside his bedroom, since the early life of
his kami-kaze regime. Yes, I stan (as Big Brother
brotherhood will say) with Punch newspaper on its decision
to derecognise the civility of democracy espoused by the
current national leadership of Nigeria, for being nihilistic
towards universal values, particularly, of right to human
decency. Buhari’s regime isn’t only dictatorial, its leading
lights are a present and prevalent danger to themselves and
Yoruba will say, eni ba te eti aso re mole, a fa telomiran ya
(whoever would deliberately step on his/her own cloak,
wouldn’t hesitate to shred anyone’s). I don’t buy the
nonsense that since Punch supported Buhari for president in
2015, it should join those who had chosen ashen-silence, to
live with an ant-infested firewood, brought “home” in 2015.
There is something that is called buyer’s remorse. Yes,
“converts” like Punch will suffer consequences, but it is
better than eternally seeking a long spoon to dine with men
who ape devil. The only snag is that as the undeniable
industry leader, Punch should have carried others along, in
making an industry statement. Who knows, the aftermath
may exceed scorching point, with even a battle-tested
veteran like Punch, needing industry direct allies. Yes, I trust
the Nigerian media to stand with its own, but the
camaraderie would have been stronger, taking such a
landmark decision together and embarking on this marathon
in togetherness. Don’t they say; stronger together?


Major General Buhari’s regime is known for an all-out, once
it picks up a battle. Punch management can be certain that
Bubu would not allow the “insult” from them, go
unchallenged, the only way the regime know how to settle
scores. For a leader that has gone away with the hitherto
unthinkable including removing a sitting CJN with a
worthless Tribunal exparte, the next three and a half years,
would be an interesting season between Punch and Aso
Rock on one hand and the regime and the Nigerian media
on the other. My only worry is that while it looks easy to call
the coming fight in favour of the regime, which arsenal,
harbours all needed for an easy victory, coupled with having
behind it, a history of deploying a submarine against enemy-
mosquitoes, times like this in Nigeria of past years, were
decidedly resolved in favour of the oppressed by the One
who controls the breath of man. Can’t tell why the feeling is
so strong that history may soon repeat itself.


There is this fable about Olusegun Obasanjo telling
someone that his inner-man receives direct endorphin from
having crises around him and combatants seeking him out
for a slugfest. Is there anything of such in the spiritual DNA
of Major General Buhari too? Does he get a kick from the
waters around him always being troubled? You ask, who
doesn’t want peace? Sadists enjoy pains, even if they
receive doses in flashes, in the course of peppering others,
only that what comes as a victory raucous laughter, always
has this hollowness to it. You ask if one had rung such
sinister holler around me, and I say check the usual badman
of American movies and their demonic curling mustache
and fat cigar.

But even men of war have their vulnerable sinew. Two
examples come to mind; General Naaman and Dictator
Samson; the former, a healed leper and the other, a
conquered anointed warrior. Despite Naaman’s military
successes, leprosy was his soft tendon. For Samson, the
feared conqueror of nations, it was Delilah. Where does one
put General Buhari here; a Naaman, considering his abating
health challenges or a Samson, with an angry Aisha, hell-
bent on having her way or handing her husband to gnawing
vultures? Does the General’s current situation not even
making him look a combination of both? Upon reflection
now, 2015 seemed the year Brand Buhari went to the market
naked, despite nicking the top prize he “killed for”, in 2011
and for which he turned a “street wailer” in 2007 and 2003.


For sure, the “appropriation” war between Aisha and the
Dauras didn’t start in 2015 and the General must have
managed it to the best of ability, until the “market place”
mandate, blew everything in his face. It is easy to read the
situation, especially his seeming inability to rein in his wife
and declare him a weakling or sucker for beauty, like
Samson, but Yoruba will say eni ija o ba, lo npe ara e
lokunrin (you are only a real man when battle-tested). Many
are savaging the General over Aisha’s tantrums today,
whose matrimony isn’t only ruffled and crumpled but
completely dismantled. But Bubu is primarily the harbinger
of the opprobrium coming his way over the triangular Daura/
Aisha/Garba’s garbage and other domestic mess being
regularly smashed on his face, which incidentally used to be
his selling-point pre-2015. I mean, you take a look at the
General’s face and say, yeah mehn, this is the man for the
rot. Unsurprisingly the unsmiling face isn’t scaring Aisha and
not deterring her from descending into the gutters with her
enemies; her husband’s heartthrobs. When women have you
to the throat and want it out with phlegm, it won’t matter if
your visage is that of the most dreaded Egungun and the
General is now being derided because he has always
projected a ramrod, steely persona, which Aisha is now
scattering into smithereens.


Without doubt, filial love overrides sexual intimacy for the
General and this is obviously rankling the scorned woman
under her roof. The domestic problem is going to last the
General the rest of his life, though Nigerians would get to
know less of it, after office. But while it lasts in office, those
who love the General and the nation can only pray that
governance isn’t lost to it, even if Aisha is divorced or her
husband goes ahead with the Humanitarian woman. You
say, governance lost to a mere family squabble? No, that
family isn’t just any other, it is the first family and the
supposed head, is making critical decisions for the nation.
Have you ever considered a man whose mind is torn by
deep feelings?

https://tribuneonlineng.com/a-president-and-his-household-enemies/

Racoon:
The anti-tyranny drive is gaining more momentum.No tyranny have withstood the collective resolved will of a determined people going by histroy.
PUNCH have decleared it stand.Premium Times have followed suit.The Nation, Tribune, Guardian, Daily Trust were do you guys stand?

I hope tribune follow suit in there editorial tomorrow or soon. Will be very disappointed if they don't.

21savages:
if u have faith as a muslim u wouldn't be talking like dis.

He his right mr man, Almighty Allah can fight for himself just like he defended Mecca when it was attacked and it is even in the Qur'an where he stated he will protect the Qur'an Himself.

Allah says He has revealed the Quran and He will protect it (15:9 ).