laudate:


So na ordinary bacon, chips, mushrooms and peas dey shack you like dis?? If na pounded yam with correct goat meat, bush meat, vegetable stew and chilled palm wine was placed before you, what will you do??

imconfused:


I bind the devil immediately.I no dey do again.
Thanks Mr Ralphlauren

Geetrix:
buy 80,000 pounds bitcoin and watch it double double after 1 month

imconfused:


wicked human being

rchilee:


Just stop this already, I will not trade words with you.

Ralphlauren:


you had better bind the devil quickly and ignore them.

erase any thought of investing your savings in bitcoins.

imconfused:


Bitcoins?? Ahh I'm very scared of it ..If I decide to venture,what platform do I get on to.buy?

Ralphlauren:


you had better bind the devil quickly and ignore them.

erase any thought of investing your savings in bitcoins.

Geetrix:
buy 80,000 pounds bitcoin and watch it double double after 1 month

Ligxy:

That's not true, don't mislead people.

Geetrix:


Its called Sarcasm

wonlasewonimi:


Nigerians and money doubling are like 5 and 6. If no be say I get conscience, I for do another scheme like MMM.

Ligxy:

There should be a "rolls eyes" emoji here.

Ralphlauren:


won ti fi se won.

its pure greed. 'investing' 1000 naira and expecting 1m naira in 30days.

the new madness in nigeria is 'sports betting'. the amusing thing is that they do not call it 'gambling'. they refer to it as sports betting and it is silently destroying many lives in nigeria.

the likes of akin alabi are smiling to the bank as the gambling sector in nigeria is largely unregulated

Mcslize:
LMay , thanks for the packing tips.

So you mean one can only put clothes in Cabin luggage then food stuffs in main luggage is that what you implied?

blank:


Its max of 23kg except you are flying business class then it's 32kg for most airlines.

You can get scales from the market or any reasonably large shop.

LMay:
23kg max not 25kg if Turkish Airlines. That is, 23kg each in two places. That's for your main luggage.

8kg max for your cabin luggage.

Total of 54kg!

UKMigrant has touched on food items to bring on. Let me help with luggage packing tips, you might need them.

Tips

You're not allowed to put food or sharp objects (cutlery, blade, pocket knife etc) in your cabin luggage or carry on (hand bag/laptop bag), so pack smartly.

Tightly pack all your clothes, shoes, books, or weaves (if female) into your cabin luggage. Instead of folding clothes passively or mindlessly like we do when arranging our closet, roll each tightly into a bunch.This will squeeze out air & give you more space in the box to squeeze more clothes into. You can watch YouTube videos to learn this technique.

Now you're left with food items, sharp objects, and any cream/perfume exceeding 50ml (Only liquid of less than 50ml per bottle is allowed in the cabin luggage). Now arrange all these carefully into your main luggage.

For food items, put into ziploc bags or transparent polythene bag like pure water bags. Put different food items into each and label appropriately...e.g Melon, Ogbono, Ugwu vegetable etc.

For ladies carrying weaves, discard the packs to make your luggage relatively lighter.

Palm oil is not allowed. Don't even bother!

You don't necessarily need an industrial scale to weigh your luggage. Buy a regular domestic scale. You know the ones "Check your weight" guys carry around? Yes, that one. It's less than 2k.

To weigh, first stand on it and check your weight. Write it down or memorise it. Now put your luggage on your head and check your combined weight. Subtracting your own weight from the combined weight will give you the weight of your luggage.

Your allowance per main luggage is 23kg but aim for 21kg or max 22kg at home. Why? The scale at Murtala Mohammed Int'l Airport is forward by about 2kg. You don't want to stress yourself with reshuffling at the airport or trashing stuffs you bought with your hard-earned money. Pack smartly from home!

Airport staffs are not smiling again. Before they allow you pass/check-in a 23.9kg bag, you'll beg tire. Anything above that, they'll tell you to go obtain a ticket of $150 per overweight bag upstairs! You don't need that wahala in your life.

What else?

Remember I asked you to stuff all your clothes & books plus shoes into your cabin luggage? Trust me, it would have exceeded 8kg by now. You know the box itself will add to the weight as well.

Let me give you orijo.

1. Your laptop bag is not weighed. That's an extra space to put clothes, books, laptop (of course), charger etc.

2. Your hand bag isn't weighed either. If you're a lady, that's a plus. You can carry a laptop bag + your handbag alongside the cabin bag.

3. If you're eleru town council like me & you've utilised all available spaces yet you're still not within allocated kg limits, fear not. There's still a way.

Leave your original cabin luggage with somebody (eg family/friend who followed you to the airport). Let them act like they own the bag while they simply stand by it.

Check in your laptop bag as your Cabin Luggage. They'll tag it and return it to you while the two main bags are passed to cargo. Now remove the tag and stickers on your laptop bag and place it on your original Cabin Luggage you kept with your escort. You're done!

With these tips, you'll have a smooth sail luggage wise.


Extras....

Depending on how light or fancy you want to travel, those silly Echolac boxes are not your friend. 1) They'll add to the overall weight 2) They're not durable. Most would be damaged (broken handles, broken wheels, torn surface areas, etc) before you arrive your destination. How would you even lift a damaged box? You'll place it on your head maybe

Invest in a quality box. Might be pricey but it will last for years and save you from embarrassing situations. I don't know if/where those are sold in Nigeria. I bought mine in the abroad. This is my 5th year of usage and I travel very frequently. It's still intact.

If you're low on cash, buy those very strong bagco ghana must go bags as main luggage. Not the usual ones. This one is a bit recent & it comes in one color - grey! More like a grainy white mixed with black. It costs about N1,500 per bag. Nothing to be ashamed of. You wont even see it until your final destination after you check it in at MMIA, so you can still form posh in transit with your cabin luggage. Regular travellers use it a lot. It's very light and durable. For your information, they sell it in the abroad too. So what? In fact, its a life saver for people whose boxes get damaged at the airport. Just that they'll pay a few extra thousands more to procure it at the airport.

No use am as cabin baggage oooo. You'll look like Osuofia in London. Hehehe. Joking. Use a correct small sized box as cabin/hand luggage.

Third option is to source for lightweight boxes (rare) or lightweight travelling bags with wheels (looks like a piece of cloth with wheels attached when empty. The box-shaped compact ones are heavy).


Wishing you a safe flight!

blank:


Its max of 23kg except you are flying business class then it's 32kg for most airlines.

You can get scales from the market or any reasonably large shop.

UKmigrant:
Website says 23kg but I flew the same Turkish airline, no problems at all or extra cost with 25kg each bag, one was even 25.5kg. My hand luggage sef na 20kg

Maybe things have changed in such a short time!

LMay:
Lucky you! E be like say you use jazz for them

No, you were only lucky. That's not the norm. They showed me pepper in October over a 24.3kg bag. Had to reduce some beans & locust beans

Inkredible:


If by chance they discover bean weavils in the packed beans, Shey dey can confiscate that?

I no wan make dem use my beans shine as dem do UKmigrant poundo yam

LMay:
No, never!

LMay:
Whatever food you put in your MAIN LUGGAGE is your business and will get to your destination.

As long as it's not palm oil.

His Poundo was seized because he put it in his cabin luggage. It should be inside his main luggage.

cc: Inkredible

One crate of cold Orijin for you. You too much.

IdeyFindWife:


Is that really so?

What would be the prospects considering the language barrier, the tech gap, the culture and other such Whatnots; I don't mean to sound pessimistic!

Of course, excellent prospects would abound on technology transfer levels. I'm making moves currently to come over to US enroute China, to understudy latest trends and industry standards in Digital Signage.

Aderoy:
UKMigrant,
A valuable piece of info/advice. Be tactful about the info and details of your employer and colleague(s) you put on this or any other online forum. I have friends who are in Human Resources and ACAS Dispute Resolution, and have seen cases where employers or employees have sued other employees on the basis of details they placed online or what they consider as unflattering or demeaning descriptions.
The UK Data Protection Act 1998 and the EU Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 comes to mind.

Inkredible:


If by chance they discover bean weavils in the packed beans, Shey dey can confiscate that?

I no wan make dem use my beans shine as dem do UKmigrant poundo yam

UKmigrant:
If I get a 100 likes, I'll share my last two payslips so people like pidgin2 can be inspired

UKmigrant:
If I get a 100 likes, I'll share my last two payslips so people like pidgin2 can be inspired