Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by Dottore: 10:27am On Apr 01, 2016 |
I respect this man till tomorrow. I am not partisan, I am not Yoruba but it's good to give honour to whom it's due. Pulling down an incumbent president in a country like Nigeria and making a mess of the biggest political party in Africa, a party that had reigned for 16 years in Nigeria no be moi moi. However he achieved it whether by fake promises or propaganda is very thoughtful and worthy of many encomiums. If you think otherwise, tell us what your father has achieved. 9 Likes |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by hadura29(m): 10:28am On Apr 01, 2016 |
We all have a story to tell.... God bless my hard work and also add more wisdom to understand how to make more money in this dwindling economy.
#i don't complain, I give thanks... 1 Like |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by Integrityfarms(m): 10:29am On Apr 01, 2016 |
I see nothing actually unique or touching innhis story! No sane Nigerian man goes to the US and comes back empty!
I was rather expecting a poverty sandwiched life story and not these opportunism!
My guy this isn't sufferring 5 Likes |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by Youngk(m): 10:29am On Apr 01, 2016 |
na the slap make you dey wear dat eye glass since time in imoo river |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by AirmirthDY(f): 10:31am On Apr 01, 2016 |
kenonze: Most respected player.
The most unused sub |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by OLUWAFUNMISE(f): 10:34am On Apr 01, 2016 |
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Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by loomer: 10:37am On Apr 01, 2016 |
Everybody go dey claim poor from birth. 1 Like |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by Benprak(m): 10:41am On Apr 01, 2016 |
Every great man has a story to tell dats y I tell people no matter what don't give up stay focus its just a matter of tyme heaven will smile on u just keep hope alive 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by wellmax(m): 10:42am On Apr 01, 2016 |
I know I will write my success story one day. Happy birthday Bola Ahmed Tinubu. 1 Like |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by AntiWailer: 10:43am On Apr 01, 2016 |
How come nobody asked about the drugs ? 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by 4nobody4every1: 10:44am On Apr 01, 2016 |
Dottore: I respect this man till tomorrow. I am not partisan, I am not Yoruba but it's good to give honour to whom it's due. Pulling down an incumbent president in a country like Nigeria and making a mess of the biggest political party in Africa, a party that had reigned for 16 years in Nigeria no be moi moi. However he achieved it whether by fake promises or propaganda is very thoughtful and worthy of many encompass. If you think otherwise, tell us what your father has achieved. Gbam, it is not an easy feat to sack an incumbent president in a country like Nigeria with vested interest & money politics , l dont really care about his past but we cant take away the fact that Tinubu is a force to be reckoned with in Nigerian politics, give or take he is the Aso rock of naija politics and well respected, besides, l am Tinubu and this is my Nairaland username, Lol @ the bold 1 Like |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by palsenator(m): 10:46am On Apr 01, 2016 |
chukwukadibia10: From taxi driver,
You stole ur passenger's money
Come use the money enter drug business.
Come become drug Baron.
Story of your life. Bigot that's what your kinds are. Haters from the god forsaken red soil region should go and hang transformers. His story is a complete one. Odr 2 Likes |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by viktoooh: 10:50am On Apr 01, 2016 |
Habeg I no wan read this interview again. Evrybdy wealthy individual is claiming to have struggled to get where they are even when they were born with silver spoon. |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by Nobody: 10:53am On Apr 01, 2016 |
Them never start with you.
The thunder wey dey come no get break. 1 Like |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by Nobody: 10:58am On Apr 01, 2016 |
chukwukadibia10: From taxi driver,
You stole ur passenger's money
Come use the money enter drug business.
Come become drug Baron.
Story of your life. show some respect...there is alot to learn from his hardwork and determination. 1 Like |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by Nellybii: 11:02am On Apr 01, 2016 |
Fedayeen: Is it only me that doesnt believe this Tinubu story? Yeah most likely!! 2 Likes |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by Misterdhee1(m): 11:07am On Apr 01, 2016 |
One Just gotta give Kudos To Whom It Belongs To. Jagaban is a Political chef d'oeuvre.. He hustled his way through life, nd he is deservedly living his dream. Hbd great man! |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by Nobody: 11:14am On Apr 01, 2016 |
GEJ NO BEEN GET SHOE,TINUBU BIN RECEIVE HOT SLAP N NA EX CAB DRIVER,DAVIDO BIN REMEMBA WEN D GIRLS NO DEY CUM ARND N WEN NO MONEY BIN DEY IM BANK ACCT,LALASTICLALA N SEUN UNA NO GO TELL US UNA OWN LIE? 1 Like |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by seguno2: 11:15am On Apr 01, 2016 |
optionB: As I was doing my accounting assignment, I fell asleep. I was dead asleep! The inspector came to the site and found me sleeping, with my head on my books. He simply pulled the register and wrote: ‘I have been here. You were sound asleep. So, see me tomorrow.’ When I woke up, I found that Skiddo (the dog’s name) was gone, and then the register. I just went to a corner, cleaned my face and concentrated on my assignment because I knew the job was already gone.
You can’t lose two things. I ensured that I read well for my test and passed the next day. I opted to post their uniform and the cap to them, but suddenly ran into the man and he handed me my cheque and said the job was gone. I told him I knew and we said goodbye to each other! I had to start looking for another job.
Source http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2016/04/01/my-life-as-a-cab-driver-and-security-guard-bola-tinubu/
Does the bold portion of the story make any sense? |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by HomeOfMe(f): 11:44am On Apr 01, 2016 |
optionB: Many are of the opinion that former Lagos state governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu was born right at the middle of a money-printing machine, but that is not true.
Some rumours also have it that his parents were very wealthy, so he practically worked for nothing in his life but that is also not true.
The diminutive Nigerian politician had to work his way up the ladder. He was once a cab driver and even a security guard who worked very hard to reach where he is today.
In a special publication by TheNEWS magazine, Tinubu detailed how he worked has a cab driver and a security guard. Here are excerpts from the interview.
Q: When did it strike you to travel out of the country?
A: I was lucky. Even though I was ambitious about travelling out of the country, particularly as my friends like Folabi Salami and Tokunbo Maxwell had just travelled to Germany, I would say that I was just lucky.
Others, like Nurudeen Olowopopo, of blessed memory, and Sola Popoola headed for the United States and it remained Tunde Badejo, Bolaji Agaba and myself. So, the three of us were determined that we must get out of Nigeria, too.
I went to Ikenne, with my late sister, for a big ceremony. We had gone to pick bottles of Coca-Cola from the cold room and wanted to quickly return to the St. Saviour’s Church, where my sister was. There was a sudden rain of bullets and had we not been rushing to the church to ensure that we didn’t miss what was going on there, I would have died. The young man that was standing with me was hit. He slumped and died.
Based on the sad incident and how I had narrowly missed death, my family said to me: ‘This boy, you have always said that you wanted to travel out of the country, it is time to do so.’ So, my mother gathered some money, sold her trinkets to make up for the remaining part of my allowances and joined it with proceeds from the sale of the Volkswagen Beetle given to me by my uncle, the late Ganiyu Tinubu, who used to work at Simpson Street, Ebutte-Metta. He had a Beetle car he bought from a Canadian and had it converted into a convertible, which I used to drive. Nobody taught me how to drive. He asked that I sell it and add the proceeds to the money I needed for my trip. That was what I did.
Bolaji Agaba and I left the same day for the United States, while Badejo left some months later. We got our visas through my family connections. Bolaji’s own had almost expired before we left. On our arrival in the US, we thought we would stay in New York. But Nurudeen Olowopopo said no and we put some money together for Bolaji’s ticket and we headed for Washington D.C. I stayed with the late Sola Popoola at Washington before we started finding our way. We were running out of funds then.
He helped us secure a one-room apartment in Alexandria, Virgina. We got an unregistered used car (they left the licence open) commonly called Gypsy, which we ran as a taxi. We operated at the airport, where we picked passengers, and not anywhere else, like the hotel because it was forbidden for unlicensed cab drivers to do so. We did that for a while to raise some money. We did, and Bolaji went to Tennessee, while I headed for Chicago.
Q: Can you tell us some unpleasant moments that you had then?
A: One experience I will not forget was when I over-charged a naval officer, who was returning to the country. It was not intentional. Apparently, I didn’t know the direction; there was no GPRS in those days to locate directions. So, he gave me the direction to his house in a Virginia suburb. I gave him the price and the man responded with a slap to my face. He said I should know the correct fare to charge to the location he mentioned. He slapped me and gave me the money.
Another experience was when I took a guy whom I didn’t know was drunk. When I drove to his house, he pointed a gun at me instead of paying the fare. He took my leather jacket and said: ‘Get into your car and get lost.’ He did not pay.
Another interesting one was when I was taking the third Accounting class and equally working as a security guard at a construction site. They were very serious with their kind of security. You just had to do that job. There were about six points with six clocks at the site, which the security man must wind every hour and with a dog in hand. So, there was never a chance of trying to catch a nap.
As I was doing my accounting assignment, I fell asleep. I was dead asleep! The inspector came to the site and found me sleeping, with my head on my books. He simply pulled the register and wrote: ‘I have been here. You were sound asleep. So, see me tomorrow.’ When I woke up, I found that Skiddo (the dog’s name) was gone, and then the register. I just went to a corner, cleaned my face and concentrated on my assignment because I knew the job was already gone.
You can’t lose two things. I ensured that I read well for my test and passed the next day. I opted to post their uniform and the cap to them, but suddenly ran into the man and he handed me my cheque and said the job was gone. I told him I knew and we said goodbye to each other! I had to start looking for another job.
Source http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2016/04/01/my-life-as-a-cab-driver-and-security-guard-bola-tinubu/
For somebody of his calibre to publish a book like this,he must have a story to tell,and not just any story,but one that would motivate and inspire the readers;if you don't have a story you have to make one up. Every body that has achieved greatness in life always has a" story of my life" to tell. |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by HomeOfMe(f): 11:45am On Apr 01, 2016 |
optionB: Many are of the opinion that former Lagos state governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu was born right at the middle of a money-printing machine, but that is not true.
Some rumours also have it that his parents were very wealthy, so he practically worked for nothing in his life but that is also not true.
The diminutive Nigerian politician had to work his way up the ladder. He was once a cab driver and even a security guard who worked very hard to reach where he is today.
In a special publication by TheNEWS magazine, Tinubu detailed how he worked has a cab driver and a security guard. Here are excerpts from the interview.
Q: When did it strike you to travel out of the country?
A: I was lucky. Even though I was ambitious about travelling out of the country, particularly as my friends like Folabi Salami and Tokunbo Maxwell had just travelled to Germany, I would say that I was just lucky.
Others, like Nurudeen Olowopopo, of blessed memory, and Sola Popoola headed for the United States and it remained Tunde Badejo, Bolaji Agaba and myself. So, the three of us were determined that we must get out of Nigeria, too.
I went to Ikenne, with my late sister, for a big ceremony. We had gone to pick bottles of Coca-Cola from the cold room and wanted to quickly return to the St. Saviour’s Church, where my sister was. There was a sudden rain of bullets and had we not been rushing to the church to ensure that we didn’t miss what was going on there, I would have died. The young man that was standing with me was hit. He slumped and died.
Based on the sad incident and how I had narrowly missed death, my family said to me: ‘This boy, you have always said that you wanted to travel out of the country, it is time to do so.’ So, my mother gathered some money, sold her trinkets to make up for the remaining part of my allowances and joined it with proceeds from the sale of the Volkswagen Beetle given to me by my uncle, the late Ganiyu Tinubu, who used to work at Simpson Street, Ebutte-Metta. He had a Beetle car he bought from a Canadian and had it converted into a convertible, which I used to drive. Nobody taught me how to drive. He asked that I sell it and add the proceeds to the money I needed for my trip. That was what I did.
Bolaji Agaba and I left the same day for the United States, while Badejo left some months later. We got our visas through my family connections. Bolaji’s own had almost expired before we left. On our arrival in the US, we thought we would stay in New York. But Nurudeen Olowopopo said no and we put some money together for Bolaji’s ticket and we headed for Washington D.C. I stayed with the late Sola Popoola at Washington before we started finding our way. We were running out of funds then.
He helped us secure a one-room apartment in Alexandria, Virgina. We got an unregistered used car (they left the licence open) commonly called Gypsy, which we ran as a taxi. We operated at the airport, where we picked passengers, and not anywhere else, like the hotel because it was forbidden for unlicensed cab drivers to do so. We did that for a while to raise some money. We did, and Bolaji went to Tennessee, while I headed for Chicago.
Q: Can you tell us some unpleasant moments that you had then?
A: One experience I will not forget was when I over-charged a naval officer, who was returning to the country. It was not intentional. Apparently, I didn’t know the direction; there was no GPRS in those days to locate directions. So, he gave me the direction to his house in a Virginia suburb. I gave him the price and the man responded with a slap to my face. He said I should know the correct fare to charge to the location he mentioned. He slapped me and gave me the money.
Another experience was when I took a guy whom I didn’t know was drunk. When I drove to his house, he pointed a gun at me instead of paying the fare. He took my leather jacket and said: ‘Get into your car and get lost.’ He did not pay.
Another interesting one was when I was taking the third Accounting class and equally working as a security guard at a construction site. They were very serious with their kind of security. You just had to do that job. There were about six points with six clocks at the site, which the security man must wind every hour and with a dog in hand. So, there was never a chance of trying to catch a nap.
As I was doing my accounting assignment, I fell asleep. I was dead asleep! The inspector came to the site and found me sleeping, with my head on my books. He simply pulled the register and wrote: ‘I have been here. You were sound asleep. So, see me tomorrow.’ When I woke up, I found that Skiddo (the dog’s name) was gone, and then the register. I just went to a corner, cleaned my face and concentrated on my assignment because I knew the job was already gone.
You can’t lose two things. I ensured that I read well for my test and passed the next day. I opted to post their uniform and the cap to them, but suddenly ran into the man and he handed me my cheque and said the job was gone. I told him I knew and we said goodbye to each other! I had to start looking for another job.
Source http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2016/04/01/my-life-as-a-cab-driver-and-security-guard-bola-tinubu/
For somebody of his calibre to publish a book like this,he must have a story to tell,and not just any story,but one that would motivate and inspire the readers;if you don't have a story you have to make one up. Every body that has achieved greatness in life always has a" story of my life" to tell. Remember "I. Once had no shoes". If you no tell your story the book no go sweet! |
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Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by banme1(m): 11:51am On Apr 01, 2016 |
Drug baron. See his face like condemn locomotive |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by Ralphdan(m): 11:54am On Apr 01, 2016 |
So thats why you have decided to be a greedy mofo |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by Rockstar2014(m): 11:57am On Apr 01, 2016 |
I beg make I hear word jare, everybody just dey cook up fake story. |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by Nobody: 12:00pm On Apr 01, 2016 |
chukwukadibia10: From taxi driver,
You stole ur passenger's money
Come use the money enter drug business.
Come become drug Baron.
Story of your life.
Better start seeing a psychiatrist, before it's too late. |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by TruthisGOD: 12:05pm On Apr 01, 2016 |
Dottore: I respect this man till tomorrow. I am not partisan, I am not Yoruba but it's good to give honour to whom it's due. Pulling down an incumbent president in a country like Nigeria and making a mess of the biggest political party in Africa, a party that had reigned for 16 years in Nigeria no be moi moi. However he achieved it whether by fake promises or propaganda is very thoughtful and worthy of many encomiums. If you think otherwise, tell us what your father has achieved. He didn't do any spectacular thing.The voting pattern was based on religion, sentiment and tribe. He jst had an easy ride with the emotion of some certain region. |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by Dottore: 12:18pm On Apr 01, 2016 |
TruthisGOD: He didn't do any spectacular thing.The voting pattern was based on religion, sentiment and tribe. He jst had an easy ride with the emotion of some certain region. You said "He just had an easy ride with the emotion of some certain region" or you, or ur pops or anyone among your folks achieve same or counter his efforts. Abeg he's a political hero. Whether you agree or not is inconsequential |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by DropShot: 12:18pm On Apr 01, 2016 |
tommykiwi: Lies.....it runs on ur party blood so we r now use to ur lies....APC equals to LIES.. Work on your English grammar. |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by 9jatatafo(m): 12:21pm On Apr 01, 2016 |
What about the drug story?! |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by IVORY2009(m): 12:22pm On Apr 01, 2016 |
1 Like |
Re: Bola Tinubu: My Life As A Cab Driver And Security Guard: PM News by tommykiwi(m): 12:28pm On Apr 01, 2016 |
DropShot:
Work in your English grammar. thank u. So wen r u going to start teaching me English? Prof in literature. |