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Countries with single language or ethnicity are usually better off in terms of development than those with multiple languages and ethnicities 😔

aboyaji:
I'll go first...

1. Cooking gas: Cooking gas is very cheap in ivory Coast. It costs an average of #330/kg of gas. So refilling a 12.5 kg cylinder should cost you #4125 at most.

2. Kerosene: kerosene costs relatively about #650/ litre in the fuel station, where the black market sells for #800/ litre.

Note : This country's oil production is very poor o. They're not even anywhere close to Naija's production.

3. Organisation: Ivory coast is very well organized that you can barely run into unorganized environment. Many areas are safely guarded by their local police officers stationed almost everywhere. You can as well make friends with the officers easily without any form of threat from them. They're very welcoming.

4. Very low violent place: People can move around as late as 10pm till dawn without the fear of harassment or violence. In fact, children play in the tarred road as late as 10pm. They have already come to terms about how safe they are in the country. People can stay up late wherever they went to without rushing back home due to nightfall. Night movements was my best !

5. Good Road network: I spent close to 7 months in ivory Coast and could barely see a road untarred. Almost every road I used was smoothly done and stretched to various cities and States. The only place my leg touched Sandy soil was in my compound because the landlord was still constructing more buildings in the site. So our compound was sandy at the moment.
Tarred road stretched into all compounds in ivory Coast. It's not the responsibility of the government to do your compound, it's yours. I was marvelled by such development though I spent most of my time in the rural area.

6. Security: Police is your friend is the Moto in ivory Coast. Really nice people. I guess I've said it somewhere before now.

6a. Theft is ALMOST uncertainty. The prepaid meter of every individual house is stationed outside the main building without burglary or iron shield. Anybody can touch it. It wasn't even stationed very high from the ground level. It went only as far as 3-4 feets high. A child of 10 can touch it too.

Our apartment is in a 2 storey building comprising of almost 33 units of one bedroom apartments. The building was built like a shopping complex. All of the prepaid meters used in this apartments are stationed outside where everyone can see and feel it. But no one steals it, likewise every other houses there.

6b. Once there was a particular theft in my ivorian friend's shop that I know of. There were 5 boys who was involved in burgling his computer and phone shop one night. But before 5am, the boys were all caught with the complete stolen items retrieved. Funny enough, my friend didn't know. He was woken up by the police to come to his shop and see the guys. And he didn't have to SETTLE THE POLICE FOR DOING THEIR JOBS .

7. There is constant electricity in that country. CONSTANT.
I only observed a few nightouts and those periods were understandable. They all know when the lights would go off in the week or month and have come to terms with it. Light doesn't go off intermittently as obtained in Nigeria. And throughout my stay there, I didn't pay for light bill or water. My caretaker didn't mention it to me too. I was surprised. Steady light

8. Economy: Their economy is very good. It's almost equaling to the Naira at the time I left. So, if you hear 500 CFA there, it's almost equivalent to 500 Naira. So don't do too much calculation.

8a. Minimum wage is very much respected and applied. A POS attendant over their is living a good standard life. A bar attendant earns about 20,000 CFA weekly... WEEKLY o. I mean a local bar attendant. How much more a corporate hotel or bar attendant or waiter.

8b. The money you earn can fetch you a standard living. Their money is easily made and spent too.

9. FOOD : Our area of specialty.

Food is over cheap compared to what's obtained in Naija. You can see someone who earns little but could afford chicken or any frozen food. Food is not part of their problems for now. Banana can go as low as 50 CFA or 50 Naira and it is not the small quantity we're talking about.

A bunch of Bananas that you can get from a roadside vendor in Naija for 800 could be gotten for 150 CFA. So you see it. Once I bought 2 Bunches of banana for 50 each, I couldn't finish them for 3 days.

9a. So sorry, vegetables can be scarcely found there my dear. I made most of my soup without vegetables. That part I didn't enjoy

That's for now. Anybody can add.

Why not wait till you have enough pay slips that shows the correct number of hours? But the fact that it is on your payslip means your NI would have that update and Home Office 🙄

EngGandalf:
Hello house, I’m trying to apply for a refund of IHS Surcharge fee, and it has requested for a 6months payslip history. The first few months I got here on Tier 2. My slips reads above 20hrs… just about 2 slips.. can I upload it along side the remaining slips ? What’s the way forward.
Also I’m not sure I’m reading it right, but just to be correct about my eligibility. Am I eligible as a studnt on Tier 2 visa, who has worked in a healthcare role for more than 6months?

Thank you.

The cost of the breach is the payment already highlighted in the contract. It simply means if you want out, then you have to breach the contract and the cost of that breach is what you have to pay.

koonbey:
He's not breaching the contract.

The contract says he will work for 5 years but if he terminates early he will pay the associated costs.

Termination is part of the contract and he has said he is ready to pay, so there's no breach.

@deeonebanging your employer is not obligated by law to provide you a reference - https://www.acas.org.uk/providing-a-job-reference.

All that they are obligated to do re references is to be true and fair if they do give one. So the best thing would be to soft-pedal and get the present employer to tell you how much you have to pay, which you can then pay and get the reference. Alternatively, you can let the prospective side know and ask them to allow an alternative.

Correct ...dat sharia South de fear is finally upon us ...no more boozing or knacking any how for Naija for the next 4 years

nairalandkachy1:
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Good stuff and thanks for the clarifications.

koonbey:
I hear what you're saying about it being like a buzzword but while the reason for rejection may not be an 'untailored' CV, a tailored CV will ALWAYS be a huge advantage so that's why people harp on it every time. You'll stand a stronger chance of getting past the initial ATS screening in the first place, and also when the hiring manager is considering you during the interview process.

Anyway, to tailor your CV is essentially to rewrite the contents of your CV to reflect the specific needs of a job you're applying to. The degree of tailoring should always be at the level of the industry at the minimum, but also at the level of the specific role, ideally. So, you'd take your base CV template and replace elements irrelevant (bearing transferable skills in mind) to that role with ones that directly reflect what the company wants, as specified in the JD.

One way to ease this is to have custom CV templates for specific kinds of roles, in addition to the general base CV, so it'll be easier to edit those than doing it from your base template each time. If you're a lawyer, for instance, it could be CV-litigation, CV-corporate. So every time you have a job you want to apply for, you can then choose the closest one, and then customise it further to suit the job. If you want to apply for a role as a corporate associate specialised in intellectual property, for instance, you'd take the corporate template and remove things like oil and gas or mergers and acquisitions deals you worked on, and then focus on the IP aspects of your experience.

Three ways I can think of off the top of my head now - I'm sure there'll be more info online :

1. Change your experience section to reflect the role, as in the example above. You don't change where you worked, but you change the specific accomplishments you highlight under each job.
2. Change the accomplishments to reflect the kinds of things the company wants to hire you for. So if the company is hiring you to register trademarks, there's no sense in spending all the space highlighting your research in patent applications.
3. Make the more relevant sections longer, and trim the irrelevant ones. In the example above, for instance, the last job where you worked on IP the most may have up to 5 - 6 lines under the highlights but the time when you worked as an intern in a criminal law role may have Just one or two at most.

Families do this so they don't have to struggle for one when the time comes. It could be for his aged mother though. 🤷🏿‍♀️

How do you do this? I'm curious though 🙄

Viruses:
You've almost paid everything. If push comes to shove, just withdraw cash from your credit card then pay the minimum monthly balance till you are buoyant enough to clear the balance.

This advice is based on the assumption that credit card sanctions (interest or missed payments) is better than school sanctions.

Wow! 😳 This is exactly my fear with getting stuff from back home. Make boys nor go pad your package and youkay customs begin look for person. God be with you bro.

Lexusgs430:
I have a real life story ..........

My family got a party in a couple of weeks...... The aso ebi was bought from Nigeria and was handed over to a logistics courier, that cargo's goods ........

Long and short, cargo provider loads goods in container....... Container was full ...... Someone that handed logistics courier their own goods, packed cocaine...... Container arrived UK and was seized by customs......

We still dey the matter to collect our goods (almost 3 month's and counting)......

It's slowly resolving, a controlled delivery was made, cocaine gang arrested in the UK..... Now uk customs wants individual to come claim their goods, individually ......... We still dey await date .....😂

What do you mean by tailor CV? I ask cos many may not understand this buzzword 😂

When people complain of getting rejected, what you keep hearing is tailor your CV without any explanation on how to go about it and making one look incompetent or not doing enough. Mean while the reason for rejection could be other than not having a tailored CV 🤷🏿‍♀️

idee91:
Keep checking and applying on CV library and indeed. Filter for remote roles, and try apply to customer service advisor roles in banks like Lloyd’s, HSBC, Barclays. They usually have fully remote roles. You can also register with recruiting agencies like Blue Arrows and AMS solutions who recruit for some of this corporate Orgs. The key is to tailor your CV as much as possible and keep applying.

You can try it with my referral link https://americanexpress.com/en-gb/referral/tEMItOhbvx?XL=MNANS

Ensure that you have at least registered to be on the UK electoral roll which their voter's register because it would be part of the checks they do in the background to identify your location.

I got mine within weeks of my coming to the UK. All the best.

Akhat:
I just came into UK this January ending. I don't even know how to apply for credit card. And I am not sure I will meet the requirement for credit card at this time.

Hope they don't get to prosecute the son for concealment and money laundering

ijustdey:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/04/im-unaware-hakimis-mother-reacts-to-sons-fortune-in-her-name/

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ooh ok...thanks for sharing.

OneCandleAway:
It is the ex governors bother or nephew. A close blood relative.

Did she get married to former Delta state governor?

9jahotblog:
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Get well, Bar Natasha Uduaghan.

Abi oo 🤣🤣🤣

AKALAMAGBO:
She still fit experience am, Dem “ Catch Dem Young “ boys don overload her inbox already…. Preys

You need a transit visa oo except your airline advice otherwise.

eniola1010:
Abeg guys. If i am taking a flight from 9ja to uk via airfrance. Would i need transit visa or brp is suffice?

Some people said they accept brp since my final destination is uk.

🤣🤣🤣

Lexusgs430:
Then fit carry her go where she know-know .......😜

Hahaha don't be ooo, lonely hearts seeking lonely hearts noni. But on the positive side, just try and mingle... Start with SMS, calls first before hangouts. Make den nor take you do YouKay version of Jambite 🤭😂😂

Cassan:
Omo, I got overwhelmed o. I don’t have energy for the volume of messages I got. I’m not doing again.

🤣🤣🤣 You've answers to every situation shaa 😂😂

Lexusgs430:
Be careful, what you seek ....... Maybe if you considered married men...... The request could have been minimal.........😂🤣

Ha ...small snow wen fall you and oga begin play shuku shaka ...isssorite Congratulations ooo!

Shey na so your MD de look you as you de tell am?

Noworries11:
Elders of Nairaland UK Branch
Long story short
Naso dem say its better to convert from tier4 to 2
We did the needful as usual via care support work and of course not free.

Started work in December, was given sponsorship in Jan after a month, applied in Feb ending and got our brp.

Brethren I discovered oga Don score goal, we didn't plan for it, from calculations na that time way it snowed heavily and and and and...

We are 5weeks preg, informed MD my fellow naija but instead got threatened that sponsorship will be withdrawn because we concealed the preg to collect COS.
We should have halt the COS processing.
Is this how it works here?

I still do not understand, I should have aborted? coz of work? Or the law restricts me from taking in. He said, he will speak to his lawyer and that he doesn't want to involve the home office (home office sabi I am married nah, dem get our data) that do we know what it means if he involves them?
That we should seat to discuss and negotiate way forward. (I don't know what he wants to propose)
I even accepted to forfeit maternity pay (though he no dey pay self) and the rest of it infact I am still willing, eager and strong enough to continue working until about 8th month or even more...he now wants to cancel my shifts... this Ukay way bills yakpa...

Great elders abeg make una choke mouth for the matter, what una advise make I do also I hearsay gomenti dey give palliatives for preg women for some months...how do I go about it or is it one of the public fund? I no wan hear pim when it's time for ILR

Una thank you in advance

Na Emami Ayiri head be dat sha #IfYouKnowYouKnow 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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obembet:
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Why not keep his hair low? Cut it everyday and allow the scalp to breathe. If washing his head makes him react, use warm damp cloth to wipe it daily. Dandruff would not thrive where there's no hair covering the scalp. At least keep his head clean and not what you have displayed here.

7david7:
Good morning my people, I am writing you people at this delicate hour of 12:39am because my son's condition, it's getting worse by the day.

Dandruff wants to kill this beautiful boy, I know it's weird because we all know, myself included that dandruff doesn't kill, but watching myself lose a part of my son everyday.

He's been suffering from this condition for over 6yrs now, we've gone to the hospital and after buying and using all the prescribed drugs (Nizoral shampoo, selsun blue, head and shoulders, tea tree oil, miconazole cream, ketoconazole cream, terbinafine cream, fluconazole tablet, terbinafine tablet: almost killed my son, griseofulvin etc) nothing has changed, instead it's getting worse by day.

From complaining of headaches, to weakness (my son that was filled with energy and plays all the time now barely moves, he is always one place complaining of tiredness and pain), to joint pains, to confusion.

According to him, this dandruff has ate up his scalp so much that he can now taste his bathing soap on his tongue the moment he washes his head. We are now scared of washing and applying anything on his head because he will complain of tasting whatever we put on his head in his mouth and he will start having reactions. It's almost as if the skin on his scalp no longer protects him from outside soaps and other ingredients.

The moment he washes his head, his lips and tongue will swell up and he will start having reactions. My once active and lovely boy is now a shadow of himself. He's refusing to play, always complaining of tiredness and pains.

Pls help me my people, I don't know what to do anymore. I've tried every hospital and everything, I've done all I know, and now I'm watching my son deteriorate gradually before my very eyes without having a clue what to do, pls I beg you, help him, help me.

Do you wash or wipe your yansh after pooing?

Sponty600:
Okay so around last year, exactly this time of the year. I don't know how possible but I observed that flies are following or are attracted to me.

At first it was very minor, I only see them in one or two places.

Fast forward into the last year, it started increasing. I see flies everywhere even in very clean places like churches or banks.
I doubt if its a hygiene problem, because I wear clean clothes and maintain personal hygiene. And plus they're dirty people in the society and none of them have never experienced this.

I have experienced this for a year now,despite trying to find a cure to it,it leaves me deeply confused anytime I think of it.

If anyone has experienced similar problem or has any suggestion, please let me hear.

Good stuff sadly I never trusted the shares so didn't buy much

N3TRAL:
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As of they didn't know it was a bad case they cannot win. Now they will be forced to concede and risk being sued for loss of revenue from the said oil block

dre11:
https://www.thecable.ng/exclusive-malami-writes-buhari-admits-nigeria-cannot-win-opl-245-court-cases/amp

Exactly ...best you start very early. Same thing I did too. I opted to keep my unexpired passport and I got renewed after 3 months. Better than nothing.

Phenmeson:
I keep tracking mine since 2months after application, it has always been on Application received. Even till the very day I pick it up from the embassy, it fail to move to Ready for enrolment. Is better to renew the passport 6months before expiring because 9ja High Commission are unpredictable.
Some applicant received theirs less than a month after applying why some hasn't received theirs 6months after.

Omo de stress too much 😂😂

Lolli2pop:
Lool the thing really weak me.. we were talking of something completely different, so even after his long explanations I was still confused 😂😂

The post you quoted earlier was talking about his passport renewal sha 🤣

DoDirtsLikeWorm:
Oh you were lost inbtw the lines?
Sorry I was writing in code, that helped me in conserving some ink on the NL.

I was trying to understood what he [Phenmeson] was saying here too.



And I think he has modified 'The Post' where he gave his timetable, which shows that he collected his Visa before The MA.

You can do this online sef

https://track.immigration.gov.ng
🤷🏿‍♀️

Phenmeson:
If you don't live far to London, u can just keep checking on them.
I went over 4times after collection date. I was not even allowed into the building.
The security guards outside will just ask you to drop your collection slip. They will go inside and check progress of your application and give you feedback or ask you to return home that they will ring you. But most case, they may not even ring you to give you any update.
I saw last year applicant who are still yet to pick up their passport.

Chai why people like wahala too much naa 🤷🏿‍♀️

Has the person done the required name change in court or wherever before? If yes then add those documents to your application, else request the school to update your admissions letter to match your passport details

Kenglogirl:
Please what about a student having an unconditional offer with her husband surname but the surname on her international passport is her maiden name. Please help. So that her visa application won't be denied when she applies. Is this also applicable to prospective students?

I get it now. When I saw 3 Moons I was like 🤭 shey this person na ancient of days reps ni 🤣🤣🤣

Yes you are right... You are given 3 months to enter the UK before the expiration of your visa vignette. When you get in you will then collect your BRP which your permit throughout the duration of study or work in the UK.

Yes you can't enter the UK before or without the MA being in the UK.

The post you quoted earlier was talking about his passport renewal sha 🤣

DoDirtsLikeWorm:
Meanwhile what I was trying to say is, b4 I got my passport back, in the BRP there's a place where I was told when I can enter The YouKay, that if I delays it and it crosses a particular months (3months/moons max), I will have to go through another process to be able to enter.

So @BIGTT76

I was surprised how someone was able to get visa in 2022 b4 the MA and is still yet to travel, knowing fully well that his entrance has 3months threshold.

Woo...I done too explain.

are there wires crossing here? Becos I nor understand this

DoDirtsLikeWorm:
I was given 3moons to get in. You that got yours in 2022 when the Main Applicant has not received his/hers, were you given a stipulated time to get in and as the MA has not collected his/hers, I want to believe you cannot get in or even work without MA spearheading?

How exactly are you handling situation like that?