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Stop proliferating Nairaland with this crap!!!

I don't believe this. Isn't it all vanity?

I must say, love the energy and dedication of the debaters, judges and mods.
Perhaps in the future I may participate in similar discourse.

His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea, and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Nigeria in Particular.

Pls stop sensational reporting. UK strike was a one-day strike. 31st of October only, and dat was during reasing week of most schools, so dere were nt to be any lectures anyway!

azeezwl: It does sir, thanks. But I intend studying down to P.hd level. I love mathematics, though i didnt do applied maths in high school, but i learnt a few of them like Calculus, Permutation and combination, Matrices, etc. I'll love to be one of those who seek to get the right policies to any disturbing Economic problem either in a company, my country and the world at large. Naturally, I am just the type that loves to find a solution to any damn problem.

Then you sir, would make a great Economist. Go for the BSc, u'd fit right in. For eg, my speciality is in modelling poverty measures and impacts of micro nd macro policies on poverty reduction, which I think is a pretty practical problem. But, without understanding advanced microeconomic econometric modelling, I would be restricted in the sorts of solutions I am able to offer.

azeezwl: I'm thinking of going for either B.sc or B.A Economics. I like the B.sc because my findings made me to understand that there are more practicals in it. B.A on the other hand, i learnt it is purely based on theories. I want have a sound basis for my First Degree in Economics so as help me do better in Graduate level. Please I want the Bosses in the house to help me know more on this issue. Thanks.

Currently doin a phd in economics. Well, for one thing, tis d oda way round, as in, more practicals in ba nd mre theories in bsc, however dese theories r d foundation for economic research, so depends on wat u want. If ur lookin at phd in economics of any sort (including development and agricultural economics), bsc it has to be, because u would need every technical skill possible to get tru graduate level coursework includin lots of linear algebra and calculus. But if ur lookin at jst an MA in economics or an MSC in development economics, or a phd in development studies or international trade or development etc etc, that is, courses that are more policy oriented, den d BA is for u. Hope I could help. Cheers.

Julieccentric: Same thing I noticed ooo...going right away to unsubscribe.

Please and please, how can I unsubscribe from Jobberman, as in remove my profile completely Dere does not seem to be a link to do this.

Hey Miz Gene, me ave jst startd skOol o in Uni of Manch. Like play like play dis ppl wan begin use work finish person.

Good luck on ur search for an MBA prog., wldda suggestd u came to Manch , buh I dunno how d fees r like. All the best.

Sec5: Ur contempt 4 the church shows ur ignorance of the way of God.I would advise u to leave the church alone in all ur jokes and carricature ''maka ndu gi''

Seems like you dont know who Femi Aribisala, PhD is. He is a pastor himself, after thhrowing away his Oxford Doctorate to answer d call. He was once speech writer to IBB before he got saved in a hospital after being shot.

Ave been to his church in VI, tis a very small church, nd he preaches God's word truly, albeit controversially. Am glad he's come back to political writing. If u remember, he was also d one who wrote dat scathing article on d FFK - Igbo saga, comparing FFK to his father, Fani-Power. I think he's one of d few greats.

Miz Gene nd Donsly nd odas, pls update us oo. Aw far wit una application na?

So instead of only fightin d police nt to accept, can we also fight for ppl nt to give? Most ppl wld refuse tho' because dey are not innocent too.

Horus: Maybe you are not really ready for a corrupt-free police in Nigeria. What message your post send for the new generation?; accept corruption?.
I think you are sending the wrong message

Dear Horus, if u read d comments above you, you would realise that what I have postulated, and it is only an observation nd nt a normative assessment, is simply the fact.

The same Nigerians who give these bribes are d same ones who cry blue murder. Most of the commercial vehicles have no papers nd this is why d police can confidently ask them for ''egunje''. If Nigerians first do the right thing, den they can stand for truth and say NO to these vultures.
But all you can do wen u are wrong is to whine long after you have given d said bribe.

I saw a post on FP with a video of a policewoman who was demanding for 100 naira bribe. Also, in recent times, there has been several of such similar posts and everyone condemns them.

But my question is, are we really ready for a corrupt-free police in Nigeria? If we are caught with expired papers, do we really want to have our vehicles impounded nd pay a fine of 25,000? If we take a one-way, do we really want to have a physchiatric test and be suspended from driving for 3 months? Are we really ready to have d law take its course?
In my opinion, no, we're not. The truth is Nigerians are comfortable with this system, just that we like to pretend a lot.

bodee: self-service goes along with porn(por(n) or self-visualization so it could either be an adultery or fornication depending on whom such a slave is lusting after.Let remember the words of Jesus 'whosoever looks at a woman lustfully had already commits an adultery with her'

Interesting point my broda. Do u mean, in ur opinion, d act itself is subjective to d circumstances, in other words, if the visual image is ur legal spouse, d act is no longer sinful?
I think ur post answers d question quite succintly tho'.

Sometimes, I tie my feet together in the bathroom and pretend am a merman
And sometimes, I send out scam mails, tap my neigbours' DSTV and open a church and pretend am a Nigerian.

I come chop food, my gf come carry holy communion come outside. Two tinz are involved...

This is the recent uk visa enquiries thread.

https://www.nairaland.com/826936/uk-student-visa-tier-4

Submitted my application finally. Fingers crossed.

Erm, just an observation. I believe, bt I may be wrong, dat dis thread has been slightly derailed by visa enquiries whc is handled on a separate thread.

It may be more productive for people who are actually travellin to the same schools or cities to hook up here and discuss issues relating to their schools or/and cities.

[quote author=Be+2012]NO you can't fast track a stUdent Visa application. Just pray abou it and God will fast track it . I too am in the same shoes with u[/quote]I had heard you can get express visa services for an extra charge of 10,000 naira. I am not sure if this is true or not, but one can take this extra money along to the VAC, and den ask the officials if this service exists. From what I heard, ppl who pay this have their file dispatched in d immediate next batch nd treated as urgent @ the high commission.

miz Gene: Chylo,tnx for taking your time to give us dt info. And brings me to another important question..
I have actually been considering applying and booking an appointment now even when my money hasn't stayed up tp 28days in my acct..I read on d ukba website that d date of ur application is considered to be d date u paid ur visa fee,and also ur money must stay 28days b4 u apply..
So the question is: can one fill in d forms online and book appointment without paying,and then pay at d VAC office on the day of interview?? Am aware ders online payment option which will make ds sort of plan impossible but what of cash payment at vac on interview date? Pls enlighten us a bit abt how d your payment process was like.

Erm... maybe a caveat first. I had not read on the guidance notes dat d online applicatn date is the date dat will be used in calculating d funds. So if dat is the case, then one sld wait till d moni completes 28 days b4 applyin online.
About the payment, there is no online payment option for Nigeria. D only way to pay is into any branch of Sterling bank to d acct of the UKBA. Most ppl tho' bring d moni to d VAC on d day of d appointment and pay then since dere is a sterling bank branch in every VAC.

miz Gene: Hi every1, who has applied for visa recently? I want to know how easy it was for you guys to get an interview appointment. A friend just applied yesterday at Abj and was only able to get appointment for 13th Aug.. dts rather scary cos I intend to apply around 10th Aug so am now wondering if I'll even be able to get an interview date for Aug.
Pls every1 share ur experience with us,including d visa center u used.

This is one very important aspect a lot of people are neglecting. I applied online a week ago nd my appointment is only coming up this monday. I gave dis advice on d oda visa thread, amma give it here too; even if uve nt gt ur moni complete yt, as long as u knw arnd wen u can have it nd as long as you have a good CAS, apply online IMMEDIATELY. Den u can choose a date for appointment at ur convenience. You can evn change ur appointment date later sef, cos if u wait for evrythn to be ready, plus august rush, plus waiting for appointment, den plus visa processing time, it may very well take you 6 weeks plus btwen wen u apply nd wen u gt d visa.
Cheers.

This my official sign-off from this thread. Got an offer for a phd in economics in the uk. Will be going to do that in September instead. I rilly tried waiting for pwc or kpmg as long as I could, but it's prob for the best.

Thanks to evryone; phonon, mcstan etc who've been giving advice and hope. Wishing u all d veri best @ kpmg.

This new visa application procedure is a little confusing to me. Pls I need advice - when submitting the documents at the VAC centre, should we fill in and submit a paper appendix as well as the online printout? or the printout alone. Thanks.

PS: I notice that slots fill up quickly in the appointment booking. And thus, even after applying online, you may have to wait for a week or two before u get an available slot for appointment, and then the added wait for the visa to come out. This info sld be useful to those planning to start applying later in august for sept start. My advice is to apply as early as you can, putting the wait before appointment into consideration + visa processing time.

jjcbuthot: Nonsense...

Rather than saying ''nonsense'' like an illiterate, why don't u state the points in d article u disagree with and why.

I AM writing this piece in a sad mood. Why wouldn’t I. Muhammadu Buhari, retired army General was one of my authentic Nigerian heroes, a man of untrammeled integrity and granite cast will.
In the 2011 presidential election, I voted for him without any qualms. I have argued strongly against the notion that he is an ethnic jingoist or a religious bigot.
I had followed his career in the military; from being a military governor to Petroleum Minister and then head of state. I could only speak about him with utmost veneration.

When some weeks ago, the revered Sultan of Sokoto called for amnesty for Boko Haram, I was staggered by the shift in his posture towards these merchants of terror he had consistently condemned without any equivocation.
But his royal majesty’s amnesty trumpet was soon chorused by the Northern States Governors’ Forum, NSGF, and almost with the speed of a tornado, the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, followed, urging President Jonathan to grant amnesty to a band of misguided, blood- thirsty terrorists.
I was disgusted by the impish and warped theory of amnesty being propounded by these men. I was so sure that ‘noble’ men like Buhari would not lend their voices to the evil cacophony of the NSGF and the NEF.
I argued that if Buhari had been silent, it was simply because he didn’t want to speak against Boko Haram for political reason. “But he will never, ever endorse Boko Haram’s murderous activities; never,” I had argued.

But on Sunday, June 2, 2013, Buhari broke what I found now to be his ominous silence. Speaking on Liberty Radio in Kaduna, the reticent retired General criticized the declaration of state of emergency in three Northern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, describing the action as a grave injustice against the North.
Buhari holds the strange notion that while Niger Delta militants were given special treatments, the Boko Haram terrorists were being killed and their house demolished.
Hear this soldier: “You see, in the case of Niger Delta militants, the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua sent an airplane to bring them, he sat down with them and discussed with them, they were cajoled and they were given money and amnesty”. But he was not done yet.
“They were trained in some skills and were given employment, but the ones in the North are being killed and their houses demolished.”
Again, I stress that I am at pains that a man I admire and practically adore could allow his emotion to so blur his reasoning that he could sound so parochial and pathetic. First I want to ask Buhari, what is the cause of Boko Haram.
What are they fighting for? In the case of the Niger Delta militants, we know about the degradation of their environment by Nigeria and foreign oil companies prospecting and exploiting the oil buried in their land by God.
Their land, water and even air are so polluted that survival is put in peril. For all these threats to their lives, successive governments in Nigeria had paid but scant attention to a people who tragically found themselves mired in poverty by the very natural gift that should elevate them to an earthly paradise.
So, when the young militants found themselves with arms, they decided to redress the gross injustice and oppression that had pervaded for decades. And while many of us would not agree with their violent approach, we would not deny that they has a cause.

What is the cause of Boko Haram? They don’t want Western education. Simply idiotic. The arms they use is a product of Western education, so is electricity and the clothes they wear. They said they want Islam as only religion in Nigeria. So, some of us that are non-Muslims should jump into the river. Very foolish. These are rascals with out a cause except mypotic, wild and horrid religious fanaticism.
Buhari said Yar’Adua sent an airplane to pick the militants and they brought them to Abuja. Correct. But did the airplane land in the creeks, the abode of the militants and picked them?
The fact is, Yar’Adua called the Niger Delta leaders and appealed to them to persuade their ‘boys’ to drop their arms and come for talk, for negotiation on the way forward for their exploited and devastated homeland. And the elders returned and met their wards in the creeks and convinced them to meet with Yar’Adua.
The militants in deference to their elders sat with Yar’Adua and negotiated the Niger Delta question. They did not negotiate out of fear; but they didn’t fear to negotiate.

I ask Buhari, where are these terror elements called Boko Haram? They remain ghosts, apologies to President Jonathan.
The Niger Delta elders and leaders went to the creeks to fetch their boys. Buhari is both a leader and an elder. I ask him, where are those sons of terror? Why can’t he and the likes of Professor Ango Abdullahi (of Ali-Must-Go shame) fetch their boys so that Jonathan can also send an airplane to fly them to Abuja.
The Northern leaders, including the Sultan of Sokoto, clamoured for amnesty for the murderous gang. Jonathan accepted and set up an amnesty committee.
The foolish boys in reaction said it was Nigeria and Jonathan that needed amnesty. As if this reaction is a huge shame to the Northern elders and to the Nigerian governments because they are forcing amnesty on killers, gangsters and animals that have no iota of remorse.
As if all that was not enough, they increased their barbaric unslaught not only on innocent Nigerians but the police and the military, killing and maiming in horrifying proportions.And you said Jonathan should not declare state of emergency?

Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/07/buharis-pathetic-utterances/

Disclaimer: The article is not a representation of the opinion of the OP, i.e me.

Well, am not supportin Leadership o. But some of the things on that presidential directive list r alredy being implemented e.g the impeachment of amaechi

Cashless policy = End time tinz

GEJ is responsible for dis. Smh

Nigerian Capitalism: You dont have any cow, u never had one nd u probably never will. If you do get one in future tho', herdsmen frm d north will take it and kill you.

Na GEJ cause all dis nonsense.