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frugal:
Too much stories. Is this not the same car you tried to sell here and also seeking for solutions for here?

Clarify please.

shaddoww:
How I wish dis governors investing directly or indirectly in power generation can just teem up with their senators n reps to sponsor a bill that will allow States generates it electricity n sell it to its people without having to connect it with the national grid.

Edubrazilnwa:
Name checkers na we and so f#@king wat?any hustle na hustle atleast Arinze didn't blame the devil for this.

tomisinobm:
What's the price of the router

kontrolbuoy:
How much for the router

Fabinu:
hw much for your router

Opetunde1:
Scammer Alert!!! Who Can Help Catch This Scammer


I sold an iPhone to this scammer and he did a bank transfer.. I received d alert thinking the money was in and we parted ways. Little did I know that I have just been scammed and it was a fake credit alert. His phone no has been switched off but his whatsapp no is going... Who can help trace him... BEWARE OF BANK ALERTS

The guys no is 09050587873...please help trace him and help me

dowjones:
Darwinex

FCA regulated (UK regulated), very tight spreads and commission, Metatrader, and they preach money management. (confirm from their youtube page)

Dukascopy
Swiss regulated, its the subsidiary of a swiss bank. You can open a swiss account with these guys for free. This account can be used to fund any other FX broker. Their platform is Jforex. their only downside is they dont use metatrader.

These two brokers are brokers are my personal choice. i've done my research on them. and i will use both of them when i get back into forex next year. I will open a swiss account with Dukascopy and transfer my funds to Darwinex.

There are other very good brokers but i have limited my suggestion to these two for several reasons.

For the advice part. FX is quite broad, i will suggest you ask me questions on its specific aspects. Trading, risk management, brokers, strategies etc.

rman:
Be careful what you spend your life and time pursuing because you may already be there.[i][/i]

If after masters your plan is to secure another oil and gas job then do not quit. I can authoritatively tell you if you look closely, there are people with that qualification you are pursuing doing exactly the same job you do in your industry or company.

However, if your plan is to end up in the academics fields then you can quit.

MsNas:
Don't even try it. Lemme ask you a few questions.

1. Are you getting paid well?
2. Are you ready to forgo all the luxuries you're used to in Nigeria and start all over in Canada?
3. Your masters is not funded. Are you willing to use all your savings to fund your masters?

I live in the US and my husband is into Oil and Gas. I know for sure that the industry is not favorable right now and will not be favorable in the next 2-5 years. Just this last month, my husband's firm (and he works for one of the biggest in the US) laid off 50% of their workforce.

Yes, Canada is favorable because it's easier to get permanent residency, but getting a job is another issue. I know of a Nigerian-Canadian who is into Oil and gas and got offered a job with juicy remunerations in the US. He worked for a few months in the US and decided to quit and go back to Canada. Oil prices began to slump after he went back and he was on of the first ones to be let go. That was over a year ago and he is still in the market looking. He is always calling my husband to check if they have any openings in their company but they also are laying people off, so no hope for now. I know not less than 3 Canadians (2 in my husband's office) are on H1 visa in the US because they found it hard to get jobs in Canada. Canada is one of the worst hit economies with this oil price fall and I don't see any boom in hiring anytime soon. Heck, one of my friends graduated with a masters degree in Geophysics from the University of Manitoba in 2014 but still doesn't have a job.

Second of all, to be candid, people in oil and gas in Nigeria make much more than those in the US or Canada. Yes, the ones in the US might make more on paper but by the time health insurance, 401K and taxes is taken, your counterparts in Nigeria take home more than you do...taxation is almost non existent in Nigeria anyways. After your masters, you may get a job but it might not be in the cadre of what you used to do in Nigeria and it might leave you unfulfilled as You already have a career in Nigeria. What you might get here might not be at par. It's easier for those who haven't had a career yet in Nigeria before moving

Third, you're lucky. You're so lucky. You mentioned that there has been several rounds of layoffs in your company but you survived. Means, they value you and consider you an asset. Continue like that and you might make managerial position in a few years. You have study leave coming up soon, why not wait until then? If you go before your study leave, is your job guaranteed?

Lastly, with your first class, you should not be paying out of pocket for any post-graduate degree. Several high ranking schools in the US will accept you in an heartbeat with full tuition waiver to boot! You will have recruiters coming to your school and from there you can score an internship which will eventually lead to a full time job provided you perform well. Have you even thought of online masters degree? There are several high ranking schools in the US who do that. Take your classes online and do your research on ground or whatever. Your diploma does not bear "Online Degree" it is awarded by the school itself. Some reputable Ivy League schools offer this option.

Overall, the choice is yours to make.