₦airaland Forum

Lateralmaths:
mine is Abj 18th

It seems everyone is going to Abj.
But they stayed that they would not compensate for transportation.

Cavenchy:
I understand that, the law was that way even then, but the issue wasn't that she didn't permit it on board the aircraft. The fact is that she knew there was another sealed one in the bag but she was ready to let that get on board. So it wasn't really a matter of her following the law now. She didn't like the idea of a black man with a half empty bottle. Even so she could have easily stated the law rather than ask a passenger to consume it in front of her, it shows her suspicion was beyond the law. It's called Racial Profiling.

And might I add, not all liquids are not permitted, some airports have a transparent bag and you are asked to place all liquids in it.

Updated: You were still racially profiled, even if it ended with a smile .

LOL! @ bolded. If you say so.
I get your point, though I know they usually advice people to consume/discard their drinks before the scanner.

I think its mainly toothpaste & mouthwash / drinks below a certain capacity, that goes in the plastic bag.

Cavenchy: .
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I don't know how long ago your case was, but nowadays you are not allowed to carry drinks (liquids) on board, especially for international flights.

Mine was when I was at boarder control at Frankfurt and after I had passed the metal detector, one of the ladies said she was going to confiscate my shirt.

O boy! My head wan scatter.

Then she smiled and said "I like your shirt. May the force be with you." I was wearing a Star Wars: TFA shirt and the movie was just released around that time. Na im my BP mellow small. Smiled back and wished her same.

Sometimes, the racism we experience is first established in our minds.

A 5 year old is no longer just 'an ignorant child'.

I know when we were as little, we had such grand thoughts and asked 'big' questions but because we were shushed & told those things were beyond us, we grew up with the same mentality.

One difference btw us and the west is that their children can engage adults in meaningful conversation and ask thought-provoking questions without being talked down upon or told to 'keep quiet'.

Also, know that what a parent refuses to tell a child because they feel the child is too small, will be learnt from his/her friend wey don open eye.

Xxpress:
It used to be london used in lagos, but now lagos used in london. We are in the era of change so anything is possible.

Ok. So London is now in USA.
Kontinu.

CHISOMPHILIP:
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Please I don't know if anyone in de haus can help me with the detail way of connecting the printer to the d/f PCs.

thanks

You best bet is to search Google & YouTube videos on how to connect a printer to a WLAN.
You'll get better step-by-step procedures from Pros.

catalanscrew:
Please anyone among PhD applicants that received either email or sms regarding the interview?

Got an SMS just now.
Chose Lagos as preferred venue but was given Abuja on 22nd April.

DMainMan, pls do you know if the interview venue can be changed?
Thanks.

wolfslair:
Riddle :




There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What is it?

Water melon

cao:
It's all three CA films, CW will probably start by 00:05...this ain't my first triple bill.

ok. That's cool.
Hope you won't be bored.

cao:
I don book my ticket for Civil War. 405 minutes...Well, The Hobbit Trilogy was 100 minutes longer, so I'll live.

Is this for real?
405 mins ~ over 6 hrs for a single movie seems too long, even with adverts and all.

This Ayo guy killed it.
The level of sarcasm is top-Notch.

I don't understand this maths:

1300(NE) + 1150(SW) + 663(NC) + 634(NW) + 526 (SS) + 204 (SE) = 4,477 applicants

But the report said over 13000 have applied so far.
Something's not right here. Anyone see this?

Qualer:
errr... it's actually for both, mainly for cooking though cos most houses in the UK use electric heaters!

Ok.
Its been a while I lived there.

datigbogirl:
What if person no get money to pay for the gas? E mean sey cold go kill pesin be dat ko?

No be small cold.

ethene:
But op for naija fuel and gas no cost reach like that. With 3,000 naira gas for my 12kg cylinder I dey rock am for one month plus

It's not gas for cooking but for heating the house at low temperatures.

Banim:
How come its $542? Or do you mean £542? Cos it doesn't add up... £322 = $458 ...

Please explain, I'm seriously confused here....

Sorry for the late reply... been out all day.

Fees are stated in dollars:

Tier 4 visa fee = $467
TLS Service Charge = $75
Total fee = $542

Cheers.

ItsTime4me:
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This is because I am the candidate of the highest Personage in the universe, as such, # I will always believe in Jah's undeserved kindness

Who knows, Jah might have other (better) plans for you... for us.

oweniwe:
I'm discouraged from applying for scholarships due to my present tight finances. When i read about Nigerian students being stranded abroad too... Things like that...

If have stable support to supplement in case of eventualities, i will apply, but presently, im on my own. .... One of my course mates in U.K is presently in quagmire as he is out of funds and he doesn't support from anywhere else.

If i run into murky waters, who will i call?

Your reasons are genuine.
However there are some foreign scholarships that cater for tuition and living expenses but they are quite rare.

I also realized that to process some of these scholarship offers would require some reasonable investment of one's money - posting documents, applying for transcripts, ...

I look forward to your next chapter.

oweniwe:
The Thread has gone dry so soon

Oweniwe, you're doing a great job here.
I'm still following your story.

I would like to know if at some point you considered applying to schools/organizations abroad for MSc/PGD scholarships?

At least if things didn't work well here, your writing skills & determination might have earned you some goodwill abroad.

justwise:
Let me know if you were able to make the payment because a lot of people are struggling to do so.

Finally...
I was able to make the visa fee payment of $542 using GTB MasterCard of a friend at a rate of N299/$1.

I was told the daily limit for transaction with this particular card was $1000 (don't know if this applies to all GTB cards).

UK embassy provided no helpful advice concerning my complaints in their response to my mail.

Thanks.

justwise:
I think you should email the embassy about this, the two payments are different so can not be transferred.

Hopefully somebody with solution can help direct you on how to make the payment

Ok.

I googled and found these two email addresses:

Abuja.visacustomercare@fco.gov.uk
visa.lagos@fco.gov.uk

Will send a mail asap.
Thank you.

Hello Justwise,

I have a little problem with payment.
I was able to pay for the IHS fee of $978 using my foreign debit card.
However, when I tried making payment for Visa application of $524, the transaction failed twice, despite my bank confirming that I had sufficient funds and saw no evidence of the attempted visa payment transaction.

I just want to know if the IHS fee I paid is transferable to a new application if the 3rd visa payment is not successful?
Also, do you have any suggestions about how to make progress here?

Thanks.

Dfavouredone:
Why I go vex. We are now like brothers and sisters in the struggle. I nor vex one bit.

I nor know the over sabi MOD wey come hide the posts.

No worries though I nor vex at all my sister.

Thank you & God bless.

Ohibenemma:
lalasticlala, omenka, ngeneukwenu, cramjones, mizmycoli, etc

Surprisingly, I read it to the end.
Quite interesting.

What I pick out is the fact that many are losing hope in the Nigerian dream, now more than ever.

Sometimes I want to believe that things will get better.
But for how long shall we continue to suffer while consoling ourselves, yet we're in the midst of diverse resources without an economic policy, framework or roadmap to act upon?

Dfavouredone:
....

Bros, no vex o.
Just saw the pun in your post which seemed hilarious to me then.

Wish you the best.

ladyF:
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LOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLL!
You almost got me there.

Left to me, the real vituperations have not even started.

Just wait till the success mails start flying in and your name is not on the list, after all the patience...

Last, last, na to just move on.

macklef:
Remind me of one of the best movies i have watched.
It involves too much of patience and compassion,
Op i see u have the compassion but to know the patience involved, u really
Have to watch the movie.

Ps: u might shed a tear watching this but uld deffinately have a big smile at the end

I think the movie has some alien creature in it...
Jaadoo ...

justwise:
Check very well because the fee is £150 a year so in your case that should be £600.

They will use oanda exchange rate which is lower

True.
It says £150 per year initially but after putting in my details for Tier 4 General Student visa for 4 years, it amounts to £675 / $978.75.

Thanks for the reply.

creamyworkz:
You will be charged at the bank rate should i say atm rate. its usually somwhere between the cbn rate and the black market rate, bt its alot closer to the later. you can check abokifx.com for atm rates just to give you a rough estimate of the rate for diamond bank and other banks. you might evn find the rate that was charged for somone who used ur bank's atm on d same day u intend to use it.

Thanks a lot.
I appreciate this.

Hello Justwise,
I'm just about paying for the IHS & Tier 4 visa application for a 4-year programme.

The IHS payment page says $978 and I think the visa costs ~ $470.

Do you know if I will be charged at the official exchange rate of $1/N200 or my bank rate?
I'm using a Diamond Bank VISA card.

Thanks.