₦airaland Forum

Hi yinkyAde.

First things first, congratulations on your posting to Yikpata�. Contrary to what you may read online, the camping situation is not hellish.

Generally, the camp is a microcosm of what goes on in public tertiary institutions in the country. The struggle continues. You hustle to get your registration done, you hustle to get the right sizes of your kits, you get some form of aggression thrown at you in one way or another.

The hostel facilities are relatively decent. They had just been renovated before my batch got in. The toilets were not WCs, they were ceramic pit latrines. Asides the in-house bathrooms, mobile bathrooms were situated by the hostels and I found them to be a better option.

If you are a picky eater, ensure you go with enough money to cover your feeding costs for better meals at the mammy market. Also, try to come with the essentials. Once you get into camp, the prices double.

The major challenge then was the unfavourable condition of the lecture halls with very low number of chairs and lack of ventilation. The only other option available was to sit in the scorching sun.

Also, the water doesn't run 24/7, so it might be a bit stressful queueing up almost every day. You can purchase a bucket of water for 50 naira and you can also get people to do the laundry for a small fee if you don't feel up to it.

And oh, don't bother taking an extension box along; you'd be asked to drop it at the gate when checking in. You can get your gadgets charged at mammy for a fee (100 naira per session, I think).

While this review is based on my personal experience when I camped there in 2019, I believe camp facilities should be improved.

Feel free to reach out if you need further assistance. Have a great time

Hopefulone:
I'm touched by the gesture of Nairalanders who have reached out to me even though I may not be able to respond to some because I cherish my anonymity for now. Meanwhile, I called one of the numbers on the picture shared by pulsatingpen and I have been referred to a centre where I can meet with a psychologist. I have also been added to a support group pending when I visit the centre later in the week.

I should say that I am overwhelmed by the love and concern. May the gift of men never be far away from us all. I hope to come back here in future and look at how far I have come.

Glad to know you reached out. Wishing you sound mind and perfect health❤️

Hopefulone:
Thank you so much. Please do you know of any I can speak to? I'd be glad

I don't know of specific persons but I know of a youth group who can link you to a support group. They can also refer you to a centre where you can access psychologists and psychiatrists at no costs.

BenDanor:
I don't know what's that but it definitely looks good

LOL. Thank you

Just finished reading through the thread from the first page. Well done, guys!

Decided to give this a shot.
1st picture edited with Lightroom and Mirror Lab
2nd picture is unedited. Taken with Huawei Y9s stock camera.
Thoughts?

SavageResponse:
This is what you should do:

Go online and search for the name of the company and related parties

Go to the following portals and conduct searches
+ Corporate Affairs Commission,

+ Securities and Exchange Commission,

+ Federal Inland Revenue,

+ Nigeria Stock Exchange

The business they were doing requires that they file statutory returns.

If you're able to get a copy of their audited financial statements it will have a list of members of their Board of Directors

Once you have a list of their Board members you can do a search on each member to find out his current activities.

Your strategy would be to identify a member who stands to loose the most if the fraud the company committed becomes public.

Go after him with a good law firm which has experience in company liquidation and receivership. (Engage them with a small retainer between 50 - 100K then agree to give them about 20% to 50% of any amount that is recovered)

Also remember that the amount your father is being owed qualifies for interest at commercial bank rate for all the years the money was outstanding, this rate ranges between 19% - 28%

He will either assume liability for your father's funds and point you to where the Managing Director is 'hiding'.

For you to achieve positive results you have to be ready to make a big stink.

Good luck!

I've been able to get a list of the Board of Directors. Will follow through on all that you have advised. We were initially thinking along the lines of letting go of accrued interest, but with this, we'd definitely go all the way.

This is super helpful!

SavageResponse:
Your best course of action would be to look for the managing Director or the Chairman of the company and go after him legally in his personal capacity.

The downside is that you will still need to spend money!

The money and the time it could take is very discouraging. We'll weigh our options still.
Thank you very much

Hello all.

This is a bit lengthy but I hope you read through and drop your 2 cents, thank you.

Between 2008-2010, my dad invested a total of 10 million naira in the Bankers Acceptance Scheme run by Profund Securities Limited. I believe the investment scheme was for an initial period of six months, but he kept rolling it over. Trouble started when he made efforts to get some of funds when we were faced with a flood situation in 2013 and he was told that the company was facing threats of liquidation. After exerting a lot of effort, he was able to recover 3 million naira from the company. Between 2013-2015, all other efforts to recover the remaining funds were futile and he resigned to fate.


I have not been able to wrap my head around how this has a semblance of organised crime and I decided to make some efforts.
Last year, we visited their office address at 4, Idowu Taylor Street, Victoria Island. On getting there, we were told that they moved from that location about 5 years ago without leaving any details of where they were moving to. In fact, the security officer told us that many others like us had come looking for them; some with military officers, only to be told that Profund Securities was gone with the wind.


We came across another address on the internet that identified their new location as Alausa Shopping Complex. We went in search of them only to be told that they had moved about two years ago, even though some of their office equipment were locked up in the office.

We sent a complaint to the Securities Exchange Commission in January, using the contact form on the website but we are yet to get a response. It's hard to let this go as I would really love to see that my dad and many others like him get some closure—and their money back.

I have asked around, with the hope that someone somewhere can help with ideas on how to recover the funds. My dad never engaged in shady business all through his 30 years of service. It hurts to see that his gratuity didn't exactly yield fruit (blame it on not being financially thorough¿) as the business he set up failed and the investments he made seem to have dissipated into nothingness.

1. There are highly influential people who served as the company's board of directors. What is the role of board of directors in this case?

2. Can they be held responsible in light of eventual happenings?

3. We would really appreciate any tips or contacts that can help us recover the funds.

4. I understand that they were delisted by SEC some years ago. In spite of this, is there any law in place that can help us recover the funds?

P.S: Kindly ignore my emotional sentiments. I'm doing this solely for my dad. Questions are welcome and I'm willing to provide any documents as proof.

Comments and advice will be well appreciated. Many thanks.

BOOMnaija:
DID SHE CONSENT TO THE SEXCAPADE?...YES.

DID SHE ENJOY IT?...SURE.

DID SOMETHING LATER GO WRONG WITH THE INITIAL FINANCIAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES?...O YES!

OK, NOW WE SEE WHY SHE REPORTED TO HER PARENTS.

Comments like this make me doubt the sanity of some people on this platform. You should be watched closely

Good one. I'm in

meobizy:
Serious?
Ok. I am a secret Nigerian billionaire. Dangote is my cousin.
Every hospital in Nigeria attends to AIDS cases. I don't think there is any specific one for them. If there is then it probably is government owned/funded so research is localized to the condition alone.

Okay

meobizy:
...and your proof is?

The location of a particular healthcare centre at Yaba was mentioned. I am very much aware of the fact that they provide services to this target population

meobizy:
Abeg, the story is made up. This is the writeup of a traditional magazine or newspaper author. They are well known for lying to sell publications.

Lol, why would you even think this is made up? It's as real as it could get

Aboki99:
Before any ignoramuses insult Islam, let them look these Biblical verses up: Genesis 24:65 and 1 Corriantians 11:6. This is so that they may know Hijab is also Biblical but most xtians lady decide to wilfully violate the Bible's injunction!

It's absolutely fine to believe in whatever you do but do not drag in the Bible by misquoting it. Graçias

Ireoluwa Adegoke graduated with a First Class (Best Graduating Student) from Systems Engineering, Unilag '15. He was admitted to Cambridge for an Msc in '17 but forfeited it for financial reasons. He was offered an admission in 2018 again. Please let's help Ire get to Cambridge.

Please help make this dream become a reality by donating to this cause. Here's a link to Ire's gofundme account:
https://www.gofundme.com/fundiretocambridge

cc: Lalasticlala
Fynestboi
Richiez

Macaulay10:
have you collected your passport? .... I did mine on the 14th of may at Alausa Branch, passport still not ready

I went for data capturing on the 3rd of May at Alausa and my passport is not ready yet. I was told there are no booklets presently; I don't know how true that is. I'm a bit apprehensive already cos I need it urgently.

davit:
really? I will never think that of him! Still in shock!

Same here but I have learnt not to expect too much from people

davit:
I suspect Maduagwu or Daramola. Even though the pix no too clear. The idiot Maduagwu nearly failed me for not making it possible for him to sleep with my classmate back in those days!
Shocked to see that he s even now a Prof. That pig!!

None of the two. This is Prof Awonusi.

humbleofficer:
Good for him

PS: Davido met Chioma and found out that she has something to offer.
Davido loves Chioma (as he claims)
Davido brought Chioma a Porsche car.
Davido sang a song for Chioma.
Davido is using the hype generated by his relationship with Chioma to make money.
Davido got Chioma a multimillion naira endorsement deal for her cooking show.
Davido used that hype to get endorsement as Infinix phone Ambassador.
Davido is Chioma's manager
Conclusion: Davido is making money Chioma is making money too.
Davido is using Chioma to make more money and fame because she has something he wants.
Davido two baby mamas were only good for sex and making babies.
Moral lesson: Girls opening legs get you nothing but your potential gets you everything.
Be that girl that has something useful to offer like Chioma.
Chioma is what is good for business. Argue if you want!

I'm baffled at how people keep drawing 'lessons' from this gist. What exactly are we teaching the younger generation? There really isn't anything worthwhile for decent people to learn from this. Its high time we learnt to hold values of love, dignity and self respect in high esteem and this doesn't exactly exemplify that.

There is a radical change in the approach to building a sustainable future and a better world. Countries are tapping into the vast potentials of their teeming youth population. It seems that the world has only recently come to a full realization that young people are indispensable to a nation’s development. There have been calls worldwide to #PutYoungPeopleFirst. Some African countries, Nigeria in particular, have chosen to turn a blind eye to developments such as this. It has been said over and over again that the nation seems to be regressing. Looking back at the First and Second Republic, young people held strategic positions in the governing and decision making processes. Sadly, we find the same set of leaders in leadership positions after several decades.

Some argue that the average Nigerian youth is not poised to take on leadership roles in the nation. I choose to term this set of people ignorant. They have failed to see the growing number of youths wresting themselves from the status quo to bring forth a better nation. In a fast changing world, the older generation lacks the zest to keep up with new developments. Indeed, it has lost touch with the realities of the present day.That said, this is not a call to some kind of radical ‘revolution’ but to remind ourselves of our roles. Of course, we understand the interactive chain of time—past, present and future.

During UNFPA Nigeria Country Director, Dr Diene Kieta’s recent visit to the Lagos Liaison Office, she made a profound statement that should resonate with us all. She warned against the ill in falling to the temptation to refer to the ‘Present’ as the best thing that ever happened in comparison to the Past. This, she said, is a great disservice to the Past. It only reflects that we are quick to forget that without it, the Present will not be and that the Present which we now praise will be Past only in a matter of time.

Thus, at whatever point we find ourselves, we should be concerned with ensuring that we are rightly focused on playing our roles to achieve a common goal of a brighter future. A Yoruba adage says, Omodé gbón, àgbà gbón, lafi dá Ilé Ifè. When loosely translated this means: The wise inputs of the young and old are pivotal to the success of any nation. Dear older generation, let me remind you that you were once the future, we are now the future, even still, the future is yet to come. Dear young people, arm yourselves for a takeover. Arm yourselves, not with sticks or guns but with knowledge that seeks to transform and actions to back it up. We are the future, we are the NOW.

http://www.dbi360.org/1905-2/

This is not true

Nobody owes you nothing

Billionboi:
yes dear.
081*******

Sharp guy!

Basalt:
There is no Nigerian who studied in Nigeria that will claim that he is 100% innocent of exam malpractice, quote me anywhere.

I repeat, NO PERSON IN NIGERIA.

Everybody cheated in either one or all these exams
1. WAEC
2. common entrance
3. Jamb
4. Degree exams
5. Quiz

etc

And remember that even giraffing or asking questions during exam is cheating too

I'm 100% innocent

kvngStoic007:
I'm in unilag too...URP,200 level... What level are you?

Cool. I'm in my final year

....

This is cute, abi? But if it was the other way round where a guy plays the role of the chief bridesmaid and dresses to suit his role, all hell will be let loose. With time, we'll begin to see this too since there seems to be a craze out there to outdo one another in silliness

Congratulations to the couple.

Your smiles are so cute! Congratulations, I wish you all the best.

University of Lagos, English

I always had a book with me; I ended up being the library prefect

OP, please remove this picture

Happy birthday Lala. Multitude of snakes fall on you