Cutezt:
NOTE - any typo you see, carry am like that, I was watching Chelsea's match while typing this, if you no fit read, jump am pass.

So I grew up in the hood where there were no robbers, but many cultists, actually, na God talk say I no go join, so I was 100% street smart.

I moved to Lagos and my armed robbery experience happened less than 3 weeks ago. I went for a 1 week getaway with bae from the island to the mainland, I had a budget of 10k per night for the hotel accommodation, but I needed to do something at badagry, so I sent the accommodation money to Bae to get a good hotel while I join her at Ojo where we choose the location to be.

So I went to badagry and spent 2 days completing the project I was meant to do in badagry and then went to ojo to meet her, she took me to one terrible looking hotel called Fooma hotel around first gate, for those who know Ojo well. I was not happy with her but she had paid already, I asked her why she picked this hotel and she apologized saying she was looking to cut cost since we will still eat and do other stuff, well, I accepted her apology and decided to manage it.

It was a terrible experience tho, no AC, just a fan, the hotel only turns on the gen by 5pm, and most times, there is no power, it affected my work badly as I needed light to work on my PC, so I just decided to waive work for the week and focus on Bae. It was evening, the first thing I noticed was prostitutes flooding the hotel at night, I was not happy at all, so we usually stayed in all night, we could not go to the bar, etc, I endured sha. We had fun for the first few days, one other bad aspect of the useless hotel was that random people kept on knocking at our door each time they notice I am not in, saying they want to talk to bae who is even more security cautious than i, she will never open the door, she told me of one guy who even had the guts to follow her asking to speak with her, i asked her to show me where he was but he was nowhere to be found again.

one day, i went out to get something, and on my return, bae told me a guy came and knocked asking her to open the door but she said he should return when I return, then the guy went and spoke to one of the room attendants who came to knock too asking her to open the door, she told him to return when I come back, as soon as she told me, I told her to dress up let us go to the reception, i went to the attendant and manager and warned them never to come near my door again until I leave this hotel, this was a hotel that water must finish in the tank every morning, when you complain, they will fetch water in a bucket and bring to your room, I just taya for the useless place.

One Friday, I was feeling very lazy and did not want to leave the hotel that day, but we had to go eat that evening, so I told bae we should go somewhere close, she agreed, as we dressed up and was about leaving, she received a call from a friend who invited her to join her and her boyfriend at one eatery at car wash, I told bae i did not want to go far cos my spirit was not letting me, but she cajoled me since that her friend was one she always spoke to me about and wanted me to meet, we sha went, ordered for food, I ate mine while bae packaged hers, I ordered for 2 extra chicken laps as a takeaway, we had a good time.

Now on the way home, I wanted to use the ATM, first, one guy wanted to fight me at the ATM for no good reason o, I carried the bank mopping stick to wipe him but was collected by the security before they separated us, I used the ATM sha and left.

Again, the car we were boarding, so many criminals around the road were looking at us suspiciously, it was obvious our dressing was attracting them, plus bae was Caucasian, so was very light-skinned and pretty, for their mind, I must have money since this girl is following me, dem no know say na manage me sef dey manage my life, I have been in Lagos for 6 years and this was only my third time sleeping over on the mainland, plus I had a car those other times, so I didn't need my street cred, well, these guys kept starring at us, that was when I knew I would have taken an Uber or something and I needed to be armed too. in the bus, one guy came to the window and was staring straight into my eyes while his guys were behind him, I jejely closed the window, I knew they were looking for a reason to begin fighting me so as to take things from me, we left sha.

On our way back, we were walking to the hotel, all of a sudden, 3 guys on okada appeared from nowhere, immediately the first alighted, he pulled out a gun and up it on my head, the second was with a knife and put it on bae, this was just by the roadside o, it was not dark, and people were still out, plus we were less than 10 steps away from the hotel, it was around 9 pm, as soon as I saw the gun and knife, my street cred kicked in, I wanted to wrestle him with the gun cos the fool had the gun very close to me, I could easily hit it and struggle with him, plus I was bigger than this guy, I could deal with him, but I just thought about the others, they could overpower me, plus bae was in danger, so I decided to keep calm. Immediately i saw him, I threw my newly bought redmi note 9 phone inside the gutter, I was not holding any money aside my chicken cos babe collected all the money I withdrew and put in her purse prior. as soon as the guy put the gun on me, I remembered where I was coming from, how rugged it was and how this was never gonna happen to me where I come from, and just a few weeks ago, a girl in my area died of knife stabs because she was struggling with phone thieves, the news was even on nairaland front page, they searched me and did not find nothing, I was concentrating on the guy with gun when I heard bae screaming, immediately, the guy gave her a loud slap, and was taking the knife towards her, that was how I quickly went between them begging the guy to chill, I screamed at bae as she was struggling with them for the bag, so she removed it and gave them, her phone was in it, my atm card and hers, my mifi router, and 7k of the money I withdrew, plus other items, immediately, they took the bike and ran away, just as they were leaving, a man came over and asked what happened, I said we were robbed and I pointed at the bike on high speed, the man quickly swung into action, stopped another bike and went after the thieves. soon people had gathered around and were sympathizing with us, bae was crying already, i consoled her and soon tried to pick my phone in the gutter, that was when i realized that the gutter was filled with black deep dirty water, immediately, i gave up the phone cos i knew there was no way we would find it, people encouraged us to search for it but i refused, surprisingly, bae refused and said we must look for it, she screamed at me when i was telling her to leave it, na so she dive inside dirty black gutter dey find phone o, put her hand inside the extremely dirty water with maggots sef, i was really embarrassed, her white dress was stained already, what a night it was, just as i managed to convince her to leave it after almost 15 mins of searching, the man who went after the robbers came back, his wife was waiting for him with us, he said the thieves came from School, that he chased them but they entered a dark place he doesn't know so he could not follow them as it was dangerous, he said his bike was stolen around the same area too that was why he promised that he must help anyone he sees being robbed, he sympathized with us and just as we were about leaving, i turned and saw bae inside the gutter again, the man asked what she was doing there, she said my phone was inside, the man went home and brought a rake, na so we find the phone o, removing all sorts of sand and dirt in the gutter, after about 20 more mins, bae found it, i knew it was gone already, i thanked the man and we went back to the hotel.

It was a really terrible night, bae was unsettled, I slept off trying to console her, the food and chicken laps I brought, I could not eat sef, it tasted bitter in my mouth, by morning, she was a bit better, had woken up, cleaned everywhere and washed all the clothes, I was just admiring the gift God had given to me, well, we went straight to Alaba where I got her a Gionee phone she liked while I bought my note 9 again. I had gone way over budget for a 1-week trip, almost 300k spent when the original budget was not even up to 120k sef, well, I was glad everything was fine, the only problem was that my old phone refused to be fixed as the panel got damaged, and bae could not retrieve her line as she did not do the registration herself.

It was a terrible experience, I quickly got myself a jackknife and side bag and was 101% street smart from then on, my walking changed, my dressing changed, enough of the ajebo stuff, they want it street, then let's give them street, that was the only time I considered getting a gun for myself.

The next morning, i went to complain of no water as usual, but i noticed bloodstains on the floor, I traced it and it went downstairs, i went to the manager and complained, he said they were investigating it, so when I went back upstairs, I noticed there was much blood stains on our door handle, it looked like someone injured on the hand tried opening the door, as I was asking bae to come and see, one of the prostitutes on my floor opened her door, i asked if she knew what happened and that was how she explained that robbers came to the hotel at night and were knocking all the doors, ha!! robbers in a hotel ke? I never see o. she said one of them got injured while trying to scale the fence, this was a hotel that had 3 security guards o, only God knows how it happened, she said the robbers turned off the gen and wanted everywhere dark to operate, that the manager went to check why the gen went off, that was when he saw them and screamed forcing them to take off, i investigated many doors and realized the robbers only tired to open ours, but went to many other doors, that was when i knew it was possible we were the target, immediately, i asked Bae to arrange her things, we were leaving this hell hole and never to return, we checked out and left, we completed the week at a nice hotel called Masvi hotel, it was much more secure, professional, with armed police and security, a pool, a bar to go chill and more, plus it was just 1500 more than the hell hole we just left.

Now, any robber I see, I go join beat am o, it was a really sad experience, I am back on the island where they are far saner people and still can't calm down as I am still very careful and alert even while in my house.

sorry for the epistle, FOOMA HOTEL IS A USELESS HOTEL, PLEASE NEVER GO THERE IN YOUR LIFE.

No sorry for the epistle, that was a brilliant long read.
You write so dammn good. And honestly I wished we could have our veri own gloak. We only permitted to have a pump which must be at home at all times which sucks. Damn shotguns are slow n ain't mobile enough to move in these unsafe streets.

Eiyah OP. I can feel your pain. And funniest part of this that I don't even hv a backup of my own files coz I find it playing too safe. Na that risky living I like.

My favorite avenger. its sad that yuar gone. I'm goin' to miss your looks n intonation. I can't believe you were battling with cancer when shooting for Black panther n 21 bridges. That's so strong.

I feel like I lost a brother. Rest in Pride - King T'Challa.
Till I see you again. I'm sorry I cried. I thought I was strong.
I will miss you.

It wasn't madness. 1518. they were bored. They were no gladiators in their town, call of duty, PES or Jason statham movies. Not even Quora or Reddit to cure boredness. People started having concerts in their head.

Get the imei of your lost phone, go to the police headquarters in your state with a typed letter containing every relevant information needed. Mind you, your letter should hv been counter signed by an IPO or any superior officer in any police station close to you before going to the headquarters for quicker response. Make photocopies.

One week after, not replied. Forward a reminder letter, reminding them of your earlier letter. And hope for a reply again. Coz office bureaucracy workout can be hectic. Their reply will determine if yur device can still be rescued or not.

Anyways,By the time yuar done - the money yu will use to pursue your request; will hv gotten yu a second hand phone to console yourself about the lost of your former phone. A ministry of justice lady that I know paid 16k to track her iPad n catch the thief, not for the phone but to see his face - the thought of a faceless man in the dark slapping n collecting her phone made her obsessed with getting to know that face just for a single minute, a single minute.

Davoneskay:
So many Nairalanders are ill-mannered. If u go on Quora or Reddit or other foreign forums, you'll notice the level of maturity displayed by members. Here, on Nairaland, everyone wants to be a savage just because of cheap attention or likes and shares.

To the OP, allow things to happen naturally as someone stated earlier. But to me, whenever I move to a new hood or I have a new co tenant, I watch before I leap. I don't just start being friendly. I try to c if it's worth it by their character/attitude. Also, I'm good with words... Crack lotta jokes easily and before u know it we are friends.

And you me friend is right; I'm on Quora n damnn that platform is nothin' like this. Buh we trying now - it was hella worse before the Rona.

Really, just friends.
Look neat n don't always compliment her. Ask her for a favour like to keep your 4k with her, that you don't trust yourself yu woud spend it in the night on pepper soup. That you will buy her airtime of #500 just for her help.

Collect her number like that. See the gurl the next day collect yur money, send her card. Thank you. The End. Waht d'yu want to use the money for sef?? - she asked. Its classified - you replied.

Not stingy with money n being mysterious in a simple way - works all the time. Careful tho, there is no point goin' broke trying to look rich baby.

KrazyDave16:

True that, but some 7.3 mods works for Android 9.
Gcam go is another alternative you can try out. Na the lighter version of Gcam.

Thanks Dave.

shilenji:
LA click LA go main road LA find one hausa soldier La give am heavenly slap

mahd

Baba mi. I click am. Nice site. if clicking it is the only way i can help yur pockets or ministry I will. We all need sumbody to be sumbody. Blog, Vlog - all these need views to run. May Gawd bless you one day bruf. At least yu no beg around social medium for change n become a nuisance.

If this is true. Good specs for the price.
#50k - 4gb ram, 64gb rom, 4,000mAh, Android 10. The cameras ehnn manageable. They tried. Gionee is trying to do sum comeback here. More competitions amongst phone brands means lesser prices to gain more customers. And that is good business for us not them.

KrazyDave16:

I don't think there's a stable or any Gcam port at all for old mtk chipsets.
Check the camera2api level before wasting data on Gcam.

Lol. The API level n the DPI screen density has been checked.
I made a little research. We learn everyday. Gcam mod 7.3 version n above works smoothly for Android 10. So I have to get a lower version for my pie. That's just it. Hv been busy on Quora lately, dats why I haven't tried it out yet. It doesn't work. We still move. Life na trial n error.

KrazyDave16:
No probs
What device if I may ask?

Alright nau. A5 pro Umidigi.

Urchman27:
Wetin be ur phone name

A5 pro Umidigi.

KrazyDave16:

Each mod got its own settings and what works for one device wouldn't work for another.

Example - burial mod rear cam shots are good but horrible with front cam whereas tigr mod is awesome for front cam but back camera needs to be tweaked (pic comes out a lil oversaturated with original settings)

*Above example is based off the results of different gcam mods from different devs on my device o. Remember this before you start attacking anybody.

Lolz. Thanks Dave.
Tigrmod would be great for me then.
Just want to try it out.

frankosivue:
Because overall even if you manage to get A at second try it will be just as same as passing with D!

Lolz. No mind the yeye guy.
That's if the carryover exam doesn't clash with your current level paper. You think say na UK we dey. I wrote normal two(2) exams in a day when still in Uni steadily. Now imagine I carried over a course. How I wan read for three(3) papers in a day n get A on resit. Are we okay?? No wait, tell me Do we want to be okay??

Ozmar:
A D or E grade supercedes an F anytime any day.

Reason; When you fail a course (F), you carry over the course to another session and you credit load increases. The effect of this increase keeps reducing your CGPA till you graduate.

Take for e.g., after your 100level, your total credit load =97. You failed a 3 unit course and this automatically becomes 100.

Credit load for 200level alone =95. Total credit load after 200level will be 192 for others while yours is 195.

Let's say after 200level, you earn a total point of 600. Your CGPA =600/195 which gives 3.08. This should have been 600/192= 3.12, if you haven't had any carry over.

Nice one Ozmar.
You took your time to break it down. Splendid.

Scot1255:
Do you know that this girl has guys who would love her genuinely, but she prefers a ready made guy. A fine boy with money. Guy she was not with when he was broke. Guy that has learned women are opportunist who can't fend for themselves but prefer to look for a ready made guy. Guy that had been bleeped up several times by girls when he was broke. That's why the guy is treating her like shit

That's just life bruf. And it ain't ending soon.

poiunt:


This not about domestic violence, the man is tired of her.

I think people live in the fantasy that relationship is suppose to be perfect and smooth, no it doesn't work like that.

The reality is that the thrill and the almost to the edge attitude toward the relationship makes it more sweeter for some people.

I was onli trying to let imagine this chat as a scene in a room. Where she is demanding answers for his d.p. You think she won't hold him? or you think with his level of aggression in the text he won't hit her or throw her to a wall and tell her to stop disturbing his life. Just imagine the scene bruf.

That gurl won't leave his front until he hurts her to leave. Yuar seeing a chat, I'm seeing a scene. Domestic violence included was meant for d scene if the discussion actually happened in front of them. And Yeah. I agree with your last paragraph. The thrill and almost to the edge attitude. Perfect.

Urchman27:
Evening shot on Redmi note 8 Gcam

Woow. This beautiful. I hope it works on my phone. Coz yu guys sabi hype devil sef, one go think say na Angel Gabriel e be.

You guys are wicked. Hv been hearing Gcam for a while but anytime I hear it my head goes to Gstring n think it is a phone accessory like earpiece for sound, Gcam for camera, until I met this post sha.

I had to spend like almost an hour to get myself acquainted with it. And I realise that not all the Gcam mods work with every phone. Google pixels, Realme, Nokia, Vivo, Xiaomi, Samsung are the few lucky ones.

Others hv to goan download Camera2 probe to check if their API and DPI is up to the minimum requirements of the latest version of Gcam mod. And most importantly your "Hardware Support level" must meet the standard too - LEVEL_3 & FULL are qualified for a Gcam apk.

while LIMITED & LEGACY na to go admire the Gcam night mode sight online without it working on your own phone.

In summary, it is complicated, it is beautiful n it is heavy.
And thank you for letting me learn sth new today. Neva knew anything G in front can mean sth good too. G-boi, G-string, G-entanglement. G -awd no go shame us.

Doesn't seem fake to me. There are ladies like that, maybe you haven't heard of Stockholm syndrome. Ladies with daddy issues n low self esteem are often at the receiving end. They won't admit it in public but yu still see dem receiving punches n blaming the bathroom tiles for the black eye. It happens. They suffer but they give the purest form of love the most. And that seems weak to many pretending they are stronger.

Lmaoo. it took them by surprise. He should be named
John O'Connor.
Or
Dave Baumgartlinger.
Or
Gloak Wade.

He came out fighting, and he ain't done yet. Just look at that face. Signature face of a berserker.

Another name just poped-up.

Mr Strap Strip Smash-Von-Dada, yu hv two unread Wechat messages. I no get brain. I know.

banky3w:
I shared this on nairaland sometimes ago.
Mine was around Oct 2015 along Lokoja-Abuja expressway. Was going to Kaduna with a tokunbo 2001 camry from Lagos. I drive very fast and safely.

I saw this lone flashy Prado with Niger state government house number plate and tried dusting the car as the driver seems not official..... Casually dressed....... The guy saw me from his high place in the Jeep and started matching my speed we were side-by-side when we got to a town along the road with rampant motorcyclists.

I was on the speed lane and he was on the other side when I saw that a motorcyclist was on his lane ahead and thought I will lose him when he brakes but to my horror, the guy started navigating into my lane while pushing me into the little side space before the road separator with my horn blazing and my brakes crunching on the road. I was so close to having an accident that day, my mirror even scratched the separator. I was scared shitless but this fear transformed into raw fury immediately and after escaping this ordeal, I gunned the engine and overtook the Jeep to get in front and sped forward with him in hot pursuit to meet another car on his lane(all this while I was watching my rear view mirror) and he switched to my lane. Not minding what will happen to my rear, I took this moment to have my sweet revenge by slamming real hard on my brakes with both legs(something I never did before).

I watched him swerve madly behind both cars and almost running off the road with his brakes screeching and navigating to the sidewalk. I really thought the Jeep would roll over and thankfully, we were clear of where the motorcyclists were plenty or else he would have killed people that day.

I resumed my drive while the guy fell behind and I never saw him again till I got home in kaduna. In all my years of driving, I've never been more scared of my any incident both the one done to me or the one I did. I satisfied my rage notwithstanding.

"I gunned the engine" - Damnnn Dude. Respect.
Pinpoint description and Action packed words scribbled to peel the exact scenes n feel the fury. Very Fascinating. You gunned my engine too as I was blazing thru your post with no brakes, screeching n navigating furiously as I swerve madly to the sidewalk avoiding the motorcyclists - just to tell you that yuar too gud.

demborise:
i want to order for redmi note 8 Shipped from abroad because its cheap #48,900 ,how long can i get it because of this lock down ,i hope its not risky to order abroad now ?

1. Our airports are gradually opening, you will get your product.

2. Delivery would take longer. 2weeks turning to 2months. Not because of corona but due to low patronage of international goods, every order would stayed down to accumulate to a certain number before jetted out.
To reduce cost as most workers hv been laid off as well.

3. #48,900 for Redmi note 8 is too cheap. Thread carefully. if it is not a Covid-19 promo package deal, it is a Covid-20 scam kit.
It should go for about #56,200 - #60,000.

4. Don't buy any phone yet, we don't how long Covid-19 would stay with us. And how long the task force would continue threatening us with lock down instead providing framework to live with this virus n reduce its spread. Since it has come to stay n lockdown ain't working. So don't get the phone yet - Do giveaway.

5. Picking Redmi - great choice.

iamadonis2:


You should be a teacher, Bro. You can point someone in the right direction.

Thanks Adonis.

TheSourcerer:
dear one I will answer all your questions logically and biblically
Now your first question is why do I help only those who study hard ,well it is written heaven helps those who helps themself ,,Nope! Nope the Bible doesn't say that, so I guess their hard work paid off huh lol

Lmaoo.

FluxEmpire:
He has modified his topic. He started the thread by asking of a phone with those specs for 30k. Which 2020 phone would you recommend that has:
- more than 2gb RAM
- more than 16gb ROM
- 4000mAh or more battery life
- it doesn't lag
- has 4G network

All at the rate of 30k? I'm listening.

Lmaoo. They don't know wahtz goin' on Bro.
30k for all these spec in this 2020. is it possible??

iamadonis2:
Guys I need your thoughts on this please.

My young Bro needs a hustle. He knows photography. We need to get him a phone to do this (his choice over a digital Camera). Our budget is 80k

I saw mad pictures taken with an iPhone 7+ and I'm considering getting it but I'm told Hauwei phones come with a relatively great camera.

Biko, phone and pictures quality gurus, which of these brands should we buy?

Best option: Getting a digital camera. Always stands out.

Better option: Get that iPhone 7+ yu talked about n order a tripod stand from Jumia with lights.

Good option: I love huawei phones n I can tell you not all of their brands can compete with the iPhone. Only specific models like Huawei p30 pro, Huawei p40 pro. And they are expensive as feekk. Unless yu hv 330k sha. And yu woud hardly find a second hand p40 pro unlike a second hand iPhone 7+.