I can recall that sometime in 2008, I was invited for an interview by APM Terminals for the position of Crane Mechanic. I, alongside other interviewees was asked individually one similar question '' WHAT IS A TURBO CHARGER?.
I don't really know the position you applied for but I have decided to state this and I believe it might be useful to anyone going in for technical role. I want to believe the company attaches great importance to Turbo Charger since it is a major part of diesel engines that increases efficiency of machines.

I don't see anything wrong in Falana's planned action.
Some companies that are not as big as Dangote Group have insurance policies (I.e Group Life Insurance Scheme) which is made against death while in service. The compensation is paid to the recognized Next of kin in the eventual death of the employee.
Why should Dangote find it difficult to adopt this?.

Thanks Jarus. Your analysis is quite indepth. I appreciate.

I doubt if PZ is serious about employing people for the positions advertized.
I have seen similar advert from them over and over.

Still waiting.

Still awaiting contribution from other Nairalanders.
Thanks.

Thanks!
But I meant to say "she(The Landlady is in total control).
I have really picked some points from your advise and will definately make use of them.
I appreciate.

T

azpekuliar: Is the property managed by the landlord herself or she's being advised by a professional (i.e estate surveyor) or managing agent? While I await your response, it is not unusual for rent to be frozen over a 2-year period, at the expiration of which a rent review is done with a view to either reviewing the rent upwards, downwards or not at all. But again rent review isn't done arbitrarily, but subject to the conduct of neighborhood market survey to determine the going rates for similar properties in the neighborhood. Hence my question. I will also well add, that both parties can meet themselves halfway at the negotiation table and agree on a rate for the term.

Thanks!
She has a Caretaker(though not a Professional) but she is the one in total control.
Rent for a 2 bedroom flat in the neighbourhood ranges between 200-250k but the big question is " Is it proper to treat existing tenants the same way as a new Tenant based on the going rate of a property and considering the fact that the rent was reviewed upward last year?".

Lawyers are the causes of some of the problems we have in this country. They are always fond of creating confusion for nothing. Some of them also aid corrupt fellows in this country by trying to argue cases that are not supposed to be argued.
Mind you, profession should not stop us from knowing what is wrong.

Still waiting for contribution.

Awaiting responses.

Dear Nairalanders!
I don't know if a topic like this has been created previously but I must say that I have been pushed to posting this due to what I'm experiencing at the moment.
I currently stay in a two(2) bedroom apartment in Akowonjo, Lagos State. I paid N170,000.00PA(2 year-rent) to secure it in 2009 while my rent was to expire in Nov 2011..
However, in July 2011, my Landlady informed me of her resolution to increase my rent to N200,000.00PA(to cover 2011/2012) an amount which I had to pay even after much plea.
I'm now surprised when she sent another letter of increment for the sum of N250,000.00PA(to cover 2012/2013) a condition which I find absord.
Meanwhile, I have consulted some Co-Tenants who also have a fare share of what I'm passing through & their opinion is that I should pay her the old rate of N200,000.00 and wait for court action.
What do you think about this and how often does not Landlord increase your house rent?.

Calling for what now?.

Tell them this will be your final bus stop and that you will like to retire with them.

I want to seek more challenges.

I will have mercy on whoever I chose to have mercy on.

When you are being asked "What are you even doing in your location,ow?".

texazzpete:

What are the 'silly things' he's typing? Bible passages?

Even if someone's drunk, does that make him a 'drunkard'? Do you know the difference between those two words? Later now some of you boneheads will be complaining that you have not found employment.

Even if the man was a 'drunkard', is that enough for someone to post the photo on Nairaland for public ridicule? What happens when the photo moves around the internet and is being sent around to millions via Blackberry Message? Is the aim to destroy someone's life just because he made a mistake once?

Do you clowns know what is going on in the man's life? Do you know if he meant to drink a little for courage and then overdid it? Do you know if he has some tragedies he's nursing...hence the decision to turn to drink? Do you know if he can be helped?

No...you don't know if he can't be helped, do you, because contrary to all the nice bible passages you cr'etins read all the time, there's no ounce of love and compassion in your hearts. All you folks cared about was the urge to humiliate your fellow man, to turn up your nose and sneer at the boorish fellow.

The mere fact that everybody is faceless on this forum gives idiots like you the opportunity to address other people with foul languages.
Check my comment very well and the trend as a whole, you will see clearly where she attacked me.
How dare you think that I'm jobless. Why don't you check some of my posts before jumping into conclusion, about my person.

I can see that you are a Drunkard just like the man you are defending.
Who are you by the way?.
Simply because I told you a plain truth, you resorted to typing silly things just to create attention. Please have it at the back of your mind that it is sometimes better to remain silent on some issues rather than trying to justify everything no matter how wrong.
It is not compulsory that you contribute in every topic.

Sisi_Kill:
Are you one of the graduates who failed Acidtalk's primary school test because I have no clue what the hell you are on about?



The Parable of the Good Samaritan

25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”

27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’[a]; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b]”

28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”

29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.

31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.

32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.

34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii[c] and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’

36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”

37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”

Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”



@ Stupor
Can't you just see the Priest say. . ."Abeg, Abeg me I don't have time for this, I have important business to take care of."

Cant't you just see the Levite saying "Well I am not the only one helping. At least me I didn't laugh at him like the priest that just walked by.

How encouraging will the story had been if you the point of your thread (since you felt a need to open) was about how you saw your fellow brother passed out from being drunk and sensing the grave danger he might be you helped him out? Think about it!!

You didn't even try to wake him. . .splash water on his face, slap him upside the head, anything even though you knew why he was there in the first place. . .to take the all important test you were also taking. Wait, could it be that you happy that there is one less person to compete with? After all by your own admission he was very intelligent and he spoke well. Hmmmm.

The reason I brought the Bible into this is because if I remember correctly you were the one of the people listing the churches that can lead someone to hell fire. How about Behaviors that do the same? You wanna tackle that one?

Sisi_Kill:

God Bless you!! I don't know who died and made him public police.

Do you know what you can't put your finger on? His COLD-HEARTEDNESS. You see. . . a normal person, who sees another helplessly sprawled out like that (especially someone he claimed he chatted with and was "endeared to" ), would seek help for him first but not this one. . .nope, the first that came to mind was taking a picture and posting it on Nairaland yet he expects us to believe he did it as a form public service. How about a service to your fellow human being? I yell ya, sometimes some people need not look too far to know the reason they are in their present situation.Hypocrite.

Why are you talking like this?. I guess you are not a straight-forward person considering your blind stance on this subject matter.
You are supporting what is not.

July 31, 2012 by Eniola Akinkuotu 57 Comments

Oladujoye and items recovered from him.
| credits: Eniola Akinkuotu
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested Dare Oladujoye, a driver with Zenith Bank, for allegedly being in possession of 19 Guaranty Trust Bank ATM cards and the sum of N652, 000.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the suspect was using the cards to withdraw money from an ATM at Ogba branch of GTB when a security guard raised the alarm.

The Commissioner of Police for the state police command, Mr. Umar Manko, said as of the time of his arrest, the suspect had withdrawn N652, 000 from the ATM.

Manko said, “On July 26, 2012, around 8:30pm, there was a distress call that there was commotion at GTB, Ogba branch. On getting there, the suspect was seen with 19 ATM cards.

“He is an employee of Zenith Bank and we wondered what he was doing with the 19 cards. He was arrested and as of the time of his arrest, he had cashed N652, 000. The matter is under investigation.”

The suspect however denied stealing the ATM cards. He said whenever he lent people money, he would collect their ATM cards as collateral and return them after payment.

He said, “I usually loan people money and I’ve been doing it for over a year. Whenever I loan people money, I will collect their ATM cards and their Personal Identification Numbers. When they repay me, I return their cards to them.

“However, if they don’t pay me back in cash, I go to withdraw money from their accounts through the ATM.”

When quizzed on where he got the money which he lent people, he said he was into various kinds of businesses.

He also said he had friends in the banking sector who helped him with funds.

He said, “I am a very hard working person. I joined Zenith Bank as a driver over three years ago and in less than a year, I bought a tricycle which I leased to another driver that gives me returns on a regular basis.

“The following year, I bought two tricycles bringing the total number to three. I make N150,000 monthly from the tricycles and N60,000 from my salary. I also get credit facilities through my connections in the banking sector.

“On the day I was arrested, I went to withdraw money on Thursday night with some of the cards when a security guard raised the alarm. I did not steal those cards. I know the owners of the cards and I have their numbers on my phone.”

Meanwhile, the command has warned members of the public to be very careful when buying vehicles so as not to buy stolen ones.

The warning became imperative following the arrest of two mechanics who allegedly received six stolen vehicles and even sold some to members of the public.

Manko said buyers could sense stolen vehicles by their cheap prices.

It was learnt that on July 7, 2012, Sunday Okoduwa came with a report that his car was stolen on Victoria Island.

Policemen later traced the car to a workshop in Agidingbi and arrested a man identified simply as Abdusalam, who in turn claimed that he bought it from one Idowu Adegboyega.

PUNCH Metro learnt that when Adegboyega was arrested and could not give a satisfactory explanation, his house was searched and some documents were found which led to the recovery of six other vehicles.

A police source said, “When we searched the suspect’s house, some documents were recovered which led to the recovery of six other vehicles.

“All the vehicles were registered in the name of one Oti Olusekola Jacob, who is believed to belong to the gang of armed robbers in Lagos.”

In a related development, the police have arrested 12 armed robbery suspects.

Police authorities said the suspects belonged to a syndicate that specialised in snatching vehicles from the owners at gunpoint.

The police alleged that the suspects operated in Ikorodu where they robbed and also sold vehicles.

According to the police, Ahmed Abdullahi, Azeez Abiodun, Olusoga Taiwo, Wasiu Azeez and Dele Balogun are among the suspects arrested.

It was learnt that three of the suspects, Adebiyi Mafimisesin, Lekan Aibinuomo and Okalawon Akinpelu; were receivers of stolen vehicles, which were either Toyota or Honda products.

A police source said, “The case emanated from Ikorodu Police Station and was reported on June 20, 2012 by a complainant who was attacked and robbed of his Toyota Sienna Space bus.

“We swung into action and we discovered where they keep stolen vehicles and sell to buyers. We recovered six vehicles; Toyota Sienna, Toyota Corolla, Honda Accord, Toyota Camry and two others.

“We also recovered single-barrelled locally-made shotguns and 24 live cartridges and one expended cartridge.”

http://www.punchng.com/metro/bank-driver-arrested-with-19-atm-cards-n652000/

Vicjustice: Please, for goodness sake, why not blur his face with pixels so as to keep his privacy? This guy has not committed any crime to deserve such open humiliation, it is embarrassing enough that he got himself into this situation, but it is morally unjustifiable to further humiliate him in such an open disgrace to the whole world.[size=20pt]Please![/size]

What are you talking about?. Do you you have to cover up every bad attitude?.

What the guy did was totally wrong and should be a lesson to others who have similar habit.

The Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Ethics and Values, Mrs. Sarah Jibril, lamented in Akure on Monday that she had been having difficulties in travelling outside Abuja for her official engagements as she no longer has an official vehicle.

Jubril said, “No new vehicle was provided for my office since the one given to me on my appointment had an accident sometimes ago.”

Jibril, a presidential aspirant of the People Democratic Party in 2011, stated this while explaining reasons for her lateness to a lecture she delivered during the 2012 Week of the National Association of Women Journalists, Ondo State chapter, on Monday evening.

The Special Adviser said she had to compel NAWOJ to provide a vehicle that would take her to the NUJ Press Centre, venue of the lecture since she had no official vehicle.

Our correspondent learnt that the condition given by Jibril forced the NAWOJ to pay a car hire firm N100,00 for a Toyota Avalon car to bring her to Akure on Sunday and return her to Abuja on Monday immediately after the programme.

It was learnt that the vehicle had an accident on the Okene-Lokoja Road and the company had to send another car from Akure.

The special adviser said she had been using her old Toyota SUV which she said could not withstand long distance journey.

Wife of the Ondo State Governor, Mrs. Olukemi Mimiko, who was the Special Guest on the occasion, made arrangement for a vehicle to take her back to Abuja on Tuesday.

Jubril delivered her lecture titled ‘Peaceful Political Co-Existence, Ingredient for Sustainable Democracy: The Role of Women’, at the event.

She noted that women, as mothers and carriers of life, could help change various challenging situation in the country with fasting and ardent prayers for restoration of peace and harmony in our nation.

http://www.punchng.com/news/i-dont-have-official-car-jonathans-aide/

Plying the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway at night is like walking through the valley of the shadow of death. A lot of people have been attacked on the long bridge along the expressway by hoodlums many people believed to be herdsmen residing in Kara area, at the Ogun State end of the bridge.

On July 6, Brig. Gen. Sylvester Iruh (retd.) was stabbed to death by some hoodlums who swooped on him and others when they attempted to change a flat tyre on the bridge around 6:30pm.

Penultimate Sunday in the same area, some passengers travelling in a 14-seater bus from Ile-Ife, Osun State, were attacked when their bus broke down on the bridge around 7:30pm.

One of the victims is a pharmacist with one of the Federal Medical Centres in the northern part of the country. The pharmacist, who was on official duty at FMC, Lagos, did not want his identity to be revealed for security reasons.

He said as soon as the passengers alighted from the bus, some men numbering about 10 emerged from the bush near the bridge and swooped on them.

The victim said, “Immediately, all passengers took to their heels and ran in different directions. But unfortunately I could not run because I have a health challenge. They concentrated on me and beat me thoroughly.

“They robbed me of all my belongings, including valuable documents. Thereafter, they stabbed me and I was bleeding profusely. After they left me, I walked to a filling station on the expressway where I met some riot policemen guarding the station.

“I told them about my ordeal but they said they could not leave the station because they were asked to guard the place. They directed me to Ibafo Police Division. At the station, the policemen on duty said there was nothing they could do either.

“They said they had killed quite a number of the hoodlums but they kept regrouping and unleashing mayhem on those plying the road. The policemen took me to a private hospital in the area where I was treated.

“I was not having any money on me but the doctor agreed to save my life after I had identified myself as a pharmacist. He charged me N10,000 and also lent me N1,000 from which I took a bus to Lagos. He then gave me his account number.”

The victim, who spoke with our correspondent on the phone, said the next day, he went to a branch of his bank in Lagos and after explaining his ordeal to the bank manager, he was allowed to use withdrawal slip to withdraw from his account and paid N11, 000 into the doctor’s account.

He said as soon as he got to his base, he blocked his three telephone lines and was reconnected on Wednesday.

He said as soon as one of the lines became active, a man called him from Kano State on Friday claiming that his brother had been calling him with the line for about three days.

The pharmacist said the man, who spoke in Hausa, called him with 08020511*** and insisted that his brother owned the line.

He said he later told the man that he was attacked on his way to Lagos by some hoodlums and suspected that the caller’s brother was among his attackers.

The pharmacist said, “Immediately I told him what happened, he dropped the line. After a while, he beeped me with the same number and I called him back. I told him that his brother was among those who attacked me. But he said ‘the boys are not as bad as I painted them.’”

The victim said since he had the caller’s number and was willing to release it to security agents, it should not be difficult to apprehend him since all lines were registered by service providers.

He said once the caller from Kano is apprehended, it would not be difficult to arrest those who attacked him on the bridge, adding that the documents he lost were too vital to let go.

Besides, he said he was now worried because since the man called him, he had been “receiving strange calls.”

When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Command, Mr. Muyiwa Adejobi, advised the victim to report back at the police station and gave the number of the caller from Kano to the Divisional Police Officer.

“There is a way the police can get the call log so that the caller can be located and arrested,” he said.

http://www.punchng.com/metro/robbers-brother-called-me-lagos-ibadan-expressway-robbery-victim/

In my opinion, Glo has the worst customer care service in Nigeria. My reason is not far fetched;

It takes about twenty minutes to acutually get through to a customer care representative that will attend to you.
The customer care representatives have this standard way of telling you that the system is being attended to by the engineers hence they will not be able to access your account. Try to lay a complaint several times about your BB service and you will be able to confirm my point. This to me shows lack of dedication and deceit.

AjanleKoko:

20k Accomodation a month? Where, Sango Ota?

20k X 12=240k. This is still enough to rent a two bedroom flat in Iyana-Ipaja or Egbeda axis.
The problem most people have is that they tend to live above their mains.

I'm quite sure that what happened to Olusola Saraki of Kwara State will soon happen to Tony Aninih. He should learn than the old era of manufacturing vote is over and that people are wiser now.

I got my first job with a multinational company(though was not paying well then) as a floor mechanic on contract term immediately after graduating as a Mechanical Engineer.
However, after four months of dedicated service to the company( though I happen to know the HR Manager through somebody), I was given permanent offer as a senior staff just few days to my NYSC camping. The HR Manager was very helpful as he told me to write for a study leave of three weeks to enable me go for the orientation camp after which I made necessary arrangement to part with a portion of my monthly NYSC allowance to some key people both in the Local Goverment HQ where I was posted to and the N----, so that I would only be visiting once in a while.

After three and half years of working with the company, I was recommended for a position in another multinational company by one of my formal staff(a Manager who got in touch with me despite the fact that we were not even close while he was still with us). I got the job and have being in the company for more than three years now.

In all, I will say it is God's favour and grace.

Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Drugs/Narcotics and Financial Crimes, Mr. Adams Jagaba, said on Monday that he was prepared to tell the police all he knew about the $620,000 bribery allegation involving Mr. Farouk Lawan and businessman, Mr. Femi Otedola.

“I see myself and the police as co-partners in the fight against corruption,” the lawmaker told The PUNCH in Abuja.

According to Jagaba, as the chairman of the committee, which oversees the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, he will not be doing the nation any good if he withholds information from an investigation agency.

Jagaba confirmed that he was aware of a letter sent to the Speaker, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, requesting him to assist the police with information.

He, however, deplored the “weeks of unfounded speculations” over a purported ultimatum given to him by the police to appear before them or he would be arrested.

Jagaba said, “First, they said that I had been invited and given an ultimatum. That is not true.

“Again, they claimed that I was in the country on Friday; that is not true.

“I just returned to the country this morning (yesterday) from South Africa.

“I arrived about 9.30am and I went home to shower.

“What I can say is that I will go to see the police as soon as possible and I will cooperate with them to avail the police of information that will assist in fighting corruption.

“There is no definite date on when I will go to the police.

“What happened was that they (police) followed the procedure to serve the speaker (invitation letter) and since the speaker has seen it, it means that I have seen it.”

It will be recalled that Lawan had claimed that he handed over the bribe money to Jagaba to forward to the leadership of the House.

He also claimed to have reported the bribery to Jagaba through a letter he wrote to him in April.

But Jagaba vehemently denied ever receiving any letter or the bribe exhibit from Lawan. It is still unclear where the $620,000 is.

Meanwhile, the House has said the report of its Committee on Ethics and Privileges on the bribery allegation would not be released in “piecemeal.”

A member of the committee, Mr. Ibrahim Bello, was quoted as saying on Sunday that Otedola disowned the video of the bribery transaction in circulation.

He claimed that Otedola told the committee when he appeared before it last week that the video did not originate from him.

However, counsel for Otedola on Monday, debunked claims that their client disowned the video.

In a statement, Babajide Koku, SAN, said, “For the avoidance of doubt, we wish to state categorically that the statement credited to Ibrahim Bello is entirely false and calculated to misrepresent and misinform the public as to what transpired during the closed door hearing held by the House Committee on the 3rd of July, 2012.

“We wish to state further that there are video and audio recordings corroborating our client’s account of what transpired between him and Farouk Lawan.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/im-ready-for-police-on-620000-bribe-jagaba/

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