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Mbok, the lady get attitude like Sunday Ogochukwu Oliseh (Sorry you may be disappointed, he is not an Ibo dude ). #Punanithings ngwanu

[seek tell Adeboye was obj's man quote author=Beehshorp post=43340270]No offense meant but I av been a member of Nl for sometime now and an active member in the politics section atleast I read TonyeBarcanista's write ups, Omenka Hungerbad and every other nairalander who enjoys politics... Even with my knowledge on govt I am still amazed I don't know half of what our darling "rev-Fr" knows in politics av been waiting to see Adeboye, Kumuyi and the rest visit Aso-rock on a daily but the only clergyman dat does that happens to be Mbaka..
He is a Priest for heavens sake and he mustn't interfere in the everyday running of the nation even if he has good intentions or is he a minister?[/quote]

Nobody likes rejection, but if you're planning on visiting these countries you might have to prepare for the worst...

1. China

Chinese Embassies are getting increasingly strict when it comes to visa applications. The Embassy will require a long list of documents including flights in and out of China and a hotel booking confirmation for every night of your stay.

If you're planning to stay for 30 days or less, they'll generally issue your visa without any problems. But for stays longer than that (and/or if you're visiting sensitive areas like Western China), you'll also need to provide a detailed day by day itinerary of your trip.

You can only apply for this visa in your country of citizenship or permanent residence. And in many of their application centres (including the UK), applications can only be submitted by appointment. Plan early, as the next available appointment could be a few weeks away

2. Iran

Iran visas have never been straightforward, but the process is now harder than ever. Before you start thinking about your visa application, you'll need to get an authorisation code. This is really a pre-approval of your visa by Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), but it can take up to a month to get – and has to be applied for by an official Iranian travel agency in Tehran.

If you are from the UK, Canada or US, you'll need to hire an MFA-approved guide for your trip and provide their details when you apply for your visa. Once you have your authorisation code, Iran now requires all visa applicants to apply at an Iranian Embassy in person and submit biometric data. With no Iranian Consulate in London for the timebeing, that's quite a challenge if you're living in the UK.

Ladies, don't forget to wear a headcover in your passport photo; if you don't, your application will be rejected.

3. Russia

By introducing biometric applications, Russia made getting a visa a good deal harder. You have to go in person and submit your fingerprints and facial image when you apply – and for obvious reasons no agency can help you to do this! You'll have to first find a visa centre or Embassy that will process your biometric application, and then secondly get yourself there and cross your fingers that the queue isn't too big that day.

Before you can start your visa application, you'll need to get a Letter of Invitation for Russia, which must be issued by a travel agency that's registered with the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Be very careful filling out their online application form. One mistake – even a small one – can lead to delays or even rejection. Visa agencies like Visa Machine can help you with your invitation and application forms, so check them out if you feel you want a helping hand.


4. Turkmenistan

This country remains one of the most closed in the world. You can only get a tourist visa if you're joining a tour or have hired an individual guide and booked all of your hotels in advance.

Like Iran and Russia, you'll need your tour agency or guide to arrange a Letter of Invitation with the immigration authorities in Turkmenistan before you can get a visa. This takes two or three weeks and isn't guaranteed. After that, if your application isn't rejected, you can expect your visa application to take another two weeks.


5. Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan has numerous public holidays, especially throughout the summer when Embassies and many of the immigration bodies will be closed for up to a week at a time. This can really slow down the process of getting a visa.

There are a couple of tourist visa options: the standard tourist visa issued by the Embassy with a processing time of two and a half weeks; or an electronic visa issued by authorised agents of the Azeri Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a processing time of four to six weeks. Although the eVisa takes significantly longer, the application is done online, so there's no need to part with your passport.

Once you've applied for your visa, there's no way of checking the status or influencing the processing times. So expect to hear absolutely nothing for a fairly long time – as if visa applications aren't stressful enough!


6. India

Hawa Mahal, the Palace of Winds, Jaipur (Shutterstock)© Provided by Wanderlust Hawa Mahal, the Palace of Winds, Jaipur (Shutterstock)
India has recently introduced an electronic E-visa as well as its standard tourist visa. Whichever you choose, the application form needs to be filled out online, and it's a rather long and often frustrating process.

On certain browsers, you won't be able to fill out your employment details, on others you might not be able to pay. And so on. All of the payments are processed by the Bank of India and if their system is down (which happened in January for a week) there's no alternative way of paying for your visa, which means it's impossible to apply for it.

E-visas are occasionally rejected. If that happens, you'll then need to submit an application for a standard tourist visa at the Embassy. It's significantly more expensive and requires your passport to be submitted to the Embassy along with another application form and a few other documents.


7. Thailand

Sukhothai Historical Park, Thailand (Shutterstock)© Provided by Wanderlust Sukhothai Historical Park, Thailand (Shutterstock)
If you're from certain countries such as the UK, US, Canada, Australia, you can stay in Thailand for up to 30 days without a visa. But if you're planning to stay longer you'll need to apply for one. The application process isn't complicated if you are applying for a single entry visa.

However, if you want to travel in South East Asia and go in and out of Thailand more than once, the list of documents you require to submit with your application becomes endless. Amongst other documents, you'll need to provide flight tickets, an employment letter and bank statements for the last six months showing at least $7,000 in your account continuously.

Waiting times at the Embassy should also be noted. It can take a couple of hours to submit your application as the Embassy is exceptionally busy. It can then take the same amount of time to collect the passport once your visa's been issued. So you'll need to take a couple of days off work.


8. Chad

Though not necessarily a top destination, this is up there with the hardest-to-get-visas. For UK applicants, Chad's nearest Embassy is in Paris. Although they do accept postal applications, they have no standard processing times and you'll need to call them regularly to check if the application has been processed.

However, they don't speak English at all, so you'll need to speak good French or know someone who does. The application form itself is also only available in French. You'll then need to arrange a courier to collect the passport from the Embassy, which can be tricky to coordinate. Allow at least 3 weeks for this application to be processed.


9. Nigeria

This visa requires a lot of paperwork. In addition to your hotel booking confirmation, you'll need to provide bank statements and a letter of employment. You'll also have to make three separate payments: the first to the Nigerian government (which is done online when you fill out your application form); the second to the Nigerian High Commission (which can be done only at the post office as a postal order); and the third to the visa application centre when your application is submitted.

However, you can't do this yourself because the Embassy doesn't deal with applicants directly. You'll have to use a visa company instead – but at least that takes the hassle off your hands!


10. Sudan

Although the visa process itself isn't very complicated, yet again, you'll be required to provide a Letter of Invitation approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sudan. This letter can take a month to get, so you need to plan well in advance.

You'll need to apply for the letter via an authorised travel agent, but the majority of travel agencies in Sudan are very relaxed, so getting hold of them can be difficult. Prepare for quite a wait when it comes to your Sudanese visa application.


How to cope with visa rejection

Whether you get a visa or not is entirely at the discretion of the Embassy, so submitting and paying for your application isn't a guarantee that you'll get the visa. And if your application is rejected, an Embassy has no obligation to tell you why.

Rejection brings with it a looming sense of panic when in the context of travel visas. It's gutting and expensive. Embassies don't really care about your flights, your accommodation, the friends you planned to see, the sights you're now going to miss. They also won't refund your money.

So what can you do to avoid it?

Use a visa agency. Though this doesn't eliminate the risk of rejection altogether, it does reduce the likelihood. Usually their admin fees are similar or less to the cost of a train to go to the Embassy if you're planning to hand your application in, in person. Plus, you can get 5% off Visa Machine services with discount code WLU5. They'll check your paperwork and present the application on your behalf meaning the likelihood of rejection is less. They can also do things quicker than you can, and often have special access to Embassies that you won't have.

Apply for your visa in plenty of time. Unless you have to wait because of visa regulations (some countries like Ethiopia start your visa time from the visa issue date, meaning the later you apply the better), never leave your visa application until the few weeks before you travel. If things go wrong, you'll be stuck, and not even a visa agency will be able to help because you'll simply have run out of time.

Only book in advance if you have to.

If you can avoid it, don't pay for your flights or accommodation until the visa is issued, and have comprehensive travel insurance. Insurance is important because even once the visa has been issued, it doesn't guarantee entry into the country.

And if your application is rejected?

In most cases you can re-apply. However, you'll need to apply again in full including paying a second time. Embassies don't issue refunds. They might also ask for additional documentation now that you've been rejected on one occasion. Some Embassies advise not to re-apply for a visa unless your circumstances change.

Re-apply quickly. Remember the second application will take the same amount of time or longer to process, so advance planning is essential.

Don't despair. In a lot of cases, the second application is successful.

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2 different pastors confirmed in prayer sessions (without any of us soliciting for prophesy or something) that we would not make good couple in marriage, in fact that marriage between us cannever work.

He call once and sent email that hes out of the country. I have no such time. Any other serious buyer takes this car

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pls what is the exchange rate of Naira to other currencies like Euro and Pound Sterling?

repainted with auto cos of lagos traffic scratches, the mileage is 170k

We took it at a point that whenever he is feeling sleepy or hungry/ angry and wants to complain, he starts scratching his eyes.

Im getting a bit uncomfortable with this. He just turned 1. Anyone with explanations will be appreciated.

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I had this experience in Lagos, and another in Kano. And I will narrate how each happened

At lagos, I alighted from the vehicle and discovered I had left my 800 naira change. It was not late cos the driver just turned to start going back to Oshodi from Isolo.

I happily boarded okada to go after him. On sighting the Okada the Driver obviously increased his speed and took a detour meandered and vanished from a distance. He was looking back and running, despite my signals that he should stop. Honestly how we could not locate him again after running to meet where he turned was a mystery to me.

At Kano, I was coming from Wudil to Mariri, police intercepted the bus and discharged the passengers. I couldnt get exactly the problem as everything was in Hausa. We were there waiting for another bus as the driver drove off with the police. After a while I noticed I had left my 750 naira with the conductor. I became so uncomfortable cos that was only money left with me. I explained my plight to a man and he waived down a car and I joined. On the way, the bus was waiting with the police. When I approached, the police asked "na you be the person"? I answered "I dont know them I only forgot my change with them". "the driver said someone left his money with him, are you the person"? "yes, I said repeatedly. The conductor brought out the same 1000 note I gave him and said they still did not have change. I then joined them to NNPC junction to get my change. I was so surprised.

These separate incidents call for concern.

I had this experience in Lagos, and another in Kano. And I will narrate how each happened

At lagos, I alighted from the vehicle and discovered I had left my 800 naira change. It was not late cos the driver just turned to start going back to Oshodi from Isolo.

I happily boarded okada to go after him. On sighting the Okada the Driver obviously increased his speed and took a detour meandered and vanished from a distance. He was looking back and running, despite my signals that he should stop. Honestly how we could not locate him again after running to meet where he turned was a mystery to me.

At Kano, I was coming from Wudil to Mariri, police intercepted the bust and discharged the passengers. I could get exactly the problem as everything was in Hausa. We were there waiting for another bus as the driver drove off with the police. After a while I noticed I had my 750 naira with the conductor. I became so uncomfortable cos that was only money left with me. I explained my plight to a man and he waived down a car and I joined. On the way, the bus was waiting with the police. When I approached, the police asked "na you be the person"? I answered "I dont know them I only forgot my change with them". "the driver said someone left his money with him, are you the person"? "yes, I said repeatedly. The conductor brought out the same 1000 note I gave him and said they still did not have change. I then joined them to NNPC junction to get my change. I was so surprised.

These separate incidents call for concern.

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WHAT IS NARCISSISM, EXACTLY?
In today's world, the term "narcissistic" has come to mean little more than vain. But narcissism is far more complex than that. It exists in many shades along a continuum from extra-healthy ego to pathological grandiosity. A large 2009 study estimated that 6% of people in the U.S. suffer from full-blown narcissistic personality disorder. But it's likely that many more fall short of the strict diagnostic criteria.

So how can you tell if you lie somewhere on the spectrum? Read on to learn about 10 common narcissistic traits--and see how many feel familiar. If you find that you share more than a few, you may want to seek help from a therapist. At its core, narcissism is a disguise for a deep-seated sense of shame that you may not even realize is there.


YOU LIKE TO BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION
"Narcissists dominate conversations," says psychotherapist Joseph Brugo, PhD, the author of The Narcissist You Know ($25; amazon.com). "They feel compelled to talk about themselves, and they exaggerate their accomplishments." You might find yourself embellishing your stories, spinning them to impress your audience. You paint yourself as the boss's most trusted advisor, the most flexibly yogi in your class, the most popular neighbor on the block. These fabrications are easy to excuse as little white lies that help you tell a better tale. But really they serve a riskier purpose: to shore up an idealized version of yourself that distracts you from the intolerable fear that you are actually not good enough.


YOU HAVE A HABIT OF GIVING (UNSOLICITED) ADVICE
Sure, you're trying to be helpful by recommending the best restaurants in Portland, or sharing your wisdom on parenting through the terrible twos. But you are also seizing an opportunity to demonstrate your superior knowledge and insight, explains Brugo. "Narcissists are always a little more in the know," he says. "They seem to have the inside info on everything." By acting more sophisticated than everyone in the room, you are bolstering your inflated sense of self--unfortunately at their expense.

YOU DETEST WAITING IN LINE
And you get frustrated if someone doesn't respond to your voicemail right away. On some level, you feel you deserve special treatment, whether you're among friends or at the DMV. "Whatever a narcissist's needs are, they need to be met now," says marriage and family therapist Karyl McBride, PhD, who has written two books about dealing with narcissists, Will I Ever Be Good Enough? ($16; amazon.com) and Will I Ever Be Free of You? ($25; amazon.com). "They want automatic compliance because they are that important." Whether you are conscious of it or not, you live your life with a sense of entitlement, and for better or worse, expect the world to revolve around you.

YOUR AMBITION KNOWS NO BOUNDS
It's one thing to shoot for the stars, and then work your butt off to get there. It's quite another to believe you are destined for greatness. That type of grandiose assumption is a classic symptom of narcissists. They tend to believe they are naturally special, and part of an elite class that deserves only the best. "They fantasize about how much more powerful they will be, how much more beautiful, how much richer," explains McBride.

They also prefer to associate with other "high-status" people, and may obsess over status symbols (from the right shoes to the right stroller)--and even belittle anyone who they don't perceive to be part of the same exclusive club.

YOU KNOW HOW TO TURN ON THE CHARM
You've got a knack for making other people feel important. Your relationships probably move quickly, like the intoxicating, whirlwind romances of storybooks. But all the admiration you shower on that person is part of an unspoken deal: You expect him to make you feel just as attractive and intelligent. The minute he questions or criticizes you, the gig is up, and he is sent swiftly "from the pedestal to the trash heap," as Brugo puts it.

YOU ARE THE COMPETITIVE TYPE
In a narcissist's worldview, there are winners and losers, says Brugo, and the narcissist needs to win in virtually every domain--on the tennis court, at the office, heck, even in the community garden. "They have to make themselves out to be superior to somebody else," he explains, in a relentless quest to prove their dominance. The opponent could be a stranger or someone you love. That compulsive drive to come out on top (no matter who ends up on bottom) makes it difficult to celebrate other people's successes, like, say, your college pal's beautiful new house--because in that moment, someone else is the "winner."

YOU'RE FAMOUS FOR HOLDING GRUDGES
To everyone else you probably seem highly confident--the kind of person who doesn't give a crap what other people think. But for narcissists, that couldn't be farther from the truth. They care deeply about maintaining their idealized image of themselves, and have trouble tolerating any sort of disapproval or insult, explains Brugo. No matter how small a criticism, "it feels like a huge assault, a personal attack," and one they're unlikely to forget. "If they feel slighted, or abandoned, they don't get over it," adds McBride. Rather than deal with their hurt feelings, they get angry and seek revenge, in one form or another.


IT'S NEVER YOUR FAULT
Ask yourself if you admit when you're wrong: Do you own your screw-ups? Do you apologize for them, and try to fix them? Or do you immediately flip the script and say things like, "It's because of how you were treating me that I did XYZ" or "You drove me to [cheat/drink/lash out]." Narcissists refuse to be held accountable for their mistakes and bad behavior, and instead shift the blame to someone else, says McBride. Even within their close personal relationships, narcissists believe there is always a winner and a loser, and she'll do what it takes to win.

YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE
It may not be intentional, but it happens, because you tend to view situations in terms of what they mean for you, and you only. The reason? A lack of empathy, explains McBride. The "inability to turn into the emotional world of others" is a cornerstone of narcissism, she says--and what makes it so dangerous. "Narcissists expect others to revolve around their needs, but they refuse to do the same for anyone else."That means to get what you want, you aren't afraid to manipulate or bully whoever is in your way. Because in the end, it's always all about you.

YOU HAVE AN ADDICTION
Think about how people feel when they are high: untouchable, bulletproof, on top of the world. In essence, it's that same sense of grandiosity that narcissists crave. "When I finally made this connection, it made so much sense within my practice," says Brugo. Your high might come from alcohol, plastic surgery, shopping--it doesn't matter. "The addicted narcissist keeps turning to the drug again and again to get that incredible on-top-of-the-world feeling. When the drug wears off, they are often filled with shame. And when the shame becomes unbearable, they turn to the drug again."

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RebelChip:
I always love your threads. Let me attempt my own again.

Interviewer: Fr, your change came as a surprise to us. Do you think your change has anything to do with your political alignments with the APC?

Fr Mbaka (In Enugu Igbo): Nna amarokwam ife melunu ooo. Anokwolum onwem, ife ozo mfulu bu "Change parish". Okwa so ofu ugboro kam tiri "change". Mana kemgbe Buhari batara na ochichi, changi nka edochaghizim anya. Ogbaram ghari etum siri tunyere onye ochi nama (Cattle Rearer) ma hapu onye ji certificate bu Jonathan. Amaghizikwam ma mmuonso oka jim aru oru ka bu mmou ugwu awusa no na oru ugbua. Ejikwam ogherea na ayo mazi Nnamdi Kanu ka ogbahara. Ugbu a ka odorom anya na Buhari bu onye iberibe na onye egbuwara isi. Biko ugbua, anozim na "Sai Biafra"

I wonder if anyone got email from one Mr. Ikemba. Its so annoying im seeking how to block in coming emails

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As if its something new to face such treatments as black African. Inside a train a policeman walked passed everyone approached me to deman for my ticket and thereafter asked for my passport. A while woman was beside me grinning for reasons I did not understand.

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I went to India to visit a friend of mine in Mumbai, I saw Nigerians lavishing and wasting in that country. India as a country is very poor and the only proffesion booming there is the medical and pharmaceutical line, still they disrespect African and take us as shiit. Let me share this experience " I walked into a shopping mall and I got to admired this sweet fair india girl, I thought it was like in Nigeria so I was like " babe, how are you?", the girl smiled and she was like "if she's not fine, what kind I do for her?" I thought it was a joke oooo, the next minute I saw youths gathering in the mall and wanting to harass me, the india girl kept telling them that "I asked her how she was with a smile on my face". I immediately noticed an old, matured man, so I thought he would understand my plights, so I told him "sir, asking someone how he/she is in Nigeria is like a compliment", to my greatest surprise the man yelled at me and asked why I should ask her such question, he sounded as if its wrong for me to ask an India girl out. To my greatest surprise they kept dragging my cloth until the security men came to rescue me.

I met an agile Nigerian guy crying and telling me he wish to see nigeria again.

My people, no place like home ooo, I remembered visiting Dubai late last year, I went to a particular area called chaja ( not sure if I get the spelling), this area is full of wasted and stranded nigerians with no hope of coming back home.

Abeg, I will start to appreciate this home called Nigeria oo, no matter how its is oooo