hammed71:
By the way what's the probability that Nigeria would be eligible for the dv lottery again

AdetonaDami:


I can see you're a vessel of honour on this thread then... its just life.
God bless you
All the best

centvin008:



http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/worries-egyptair-nigerian-teenage-student-sues-airline-wrong-routing/

The more ,the better! thinking logically, the number of youth's taken these responsibility with their vision is less that 10% in Nigeria. If more youths can implement their creativity like in music today, the number of unemployment will drop drastically. what is wrong with agriculture, manufacturing(engineering student and graduates), what is wrong with information technology, what is wrong with all of these sectors and many more Farming is dirty but put food on every table, manufacturing is tedious as it takes a lot of process, meanwhile technology is too technical that Nigerian youth's cant invent

akudinaobi:

You keep repeating fellng out because of age , are you too young or you are too old for the jobs hmmmmmmm
You see yopu self righteous proclaimers
You will do the worst once the money came comming
I met one individual who said don't give me luxury or bring me close to it so that I won't deviate from my ideology because all individuals have their own shortfalls on luxuries

As for the clasification of nigerian youths and politicians which you have done in a wrong way ,I will forgive you for that
But one thing I will ask you is this

This blog that we all enjoy is being championed by who (seun osewa) is he not a youth , a gradguate and enterpranuere , do you know how many youth that are on his payroll as supper moderators ands moderators that one apart

There are many nigerian youths in divers field helping the economy improve with their skills and talents therby feeding many families by employing them
I will name a few companies that are own by youth ,when I said youth I mean youth 18 to 40yrs

Orientra oil and gas
Gtonia oil and gas
Beneth and philps
Belzechs
Gbuzon int ltd
Merit telecoms
Mudi
Fida consult
Merury communications
Pine field drilling
Meks engerneering

So many uncountable

humilitypays:
Good morning my brother, yes I know that our so-called leaders and politicians have really destroyed Nigeria and made us to lose faith and even direction, but still, the few lucky Nigerians like this op, who were lucky enough to secure an oil company job which if he's really honest, must be earning anything between 500k and above monthly plus some other allowances (hazard allowances), etc.

With such salary, he should be able to save like 250k every month, now multiply 250k by 12, that's 3,000,000 million naira savings every year, now multiply it by 4, that's 12,000,000 million naira in 4 years.

What I did is the least calculation because if truly he works with any of the IOCs, then his take home every month shouldn't be less than 700k after 4yrs....but let's assume he earned less, that means he ought to have at least 12million naira savings by now.

With 12million naira savings, and 4yrs active-relevant industry experience, if this fella still doesn't know how to wisely invest that 12million to start yielding at least 100k profit monthly, then he ought to go back to his village and join his grandparents to do peasant farming.

If all the oil company workers we have in Nigeria have this creative investment mentality, we ought to have uncountable number of flourishing small companies employing other youths...but hell no, these guys squander their fat salary+allowances on runs girls, keeping girlfriends in all Nigerian campuses, marrying more than 2 wives secretly, touring the world unnecessarily not even for investment or business trips but for fun.

This is our problem in Nigeria, we love easy comfort! Reason every Nigerian youths dream is to secure job in an oil company to start receiving fat pay and buy luxury car and start to live flamboyant life instantly with no plan to own their own successful company.

For those who may say I would do worst if I am in their shoe, let me give u a big background info of who I am.

I am one of the best graduating students (3rd best with the 3rd highest CGPA) in my school during my set, I got oil jobs (NLNG, both got screened out cos of age), was among the final applicants in NNPC wuru-wuru recruitment which I clearly got on merit but because of the usual Nigerian who-do-know, I got lynched during appointment letter issuance.

I made final stage of: Schlumberger, Oil Test, Mantrac, DHL, Glo, NLN ship manning, NNPC twice, etc, etc.

Now, the very day I got notification that I have passed NLNG final interview, I quickly told my elder brother that we need to register a company...a construction/engineering company so that once I return from NLNG training in Liverpool, we will use my allowances to set the company up running because my brother has awesome experience in engineering/construction, coupled with mine.

My intention was for us to own a successful civil engineering and construction firm in the next 5 - 10yrs that will solve lots of civil engineering problems we have presently in our Nigerian cities

We carried on with that dream even after NLNG dropped me cos of age.

And I am still trying my best in another field.

So in conclusion, most Nigerian youths lack creativity and direction; all they want is a good job in another creative man's company so that they can have easy life without laboring for it, it's shameful! The future of Nigeria is in a big mess...who will employ our unborn children if we all refuse to suffer and create companies today that will provide more good jobs for our unborn kids

Our politicians will stole our national common wealth and go and save it in developed countries, seriously, black man is sick!!!

bicmitchum:
This is a point in my life where I really need other opinions about my pending decision.
Here are the points:

-I graduated first class some years ago after completing studies at the University of Lagos
-Secured numerous masters admission with and without scholarship and intended to go for masters immediately, but got an attractive job offer with an oil multinational. Took the job offer.
-I've worked now about 4+ years with this multinational and the going has been incredibly terrific. Even with the incredible layoffs in my company and in the oil industry, it looks very likely I'll continue to keep my job.
-Every year I have continued to apply for masters in universities abroad given my intention to really acquire a masters and possibly a PhD degree. Never once accepted any of the offers I have been getting. Simply ignored them. As the years rolled by, the offers are no longer coming as usual. I'm getting turned down by schools.
-This year I have now obtained an offer to complete my masters at the No.1 ranked university in Canada, my desired destination. The only offer I got among the top schools I applied to. No scholarships.
-I'm yet unentitled to study leave

Here's the question: do I quit my job and go complete this masters in a really reputable school or do I stay back in Nigeria and continue slugging it out in the oil industry? Who knows what will come of the industry as the oil price continues to flutter? Who knows how my future might turn out if I leave to go chase the masters?

Here's my decision: Work is getting boring as time races on. I'm not getting any younger. I'm in my very late twenties. I should quit, go chase my masters and embrace any uncertainty that may come out of that. If I'm unable to secure an attractive job I'll go with academics for life whether in Canada or in Nigeria. I might even secure a Canadian citizenship. Canada is a lovely destination where I don't mind spending a large chunk of my life.

My worry: I have a comfortable life here. Why shake the bottle? Why stir the pot? Racism is still rife in these "white" countries. My life could get unbearable mixing in a culture I'm not familiar with.

Any inputs, please.

Nicur:
The Presidency has dismissed the allegations by former Governor Ibrahim Shekarau of Kano State that the Buhari administration is insensitive to the plight of Nigerians.

Reacting to the allegation in Abuja, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, enjoined Mr. Shekarau to stop insulting the intelligence of Nigerians with his false and misleading allegations.
He noted that the “audacity of Shekarau to preach about sensitivity is incredibly amazing, considering the large-scale stealing of public funds by the unseated PDP government at the expense of the welfare of the people.

“The greatest insensitivity to the welfare of the people is epic corruption for which the PDP had a notorious and unrivalled record in our recent democratic history of bad governance.”

The Presidential aide explained that “the greed of PDP leaders respects no boundaries of decency and rationality, so much that they could illegally steal any funds within their grip or reach, including monies meant for the security of Nigerians and the welfare of soldiers fighting terrorism in the Northeast.”
According to Mr. Shehu, Mr. Shekarau’s colleagues in the PDP government that he served have been coughing out monies that they illegally stole while in office.

“Bringing misery to your fellow countrymen and women on account of your greed and thievery is the worst example of insensitivity,” he said.

He said that the wellbeing of the citizens was at the heart of the President and for this reason, “the administration is seeking permanent solutions, not temporary ones to the county’s economic woes by first securing it, developing infrastructure and diversifying its economy.’’

Mr. Shehu reassured that the several measures put in place by the Buhari administration would bear fruition in a matter of time.

On the current fuel scarcity, Mr. Shehu said the Buhari administration had saved one trillion naira on account of removing subsidy which was fraudulently making some cabals richer at the expense of the welfare of the people who were being short-changed.
He explained that the Buhari administration had significantly reduced the rate of corruption and frustrated people with corrupt and fraudulent tendencies.

According to him, those that benefitted from subsidy fraud are using their illegal gains to finance smear campaigns against the Buhari administration on the social media and other forums.

Addressing the issue of insecurity, Mr. Shehu said the Boko Haram terrorist group had been so “thoroughly militarily weakened that they no longer have the capabilities and staying power to confront our troops, or occupy any part of Nigerian territory without being decisively expelled.”

He recalled that markets and bus stations that were closed three years ago in the Northeast “are now being reopened, thanks to the decisive restoration of relative peace in the area by our now motivated and reinvigorated troops.

“The Buhari administration is also proud to say that poor Nigerians that were once displaced by terrorist attacks are now returning to their liberated towns and villages, and this government won’t relent until it rids the country of the vestiges of terrorism.”

According to the presidential aide, the commitment of the Buhari administration to fighting corruption is firm and irrevocable, and that “every stolen kobo would be recovered and channelled into improving the welfare of Nigerians.”

source -
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/201519-buhari-replies-shekarau-accuses-ex-kano-governor-insulting-nigerians.html

xfire:
I'm back. I will continue..............

PRE-NYSC AND NYSC DAYS

After my graduation I was sad and depressed because I didn't graduate with a first class. I never imagined my life without a first class. It haunted me for long, and to be sincere, it took me more than a year to fully recover from it. I feared for the job market because I felt I was disadvantaged age-wise, especially with my 'pure-water' 2-1 degree. I stayed at home for 6 months after graduation before I was mobilized for service. During that period, I whiled away time by teaching in a secondary school. I also began subscribing for job email alerts, and started reading online job websites and the famous Guardian newspaper. Eventhough I wasn't eligible to apply, I started studying the pattern of job vacancies. I was always interested in the companies that were recruiting and their requirements. I wrote my first amateur CV upon graduation. I have since refined my CV writing skills. Thank God I don't have to write personal CVs again, at least not anytime soon. I will only review people's CV's from time to time. I will talk a bit about good CV writing later in the thread.
I taught in a public secondary school during my NYSC days. This gave me ample time to socialize and also prepare for the labour market. Many of my colleagues 'worked' their service to Lagos where they served in big organizations I could only dream of. But I made use of the only resource I had - TIME. I started reading about how to how to write good CVs and prepare for interviews. I also started putting in my applications 6 months to the end of my service year. I applied for the PTDF overseas scholarship. I learnt about various job sites during this period. One surprising fact is that I observed that many of my fellow 'corpers' had little or no information about job hunting, CV writing, interview skills and presentation. A lot of corp members could not write a simple CV. Many had little or no computer knowledge. Many had very poor writing skills. With my basic CV writing art, I had to help many of the corps members to write their CV's especially those about to pass out. In many cases, I followed them to the cyber cafe to create emails for them and make online applications for them (then the internet was accessible as it is today). I still know many graduates today that cannot write and speak properly. Many of them are still without job or are currently underemployed. And I doubt if they can improve their employment status if they don't make themselves employable. This leads me to lesson #5.

LESSON 5: Basic writing skills, good communication skills and computer literacy are 3 fundamental elements of employability. When it is said that many Nigerian graduates are unemployable, they simply mean they lack simple communication skills most of the time. They simply cannot speak, write or express themselves comprehensibly enough. It's unfortunate but this is true in some cases. In addition, it is simply unacceptable to be a computer illiterate in this information age. Many job vacancies are posted online and most information are electronic in nature. I have a friend (from the same village) who studied accounting. He is young and sharp but he could hardly speak or write English without grammatical errors due to poor primary and secondary education. He went for various interviews during his NYSC days but was not successful in any. I had to encourage him to start reading books and writing. I also advised him to get a good part-time English teacher, if possible. Guess what? He got one. Today, he is gainfully employed in a bank. If you are poor in communication, start working on it now! The secret is practice. Practice, practice, practice! There is no alternative. Communication skill is quite important in oral interview stage, and I will elaborate on that when I get there. You don't have to be an orator like Barack Obama, or Martin Luther King Jr. But you need to be able to comprehend others, and be able to express yourself in a formal setting. My communication skills was not as good as it is now. I developed it with constant practice and discipline. As a matter of fact, I am not a gifted orator. I am still improving on my presentation skills. Till date, I still practice ahead of time before I make formal presentations in meetings, except if it is impromptu. Presentation skill is also important for career progression. Good presentation skills gives a positive impression about your intellectual and leadership ability (even if it is just an impression!).
That is why I feel pity for many job seekers who can hardly write properly but will keep using shorthand. Posting and commenting clearly on forums like Nairaland is one of the ways of improving your writing skills.

nigga_guy:

I just came into the US last week.
Did you have to go the nearest Social Security Office to get your Card or did tick the immigration forms (ds-230) that you earlier sent when you were applied that ---
No 43a
(Do you want the Social
Security Administration to
assign you a SSN and issue a
card? (You must answer YES
to question 43b. to receive a
number and a card.)



. Please I need to know how you went about getting your social security number.

Thank you

adesojiaderemi@:


Have you confirmed from USCIS if it has been despatched? did you change your old address with USCIS?if yes,you may need to file for replacement of GC,but comfirm from your contact person in the former address and ask him to send the GC to your new address.If he insist not seeing it let me know.

ebykings:

I thank God for journey mercies. Welcome

temmytanny: welcome bro

adesojiaderemi@:


You are welcome Atseyi, with the stamp on your Passport you can now identify the department of Homeland Security Administration in your area with the passport and start processing you SSC/N.The processing varies from state to state some may have you wait for 21 days and some may just allow you to apply right away.You will receive a welcoming letter within 10 days and your GC may come within 20 days.

temmytanny: July 19th 2011- I won the lottery
Sept 2011[/b]_ i sent my forms to KCC
[b]Jan 25th 2012- I went for my interview(i wasnt granted but was scheduled for 2nd interview)
Feb 16th-I did my 2nd interview but no visa still.
March 12th-I was in Burkina-faso when my wife called me to inform me that embassy called us to come and drop our passport for visa.
April 2nd- Visited the embassy and dropped my passport
April 10th-We got our visa
May 30th - I booked my flight
Sept 8th - I arrived US of A.

A dream of 15years finally came to reality tru this lottery.Been very rough for me but i keep thanking God,You my pals,family and those who stood and belived in me.Now in my forth month in US,life has been going smoothly.
If God can do it for me,why not you? SUCCESS IS YOURS ALL IJN.


On behalf of myself and my humble family,i wish you all a fulfilling NEW YEAR to come and a blessed XMAS.

Ibracadabra: I'm warming up for tomorrow's interview... Any final tips/reminders? Pls keep me in your prayers

brightmon: The trip was long and stressfull to me because am with a child and infant but if i were travelling alone then it wuld have been sweet.
Anyway, i flew Emirates and it cost abt 230k for an adult to Califonia but the price WILL vary depending on the airline and destination. i got to the airport abt 9am for a flight of 2:45pm and i was glad i did, i was the 1st on the line for check in, am not too sure but i think checking in started abt 9:30am or 10am. my check in was smooth but una know na, 9ja with begging and i have to wet ground but dint spend much sha just abt 2k.
After the check in i then took my time to look for were i will eat mama put for the last time because i may not get that taste for a long time to come. they called for boarding and those with infant, childern, senior boys and girls and business or first class were allowed to board 1st. we got to dubai, spent about 7hrs and boarded for Califonia and on landing i went straight to the immigrant line or section and againm i was the first on the line, we got processed and within about 40min they were done.
my passport was stamped and America here i am.
God bless this Country for giving my family a chance to leave a better life and for my children. I remain loyal and for ever indebtedness to her.
Guys, this place na colored and digital while you know were na black and white and analog.

gunners4u: Tanks to u all in d forum. One luv keep us 2geder. Wishing all those waiting for their 2nd NL & those preparing 4 interview success. Pls i am still paying any money @ d collection office next week.

gunners4u: Yes!!!!!!. God has done it for me. Am very happy. Just 40 seconds interview. Am very happy nw

papatee2: I had my interveiw on wed. 7th of nov. And it was successful. All thanks to God and nairalanders. I was d 1st to b interveiw as imigrate. Co cald my tally no around afta 10am. Co-good morning. Me- morning. Gave me a form n ask me to sign which i did. Co-are you married. Me- no. Co-do you have kiddies. Me- no. Co- have you ever been out of nigeria. Me- :-):-). Co- have you been to usa. Me-:-):-) co- what are you doing in nigeria. Me- studin. Co- which skul. Me- :-):-) . Co- what course. Me- agric. Co-did you choose dat. Me- no. Co- so y did u accept it. Me- cos d future is bright. After dat we started talkin about it and laughin dat nigeria university are something funny. Then she brought out a paper and circle an address indicating where to pickup my visa while tellin me welcome to america. Infact other people there did'nt belive it was interview because of d way we were laughing. They tot i knew her and went to ask her something. My pickup date is next week

malcon: God is great. I had a successful interview today.
i arrived lagos u.s. embassy at exactly 10mins to 6am. when it was 6:30am,a guy came to announce that all non-immigrant for 6:30am interview should queue up. shortly,the guy then came to announce for 7:00am interview for immigrant category in which i belong. lucky enough, i was the first person in the immigrant queue category. after all thier series of announcement ranging from opening the medical envelope,what not to enter in with and series of security checks,i was finally ushered in. note, while you move from one point to another, make sure you secure all tally number given to you. after paying the 330dollar which was 54500naira,i was called to submit all my credentials. i submitted all i came with and the lady took just the needed ones e.g nysc cert, degree cert, neco cert, npc birth cert,epassport,three passport photo,one photocopy for each credentials and also the police and medical report. in summary, interview started after waiting for like 1hr 50mins. i was the first to be interview today in the immigrant category.

co; calld my tally no
me; good morning sir
co; do you swear to say the truth
me; yes i do
co; collected my payment slip and took my finger print
co; what do you do for a living
me; i'm a lecturer
co; what institution
me; ...... institution
co; when did you finish secondary sch
me ......yr
co; what do you teach
me; i lecture yr1 students strength of materials and yr2 students water supply and sanitary engineering
co; are you married
me; no sir
co; what institution did you say you work
me; ...... institution
co; what institution did you attend
me; .......... university
co; are you married
me; no sir
co; what course did you study
me; civil and water resources engineering
co; gave me dsp230 form to sign
co; congratulation.
me; thank you sir
co; gave me a visa collection paper to go to the address as stated on friday next week for my passport and visa.

many thanks to all members of these forum, success awaits everyone of us. but note, honesty is just the secret.

temmytanny: not only that,dollar dey come meet am for house

temmytanny: not only that,dollar dey come meet am for house