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Jobs/VacanciesRe: Pure Gold Logistics Synergy Ltd Invite, Please Who Know This Company Well!!!!!! by palao: 1:24pm On Jan 10, 2018
@victor onyeka is like you are insider, thanks for your information and when are we expecting the for second invite
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Pure Gold Logistics Synergy Ltd Invite, Please Who Know This Company Well!!!!!! by palao: 1:11pm On Jan 10, 2018
Guy only you was send the massage on boxing day(26 Dec), and told that is only 66 applicants made it through. Please real in your infor
PoliticsRe: Why We Are Running "Slow Government" - Buhari by palao: 6:47pm On Nov 23, 2017
Mr president, Nigerians are hungry i know you can do better than this
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Bheerhugz Cafe by palao(op): 4:41pm On Sep 28, 2017
Shop Manager
am told to come for test
Jobs/VacanciesBheerhugz Cafe by palao(op): 3:20pm On Sep 28, 2017
Hello house anyone has information regarding this BHEERHUGZ CAFE (company), please if you have any share with me
Mean interview things very urgent
I no you with useful information

Thanks
PoliticsRe: Nigerian Military Declares IPOB As A "Militant Terrorist Organisation" by palao: 5:45pm On Sep 15, 2017
My questions is where is Nnamdi Kanu the hero
PoliticsMatter Of Urgent Attention by palao(op): 6:34pm On Sep 12, 2017
How long do we continue like this, read and share
FANTASTICALLY CORRUPT.
I travelled out of my state of residence to do a transaction on behalf of a client. Things went relatively well until I needed to take out an affidavit in court as one of the final stages of the transaction.
So I walked into this court, a federal high court, to do the affidavit. I had in mind that a day earlier , someone had told me in my office how she spent #4 000 to do an affidavit in court. I was furious . I know that only #100 of that #4 000 will go to government purse , the rest will go to some thieves who pose as government workers.
So I stepped into this court wishing that the thieves would try to play pranks on me. I file affidavit regularly in court but I have never experienced such extortion. May be it is because the court workers in my town of residence know me to be a lawyer. May be now that I am out of jurisdiction and dressed casually, the ones here will try to play a fast one on me. Just May be.
So In the court, I was directed to a certain lady. It Seems she is always the first contact person in this web of extortion. I entered the room. She asked me to sit. She was attending to someone, a captive I should say . The man was begging that he did not come with 4k, but the lady would have none of that. She asked the guy to go and come back complete. I was eavesdropping. The guy had just lost his certificate and wanted to make an affidavit to that effect. This is what is supposed to cost him N100. The guy even begged to pay N1000. But she refused. She insisted on the "full price".. In the end, the guy left to use Atm and come back. I was next in line!
I hold the belief that even if one should extort me, it should not be in court. The very thought of being extorted by a non- Lawyer in court is annoying to me. It is like a civilian slapping a Soldier in the barracks! If you must slap a soldier, must you do it in the barracks ?
So I took my turn in front of her. 'What do you want to do, sir? She asked.' Affidavit, of course, I replied. She asked what type of affidavit , bringing out a plain sheet of paper and pen, with an air of fake seriousness. She said she needed to know the type of affidavit because they will help me to type it.
At that point, I brought out a copy of the affidavit as typed by my secretary a day before I traveled. I told her that all I needed was to make the oath before a Commissioner for that purpose. Seems she was taken aback. Seems see didn't expect me to come with my affidavit already written and typed out. She excused me and left with the document. I guess she went to consult with her superiors.
She did not stay too long.
'sir, are you a Barrister'?
'Yes, does it matter'?
'I mean a real Barrister '?
Silence.
' sir are you based here in town '?
Silence.
' Sir'?
I think she wondered if I was really a lawyer as they have not seen me in their court before . May be her superior had suggested that I just claimed to be a lawyer in the affidavit just to evade their extortion.
I told her to go straight to the point. That I still needed to travel back. I told her to show me where to pay and get the oath Commissioner's stamp. At that point, she cut a piece of paper and wrote on it. She signed a complicated signature. She made the stealing to seem official. Unlike how she handled the guy before me, she didn't say a word about the amount I was to pay. She could not speak to me about it . She wrote it down and signed and then showed me where to take it to.
So I took it to whom I was directed. The man took the piece of paper from me and studied it as if it was a graph or some complicated map . Then,as if he had suddenly deciphered a hidden code, he said out loud : 'two thousand'. I paid the two thousand Naira and waited. The man stamped on the document and wrote on it with red ink. I noticed that he did not write the amount received by the Court on behalf of government, as is the custom. He directed me back to the lady who sent me to him . He said she is the one to take me to the Commissioner for oaths .
I was irritated by the unnecessary back and forth, but I was determined to see the end of it .
After the Commissioner had put his stamp on the affidavit, I went straight back to the guy who took 2k from me and demanded a receipt. He looked lost when he saw me again.
He said they don't give receipts. I said its not possible for the federal government of Nigeria to take #2000 from me and not give any evidence of payment. He then said their receipt has finished. I told him to use his red pen and write 2000 on the affidavit. He Shrunk his shoulders, as if to say 'God forbid'.
I told him, Point blank, that he has trouble on his hands. That he should not think that I will leave without evidence of payment. That if he can not handle it he should bring in his superior. I threatened to go to the court Registrar if he continues to waste my time. It Seems the mention of the Registrar was frightening to him. He said to me 'please sit down' and stepped out, running.
He returned with a woman I presume is his unit head, a woman in her late forties by my estimation. She asked what was the problem. I told her there was no problem. That I am surprised the guy brought her. That all I want is receipt or some evidence of payment.
She said that their receipt has finished. She brought out a big book and said they enter all the payment entries made by everyone and at the end of the day, they issue one receipt!
Hear lie. One receipt to whom? She did not even seem like an intelligent thief to me. Seeing that her explanation meant nothing to me, she collected the affidavit from me and looked. The next thing I heard was :
'who typed it? Who asked you to type it?'
She said they will give me my money back and take 'their affidavit'. That I should go elsewhere and make the oath.
At this point, I lost my patience and temper. It became clear to me that I was dealing with an ignorant crook. Who told her that she had the power to stop me from doing the affidavit? Who told her that private affidavits must be typed by the Court. I mean she made it so clear with her actions that she is fantastically corrupt.
I stepped out of their office and headed to the Registrar's office. They started pleading. The guy who took the money started running helter skelter.
He took me to the office of another oga. The oga was polite. Cool office. He took the affidavit document from me and read. He screamed : 'did they not even read this thing to see that this man is a lawyer'? He stormed out and left me alone in the office.
It became clear to me that the oga was not necessarily angry at what they did. He was angry that they did it to a lawyer. He felt they were daft to do so to a lawyer. They should have done it only to other members of the public. They should have known that a lawyer is "bad market".
The oga returned with the woman and asked her to apologise for saying I should get my #2000 and go elsewhere to do the oath. She did. And I accepted the apology.
The oga thought that was all. He looked happy, as if everything has been settled. As if he had just resolved a conflict between Iraq and Kuwait. I brought him back to reality by saying that I am still waiting for receipt. You can't extort me and apologise and bid me farewell, without a refund.
At that point, he asked the lady to excuse us. As soon as the room had only Me and him, he removed the masquerade. He said :"BUT BARRISTER, YOU AND I KNOW THAT THIS THING IS HUNDRED NAIRA. How do we give receipt for 2 thousand "?
I did not bulge. I told him that it was either he gave me the receipt for 2k or I go to the court registrar.
At that point, he went out quietly without a word. I did not know if he went to get the receipt or my money. I looked through the window and saw him outside calling the staff to gather my money. It was then I knew that the loot had already been shared (it was close of work and I was the last customer). They had to send someone to call one of the staff at the gate to bring his part before entering a taxi home.
The oga soon returned to the office with my #2000 and asked for hundred Naira. I gave him #100. They wrote #100 on the affidavit with red ink and gave a receipt reflecting #100. The same receipt they said they didn't have.
I walked out of the court feeling sorry for the country. I mean this is a court of law! A place you would expect to see the strictest adherence to probity. Yet people openly engage in extortion. Government charges #100 for something, but corrupt government workers make it #4000 (I believe I was charged #2000 cos I had mine typed already).
People no longer do subtle corruption in this country. Corruption is the norm. The make you look stupid if you don't join in. Every sector is involved, not just the political class. The civil service stinks.
Last week Tuesday, I went to get my renewed drivers licence. The lady who is employed to hand it over to me, after doing so, stretched out her open palm, as of right. I put #200 in her hand for "Your coke" , and she was not happy. All she did was to remove my licence and give to me and she did it within a minute. Yet she named her bribe. She wanted #2000!! She said she will come to get it in the car in case I don't have it on me. I asked if she will give me a receipt for it and her face dropped.
Next day, I went to another ministry where I made an application needing the Commissioner's approval. I found that the application had not even reached the Commissioner's table . They kept giving excuses. As I made to leave, one of them followed me to the car and asked if I have "seen" them. She said she is helping me by telling me that if I don't "cooperate", I would be coming and going for 3 months without my file moving to nowhere.
You would think she was talking of between 3k to 10 k, but she named their price in the region of 70 k before I could get the ministry's approval! She kept saying "we are many o" and that 40k out of the money is for their ogas.
As I reached the office, I met a client whose tenant locked out of her own compound. She had to take refuge elsewhere for days. I mean this tenant destroyed glass windows in the compound, threatened to kill the landlady and, you won’t believe this, used a security padlock to lock the house owner out of her compound!
I immediately put a call the the DPO within jurisdiction. In fact, I drove down to the Police station to see him. He assigned the case to an IPO and directed an immediate arrest of the tenant.
As I made to leave, the IPO met me outside and said that they needed to be mobilized. He said 'oga you know na'. He asked for the number of the complainant saying he needs to call her to get the direction to her compound.
I did not even get back to the office when the woman called to say the Police called her to come to the station with #10, 000.
That is, the life of a citizen is threatened. She is sent away from her own house for days. The windows in Her home are destroyed, including the tank and borehole in the compound.
And the Police want a N10, 000 bribe before they can take any action!
And someone wants me to believe that Nigeria is not fantastically corrupt. Please keep sharing until it gets to the right people. Nigeria must be saved.
No way!
My fellow Nigerians let save this country for the next generation and please don't make this to be APC AND PDP issues
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Pure Gold Logistics Synergy Ltd Invite, Please Who Know This Company Well!!!!!! by palao: 11:10am On Sep 02, 2017
@OG2TURN what is your current pay why not allow others try their luck
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Pure Gold Logistics Synergy Ltd Invite, Please Who Know This Company Well!!!!!! by palao: 4:03pm On Sep 01, 2017
somebody give us update here
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Pure Gold Logistics Synergy Ltd Invite, Please Who Know This Company Well!!!!!! by palao: 2:42pm On Sep 01, 2017
For those who when how was the interview
i mean today
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Pure Gold Logistics Synergy Ltd Invite, Please Who Know This Company Well!!!!!! by palao: 2:42pm On Sep 01, 2017
For those who when how was the interview
PoliticsRe: I Sense A Revolution Comming In This Country by palao: 9:53am On Jul 31, 2017
It better comes, nothing lose
Jobs/VacanciesEkofarmersmart by palao(op): 2:30pm On Jul 30, 2017
Helo, is any one here who have any information regarding their recruitment if there is anyone let hear from you
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Fidelity Bank CBT by palao: 2:17pm On Feb 26, 2017
Please help paul.ehichoya@gmail.com
PoliticsRe: "Sheriff Is The Angel Of Death To PDP" - Fani-kayode by palao: 7:27pm On Feb 19, 2017
That is to say PDP has self inflect problem because you (PDP) invited him
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Light Height Calling For Interview/job..Help by palao: 3:46pm On Feb 16, 2017
why are they reposting it again because if u check today jobberman, their administrative officer is there
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Light Height Calling For Interview/job..Help by palao: 3:44pm On Feb 16, 2017
my email pauehichoya@gmail.com let chart
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Light Height Calling For Interview/job..Help by palao: 3:41pm On Feb 16, 2017
What post is did u apply for
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Light Height Calling For Interview/job..Help by palao: 3:38pm On Feb 16, 2017
When did u apply because am just seeing their opening for admin now
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Recruitment by palao: 7:16pm On Feb 14, 2017
Please the name of the project
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Access Bank Recruitment For Entry Level Admin Staff Nationwide 2017 by palao: 4:17pm On Feb 06, 2017
Please I need practice question pauehichoya@gmail.com
BusinessRe: HELP GTBANK Is Stealing From Me by palao: 5:23pm On Jan 07, 2017
mine was charge 72 naira, their daylight stealing is something to talk on
PoliticsRe: Ikeja Electric Introduces New Bill Format by palao: 6:22pm On Jan 06, 2017
How dose this improve power supply
Christianity EtcRe: Prophet Emmanuel Omale's 2017 Prophecies by palao: 6:12pm On Jan 03, 2017
How many prophecies have u see for the poor man of ur church
Christianity EtcRe: 2017 Prophecies By Pastor Joshua Iginla by palao: 4:33pm On Jan 03, 2017
Prophet that does not see prophecy for the poor
Christianity EtcRe: Nnamdi Kanu Will Be Released, Buhari Will Die – Prophet Chukwudi by palao: 6:26pm On Jan 02, 2017
u said toward the end of 2019 he buhari health will fail him that is to say he buhari will still win 2019 election against those prophet who say atiku will defeat buhari in 2019, hmmm
Christianity EtcRe: Prophet Olagunju's 2017 Prophecies: "Atiku Will Defeat Buhari In 2019 & More" by palao: 3:57pm On Jan 02, 2017
in 2017 on election now how will atiku defeat buhari
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Check Out This Interview Msg by palao: 3:44pm On Jan 02, 2017
the first is fake but the second look same but a try that if leave close
PoliticsRe: Buhari, El-rufai Dividing Nigeria – Apostle Suleman Explodes by palao: 3:30pm On Jan 02, 2017
Hmm, new year massage from man of God
is this prophecy or his view as an individual
because many of his prophecies has not come true
PoliticsRe: Release El-Zakzaky, Fayose Tells FG by palao: 1:15pm On Dec 03, 2016
Hmmm, very soon El-Zakzaky will b d one telling FG to release Fayose
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Mind Smith LTD Interview by palao: 4:21pm On Nov 27, 2016
Please, help me how was ur interview was like because i just received an invite for the post of admin officer

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