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It’s really crazy when you save up or get a loan and end up buying a car you really wish you hadn’t most likely after driving it for a short period.

Okay so far I have personally purchased 6 vehicles over the years and I only regret buying 1.

My wife’s birthday was coming up back in 2012 and I had about 600k to buy her a present. Since she didn’t have a car yet, I decided to go buy a Nigerian used car.

I searched online and found a car I think here on Nairaland. A brown Toyota Corolla 2001. It was looking neat and all and was being used by a lady banker at eco bank, akin adesola. So since my office was close by I went to check and it looked “okay”. I checked out some basics, did a test drive and left. I paid I think the second day.

First two months the car was smooth as I went to Ibadan twice from Lagos with it. My wife used it lightly too as she wasn’t working at that time. Regular maintenance was done and all until one day I think around the 3 months after purchase.
I started the car and saw plenty white smoke behind. When my mechanic came he said the engine was previously ringed and plenty stories that didn’t touch.

I remember selling it off for 400k.

Share yours?

TPound:
You hold certificate?

Abeg I wan change my 2005 Nissan murano engine....make I carry am come?

Hahahahhaha

Na Kazeem I be oooo. Go Ladipo oooo.

TPound:
No be today nyash don dey for back...its part of life bro...

If you had followed the basics of buying a car,this wouldn't have happened... Like taking your mechanic along for double verification

My brother�

I be certified mechanic now oooo.

It’s really crazy when you save up or get a loan and end up buying a car you really wish you hadn’t most likely after driving it for a short period.

Okay so far I have personally purchased 6 vehicles over the years and I only regret buying 1.

My wife’s birthday was coming up back in 2012 and I had about 600k to buy her a present. Since she didn’t have a car yet, I decided to go buy a Nigerian used car.

I searched online and found a car I think here on Nairaland. A brown Toyota Corolla 2001. It was looking neat and all and was being used by a lady banker at eco bank, akin adesola. So since my office was close by I went to check and it looked “okay”. I checked out some basics, did a test drive and left. I paid I think the second day.

First two months the car was smooth as I went to Ibadan twice from Lagos with it. My wife used it lightly too as she wasn’t working at that time. Regular maintenance was done and all until one day I think around the 3 months after purchase.
I started the car and saw plenty white smoke behind. When my mechanic came he said the engine was previously ringed and plenty stories that didn’t touch.

I remember selling it off for 400k.

Share yours?

Acidosis:
Some countries like Nigeria are under reporting cases of death. Nigeria hardly record out-of-hospital deaths. Look at what happened in Kano.

Number of cases also is grossly underreported in Nigeria. We have not tested enough to compare our statistics with USA.

You are 100% correct bro.
Nigeria would have been a lot better if it had sensible leaders. The politicians use religion, ethnicity, in-exposure and nativity to divide its 300million citizens.

Just imagine if we had a well paid and well trained 1 million emergency response team but what do we have? “1 million boys” ready to rob people.

The unseen enemy would have at least been subdued to a relatively reasonable percentage.

sLentlover7778:
65,782 deaths, that's over whole football fans attendees watching live match in stadium..

OMG, shit looks so scaring.. Please Lord Jesus Christ heal our land.

No be small matter.

The numbers of both Coronavirus infected people and death toll has been on the increase in the United States of America with Newyork having the highest numbers according to the “worldmeter” statistics below.

United States

Coronavirus Cases:
1,131,856

Deaths:
65,782

Recovered:
161,666

CLOSED CASES
227,448

Cases which had an outcome:-

161,666 (71%) Recovered / Discharged

65,782 (29%) Deaths


Surprisingly the death toll in the US was 73 as at March 15th 2020 and in less than two months it had skyrocketed to 65,782.

While we pray that the deceased rest in peace we cannot but imagine what our figures will look like in Nigeria in the next few months.

With the Nigerian government being lackadaisical to proactive localized testing, cash/ food palliatives and an effective crisis management framework, it is obvious that figures are going to soar in the coming weeks.

My personal advise to Nigerians is to adhere strictly to face-mask, hand-washing, sanitizers and general hygiene.

Whichever way it is, the reality is already here and we must pull through.

Stay Safe.

Why not just add the figures in Kano to this list and let it be a country wide report.

Stop reporting on Lagos state since NCDC is supposedly a national entity.

This country is on a land mine already.

See wetin Lala and him clowns dey put for front page?

SMH

Something tell me if extreme care is not taken in regards to:

Federal character.
Proactive/immediate 24 month economic crisis mgt
Unbiased LCDA testing of Covid19.
Cash/Food palliatives for all and sundry.

The result will tend to

Anarchy
Segregation
Extremely poverty
Covid 19 extreme fatality
Civil unrest/war

Get ready guys.....It’s no longer business as usual.

Have you ever wondered why most Nigerian presidential spokespersons (coded or not) are either full or half Yoruba?

Femi Adesina
Lai (Olaiwola ) Mohammed
Tolu Ogunlesi
Bayo Omoboriowo (taking/portraying photos)
Adeola Rahman Ipaye
Williams Adeyeye
Segun Adeyemi
Yemi Osinbajo
Femi Ojudu
Reuben Abati .........etc, etc

They can “LAI” for Africa.
It’s not even the “patholigical” way they lie but the way the squeeze their face when at it.

You get a government appointment and need someone to over-lie for you?
Hire a Yoruba man....

Have you ever wondered why most Nigerian presidential spokespersons (coded or not) are either full or half Yoruba?

Femi Adesina
Lai (Olaiwola ) Mohammed
Tolu Ogunlesi
Bayo Omoboriowo (taking/portraying photos)
Adeola Rahman Ipaye
Williams Adeyeye
Segun Adeyemi
Yemi Osinbajo
Femi Ojudu
Reuben Abati .........etc, etc

They can “LAI” for Africa.
It’s not even the “patholigical” way they lie but the way the squeeze their face when at it.

You get a government appointment and need someone to over-lie for you?
Hire a Yoruba man....

Have you ever wondered why most Nigerian presidential spokespersons (coded or not) are either full or half Yoruba?

Femi Adesina
Lai (Olaiwola ) Mohammed
Tolu Ogunlesi
Bayo Omoboriowo (taking/portraying photos)
Adeola Rahman Ipaye
Williams Adeyeye
Segun Adeyemi
Yemi Osinbajo
Femi Ojudu
Reuben Abati .........etc, etc

They can “LAI” for Africa.
It’s not even the “patholigical” way they lie but the way the squeeze their face when at it.

You get a government appointment and need someone to over-lie for you?
Hire a Yoruba man....

Cross River :-Nill

Ayade dey border himself,

No sleep No wake


Na so

The Canadian System in itself is self derogatory.
Quite a number of people who travel there had too much expectations. Even when the welfare is top notch and the government supports immigrants from left, right and centre. At a point as a grassroots African you’ll wonder “ why am I here’ .

One of the suicide tickets you’ll ever buy is to Pearson Intll’ especially when you’re coming from Africa. At first you will be presented with quite a number of opportunities but in reality It’s a 50/50 game.

I will open a thread and entertain free-minded opinion about immigrating to Canada.

I saw an ambulance drove past me today

Can we get the total number of people who have died from:-

- Malaria
- Police / Soldier brutality
- Gunmen attack
- Herdsmen/ Boko haram attack
- Hunger

I need the numbers so I can send to UN/WHO.

There are other pandemics here abeg.

@OP

This travel experience is quite commendable coming from a young Nigerian.

Instead of posting nonsense about, one way of the other you’re being useful.

Gracias

Always receiving briefings.

When will this clown brief his citizens

There’s a pandemic and you sit down in some big office and claim to be receiving briefings.

What is there is to brief you again. The reality is here already. More deaths are on the way and this man is busing listening to his clowns.

Go to the most affected city and address the people and get original briefings.

Covic one 9.

Hiss

The little sensible/ non gullible populace of this country already know there’s nothing to be shared. Not now. Not ever.

The only surprising thing is that you can take your time to debunk a rumour when the corona virus is exponentially growing with your dullard boss AWOL.

Some of your fellow clowns have posted that we should not insult the president but how won’t a father that has been (over time) weak lackadaisical, nepotic, naive, vulnerable and close minded not be insulted.

Please and please if you ever want to post, tell us what the president will do or plans to do.

We know you will still lie but at least stop embarrassing “your president’ with this nonsense you posted.

Thank you

Aystarz:
Well it appears she's also speaking out for nonsense people.

Obviously YES.

The nonsense people that either subscribe to her antics or those that voted in the dullard.

So in a way you’re right.

Hmmm,

A Viral war has just started, citizens are being called back home.

When will our government call back it’s own citizens?

We shall wait and see.

Imagine

A nonsense person advising a nonsense president.

Hiss

You say we should not insult the clown.

If it were in saner climes, his head will be on a stick by now.

Just imagine a whole 8 yrs that is being wasted by this man and you saying we shouldn’t insult him.

‘A stupid president is always voted in by stupid people’

I really don’t blame u and whoever supports your kind.

Nigeria reeks of individual selfishness, nepotism, hypocrisy and stupidity.

Just imagine this international embarrassment called Buhari.

Always portraying unwarranted nativity and stupidity.

Still wonder how this clown became a general. Any it’s Nigeria.

Whoever this Imam is, he’s 100% on point.

If you are stupid at home, small time your stupidity will show on your street and then your town at large.

All my life I have never seen a foreigner decimate an African president like this.

As painful as it is, the man is saying the truth.

SMH

I still wonder how a 3-time sitting president will be so slow to his responsibilities.

When he should have been proactive for a lockdown 4 weeks ago this laggard refused.

By now shouldn’t there be a ministry for Crisis Management in this country with specialized staff?

There is a global pandemic but your senators, house of rep. members and staff are sharing cars and faffing around. After all they will still get paid by month end.

How did Nigeria get here?

I still wonder how a 3-time sitting president will be so slow to his responsibilities.

When he should have been proactive for a lockdown 4 weeks ago this laggard refused.

By now shouldn’t there be a ministry for Crisis Management in this country with specialized staff?

There is a global pandemic but your senators, house of rep. members and staff are sharing cars and faffing around. After all they will still get paid by month end.

How did Nigeria get here?

You always have to ‘URGE’ weak people.
It doesn’t matter who they are.... Idiagbon is smiling where he is. Babaginda too.

A weak man will always be a weak man.

He can only claim to ‘CHANGE’.

The truth is he won’t.

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Nice on Tobe!

It’s Obvious.

All forms of cases will start to pop up left , right and centre.

The stupid state governments and their fellow hungry federal parastatals (health and non-health) will want to cash out on this epidemic.

They won’t mind to smuggle in all sorts to make money at costs.

Who will eventually bear the brunt?

.......YOU!

So I run/manage a fleet and once in 2 or 3 months have to change or recruit new drivers. So here are some weird experiences.

1) From my office I can see anyone approaching, so I see this guy wearing a hood coming. Who wears a good in this naija sun. Like 85% of his face is almost covered. He come in and am like bros, heat no catch u? He starts with plenty stories why he likes to "hood up" any we discuss and in BTW o had to attend to something. After about 3 mins, he signal to like " hurry up I gotta go". I had to let him go.

2) This other guy show up and I asked for his drivers page on both platforms. He passes his phone to me and I see a riders app running. So I said bro I think u opened the riders app. He starts to storyline me about uber dis, uber DAT.....so I searched his apps and this no drives app at all. I stare at him for like 5mins. All I could deduce was he expected to come in and pick car keys.

3) This guy was referred by some who saw my add online and while discussing I asked for his rating...he was like bros....hmmmm no be by rating ooo, I savi everything about the work. Sure I don't have a problem.....just tell me ur rating. He kept blabbing. So as street wet I don't tey, something just occurred to me.
...I said bro " Just tell even if its 1.4 or 1.5. I repeated it like 3 time so he could her the 1 part well. He was like " I am 1. oooo. I asked again 1.what? He said just 1. I just smiled. Interview is over. There's no 1.anything anywhere. He apparently has never been on the platform. I mean he could have just said he's new.

4) Due to different issues in this business I ask my questions based on my perception and "street intuition". It has never failed me. This guy comes in I take a glance am him and and after about 3 questions I asked.....bros you don't marry? (Not that it is important to me in anyway at the moment). He said yes. He's been married for 5 years? OK cool. What's ur wife's phone number. Na WHR kasala burst. He was like 08023... oh sorry 09056 oor sorry 0803.... He just couldn't provide a number. Well I told him....Relax bro, wen you get home ask your wife for her nber and send it to me.....things happen in this job. Later I called all the nbers he provided as guarantors on his form. All nbers unavailable....

Now I see why the US visa interview is strictly a " face me I face you one". Boys are not smiling in naija o.
Stay woke.

I will stop here till later.

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Amagite:
A Nigerian man, Deriano, has taken to Twitter to call out Bolt (Taxify), for 'stealing' from him.

According to him, they have consistently debited money from his account for over a month now, even when he doesn't use their service.

He has now threatened to sue after he woke up to another debit alert from them this morning, even after he removed his card and deleted the app.

He shared the story alongside screenshots of his bank debits. See below...

"@Boltapp_ng Taxify or Bolt or whatever you call your scam shitty brand now. My God, I’m so mad. One month ago you guys consistently stole money from my linked debit card up to 13k, I ignored because I couldn’t go through all that stress of contacting your customer care.

THREAD!

Last week i recieved 6 different debit alerts up to 8k for no reason. Now, i became worried and i couldn’t ignore this time. I have sent Emails, Dms and Replies for a week now, no response. And @Boltapp_ng have been posting tweets on their timeline and ignoring all my messages.

To even think I ditched my @UberNigeria app for this scam company?

A reputable company would have a working phone number that is relevant and active for customer support and services. But your line has been purportedly switched off over a week now.

Again this morning I woke up to another debit alert from @Boltapp_ng even after I removed my card and deleted the app.
Now I’m disgusted! And I’m taking it further to another level. Since we are all mad in this country and nothing in Nigeria is done appropriately and efficiently.

I’m definitely going to court to file a lawsuit on Monday. I don’t need my refunds anymore. We have been so neglected and frustrated to be Nigerians that our rights and interests don’t matter to these foreign companies. I will sue @Boltapp_ng so help me God.

I can’t be the only one going through the disgruntlement and incompetence of this company @Boltapp_ng"


http://www.amagitesblog.com/2019/04/nigerian-man-calls-out-taxify-for-stealing-from-him-threatens-to-sue.html

Card details most likely has been compromised.
Contact your bank, block d card, re-issue another one with a different PAN. Problem solved.
Any debit after the first one is your fault bro.
"Don't Dull" .....that's the first commandment in Naija.