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BusinessRe: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by callydon(m): 8:31am On Nov 22, 2017
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BusinessRe: Elance.com, Upwork.com And Other Freelancing Site: How To Succeed Guide. by callydon(m): 2:33am On Nov 22, 2017
Guys please who has done ANY deal with these Payoneer exchangers here on Nairaland?
Can anyone recommend any trustworthy one of them for me?

THANKS
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by callydon(m): 4:15pm On Nov 18, 2017
TravelRe: Uber Drivers In Lagos Are Using A Fake GPS App To Inflate Rider Fares (DETAILS) by callydon(op): 7:27pm On Nov 15, 2017
Konquest:
^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ I wonder why some people love to cheat others with impunity?
These rogue Uber drivers using the so-called lockito have no conscience! Uber should immediately follow what Taxify has done by updating their app.
As in eeehhh
SportsRe: Argentina Vs Nigeria: Man Of The Match by callydon(m): 8:06pm On Nov 14, 2017
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TravelRe: Uber Drivers In Lagos Are Using A Fake GPS App To Inflate Rider Fares (DETAILS) by callydon(op): 3:41pm On Nov 14, 2017
TravelUber Drivers In Lagos Are Using A Fake GPS App To Inflate Rider Fares (DETAILS) by callydon(op): 3:40pm On Nov 14, 2017
Some Uber drivers in Lagos have been using a fake GPS itinerary app to illicitly bump up fares for local riders.

Initially created for developers to “test geofencing-based apps,” Lockito, an Android app that lets your phone follow a fake GPS itinerary, is being used by Uber drivers in Lagos to inflate the cost of their trips.
In some cases, inflated trips can cost riders more than double the rate they should be paying. “It’s more like a parasite,” says Mohammed, a driver for both Uber and Taxify in Lagos. “It sets the false GPS movement while allowing the phone also to keep track of its actual movement. The Uber app can’t tell the difference between both so it just calculates both.”

When a driver uses Lockito for an Uber trip he or she can have the fake GPS running (and calculating a fake fare) from the pickup point to the drop off location, before the passenger has even got into the car. When the real trip starts, the real GPS starts running and calculating the actual fare. But at the end of the journey the fares from both trips (real and fake) are tallied up as one fare which the unsuspecting rider pays.

Uber Nigeria is aware of the abuse of Lockito by certain drivers. Spokeswoman Francesca Uriri, said it is in violation of Uber’s guidelines and the company is “constantly on the lookout for fraud by drivers and riders who are gaming our systems.”

The drivers Quartz spoke with said Lockito or “Locki”, is simply a reaction to Uber’s 40% slash of its base fare implemented in May. Many drivers were unhappy about the price drop and there were a series of protests which had little impact.

Williams*, an Uber driver who asked his real name not to be used, says he heard about Lockito a while ago but initially had no interest in using it. “Uber was sweet, until they slashed the price,” he says. “They did not bring back their price up, so the work started getting tough and tougher.”

“When the thing was just getting tougher, I had no choice but to go on Lockito.”

He claims he uses the app four to five times a week, but has specific targets and does not use it on just anyone.

Williams says the main reason he uses the app is to ensure he can meet his weekly payments to his Uber partner [the owner of the car], a situation he says many other drivers are in. Most ridesharing drivers in Nigeria do not own their cars, instead they partner with car owners and pay them a weekly fee, which according to Williams has become harder to meet as a result of the base fare slash.

Despite coming out of recession in September, the economic situation is still tough in Nigeria, which is still struggling to bounce back from the global drop in oil prices. A recent report from the World Poverty Clock predicts that by February 2018 Nigeria will overtake India and become the country with the most people living in extreme poverty. Food prices are still high although inflation has dropped and many Nigerians still lack access to basic amenities. Unemployment and underemployment are rife, leading some Nigerians to cut corners to make things work.

In recent weeks, two Uber drivers representing other drivers on the platform have started a class action suit in Nigeria’s economic hub arguing that they should receive employee benefits from Uber.

“There are a lot of drivers on Locki, every driver on Uber is on Locki,” Williams says. “The only ones that are different is the new drivers…and they’re still coming to us to teach them Locki.”

Some drivers use Lockito to inflate fares by adding 1000 naira to 2000 naira extra (roughly $3 to $6) but some drivers are believed to inflate fares to exorbitant levels.

A trip from Lekki, a neighbourhood in Lagos, to Murtala Muhammad International airport is roughly 32 kilometers and would normally cost just under 3,000 naira ($cool. Williams says he recently heard of a Lockito trip that cost more than 5 times that amount.

Williams’ highest Lockito ride so far is 10,000 naira, (the trip normally would have cost the rider N3,000), and although he has expressed guilt over using the app he remains adamant that an increase of the base fare is the only way to stop it being used, a sentiment shared by other drivers.

“If you block that same Lockito today, another one will come out,” says Uchenna*, a partner and driver on Uber who claims not to use Lockito. “If that base fare is normal [and] everybody’s receiving their incentive on a normal level, that thing [Lockito] will go off. They want to get the normal, accurate price that Uber were before.”

“Lockito or no Lockito,” adds another driver who asked not to be named, “if Uber want the Lockito not to exist, that means they have to come back to the base fare.”

Perhaps most surprisingly, drivers accuse Uber of not only knowing about app, but purposely not doing anything about it because they still want to maximize their profits.

“If you’re using Lockito [with] Uber [it] will tell you “fake location detected”…they will tell you [the driver],” says Williams. “Sometimes when I run it [Lockito], Uber will tell me, “your map of your location…is fake,” you’ll now click OK…and still yet, I take my money…”

Uber denies these allegations. “Uber has automated rules in place that warns and permanently deactivates any account or accounts associated with fraudulent activity,” Uriri says. “Uber encourages both riders and driver-partners to rate their journey at the end of the trip. Honest feedback helps ensure that everyone is accountable for their behavior.”

Uber says all riders that report fraudulent activity will be refunded. But Uriri adds that the use of the Lockito will not impact Uber’s pricing policy.

Taxify, one of Uber’s biggest rivals in Nigeria, has been blocking drivers that try to use Lockito.

“You can’t do that anymore on Taxify, they were doing it before on Taxify but then Taxify made drivers update the app, once you update your app, you can’t use Lockito anymore,” says Williams.

Despite issues with the base fare, Uber’s brand stays strong in Nigeria and drivers want the company to remain, but only if the system changes. This is important as competition increases from newcomers including local e-hailing apps like Motionplus and Alpha One, some of which are offering to pay fuel for drivers.

“I pray Uber should learn from now,” says Williams. “This is Nigeria, not abroad, the more things are getting worse, the more drivers are planning things.”

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PoliticsRe: Dr Ifeanyi Ubah Decamps To APGA, Endorses Obiano by callydon(m): 6:51pm On Nov 04, 2017
Kobicove:
This guy is a professional fair weather person undecided
So he shud remain in PDP wen it's clear PDP doesn't want him 8 their fold?
PoliticsRe: Dr Ifeanyi Ubah Decamps To APGA, Endorses Obiano by callydon(m): 6:50pm On Nov 04, 2017
Very good move by a man of d people...
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Roma Vs Chelsea : UCL (3 - 0) On 31st October 2017 by callydon(m): 9:55pm On Oct 31, 2017
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Manchester United Vs Benfica : UCL (2 - 0) On 31st October 2017 by callydon(m): 8:54pm On Oct 31, 2017
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PoliticsRe: Anambra Guber:more Crises 4 PDP As Aggrieved Members Endorse Obiano 4 2nd Term by callydon(op): 4:10pm On Oct 27, 2017
Dcomrade:
Seems PDP is dead in Anambra cry
That's true
PoliticsAnambra Guber:more Crises 4 PDP As Aggrieved Members Endorse Obiano 4 2nd Term by callydon(op): 9:23am On Oct 27, 2017
Anambra Guber: More Crises Loom For PDP As Aggrieved Members Endorse Obiano For 2nd Term

Indeed, things seem to have gone from bad to worse for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Anambra State, as the crises rocking the party seems to have no end in sight.

The crises rocking the PDP took a new turn on Tuesday, as some aggrieved members of the party, led by the erstwhile State chairman of the party, Prince Ken Emeakayi, at an expansive meeting held at the Women Development Centre, Awka, endorsed incumbent Governor Willie Obiano and candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, for a second term.

This endorsement is coming barely 23 days ahead of the Governorship election in the state billed for November 18, 2017.

The endorsement of Governor Obiano for a second term by the aggrieved PDP members, came as the five days ultimatum given to the Sen. Ahmed Makarfi-led National Leadership of the party, to change the governorship candidate of the party in the state, Mr. Oseloka Obaze, had elapsed since October 21.

Recall that the aggrieved PDP members led by Emeakayi, had on October 16, 2017, at a rally at the Ekwueme Square in Awka, same time the PDP flag-off campaign was taking place in Onitsha, had given five days ultimatum to the national leadership of the party to change Obaze as the party's flag-bearer.

The rally had mainstream PDP grassroots leaders from across the 326 electoral wards in the 21 local governments of the state, who control the major structures of the party, in addition to the party’s polling center agents across the state.

Emeakayi had said at the rally that the PDP leadership cannot afford to ignore the strength of the numerous original members of the party in Anambra State, who had remained loyal to the party until what he called the recent hijack of the party.

Prince Emeakayi told the gathering that “Obaze is not a registered member of the PDP and cannot be the candidate of the party. Obaze and Obi are not of the PDP but APGA and as such cannot represent the PDP.

"Henry Oseloka Obaze is not a bonafide member of the PDP. He is not a registered member of the PDP. I am the PDP chairman in Anambra state and I have checked the register of all our members and his name is not there.

"We are the original members of the PDP and we cannot allow total outsiders to hijack our great party. We therefore give our national leadership five days ultimatum to do what is right.

"We give them five days to withdraw the name of Henry Oseloka Obaze as a candidate of our party and replace him with any of the other contestants who are all bonafide members of the PDP.

"If they fail to do so in the next five days, we the members of the PDP will take the bold step. If they refuse to do what is right in the next five days, we will move ahead enmasse to lend our full support to a candidate of any other party of our choice.”

Irked by the failure of the national leadership of the party to heed to its five days ultimatum to change Obaze as the PDP's governorship candidate, the aggrieved PDP members led by Prince Emeakayi said they have adopted incumbent Governor Willie Obiano and APGA candidate for a second term.

At an expansive gathering where the adoption was made, Emeakayi while addressing the gathering said: "They (national leadership of the PDP) didn't do what we asked them to do. Therefore, today is a moment of decision. Today, we will adopt the candidate of another party as our own candidate, and we are going to work for that candidate."

However, a communique at the end of the gathering, read in part: "In consideration of prevailing circumstances, we, the original and registered members of PDP, Anambra State chapter, do hereby accept Governor Willie Obiano as the officially adopted candidate of the PDP."

Following the adoption of Governor Obiano for a second term, by the aggrieved PDP members, the gathering was thrown into a frenzy. What remains to be seen is how the PDP will crawl themselves out of this hole.

Meanwhile, recall that members of PDP Anambra State Caretaker Committee had ealier suspended Professor A.B.C. Nwosu and Iyom Josephine Anenih as Chairman and Secretary of the committee respectively after passing a vote of no confidence on the pair for their engagement in dishonest practices and several other conducts capable of causing disaffection amongst party members.

Watch video here: http://www.fullgist.com.ng/2017/10/anambra-guber-more-crises-loom-for-pdp.html

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Chelsea FC v Everton FC - CARABAO CUP (LIVE STREAMING)

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