Auuu the video is 1mb

Who has an i dea how i can reduce a video size

Someone shared this vid with me on whatsapp

Is this karate or what?

Is this allowed in Law?

See how a Man of God is matching the womans' stomach.....all for religion

i enjoy this thread die

@Sunnymatey thanks a lot

Im really up for that Obudu. have you been there before? someone told me the least space for a night there is 28k and i think its a bit high. can you pls share a few things about the place maybe....

i've not heard of this marina resort? where and how is it?

we've been to Tinapa a few years ago. it was fun though.

Hey people,

Any recommendations on any fun places i can take my family (me, wify, 2 kids) for a one week getaway

i'm looking at 2nd week of august

we have a good - to - go car and a meagre budget of 200k

Any fun ideas please

Wow i so enjoyed this thread

Kinda Sad its coming to an end

WanderLustian.....you are really good

What do we call this?

I hope they are seeing it

Farewell great man

Small small Nigeria will get there....

Na wa oooo

Make i take seat first

Rumours of coup plots just surfaced this week

Last week was news of mass retirement of top military brass mostly from the south

See how he quickly replaced the police boss with the CP in Kano during the last elections

All this jostling and positioning may not be ordinary....there is no smoke without fire.

I wonder why southern senators are not asking questions.....Thank God i made it without calling any names

Here are all the Defence Units and Ministries all headed by Northerners alone.

1. IG of Police -North
2. DG of DSS -North
3. Chief Army Staff -North
4. NSA -North
5. Immigration -North
6. Civil Defense -North
7. Defense Minister -North
8. Prisons -North
9. Customs -North
10. Interior Minister -North
11. Chief of Air staff -North
12. Chief of Defence staff -North.

The implication of this; simply put, is that no other ethnic group except Northerners will sit in any Security Meeting and whatever approach they adopt in dealing with the South, there will be no dissenting opinion.

Is this right? Is this balanced?

I see the Apc internet warriors have arrived #teampayperpost to do damage control

They are ready to attack anyone that says anything against aisha

No be our fault, i no dey envy una position tonite. Epic presidential goof.....una dey work hard sha but na #badmarketunadeysell

@Bashdemy1 @wealthygang i hail una oooo.....the rice neva expire?

This woman is even worse than PEJ. In sane climes she may not recover from this scandal.

I saw it and before i could refresh it they deleted the tweets.

God punish whoever foisted these people on Nigeria. Totally classless.

See her calling Fayose 'mad dog'....if she is this abusive and aggressive on social media.....how will she be in her home. Nigeria really needs to apologize to PEJ

im in PH. im in the office now and nothing is happening. While driving to work too...the road was noticeably scanty unlike PH high traffic mornings.

I will say the strike is gradually taking shape here.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATION

PROPOSED INDEFINITE STRIKE ACTION BY THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS

The attention of all Public Officers is drawn to the notice issued by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to embark on an indefinite strike from Wednesday, 18th May, 2016. This notice is regrettably given in spite of an Order by the Industrial Court against the strike action.

2. Government, therefore, calls upon and advises all workers to respect the laws of the land and to desist from participating in an illegal strike action. Government undertakes to guarantee the safety of workers and their work places, and expects that normal work will continue in the interest of the nation. Accordingly, Security agencies have been directed to ensure unimpeded access to offices, work places and markets. Acts of intimidation, harassment, including barricading of gates, locking up of offices, blocking of roads and preventing workers from carrying out their lawful duties will be met with appropriate response by the law enforcement agencies.

3. All workers, whether in public or private sector are further reminded of the Trade Dispute Act, 2004, which provides that "where any worker takes part in a strike, he shall not be entitled to any wages or remuneration for the period of the strike and any such period shall not count for the purpose of reckoning the period of continuous employment and all rights dependent on continuity of employment shall be prejudicially affected accordingly." 4. Accordingly, all Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Government Agencies are hereby directed to invoke the provision of "no work no pay" in respect of any staff who absents him or herself from work to join the strike action. Attendance registers are required to be opened in all Ministries, Departments and Agencies.

Engineer Babachir David Lawal

Secretary to the Government of the Federation

The government is not smiling

This is a call to Aba residents n the entire Abia state...

A prophecy came from apostle johnson suleiman around 5am today during the fire night that the next target of this Fulani herdsmen is aba n that it will be very bloody than that of Enugu...

This is not just the time to pray for the preservation of our families n friends alone but for the entire city of aba.

The Bible says "I sought for a man who will stand in d gap".. " if my people who are called by name will humble themselves n pray n turn from their evil ways, I will from heaven n heal them n their land".

Let there be fasting n praying, let intercession be made, so that this evil will stop...

The lives of many are tied to these, it is not a joke.

I WAS THERE WHEN THE PROPHECY CAME IN OMEGA FIRE MINISTRIES AUCHI EDO STATE..IT IS NOT A JOKE..

LETS ARISE N PRAY FOR OUR LAND N NIGERIA AS A WHOLE....

I have done my part in sending this to as many as I can reach...

You can send it also for there to be massive intercession.

P.S: Forgive my mistakes and typos.

Rubbish, i sent them message on my issue April 22 and they replied on 25th just to ask me again what can we do for you.

Till now....i have been saying hello....hello....no response

The annoying thing is i tried their 2 lines 09033000002 and 09033000005 and got the same treatment.

Do i need to chat all 5 lines at the same time?

Hmmm na wa ooo

I dont know wat to comment now and i will be charged too.....let me gently leave with my 2tc trophy

Can you imagine my people?

Now that the package has been taken back to the sender....what will become of the inhabitants of that country?

This is good.

kayjegs:
For those that have access to the internet and are looking for what to do to engage them. You can become a ecommerce broker by connecting buyers and sellers together via the internet. But in order to be a successful one, you must be familiar with terms of International trade. I will take time to explain some terms and how it is being used. You can explore more. This is very good for someone who has a business mind.



HOW TO BE AN EFFECTIVE BROKER
First of all, you must know where to get buying or selling offers. Before the advent of the internet, you may need to subscribe to some specialized business magazines where they put up adverts of buyers and sellers of products and services but nowadays, everything is on the internet. There are some websites that you get these information from. If you want to search in google for example, you can use the following search terms:
B2B ECOMMERCE WEBSITES
BUYERS AND SELLERS FORUM
IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS.
BUYER AND SELLER OFFERS FOR 2013
But in order not to waste time, these are the most popular ones in which you can start meeting buyers and sellers of goods. Before now, people can join these websites free but nowadays, you pay premiums to join them, the fees range from site to site, you can get this information when you try to sign up. The fees are usually affordable anyway.
www.alibaba.com
www.ecplaza.net
www.ec21.net
www.globalbuyers.com
www.tradekey.com
www.trade-india.com
www.indiatradezone.com
www.nairaland.com/business
www.asianproducts.com

When you get a buyer’s offer on the internet and you feel you are interested, then you mail the buyer that you are able to supply what he or she wants and then it is good you ask him of his target price, location, quantity required, payment terms and so on. Even though, he might have posted all these information on the website where you saw his advert, you may still need to ask again when you are sending a mail in response to his advert. After you get a reply from buyer that he is interested, then you go in search of a seller, advisably from another B2B website not the particular one you got the buyer from. This is because if you use the same website, it is likely that the seller himself has contacted the buyer and so amounts to a waste of time for you. This is why you need to know so many B2B websites which you can use.

But before we go on, you need to be familiar with these terms as follows:
Letter of Credit (L/C) is a document which shows that a buyer (importer) is making a payment for goods ordered for from a seller (exporter) based on the availability of some documents that shows that the seller is in the process of sending the goods over. These documents are invoice, bill of lading, SGS Certification and so on. These documents are usually statutory for such transactions all over the world. There are different types of L/C but I will like to talk about the ones that is relevant nowadays in our world. They are the Irrevocable L/C, Transferable and Non-transferable L/C.
The Irrevocable L/C from the name shows that it is a L/C drawn in such a way that the terms and conditions attached to it cannot be changed. It is either the seller complies or doesn’t get the deal. You may then ask, can a L/C be revocable? Yes, it can. Some of the conditions with which the L/C is drawn could still be changed but with the consent of both parties involved i.e importer and exporter.
Transferable L/C is one in which you can transfer part of it to a third party as a beneficiary. This is usually used in scenarios whereby a middleman both known and recognized by importer and exporter is a beneficiary of the L/C. In this case, it can be transferred to the third party for whole or part of it. This can also be used in scenarios whereby we have an exporter, a manufacturer and importer. You should know that in many cases, the exporter is not usually the manufacturer, of course, the manufacturer can also be the exporter. But in this scenario, the manufacturer is not the exporter. The exporter if well known to the manufacturer could be issued a L/C by an importer which he now transfers the appropriate amount to the manufacturer. E.g A manufacturer supplies an exporter some goods at a price of 200,000usd. The exporter quotes about 320,000usd to importer cover for his gain and other logistic costs. The importer then draws a L/C of 320,000usd to exporter. The exporter can then transfer the L/C to the manufacturer for 200,000USD and he retains his 120,000usd in the L/C. In this case, the L/C is literally broken into two.
Non-transferable is just the opposite of what we have explained above. Simple!
Some other things to know about L/Cs is that L/C have time-frames especially 60 days, 90 days, 180 days. That is, after this date the full amount of L/C is made available to the exporter. This is called Matured Date i.e when the L/C matures. Take note that to give a L/C to a seller is not payment in itself but after the seller has provided the documents for the goods to the buyer even if the goods has not reached the buyer, the seller can be paid. But often times, the seller always want the money before the matured date, he can get money before the due date through his bank but they will not pay him in full, they will pay him about 85-90% of the money. And the bank gets back the 100% money after the matured date hereby the bank gains 10-15% on the deal. This is one of the ways bank makes profit from EXIM financing. EXIM is an abbreviation for Export-Import.
Letter of Intent (LOI): This is a letter showing seriousness from a buyer that he needs a product. This letter is usually addressed in the buyer’s letterhead and written to the seller. The letter tells the seller that he (buyer) is interested in his perhaps advertised goods and prices and would like the seller to send a Proforma invoice to him (buyer). Though nowadays, such letters are bastardized and ICPO is now preffered straight away.
What is ICPO? This means Irrevocable Corporate Purchasing Order. This usually comes after a LOI, Proforma Invoice. It further shows that buyer is serious. The ICPO usually comes with buyer’s banking and bankers’ information with soft probe. Soft probe means that the seller is free to contact buyer’s bankers to enquire if the buyer has finance capable of buying the goods.
RWA: This is called READY, WILLING AND ABLE. It is also in form of a letter from buyer to a seller showing that he has seen what the seller has on offer and he is ready, willing and able to buy. Simple! The able there means that “I have the finance to buy the items”
The ICPO and RWA are alike. The best is for the documents to be bank endorsed. This is the very authentic one which leaves no doubt in the seller’s mind about the ability of the buyer to pay.
DLC: Deferred Letter of Credit: This is a type of letter of credit which is usually used in the Oil business nowadays. It is a document showing that buyer has the financial muscle to pay for product if he issues the L/C.
SBLC: Standby Bank Letter of Credit: This is a document which is usually issued by a buyer’s bank to show that they can issue L/C on behalf of buyer any day, anytime because the buyer is well known to them and he is financially capable. It is a form of Bank Guarantee (BG).
Factoring: This is another way of financing exports or imports. It usually involves a Factoring House. What does a Factoring house do? They help to guarantee and deliver products to buyers….Get more info on the internet.
Metric Ton (MT): This is the standard unit used for quantity in the world of export and import. One ton or One Metric Ton makes 1000Kg. For example, 5MT means 5000Kg. 20bags of rice of 50Kg each makes 1MT.
Prices of goods for International business are usually quoted in /MT. E.g Cocoa can be quoted in 2300usd/MT. So you can know the whole amount if for example a buyer needs 2000MT. In this case you multiply 2000 by 2300USD which is 4600000usd.
Some products have other ways by which they are quoted. E.g Diamonds are usually quoted /carats (/cts). You can see quotes like 1050usd/ct. Gold is not quoted in carats though there is always a special reference to carat but it is for quality purpose. Gold is usually quoted /Kg or /MT. But it is rare to see gold especially gold dust in /MT because it is easy to get 1 kg not to talk of 1MT. And this is why it is very expensive per Kg. At the average, it is 20,000usd/kg.
Oil products especially petroleum crude are sold in Barrels (bbls). The prices are quoted /bbls.
CIF: Cost Insurance and Freight: This is a type of cost quotation used in Export and Import trades. This is usually quoted by exporter to importer showing the total price of the product plus transportation cost and insurance to be paid for the product during transport. It is usually written in short form CIF. This is the total cost that will get the product to the buyer’s destination. For C&F, it is just the quote for Cost of product plus Transportation, there is no Insurance paid for in this case.
FOB: Free on Board: This is a type of cost quotation used in Export and Import trades which shows the cost of the product plus logistics to the port of departure only. The goods will still be in the seller’s country but it would have gotten to the port where it is supposed to be shipped to the buyer. In this case, the buyer takes care of the shipping himself.
SGS Certificationn: SGS is a foremost Inspection agency involved in Export and Import trade. They check and inspect goods before they are shipped. They make sure the goods comply to International standards and that they are the goods the buyer ordered for. They then issue a certificate to this effect. They are usually needed in transactions involving payment with L/C which the certificate of inspection is one of the documents to be presented by exporter to the bank so as to be able to draw cash against the L/C.
TT: Telegraphic Transfer: This is the transfer of funds from importer to exporter through the bank. This is an old term but still retains its name. It comes with a telegraphic message to the exporter’s bank to make payment to the exporter. This has been the fastest means of paying an exporter from old times, it is now being enhanced through Internet technology. However, this type of payment is made to seller/exporter if both the seller and buyer have known themselves for long in doing business together or the seller has fulfilled all conditions and the buyer is sure of the goods or has seen it.


TAKE NOTE: It easier for you to be a broker than for you to export an item. Some thread tells you that you can export items with less than N500,000. I just want to inform you that, that may not be possible. It takes time before one gets to the level of being an exporter, though the processes are not difficult but you need enough money to really pull through in order to export your items.
However, there are some other ways by which you can get finance to pull through but it takes real determination and work and to be able to convince your buyers that you have the items.

Nothing will happen


Now lemme read

OMG Bros.....you must be a mind reader. I share all you have said 100% and more. Unfortunately im going thru this too and sometimes i think maybe its my fault, my bad character and stubbornness (as she always says). Maybe we should form a club and seek help on how to deal with these aggressive 'better halves'.

Guyman02:
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH
AN AGGRESSIVE WIFE

The choice is yours to make. My wife is also aggressive, I used to tolerate her excesses until the day I could not hold it anymore and we ended up damaging many things in the house. I had to leave the house for her and we separated for some period. She abuses me at every turn with unpalatable words and some times in front of my family and friends, I had to learn to retaliate with harsh words too out of frustration, not very pleasant but I needed to get my sanity too.
In my case she covered up those violent aggressive traits from me with her usual apologies any time she flares up until we were fully married and since then my house is like cat and mouse and she hardly takes directives from me. I tried to seek for divorce but family and church intervened and I had to bear the situation and keep hoping that she will change.

The reality is that her violent and aggressive behaviour strains me a lot and causes me stress that I almost developed HBP and I feel freer whenever I am away from home on assignment and to worsen matter she will even harasses me on the phone even when I am hundreds of miles away but at that point I have the liberty of switching off my phone or not picking her calls.

Just like I know you are passing through now, I spend many valuable hours in the day thinking about the situation with her at home and this affects my output at work, spirituality, emotion etc.

You still have a chance of doing what you think is needful. Nobody can advise you to dump her or not, that decision is in your hands.


From my personal experience, your simplistic solution will lead to more fights. He invited his sister for a woman to woman talk and counsel she used belt on her.
Aggressive women think that they know it all, it doesnt mean that they dont love you; they just think they are doing you a favour by dating or marrying you and will tell you to your face that you are the one who have a problem and that you dont know when 'somebody' (her) is trying to help you.
The ONLY solution is just to do whatever they say which they feel is always RIGHT even if that thing will destroy you. If she asks for money give her and not when she did not ask, if she says lets go shopping just follow her, if she says stop you stop, if she says go you go; anything contrary is seen as insulting her like the OP mentioned. I talk from experience unfortunately which is nothing to be proud about.

I have had a broken head with my newest phone smashed before just because I gave a lady a lift and answered a call from a female colleague at home whom she accused me of sleeping with her after all she (wife) has done for me.
My relations keep away from my home as they dont want 'problem' with her and it doesnt please me. My guy it is not easy.

lol


exactly what is happening in real life today......everyone will tell you how even 'pure water' is being affected by dollar rise

hmm

this is a bit long but i suspect it will be well with this thread.....



.....brb

OMG I never knew my post made FP and I cant thank you all enough for all the discourse and advise here.

UPDATE: Armed with the info and advise that you guys gave me here, i finally got to talking terms with my agent on wednesday. He became cooperative immediately i gave indications that i wouldnt mind 'paying more' to get myself out of this.

But my catch was that i can only talk about it when the container is out so if there are more expenses, let him "source funds and pay" and then later we settle.

Later on Thursday, he called me to send my people for the goods. For real we have taken delivery.

Now he didnt give my people any papers as he said the 'papers are not out yet'. He even helped to hire police escorts to move the cars. I suspected he is holding back the papers as a negotiating tool but he swore against that convincing me that he wont be that "wicked" to allow me spend money hiring escorts when he has the papers.

So could this be true guys? Does it take some time to get papers out and how long does it normally take?

From your advise here, i already know what happened - he underpaid and was caught! I dont know the amount he wants to quote yet but i honestly want to put it to him that he should bear some of the losses for his mistakes.

I hope i wont be making mistakes arguing about the extra charges?

Again thank you all.....i've learnt so much from here these few days.

Just in from the supreme court

All the Appeals by Ikpeazu, PDP & INEC have been allowed;

decision of Court of Appeal set aside.

Election of Victor Okezie Ikpeazu (Ph.D) allowed in a UNANIMOUS decision.

Full reasons to be given on the 26 February 2016

All the Appeals by Ikpeazu, PDP & INEC have been allowed; decision of Court of Appeal set aside. Election of Victor Okezie Ikpeazu (Ph.D) allowed. UNANIMOUS decision. Full reasons to be given on the 26 February 2016

iPopAlomo:



Seizures usually after three months... when you must have accumulated demurrage running into millions of naira... trust me I know... your demurrage at of now shouldn't e around 750k... because I'm sure you have a 40 ft container... So this is the solution... call your agent... tell him you'll offset the bill (usually costly...) to get your containers out or you'll be losing the whole consignment...


You mentioned you had clothes in your container... did you declare that on your bill lading... I can tell you didn't... personal effects are usually very sketchy...

Thank you @Ipop....we dint declare the clothes because i passed it as 'personal effects and even when he said they demanded 70k...we later paid.

750k Please what is the daily demurragerate for a 20feet and 40feet? or is it calculated weekly?

iPopAlomo:



That was what I was telling someone yesterday... it doesn't matter if the cars are beat up... damaged or broken down... they still command the same duty as a used car... inexperience killed your agent...

Yea I suggested the 'accidented car' thing but he said it wont be accepted as far as the chasis is not affected so i think he understands the rules.

you mean 600k and 500k is not good to clear 2009 and 2007 cars in Nigeria?

iPopAlomo:
There is no new policy anywhere... clearing involves the following process...

1. Pay your duty...
2. Examine the consignment for which duty is paid... to make sure the federal government wasn't cheated...
3. Pay Shipping and Terminal fees...
4. Release your consignment...

I can comfortably tell you... you underpaid your agent... he also tried to underpay the government... which leads to your present predicament...

But I paid what he asked for moreover those were even used beat up cars not like they are brand new.

Now what do you think is the way out?

iPopAlomo:
Let me try to answer your questions...

This is the scenario... your agent underpaid customs duty... and by entering alert... it means... your agent got caught...

Underpaid....Thats scary!!

Now that its on alert, what are the options or possible scenarios bro? Will they seize the cars?