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Umennajiego:
ferry across water my brother it is simple but atleast 80% was done on land and about Austria it just a matter of getting to north Africa and cross the Mediterranean sea(stand to be corrected) and over to europe....IMO that guy doesn't look like a full Nigeria maybe half breed

See Morroco see spain shey.?

nduchucks:
Mr. Kanu was a very active nairalander a few years back https://www.nairaland.com/fotodaddy

A very bright detribalized guy who loves adventures. Here is a thread where him and fellow nairalanders and other friends, including me , went off roading - that was so much fun. Driving through rugged Backstreets of Nigeria

Congrats buddy!

wow....so hes a nairalander?

pendy79:
Haba don't cut short his tenure na. He still has up till May 29, 2015 to handover.

Hehehehehe so its May?...isorite...he can begin print his N1000 retirement plan + the missing N20 billion from Feb till May. cos Juna na sure banka...for Otuoke retirement village

pendy79:
My brother this government won't know what hit them by february next year. They think it will be business as usual they will see a rude shock.

How can you come to power through popular demand and goodwill and squander that woefully without anything tangible to show for it yet you think you must continue.

Change is here and it is within our reach.

Nothing will deny our march to freedom from the grips of the PDP by May 29 2015

Heheheheheh GEJ till.........................Feb 2015

nairaman66:
I am sure you must be referring to the masses in Otuoke! Definitely not the Nigerian masses. Everyone is tired about this "I have no shoes of a man". Conclusively, GEJ is not sellable today nor 2015.. He knows this that's why he bribed a lot of PDP Caucus members to come out as a sole candidate.

He should have signed up for the primaries and see if he would win.. Goon of a president!

Boxes and boxes of likes for you bruv.

some years back while in teritiary institution,precisely my year 3,I remembered during a sermon by pastor olubi Johnson of scripture pastures,how his wife,who was working and.earning far more than him then,came to pick him after work.

And on their way home,he suddenly asked his wife "wheres your salary"? and without questioning,she said it was in an envelope in her bag and he asked, "give it to me".He said without questioning,she handed it over...he smiled at her and said "I was testing your wilful submission and trust". With that he handed her money back to her.

Question....How many of you young married women in this present age could wilfully do same without a fight or query?.

Both pastor and his wife studied and spent long time sojourning in the US before returning to Nigeria.

have you guys noticed any news report not favourable to GEJ led govt hardly makes FP?

The lies been told by GEJ as regards the chibok girls and their fake ceasefire is all over world news.

I saw on ETV news how GEj was ridiculed while he was smoothly promising the girls rescue and the cease fire agreement only for the media to also televised boko haram shekau openly denying any negotiations between boko harams and naija govt,and also how ALL the girld have bee married off.

Well if Seun and his moderators have chosen to suppress such infos,their integrity as well meaning Nigerians is fast becoming questionable.

Nigerians wake up.You are been fooled by your ruling government.

LAGOS – A man claiming to be Boko Haram
leader Abubakar Shekau said more than 200
girls kidnapped by the group six months ago
had been “married off” to its fighters,
contradicting Nigerian government claims
they would soon be freed, AFP said on
Saturday.

Nigeria’s military says it killed Shekau a year
ago.

The insurgents usually give a copy of their
videos to the French news agency about a
day before they are posted online. The latest
is likely to raise doubts about whether talks
between a Boko Haram faction and the
government in neighbouring Chad will secure
the girls’ release.

The man claiming to be Shekau also denied
there was a ceasefire pending talks, and said
his group was holding a German hostage
kidnapped in the northeastern city of Gombe
in July.

Gunmen, widely assumed to be linked to
Boko Haram, kidnapped the teacher from a
technical college.
“We have married them off. They are in
their marital homes,” AFP quoted Shekau as
saying of the girls kidnapped from a
secondary school in northeast Nigeria in
April. “Don’t you know the over 200 Chibok
schoolgirls have converted to Islam? They
have now memorised two chapters of the
Koran.”


Shekau’s denial of the ceasefire appears
supported by the violence that has occurred
since the government announced it two
weeks ago. It also raises doubts about the
actual influence of Danladi Ahmadu, the man
with whom the government is negotiating.
The five-year-old campaign for an Islamic
state by Boko Haram, which has killed
thousands and whose name means “Western
education is sinful”, has become by far the
biggest menace to the security of Africa’s
biggest economy and top oil producer.
Boko Haram has attacked targets almost
every day for weeks and last week seized
control of Mubi, the home town of Nigeria’s
defence chief Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh.
It was Badeh who announced the ceasefire.
They robbed banks, burned down houses and
hoisted their black flag over the Emir’s
palace, killing dozens of people and forcing
thousands to flee, witnesses said.


A car bomb thought to be planted by Boko
Haram killed at least 10 people at a crowded
bus stop in Gombe on Friday morning,
emergency services said.
The government has blamed the violence on
Boko Haram's allied criminal networks that
the group cannot control. There are believed
to be several competing factions within the
group.

http://m.ewn.co.za/2014/11/01/Nigerias-purported-Boko-Haram-leader-says-has-married-off-girls-AFP

This is shameful and.pathetic.And you wonder why there wont be patriots.
Every Nigerian arm.of govt always owing those who work hard to give the nation good image and name.From pdp to apc..they are all bunch of disgrace and embarrasment.

You owe doctors,owe johesu,owe lecturers,owe teachers,owe civil servants,owe sportsmen and women...yet theres more than enough in dollars to squander for image laundering,doctored government appraisals,paper economy leaping and bouncing,do or die stomach infrastructure campaign to remain in position and keep looting....generations of old and young bastards!!!.

Shouting out loud ....I CONCUR AND ENDORSE THE PROFF's STATEMENT 110%.

Lilimax:
This is where you'll get the best doctors (Specialists);
there is not trial by error which abounds in most private hospitals

Dearie I tend to agree and disagree.

Agree there you will meet specialists...

Disagreed there are no trial by error.Hows does a consulting doctor attend to almost 100 patients a day,besides emergency callout on PA for urgent attention and not prescribe wrongful treatment?.

There are myriad of challenges facing our healthcare proffesionals in Naija.

iflow:
lol...

Its a good article referal.The last point however realistic it is also points out the lack of discipline in public services.

Outpatients need queue to be attended to accordingly but the "I beta pass you or im connected pass you mentality" is a disease itself...fortunately curable, with harsh penalties.

Kudos to the Original Poster (OP) and others who contributed to the free consultations.

I wish other specialists could initiate and maintain a front page educative,informative and helpful threads hinting forum users.

Also thanks to the mods of the health section.

enomakos:
you are right,she is very gifted

i really like her,i try to toast her once

u need to see her ukwu

Yea i know.most male fans find.her very seductively attractive.But besides been influential...trust me shes connected...the lucky dude she gives her heart need prove hes a man....Shes an advance woman o...40 something I guess.

Never underestimate lonely advance women...dem go grind you.

goodluck with the hunting fellas.

carefreewannabe:
I have it all without having to compete against co-wives in a house full of envy and having to wait for my husband until it is my turn while he is bleeping other women officially.

As for the poster, it worked so well that she does not even know how to write properly.

Ha cfw,you like taunting eh.Were you a tomboy?

Ok o,you are from monogamous setup,good.We respect that. Shes equally from a successful polygamous background,extend same regard please.

Factor the obvious possibility while you "had it all " in your monogamous unit,theres at least an extended family member who equally "envies " your union.MIL,SIL,nephew,cousin (maternal/paternal).

What worked for her may not necessarily suit your stance in marriage and relating with in-laws,but today,someone looked up to her for counsel.
You cant give what you dont have.

Its weekend abeg.

Amelian:
God bless u sir. Don't mind other pple who talking out of point, as if they av a certain fixed way of how a polygamous family shud turn out 2 be. So tay, some certain unscrupulous pple here av turned my post into their own personal vendetta.

D problems they face @ home, they will come online 2 come and unleash their misguided venom unto innocent nlders , who has no clue of the problems they are facing @ home, Even though their family is Monogamous in nature.. Keep on deluding yurselves some certain women on nld that feel they know how I
N my family lived.. If yur family lineage is filled with sorrows n warfare, ko kan aye, mehn! pls don't imgine other polygamous homes are like dat..May God help us all



Derailers pls don't derail d thread. Am not d. Cause of your numerous problems in yur homes..Pls Let's stick to d topic and share yur views on it. Thanks

Sweerie,dont worry...dont even let opinions get you worked up.So far your mom raised you successfuly and wherever she is,shes at peace cos you are no brush over.

Momma knew how to handle her man and got the best out of it.Tips many these 20-30 something young women would still come around to seek for.

With age and exposure comes experience.

Carry go Ada nma.Nothing do you.

carefreewannabe:
It obviously didn't work so well.

Not from where Im seeing it.Worked very well.

Enough to have her mom secured and established,single handedly have properties in her name,self sustaining investment and still profitable enough to raise a cultured lady such as Amelian.
What else could any career oriented woman ask for?

*Financial power-Her mom had it
*A man for herself as at when she needed-Her mom had it
*At least a child to grow old enough to be successful and worth reckoning with- her daughter is a testimony...

Undeniably it worked very well.

Afroconnect:
Wow,Ara u re amazing,pls if you are on nairaland-hola,I will love you for life sweet goddess.

I have fantasised about his lady a long time-can anyone tell me how I can bump into her...

D babe na maestro when it comes to hitting talking drums.Shes gifted.

My first encounter with her was at Akowonjo,Lagos when she was marketing her new album.

D babe set o.

carefreewannabe:
Polygamy is just wonderful.
What a lovely, united family.

Some women learned to compete in the globalized world, others learned to compete against their own family members.

And it works in their situation as against contrary views. So?

lastpage:
I guess this is the difference between living within an environment of "acute poverty" (as you can read from the post of most people here) and living in an environment where such amount is not considered "extreme"!

The truth is: As an Ebola Nurse/Volunteer, you are putting your life (and what you stand for in your family on the line) and the American Govt knows this and is READY TO REMUNERATE YOU ADEQUATELY FOR IT. The more the danger involved, the more the pay. That is how it should work!

Contrast that to the Nigerian Govt where Money allocated for Ebola Management is cornered by the Minister to "BUY VEHICLES" like that is the biggest problem we have in an Ebola Epidemic (the "tribal bigots" can hammer me over this since "it is our brother that is involved" ),
Even those that showed up to Volunteer at the IDH Yaba where denied registration (as one article l read showed) just so that one "Oga at the Top" can chop the money meant to pay volunteers!

Dont blame her for not coming down here to volunteer, none of you, if you had the option, will pass-over $200/hour to come to volunteer in Nigeria where even money meant to procure Protective Equipment (PPE) is EMBEZZLED by public servants after-all, as our President said: LOOTING IS NOT STEALING!

Go figure!

Lastpage!

Give it to them as always bro.Gbam!!!

where is coogar...I am sure hes got something worthwhile to contribute and enlighten.us. I do appreciate him sharing ideas and experience as well.

naijareferee:
Feraz... Nice Topic

But i have a few questions for you

1. |Did you finish from a school of technology or just a conventional engineering school?
2. If u did, have you ever taken time to go to the workshop archives of your school
3. what did you design or invent as your final year project
4. Do you think it is lack of innovation that push people into oil and gas
5. For the time you spent in school, has a government ever paid attention to your school final projects


I know your write up is deep and consciously you want to make a difference... But have you asked yourself what it takes to make a difference. The INNOSON you sited as example, Are u aware of the economic hardship he went through, during Obasanjos tenure. Do you know how long ago he would have started his plant. Do you know the hardship people who wants to make a difference (like those you mentioned across the Niger) go through before they become self employed and sustained.
In fact, do you know how much is budgeted for research and whose pocket it ends up in NIGERIA, in comparison to India.

The enabling environment has to be created, If u have to create one....then you must lean the ropes

N.B. A faculty mate created a fridge and an oven combo....they work inter-changeably using the just one power source, today it lies in the store of my schools workshop.

And you said it as it is.

Question...who is to create the enabling envirinment? The masses with little or no income or the government with all the resources at their disposal?

ndcide:
@op,

you should know that the oil and gas sector seem to be the only truly functioning engineering sector. close to it, is IT and telecom. the power sector has not woken up as it should. We know the government is trying to do something in the power and automotive sectors hopefully things will change.


In career, there must be rewards. I mean financial rewards. remove the financial reward in oil and gas and it'll start crawling. in career people experience burnouts; the finance keeps you going. Money motivates. Our systems looks down on engineering jobs. how many engineers really earn well. In my organization, we have lots of incompetent folks in the office doing nothing, but earn better than the engineers. some are giving official cars yet the engineer who do the core jobs are not well compensated. Again, money is a motivator. Remove the money in politics and see people uninterested.

put money in a sector and tell me if it wouldn't do well with committed individuals. I've seen a Germany trained Nigerian engineer going into buying and supplies. He needs to pay his bills. You can't pay HR officer 120k and pay and engineer 60k in what supposed to be an engineering organization.


guy think am na......

I'd rather go into the oil and gas. That's the sector that values engineers.


You can't be talking of technology advancement when the careers is not rewarding financially.


Put money in palm wine tapping, and that will be the biggest profession in the world, with daily research and innovations in it.

Precisely.

Feraz:
It is a well-known fact that when the average Nigerian undergraduate studying Engineering is asked what path of career to choose from after leaving school, the person echoes “Oil/gas”. When you ask the person the reason for choosing that path, they have various reasons majorly being the pay for entry level is very attractive and other reasons like “the stress in the oil/gas industries is not much compared to other professions. Imagine sitting in the office most times doing nothing and at the end of the month, your phone rings and you see alert of N1.2m. I mean, who wouldn’t want to live the good life? Hahaha!!!” and it gets you wondering what good life? Is it a life where you provide your own water supply, your own security, your own electricity etc.? Is that what one terms a good life?

From the above, one wonders if the only branch of Engineering being studied in Nigeria is Petroleum Engineering. In my varsity, there are various branches which include – Mechanical, Electrical/Electronics, Civil, Chemical, Computer, Petroleum and Production Engineering. The same can be said of other universities in Nigeria as some offer other branches of Engineering in addition to the above. If various branches of Engineering is being offered, then why the oil/gas mentality? We have so focused in the oil/gas industries thereby leaving other branches to go comatose.

According to Wikipedia, Engineering is defined thus “Engineering (from Latin ingenium, meaning "cleverness" and ingeniare, meaning "to contrive, devise" is the application of scientific, economic, social, and practical knowledge in order to invent, design, build, maintain, and improve structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes”. From the above definition, it is seen that Engineering goes beyond the oil/gas industries.

Here is an excerpt from Greatman5’s post and I quote – He also goes ahead to say (Apologies to my friends in the Medical fields. I mean no disrespect to your noble profession).

Looking at Mechanical Engineering for example as that is my field, there are fields to specialize in like Robotics, Aerospace, Aeronautics, Energy, Automobile, Automotive, Marine etc. but you wonder why we do not have so many firms that focus on the above listed. Just recently, India joined the leagues of nations that have sent space probes to Mars and you wonder, where are the Mechanical Engineers in Nigeria? This same country also make various machines and export to nations and it was not long they started doing all these. USA has the likes of NASA, Boeing and other Engineering firms not related to the oil/gas industry. Japan the same with Toyota, Nissan, Kawasaki Heavy Industries etc. What about South Korea? We use their product Hyundai and they also design and build ships for nations. These are just few examples and they all have one thing in common, they are not related to the oil/gas industries. What crime is it if we as Mechanical Engineers come together and create our technology to match our climate while designing also, for other nations?

We may cite Innoson, ANAMCO and other firms the government has allowed to set up industries in Nigeria as examples but is that enough? We are well aware of the power issues we face as a nation. Energy development is still in its infancy stage in the country so why must we kill ourselves looking for a career in the oil/gas industry? Energy is the second most lucrative industry in the world after oil/gas so whatever happened to advancing this sector? This is time for us to come together and develop our power sector instead of relying on others to do so for us. We have the resources to push for constant power supply and other means of using energy but why is it not so? What of the ergonomics aspect of Engineering? Or do we think the way we seat and relax aren’t thought about? The chairs we use in the office, who do we think design them?

How about having firms in Nigeria that can rival that of Lockheed Martins, Rolls-Royce and co? Producing just engines to power automobiles (planes, cars, trains etc.) could employ nothing less than 10, 000. If opportunities abound in these, why do we rush for the oil/gas industries? Is it wrong to have a stake in the International Space Station? We always want to work in the oil/gas industry forgetting that some of the equipment needed there is designed and manufactured by the Mechanical Engineers. Just some days ago, we heard of the Dockwise Blue Marlin and opened our mouths in awe. Was that vessel not built by Engineers who saw a need for improving the transportation of water bodies instead of wanting to work in the oil/gas industry?

We should also not forget the bio-medical field where equipment like Magnetic Resonance Imaging - MRI, CT, Ultrasound machine, X-ray machine, Anesthetic machine etc. are designed to specifications, taking into consideration the materials to be used for the above since it deals with life which are all manufactured by the different branches of Engineering (components like the controls, the nuts, bolts, gears, shafts, the programming aspect of it, the micro-controllers to be embedded etc.)

Coming down to other fields like Elect/Elect, Computer and others, is it a crime if Nigeria is known to produce the best chips, processors and fiber optics cables in the world? When are we going to have our own Silicon Valley? What about having a large conglomerate like Schneider? What about aspiring to be like Dell, HP, Lenovo, ASUS, Acer etc.? We all use their phone – Samsung, even argue about how it is better than Nokia and we are yet to make one. I have a friend, my set mate who is already thinking of setting up her own electronics firm and believe me, with dedication to it, she’s going to be big.

The Civil Engineering in Nigeria is one field I must commend as they have tried as can be seen in the various constructions they are involved in but it still not enough. I believe we can still take this branch of Engineering higher by designing and constructing buildings that will make the world wow at our structures.

There was a topic I created about students’ inventions and check all; none has to do with oil/gas. What they all invented is something the world will come to later appreciate; inventions like 3D nail polish, the odorless toilet, the spidey suit, the gel that stops blood flow, the nail polish that tells if your drink is spiked etc. and they are all undergraduates.

Most times, we tend to insult our brothers across the Niger River but most are self-employed and not roaming the streets with this oil/gas mentality making things that we need. Things ranging from clothes to shoes to spare parts (we say it is substandard but have we ever thought of getting into this business and forming a firm while raising production to international standards instead of castigating them? I am not encouraging substandard products by the way).

And do not get me started with the supposed Engineering bodies – COREN and NSE of which I honestly do not see their functions in Nigeria except to depend on government handout and bribe while forgetting their primary function which is to advance Engineering in Nigeria. I have not seen or heard of any event being sponsored by them to aid students’ interest in the field of Engineering. Check the contents of both websites and tell me what you think. Check the contents of the Energy Dept. of Nigeria. No news on innovation except the never-ending promises of the government.

If we really must advance Engineering in Nigeria, we need to do away with the mentality of working only in the oil/gas industry and focus on other aspects of Engineering that will help us solve the numerous problems we as a nation have; which will put us in the developed nations of the world while according us the respect we deserve and this in turn will make our African brothers pick up and realize their potentials reducing wars and dependency on aids being offered us by nations.

N.B: Apologies for any typos here as this was written under the influence of garri and egusi soup. Also, for anything I am ignorant about in the above write-up, please, do correct me as I am still acquiring knowledge. Then again, I am not generalizing in the above write-up neither am I saying one should not work in the oil/gas sector because every branch of Engineering is needed in the sector. Thank you.

Sagamite...thanks for sharing with me...I read till thr last full stop and could only wish this piece gets to the governing body concern.

make it compulsory...all govt officials..from presidency,senate,national assembly,down to states and local govt officials should only be entitled to car allowances to be used for made in Nigeria.

Then it will be more convincing.

These are people who deserves national honors.

lalasticlala:
Despite many socio-cultural problems and even an economic depression few years back, the United States of America remains the ultimate destination for many people from across the world, especially developing countries. Seen as the land of opportunity and freedom, immigrants employ several means to get permanent residence status, one of which is marrying for the green card. But in the end is it a good idea committing marriage fraud for a green card?


GREEN CARD

In the US, the green card is an identification card attesting to the permanent resident status of an alien or a person who is not an original citizen of the country. Formerly known as the Alien Registration Card or Alien Registration Receipt Card, the document is informally referred to as the green card because it had been green in color from 1946 until 1964 and since May 2010, has reverted to that color. Thus obtaining a green card refers to the process of becoming a Lawful Permanent Resident or LPR in the US. Once a person has acquired a green card, it means he/she has been officially granted immigration benefits which include permission to reside and undertake employment in the USA. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services or USCIS has the authority to grant green cards to applicants. However even after obtaining one, the holder must maintain permanent resident status and can be removed from the United States if certain conditions of this status are not met.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

The green card wedding racket works by arranging a wedding between a regular US citizen and an alien who has come to US from a foreign country and is either staying on a temporary visa or is an illegal immigrant. The US citizen usually agrees to the wedding in return for a fat fee while the agents, touts and other middlemen get their own cut in the monetary transaction. The entire financial burden in this marriage fraud is borne by the alien who wants a green card at any cost. Once someone is legally wedded to a US citizen, he/she begins the wait for the coveted green card. The American citizen or LPR filesan I-130 petition form with USCIS if they live in the United States or, if they live abroad, at an American embassy or consulate1. Approval of the petition signifies that a consular officer or USCIS adjudicator has verified that a valid, qualifying relationship exists between an American petitioner and foreign applicant. Among the documents that the couple are required to produce while applying for the green card are typically the petition itself, marriage and birth certificates, passports, and supporting documents and photos meant to prove the validity of the relationship. Typically, couples must remain legally married for two years before the conditional status on the immigrant spouse’s green card is removed. At the interview which decides whether the conditional status should be removed, the couple is supposed to produce documentary evidence that they still live together like joint tax returns and bank accounts. Once the immigrant’s conditional status has been removed - usually after two years – the couple is free to divorce with no repercussions. And three years after removing the conditional status on the green card, the immigrant is eligible for American citizenship and after that can petition to bring his/her relatives to the United States. In this way an immigrant who had no way of becoming an American citizen on the basis of his/her professional skills or other legal grounds, is able to acquire the green card or permanent residency status.


MARRIAGE FRAUD


The primary reason which makes marrying someone for a green card a bad idea is that it entails marriage fraud. This is a federal crime and the punishment of trying to cheat immigration officials can be severe. An alien accused by authorities of marriage fraud can be deported and barred from ever obtaining a green card. And a US citizen who knowingly marries to evade immigration laws can face five years in jail2. Indeed in recent years, United States has come down hard on fraudulent marriages which promise green card in return for money. In the fall of 2005 a group of 30 conspirators was busted by immigration officials near Miami for arranging or participating in a long-running marriage-for-money scheme. The arrests were the culmination of a two-year probe, dubbed Operation Honeymooners that immigration officers say involved more than 100 fraudulent marriages. More recently the federal government agents have cracked fake marriage scams in South Florida, Chicago, Des Moines and Seattle where ring leaders were believed to have paid U.S. citizens to marry aliens so that the aliens could earn permanent residency. Despite the romanticized implications of marriage for green card as depicted in Hollywood movies like the Green Card and The Proposal, federal officials take marriage frauds very seriously. For them it is much more than a cat and mouse chase – it is a matter of national security and the offenders are likely to be punished accordingly when convicted.

Apart from the very real legal dangers of marrying for green card, it is hardly a good idea even if one is able to get past immigration officials. This is because any relationship which is based on fraud and lies is bound to flounder in the end. And even if the spouses of such a fraudulent marriage have no intention of living with each other, still the uncertainty and the anxiety during the three year waiting period can cause both to feel really uncomfortable and miserable. It can definitely harm the quality of their lives – after all how can you be happy if you are constantly looking over your shoulder in anticipation of the law coming knocking on your doorstep? For the immigrant especially, living under the shadow of deceit and crime is no way to start a new life in the land of promise.


Source: http://www.futurescopes.com/getting-married/8196/reasons-why-marrying-someone-green-card-bad-idea-fraught-risk

lala........maka why?

NmaGOD44:
?....didn't catch dat.....*Uwese*

its Edo...meaning Thanks

NadiaSA1:
SA U TRY SHA. .

In-law....kunjani....long time.