Hello gamers in the house......Am quite new here, i have a question for you guys.

Am about to buy a system with the following specs. Hp m7 touchsmart core i7 with 2Gb nividia and a total of 6 Gb dedicated video memory.
Also has 8 Gb RAM.
Dual core 2.0 Ghz core i7 with boost up to 3.1Ghz.

Good for gaming?

Good morning house, My mum drives a Toyota Rav 4 Jeep(2005 model). She hasn't changed the engine oil for 4 years now, within this time, she's done at least 8 long distance trips.
Currently i have decided to change the oil for her, what's the best kind of oil i can buy within N8000 - N10000 range that will gauge the car?

OlowoB:


Let me state clearly that whatever advice i will give here will be my own personal opinion.

First off, this your current job, is it in line with your career? Is there career progression? Do you see yourself improving on the job and what are the long term benefits you see on the job (not necessarily cash benefits)?do you like the job? is the work environment good? If your answer to these questions are positive, then i will say forget UK masters and take the job offer. You can do masters in Unilag or any of the other big federal universities we have in Nigeria. Please note; If UK were still giving post study visa to students like some other countries do presently, my position would have been different.

The truth is after your UK masters, what next for you? You will likely not get a job in Uk and will still end up coming back. Definitely going to the UK is good, not just for the education but for the fact that you get to see life differently which will also challenge you to be better in all aspects of life but if i were to advise anyone currently in your position, even my own family member, i would say forget UK masters.

Infact, you can work with this company for a while and then after about 2 or 3 years, you travel for your masters and then come back submit your CV to Hr and then get higher pay with a higher position. Alternatively, you can do your masters hin Unilag (if you don't mind doing it in Nigeria) while you are working.

Finally, i am just a man prone to errors (i know nothing), have you asked God? Please communicate with him in prayers. I remember some years back when i wanted to travel out, i prayed a difficult prayer. I told God, if it is your wish for me to travel, then let the whole visa process be smooth for me and if not, let me be denied visa. Ever since i have stepped foot in UK, it has been one favour to the other. So please, this is a major decision and only God can lead you aright no matter the responses you get on here. I wish you all the best in whatever decision you take.

Also don't forget to check my signature. It is all about Lanicky Tomorrow.

Thanks for response bro.....really appreciate.

Concerning the job, it's a career job i have always been longing for; IT Network Engineer. And it's a very big firm, I'll be managing over a 100 systems within the company and and about 50 in some other states.

As i stated before, i worked as an Intern in this same company(same department sef) for 10 months on minimum wage. All this while, there was a vacancy in that department for about 7 months now and i always being trying to apply. Eventually just a month ago, i gave up because everything look futile. That's when i got my MSc admission.


On the nut shell, everyone is telling me to take it, not just because of the salary, but because of the documented work experience it will gimme.

justwise:


You want to defer because of lack of money?

My dad is currently not certain about Paying the half tuition plus maintenance fee, ever since the new CBN rate evolved.....

I won't like to miss both my MSc and this job offer. That will be disastrous

Cc fizzile owoloB justwise

Good day my People. Am really on a cross road now.

I just recently gained employment into a firm in which i have been a graduate intern for about 10 months.

The pay is a 100k monthly including free accommodation within the complex.

At the moment, i haven't even paid my tuition fees yet.

Should i defer my masters program for the Job?

Matured Advice only.

IT IS WELL

obynwanyioma:

Is that not black market rate?

CBN rate dear....
All currencies were Affected. They said it will drop tho, no one really knows wen.

fizzile:

Bro i doubt that your source. Google can't be relied on at this point in time. Even ab0ki dot com no even out that kind rate. Not true
1.00 GBP = 292.214 NGN
British Pound ↔ Nigerian Naira
1 GBP = 292.214 NGN 1 NGN = 0.00342215 GBP
Convert again
NGN/GBP thumbnailView Chart
Mid-market rates: 2016-06-20 22:01 UTC

Guy av been using Google converter for years now.....its very accurate.
As at this morning, the pound was trading at 284 on Google converter.

The fact is that we are in for a long run. The price might drop, but as per wen, no one knows!

That's the official rate we are facing at the moment

fizzile:
Oga chucks, abeg no give us higher BP oooo.. whats your source please? cos i can't find it anywhere oooo

Just edited my post.......uploaded it

Cc fizzile owoloB justwise

There is Fire on the Mountain oooo!!!!!!

Pounds to naira official CBN exchange Rate is now 413.75 to one Pound.

Gosh.......which kind whahala be this na!!!!

Even if it's going to go down, how long will one wait

obynwanyioma:

I heard Form A is no longer available. I don't knw how true this information is. Have u filled the form A or u are yet to?

Lol......u too fear sef. No one is stopping form A.
Even if they do, they will come up with something better

OlowoB:


Bro nothing to worry yourself about. Naira is already appreciating against the Pounds. I can tell you that it can never exceed 340 with Form A or bank rates. I don't also see the Oanda exchange rate exceeding 340 at the worst case scenario.

Please note

If the rates should exceed 340, OlowoB will not be held liable as what was written up there is based on my own forecast. cheers.

Mr olowoB...lol, no one is holding you liable for anything. The fact is that the stuff is just scary. No one can really predict what's going to happen.

Before Friday sha i believe the new Rates should be spelt out to the Public.

God be with us

Called my account officer Today at first Bank, concerning the new Pounds rate due to the CBN flexible forex policy.

She said CBN gave them a directive to hold on transactions at the moment concerning Form A, till they set the new Pounds exchange rate.

Gosh.......am so scared now, just praying it doesn't go more than 320. Cos i haven't even paid my tuition yet.

PassingShot:
Happy days are ahead of us.

With the news, the worst of our economic woes are behind us.

Kudos to the government for floating the Naira rather than devaluing it. A first in the history of Nigeria.

*Modified*

Some ignorant mourning wailers are saying floating the naira is same as devaluing it. Hell NO!

If you devalue the Naira, you fix an official exchange rate to it. E.g N250 to a dollar. With that approach, the black market rate will jump to beyond N400 to a dollar.

But with floating, many traders with high volume of dollars come in and trade dollars based on demand. In this approach, there is no official dollar rate set by the government. The rate is purely determined by how much dollars are demanded and how much dollars are available. This way, the Naira finds its true value.

Was Pounds Affected by this
New Policy?........Because all what's being talked about
now is the Dollar!

Experts in the house, please was Pounds Affected by this New Policy?........Because all what's being talked about now is the Dollar!

OlowoB:
@dynamitehimself (you go fear username )

As an undergraduate student coming to UK, i will strongly advise you use your first 3 months in facing your studies squarely. The reason for this is your main purpose for coming is your studies and getting a good grade is the best which will help you later on in life. every other thing i discuss here are just jobs to pass the time, make some few bucks and survive as a student. The main goal is to be making billions in the future.

As for the SIA badge, any student can do it. If you are masters or undergraduate does not matter.

As for transferring money as a student from naija to UK, honestly i do not know how the current set of students are doing it. If i get anything useful, i will post it here.

other jobs you can do as a student...... let me talk about cash or side jobs

kpeke (i don't know if i got the spelling right): This job is mostly done by benin and delta guys here in UK. They stay in pub or club toilets and will be selling or offering the guys who come to the toilet to have a perfume sprayed on them for a token. If you happen to stay in a busy pub or club, you can be making about £500 pounds monthly and the club or pub owner will still pay you stipends weekly.

Barbing: bro can you barb? if you can, i can assure you that you can be getting at least your bus pass money monthly if you can barb well. when i was in Nigeria, i am sure Teebilz had nothing on me when it comes to regular shaping or haircut but since i got here, i barb only once in a month. You can be barbing for your fellow students for a cheap price.

Electrical works and painting: These are also cash jobs if you know how to do them well. My bro wanted to paint his house of recent (a 3 bedroom apartment) and he was charged £320. When he told me, i said lets check youtube and paint it ourselves. So we ended up doing it ourselves.

Minder: This is a job for females. You can be taking care of people's children for a fee. Trust me, people are looking for minders like mad here in UK.

All the jobs i mentioned above is not all but that is what i can say for now.

How would you get customers for the jobs? For someone who has nobody here in UK, the church is the place to be. That was why i advised you to go to church every Sunday once you arrive in UK (be an active member). Once people start seeing you regularly, trust me, you will start getting connections.

Please all students coming to study in UK, please note, it is almost impossible to get a job that will pay your school fees. I always advise students to have their school fees guaranteed before coming here . You can still survive here trying to get a job that will pay your accommodation, bills and other stuff but not fees.

Thanks for the post bro.

Please what of ICT jobs. Does it pay over there, because back here in Nigeria, am an ICT Network Engineer. I work on system troubleshooting(both hardware and software) and system Networks too.

Will i be permitted to work as a freelance network Engineer during my free time?

OlowoB:


Your questions have been answered already but i am more interested in what happens after 2 months when the money is exhausted, what is actually your plan? can you share it so at least people on this forum will guide you appropriately. Please ask as many questions as possible here and don't make assumptions.

On the other hand, i think £800 should last you for two months based on two assumptions (1) That you will bring food stuffs from Nigeria which should last you for 2 months (2) Accommodation will be cheap like you said in huddersfield.

Accommodation + bills for 2 months = £640 (lets say at £320 for each month)

Toiletries and other petty things = Try and not spend more than £60 for the 2 months (since you are on a tight budget).

2 months bus pass (you will need this for transport ) = budget at least £100 (£50 for each month)

You can check sites such as Gumtree to have an idea of the price for accommodation. If i am less busy, i can help you check it and then post it here later on.

After the first 2 months, then I'll be receiving money from home on a monthly basis(provided i don't get a part time job by den).
And of cos, I'll bring a lot of food stuff from Nigeria and some *petty things* too......lol

ZUBY77:


Those two are the masters of currency manipulation. They are the Europeans, remember.
They already fixed themselves where they want to be, It is your naira that is falling up and down.

So in a laymans language, 90% of the people who uses Pounds don't know Naira exists.

So on the nut shell, the CBN rate for Pounds and Euros, will remain unaffected?

erico2k2:
Just do the conversation. Pounds to euro 1.2. To dollar 1.4

How?.......don't get

Is this New CBN policy only going to affect the dollar?.......what happens to pounds and Euros?

Someone should please explain this for me in a Layman's term

Cc justwise OlowoB

Good day house, heading to university of Huddersfield this September for my MSc. Please av got a few questions to ask

1. What is this NHS surcharge am hearing about, is it compulsory one pays for it?, if yes how much will it cost me?
2. Am planning to travel down with £800, will that be enough for atleast my first 2 months(accommodation/feeding)? Heard huddersfield is not an expensive city
3. Heard d current visa fee for tier 4 students is $499, hope am right.

spikesC:


Removing the fixed rate means the rate would fluctuate with the market. Current market rate is 505 so becareful

Surely.
Increasing the CBN rate, automatically increases the rate at the Parallel market

fizzile:
I will suggest u dont pay full. U can pay just the first installment then u monitor how the price does.

Was never planning on paying full, just 50% will do at least for my visa sake. Just praying the flexible CBN rate doesn't shift the pound from 287 official rate to above 300

fizzile:
Was charged 197.5 but it won't be so anymore cos of the new flexible forex market price. The new price will be determined by monday but certainly not 197.

Hmmmm.........lemme keep my fingers crossed den

fizzile:
Nice one. Have u been able to pay your tuition? How did u go about it? As for me, i made use of form A but they didnt give me everything i applied for. Am still waiting for confirmation of what was debitted but seems its taking longer than i expected.

Haven't paid my tuition yet. Had issues with my international passport, just renewed it this week.
Should be paying early next week tho via the Form A
What rate did they charge you for the Form A?

Cc fizzile
Heading to University Of Huddersfield this September. MSc. Who else is with me

Hi
Please do you do swap deals?
I have a HP core i7, 4Gb RAM and 320Gb HD, everything in good working condition. How much will i add to get a core i7 system?

For those based in PH, feel free to contact me for your IELTS bomb materials. Just a small price to pay.


PM me for more details

OlowoB:


The choice is yours bro, do the calculations yourself and make a choice.

Also note, if you are using school accommodation, you are going to be bound to them by a contract.

Thanks for the reply bro.
What do you mean by being bound to them?

I hear that....... School accommodations in UK are expensive, but it's possible to pay for it via Form A(which is the official rate) . Staying off camp is cheaper but no access to form A, which means an exchange rate of N420 to 1 pound.

So on the nut shell, which is a better option?

justwise:


Huddersfield is not much of a big city so job wise you may not have a lot to choose from, i used to live in that area and been to Huddersfield a lot of times. The university area and the town centre are the lively areas in Huddersfield. Leeds and Manchester are two big cities closer to Huddersfield.

You may have to make do with university job board and agencies to see what you can get hold of.

Thanks for the insight boss.

My main reason for going there is because of the £4000 waiver i was given for tuition, stepping my tuition down from £14,000 to £10,000 for my MSc.

I also heard cost of living there is quite affordable

Hope it's a good choice tho