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“One day while I was at work, I received an email from the UK Home Office requesting that I provide official evidence demonstrating that my partner’s previous marriage had been officially dissolved by the relevant court.

“Two days later, I replied to the Home Office and informed them that I had never been married to any woman other than my wife. The visa application was refused because the Home Office believed that I already had a marriage on record in the United Kingdom.”

He further told the court that the defendant instructed him to answer “yes” when he was asked during his biometric appointment whether all supporting documents had been uploaded”.


So from all the above, the complainant clearly was aware of the issue from the onset when he consented with “yes” at the biometric appointment, showing that he definitely went to the British high commission with his fake wife to complete the visa process, as they applied as a married couple, presenting fake marriage documents.

The complainant being very naive, willing to do the agent a favour, trusting the agent and seeing that his own application would be successful, forgot that a day would come for his original wife to relocate to the UK and unite with him. Everything backfired and he lost it all.

It was a very huge blunder on his part and would be termed fraudulent. Along with his wife, he may not enter the UK anymore. Even the fraudulent wife’s visa would be revoked and she would be sent back.

Hopefully the crooked visa agent gets dealt with in the court.

DeepSight:
I have to agree. Oh by the way, I have no issues with visa charges. I do feel though that the whole or at least part should be refunded to rejected applicants. Personally I have no further interest in visiting the USA ever again in my life save its necessary for business.

There is the principle of reciprocity in foreign relations. Nigeria has the right to reciprocate. If the Americans refund for rejected applications, Nigeria is obliged to return the favour. However, with the huge traffic of Nigerians to various embassies, how should we not expect such exploitation? Even our leaders beg and scramble to go to America. Do you not see how daily they boast about their visits? Our governors leave their states to attend meetings in London and so tay Rwanda, in the name of retreats. Are there no places in the entire length and breath of our nation for such retreats. So tay, wives of legislators and wives local government officials. Is it not pure madness? How can our nation not be so abused?

forexprophet:
Even if he doesn't...... security camera will capture him and will be caught eventually

Definitely the security camera did not cover the position. The money probably fell off inside the toilet or a tiny corner that the camera did not cover and no one else noticed. The security man saw it and picked it up, protected it and handed it over to the bank. He preserved his integrity, that of his own organization and the bank. He showed that the bank where he is posted to has integrity.

DeepSight:
Brotherly, wetin man know oh.

Let’s all face the truth. If you are not tired of horrible leaderships, a lot of us are. Our leaders expose us to such abuses and exploitation. With the kind of resources this country is blessed with, why do Nigerians keep suffering such embarrassing situations all over the world?

If it’s not Ghana today, it is India tomorrow, or UK, Russia, Senegal. So tay South African use Nigerians as their plaything.

We must wake up and start holding our leaders accountable. It’s not the issue of the USA. Such visa charges are also made to other countries of the same status as Nigerian.

And by the way, such high visa charges are made to checkmate unserious applicants. Nigeria can reciprocate the move. Visa fees serve as administrative costs and help to run the offices. All countries charge visa fees.

pansophist:
The US is broke. With their over 40T dollar debt, what would you expect?

America even tax its citizens abroad regardless whether they’ve ever set their foot in the US (eg born abroad to American parents and became citizens).

It shouldn’t come as a surprise

They call your country “a third world country”. Compare the two nations and tell us if your country comes near theirs on all fronts. They even provide your aid and not help you fight radical terrorists, who use religion to destroy your own country.

They own debts in their own currency. Your own debt is in their currency. Who dey suffer am?

If they make choices that are supposed to protect their nation and citizens, copy from them and fix yours.

Nigeria can follow suit by increasing visa charges or imposing such additional charges on intending visitors, after all we keep boasting of investors wanting to arrive from every part of the world.

DeepSight:
Part true, part naive.
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Wetin you kuku know? Tell me.

DeepSight:
Trump did not build the USA, he too is a descendant of immigrants and thus a beneficiary of the openness of the USA.

LOL @ kalo kalo, na true you talk there.

In benefitting from the openness of the USA, did you hear that his progenitors killed people in the name of religious extremism? Before the last few years, did you see people leaving their worship centers to pray on major roads, or even praying right inside supermarkets, obstructing other customers?

Na something dey bring something.

DeepSight:
Yes oh, but they know how to take deliberate steps to destroy the progress of developing countries.

Nope.

Developing countries should continue on the path of development. The Americans want you to develop your country and trade with them. Stop running to them, cap in hand for assistance. Developing countries destroy themselves when they support corrupt leaders. Developing countries destroy themselves when they look the other way, while radicalists destroy their lands and citizens.

FIX YOUR COUNTRY WITH YOUR OWN HANDS.

DeepSight:
Yes oh, but they know how to take deliberate steps to destroy the progress of developing countries.

Nope.

Developing countries should continue on the path of development. The Americans want you to develop your country and trade with them. Stop running to them, cap in hand for assistance. Developing countries destroy themselves when they support corrupt leaders. Developing countries destroy themselves when they look the other way, while radicalists destroy their lands and citizens.

FIX YOUR COUNTRY WITH YOUR OWN HANDS.

rickpat:
They Will still have the balls to deny you the visa after fast tracking....ndiala

It’s not about “have the balls”. It’s about fixing your own country. It’s about telling you to stay back in your country. It’s about keeping radical Islamists and destroyers from entering their country. It’s about making their country safe for the citizens.

If you are not happy, stay in your country. Hold your leaders accountable and ensure that they make your country habitable and better than the USA.

So now if you raise an additional 750 dollars to fast track your date and the visa application fails, know that you played kalo kalo. So for the thousands who hypocritically queue and beg for USA visas at the embassy, while even abusing Trump and the USA, make una find Iran, Pakistan, Yemen or Afghanistan visas. Na there una suppose to dey go in the first place.

Where is the money to start it? Even with the condition that APC has put Nigerians, many are still willing to bear the trauma and support the government. Why not kick start it by purchasing the needed equipment and purchasing the needed raw materials for those interested?

Nigerians have not had peace since 2015. It’s been one story of “bear with us” or another. Wetin Nigerians do una APC, abeg?

The first time this Governor has made a decisive statement without playing to the Tinubu gallery.

Hopefully Governors in the entire federation can copy. Hopefully also the President can copy this. There should be no room for amnesty. These evil people use amnesty as their escape route to receive allocations and return to the forests. Hopefully Governor Sheriff can copy this and flush out these evil people who have taken over the forests around the state, particularly in and around Ughelli, Warri, Ezi, Ubulu Uku, and especially Ogwashi uku and Abraka that have been battling robbery and cultism endlessly. Abraka has suffered endlessly from cultism issues since it was established.

To be punished must be facilitators and sponsors.

If Okpebolo achieves this, it will be a great pass mark when the security score card of Edo state is read. This is six days since he made the statement. Hopefully the tribunal should be ready in the next nine days or so.

nedekid:
Silly man, don't openly and clearly apologize, by the time you are hit with 10b lawsuit, you to will have to compel your God to pay for you.
When I owned a bar back in the day, the turnover of glass cups and broken beer bottles was too much. This happened especially when there was football matches. Arsenal will score, one idiot will get up to shout and push the table, all the cups and bottles will break. I then gave instructions that any customer that breaks a bottle will buy that bottle or cup at 3ce the price infact we will make a profit.
Omo, few days later during a match I was at the bar premises, next thing was goal!!! Followed by the breaking of bottles and cups on one table. I told my staff to calculate the bill for the broken bottles and cups and present to them immediately. Guess what, the idiots were saying it was not their fault, shebi it is football they are watching, I told them no problem, they will pay the money then the can go and meet manU or arsenal to refund the money to them. Omo they paid and since that day bottles did not break during football matches again.
The charlatan pastor will pay the money then ask his God that told him to spew rubbish for refund.

But he stylishly apologized na. He did not deny the prophecy, as he transferred the responsibility to whoever sent him. Or maybe the prophecy was meant for someone else and he erroneously inputted Kwankwanso’s name. Now we are waiting to hear the words “I am sorry publicly”. Aside from that he should tell us how much he paid to get himself out of his mess.

We are also waiting for Kenneth Okonkwo. After his pride and show off, who knows, he may be making moves behind the scene to appeal to Peter Obi. Notice that he has not mentioned Obi’s name in the recent few days.

The same goes for Deji Adeyanju.

Reno Omokri escaped Tinubu’s hammer, with his public appeal and recanting his words, securing himself a job.

Lesson to be learnt: do not defame some particular set of people, if you do not have money to pay the costs.

Without Trump, Iran would have been like Gaza. Not the missiles, not the drones. Just Trump and his mouth. Left alone, Netanyahu would have completed the job. Iran is lucky that Trump announced that a whole civilization would be wiped out that last day. Left for Netanyahu, it would have mercilessly been the use of Jericho 3 to wipe away the horrible mullahs.

Kelklein:
How do you suspend students that just finished their final exams.. like I don't get it

I no sure say you go school well, otherwise you would have read well and understood better. Where did you read the word “suspend” there?

“For those in the video who are not in the terminal class, the Ministry has directed that they be expelled from school immediately”.

That’s what was written. Read and understand. Others like you who did not read liked your comment, as you used the word suspend. No be shame be that?

1. For those who graduated, withold their results and include them in the black book to be opened.
2. For those still in school who participated, expel them and put them in the black book.
3. The black book now to serve as control. Get expelled or suspended for some rascal or irresponsible behavior and you name enters the black book. That’s discipline. Teachers also were cautioned for their negligence.

Bros, na the long and short of the post be that.

helinues:
Annoyingly, when you see some people on this thread saying Primate Ayodele should be taught some lessons, it's just the hypocritical part of them

Go through their comments history and see how horrible they are than the person they are expecting to be prosecuted

The opposition and their supporters should change their surname to Hypocrisy

Always talking negatively. Go small school, una no go gree. Owo ounje, no let una see road.
With all the names that Tinubu, Soyinka and Tunde Bakare called GEJ, did he sue any of them? Why would Tinubu charge Sowore to court, if he himself could tolerate 5% of what he dished out as an opposition leader? What if GEJ chose to sue Tunde Bakare who stood on the podium issuing curses against him on that podium that day?

Bluntguy:
Why would Kwankwaso want to waste his time on that fake prophet?

Tinubu is not wasting his time on Sowore.
Obi is not wasting his time with Adeyanju.
Obi is not wasting his time with Okonkwo.
Tinubu let Omokri off the hook when he apologized, abandoned PDP and begged for a position.
Kwankwanso therefore must follow up with the political analyst that analysis political and contemporary world events in the name of prophecies.

The World Cup is ongoing presently. He did not predict the nations to qualify from all the continents. He did not predicts countries that will go through all the stages unto the final. Very soon, after watching teams get to the final, he will give us his prediction. What’s the difference between what he does and those who play either sports betting or baba Ijebu?

Kwakwanso needs to sue him too, just like Tinubu and Obi. There has to be some form of sanity and dignity when addressing people. It’s not everyone who can tolerate defamation.

DesireV:
lolll
Yes, I don marry before and I know the Yoruba culture in and out. I studied it formally sef.

At least 60% of the items on that list aren't cultural.

In the Yoruba culture, nothing like bride's item section.

Imagine Maltina, 5alive, Coke, Goat, Cow in a Yoruba's bride's list?
The is even no alligator pepper on the list

Items on the list are symbolic. Yam, oil, salt, honey aren't because they would eat them. But apparently, things are changing which is even showing in the quantities of these items they now normalized these days.

Owo Omo Ile, Owo Omo Osu we know. What's Owo Okunrin Ile? I'm sure the elders in that family don go finish or they trusted a woke person to handle the list.

You can pick up even a secondary school Yoruba textbook and read up Asa Igbeyawo if you care to know the culture or use AI to generate a summary from academics sources.

Looks more like a freedom list actually

“You can pick up even a secondary school Yoruba textbook and read up Asa Igbeyawo if you care to know the culture or use AI to generate a summary from academics sources”.

So you think Asa Igbeyawo is universal in Yorubaland?

Lists over all cultures are meant as guides and not final deciders in traditional marriages. Families choose whatever suits them. That’s why you find many either subtracting or adding, depending on circumstances, capacities and families. No one list is final when it comes to marriages.

Stephen0mozzy:
Edo State.

Tell us the places in Edo state. No talk wetin you no sabi.

DesireV:
That's not "Iwo list" but that particular family's list which doesn't represent the typical Yoruba's list. A lot of strange items on that list.

Which one is “the typical Yoruba’s list”? You do marry before, or how many marriages have you attended? Or you think that marriage lists are the same across Yoruba land. Na so una go dey defend wetin una no sabi.

Hezmatosky210:
Some yorubas still have this old mentality that to marry an igbo girl cost a whole lot. If this list is right, then no difference

No mind the hypocrites. That list alone is close to or over 2m if well calculated.

The truth is that for some Yorubas with no knowledge or understanding, everything Igbo takes away their sleep.

Meanwhile marriage remains what it is, irrespective of tribe, religion or culture. The northerners spend a lot more for marriages. Check Benue and Kogi states. Check the northwest, where just the dowry can be as much as 2m or more.

It is only the poor who lament and yet want the best. Cut your cost according to your cloth.

yemmit90:
Nigeria dont need strong and determine leader as he will never function in this current arrangements. Nigeria need restructuring (true federalism) to move forward.

So with no strong leader, how can restructuring work?
With no strong leader, how can corruption stop?

writetopoker:
We all know how he amassed his ill-gotten wealth.
He is only trying to please Tinubu to avoid DSS eyes on him

Na you and who be the “we”?
Are you his family member, friend, neighbour, business and close associate? If dem gbab you now, you go say na high handedness.

Sheuns:
If anybody is expecting these politicians to end criminality and banditry, such person is on a long thing.

Just know these state governments will be handed their own state police.

Just think of how they will run it.

The reasons terrorism continues in the north of the country can be found in corruption and sabotage. The leaders have been accused severally of using terrorism and banditry and means to achieving wealth.

The country needs a very strong and determined leader to move the country forward.

Tenses:
Replay

But the court dismissed Sowore replay of reno calling tinubu a drug lord and all sort unprintable names stating it not an admissible evident.

What change now?

Reno’s sins were wiped away when he recanted!

After all the drug accusations, Reno Omokri recanted and finally got an ambassadorial appointment with Tinubu.

This guy is similar. Now he can work with the same Obi as his party’s Presidential candidate, hoping that of Obi gets to power, he can get a job.

PlasmaTV:
Tinubu should resign. He's a failure through and through. Onanuga is an empty non-entity.

But it was easy for Tinubu to ask GEJ to resign. All they said and did during the GEJ days now confront them. Rather than look for solutions, they haul insults and abuses. They are not willing to receive what they fished out. People wey no get shame.

Very incorrect. There’s a world of difference between both players. Messi is a complete team player. Ronaldo is a selfish player. Messi helps his team, improves his team and helps his mates at the club and country level. Ronaldo wants to be recognized all the time.

While Messi serves his mates, they serve him in return. He does not care who scores, as long as his team wins. Ronaldo on the other hand just wants to get in front. These days, he does not help the defense. He even is jealous of his mates sometimes when they score.

The greatest footballers ever:

1. Maradona
2. Messi
3. Pele
4. Ronaldinho
5. Okocha
6. Garrincha.

Very incorrect. There’s a world of difference between both players. Messi is a complete team player. Ronaldo is a selfish player. Messi helps his team, improves his team and helps his mates at the club and country level. Ronaldo wants to be recognized all the time.

While Messi serves his mates, they serve him in return. He does not care who scores, as long as his team wins. Ronaldo on the other hand just wants to get in front. These days, he does not help the defense. He even is jealous of his mates sometimes when they score.

The greatest footballers ever:

1. Maradona
2. Messi
3. Ronaldinho
4. Okocha
5. Garrincha.

Shantyken:
Can't wait to experience it.
They (islamists) becoming something else everyday

I tell you.

It is so disgusting, watching these wicked people turn the peaceful and decent world upside down, in the name of their religion. Carry you sharia back to your country. In Europe, practice sharia in Turkey. They leave Turkey where they cannot try the wickedness and go to France, Belgium, Holland, UK, etc to carry on their wicked practices, destroying the countries that welcome them. They can practice their beliefs in Qatar, Oman and Indonesia, which are peaceful, or they can simply go to Yemen, Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan.

malali:
Once Israeli Jewish Zionists went after him, I knew he wouldn't survive.

His crime, he refused to support the ongoing Gaza massacre of children.

They fought him doggedly, but he stood his grounds.

If you wonder why Donald Trump is also acting the way he currently is, here lies your answer. They have him by the balls with blackmail.

He stood his grounds and yet resigned? No be on his ground e stand. E stand on his konkere.

Maybe you do not know that the British are tired of the disgusting fellows from Iran, Palestine, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Somalia, who only stock in trade is to kill citizens of the country in the name of sharia.

Why would Jordan and Egypt not accept Palestinians? Why would Egypt make the border so tight and Jordan make theirs impossible for Palestinians, who are their kith and kin, while you accuse Israel, who have treated them with humanity, yet they choose to hate them in return?