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 Travel / Re: Seeking Honest Advice: Considering Relocating Abroad - Need Your Thoughts by disserious: 11:39am On Jul 28, 2023 |
With your years of experience and the savings, I’d advise the following. 1. Apply for GRE and get into PhD in the USA (it’s oftentimes fully funded). 2. Make sure the PhD you get into is a STEM program so you can easily get 36 months post study work visa. 3. Let your kids learn auto mechanic, photography, and or plumber. They can use it to earn by the side when they are in the States. 4. Make sure they learn (3) while you guys are still in Nigeria - that way, you won’t have to spend so much on the skill acquisition. 5. While in the USA, your kids can learn programming from launchschool.com after school. It costs $200 per month. 6. While you’re going through your PhD (you’ll have roughly 5 years for it and they will be paying you monthly - it may not be a lot though), your wife can be going through accelerated nursing program - oftentimes, nursing agencies would do her papers after she pass her NCLEX. 7. Send some of your kids to Canada (they can always file for you, the parents thereafter). As a PhD student, if your paper has a good citations and you have good recommendation, you can apply for EB2 visa yourself. Which would also help you get your greencard which can help your family. I hope this helps. 4 Likes |
| Education / Re: Is Spending N16M On A 3-Year Ph.D In The UK Worth It? by disserious: 10:10am On Mar 26, 2020 |
While it’s good to pursue education, it would be fine to be honest with yourself on your end goal. 1. If your goal is to get a job, unless a very specialized field. its not worth it!. In fact, many employers won’t employ you with such a degree. 2. If your goal is to get lecturing job, you may want to look into other country that are less expensive - think Germany. 3. If your goal is to emigrate, UK is not your best option. With that being said, you can get your PhD fully funded in the USA, try it or go to another country. And in all honesty, I think it would be kind of you to invest such amount than having to use such for PhD. After school, you’ll need some money to start your life. PS: this is coming from someone who spent close to 10m for MS in the USA and trying to break into job market after graduation. 7 Likes |
| Politics / Re: Dankwambo Wants TSA, Other Reforms Strengthened by disserious: 6:59am On Jan 31, 2020 |
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| Technology Market / Macbook Retina Pro For Sale by disserious: 5:51pm On Apr 15, 2019 |
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| Technology Market / Re: DENVER COLORADO STATE Pickup Services!! [offerup,craigslist,letgo,5miles Etc] by disserious: 5:38pm On Apr 15, 2019 |
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| Technology Market / Re: DENVER COLORADO STATE Pickup Services!! [offerup,craigslist,letgo,5miles Etc] by disserious: 7:04am On Mar 30, 2019 |
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| Technology Market / Re: DENVER COLORADO STATE Pickup Services!! [offerup,craigslist,letgo,5miles Etc] by disserious: 5:02am On Mar 30, 2019 |
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| Technology Market / Re: DENVER COLORADO STATE Pickup Services!! [offerup,craigslist,letgo,5miles Etc] by disserious: 7:27pm On Mar 13, 2019 |
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| Technology Market / Re: DENVER COLORADO STATE Pickup Services!! [offerup,craigslist,letgo,5miles Etc] by disserious: 7:25pm On Mar 13, 2019 |
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| Technology Market / Re: DENVER COLORADO STATE Pickup Services!! [offerup,craigslist,letgo,5miles Etc] by disserious: 8:20am On Feb 17, 2019 |
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| Technology Market / Re: DENVER COLORADO STATE Pickup Services!! [offerup,craigslist,letgo,5miles Etc] by disserious: 8:18am On Feb 17, 2019 |
iPhone 8 picked up for Xavier
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| Technology Market / Re: DENVER COLORADO STATE Pickup Services!! [offerup,craigslist,letgo,5miles Etc] by disserious: 8:16am On Feb 17, 2019 |
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| Technology Market / Re: DENVER COLORADO STATE Pickup Services!! [offerup,craigslist,letgo,5miles Etc] by disserious: 8:13am On Feb 17, 2019 |
iPhone Xs Max picked for Xavier
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| Technology Market / Re: DENVER COLORADO STATE Pickup Services!! [offerup,craigslist,letgo,5miles Etc] by disserious: 5:34am On Feb 13, 2019 |
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| Technology Market / Re: DENVER COLORADO STATE Pickup Services!! [offerup,craigslist,letgo,5miles Etc] by disserious: 3:15am On Feb 12, 2019 |
| Technology Market / Re: DENVER COLORADO STATE Pickup Services!! [offerup,craigslist,letgo,5miles Etc] by disserious: 3:13am On Feb 12, 2019 |
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| Technology Market / Re: DENVER COLORADO STATE Pickup Services!! [offerup,craigslist,letgo,5miles Etc] by disserious: 9:47pm On Feb 09, 2019 |
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| Technology Market / Re: DENVER COLORADO STATE Pickup Services!! [offerup,craigslist,letgo,5miles Etc] by disserious: 10:57am On Feb 09, 2019 |
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| Politics / Corruption, Shell Nigeria And How Ken Saro Wiwa Was Murdered (killed) by disserious: 7:37am On Mar 10, 2018 |
I know not so many of us really understand what is going on about the Nigeria oil sector as despite being the 8th exporter of oil in the world, we are still impoverished and not better than before the oil was discovered. Imagine the recent scarcity of oil, who could ever imagine a country like Nigeria that have an abundant oil could found itself in such a messy situation. Most times, I have heard that we are been affected by "Dutch Curse." Just like me, if you are also curious as to what that means, then this long-form articles should be of interest to you. Before you started blaming the government for our collective woes, remember we are been sold out by the same people whom we entrusted our commonwealth with as many of these stories wouldn't have been possible if not that Nigerians are selling us out to the Dutch. Video Documentaries [url] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htF5XElMyGI [/url] https://youtu.be/bq2TBOHWFRc Links from internet machine Shell Faces Trial Over Nigerian Crimes Against Humanity Claims By David Glovin, Bloomberg News May 6 — A group of Nigerians suing Royal Dutch Shell Plc over government attacks and killings in their country will try to do the unprecedented — persuade a U.S. jury to find a company liable for aiding in crimes against humanity. Shell faces a trial May 26 in Manhattan federal court of a lawsuit by three alleged victims of attacks and relatives of seven activists killed from 1990 to 1995, including the writer Ken Saro-Wiwa. The plaintiffs claim Shell’s Nigerian unit assisted the government in the abuse and murder of opponents of the company’s operations in the Niger Delta. If prior trials are a guide, the plaintiffs face an uphill battle. A Birmingham, Alabama, jury ruled in July that Drummond Ltd., a U.S. coal producer, wasn’t liable for the deaths of union leaders at a company mine in Colombia. In December a San Francisco jury cleared Chevron Corp. of responsibility for the 1998 deaths, shootings and torture of Nigerian protesters. “These are hard cases both on the law and the facts for the plaintiff,” said Anthony Sebok, a professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York. “Publicity is often what a lot of the plaintiffs want,” he said, adding the aim of such suits is often a public forum to expose corporate misconduct. Jennifer Green, a lawyer for the plaintiffs against Shell, said her clients are chiefly concerned about the company’s accountability. She declined to speculate on possible damages. “It’s holding Shell responsible for what Shell did,” said Green, of the not-for-profit Center for Constitutional Rights in New York. Shell Comments The Hague-based company, Europe’s largest oil producer, denies any wrongdoing. The company didn’t encourage or advocate “any act of violence,” according to a statement. A verdict against Shell might prompt some investors to sell shares because they don’t want to be affiliated with a company found responsible for rights violations, said Gudmund Halle Isfeldt, an Oslo-based analyst at DnB NOR ASA. “An increasing number of even mainstream investors do pay attention to how well a company manages environmental, social, human-rights issues,” said Stephen Hine of Ethical Investment Research Services, a London-based adviser. Among the laws cited by the plaintiffs is the U.S. Alien Tort Claims Act, a 1789 statute rarely used until federal courts broadened its application in 1980. Since then, U.S. courts have interpreted the statute to allow civil cases by noncitizens claiming violations of international law. U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood, who will preside over the jury trial, ruled April 23 that Shell must defend the suit. First Trial: 2007 In July 2007, the Drummond case became the first Alien Tort Claims Act case against a company to reach trial. A Shell loss would be the first time a company was held civilly liable for aiding and abetting crimes against humanity, Green and Sebok said. Shell began exploring in Nigeria in 1938 and drilled its first successful well there in 1956. It disputes claims in the complaint, saying it campaigned to save the writer Saro-Wiwa and other activists killed and tortured by the military regime in the West African nation. “They’re prepared to go to court and hopefully get their name cleared,” said Jason Kenney, an analyst at ING Wholesale Banking in Edinburgh. Shell may offer evidence of the programs it runs to benefit the country’s people, Kenney said. The Shell plaintiffs alleged that they or their relatives were jailed, tortured and killed by Nigeria’s government, at the company’s instigation, as reprisal for opposing Shell operations. Plaintiffs’ Claims Shell is alleged to have appropriated land and polluted the air and water in the Ogoni homeland, sparking protests and rallies by the Movement for Survival of Ogoni People, which Saro-Wiwa led. Shell recruited Nigerian police and military to attack villages and suppress the movement, according to the complaint. Saro-Wiwa and five others were hanged on Nov. 10, 1995. Shell agreed a month later to invest $4 billion in a national gas project in Nigeria, the plaintiffs said. “If a company is participating in human-rights violations, they are liable for those violations,” Green said. “They can’t say someone else pulled the trigger. They can’t say someone else put the noose around Ken Wiwa’s throat.” Shell has said it spoke out on Wiwa’s behalf during his trial, sought clemency for him and others, and offered to clean up oil spills in the Ogoni region. The company organized human- rights awareness workshops for senior government security officers, the company said on its Web site. 148 Million Nigeria, a nation of 148 million people, has an estimated 36.2 billion barrels of oil, or 2.9 percent of proved global reserves, according to BP World Proved Oil Reserves. The country is due to ship at least 1.78 million barrels a day in June from 14 of its biggest fields. Most of its oil is in the Niger Delta. Nigerian oil accounts for about 14 percent of Shell’s global production, the plaintiffs said in the lawsuit. The Shell Petroleum Development unit produces 43 percent of Nigeria’s oil. Sixteen years of military rule ended in 1999, three years after the suit was filed. Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, who took power in 1999, handed authority to President Umaru Yar’Adua in 2007 in the country’s first peaceful civilian-to-civilian transition. Juries hearing Alien Tort Claims Act cases may hesitate to blame companies for the wrongdoing of government security forces, Sebok said. Plaintiffs may have difficulty showing a company provided material support to a regime knowing its help would be used to violate human rights, he said. Damage Award And if the jury does rule against the company, any damage award may be cut or overturned by judges, he said. Most Alien Tort Claims Act cases have been dismissed in preliminary stages. A few have been resolved out of court. Unocal Corp., now a Chevron unit, agreed in 2004 to settle claims of human-rights violations during the construction of a pipeline in Myanmar. Terms were confidential. Kenney, the analyst, said a Shell loss wouldn’t discourage the company from drilling in Nigeria, where its operations are increasingly centered on offshore reserves. Kenney has a “hold” recommendation on Shell stock. An adverse verdict wouldn’t have a significant impact on Shell’s shares, according to Kenney and Isfeldt, who has a “buy” recommendation on the stock. Shell first-quarter revenue was $58.2 billion, and net income was $3.49 billion, a 62 percent drop. The case is Wiwa v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, 96-cv-08386, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan). To contact the reporter on this story: David Glovin in U.S. District Court in New York at dglovin@bloomberg.net. Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20090510085617/http://www.shellguilty.com:80/shell-faces-trial-over-nigerian-crimes-against-humanity-claims Some other interesting articles on the topic https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/03/shell-accused-of-fuelling-nigeria-conflict http://www.businessinsider.com/this-oil-company-pays-government-troops-that-kill-innocent-civilians-2012-8 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/aug/19/shell-spending-security-nigeria-leak?CMP=twt_gu http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/04/11/emails-show-shells-complicity-in-biggest-oil-corruption-scandal-in-history-nigeria-resource-curse-etete-eni/ http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39544761 https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/shell-executives-charged-lead-landmark-trial-over-billion-dollar-nigerian-bribery-scheme/ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/11/amnesty-shell-involved-nigeria-abuses-1990s-171128091650769.html https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/AFR44/7393/2017/en/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/12/inside-the-secret-world-of-the-corporate-spies-who-infiltrate-protests https://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/dec/08/wikileaks-cables-shell-nigeria-spying https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiwa_v._Royal_Dutch_Shell_Co https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/03/shell-oil-paid-nigerian-military https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/niger/5413171/Shell-execs-accused-of-collaboration-over-hanging-of-Nigerian-activist-Ken-Saro-Wiwa.html For the source to the attached files/exhibits, find below; https://web.archive.org/web/20111129010207/http://www.shellguilty.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/exhibit55.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20111128235912/http://www.shellguilty.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/depo4.pdf |
| Jobs/Vacancies / Re: How To Dress For A Job Interview by disserious: 5:33pm On Jun 15, 2016 |
This post is very funny... Like, how to dress on your first date. I went to an an interview on a polo & Jean plus one baddest sneaker and funny enough I got the job. Next interview i will be having, am planning to wear a short.. Mtcheww careercrew: 1 Like |
| Culture / Re: Ooni Ogunwusi Recognized By US Lawmakers At The House Of Reps In Washington by disserious: 4:47pm On Jun 15, 2016 |
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| Celebrities / Re: Charlyboy: 'Why I Stopped Sleeping In My Casket And Killed My Pet Python' by disserious: 3:19pm On Jun 03, 2016 |
| Celebrities / Re: Charlyboy: 'Why I Stopped Sleeping In My Casket And Killed My Pet Python' by disserious: 11:46am On May 12, 2016 |
| Jobs/Vacancies / Re: What Job Seeker Needs To Learn From Jobberman Recent Report by disserious: 12:06am On Apr 16, 2016 |
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| Jobs/Vacancies / Re: What Job Seeker Needs To Learn From Jobberman Recent Report by disserious: 11:53pm On Apr 15, 2016 |
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