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shollish:
Abeg which airline is best for travelling to South Africa...I saw that Airpeace has a direct flight from Lagos to Johannesburg.....but I'm coming from port Harcourt first..... and I see complains on twitter about flight delays and cancellations with Airpeace... I don't want to be stranded in Lagos abeg and avoid expenses of hotel bills and I'm also taking my younger brother with me...so please which airline is advisable to ply? Thanks in anticipation

Kenya airways is from Lagos . Either way you’ll have to travel to Lagos. The delays with airpeace are on their local route but on South Africa and UAE( now suspended) they always keep to time. Also kenya airways will take you to Nairobi (5hrs ) and then another 4:30hrs to Johannesburg (excluding transit time). Just buy airpeace PH - Johannesburg and they’ll place you on the last flight , you won’t have to even worry about collecting your bag in Lagos as they’ll transfer it for you. Last flight will get to Lagos 9pm and you’ll have four hours before the second leg.

Gbolah21:
Kenya airways is ok ...

Kenya airways is from Lagos . Either way you’ll have to travel to Lagos. The delays with airpeace are on their local route but on South Africa and UAE( now suspended) they always keep to time. Also kenya airways will take you to Nairobi (5hrs ) and then another 4:30hrs to Johannesburg (excluding transit time). Just buy airpeace PH - Johannesburg and they’ll place you on the last flight , you won’t have to even worry about collecting your bag in Lagos as they’ll transfer it for you

powerfulguy:
https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2021/01/04/atiku-abubakar-no-longer-our-shareholder-says-intels/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Lol atiku did not sell his shares anything. He’s only done what he did to dissociate his person from intels . The companies that bought his shares are indirectly his

AltarBoy1:
I will have to stop here for now. I welcome any form of question or criticism. But no insults plz.

You have spoken well brother. Although business is not for everyone and some cannot deal with the ups and downs. But I tell people that in Nigeria every youth should strive to be a businessman or woman because most Nigerian employers are Terrible. The banking sector has been handed over to selfish hawks who have buried professionalism and careers for profits. In an environment like ours being a business person should be a must for most employees

OlakunmiSMELTD:
I one to be clarified about this information.
When I compute my Score on EE calculator.
It was 456, but with my cousin who is a citizen in ontario. It increases to 467.
So I used this score to apply for Ontario via PNP, however, I got Invitation weeks ago.

But people on nairaland said it's not possible for me to use him, few other said it possible. Am just confused someone with experience should please help me with better information or ONTARIO telegram or whatsapp platform

Do the right thing. Cousin does not equal sibling. You may need to present your birth certificate and cousin’s birth certificate and both have to show the same parent names .

Prettiepearlz:
ACCA F1 to F3, CIMA. They are courses you can do at your own pace. You get your certificate for ACCA within 48 hours of completing and passing the exam. And they do not charge to send your transcript to WES

I would would suggest BCS as you’ve got an IT background and I believe you work in the technology field . Are you planning to change fields to accounting ? If it’s strictly for immigration points you’ll need some serious commitment

canttedra:
The recent topic on the home page motivated me to make this post, anonymously of course.

We were dating before I left Nigeria. We've been dating for about three years. Sometime last year I got a new job in the US (I schooled there so it was easy), and moved away from the country. Until a few weeks ago, we talked nearly every other day. It's always fun talking to her. But lately, things have started to get a little rough because of something that came up, and which I would like to believe is not my fault.

Prior to dating her, since I was a kid in university, I made myself a few promises relating to women:

1. I will never pay a woman's school fees
2. I will never rent a house or apartment for a woman, nor furnish an existing apartment
3. I will never sponsor a woman abroad.

Of course, this does not mean that I won't buy a woman gifts (I do that regularly), or take her on a nice trip. I just do not envisage myself pulling a woman up the social ladder. I prefer she makes her own growth moves as it relates to finances or relocation.

I made these promises based on the fact that I expected that whomever I make a partner should be able to make something of their own selves. I do not want to be anybody's savior or anyone's get-out-of-jail card. This resolution has made lose a few women in the past who thought the relationship should be based on what they can get out of it, and my girlfriend knows this.

The situation right now is that there is a path for her to come to America through studying. We already talked about her applying for graduate studies and then transitioning here into a better job. However, she now feels that would be stressful and may not work. Instead, she thinks it's better if I return to Nigeria this December to marry her and then sponsor her eventually to the US. That's not going to happen. This has created a rift and we have not been talking for a while now.

Am I being unreasonable here? How can I make her realize she can be her own person and not have to depend on someone else to "sponsor" her? It just drives me nuts that she knows this about me but is now vehemently insisting that this is the only viable option.

Looking more like she’s not willing to make an effort. What happens after you get married and relocate her to USA on a spousal visa ? House wife ? Encourage her to take GRe and move as a student

MrJibana:
Wow... It will be interesting to see this video o... How the man dey wheelchair burst covid-19 preventive glass and still wheeled over the counter and destroyed all the systems whilst security and all staff was looking... Dana I hail una o

He’s a disabled man that was why they left him .

Kaduna1stson:
When you offered to reschedule him till next morning, did you agree to pay his hotel bills for the night?

This particular passenger has been banned by arik and airpeace due to his violent behaviour. Only Dana and one other airline allows him to board their aircraft. I spoke to a friend who works at arik and he told me that the handlers of disabled passengers close at 8pm in Lagos thus he has been adviced long before now to plan his travels in the daytime. Oga showed up yesterday for an evening/night flight �. When they told him that there will be no staff to evacuate him at the destination he got violent in his usual way lol break their computers and slamming their office. Interestingly nobody stopped him instead they were recording him in the act .

pbayagbon:
I have 10 siblings and I tell you that I only know the birthdate of two not to talk of someone who has step siblings who aren’t so close

Don’t assume...

In as much as I don’t know you personally I’ll be glad for every applicant to get the PR with little difficulties. When you claim siblings points I believe there’s a documentation that will follow (may be birth certificate showing same parents names ). To successfully claim these points you’ll need maximum cooperation of your siblings.

pbayagbon:
Gurus on this journey
Kindly give candid opinion

Tobi has 2 step siblings in Cannyland who didn’t declare her in their PR application
Fortunately one is willing to provide documents for her to claim sibling 15 points
The other one won’t even provide her date of birth or full names for her to fill under family section

What can Tobi do at this point?

Tobi should not push it. How can you not know the DOB of your sibling ? If you have enough points apply without them

larrypha:
Please anyone?

This aligns with the NOC for a Software Engineer

vigopress:
https://www.facebook.com/581275505345568/posts/1883628461776926/

90% of this money will come from the VAT collected in Lagos/ogun and crude oil receipts from the south-south. Some day true leaders will be elected at the different states/constituencies and put an end to this arrangement

airminem:

"Good news from Air Peace. They are really doing well. However, having lived in Nigeria for most part of my life and knowing our attitude to maintenance and perfectionism, I can NEVER fly any Nigerian airline to far places as US, Asia or even Europe.



I am ready to be patriotic and "patronize Nigerian services" in other areas." Dothe needful

I used to say same if African and Nigerian airlines about 8 years ago but then aviation is a very well regulated industry and it all changed in 2014 when I worked on a ticketing app upgrade for an aviation company in U.K. and got to learn about the industry . Nigeria holds an FAA Cat 1 rating which was renewed in 2018 (a testimony that safety standards are up to standard). Ghana , kenya and many African countries have been unable to attain this. Secondly NCAA are very strong in their safety oversight on Nigerian airlines. Also arik successfully held EASA and FAA certification which enabled it operate into U.K. and USA respectively.

In addition to other information I got to know about I began flying African airlines in 2015 and it has been a good ride all through at lower rates.

Robert1da:
Greedy Air Peace.

Offering 350k salary to First Officer with 1500+ hours.

Fly Dubai here I come.

My Ghanaian friend who worked at emirates was more pro-emirates than the emiratis. She used every opportunity to condemn Africa world in comparison to emirates. At the start of the pandemic she was fired in the most humiliating way. She’s currently in tema depressed and off social media.

There is nothing as good as your own. If Nigerian airways was successful today pilots, captains and all would have enjoyed it. In the absence of that you either struggle to build the sector here or you work abroad.

I’m glad seeing ex American Airlines and delta airlines employees doing great things in Nigerian aviation and fighting the anti-development aviation agencies who are ready to to kill all operators . All in all I’m for The development of African aviation. I remember how Ethiopian was in 2001/2002 but today they are a force to reckon with. Hopefully one or more nigerianairline will get it right very soon

HigherEd:
The way she narrated the matter as though there was a grand conspiracy within the university to hold her transcript! Yet they were in full communication with each other as regards the cause of the delay.

That was a serpentatious behavior.

There's no problem with calling the university out for maybe slacking. But saying you requested in July when the request was sent in September is libel. Claiming extortion when you understood the reason you paid twice is immoral.

We don't pay the Alumni Association which by herself took away the transcript facilitation from the university to ensure robust post graduate matters aren't stacked at registry. They do a fairly good job.

It’s an image saving response. It shouldn’t take any organisation more than 2-3 days to process a transcript request. I sent such request recently to my former uni and transcript was electronically transmitted to WES within 24hours with a response from the university. In Nigeria people just complicate simple issues

SeniorGee:
Please I have a family friend in New Brunswick so in the process of filling the online form I was asked if I have a friend or family who resides in New Brunswick and I said yes. The challenge now is that the person is not responding to my messages, and the virtual information session is on Wednesday next week. Please what do you think I should do?

Lol does your family friend have a legal residence status in New Brunswick ? Please oohh there’s no requirement that you must have know anyone in Canada. Make your application like you are alone. A human being can disappoint you.

Toludebs:
Good evening house, please I will like if someone could help check if my JD corresponds with 2173

JD
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Responsibilities

• Developing of APIs as required to meet front-end developers’ requirements.
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by a front-end developer with server-side logic
• Building reusable code and libraries for future use
• Optimisation of the application for maximum speed and scalability
• Implementation of security and data protection
• Design and implementation of data storage solutions
• Recording data and reporting it to proper parties, such as leadership.
• Configure, build, and test new application built with multiple scenarios
• Collaborating with the front-end developers and other team members to establish objectives and design more functional, cohesive codes to enhance the user experience.

More like 2174

Cassie74:
What I love about them is that they always keep to their departure time...always..and of course clean interior and working air-condition and your sure of refreshment once you disembark. Can't imagine boarding any other local aircraft for now sha. 3 gbosa

...

Have you wondered why every airline keeps to time when they are new in the business and begin to disappoint afterwards? Same fate awaits ibom air. They currently operate only 4 or 5 routes with about 7 aircrafts. The moment they expand their operations you’ll find that they won’t be able to maintain punctuality.

This happens because when operating maximally in aviation you have one aircraft serving multiple cities in a day thus any delay in the value chain disrupts flight schedules . When you have one aircraft leave Lagos at 6:30 am to arrive Abuja at 7:30am and leave Abuja at 7:15am to arrive uyo at 8am and leave uyo at 9:00am to Kano and so on. In this value chain if your fuel supplier disappoints you along the way your passengers across different cities will encounter delays throughout the day.

All airlines in Nigeria go through this phase including the virgin Atlantic powered virgin Nigeria. Ibom air is currently loss making as there aircrafts are on the ground most of the time.

NtoAkwaIbom:
Which company? Audio company,? Guy this is my state, and i live here, everyone in uyo knows that udom is a scsm, come and listen to the radio for one single day and see things for yourself.

How will we get rich when the work in the air lines and other projects are slots for the rich political elite?
Go to ibom plaza and see youths doin nothin, how will they get work and be rich wen there is none...

They will kidnap the rich sha, and be rich by ransome, thats how all society ends up solving the inequality..
You either give people work or sooner or later, they create work for themselves and force you to pay them under threat of death

I don’t doubt you one bit even though I don’t know udom or been to akwa ibom. Udom believes the elite are humans and others are animals. Go and ask about udom in zenith bank and they’ll tell you how he treated the non-elite junior staff during his time there

Saying one thing and doing another . Ethiopian and emirates built a hub in their respective cities. Ibom air is building a hub out of Lagos . From uyo they only fly to two destinations (Abuja and Lagos ) whereas from Lagos they fly to Enugu , uyo , calabar , Abuja and other destinations they are planning . Thus they are building a hub in Lagos and not uyo. Same way airpeace claimed to want to build a hub in Enugu but in real sense Lagos is their hub.

flokii:
Glorified secondary school.

Pay such huge amout to learn nothing and obtain printed paper certificate. Reason they dash all of them first class and 2:1 while they go outside to fumble.
How many of their church members can even afford this??

All I can say is that there graduates still perform well in the industry irrespective of their style of learning which for me is a factor you cannot ignore. Secondly education is not cheap globally . Covenant gets financing from the church too otherwise feds would have been more expensive .

JesusJesus:
So unfortunate. Reasons why I always tell people to have more than one source of income. This country is hell.



FTC. waw

Well in this case ordinary travellers like me have always known about arik’s poor financial health but the management did everything to keep these employees on unpaid leave pending when things got better. Same employees continuously went to arik’s various outlets to disrupt operations and prevent customers from travelling.

In my opinion Nigerian aviation unions are one of the worst set of employees out there . Currently they are also holding the aviation minister to ransom for trying to concession some terminal buildings to offer better services to passengers. They prefer the current system where Nigeria’s airports are one of the worst in west Africa .

In 2003 knowing the kind of people that constituted the unions, Obasanjo forcefully used the police to shut down Nigerian airways and end the employment of everyone . It was anti-democratic but that was the only way he could stop the revenue leakage there.

ednut1:
ignore the person. He is speaking in rubbish. This is how some bad belle go about misleading people.

Why not ask the person more questions to better understand his point

Debbieeeeeee:
I’m telling you na poverty dey worry nigeria no be our fault . I know many people who have been at this but money won’t let them shine , even if it’s to borrow they don’t have anyone to borrow them.
Personally once I see you fit into express entry criteria I take it upon to tell people, oh have you heard of express entry

Good job brother. Don’t relent or be discouraged . I saw the attitude of Nigerians first hand when I lived in Upper marlboro area of Maryland as a student. It was all about competing over who owned the best clothing, who partied the most and other frivolous activities.
On Saturday a friend mentioned BCS to me and how he could earn 33 points if he passed it. Between then and now I’ve mentioned it to about 5 people who I feel may be interested or may stand a chance. I may not have POF to offer them but it’s my own little way of contributing

ednut1:
major cause is poverty. The Chinese and indians have money from their own country. Common proof of fund of 12k most of us dont have it. But these Chinese and indians have money ( in millions) , most of the real estate in Toronto have been bought by them. Alongside businesses like haulage, logistics, shipping etc. A Chinese man can open a big restaurant or supermarket and use it to bring over his people, Poor man no fit help another poor man

I don’t believe the Chinese and Indians always had money. This culture of theirs over the years is what has brought generational wealth their way.

In Lagos the Indians patronise each other. Grocery shopping from Indian stores , dinner from Indian restaurants and many more.

During the lockdown members of the Indian keralite tribe came together and chartered an aircraft ( Nigerian airline) and also lobbied their embassy to facilitate a landing permit for the Nigerian airline which evacuated them to their hometown (kerala).

On my part I was added to a whatsapp group trying to get a flight back home and it was one confusion upon another with no level of consistency and some members of the group even vowing not to entrust their money with any Nigerian airline . To my amazement I saw Nigerians basically begging British airways to accept them (not for free). Plans eventually failed and we ended up relying on the high commission.

This is an example of how we differ from the Asians. No collective interest in any form .

All the same things will get better

Igethope:
Wow. Less than 6000 ITAs in the whole Nigeria.

Yes Nigeria has never been a major beneficiary of the Canadian PR system . Coming here you’ll think many people from Nigeria are migrating but it has been an average of about 400 ITAs per month with a good number of applicants applying from within Canada. My guess is this:
The Asians have a very strong support system in USA, Canada , U.K. , Kenya and South Africa such that they tend to facilitate migration and share opportunities among themselves. This is contrary to the average Nigerian who sees the next person as a potential competitor. When you go on YouTube there are lots of Canadian immigration videos sponsored by Indian bloggers/vloggers actively sharing information and attracting members of the Indian community. I know a good number of Nigerians who would have qualified for express entry two years ago but have lost points due to age as they were not aware then. The dynamics is changing now and the numbers from Nigeria will increase gradually.
On our part let us continue to encourage and support one another with relevant information on the application process, landing process, accommodation , settlement and job opportunities.

tungamaje:
Are we sure Abuja streets are even as beautiful as what I am seeing here? May be those streets were developed by white men

These cities were settler colonies developed by Germans (Windhoek )and still pretty much in their control. Sometimes the ways of my fellow Africans surprise me . Anti progressive

A great news to all those stuck at 469 and 470. Hopefully it will drop further in December for our brothers and sisters who are waiting