₦airaland Forum

SeverusSnape:
giANT of Africa (for mouth) is nowhere to be found on positive lists like this.

Which sensible tourist would want to even visit a terrorists' enclave?

I found myself discussing 9ja's cumbersome visa policy with a Nigerian embassy staff one day.

He was adamant that millions of people apply for 9ja visa yearly, that what you (yours truly) know, that he's the one who knows as an embassy staff.

I told him the visitors figures/statistics are out there and that compared to even Kenya, 9ja is nowhere. Despite our size, population, endowment, diversity, culture, etc. The olodo didn't get it. He said Europeans charge Nigerians a lot for their visas and Nigeria is doing great by reciprocating. Empty pride.

I reminded him that the cost of a Nigeria multiple visa for some Europeans, is enough to buy a ticket to Morocco and pay for hotel for the weekend. No visa. Yet Moroccans need visas to much of Europe. Moreover, visitors to 9ja mostly have some 9ja family/marriage ties. Or are expatriates or for business that largely economically favour them more than 9ja.

That is before you even factor the 9ja insecurity factor in.

I insisted Nigeria should not always react emotionally to Western policies, but in a calculated way to take money from Europeans via tourism.

Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have long introduced a common visa arrangement for tourists.

I don't need a visa to Morocco, Tunisia or even Uganda. But if had to present a 9ja document, I would need visas to all. They have cleverly exempted Western tourists bringing hard currencies.

Morocco gets well over 7% of its GDP from tourism. They don't have much natural resources.

Mariangeles:
What about the ones that raise sons?
What become of the sons [men]?

Single mothers don't only raise daughters, you know?

The sons are often horrible men. They treat their stepfathers extremely bad. No matter how good the stepdad was. It's like curse dey follow such sons.

In fact the sons are even a major reason to avoid single mothers. If she has 3 sons and a husband, it's like having 4 competing husbands in one house. Her loyalty to her sons often makes her side with them against their step-father.

If the man survives their mother and is not wealthy, they will ignore him. Even though he spent his youth providing for them as best as he could. If wealthy, they might pretend to get their hands on more of his wealth/inheritance. But awful nonetheless.

I have seen this up close, within the family and around me in the society. It's pathetic.

No man should try it. Don't let anyone blackmail you into it or try to be woke.
As a man, being good to your step-kids means nothing. If you are not their dad, you simply are not.

Donate your money to charity if you want to be kind. And expect nothing back. The world hardly rewards kindness, God does.

Wait o, na touch light abi powerbank dem wan use run these businesses?

Dem nor say make craze man nor go farm, na to do proper work be the koko.

If we are serious, we should partner with Brazil. They have a great Agric sector. They will do these things with us with less cunny cunny.

UK wey hundreds of farms dey fold up yearly.

kettykin:
This was the controversial 1963 census that set Nigeria on a path and trajectory of no return. If you want accurate census check the census before 1940, and you can use the right census toll to extrapolate for 2026

Nigeria has never had any credible census since the prospect of independence became feasible. Until today.

Too much fake stuff.

badoh:
Even after getting the role, she should have undergone additional training from NHS to improve her knowledge. Make she go look for warehouse job, she go survive. This is a lesson for others in the health sector in the UK.

There are some things you just cannot easily learn when the foundation is lacking.

I wonder how she would have coped with complex metabolism and biochem in dietetics, if even basic anatomy/biology is missing.

Nutrition and Dietetics combined degree is a serious course in the UK, and takes good 4 years like Pharmacy.

A dietician that doesn't know the digestive system, nor be juju be that?

How will she understand the TCA cycle, for example?

Eid Mubarak to all our friends and NLers.

Image123:
No, it means Nigeria will recognise UK-issued identification letters—documents given to individuals without valid passports—thereby eliminating delays associated with obtaining emergency travel certificates before deportation.
Deported people have identities, they came into the country with passports and have records. Some people throw away their passports, destroy it or whatever to frustrate deportation procedure.

Wrong. A lot of people such as boat people have no IDs. Others came in with irregular documents. I can't say more on this here.
So, how do you prove they are Nigerians?

I give you an example. In 1991, we heard that a guy I knew well had been arrested during a routine stop and search.

His appeal had been rejected and he didn't know yet. He was arrested and somehow deported to a French speaking central African country.

But on arrival, immigration didn't accept him because he spoke no French or any local language there. He was returned and released to our surprise. So, imagine if he spoke French.

It's more complex than you think.

Africans will be sent packing while Asians will remain. Not very clever.

FG should use same enthusiasm to stop Boko, ISWAP. bandits, kidnappers, Lakurawa, etc.

SmartyPants:
One of the biggest skills you will need to pick up in life is the ability to spot a person who is more knowledgeable than you and conduct yourself accordingly.

For your information, though you certainly do not deserve to be informed, there are different classes of immigration issues. There are people who purposefully destroy their travel papers in order to make it legally impossible to tie them to a particular country and deport them there, partly because the receiving country may not accept that these are their citizens without a valid travel document like a passport or emergency travel certificate. This agreement allows the UK to issue a special document that will be recognised by the Nigerian government in such cases.

True. Whereas, if that immigrant were able to remain a bit longer, immigration policy might change, reconcile with estranged spouse, or use their children and humanitarian means to get their papers.

Many people who eventually got their papers were at some point in line for deportation if they had been caught, or if deportation had been possible without valid 9ja ID. Some detained for immigration issues were eventually released. And are British citizens today making their contribution to society.

Image123:
the return of individuals without legal status in the United Kingdom.

Under the arrangement, Nigeria will recognise UK-issued identification letters—documents given to individuals without valid passports—thereby eliminating delays associated with obtaining emergency travel certificates before deportation.

It also means that anybody with black skin whose country won't accept can be issued with UK identity document making him Nigerian. And be deported to Nigeria.

Remember that Trump deported Colombians, Venezuelans, and others to El Salvador abi na wetin be that country.

Many countries simply refuse to admit anyone without ID is not issued by the home country.

Chuksgeo:
Everything going wrong on both sides, however I put the blame more on the school, I mean it is exam period and no pupil will deliberately want to go to school late so something should definitely be the reason and besides we are all human, at some point in your life you came late to important events(not excuse for coming late oh) however Naija dey hot, people are going through a lot especially pupils, come on School management, make Una try better

This is how they build anger and aggressive behaviour in kids from a young age.

While imbibing punctuality from early age is good, a staff member should be at the gate to explain or lead them to a "detention" room as "punishment" for lateness.

The insecurity alone is a big issue. Some kids come to school on foot and their parents have left home too. Who will they return to?

Even if they are to be sent home, a staff member should be calling their parents/guardians to say so.

Utterly irresponsible. Catholic schools in Italy, Ireland, Spain or any serious country won't try such.

Good. More grease to their elbow.

Lickinsidetoto3:
Liar nwosu
If you knew him make I sleep on suit and tie ...abeg rest broski na lie . I can bet my hairy balls .
Lienus nwosu..

I don't know the guy you quoted but these players were simple local boys those days.
If you lived in Bendel, especially Benin-City, you would see many of these players, Especially around Ogbe stadium.

Henry was a popular NNB lad until he left to join ACB around the time IBB overthrew Buhari. He briefly played with Austin Eguavoen at ACB before the latter went to Belgium. These were topics local guys discussed playing draft those days instead of yahoo of nowadays.
He left NNB not too long after Stephen Keshi left.

He became very popular after winning 1980 AFCON though he didn't play a big part, being just a teenager then.
We still remember the fierce NNB v. Insurance rivalry.

These guys regularly played table tennis outside a friend's house. They were local lads, not inaccessible celebs as footballers are today.

People seem to have forgotten Henry's Moscow Olympic heroics.

Parachoko:
Look at what an Igbo man and a Peter Obi supporter is saying about Edo state, just because of the opinion of one person

And the funny thing is that I know where majority of the girls who do night business the most come from. And they are not from Edo. It was already so as far back as 1980. They rented hostels owned by relatives. As if IMSU and similar places are not far worse in night business. Let that guy dey mumu.

Let him look at poverty index by state in 9ja.

Mrchippychappy:
Baba go the other side, see say the 72 Virgins get big gbola, na im he run back enter im dead body

You mean the guy pick race back? As in "abeg o, I is not a gay, help o." And suddenly woke up.

Ok. We hear sir. Hungry ladies dem go happy.
I hope resident feminists, independentists and egalitarians will disagree.

DonEd:
In actual sense, if sex is transactional, why would a man go further in ensuring the woman's comfort by renting and furnishing an apartment for her? Why can't the woman rent her own place and claim independent?

U people should be using the right contexts in describing situations.

You and johnbuck81 get time o. That something tolotolo woman is telling you what ladies won't admit face-to-face. It is the fact that these women easily juggle 5 to 10 men at any one time. That no matter how much you think you provide for a lady, you are only a shareholder.

Even a large number of husbands are minority shareholders in their wives, never mind common boyfriend, wey be mega minority shareholder.

That's the bitter truth. Men need to wake up.

Oh, every guy should do DNA test on their kids. Unless they are happy to run an orphanage in their own household.

Afriifa:
If they like they should add Putin

As in Ali Put-Un as the new Supreme Leader.

CodeTemplar:
Mocking him for making you feel bad when he moved out to try his luck. This man na case n character.

Haba! Na skit na. He has many laughing and crying clips online.

Nairaland na wa. Better topics don't make FP.

marlow1962:
First of all, you know say you no go marry the dude, but you dy happy as him dy spend he hard earned money dy sponsor you for school ( something your shameless father no do). Na so people take dy die throway. Shay if the guy use anger and pain take lack u juju now, you go begin run from one fake pastor to the other.

Secondly, the guy man na ozzor. If him fellow guy take am now say, abobi I no get shishi to take soak garri, the malu go say em no get, but em dy sponsor woman. Men like that they always learn the hard way.

Fellas, no train person pikin with the intention say u go marry her. Make her family train her, or marry her first before you begin train her for school. If you disregard this advice, you go dy like this malu wer them create this news for.

Better still, start a Charity/Non-profit/an Initiative, what Nigerians like to call a "Foundation. " And give to the needy without expecting anything in return.
The guy didn't know he has only been a shareholder, a minority shareholder for that matter.

I don't believe the guy's finance has been the only one that girl has been using to maintain herself.

As far as the girl is concerned, the guy came to disgrace her. She has a lot to lose if her main sugar daddy finds out.

Nor be say she even too fine like that o.

bejeria101:
Omo the one my guy tell me.
His friend who wanted to marry the girl, went to visit.

Her mother told the father to go buy drinks for them as visitors.

Guy man take off no come back.

Lol. What if the lady was cooking and nobody else to send to buy drink.

May be that's how the couple play their own love na.

Abi the woman say na commandment for future son-in-law to run errands?

LifeOfTrigga:
Na wedding day he just see or observe the woman, him no dey go visit them before wedding day?

Made up stories

Let's imagine say the story na true.......The dude mind nor dey the marriage before, he just found a "good"/flimsy excuse to bail.
Good that he manned up tp leave before signing the dotted line.

D00msDay:
I feel fvking happy and proud after helping someone in need. I usually feel sad wen i'm unable to lend an helping hand to anyone who comes to me for help. Life is simple, let's stop making it difficult.

Sadly, some take you for a fool when you keep helping.

Helping and stopping to help when you are being taken for a ride makes you an enemy. Seen it. Don't create dependence.

Others will say "empower" those who beg you for money, how do you empower those who are not ready to put in the work needed to succeed?

We are all happy to help, but how long can you keep helping entitlement mentality people?

CaptainFM1:
Japa is not for lazy youth. If you're lazy in Nigeria, you will most likely be lazy anywhere in the world.

I always encourage hardworking people to Japa if they can. But lazy people are better of here in Nigeria. Simplicita!

Haba! You want only lazy youth to be left in 9ja? You wan kukuma kpafuka the country.

UkoAnnang:


First and the third plate

My head dey there

The 1st and 3rd are very delicious anytime.

erico2k2:
Who dash monkey banananan

If they renovate that house a little and add a new kitchen, bathroom and a little decor, it can be about £1.5m.

Depending on location in LONDON, not some other cities in the UK.

Na wa.

These are the countries 9ja rubs shoulders with in indices of development.

Chikarata2020:
How can someone be fighting a war just to please those that don't care about him and his country, these war have spammed more than 4 years and a lot of life have already been wasted. Hope it stops b4 it escalates into an intercontinental war

My brother, by the time this saga ends, Ukraine will have little population left. many girls will seek ever more foreign men to marry and leave. Many of the remaining young men will seek work abroad. Only wounded soldiers will remain.

The longer this war takes, the less likely it is that those who fled abroad years ago will return. They will have built new lives abroad.

It's a total mess.

Western European countries are in political crisis, from Germany to France to UK. Their economies are not any better. Their leaders can't afford the political risk of sending soldiers to fight Russia. They will lose the next election woto woto.

SixSeven:
Process, process, process. Remember how the President wanted to insist that his ADC be promoted even when they told him how this could affect the military. Remember when they told him that Egbetokun's stay means some people will not be promoted? Our leaders prefer people over institutions. Strong men, weak institutions. He didn't know he needed their expertise and experience before he appointed someone else? This is where you have to give it to Baba Iyabo who hunted for the best heads. There will always be politics but Mr Tinubu prefers loyalty, like his predecessor, Buhari. This decision looks like an afterthought and the Presidency is not the type that should not know how to tidy things By the time they are done, Nigeria's appointment process will have changed so much eh

My brother, we never serious to move forward.

Strong institutions build nations. Strong institutions prevent corruption and hold everyone accountable.

They deliberately weaken institutions so that they can play ludo with them.

seunjungle1:
It is too late sir! I use to tell people since from that time that the day Alh Atiku politically shot himself dead was the day he agreed with the coalition to remove President Jonathan. Why I said so?

It was a huge political miscalculation or blunder on him.
Atiku should have just rally round Jonathan with all his might and make sure Jonathan secure his second term...this alone could have paved a kind of robust political liberation for him.

It would have earned him more respect from the south.
It would have reposition his stand in the PDP.
This would have also give him a chance to stand as a consensus PDP candidate because of the wait he threw behind Jonathan second term reelection if had done so.

Atiku is gone politically!

Nah! Atiku has always lacked patience and strategy. Also, he's a retired customs officer, paramilitary, not military.

Those paramilitary believe more in money than strategy by mentality.

Even in his first term as VP, under OBJ, he was ganging up to remove OBJ after 4 years. OBJ had to deploy his military acumen and natural cunning to secure second term. OBJ never forgave and will never forgive Atiku.

He had the chance to be patient and have a shot at the presidency after 8 years as VP. But he blew it.

Remember, OBJ had the option to pick Umaru Yar'Adua in 1999, but chose Atiku. He only picked Atiku as the leader of PDM that Gen. Musa Yar'Adua left behind.

Ezeeboiy:
he need to adjust it to look Sharp in perfect shape , check French , British or American service men

Ok. Make NPF kukuma dey use regular shagari cap or fila or red cap in the East.

Well, the option to leave is open to her.

SpencerForbes:
I don't quite understand the outrage here. Is it now a crime for a man to seek verification? I thought DNA testing was supposed to be a standard procedure for peace of mind, so why the heavy backlash? If there's nothing to hide, the 'mob' shouldn't be this triggered by a simple request for accountability.

She's like Phew! Close call.

If not, why celebrate?

The test should be standard before issuing a child's birth cert.

If I be the man, I will do another coded test. 9ja too corrupt.