₦airaland Forum

semid4lyfe:
Make NBA try do something about Road Safety and the faded number plate issue too.

Despite the court judgement barring Road Safety from penalizing motorists due to faded number plates because na dem dey produce the plates and are responsible for their poor quality, dem still dey disturb people for here, especially when they're doing their joint-task force mobile court.

Part of my route to / from work na federal road, and Road Safety is always present on that stretch. Dem hold me about 4 months ago on my way to work over my faded number plates, and I used agidi and claimed right insisting there was court order barring them from holding motorists over faded number plates, but it all fell on deaf ears.

Dem enter my passenger seat and directed me to drive my car into the seized car lot, and wrote a fine of 20k for me at their mobile court tent. Funnily. enough, their mobile court was being headed by a lawyer cos he wore legal apparel.

I called a soldier bros who is an oga at the nearby military cantonment, and na hin come physically intervene before dem free me. Even at that, I had to part with 5k because dem say I don enter their book.

Last month, I jejely went to our mechanic village and got the number plate repainted just to avoid their wahala. Our uniformed men on the road no dey obey court orders, so I won't be surprised if policemen go still dey harass and extort motorists over this tinted permit.

Omo na to no gree for them o. If court has pronounced it, I won't budge o especially knowing they don't carry gun like police.

I guess they just want to extort with that faded plate number nonsense because it makes no sense for them to penalize u for a low quality number plate they sold to u. Except dem attach towing vehicle to my car I will never follow them to anywhere as far as faded plate number is concerned.

Now that the police have bowed to pressure by putting on hold the enforcement of tinted permit, what will happen if court eventually declare the permit illegal?

Will the police return the money of people that have rushed to apply for the permit?

To think it even took a lot of pressure from the public and NBA before Nigeria Police force would obey a court order 🤦‍♂️

GloriousGbola:
https://parthianpartnersng.com/leadership/

These ones don collect stray bullet. All evidence of his being there has been scrubbed from the site

I am wondering if there is another Parthian Partners

I think the Parthian Partners in the link you posted is an investment banking firm. Nnaji is a software guy and the article claimed he was the CEO of Parthian Partners(maybe the journalists mixed the names).

I did some digging and I observed the Parthian group has more than one under the group. There's a Parthian Technologies , Parthian Partners, Parthian Capital and Parthian Pension(coming soon).

Somehow, only Parthian Tehcnologies (which I suspect is where Nnaji previously served as CEO) does not have any information about leadership/Management Team on their website. Na dem know why dem scrape his data off their records sha.

https://parthiantechnologiesng.com/

CrystalTiger:
I actually thought the final point of clearance is NASS...So where exactly does NASS come in because I know they interview them too?

Cc BluerayDick

The guy spoke well when he was interviewed in the senate. He spoke about innovation and lofty ideas about promoting technology to lift Nigerian economy.

What do u expect National assembly members who are politicians first to do? Shey no be to clap for their colleague and tell him to take a bow? That was exactly what tbey did.

It's DSS that has the major job to do and they fumbled.

Spy360:
So many failed institutions. Failed DSS. Failed Judiciary.

So much nonsense going on here.

Forgery and perjury becoming the norms

I read People gazette's report on fornt page and their report suggests some forces within DSS suppressed the findings on the forgery.

Apparently NYSC confirmed his certificate was not genuine but DSS went ahead to clear him. So we might not just be talking about forgery here but also case of bribery because that's the only reason I can think for clearing him knowing what they know (allegedly)

GloriousGbola:
Computers introduced infinite variations and hidden watermarks in documents. Before computers the format of your document was limited.

As an example in architecture you would do max two designs after which you were locked in. Today you can do 10 designs for the client. You would print on a specific type of paper with a specific machine.

These limitations to formatting and printing made forgery easier and harder to detect.

A lot of documents today have hidden watermarks and other features direct from the software

As an example, I read that you cannot photocopy a dollar - this is a hardware level restriction on printers.

IMHO it is the advent of computers that has led to lack of competence in forgeries. Because it is now being done by amateurs without actual knowledge of the internal processes

You have the tools but you don't have the knowledge.

A competent forger is well - competent.

@Semid4lyfe I think this post captured what I was trying to say.

You may be right that Oluwole got more popular in the 90's , but people had been forging documents long before then. Like GloriousGbola rightly put it : "The limitations to formatting and printing made forgery easy to carry out, but harder to detect in those days. . Forged documents looked similar to genuine ones.

For example, this Nnaji case showed Nnaji's certificates followed the same formatting as the rest of his course mates and NYSC set. His undoing were minor issues like the forger mistakenly inputting 13 months period as his NYSC year. Also, the person who signed his certificate was not yet the DG of NYSC when he claimed to have served. No be say na formatting of the document cast am o.

semid4lyfe:
If you say so but I was just thinking that it was the advent of computers and graphic design softwares that really made Oluwole and forgery of documents bloom, and in the 70's and 80's, computers no dey Naija like that.

All research projects of that period were typewritten, and there would have been limitations to the documents typewriters and printing presses could have churned out.

Newspapers, publishers and some private individuals had printing machines used for commercial printing. Some of those machines in the hands of unscrupulous individuals led to advent of forged documents. They made those forged documents looked exactly like originals when subjected to "eye-test".

It is the advent of special and exclusive software as well as forensic auditing of documents that tackled forgery a bit in modern times.

semid4lyfe:
I doubt there was much forgery of credentials in the 70's and 80's. The technology wasn't available in the country then.

The minister's Bachelor and NYSC discharge certificates were forged recently, and backdated to his chosen dates.

Maybe because you are not based in Lagos. Have you heard about the infamous Oluwole on Lagos Island? Oluwole is not a myth, if you want any forged document, Oluwole boys would produce it for you.

I think the place was demolished sometimes around 2007. (Not like that has stopped boys who still market forged documents from hanging around there till date). It was the advent of technology that really spoilt the forgery market.

https://www.nairaland.com/6841834/how-technology-destroyed-place-called.

I had a coursemate in 100L who was very good in graphics. He once confided in me that the number of forged documents he had done for people long before he gained admission was so much he can't remember. He dsigned checks for yahoo boys and also produces any university degree certificate for anyone who needs it.

I was shocked and thought he was just trying to impress me with cocck and bull story. I asked him how he will forge documents like WAEC certificate that has that shiny hologram that needs to pass mercury light test before it can be confirmed as genuine. Do you know what he told me? He said that shiny hologram is the cheapest thing to get for him; he said the shiny hologram was sold for N100 at Oju-irin at Mushin. (Anybody in Lagos knows Mushin raliway crossing and Palmgrove are the hub of printing press in Lagos). Since that day, I no dey doubt say people dey work with forged documents even in big organization.

monerozi5590:
What question did they post to him?

Oh, and also tell us the difference between Media interview and Job interview?

I should tell you the difference between job interview and media interview. So when I do, what will you do with the information? You will claim they are diffrent right? Then you will proceed to veer off the topic and be arguing about obscenities that has nothing to do with the matter being discussed?

A sensible person who knows he has rights knows that a serving who takes himself to media station will be faced with questions around contentious issus like the coastal road project and he's expected to answer those questions as best as he can.

The minister is overseeing the biggest single capital project in Nigeria's history till date and he's getting angry over the political leaning of the journalist interviewing him when he should be selling the project to as many people as possible who are still not convinced the project is what we need now. Here you are suggesting if is okay for the minister to form performatory outrage instead of answering the journalist's question.

With people like you constituting majority of our population, we will always get the short end of the stick in this country.

monerozi5590:
Chai! I said use Google or refer to Umahi previous interview with Arise TV

Watch Umahi here running his figure on the same Arise TV. Start watching from the 15 minutes. He said everything there. I wonder what you want him to do again.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HH3yczUALg?si=sCVqHUfeVnWRIxIO

Sometimes I wonder if u read or ponder long enough on some of these things u post before posting them.

So because Umahi may have answered the questions in the past, he shouldn't answer same in the interview yesterday?

Do you have any real life exposure? Do you know that for some jobs you will be required to undergo at least 4 levels of panel interview and for each of the interview stages they will ask you the same generic question: " can we meet you?" or"tell us about yourself".

Will you suddenly fly out of your handle at the 3rd stage of interview that why are they asking you a question you've already answered in your previous interview?

In case you don't know, Umahi is a public servant whose current lifestyle is being financed by my tax and yours ( that is if you are paying tax). He owes us answers and that's why he's on Arise TV to give account of what his ministry has been doing with our tax. The question posed to him is a valid one and he should answer without any drama. He could as well have stayed in his ministry and refuse to speak to media so we will know they intend to spend our commonwealth without being accountable to anyone. Maybe that will make u happy Sha, since Rufai the interviewer is Ur own problem.

Theflint1:
Sizwe Bansi is Dead was based on this sort of forgery...it was certainly more rampant way back, although it still goes on till today

Some persons even don't bother swapping, they simply use as and match their facial features to match the ID with the hope that people don't catch on and switch jobs frequently .

Real life Sizwe Bansi is dead. I remember reading that book in secondary school literature class and I could relate with the story line cos we don too hear about stories like that in Nigeria long before then.

Theflint1:


Master Scaman

Something tells me it's all those "technocrats" lamba Woye and other APC propaganda dey shout up and down when Tinubu appointed the ministers make Premium times and People's gazette carry shovel begin dig the records and past of these guys before dem strike gold with Uche Nnaji

Spy360:
Absolutely 💯 my brother.

He should be in jail.

Imagine his portfolio as minister for Science and Technology and we are discussing forged certificates.

Our DSS are so useless. These are the issues they could have investigated and sorted out and saved this country from being a laughing stock.

Tomorrow they we begin to mention those demarketing the country when they are the real and only culprits

It's just crazy that DSS that's supposed to be an I telligemce agency couldn't call this forgery out from day one. Imagine, this whole forgery slipped through DSS' supposed watchful eyes, it's just bunch of journalists that eventually did what should've been DSS job perfectly well..

Now I understand the reason why that short man Elrufai dey Para for Tinubu because of the DSS report that was used to stop his confirmation as minister. He probably knows DSS is an incompetent organization and could's let him off if they wanted to in their report which tinubu relied on. Shebi na the same report clear certificate forger like Nnaji.

Lest we forget, Uche Nnaji is one of the technocrats the master planner appointed as minister o.

GloriousGbola:
One of the best things unilag does is they periodically publish a list of all students and their academic standing in a national daily.

At least I know they did that at one time. We always had some friends in school who were around but not around. Na when peeps dey graduate u will find that Kunle had to withdraw in 100l but did not tell anyone and continued going home and collecting money for school and hanging out

There are actually some students who managed to be on good standing till Final year but still had some papers to sit before they can proceed to NYSC clearance.

Most students who are from humble backgrounds would strive to clear such outstandings within a year or two after their mates had gone for NYSC.

You see those from comfortable backgrounds, those ones would always be looking for who to "sort" in the system without having to take the pain of sitting for the outstanding papers with their "juniors". That's where they always run into problem like this Nnaji guy.

The premium times Editor claimed they saw correspondence between Nnaji and UNN management in which he was pleading with the university for him to be allowed to write the outstanding exams the same year he claimed he observed NYSC. The guy really shiiit for church but was telling his spokesperson to be writing big big grammar on social media as defense till everything cast finish.

Minister for Innovation, science and technology don innovate by using his science and technology knowledge to forge certificate.

Ibime come and carry Ur STEM comrade.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]I remember how we were told Nigeria was good in the 70s and 80s, and how NYSC was something every graduate looked up to.

If people were forging certificates in the 70s, when there wasn't really a need, and Nigeria wasn't this bad, I can imagine the kind of forgery going on today [/color]

Dey play!

People did more forgery in the 80's cos there wasn't computer records to check and verify documents. Most people relied on "eye tests"

A lot of Nigerians who are now grandparents resident abroad traveled with international passports they called "orí olórí" back then. They simply swap the photograph of the original owner on an international passport to theirs.

Forgery has been going on for decades, just that it's only people who have "mind" wey dey rugged am.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Been following the whole saga, and I shame well well for am.

If na poor man now, na handcuffs him go wear.

See as dem dey pamper am like say e do something honourable.

But it's more of a disgrace to the DSS. So they didn't even do any findings on it? It took an independent newspaper to do that.[/color]

Omo, it's a big shame. DSS is just a paper weight government agency that is no better than other government agencies/ministries/parastatals replete with inefficiency and incompetency.

Just watch this video and see how Premium times Editor-In-Chief summarized their investigative journalism into Nnaji's forgery

Q: What did you discover from your investigation; did minister Nnaji attend UNN?

"The truth of the matter is, he (Uche Nnaji) did not." - Musikilu Mojeed, Editor-in-Chief/COO Premium Times Newspaper, speaking on Science Minister's alleged certificate scandal#PoliticsToday pic.twitter.com/nVJz0RQHMi

— Channels Television (@channelstv) October 7, 2025

So apparently Nnaji is one of those guys we all knew in school whom we gained admission together, got to final year together but we are not really sure whether he did passed all core courses required for senate to approve his result. The guyman even feature in their set's year book but never sat for the compulsory course he was having issues in for his result to be approved by senate.

Dem supposed lock that guy up for being bold enough to forge both UNN degree certificate and NYSC certificate. Now some employers go dey look UNN graduates with one kind eye when they present their certificate for employment.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Why not just tender your WAEC and save yourself this embarrassment?
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E be like say u no know the kind soup wey the guy enter. The guy submitted a bachelor's degree certificate purportedly form UNN and NYSC discharge certificate purportedly issued by NYSC to DSS and SSG when he was nominated and cleared for ministerial role.

Those certificates have turned out to be forgery because apparently UNN never issued him the bachelor's degree nor was his NYSC certificate consistent with those that served the same year he did.

The Nnaji guy should be doing some time in prison for forgery but na naija we dey. People would hail him for being honorable enough to resign and few months after he will claim he was victimized or targeted by his enemies.


PS: His deposition in court actually confirmed UNN never issued him the degree certificate he's been parading as issued by the institution. He was admitted into UNN but the academic records showed he never graduated nor was issued a certificate by the institution

GloriousGbola:
the whole tv license is imported from ibimes Britain

BBC is free because people pay for TV licenses
that is also why ibime dey dodge putting his name on voters register because that identifies him and opens him up to his civic duty

of course in naija today only parents watch nta so it is a scam. especially as i am not even sure any tvs can receive nta without dstv decoders

i always hat any local govt charge because like you said - there is no record. put it online and let us pay direct to govt. that is one of the changes i would love to see Tinubu implement with respect to tax.

make it transparent and eliminate local govt touts

Federal government doesn't have jurisdiction over local government revenue collection.

GloriousGbola:
to be fair, before the disruption, price of gas had been going down slowly and steadily over the months
from 1100 to 1000 to 980

i know because i run my gen on gas so i buy gas every other day

None of these price is close to the N230 per kg master planner promised na.

raumdeuter:
The flood water does not keep to LGA boundary, the flooding coming from Ikeja might be because of a drainage or canal blacked kilometers away

All those Ikeja GRA, wasnt flooding like that heavily in the 90s.. Even Lagos floods have increased mostly due to human building blocking the natural pathways of water

Nobody build on any canal in Ikeja egbon. If anybody built on natural water pathway in the state capital, Lagos state government would've pulled the buildings down.

Na accumulated plastic waste dey block the drainages leading to flooding. The reason Ikeja wasn't flooding heavily in the 90's because we don't have people using PET bottles, pure water bags, take away packs and other plastic products that are not friendly to the environment in this large quantity like we do today. It is that simple .

That's why I think the state government got it right placing a ban on some of those plastic products, whether the enforcement will work out is another ball game entirely.

Segedinho:
Are they charging based on local station or just for having a TV set/radio

Nobody knows how the exact amount is arrived at. That is why the few people who pay always negotiate before they do.

I just feel it is local government officials that share the money with their ogas who sit in the office and send them out to go generate revenue

TemporaryHansel:
They don't use bolt every time na. Also the car matters. You can't compare using bolt once once to fueling benz or venza. The people I referenced don't use average cars. If na Corolla then e go be different matter.

Okay, I get fueling those high end cars na problem and maintaining them sef na work on its own.

Such people are better off selling the cars and collect the ones wey their power reach na.

CrystalTiger:
Pay this, Pay that with which minimum wage?

Nigeria Government sha

This one na local government levies/tenement rate. Most private citizens don't pay (at least in Lagos that I know o) , so they usually focus on corporate organizations to enforce collection. (Imagine collecting TV and radio levy from an office )

I remember where I once worked on Lagos Island, when the revenue officers of Lagos Island LGA come for collection it's usually a game of bargaining between them and our Head of finance before they eventually agree on what to pay. Dem dey carry receipt/invoice around, so they will change whatever they've written initially on their demand notice they brought with them to something lower which was agreed during the haggling process.

I doubt if the money actually gets to where it ought to sha cos the process of collection is suspect.

CrystalTiger:
When last did you see "It'll favor me and my family" 🤣🤣🤣🤣..

Body dn tell people 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Everybody dey chop the favour silently for the corner of their room.

TemporaryHansel:
When I was still on rental, the place I used to stay, my landlord was staying in the building, he relocated from there to one remote area with the excuse that cost of living is too high.

Do you know what it means for a landlord to run away from his own house and move to a remote area where he'll be paying rent? For context this man was making over 400k monthly, and he still couldn't keep up. I wonder how he's coping now.

This APC government has made many people conservative. I know many people that haven't rode their cars in months. Like they just parked their cars in their compounds like that, and be using bolt and bike.


Really unfortunate situation because as a man you can never stop spending. The advise I'll give everyone is to try and have multiple incomes. You can't live comfortably on one income. One for investment, one for day-to-day use, and one for cruise/enjoyment.


Try and secure a job where you won't be there every time like few days a month( requires connection, but it is what it is) , then have some investments that give you returns weekly or on a monthly basis, and also have a skill that you can utilize online.

Why would any reasonable person park car and be using bolt?

Is Bolt not more expensive than fueling ur car?

donjazzet:
Good old days. 😭

Omo!

Master Planner promises N230 per Kg in October 2023 and by October 2025 we are buying gas N1,600 per kg(Some people even claimed they bought theirs at a higher price sef). That's almost x7 deviation.

Yet some people would say "Jagaban has stabilized the economy", "the reforms are yielding fruit", "we are on the path to prosperity"

Omo, prosperity must have a new meaning in APC books o.

iamoyindamola:
Nawa

Anybody that wants to rent a building in Lagos, now is the best time to search o if not u will just rent house in a flood plain without knowing.

iamoyindamola:
I read about the rain, it's not supposed to be much
Just normal shower but it's the opposite

There was a warning prediction by Federal government in September that there will be heavy flooding in Lagos and 13 other states. I guess that's what we are still witnessing now.

https://punchng.com/fg-predicts-fresh-flooding-in-lagos-13-others/?amp

iamoyindamola:
He should go and tell lekki and ikeja people
The whole of awolowo way is now flooded

Na make everybody go buy kayak to dey paddle like boat be that o.

iamoyindamola:
Why are we still having heavy rain in Lagos
This is October

It has earlier been predicted o. And government say people wey dey live for flood prone areas to park commot