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Vicj if you see this im sure you know the jist

I have lived in Ireland for a no of years now, beautiful country I must say, small and quiet but I am now just fed up of living here. I have recently been given a privilege to live in any EU country of my choice and I am wondering if people here who have been to or lived in a few of the EU countries can advise of another beautiful country one can relocate to. I will be interested in countries, though, where official language is English.
Thanks all.

Talk2naija: do u knw anything abt how to get a nigeria visa

Apply at the Nigerian Embassy i suppose. From what country?

Iamurfantasy: He mosdef woulda heard all the horrible stories about the country but chooses to see the beauty in Nigeria, do same and show him how blessed the country truly is, despite all.

There are wonderful and captivating places to see in Lagos, Cross Rivers, Osun, Ondo, Rivers and Akwa Ibom states. Start with the beaches in Lagos: Olmeca beach & resort; Hermitage resort; whispering palms; Elegushi; Oniru; so many more. There's also boat cruise, recreation centres (VGC, Ikoyi, Ikeja, so much more), numerous relaxation spots on the Island, lounges and clubs/bars.

I really can't exhaust the list. There are historical places as well.

There are numerous places you can take him to throughout his visit.....trust me

thanks a mill, yeah i remember Whispering Palms spent a few days there some years ago and it was beautiful.

Hi all
I just spoke with a friend’s friend this morning, he is planning to holiday in Nigeria, he said he heard it’s a very beautiful place (I have no idea how with all the stories) and wants me to recommend the best part of the country to stay, best time to go, things to do and places to see. He is Irish and will be travelling alone.
With the recent happenings in the country I got a bit confused about where to recommend and that is why I am here asking for opinion.
Thanks in advance.

Awa sile eko wa lakoko
Ka feti sile ka teriba
Ka fogbo a'toye keko wa
Ka si teriba fawon oluko wa

WAVixen:
It depends on where your host/ hostess lives. You can go to Tempe bar, thats in the city center. Check out St. Patricks Church also in the city center.
Dun Laoghaire is a bit far from the city, its got a pier you can walk on and see the sea and the ships dock.

I pass through Temple bar on my way to and from work everyday and i wonder what the attraction there is. Anyhow, its one of the places people visit but i honestly dont know what for?

St Patrick? Not sure where that is but Christ Church in Dublin is one of the places tourists visit but again? ? ? well you need to be there but dont expect much

check your inbox later tonight cant access yahoo on my work computer.

There are not many things to do in Dublin to be sincere, i hope your host will be able to take you to one or two places of interest

Maybe a visit to Guinness Store House
You can take the Dublin Hop off Hop on bus to show you around Dublin.

You are coming during winter so i am afraid you might have to be indoor for the most part.

If you need someone else to talk to apart from your host let me know and i'll email you my no and if i can suggest some other interesting places i will let you know, and if you tell me your age bracket i have loads of people that may be willing to help you around. Enjoy your trip

Dublin is one small village but you should still have fun. When are you coming and what part of Dublin will you be staying?

Will be so pleased if anyone around NY city will be willing to invite me for the thanksgiving chop chop this year. I was in Maryland for the last one and was all alone in my hotel room so didn’t really enjoy it.

Anyone kind enough to be their sister’s keeper?

at a barbing saloon

Sorry about your mum's health, good u hv your mind made up already to respect her wish.

jennykadry:
It got stuck along the way? You haven't even started building for your mum yet and you are here talking. My friend c'mon go and make that woman comfortable.

What arrant nonsense. Your mum is there in a rented appartment , you claim you have started building, and you are still here talking about getting land from govt. Go and settle that woman.

seconded!

congrats, God bless the baby and his parents.

yeah i do get worried as well, wish i cld remain a sisi forever

i wldve preferred Nairaland USA annual Thanksgiving get together

[quote author=::Andrew:: link=topic=747334.msg9035651#msg9035651 date=1314637592]and you better not carry that thing yoruba call iru, it will scatter the airport [/quote]lol one of my colleagues brought iru for me from Nigeria and left it on my table in the office, by the time i came in 2 of my colleagues had gotten sick with the smell and my precious iru had to be relocated to the ground floor outside by the smoke area, my manager apologised for the relocation and i had to apologise too but i could not help laughing

I have heard of suprise birthday, baby shower, welcome party etc but suprise wedding?


http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/marry-me-today-surprise-wedding-for-bride-who-had-no-idea.html

How will you react?

How time flies! She is one already? Happy birthday from my twin boys seems one of them is interested can we have her no pls?

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peaceoo:
Ok, i have this my husband niece come stay with us so we can assist in training her but since her arrival in the house, things are begining to fall apart. She will always look for a way to upset me either by not running the house errand for me or causing me to talk too much. Seriously, it is turning me into wat i dont know and my husband always seems to remain adamant as if nothing is wrong. PLease i need the way out of this cause already the girl is in school. NOTE: this is an 11 years old girl but she behave and acts more than her age. SOMEBODY HELP!!!

An average African woman goes into marriage with the mindset that inlaws are terrible and should be avoided.
I understand you and my best advise wld be that you pls send the girl back to her parents who will be able to see her as a kid and love her, obviously no amount of preaching will make you get on well with that girl because you are biased already. Anyone from the husband's family is seen as an intruder but any from the wife's side is seen as important guest. Men have no issue with their inlaws around but majority of women cant cope, its unfair, its bad, its sad but unfortunately that is the reality.

On the other hand a girl going to live in her 'brother's house' is also going with the mindset that 'it is my brothers house' and believes all wives are bad and never want to accomodate their inlaws. If the same girl is going into her married sister's house she is going with the same mind that she is going to 'her sister's house' Fortunately, men dont care and are able to maintain cordial relationship with thier inlaws and of course the fact that they dont stay that much at home compared to the woman who spends all the time with the guest.

Inside a wife's mind:

Inlaws staying with us bad news, you can never please them, they have come to cause problem 'im my house' and i will show them

Inside the husband's family mind:

I am going to 'my brother's house' and i will show the wife if she tries any nonsense because they are selfish and always want their husbands to themselves only.

The result of these 2 will be calamity in the house it happens everyday esp where the husband/brother is well to do.

Love her and make her love you, work towards changing her mindset and prove her wrong that wives dont want to see their inlaws live in their house, if you cant then her go back to her parents (who also will still hate you for sending their brother's niece out of their brother's house)

Its still fair if the husband's family coming to live in the house is male but female versus female? it is not advisable really.

@jennykadry that brought tears to my eyes, its evil its unimaginable
If i report to my mother that my step brother is abusing me sexually and she careless i will not only hate her with passion i will pray never to set my eyes on her again. Harsh as it may sound i have no regret saying that. What a helpless poor girl.

It is not a sin nor is it an offence not to have children, if you cant look after them until they are able to stand on their own by all means dont have any.

I am a mother myself i have only 2 kids not because i dont like kids all around my table but i decided to have the ones i can cater for on my own in case the unexpected happen.

Despite being married to very responsible and lovely man if you ask me who i love most, while my mum is still alive, my answer will be a resounding 'IYA MI'. I lost my dad when i was only 3 months and that was over 3 decades ago and my mum who was only in her 30s at the time refused to remarry nor go into any relationship with any man simply because according to her 'I cant allow my children to be seen as second citizens in another man's house'. She brought the 2 of us up all on her own and up till now i cant remember knowing any male friend with my mum, it was quite hard but she stood her ground. The very first thing i did as soon as i made some money was built her a house even though i had no single plot of land myself but i will do more for my precious mum.

Yeah mothers deserve love, all the love we can give but not all mothers like someone said, the mother jennykardy described there deserve to be locked up for life.

[quote author=aloy/emeka link=topic=707001.msg8666041#msg8666041 date=1309993296]Yes they are real.[/quote]seriously i always tot its just movie when i watch such stories in Nollywood movies.
Are you really sure a woman would be asked to sit on a mat and not bath for one year as in 12 whole month, drink water used to BATH a dead man?

Must they do it and do they do it for real? Are these done in these days or something in the past?

OMG! so some women need curfew to enjoy quality time with their husbands

I feel sorry for you, i know exactly what you are going through there. I had to abandon my form with them till probably the end of the year, its hell going to that place.

What you can do is try and see if you can talk to Ahmed, show him your travel tickets and ask him to extend your passport if truly the machine is broken, i believe they should be able to do that as we have been informed that the old passport can still be used indefinitely. The guy could be quite reasonable and helpful if you can get to him.  U can try Nicolas one of the guys there if you cant get hold of Ahmed.
There is another guy who lives in Balbriggan, i dont know his name but if you know anyone who lives in Balbriggan they may be able to give you his name, he is very helpful as well and might be able to help you.

busayowale:
I just got this from UK Border Agency now. Would these people ever  stop painiting Nigeria black ?  Read full story here. http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/newsarticles/2011/july/10swallow-101-cocaine

Drug dealing has nothing to do with nationality. Check out the rate of of drug dealings in other countries.

talk true:
This site is strictly for Nigerians. continue with the site if you are a Nigerian but if not, discontinue immediately.

On the front page:

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“God gave me the extra privilege to hear your stories, how you sit on mat for one year without taking your bath, some made to drink water washed from your dead husband’s body to prove your innocence, how some of you are willing to sell your bodes for a loaf of bread, I tell you I am taking your fight from now and with God on our side we shall win”.

and are all these real?

7 kids in 1 year?

The only thing i can think of is these guys are into business, they got 7 girls/ladies/women kept them somewhere the husband impregnated them, they gave birth at intervals, these business husband and wife took the kids off them as they deliver probably paid them and made me swear an oath to keep it all secret.

I may be wrong.

As a mother myself its quite depressing reading news of senseless killings of kids in the UK and as a Nigerian its killing reading headlines with ‘A Nigerian girl/boy stabbed/killed. . . . ‘ it is sickening it could be anyone. We read about them, feel pity for the parents, complain, put blame here and there. . . we forget about it and move on a short time later.

I begin to wonder if there are things we as parents are or are not doing which might be contributing to such occurrence and if there are things we could be doing to prevent future occurrence. I know loads of us will argue the govt should do this and do that but I want to believe as a mother with growing kids though not living in the UK I can learn one or two things from sensible contributions on this thread.

I have been to the UK a few times and pretty sure there are loads of different nationalities there. Nigerians are not the only black people living in this country but almost all of these killings (or at least those I always hear about) involve Nigerian kids. I have never heard (there might be such cases though) of Ghanaian, black American, Jamaican, Togolese kids being victims so please. . .

Mothers, fathers, uncles, aunties are there things Nigerian parents should be doing that they are not or those they are doing that they should not be doing?

You have no idea how far your contribution can go so please add your voice. Thanks.