₦airaland Forum

GT Bank is N412.5 = £1

1730 GMT at UK cash machine

Why is Fayose's government buying dollar at black market rates or better still why are they buying dollars at all?

If his state govt have a genuine reason to buy dollars I am sure there are mechanisms in olace for CBN to sell to them.

What an slowpoke Ben Bruce is.

If he wanted them to perform why didmt he book there services in advance. Its attitudes like his that ruined state owned companies like Nigeria Airways, Nitel.

Buy Naija means paying fair amounts for services not expecting free services because of your status.

ibietela2:
Leave that guy because he starts insulting you....... Imagine what he is saying that ONLY ELITES are affected.

My hosting fee is $25 now 9k by month end if things doesn't improve it will be around 15k and he is saying elite

Why dont you use a Nigeria based company to host?

http://www.hyperia.com

Hyperia has been in Nigeria forever. If all you small players used their services instead of paying foreign companies in dollars, they would have been a much more successful company.

NighttWalker:
What the fvck are you talking about? Everyone's feeling the heat, my uni fees have almost doubled thanks to buharis government and the devaluation of the naira.

You are a born liar. Definitely not a university in Nigeria.

If you are in a foreign uni, like demdem said your are OYO.

scampy:
lwkmdie.
Please share d second time. I really enjoyed d first one.

2nd time

This was London in 2004

Funny enough, it involved my friend in the hood who I decided to go and visit in my first story.

He had relocated to London about 5 years earlie and I had recently arrived to study for my Masters degree. The chap was a full time hustler. Stolo, obembe, akpati, co10... Any thing that brought in street money he was on it.

I wasnt cut out for all the street ish but I dabbled into it a bit by putting out the word and helping him get rid of the half price stuff he had. Many butter chaps in my Uni bought half price laptops from me and I made between £30 and £60 on each deal by adding a little to the price my friend offered it for sale

One day a fooking Zimbabwe bwoy I worked with told me one of his connects had £300 worth of Sainsburys vouchers that he wanted to sell for half price. As usual I put the word out there and strangely my guyman friend wanted the vouchers.

I could have asked the Zimbabwe rassclat to bring the vouchers to the house but because I wanted to make my own tachere I told him to meet me somewhere close to the house.

I told my guy the vouchers were £200 and he gave me the cash. Off I went and did the deal. As a JJC with no concrete street knowledge and doing the deal albeit with some random guy but in the presence of the Zimbabwe fuckboi, I believed it was all gravy. I took a cursory glance at the vouchers, all looked okay so I handed over £150 and pocketed my £50 profit.

I went back home and handed over the booklet of vouchers to my guy. He flipped through them and from the look on his face I knew something was wrong. On closer examination it became apparent that the vouchers were printed on a home printer and poorly cut to size. The biggest indicator was that the inside of the booklet backcover was made from an old Kellogs cornflakes box.

I immediately called the Zimbabwe fuckboi and he told me it was nothing to do with him as he only linked me and the seller.

My friend being one who never liked to get scamned although he made his living scamming others decided he would go and pass of the fake vouchers in Sainsburys anyway

We took a short drive down to our local Sainsburys. He parked and asked that we go in but my liver failed me so I remained in the car. About 15 minutes later, I saw my friend, as fat as he was running full sprint towards the car. He jumped in, started the car and we sped off.

He tried to pass the vouchers off for some electronic items but the lady at the till called her manager. They stylishly detained him by engaging him in a conversation and they had also called a security man over. Being a road man, he knew the cops had been called. He used a diversion technique and bailed.

When Dbanjs song mobolowo won came out, he would play it over and over again and we'd reminisce over that faithful day's events and laugh.

Two times I can remember.

1st time - This happened in 95/96. I was on my way to my sixth form college but decided to go see my friend in the hood. He was an up and coming guy man and I wanted to see if he had any new 090 fire lines. I alighted from the bus and as I walked towards his house, I saw 2 chaps playing table tennis.

As I walked past the players, one of them called out to me; egbon shey ele ba wa count scores (can you help keep scores). I was in no hurry and enjoyed watching table tennis so I obliged.

The game carried on and one of them was so terrible it was embarrasing. Game ended something like park-2. The really rubbish player brought out a wad of cash and gave it to the chap who won. The winner was the same one that called out to me.

I made to leave but the winner called out to me and walked alongside with me. He told me (in yoruba) that the other chap was an ibo boy who had stolen thousands from his dad and was gambling it all away. He advised that I bet on a game with him and I was sure to double my money.

Even though I was a below average player, having seen how rubbish the ibo boy was, I didnt hesitate. We walked back to the tennis board. The yoruba boy suggested I give the ibo boy 15 ahead to entice him. I agreed cause the ibo boy was really rubbish. I laid allthe money I had on me. I think it was N50 but cant be sure. What I can remember was that it was just enough to take me to school and back.

I started the game with the 1st of my 5 serves. The previously rubbish ibo boy returnes it with a back handed smash, 0-16 . I was shook but I thought to myself, ah a fluke return. 2nd service, same thing, 3rd service, fore hand smash from the ibo boy, 0-18.

My eyes turned red as It started to dawn on me that I had been scammed. I dropped my bat, turned to my fellow yoruba boy who I believed to be my ally and said I wasnt playing again. He shook his head and with respect he replied 'ah, egbon eti bet' (You cant go back on a bet after the game has started)

I picked up my bat and tried to salvage the situation with 2 iká services but the ibo boy was so good he won the points, 0-20 cantab! The boy then finished me off with 2 robó agbeti services.

I left the table in shame and walked to my friends house a short distance away. I knocked on the gate for minutes but there was no response. My day just became worse. I had no money and there was no way I could make it to school. Tears started to roll down my eyes as I began my 4km walk back home.

****

Almost 48 hours after the incident and all we have is a 3rd hand account of the incident. How did your bloodclat brother see the guns from his seat and how dafuq did the air hostess see that the man's bag didnt go through the security scanner?

You **** ask for 'sauce' for stories where its not relevant yet post this completely unverified balderdash

basty:
A similar example happened in Oshodi and the guy was made to pull his camouflage short, thank God he had an inner short that saved the day. So also, incidents of the army boys removing shoes from people. It barbaric and must stop.

In 1995, some soldiers stationed at a NEPA near my house made me remove my Ikeja bought Texas Steer boots and walk home bare footed.

I walked home and told my mum what happened. Being a no-nonsense woman, she took me back there and tounge lashed the soldiers. They returned my boots and ended up begging my mum.

The weird thing is that it was soldiers from the very same NEPA office who bravely helped fight off armed robbers from my house a few months later.

Shyymex

West Ham bound

The guy no try at all. This na 1st generation SLK (R170) na. They havent produced a new one of this car for over a decade. Infact there have been 2 all new models since this model last rolled off a production plant.

No be this kind moto dem dey kpolongo for internet. I just pray engine problem wont kill him.

"5 shots couldnt drop me, I took it and smiled"

The guy is now a confirmed OG like him mentor 2Pac!

Normally dislike Dele Momodu but I am with him 100% on this. in saner climes, Davido, his sister and father will be in custody.

I normally dislike Dele Momodu but I am with him 100% on this. In saner climes, Davido, his sister and father will be in custody tonight.

PMB just said he has dollar at N199 for people ready to engage in the real business sector e.g agriculture. If you want to import toothpick go and source dollars by yourself.

Sai Baba!

bomasek:
Baba,I hail,show us picture make we see am just to close that guy mouth,tnx

Certainly...Happy to oblige

Peep the date...only a few weeks after purchase

https://i68.tinypic.com/2dk09le.jpg

Decale:
More and more banter from a goat

The fact still remains he got a car that costs 7mill upwards. He can afford a 2015 if he wants to, goat

With all your pictures and researches just for a car, what do you drive, ehn, goat?

2009 E Class bought new in 2009 for £34,000. I will be buying the all new W213 E Class that will be announced at the Detroit Motor Show in January and will go on sale in April. Should cost about £40,000

You are chatting to a Mercedes aficionado so please do not attempt to argue about topics or areas of which you have no knowledge. You make a right old buffoon of yourself.

Decale:
Jude has the AMG version, goat...

Odenson

This picture is of the facelift 2014 AMG Line model (Different from AMG 63).

Judes model is the 2010 AMG Sport.

Lets school you a bit although your brain probably wont be able to tell the difference as per say na plasticine dey inside ya head

2010 CLS 350/550 AMG Sport (Like Jude's old Tokunboh model)
https://i63.tinypic.com/347cghl.jpg

2011 CLS 63 AMG ///
https://i66.tinypic.com/von5mw.jpg

Facelift 2014 CLS 350/550 AMG Line
https://i66.tinypic.com/kb55pg.jpg

Facelift 2015 CLS 63 AMG ///
https://i68.tinypic.com/34xgg82.jpg

Bet this is old model na.... 2010 car.... When facelift came out in 2014

Jude you can do berra

https://i63.tinypic.com/2qx2eyx.jpg

He played for Dynamo Kyiv in Ukraine from 2011 to 2014.

Busted!

mekaboy:
My friend stop airing your ignorance. Does Nigeria import more than other countries in the west ? It's all about what you import. Even when you are into production you still import some equipments and raw material.

There is nothing wrong with importing if you have items for export as well to balance it. Your talking about how import stimulates the economy. You are using an imported phone and laptop and criticising import.

Who do you blame for the collapse of factories ? With high cost of setup and high interest rates, why will anyone want to risk large scale production?

Is it our fault that government abandoned every other natural resource we have and went for oil alone?

Who goes into production in an unstable country? Don't blame importers for the failure of govt.

What have u produced so far?

You are a grade 1 slowpoke. It is not the government's responsibility to help source dollars to fund the ostentatious lifestyles of entitled new middle class clowns like yourself.

Why should the government source forex to help import all kinds of useless items that do not stimulate the economy. There is already an avenue for legitimate business people who need forex to import legitimate and approved items.

If you need dollars go and source it from the open market and pay the going rate dictated by demand and supply. Dont wait for government to source dollars for you.

The government's priority is the economy and the ordinary man on the street.

mekaboy:
How will u invest in real business when there is no clear economic policy. You go into importing of an item the next morning govt bans it.

You wake up and you can use your card to make payment abroad.

You can't place your finger on the price of the dollar.

You don't even know what the price of the item your selling will be when you want to purchase again. You don't know if your making profit or loss.

You don't even know if Naira will be devalued.

I am sorry to say but you are part of the problem. Importing useless goods is not the type of business the poster meant. He said REAL BUSINESS SECTOR. How does your importing toothpick, toothpaste or the million other useless items help stimulate the economy or create jobs?

We must wean ourselves from this dependence of dollars to purchase useless goods from abroad.

I have lost money in real terms investing in Tbills but I aint mad. Our current system where we import every bloody item isnt sustainable.

Demdem2:
This is the pain will need to endure simply because during the days of plenty, Jonah-daft in his cursed state refused to save and build up our reserves. Instead, the fool was busy sharing money indiscriminately till there was nothing to share again. Even Obj that never had so much income like Jonah-daft saved, what is the drunkards excuse? This policy is also affecting me but for the collective good, it's the right decision. Thunder fire Jonah-daft and Ngozi the witch wherever they are now. Never again will we have fools like them govern us again.

Exactly. I am affected in that money I took to Nigeria 2 years ago and changed at N247, I brought back at N362. Infact my £2500 is stuck with a money transfer chap who has now refused to pick up his phone.

Having said this, the government is not obliged to help source dollars to fund for the ostentatious lifestyles of middle and upper class citizens.

The governments priority is to look out for the ordinary man who neither requires dollars nor imports anything.

I wont have been able to authorise that. Life imprisonment dey okay. Thats probably why I am not in the military

Naira is ruined!

N378.5 to £1 at 0800 today.

GT bank ATM withdrawal.

deathmen12:
interesting, bros above me did tompolo point gun at their forehead and force dem to buy d building at dat amount?... if this news is true then efcc shld handle this thing a matured way, and if they want to arrest tompolo they shld come out with fact and envidence. bt wait o even pmb have meeting wit tompolo too? i thought some pple said pmb doesnt have time 4 pple like tompolo...abeg make owner arrange meeting for me and pmb. lala abeg do sumtim.

Take you illiterate azz back to school. Govt cant just go about purchasing any property it fancies. Thats why there are procurement depts and a competitive tender process must be undergone.

Tranquill:
Dasuki is not even going down if tried in the open and transparently. Some of you are so gullible and easily fooled and the government is capitalising on that. What makes you think Dasuki is going down? Because the man said he 'thinks the money is meant for the PDP'. What makes him think so? I see another sergent Rogers that will recant later. The government was buying arms in cash through the black market. The mercinaries and foreign instructors that were contracted were being paid in cash and in dollars. Also, most people do not know that at some point, it was the Nigerian government that was funding the hadian and Nigerien forces that were battling BH from their own sides of the borders. This government will not say that because because all they want is for you to believe that 'money meant for arms purchase was misused'. You should also know that
security money is not all about buying arms.

Odenson. So the N2.1b transferred to Dokpesi was for Mercenaries too. When did Dokpesi become a militant?

Just came back from cash machine....GTbank - N363 to £1.... In December o!

klexycole:
Anyone With GTB Exchange Rate Today?

I have been withdrawing from UK machines over the past few days at a rate of between N328 - N331 to £1. Today it has jumped to N346 to £1

How I wish it was still like it was earlier in the year when you could withdraw £790 in one go.

This building used to be called NET building and was razed a few decades ago and left abandoned for a very long time. Didnt Bankole buy it for a paltry N100m some years back?