₦airaland Forum

Na wa. Hope no trouble in paradise.

DoctorDree:
Everyone doing what they like

The country is descending into anarchy.

maestroferddi:
I don't believe in judging people but Chris Okotie, even with his own issues, is not talking nonsense here.

The learning point, for those who want to learn, is that we should be circumspect with the so-called "good deeds and philanthropy" we see nowadays.

The Bible talks about the devil disguising himself as the angel of light....People should be wary because the devil is wily and crafty....
He knows that people lower their guards as soon as they see a semblance of "goods works"....

What the outcome or end product will, of course, not be so readily discernible.


Prosperity and "good works" are not necessarily proofs of genuine piety....

The same way Rochas Okorocha deceived Imo people with his philanthropy. At the end of the day nothing upstairs.

FLYFIRE:
Any one who saw Pst Chris's message will see the truth in it. It is ONLY people of Joshua's kind that will disagree with Pst Chris

All I know is TB Joshua has always been accused of spiritism that’s why other pastors didn’t get along with him. His ministry has always been suspicious.

musicwriter:
It wasn't about money really, though I told them I have a plan to run a big charity organization and that they should help me if they like my ideas.

And I didn't just contact them out of the blues, rather at that time I was heavily into Google, running multiple AdWords account and AdSense. One day I just observed my websites and I told them how to improve upon the products. Example; I told them the adverts shouldn't be static (at that time ads were static and would not change until you leave the page and return). I gave them the idea that the adverts should be able to change without having to refresh the page. I was just wondering how I could make more money by more clicks on my own site. Another thing I told them was to allow people pay by Gmail account, something like PayPal. In fact, I told them to name the product "Google pay or Gpay" and that's exactly what they call it today. I gave them the idea!! I also told them to authenticate login with phone verification. Nobody did that then. And many other ideas.

Are you for real? This is messed up. If you were abroad you could have sued them and at least get some compensation/popularity..

This is why people don't like sharing ideas.

Church agbasa!!! What is this?

Northerner again!!!! Hmmm!

saferoom:
I once submitted a Proposal to a state Government. And months later I saw them implementing my business idea. But unknown to them, I only gave them 10% of the idea. The essential details that will make the project work I didnt give them. I wasnt surprised when the entire venture was a colossal waste of funds and time. It was abandoned.
Pls dont give them the essential trade secrets.

Well done. Never trust anybody.

musicwriter:
My brother it's very worrying but not even Nigerian companies. In 2009 I sent an email to Google informing them what to do to improve some products, they implemented everything I told them without even replying my message.

I now have an idea of a company and service that can bury google and WhatsApp but the problem is how to go about it. Sell the idea to someone and they'll run away with it.

So sad. They should have at least thanked you for the feedback. I hope you weren't expecting them to pay you as they didn't contract you to provide a solution.

airsaylongcome:
Way too small. Be like the lawyer Dey fear

True. Perhaps that was the amount they wanted to sell it to Sterling Bank. They should have factored in emotional distress and pegged it at N1bn.

Abiodunspectre:
TVIO Solutions files N100m suit against Sterling Bank over ‘intellectual theft’



Source: https://www.thecable.ng/tvio-solutions-files-n100m-suit-against-sterling-bank

I am happy this case is company vs company. Sterling Bank can't intimidate them like if it was was an individual. Nigerian banks and deceit. And in all their core values you will always find "Integrity". No true belief in the values they espouse.

Fcwilly:
It take bigger lie to cover big lie, you will soon make another press release to correct this statement,

Lol. You said it.

They looked forlorn and despondent. One of them has already committed suicide while some narrowly escaped suicide attempts. They are still in a state of shock, unsure of what to do.

These are victims of an investment that went down the drain.

More than 2000 Nigerians invested in a promised mouth watering Return on Investment ,ROI with a Lagos-based at different times.



By Clever Advertising
Some of the victims told Crime Guard that an advertisement was placed by the company on radios, podcasts and through other social media influencers, calling for investment of funds into the company’s various investment plans which included: logistics/bike investment, Customer Relationship Management Investment, CRMI; Education Virtual Reality for Students Investment, VR;. Location Sponsorship Investment; Real Estate and Independent Investment.

They were expected to get a Return on Investment, ROI hovering between 60% to 110% depending on the investment plan and duration.

To ascertain the authenticity of the investment, the investors said they visited the company’s Ikeja and Lekki offices in Lagos and in Abuja office too, depending on the part of the country they resided.

They said some staff and few motor bikes were seen within the premises and along the road, which gave them the impression that they were investing in a proper company.

They said their confidence was further strengthened with the well-publicized remittances made to the earlier investors.

Danger

The first signal that indicated trouble ahead for the investors occurred last year, when the company, according to the investors, started giving excuses on payment of the promised mouth watering Return on Investment, ROI.

When it finally dawned on them that it was a ponzi scheme, one of the investors identified simply as Stephen, reportedly committed suicide. The deceased was said to have taken a loan of an undisclosed millions of naira from the bank which he invested into the company.

About three other investors, among them, David Oyase, also attempted to take their lives when they could not withstand the pressure from their banks, where they took loans.

Among those who invested millions into the company were : Agboniffo Ohis Iyawere (N3,340,000), Victor Okinedo (N15,340,000), Chibueze Amuchie( N800,000), Bazuaye John and family (N25, 081,000) and Obiakor Elochukwu Pious and wife (N44,900,00).

Lamentation

Another victim is Enokela Monday, a 100 level student of Air Force Institution of Technology , Kaduna. He disclosed that he invested N1.5 million, an amount meant to pay his school fees , rent and loan he collected from his friend, into the company.

Narrating his experience, he said, “ The business was introduced to my brother who stays in Dubai, when he came visiting. I accompanied him to Ikeja where he paid for the investment.

“He gave me money for house rent, school fees and pocket money . He also gave me some money for my mum and siblings. I begged him to add some money for me so that I could also pay for the CRMI promotion investment. He obliged. I invested all the money given to me into the company , in addition to a loan from my best friend in the Nigeria Defence Academy, to make the money mature for the investment. The total amount I paid into the company’s account was N1.5 million.

Today, my friend sees me as a bad person, he thinks I fooled him.

As I speak, I can’t afford my school fees, house rent and money to offset the loan I collected from my family including my friends.

Suicide experience

“In my frustration, I drank some quantity of poisonous substance. But for the help of my girlfriend who was around I would have been a forgotten issue. She gave me enough palm oil that revived me.


My brother could not return to Dubai. He stayed behind to monitor the situation. He said he can’t return to Dubai because some of the money he invested in the business was a loan he collected from his friends over there. My family is restless, we can barely feed. Depression is setting in”, he stated.

Trouble

In a move to get their money back, some of the aggrieved investors have alerted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the Presidency, the House of Representatives and Senate Committees on Public Complaint, and Securities and Exchange Commission, among other relevant government bodies.

In an open letter to the EFCC chairman, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, some of the aggrieved investors said, “ the unraveling of the suspected Ponzi scheme all started in the first week of October 2020, when suddenly, the company started giving excuses why it could not pay. At first, it stated that the Customer Relationship Management Investment, CRMI was oversubscribed and that the company wanted to refund the excesses before payment could resume (however, they still accepted funds from some investors).

Later, it said that the SEC has ordered it to refund all CRMI investors. After that, it was one story or the other and the managing Director/Chief Executive Officer actually went underground, claiming to have been involved in an accident, and continued hiding until it was learnt that EFCC officers had arrested him.

Arrest by EFCC

Part of the letter the investors wrote to EFCC chairman read: “EFCC officers held him in a detention facility at its Okotie-Eboh Office, Ikoyi for about a month and then released him on December 22, 2020. Prior to his release, he gave investors his word that as soon as he is released, he would sell some of the assets he diverted investors’ monies into and pay up investors.

“To the chagrin of investors, after he was released, he stated clearly that EFCC instructed him not to meet or communicate with investors. This,the EFCC denied.

Again, he stated that the EFCC has not unfreeze the company’s account as well as his personal account.

It’s worthy to note that the Director, on several occasions, clearly stated that he was not the enemy. That rather, our common enemy being the EFCC, is the reason he has not paid investors. He was encouraging the investors to stage a protest against the EFCC at Okotie-Eboh Office, Ikoyi, to release his assets and unfreeze his company’s accounts and his personal account”.

“Chairman sir, with about 7.5 billion naira investors’ funds , still under his firm grip. EFCC Lagos has been on the matter for months without prosecution, claiming they’re still investigating him. We implore you to kindly act in the interest of the innocent investors”.

Furthermore, the man admitted using some people’s bank accounts to receive funds since EFCC had restricted his bank accounts. He also admitted that he used investor’s funds to invest heavily in properties. It will interest you to know that on three occasions, the investors have offered to help him release his properties which he claimed to have been seized by EFCC, but he only accepts verbally, but never comes forth with the conditions given by investors. These conditions are as follows: That he will provide an MoU making commitments for payments, using the assets as collateral if he fails to make payments afterward; That he includes payment plan in this MoU and that he sends this MoU to our various lawyers to review before adoption

”He may just disappear with the entirety of the money should EFCC release the assets and unfreeze his account without the investors being carried along especially in the light of both his company and himself holding investors incommunicado. While there is no doubt that EFCC has no collaboration with him and his company( names withheld) to do away with investors funds, the agency’s long delay to either prosecute him or release/unblock the investors’ funds and the assets purchased with investors’ funds so as to alleviate investor’s plight is making a lot of investors believe otherwise”.

“ We the investors are appealing to the Chairman of EFCC, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, to come to our aide as our only hope to get justice for the investors to ensure that every investors’ monies are refunded. Due to the current hardship in the country some investors have lost their lives through suicide, depressions, and shock on how they are going to pay back the loans they collected with collaterals, many can’t afford to pay their rent anymore, many have relocated to their villages and many have been sent out of schools due to tuition fees not paid and many marriages broken.

Futile efforts

Efforts to reach the company’s MD/CEO, on his mobile line failed , as it was switched off. That of his wife’s was also switched off.

When the EFCC’s Head, Media and Publicity, Mr Wilson Uwujaren was contacted, he said, “ The most I can say is that the case is still under investigation”.

Copied from Vanguard News

Tinubuadvocate:
[s][/s] you are unrepentant liar.After killed Nigeria both financially and economically and headed to borrowed money to pay civil servants.

She dropped facts. Not like your Buhari that pulls figures out of the air. Lifting 10.5m people out of poverty my foot.

Compare this woman with the current finance minister. God have mercy.

One of Johnathan's mistake was Diezani. Imagine if she had acted like Madam Ngozi, she would have been celebrated today. A good name is better than silver.

Buhari thinks he can just arrest Israelis the way they are arresting Nigerians. Lmao. Foreign powers go overlook until you start to dey torment their citizens. Cow government.

patoski39:
Southgate Mumu o, y saka go play the fifth pk

For the sake of diversity and inclusion na. Lmao. Mumu coach.

England go cry today. People wey dey do like Nigeria super eagles. Heartbreak club. One zero dem no fit hold.

Karlovych:
Innocence that you didn't kill him or take his money, her Oluwole lawyers will soon put her in more trouble than she bargained for. It's obvious this is what they told her to say with so many loopholes in it. Well until it she stands trial they will still ask her questions about how all this her magic happened

She admitted taking his money but not to killing him. I don’t know how she can change her story with a straight face.

Chidinma Ojukwu the suspected killer of Usifo Ataga has declared her innocence on TVC Crimefighters show. However contrary to her claims Usifo’s cousin has confirmed that his hands were tied and he had more than three stab wounds..

Watch the exclusive interview below.






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF_VARq3siA

PrincessGlow:
This your method has been tried all this time. It hasn't worked. That's why Nigeria is a pedophile heaven - "shut up", "protect the girl", "the family image", and the pedophile walks free to continue. People like princess are needed to shake things up.
If she were a timid, quiet type, the public would have forgotten this case long ago. And YES it would be a deterant to other pedophiles. And it would help start removing any stigma from victims, making it clear it was never their fault.

You have spoken well. I never knew there were a lot of paedophiles on nairaland. I am sincerely shocked at the volume of deranged comments I am seeing here with some having so many likes.

SenorFax:
This woman should just rest. You that is responsible mother, using a kid to sexually set an adult up, we don see you.

If you think I'm wrong, go ahead, use your own kid to set up a rapist or worse, a serial killer and stay off my mention. I said what I said.

I didn’t know there were so many rape apologists and paedophiles on nairaland. 484 people liked this comment. What a pity. So Princess is now to blame for getting evidence. Without that video people would have said she was lying. Instead of you to blame Baba Ijesha you are focusing on Princess. I wonder why. Partners in crime.

Tania Omotayo husband. What a Pity. Another Invictus Obi. Everyday for the thief, one day for the owner.

Why won't she say yes when she is marrying pot of gold.

I didn't see anywhere on social.media where they are attacking Ataga's wife o! They have been attacking the man for being a sugar daddy and Chidinma for killing him. I don't know where the family saw their own.

Nitric:
I already have an active savings scheme in Piggyvest. I'm not interested in Risevest

That's fine. I also use Piggyvest. Just that with Risevest you can save and invest in dollar denominated assets. Their investment plans include Us Stocks, Real estate and eurobonds. You can check out their website.

Good luck in your investment search.

My own problem is looking for the side business i can start.

If a lady follows you to a hotel for sex and when you want to start she says no, if you go ahead to force her it is still rape. Hope the men here know that because I have been seeing some comments here saying 'didn't she know what she was going there to do'?

Curious345:
so , ugly Gorls can die right ?

Beauty has its usefulness o! Excuses are made for a beautiful criminal than an ugly criminal. It's just that she f*cked up in the first press interview. She is not a good actress or she is a sociopath. She should have shed some tears and expressed proper remorse.

molbic:
I visited my sister for the first time in years and I discovered that her second son of 3 years old like football alot he can play football alone like 30 minutes nonstop, so after observing the child like one week ,I told my sister that your son seem to like football that she should put him in football academy when he gets like 7 years , my sister pretended like she didn't hear what I said so I repeated myself this time she said to me that he's going to be a pastor not a footballer, I was shocked and asked her how did she know what he's going to be, to my greatest Surprise she said that's what their pastor told her when she was pregnant .I tried my possible best to convince her ,
that he can be a footballer and a pastor later,
Could you imagine that my sister said to me that she doesn't want to discuss the matter with me again that I should bring another topic ,I was dumbfounded.

Please pardon me but that your sister na mumu. You can handle it another way. Tell her he is destined to be a pastor after he retires from football. What's the name of that Nigerian footballer turned pastor? I don forget.

Life no balance. On this same earth.

dadalicious:
If you never marry, please resign NOW.
You can rugged life only you without family responsibility until you find what gives peace and money.
If you stay there, very soon you will be stuck.
Take all risks when you are young

Motivational speaker we sight you. Resign without another job? Someone that is still learning graphic designing?

sammyj490:
Please forgive my errors, I'm not a professor in English language, we just de try.

I completed my nysc program last year, life didn't actually go they way i thought it would, i spent bout 6 months searching for employment, i finally got a job in a bank microfinance organisation..i was able to secure the job through a sister.

Being working there now for almost 8 month now, truth be told the salary is not worth the stress and hazard we face in the field, apart from not having time for anything else because i have to get to work 7:30am and close 6-7pm.

The salary is 65k but after removing from tax,pension and all,my take home is 54k.

Now I'm considering resigning, I've started learning graphic designing on YouTube, so that i won't be idle, I'm planning to save up for some months before resigning.

Apart from the job being too stressful, I've had alot of witch craft and crazy experiences, trust me its not being easy.

Please am i making the best decision resigning because i don't have any other job, my PlanB is the graphic designing i just started learning, spent most of my savings purchasing a brand new laptop.

I don't know with resigning will be ok considering the situation of our country.

Please advice a brother.Thank you

If your papa no get money no resign o!! Use Saturday and Sunday to look for another job online, send your cvs etc. Even some people that have their own businesses also work in an office. That graphic designing should be a side business until the business can stand wella. A word is enough for the wise. You can adapt to suffering and stress but not to hunger. I am sure it is because this is your first working experience. Persevere until you get something better.