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First, are you planning to relocate to Canada to start nursing school afresh? That takes 4 years nursing school + 1 year in pre-requisite classes( If you do not meet the basic high school requirements)

I need to know if your Bachelors degree is close to any field in the healthcare sector.
If it is slightly related to healthcare, there is another choice for you, You can apply to a community college and work towards Licensed practical nursing (LPN) that takes just two years after which, you would take the NCLEX-PN(You must pass this licensure exam before you can work as a nurse)
I will advise you start trying some free NCLEX test questions online just to have an idea of what nursing school entails In Canada.

About Scholarships, i will tell you one truth, you cannot fully rely on scholarship (that is if you even qualify) + You can only work 20 hours a week as an international student. All the money you would make would probably cater for feeding, transportation, textbooks and accommodation . You will definitely need support for that tuition.
Besides your clinical placements are not paid!

Nursing school is extremely competitive and difficult to get into as an international student? Your GPA must be 4.0/4.3, nothing less, remember you are trying to get in with domestic students as well. All your Nigerian transcripts from secondary school to university would be required to measure your overall GPA and the type courses you have taken.
If all this seems difficult to follow through for now, you can start your Nursing journey in Nigeria and start practicing the NCLEX questions, it will even be easier to transfer to a Nursing school in Canada once you have some credit hours in nursing related courses.

Your dreams are valid! Send me an email request.

DashDolls:
Please I need your advice. I read your former threads and I discovered you are a Nurse so I need your advice on some things.

I was a Science Student in Secondary School. I did All science subjects in WAEC then I went to study something entirely different in Unilag and I got a Bachelors degree.
But right now I want to study NURSING in Canada.
How can I chat you up.

Are there Scholarships to do Bachelors in Nursing in Canada?
What schools are best for Nursing in Canada?
How did you get admission to study Nursing?
Can I work and school to pay tution if I don't get scholarship and can I combine it with Clinical postings?
How is living expenses in Canada like?
How is Nursing Study in Canada like? Is it the same as School of Nursing in Nigeria.
I was contemplating going to school of Nursing here in Nigeria but since abroad is my goal, I just feel is best to migrate there and study it there.
Are there other international students studying Nursing in Canada.
I have other questions
I need your advice if you don't mind.

Thanks for the advice, she is considering furthering her studies in Medicine in UK not to adventure. And I agree, it would be wise to secure a permanent stay as something to hold onto before venturing off. Thanks!

DAramis:
To be honest, if it was a guy with no papers, it would have been understandable. That is, the guy could be seeking better prospects to legalise his stay.

But this bunmi has well cut out plan to actualise her stay before chasing her plans, but something is urging the person to take a step that might make her to stumble. What will it take the person to make sacrifices for few years, get her permanent stay before going off as an adventurer.

At the bolded, hmmmm. It would be very difficult to solve if it is such.

Oh, i did not realize I was being defensive. Sorry about that, your opinion would be appreciated, we all trying to learn a thing or two from each other

traihit:
Seeing the way op has been going back and forth defending Bunmi's decision, it's not necessary to wait for people's contributions then, she can just go ahead and explore because the factors at play are more internal than external factors. And how easy is it to change people's decision when it's firm from the inside?

I made no mistake, specifically asking for "thoughful comments". If you have nothing reasonable to contribute kindly swipe left.

Jaiz10:
Bunmi only needs a soulmate someone she can call her own someone who will dicck her down and hit her g spot everyday when she is back from work play video games together go out to have fun together play roblox and much more

Bunmi don’t need to relocate

Final question: I find that most people looking to study medicine and surgery abroad, are advised to either choose USA or UK. Is there a reason for that? Are healthcare professionals more sought after in the UK?

Thanks for the advice sir, I will pass it on. It's actually not that deep.

ednut1:
A senseless thing to do. People in the uk are moving to canada to get PR and citizenship. Uk immigration is hard and you can become visaless easily. British Columbia and Uk have similar weather. Madam op the thing wey dey do you will not go away if you go to Uk. Get help from a therapist as it look like you have deeper issues

Citizenship is such a priority for everybody, the lady in question honestly just wants to be somewhere close to home, with less gruesome weather while studying medicine. Is it a bad thing that she is not yearning for citizenship when everybody else is? People have different goals and priorities though

Mcslize:
UK passport don't take few years. She will spend nothing less than 15 yrs in the UK to become a citizen unlike Canada that takes just 3-4yrs.

I understand why people might think I am disguising as Bunmi. We have very similar stories in terms of immigrating to study in Canada and we met in church. A few reasons she wants to relocate to UK is
1. She plans to further her studies in medicine (To become a doctor).
2. Attaining citizenship is not essentially a priority for her(regardless of the country), she is more of a "live in the moment" kinda person.
3. Like earlier stated, she hates the cold and wants to be closer to Nigerians and closer to home, "London is closer to Lagos, I can easily go home on weekends lol"
My opinion: Because she legit travels back home every summer, I feel she might never really settle in Canada, regardless.

yemiosinbajo:
@Childofthelord, are you Bunmi? You'd better stay put in Canada, it always seems greener on the other side.

I think it is great to consider both sides of the post before making our comments. There are pros and cons too. Thanks

I thought the same too. We can always express our ideas without bringing others down verbally. Let peace reign please

Prodigee:
Niggarr take a chill pill! How can you accuse nairaland and it's mods of bigotry and targeting your kinsmen when you go around tagging and insulting omoluabis with so much lack of decorum. You better take it easy before you commit suicide.

I understand that Canada is the dream country for every Tunde, Dinma and Hassan in Nigeria. But people have different experiences and Canada doesn't work for everybody no matter how rosy others paint it to be. She naturally does not see herself staying, working or even getting married in Canada. I understand your point of view but even if she goes to the UK and doesn't like it there. She still has her bachelors degree and some work experience from Canada. She can return if she wishes. I will allow her explore and see things for herself. She is pretty young too and life they say is short. Do what makes you happy i guess

int0x80:
Who leaves Canada for UK? When Nigerians in UK are trying so hard to move to Canada.

Most people refer to Nursing as "the bag", it is not news that nursing as a career pays well. Plus there is a high demand for that healthcare profession.
I do agree that people should study nursing for the passion rather than the pay, But lets be honest, you would not even get very far in nursing school if you are doing it for money. It requires a lot of skills, expertise and critical thinking.
Nice thread make it shorter next time.

While that seems like a very smart idea for you. You completely missed it.
First, you cannot apply for a student visa as an international student outside your home country. How and were do you think your student visa would be approved whilst being a tourist, a visitor? Hell na, It does not and never works that way, don't try to outsmart the immigration system, lest you play yourself.
Peace

Not always the religion, but the attitude and lifestyle of "religious people". How you choose your religion and place of worship can make or break you.
Peace

XXXXTENTACION:
Religion na scam

Making this post for my very good friend Bunmi, 23y/o she came into Canada in 2017 after completing secondary school in Nigeria. She got admitted into Nursing school and graduated last month. Bunmi has a few friends from church and gets along with everybody. She is living a pretty comfortable lifestyle, secure job(earning that nurse money), comfortable housing etc.

Bunmi is a homely naija girl, she loves her parents and goes to Nigeria almost every summer to visit her friends and family (Bunmi has money for flight ticket sha ) she loves Nigerian music, loves her local food and spends all her money at the Local African food store.
Bunmi struggles with Pizza and she thinks salad is tasteless, she doesn't "feel" Canada and doesn't really get along with Canadians that well, even in her workplace. Bunmi also hates the cold, she does not really see herself living in Canada for a very long time.

She is thinking about moving to the UK to further her studies in medicine and also work part-time as a nurse. She heard there are many Nigerians in UK and it is not as boring and lonely as Canada. I also heard London, UK is like Lagos abroad. Bunmi doesn't necessarily want to go back home, she wants a "feel at home" oversees experience without the gruesome cold. Will London, UK suffice.
I personally felt Bunmi will be throwing away her opportunity to get Canadian PR and citizenship if she moves to the UK.

If you live in UK or Canada , what would you advice? Please drop your thoughtful comments, she will be reading them. You can also ask questions if you want to know about her intensions. Thank you.

Why are you doing this, for God's sake? Why would you wake up one morning and decide to leak a girls phone number. What have you gained, what did you benefit from this?

Thank you so much.

Mrfolksy:
I feel your pain dear, just be calm with the situations. But let no one make you feel you don't need friends overthere. The friends you make today is what your kids will call connection tomorrow. Try to study your contenance, as you go out daily, wear a good smiling face and try to greet coursemates and any one you find interesting with a hi. some of us here on NL have not been there before so filter our advices before implimentation. best of luck.

I know a friend who plans to move to the UK after her graduation. She hates the winter and doesn't see herself living in Canada for a long time. Like you I also advised, she gets a PR before moving, but in her words "what is the point".

Branching off Leshuur’s post on Truths about living abroad, Nigerians are pretty nosey, they want to know your life story and immigration status, where you came from, did you come by a make-shift boat or by plane, or you came from Roxham road, they always try to gauge your success before allocating respect.

The major issue was that Nigerian churches abroad are toxic because everything bad about Nigeria is practiced there; mediocrity, corruption, nepotism, classism, hypocrisy, envy, you name it! The focus is usually on showing off clothes, cars etc. Essentially, these churches are invariably an extension of the Nigerian society.

ENG0701 added that, for church issue, he attends a predominantly white church. White churches can be boring, but they are sound, very supportive and no drama. With these experiences, many concluded that “If they relocate abroad, they will not live in a black neighborhood and won't attend Nigerian church.

Ninokingz would disagree, he argues that for those planning relocation, the best thing to do for yourselves is locating a Nigerian church or else you are on your own. He added that his first official 1st job here was connected to him by a brother from the church. “[/b]In the RCCG parish I worship we are to ourselves the family members we don't have here.”

What do you think?

My advice: Moderation is best in all things.
Attend a Nigerian church maybe twice a month.
Try to be friends with 4-5 people
Avoid any form of group leadership brouhaha.
Don’t give too much information about your life history.
Learn to say No without actually saying No.

[b]Life is not that hard and we all need each other after all. God bless you.

Can at least be respectful, while we try to make our points? Thanks

cybersoldiers:
Rccg and some other churches owned by Yoruba's are nothing but scamming, bigotry and wicked centers

Start by doing bolt driving on the weekends and maybe few hours after work. See how that suits you, then you can make a decision.

2blockus:
So I'm a graduate of civil engineering, but work as a contract staff in a bank for over 5years with 100k salary.

I bought a functional car which fit into bolt but I'm scared of resigning from my job as I have family responsibilities.

This bank work doesn't give me opportunity to grow with them and time to do other side hustle and I know one day it's either they sack me or I leave.(but one must happen)

Please I need advice if I should still continue this work or start street hustle.

Note: I save the money for this car from salary and side hustle base on what I studied in school.

Can we be a little hopeful, at least for once.

MikeMicheal:
In other words, before you enter, make sure you have written your will.

Link to the referenced post: https://www.nairaland.com/6328171/sad-truths-living-abroad

Branching off Leshuur’s post on Truths about living abroad, I will be juxtaposing some points made on previous discussions on the above topic.

Nigerians are pretty nosey, they want to know your life story and immigration status, where you came from, did you come by a make-shift boat or by plane, or you came from Roxham road(the unofficial immigration border between US and Canada- common for asylum seekers) and that’s how they try to gauge your success.

According to Leshuur, the major issue was that Nigerian churches abroad are toxic because everything bad about Nigeria is practiced there; mediocrity, corruption, nepotism, classism, hypocrisy, wickedness, envy, you name it!
The focus is neither on God, nor attaining righteousness but rather on showing off, making money, and being rewarded with titles in within the organization (church). Essentially, these churches are invariably an extension of the Nigerian society.
ENG0701 added that, for church issue, he attends a predominantly white church. Some prefer Nigerian churches to feel at home, but lots of stories of drama. White churches can be boring, but they are sound, very supportive and no drama.
With these experiences, many concluded that “If they relocate abroad, they will not live in a black neighborhood and won't attend Nigerian church.

But someone like Ninokingz would oppose that because as a matter fact for those planning relocation, the best thing to do for yourselves is locating a Nigerian church or else you are on your own.
He added that his first official 1st job here was connected to me by a brother from the church. “In the RCCG parish I worship we are to ourselves the family members we don't have here.”

Well, I like to go by the essential thought found in the work of the Greek poet Hesiod (c. 700 bc), 'observe due measure; moderation is best in all things' Philipians 4:5 also says, Let you moderation be known to all men.

My advice: Attend a Nigerian church maybe twice a month, try to be friends with 4-5 people, avoid any form of group leadership brouhaha, don’t give too much information about your life history, and learn to say No without actually saying No. Be smart and work towards independency. Life is not that hard and we all need each other after all. God bless you.

Link to original post is linked below

I hope a day comes when we no longer blame the government for things like this. Our grandparents did, so did our parents, it never ends, If Nigerians can collectively raise millions of dollars for Endsars. It shows we are able to help ourselves. When we are ready!

Grovemaster:
This is a huge slap on Nigeria but the government will behave as if it's noting.

didn't know there was a thread on that already. thanks

Swolf:
https://www.nairaland.com/863690/nigerian-students-canada-how-survive

I would appreciate less jokes. Thanks

lilvicky68:
My first night in Canada was a dream come true..was really enjoying myself in a club before my alarm woke me up and I found myself in Ph..

Is it the cold? The culture shock? The diversity? The food. What was your first week like in Canada?

Why are there so many Nigerians in Toronto and Winnipeg?

What was your most beautiful experience in Canada.

Professors swearing(f-word) in class? grading system? writing papers

Trying to speak Canadian English eh? and repeating yourself a million times...Thirty is pronounced therdy btw

Dating life ? Did you make any close friends from classmates?

Night life in Canada? Clubs? Cellar pub?

Feel free add yours and share your experience.

You lost me at Google, Facebook and Fortune 500 companies. How are they inviting you for interviews with no experience in Data analytics? Data Analytics!!!!
Ha! God works in mysterious ways.

Match made in heaven. Inseparable!

IamHeWrites:
A Nigerian couple Babsola Kuti and Lola Fafowora have remarried after severing ties for about a decade, Igbere TV reports.

The duo first got married in London on April 8, 1996. They have three children — a boy and two girls — now aged 24, 19 and 16 respectively.

Kuti and Fafowora met about 32 years ago in Lagos. After a year of getting to know each other, they began dating on Kuti’s 20th birthday in 1990.

Following separation and divorce, the couple eventually reconciled in 2017 and renewed their vows on April 8, 2021, about 25 years after they first got married.

Their children witnessed the ceremony while some family members also joined on Zoom due to COVID-19 restrictions.

It was learnt that the couple’s best man Folarin Agbede and bridesmaid Kemi Kalejaiye-Mason at their first wedding in 1996 also witnessed the reunion.

“I feel grateful to see God’s grace. It was all topsy-turvy, but I believed someone up there was fighting for our love,” said Fafowora.

On his part, Kuti said:

Impossible is Nothing!

After more than 10 years of separation and even a divorce, against all odds we found ourselves together again. Happy and in love. This journey started over 30 years ago...never ever give up! pic.twitter.com/FPoGNIZiMK

— Babasola Kuti 🇬🇧 🇳🇬 (@RealSolaKuti) April 10, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vd3MxgxH5g

Last week my church friends and I visited an acquittance in Victoria, It was my first time taking a ferry and I loved the fact that we could travel with our car parked in the ferry. It felt really cool because we did not have to sit for hours on a road trip and we got to watch movies, have fun and enjoy the sea. We arrived the sea port and drove off in our car.

So yesterday, I had a discussion with a friend and we talked about this same sea transport can be implemented in Nigeria.
He slipped the idea of a private ferry company that runs fast boats across Lagos coastlines and ferries that will accommodate cars as well. I loved the idea but I believe a lot of research needs to be done to determine the exact focus of such start-up. Uber boats and Lagos ferries seem to be doing the people transportation. But the idea of bringing your car along was pretty new.
I think the sea transportation sector(to commute people +their cars interstate) is untapped and there are many opportunities here.
We are about to start working on it and I will update you as we do some research.

What do you guys think?

Last month on Twitter was crazy, almost everyday, Techcrunch announced a new Nigerian start-up seed funding, and the numbers were huge!
There has been a lot of uproar in the Nigerian fintech space. They seem to be the only tech start-up field getting a lot of investments, grants and attention from investors around the world.

Paystack built the fintech foundation after the $200m acquisition in October 2020. 5 months later, we began to see a boom!
More than 10 Nigerian companies got backed by YCombinator. $125k for 7% of their company. Flutterwave raised $170m and is valued at $1 billion ~340 billion naira. Geezo!
I was all optimistic and happy to see Nigeria in a new light! Then I saw this tweet below by Wole Oluyemi, a Nigerian investor.
It gave me Jumia NYSE ptsd. Makes we wonder, are we seeing another dot.com bubble? Will they end up competing for the same market share? Why are so many Fintechs trying to solve the same problems; payments, payments and payments!
Are these founders just after the bag? I think the second tweet by Mikal Khoso explained it a little.

I am quite optimistic because this is tech and the opportunities are limitless with Technology + Africa is still growing. I feel there are many tech revolving areas untapped. Most times these start-ups are a replica of a western version. When are we going to build something for ourselves, that wouldn't have to be ------ for Africa.

Let me know what you think.

Next, we will talk about why Nigerian start-ups are rejecting investment deals from Nigerian investors. I blame them not!
smiley I should make this a thing- Start-up talks with Grace lol.