Acidosis: Beyond being a mobile banking code, GTB uses that number as a marketing strategy.
The idea is to make you and other Nigerians (non-GTB customers especially) dial the number on their mobile phones to see the actual purpose when in the real sense, the code is of no value to non- customers. So in a nutshell, GTB wants you and other non-GTB customers to see what they're missing.
You'd notice that throughout the ad (video) play time, the name "GTB" was never mentioned. They kept making reference to *737# and "Nigerians". If they had mentioned *737# and "GTB Customers", you'd not have created this thread.
That's the power of advertising bruv; the purpose is to first create awareness, get you thirsty for more knowledge/interest which you have just displayed by creating a thread. I bet, you would end up being a GTBank customer..
Advertising is powerful, especially when done rightly
I know that they all exist. I mean that they are not in the premier league. I'm used to watching them compete in the premier league. I've been closely following Nigerian basketball since 1985 and a relative of mine played for YMCA and NEPA in the league from 1987 till he got injured c1992. I know Noik, Colonel Ahmedu (Musa Ahmadu is Colonel Ahmedu's protégé), Lati and all of them.
First Bank are the powerhouse of the women's game, just like Kano Pillars is in the men's game.
This year's league is kind of strange to me because quite a few of my favourite teams from the 1980s and 1990s are not in the premier league. There's no Lagos Islanders, Ebun Comets or Dodan Warriors.
Comets was relegated. They are in div one and played last season and will compete this year.
Islanders, Union bank now Stallion boys and Dodan warriors were victims of Nigerian basketball politics for partucipating in the ABL.
All these teams still exist and with a new NBBF board , majority of them will return as most of the owners of this clubs now have their cronies on the new board.
Sound Sultan does not own Islanders forget the claims in the artucle he is someone I know very well.
When ABL was formed, he was one of the celebritues that was used to promote the league. I hope u know that years back, before his music career blossomed, he tried out for Dodan Warriors and did not make the final cut. His nick name then was "Effedrin". He later became a warriors ambassador and do grace their games. Since he is a musician that loves basketball, they call on him a lot. The ABL chnaged to CBL and Sound Sultan's club was Eko Kings because Islanders did not participate.
Islanders was formed years back and Mr Toyin Soniki was the coach and proprietor until 2004 when he quit the stage. Damoye Oyeshiku bought the club and retained the name till today. Everyone very close to and follows Nigerian basketball knows all these.
FYI, I once captained Islanders and played for Nigeria and four different clubs before retirement. I am still very much involved till today..
somehow: I think 10-12(I actually meant clubsides)
Kwese league for men
Zenth league for women
Then the lower divisons (Div 1 and 2)
The top league for has two conferences of 8 teams each
while the women is not split into conferneces but olayed in phases until a winner emerges. There were 5 phases last season and First Bank club won the women league
However, in 2016 some of the most famous clubs created a new African league (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Basketball_League ) . The clubs included Lagos Islanders (partly owned by Sound Sultan), Lagos Warriors (of the Dodan Warriors/Dodan Barracks Basketball programme) and Stallions (Union Bank). Clubs from Senegal, Ivory Coast and Gabon were also involved in the league.
They then sought permission from the Nigerian Basketball Federation to play in both their new league and the Nigerian league. The NBBF told them that they should have sought permission before creating the league. They said that they had the permission of FIBA Africa, but FIBA Africa wrote to the NBBF that they never gave permission for the new league to hold. Then the NBBF indefinitely suspended all the Nigerian teams that took part in the new league.
Lagos Islanders is not owned by Sound Sultan but Damoye Oyesiku. Sound Sultan is just an ambassador of the club.
carbonado: I think we have a weak team......i am not too impressed with the way we have been handling the ball........they are playing like they do not know each other much....no true cohesion......
carbonado: I noticed that most team had a hard time shooting that molten ball....that had to keep cleaning it with a towel....i was never a fan of molten ball during my playing days...especially if you are the type that your palm sweats alot...spalding to me is still the best......
koning: Low life dimwits are taking the words of this Massob guy literally. He was speaking figuratively to drive home the point that Igbos will never be driven out of Abuja, Lagos, Kano amongst others.
Haba!! Lots of intelligent Nigerians dey Quora, nah! I wonder why the same people are not on NL?
At least 5 are on this thread alone.
In my opinion, I do not want too many Nigerians on Quora...call me selfish.
I cringe when I realise the quality of posts on nairaland comapared to contents 8yrs ago. I leanrt a lot on nairaland then. Now, I am even reluctant to share a view or knowledge I know is correct because of insults here and there.
Gbawe Harakiri Sisikill Ajanlekoko Beaf Sagamite
are a few posters I could remeber that always make intelligent contributions
Now all we have is tribalistic folks and kids that insults.
tens4real: as in that quora.com ehh you ask a question and u meet professionals dat wil break it down 4 u fully loaded and just wen u tink ur intelligent u mit som1 dat wil make u luk dull quora wat i hav learn there cannot b over emphasieze i neva knew there ar som nigerians on quora oo 4giv my ignorance i haven met any of dem yet
olaboy1: I think some girls keep close male friends for validation, financial support, educational support and lastly sex. Girls are very smart and believe that not keeping those beta males as close friends would not bring anything to the table...I knew some girls back in the days who played guys whilst assuring them of some fake friendship.
Girls know fellow girls like themselves can't be used for financial gains, so they are quick to call the beta guys their closest friends. Often times the guys are far below the girls in the looks department, so they can rationalize it in their heads that no sex could ever happen considering the zero attraction they have for those beta guys.
The downside is that this beta guy who is more than happy to be placed in the friend zone initially, would one day become sexually violent after norturing those sexual feelings for years and analyzing all the cost implications.
The only time such a friendship may end up sex free is if the girl is like 8/10 and Mr nice guy is 4/10 in appearance.
If you are in a committed relationship, you should only keep casual male friends and stop sleeping over at best male friends. I don't believe that shit that girls don't get along with girls. What happens in a girl to girl relationship is obtainable in a guy to guy relationship, it's all excuse for freebies and stuffs.
God bless you!
Guys need to be wise. You understand why girls value male friendship more.
After reading 6 pages of comments, Is it not strange that 99% of femaile posters claim they have more male friends than female?
Could it be that these guys are actually waiting for an opportunity like some posters claim?
Some guys have been firiendzoned. Some know it and can wait 10yrs in this zone, these are actually the dangerous guys. Some bare their minds and move on
Also, any guys that claim he has more female friemds is just a player and Number 1 pretender.
Ladies, be careful with your so called closed male friends, especailly those that do favor for you without expectations. Of course they want something.
The most dangerous guys are the overly nice and patient ones. By the time you end up sleeping with him as a lady, you will still be wondering how it happened.
Opposite sex can be friends, but close ones is a fraud. One or both are just pretending. You can take this to the bank
If I am to judge you with the emboldened, I would rebuff your claim about being a Globacom staff.
There are two kinds of bandwidth; the shared bandwidth which we all use on our phones and the dedicated Internet bandwidth which involves using a radio to pull capacity from the nearest Base station to a customer's server room. Now the difference between these two is that shared bandwidth could be affected by so many factors, not forgetting that download speeds would vary since it is shared by all customers in a particular location.
Wrong or outdated access point setting (s) on customer's devices, data network type restrictions (2G or 3G only settings on device), proximity of the closest 3G site to a customer, high data traffic during peak hours, the thickness of walls in out homes or offices among many other factors impact customer experience so far data is mentioned.
The shop folks can only take up a customer's complaint based on what he or she says. If a resolution is arrived at the shop, it is believed the issue has been treated and the case closed. The shop guys don't concern themselves with network issues in a particular location as it is the responsibility of an Area Sales Manager who operates within the affected location. He or she has to speak up because it would impact his performance and a quick response from the network team is always in place to see that the problem is corrected on the part of the business.
I don't need to run Globacom down because I sure believe there would have been a massive improvement if attention is paid to netwo rk anomalies as you claimed in your post.
From your write up, I can deduce you are a telecoms engr. You know your onions too.
First off, the Unlimited 20 plan is a 20k monthly plan. Immediate two months would see that you get a two months Unlimited subscription + one month free and a WI-FI and not a MI-FI as you stated. The Unlimited 10 is the one that comes with a MI-FI.
Your problem was more of a network issue than the data subscription itself and the network guys that came around your office would only relay their findings to their head who would in turn push for an optimization in the area.
The Shop attendants are managers are sales people and don't have full grasp of network issues and how it affect customers. Your complaint at the shop wouldn't have changed much as the Shop manager does not have the capacity to resolve your issue.
For certain reasons, your location has poor network 3G coverage and you didn't share if it has been like this or it started recently. Either way, you should go back to the shop to demand for your extra free month, if you never got it that is.
This makes sense.
It is clear you understand what the issues are and how the industry opertaes. Kudos!
Iya Sala was Aduke George (she is late now)... Other major casts are: Adisa (the educated and enlightened character and the one constantly correcting Baba Sala and bailing him out of his self-induced troubles) then there is Baba Legba, Kari-Ile his dumb and deaf village wife, (that's the one with the funny way of speaking because she is half deaf) Asipe a thug , Obalende, and others... Mainly his Achiles heels are always light skinned women (omo pupa)...
Such comical lot alongside Baba sala..
You remeber Baba Sala's chararcter very well amd his cast. Kudos!
Sincerely my brother. These men of substance did nice jobs. Of recent I watched a Hollywood movie on the internet titled MR JOHNSON where Hubert Ogunde featured. I learnt white people came to Nigeria then to study our stories for film adaptation. Besides was it true that the movie Orun Mo'oru made Baba Sala bankrupt?
Yes, Orun Mo'oru was produced using bank loan. People got hold of the tape duplicated it and put it on VCR cassettes. This made several people not to pay to see the movie at the cinemas which was where you recoup your money back then.
I grew up watching his shows on TV and listening to his records. Very talented comedian, not the insulting, talk too much version we have in Yoruba movies these days.
Some of the scene and statements are enshrined in my memory forever as a kid.
These older men had better content than the comedians today.
My brother this one no be Convince Matter! It is your Right as a Citizen of Nigeria not to Like your President and You definitely Have some Convincing Reason why you do not like him Just as its my Right to like him cos I have some Convincing Reasons to... What is VITAL here is both of us are grown ups that can make our own opinions based on FACTS that are available to us. What we CAN NOT do is allow ANYONE, especially somebody that has benefited hugely from the same systerm he is now trying to tear apart. Somebody born with a Silver spoon that has never known suffering, somebody who always want to be making Money from Government that became Bitter cos that Avenue is Close. That person my dear brother can never be allowed to Influence any of us. I will rather listen to a poor suffering beggar Criticize Buhari, than this FFK. Just go to Youtube and watch some of his Clips and you might want to Slap him if he is standing in your presence. How can a Sane man be Changing his mouth and saying different thing everytime? Abeg Listen to FFK below and Judge for yourself...make sure u watch everything, shame go catch you! I will wait for your take after you watch the Clip
Nigerians have very low emotional intelligence even when they have high IQ, politicians for some shear luck and coincidence have figured this out. And, that is why Fayose, FKK, Nnamdi Kanu etc have large followership today.
Sterope: It is sexual assault. It is illegal. Nothing under the law provides for such despicable act. They can be prosecuted and imprisoned for such behaviour. It is so wrong on many levels, their job description does not include the power to punish. If they want to arrest for public decency, they should and let the law take its course.
I bet you also think prostitutes should be raped because of the nature did their profession. I bet you believe raping a cheating GF is justified. Bloody hypocrite! You call yourself a Christian yet you condone such act. Mr holier than thou! Is it your body? There is something called averting your gaze, it is not very hard.
Ironically, your signature happen to speak to you. You should do well to reflect on it.
Wrong about Leicester.... they were the champions the previous season. In the season when they beat Sevilla Leicester was 12th in the EPL while Sevilla was 4th .... do not try to 419 the facts there .... Are you ready to bet that Atletico Madrid will win La Liga this coming season?? Put your money where your mouth is ... let me collect free beer from you The EPL has had different teams in the top 4, even Mr 4th place Wenger was disengaged from his spot last season. This is what makes the EPL exciting. With La Liga, it's the same story.... will Barca or Real Madrid win it this season?? ..... BORING!!
How did they end up in the champions league when they were 12th? They were the defending EPL champion that season!
They guy has presented facts, your arguments are watery. He is right about you though. You will never change your mind. Claiming you cannot predict who will win EPL when we all know it is basically between 4 teams and LA Liga between 4 too (Real, Athletico, Barca and always a 4th dark horse. Villarieal, Sevilla etc)
A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion. That is you! A typical Nigerian!
Phones / Re: *737#: What Is The Real Function Of The Code To Nigerians by rman: 8:26pm On Sep 11, 2017 
