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hehcube:
Apply for Masters by research in uk university and be sure to confirm from the sch if it's a research or taught program. You can't go with dependant with the taught program.
What's your field of study? I have school with £7k pounds 2yrs program masters by research

Thanks a lot, please what school is it. Field of study is life sciences

bukit05:
Masters of business administration. York St. John University.

Please how much is initial deposit for York St John university.

Please can anyone suggest programs and schools that can enable someone take dependants to the UK. I can’t apply for PHD because I have not done masters yet but I will I can’t travel without my dependants.

Miyatgal:
Visa alert!!!!
It can only be God.
I have been a silent reader for the past one month.
Thank y’all for the updates .
BIOMETRICS: 2nd August 2024
Transferred to DMC : 2nd August 2024
Received by DMC : 5th August 2024
Additional doc request study gap:5th August 2024
Submitted doc: 6th August 2024
Additional documents request again for souce and origin of funds: 12th August 2024
Submitted doc :14th August 2024
School sent an email that my CAS has been used:20th August 2024
Transferred and received by VAC : 22nd August 2024
Collection mail TLS: 22nd August 2024
Brp mail : 22nd August 2024 (late at night)
I pray for everyone that’s awaiting a decision,may all your visas be granted in Jesus name .

Hi Miyatgal, please my brother is in a similar situation, Can you please share how you were able to proof the source of funds ? I have sent a personal nairaland email here. Happy to connect with me?

Flamesmakefire:
This was their mail
Please provide the following documents:

Official, verifiable documents to demonstrate what you have been doing since your graduation in 2019.

This should be in English or a certified translation and for exampl,e be in the form of Payslips/employment letters with contact details on them / bank statements with regular salary being deposited / employment contracts / further education certificates and should not just be a CV.

So I submitted
-NYSC certificate and bank statements showing regular income from Nysc
-Employment letter from a previous place of employment and Reference salaries were paid in hand at this job
- I was in civil service from 2014 to 2022 gave a bank statement showing salaries from 2019 to 2022 i don't have any payslips
-Travel history was mentioned in the application so I gave a letter of explanation covering my trips and reasons for travel
-CAC Certificate from March this year


I have 5 years study gap
1 Canada visitors visa refusal

I got another email yesterday for an interview on the 8 day of August. So I'm getting myself ready for that too. Hopefully, they'll finally get the answers they want... Wish me luck
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Hi flamesmaker, please my brother is in the same situation as you, but yet to sit for his interview. Can you please share what he should expect in the interview? I have sent a personal nairaland email here. Happy to connect with me?

WOMEN ARE POWERFUL.

Few days ago, I finished work to find out my car battery was flat. As a new driver, I was confused and anxious while thinking of what to do. I looked around to find someone I could ask for help under the rain 🌧️ and darkness, I saw this woman in her late 50’s I guess walk so fast to her car and about to move off. I quickly paced to her driver’s side and signaled to talk to her, she wind down and before she could inquire what I wanted, I already rapped my situation.
Me: “I have a flat battery can you help me please?”
Her: “You will like to jump start your car “
Me: yes please.
Her: I don’t have a jump start cable in my car have you got one?
Me: yes please.
Her: where is your car?
Me: in the next car park, pointing to the car park I parked.
Her: where?
Me: can I show you?
Her: come on then, please can you use the passenger back seat as I have stuffs packed in the car.
Me: no problem ma.

She drove to where I parked following my direction, we both came down under the 🌧️. Where is the jump starter she asked, I opened the car but the boot wouldn’t open, she opened the back door, bent the back seat and told me to come check for where it is in my boot. I brought it out quickly and made to open my bonnet. The cable is short so it wouldn’t reach to my car from your position. Is your car a manual or automatic? Manual I replied. Ok, we can push it then because mine is an automatic and it would have been impossible if it was mine.
I and a upto 60 years old woman push the car? I thought in my mind. While still in thoughts the woman already bent in front of the car ready to push, are you sure you can push I asked. Don’t be silly, push from your side she replied. We rolled the car backwards a few meters then she drove her car to the front, her bonnet facing mine.
While connecting the jump starter a man drove in, and walked to us. Do you need help he asked, we will be fine the woman replied, are you sure? He kept coming, I replied yes we are only trying to jump start my car. Alright, I will look after it while you both try to pump the gas at the same time.

It worked at first try, I turned off the ignition and the battery didn’t come up, we tried again for the second time but stayed on it a bit longer this time and that was it. Battery boosted car ready to travel. I moved a bit, parked but not turned off o 😂. I walked to the woman’s driver’s side again as she was already driving behind me. Thank you very much ma, I’m Emmanuel and I’m really very grateful for your help, who knows what would have happened if you weren’t here.
No worries, it could happen to anyone. I’m happy I was able to help, you should be fine now she said.
Thank you so much ma God bless you, I hope to see you again soon on another shift maybe.
Okay see you hopefully then.
We both drove off.

While driving home i realized I was wet and cold, the woman must be wet and cold too as we did everything under cold and rain 🌧️.
I imagined the help, skills and strength the woman demonstrated. Unknown to me that women wild such strength and energy. I thought of back home and how it’s almost a taboo for a girl to start I pass my neighbor generator. How my sister will call her husband to come and carry HIS CAR if there is ever a breakdown.
These and a lot more are the psychological limitations we have empowered our women to. Not that they are weak to handle them, NEVER, but the mindset which our odogwu’s wife mindset promotes.

Please guys can I travel to the UK through the airport in Cotonou with my Nigerian passport as a first time traveler, prices of flights are very expensive from Lagos so I’m thinking of booking a flight from Cotonou to London which is cheaper.
Experienced advice please.

I applied for priority student visa which usually takes 5days as confirmed by other people, my application has stayed 2weeks already without a visa. Yesterday I got a BRP mail that my application is successful but that it is not a permission to travel to the UK. I will have to wait for my visa before I can travel.

What does it mean please, is it a guarantee that I will get the visa? Or just a regular mail.

AllKnowing:
Please send a PM and I’ll send you the link

i sent you a mail bro, please accept it so i can connect to you. i wish to be added to the group too

Please is anyone here writing the coding assessment test today? ���

Who has reset their password for the online test

Afostev11:
can we chat privately bro

Yes bro we can

internationalman:
I must do background check before proposing. I don't mind if she isn't a virgin but her ex mustn't live in close proximity to her..

I pity who's gonna be in love with my ex

He never knew bro, his girlfriend lived and schooled in the east all the while. He thought
they were coming to Lagos to start a new life.
Devoid of distractions from Ex's, family and friends

..

Kobicove:
What advise do you still need from us?

Your candid advise bro

From our conversation, he told me he found out Austin is the girls Ex through their chat.

Hello nairalanders.
The screen shot below contains a WhatsApp conversation between a girl and her best friend.

My friend has been in a long distance relationship with this girl he loves dearly since 2019 while girl was schooling, she just graduated and he traveled to the village and paid her dowry this January, brought her to Lagos and this is already happening same January. Please matured advice is needed.

My friend is devastated and confused, he needs my opinion but I decided to bring it here since I don't have monopoly of advices.

He is seeing everything as I have sent him a link to monitor people's views on it.

Testing
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipMTlJrdb2SMKPbVwZvyiYnaiH_h8Mz83uHUup2G

*Distress sales*

A storey building.

Location: Abule Egba.
Street: fatokun street, Awori bus stop. Opposite Catholic church of presentation Abule Egba.

(Property is good for both residential and commercial purposes)

Asking price: 35million.

For more enquires/ inspection, call/WhatsApp.
Emma: 08138908340
achiemmanuel170@gmail.com.

OR

Chioma: +234 703 013 7760

More pictures from the event

A Trip to OLUMO ROCK

Sometime in the month of July, i visited Olumo rock with my friends and wonderful NACC Family Agbara, Ogun state. it was an exciting trip to mark the End(POP) of 2018 NYSC Batch B (NACC) corps members in Agbara. On our way going through the rough dangerous Lagos - Abeokuta express way, we branched at ShopRite Otta to buy drinks, disposable and other stuffs we will be needing for the tour. After about 45minutes in the mall we headed for our destination but were stuck in Traffic for about 4 hours because, the wife of the Vice president was to ply the same road to attend a friends birthday party, so security apparatus were deployed to the road on instruction to block the two lanes to enable the vice first lady enjoy a smooth ride to her event. We will finally continue when she crossed, then we journeyed till we arrived at the Olumo Rock, which already had numerous tourists climbing up and down the high rock.
We paid a total of #23,250 as gate fee because we were 31 in number, 750 for each person and #1000 to allow our Media person Pachunky Media capture the climbing adventure with his Camera, before the excitement began.

first, we were taken to the magnificent Arts gallery where we encountered a great artist and marketer, so bold and full of humour, we admired him same way we admired his Arts. He sold beautifully made artistic paintings and crafts with Historical stories and appealing words that made us wish the corpers allowee had been increased to #30,000 as promised by the FG, but then it was an Audio promise and the monthly #19,800 couldn't purchase those beautiful paintings, except for the bangles and native necklaces to match. The Artist told us a story about the popular "OSHODI" in lagos state, while illustrating on a painting of the old rowdy and crowded OSHODI he made from scrabs of bottle tops of our favorite apple drink Lacasera. we would later patronize him for his artistry and sound method of marketing, buying mostly bangles and necklaces that had our individual names branded on it. The Art gallery is really a beautiful section to tour in Olumo Rock, make sure you visit there whenever you find yourself in Olumo.

We finally began the journey to the top, climbing through the ancient route as advised by the great humourous artist in the gallery, to be able to experience the original ancient aura and feel the fatigue associated with climbing the most popular rock in Nigeria, which is about 137m above Sea level. it was a hard scary, journey to the top but we all made it finally, even though Amanda tried to give up on the way but with determination we all made it to the top through the tough, ancient routs.

We learnt that Olumo Rock is the God that protected the people of Egba from their enemies during wars or any other difficulty. The people will always come to the rock to pray for strength to defeat their enemies, riches for their children and to hide from predators who never wished them well.
up-till date the rock still houses some witches who live there praying 24/7 for the progress of Egba land and its visitors, a shrine which is only entered by the Egbaa of Egba land, the only Authority recognized by the Gods to enter its sanctuary and offer sacrifices, a Crocodile and the doctor who takes care of it. All these we saw on our way to the top through the tough ancient routes.

After spending sometime on-top of the rock, looking at the entire city of Abeokuta and sporting some iconic structures including the first church in Nigeria, the family house of late MKO Abiola, etc. we climbed down through the modern route (staircase) constructed by the Ogun State Government. The modern route was quite easier and not risky as it involved just walking down the stairs, pitifully, the elevator had stopped working, and as usual, its no concern for the government which is the normalcy for government owned properties in our dear country.
towards the end of the walk down, our legs were all shivering due to the fatigue of climbing through the ancient route, if we had tried to go down through the same route, lots of causalities could have been recorded. Kudos to the government for constructing the modern route though..

Down at the foot of the Rock, we enjoyed ourselves with lots of edible items that we brought, fried rice, chicken, wine, beer, spirits etc. Lots of other tourists were there from different parts of the world, especially, the young Croatian family that were so marveled at the rock and the happy Nigerian people. Some female tourists were also all eyes in our section, admiring the numerous cute guys in our group, especially, the fair guy with cat eyes, they made sure they followed us where ever we went, laughing out loud from our dry jokes and trying to join in our photo shots but we sure resisted them and their antics.

Finally, we called it a day and all went back to our Catholic Charismatic Renewal of Nigeria bus and embarked on another journey back home to our 5 star (NACC) family house, Area 4 Opic Estate, Agbara. through the, rough, shabby Lagos - Abeokuta express way to Otta and Aton - Lusada/Igbesa - Agbara road, which is the worstestest road in Nigeria, But with enough pictures and memories to remember for the rest of our dear lives.

Thank you NACC batch B 2018 corps members for organizing this tour.
Long live NYSC.
God bless NACC Agbara family and the entire NACC family Nationwide.

Warm regards dear Nairalanders.

Please I need useful advice/guidance from people in the business, I am a prospective Corp member, awaiting my call up and camping come 28th of August. I have received alarming information from my colleagues already serving that the NYSC is a scam scheme, so I want to use this one year and try new business adventure as an Aba boy. I want to know the cheapest places to get food stuffs in the north and the easiest/cheapest possible means of transporting this goods to Aba because their is always a large market in Aba for this goods. I can redeploy to any of this states even if am not posted there as I have nasarawa and Kaduna as my preferred choices already during registration. I have never been to the north before and have no knowledge of the best places to get this commodities except from the obvious general believe that food stuffs are very cheap in the north especially, Kaduna, nasarawa and jos. Please friends, which of the State have cheaper supply of garri, Beans, tomatoes, onion, ginger, garlic, pepper, etc. I will appreciate any information on this as I believe it will equip me financially within the service year and post nysc, which will enable me pursue my dreams as a professional mechanical engineer/business engineer afterwards. Thank you.

Abia state University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH) is a DEATH TRAP, please don't fall for it.
I am one of those that believe that the government hospitals are better than the private ones in Nigeria because of my previous experience in Esuth (parklane), UNTH, and The National Orthopedic hospital all in Enugu state. I was always impressed with the number of available professionals I met at these hospitals each time I visited, though the hospitals are always crowded and time consuming but their expertise and result is worth the time.

I returned home on Wednesday 25th July 2018 to meet my Dad who is ill and feel pain around the left side of his waist which makes it difficult for him to walk normal. I quickly used my phone to Google the situation so as to have an idea of what the issue is and found out it's related to the lumbar spinal Cord. There were already made arrangement to visit a private clinic around the neighborhood but with my findings online I disagreed with the arrangement and opted we go to the the government hospital where there will be specialists to attend to him, they tried to alert me of the time and protocols involved in ABSUTH but I dissented and maintained that this is a job for specialists and never for a one man clinic.

By 9:30am Thursday 26th July, we were already at the hospital, procured a card and all the outpatients registration processes then seated on the bench to be called on the next line of action with scores of other patients who came before us. By 11:45am, we were called and handed over a green card to take upstairs and meet a certain nurse who will direct us to a doctor that will attend to my Dad. We climbed up, met the nurse who told us to have a seat amidst numerous other patients who were also there before us, while she wait for the registration team to bring our file to her table then she can register it and submit to the doctor who will attend to us. After about an hour she called my Dad's name and showed me the office of the doctor that will attend to us. We moved from there to join the queue of other patients waiting for the doctor. I observed that no one came out or enter the office after few minutes, then I inquired to learn that the doctor we are waiting for is not even in office, I approached the nurse that took our file there and she confirmed that the doctor is not around but advised we exercise patience and wait for him because when he comes, he is usually very fast in attending to patients so it will not take so long before he will call us in.

The doctor arrived at 2: 30pm and began attending to patients, the nurse was right with the accolades she gave the man's speed because just after 45minutes, it was already our turn, but I had to stay outside so he can attend to the patient alone. After few minutes of consultation, I was invited and handed the file to return to the nurse who will direct us to the orthopedic doctor that can best handle the case. The nurse immediately pointed the door to the doctors office and I went there to meet another nurse who told us that the doctor has gone, She advised we return very early the next day so as to be the first to see the doctor who will resume work by 8:00am on Friday. We went and prepared to beat everyone else the next day so as to receive quick treatment and save time too.

At 7:30am on Friday we arrived at the hospital, we entered the GOPD hall to meet a dark space with 3patients seated already in the dark hall. No staff had arrived yet, we climbed up to the orthopedic section where we are to see the doctor. At the hall upstairs, we met a young man reading voluminous books with a rechargeable lantern, this must be a medical student I assumed, but I was not intimidated with the big big books on the desk because me as a engineer, red from even bigger books, calculators and drawing board in my undergraduate days. We quietly seated in front of the doctors office only whom we considered very important at the moment, minutes later the cleaners came up and hurriedly cleaning everywhere, it's obvious they were battling with time because its almost 8 o'clock. At 8 o'clock light came and few other patients had arrived, everywhere is bright now but no staff can be seen yet till 9:00am when few nurses arrived but just one at the orthopedic section. I was already convinced that the people are not serious with their work since no nurse came before 9. We met the doctor around 10 and after due consultation, he wrote something on the file and handed over to the nurse, he said the nurse will tell us what to do and called on the next patient. The nurse gave me a sheet of paper and directed we go downstairs and do an x-ray before going to the pharmacy to buy drugs. The doctor had written some drugs on the file but we were not allowed to see it, the nurse demanded we pay 300 for what I didn't understand. I paid for it and moved downstairs to the x-ray department, I gave them the sheet of paper and I was told the cost is #3750 for lumber spinal cord xray. I paid immediately and she pointed to another table next to hers where I should go and register it, I shifted to the table and the lady there collected the receipt, wrote down some information there and requested for my phone number which I called out without wasting time. After writing, she looked up and told me that we have to go home and return on Monday because the machine is not good, they had called the engineer but the man is still doing Guy and that I know "otu ndi oru aka na esi eme" (craftsmen behavior). What concerns craftsmen in a big government hospital like this I muttered but everyone could hear my Dad who was already very angry and scolding the woman who initially collected money when she is aware their machine is not good, the woman replied that she is only doing her job and complained they have not been paid for several months. We angrily left the place and moved to the pharmacy to at least get drugs that that will ease the pains.

At the pharmacy, I was told the people that give the drugs are not around and we will have to wait for them to come, it was already 11:15am and someone had not resumed work for the day? What a failed system, I asked the other staffs why someone who has this type of job will not be available by 11:15 and they reminded me it's Friday, not too many people come to the hospital on Fridays and they had not been paid for months now, so people had to find alternative means of livelihood. We waited for the pharmacists who arrived later. They issued me a unique number to take to the accounts department and make payment, I asked of the amount but they said I will be told over the counter, I got there, submitted the number and was told the bill is #4510, so cheap I thought, I quickly paid and took the receipt to the pharmacy where I submitted it and was handed a small sachet containing two different drugs. ( 1card of PREGASAFE 75 Capsule and a tablet) this drugs can't cost up to #1000 in ariaria market but then what can we do. We left the hospital in anger and disappointment but I was personally grieved with the rate at which our state had deteriorated with no hope for the common man.

We would later come back to the hospital again on Monday by 8:00am and Tuesday by 9:00am because it was obvious the staffs only resume work by 9am, and received the same story of a failed x-ray machine and the engineer that is doing shakara. On Tuesday they now informed us not to come back again on Wednesday as they will send text messages to us when the machine is repaired. I met a student there who advised us to seek medical attention elsewhere if we needed it urgently because the machine has been bad for more than two weeks and no money to repair it. Even on that Tuesday they were still collecting money from patients that came for x-ray and then a come tomorrow reply afterwards. All this happened within 6 days of us frequenting the hospital with no tangible result, if this was a case of emergency who knows what my story would have been by now.

Please if you are in Aba, or you have family/loved one living in Aba and it's environs, avoid going to ABSUTH to seek any form of medical attention, the workers there have no conscience at all, they have no joy and have not been paid salaries for months according to them, so will try any means possible to collect your supposed treatment fees to solve their immediate family problems. ABSUTH Currently is a death trap consciously waiting for you to enter, every staff of the hospital knows this including the gatemen. Once you enter, you will be trapped and afflicted.
Be Properly guided.

Saw this on Instagram now, Rihanna posted CeeC's picture and wrote she is gonna stick with CeeC and hash tagged #Ceec #bbnaija and #bbnaija2018. This girl is really big.

I have attended many weddings but two makes me laugh when I remember what happened during the ceremony.
1. This one happened at Enugu during my school days, we attended a lodge mate's sisters wedding, the guy was gentle but had a notorious cultist as roommate, so all of us went for the wedding. The DJ off music when ceremony was not over because he was requesting for the balance of his payment, the groom got angry and was shouting at him, their two shouted at each other, the bride started crying and begging the husband not to fight the DJ on their wedding arena, our cultist Lodge mate saw his roommate sister crying and asked what the issue was, his roommate told him what happened. He immediately rushed the DJ kick him without uttering a word, the DJ tried to run but the cultist ADC grab him and they started beating him mercilessly, I rushed to beg them to leave the DJ but they were now already putting hands in his pockets to collect his phones, money and other valuables. Some people that know the DJ saw what was now happening and came to his rescue and stop the cultists from stealing the DJ's treasures, they started breaking bottles and it now turned to a cult clash. Before then the celebrants had already left the arena in tears, other guests ran for their lives, the DJ saw the smallest opportunity and ran away also. That's how the wedding ended. Before we traveled back to school we visited the new couples and the groom was very happy with us, he thanked the cultist personally for disciplining the DJ, they gave us #5000 and hot drink, we left happily and tried to share the money but the cultist said no that we should do that when we get to school. We entered bus and he bought tickets for the four of us, when we got to school he said him and his friend were the people that fought the DJ so no one should ask for the remaining money. Me and the other guy respected ourselves and went to our various rooms in peace. This is the end of the first story.


2. This one happened early this January in my community. I attended a friends wedding and on getting there I saw the bride and groom dancing in with the bridal crew, men on suit, family and friends without music, I was surprised and asked what happened but then I was told the DJ was having some technical challenges so the decided to dance in with the other people doing their wedding closer to them since it was an open field and several other weddings were going on in the same venue. The thing was so funny as the sound of the music from the other wedding was very low here and coming in you will be imagining weda they are dancing to the song of their ancestors cos you won't understand what's happening unless you are told. Again they have to stop dancing whenever the mc the other side tells DJ to stop. It continued for a while till the DJ fixed whatever was the problem. The ceremony later became very hot as the wedding attracted the elites in the community, the bride and groom also had enough time to dance later

Lol story story, ubah na virgin, Michael don break, Amarachi na ashawo borehole, wetin concern me kwanu. Lobish church hypocrites

Happy mother's Sunday