It wasn't that bad was it?

Too often these types of people are ignored by the Nigerian media who only like to focus on the super rich or celebrities. I think it is good that the BBC focused on these types because not only do they make up the majority of Lagosians, they are also the most honest and hard working diligent people in the city. Unlike the Super rich who are most times crooks or people who have attained the wealth through dubious means or by mistreating others.

That thief was lucky he was caught when the cameras were there.

Is this the real Lagos or not?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apdoKDoEzH8&feature=related

Hi Poster

Is this the first time you have travelled out of Nigeria? First name obviously means the name you were christened with, last name means surname or in Nigeria's case your Father's name. In any case it is best to book the ticket with the name in exactly the same way it is on your passport to save on confusion. I have been caught out myself with my first and middle names. Anyway you have admitted you made a mistake and that is a step in the right direction. Brush yourself off and move on as £30 will not be the end of you.
I also wholeheartedly understand your grievance over the extra charge mind you as I would have been pissed off myself but Mr Branson is a business man first and foremost and he didn't get to be a billionaire by feeling sorry for people who make genuine mistakes. Just don't let him get you again!

dancewith:

i dont give a rat backside about terms and conditions. make it clear: surname and other names. thats the terminology used in Nigeria and the US. i am not too familiar with the English system. Considering the long queue, there has to be something wrong with it, Mr Branson apologist!

By the way you've got it wrong. In Britain we say 'Surname' or 'Family name'. It is in America and perhaps the rest of the world they say 'Last name'. The website is probably designed with the international community in mind and not Britain where 'surname is used.

tpia.:

nobody here has a problem with any part of her heritage aside from angiefan and elosela

mamagee is just daft

people are simply appreciating Sade as she is, but angiefan and elosela have a problem with that.

interesting that they have nothing to say about her music [which they probably know nothing of] but only want to nitpick about british immigration

I don't have a problem with her heritage Doofus. It is you who has the problem. She is Nigerian born and I have written that many times on here. Again she, is NIGERIAN BORN!! What part of that sentence can't your dumbass comprehend? AGAIN for your slow ass she is NIGERIAN BORN and her name is FOLASADE ADU, a Nigerian name just like my name  ;ELOSELA' is Nigerian. What has got your goat so much that you feel the need to accuse me of denying Sade's and my own roots? And why does the way I choose to define myself stop you from sleeping at night?

kadman:

I don't want to get into the British or Nigerian argument. But every single time I've a mention of Sade every single time,from back to Nigeria, to US and now in UK they write "Nigerian born British artist". I don't know what that means though Even when I was reading a peice on her being the most sucsssful British female artist of all times they still chimed in Nigeria. Plus she goes by her full name Folashade Adu. . go figure.

And @ Tpia, I've been reading EloSela's post for more than 2 years, she's a self hating confused human being with esteem issues, you're doing yourself a disfavour arguing with her.

FVCK YOU and the horse you rode in on! I am a PROUD BLACK BRITISH WOMAN OF NIGERIAN descent and I am not afraid to say so no matter how many times idiots like you an Tpia rant on about how I should be proclaiming the Nigerian part more loudly. Again FVCK YOU for coming in here and adding nothing but BS to this thread!

@Tpia^^You sound demented. Who is AngieFan?

It doesn't matter when she left, the fact remains that she born to a Brit in a British colony. Another note; One can still get a British passport issued in Nigeria today. Sade left in 1963 or thereabouts and in those days minors could be added to their mother's passport. Her mum being a Brit would have of course had a British passport so again you score an EPIC FAIL with your response.

9jaganja:

Hmmmm no sorry. She left Nigeria at age 4 which means Nigeria wasn't no damn colony no more. Forget it, she is Nigerian born british artist. Satisfied?

Well that is what I've been saying all along Dumbo! It was you who came rushing in here claiming her to be all things Nigerian. Be on your way now and don't listen to our resident nutcase Tpia as he/she is clearly off their meds. Toodles!

@Tpia

Again, you have issues!

9jaganja:

I seriously don't know why you are all worked up about it cause the only person not accepting fact is that you not accepting Sade as a Nigerian. She landed in Britain as an immigrant get it? She had to get a permanent residence first before she became a Brit citizen and she left Nigeria with a Nigerian passport. Now let it slide!!!

The only person worked up and getting their knickers all bundled up over this is you Dearie!!

She didn't leave Nigeria with a Nigerian passport. Her mother is British and so she was automatically a British citizen at birth and when she went to England she went as a citizen with a British passport. How delusional you are aye? I'm sure she probably needs a visa to go to Nigeria now like yours truly.  .   .

tpia.:

^^ whatever!!!

why dont you also attack Obama for acknowledging his kenyan roots while you're at it.

after all his mother is white american, he was born in hawaii and never actually set foot in kenya till he was grown.

Where did I deny Sade's Nigerian roots and who did I attack? Or are you just starting $hit?

lol, I'm not fighting. I am just telling you that she is not known as a Nigerian artist. Yes everybody knows she was born in Nigeria and so no one is denying her roots. She is a British artist through and through. You can carry on busting a gut over this but fact is fact!

Na fight?

No one is denying her roots but she is known as British artist not a Nigerian one.

No one is denying that she is Nigerian born and that is what is stated in her official biography but she is never ever referred to as a Nigerian artist but always as a British one. Nigeria didn't do anything for her. She wasn't educated there and neither did she start her career there. She is British through and through.

9jaganja:

Whatever, she was born in a Nigerian city that makes her as Nigerian as Fela Kuti or any other Nigerian. Being raised in England doesn't make her Brit she is as Brit as other immigrants who naturalized in Britain. Get over it, She is Nigerian first Brit second cause she was born in Nigeria! She is of mixed heritage but she is Nigerian!!

In your dreams mate!

He mother is British! She was fully educated in Britain at the famed St Martin's College, her craft was honed in Britain and she backed by a British band. (Sade is not entirely a solo artist but also the name of the Band that backs her) She is known as British all around the world in all official capacities. I even doubt she has been to Nigeria since she left aged 4 and can speak yoruba let alone Pidgin like Fela. By the way Fela wasn't raised in Britain.

You may not have said it directly but you more or less implied so.

oyewolejos:

I don't give a bleep if u are a woman or man.No offense, Some people use to hide their real gender here on this forum so i do like to call everybody guy.
On the Taxi thingy i think that is your opinion.U have to call Taxi in L.A so u can't just stand in front of your house and stop a taxi when u are not in Warri.
Never Again should u come to L.A since it's not a mega city in your word.

Yeah right, but I have told you that I am a woman.

I should not come to LA? And who are you? The Terminator?? lol. I will go to LA whenever I want to dear and I will express my opinion on it whenever I want to and see fit to do so. Hardly anyone uses a taxi in LA and so they are hard to come by. LA may be a megacity in terms of population but it isn't a fully functional metropolis like London. New York or Tokyo.


@Afam

You are right, I have just looked up the definition for megacities and it appears they are defined by the size of its population. True London is the only city in the Uk that has a big enough population which can define it as the countries only megacity but there are also plenty of other well developed functional cities in the UK. To say that London is the only city in the UK is a false statement.

oyewolejos:

Guy check your facts before u just rush into conclusion.L.A has Metro bus and Rail network. Their website is www.metrolinktrains.com while the bus service website is www.metro.net
You are really ignorant of many things.A whole L.A won't have metro.Capital of the West Coast,Home of Hollywood,City of Angels. Do u think L.A is CaLabar or Uyo?
Next time please abstain yourself from such ignorant believe

First of all when you see a pink 'f' besides a user name it means you are communicating with a woman.


What do you mean check my facts? I have been to LA three times and the public transportation system is CRAP! That is the only way to describe it. CRAP! During one the occasions when I was there I was unable to sort myself with a car and ended up depending on public transport. NEVER AGAIN. I spent at least 80% of that holiday waiting for a bus or walking until my legs were going to drop off. Even taxi's are barely in existance! LA is a great city but is a mega city, uh no!

Well speaking from a Uk perspective, one must be a registered childminder before registering with an agency which will pair them with families looking for baby sitters.

Here is some more info.

Childminders


Q. Do I have to be registered to be a childminder?
A. If you are planning to care for children under the age of 8 in your own home and the children aren’t your blood relatives, you are required by law to be registered and inspected by Ofsted in England, and the Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW) in Wales (Welsh speakers can visit http://www.aggcc.org.uk/.

Q. Is it expensive to get started as a registered childminder?
A. As a newly registered childminder in England or Wales, you will be able to apply for a grant to help cover the costs of setting-up your childminding business.

Q. How many children can I look after in my setting?
A. In England, Ofsted will set a number of children you can care for. The maximum is six children under 8 years old, of which usually no more than three may be under the age of 5, and of these, usually no more than one child may be under 1 year old (although Ofsted may grant an exception, for example, for brothers and sisters). These numbers will include your own children if you have any.


In Wales, the CSSIW will set the number of children you can care for. The maximum is six children under 8 years of age, of which usually no more that three may be under the age of 5, and of these, usually no more than two may be under 18 months of age (although CSSIW may grant an exception, for example, for brothers and sisters). These numbers will include your own children if you have any.

Q. Do I have to live in a big house to be a childminder?
A. You don’t need to have a big house and garden to become a childminder. You don’t even need to own your own home. The home you childmind from simply has to be suitable and safe for providing childcare, something that will be checked as part of the registration process.

Q. How much will I earn as a registered childminder?
A. Most childminders run their own business so it will be up to you to set your own fees. You will charge an hourly, daily or weekly fee for each childminding place that is used, so how much you earn depends on the number of children you look after and the number of hours you work. It is a good starting point to look at what other childminders are charging in your area. There is information about the fees charged by NCMA members here.

Q: Would a child be covered by my public liability insurance policy when going out in the car?

A: In the majority of incidents injury sustained by a driver or passenger while travelling in a vehicle will be the subject of indemnity under the policyholder’s motor insurance policy. This may involve a claim against a negligent third party if they were responsible for the accident. You should have made your motor insurer aware of your business. Therefore, the motor insurer would expect you to drive with minded children in the car and will have considered this when calculating the policy premium.

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Read more here, http://www.ncma.org.uk/about_ncma/contact_us/faqs.aspx

Here is an agency where you can register.
http://www.ebabysitters.co.uk/

nikkykay:

All of you dont blame mama gee.You dont know hert age nowwwwwwwww

I love Shade Adu's songs esp "smooth operator".
One of her younger sisters then was my classmate.Olambiwoninu was her name.She never came to nigeria whn her father brought the younger ones.

What sister?

Sade has only one other full sibling, a brother called Banji. Her father has not been in her life since she was 4 years old when she left for England with her mother after the marriage break-up. If Sade has any younger siblings then they are all in Nigeria and half ones from her father's side.

Childcare is a very tricky business to get into in the UK and US as there have been cases where the child carer has actually abused the child in their care and it has been subsequently found that they did not have the right qualifications to do the job. Then you also need to go through the relevant police and security checks and provide references from previous emplyers.

What are your child care credentials and qualifications and will they be valid in the countries you are looking to work in? Do you have references from your previous employers. References will need to be from the country that you are applying to work in.

I'm not  big fan of Sade but at the same time I am appreciative and proud of her accomplishments as a Black British artist with a Nigerian background.

Here is more about her for those who don't know.

Helen Folasade Adu, OBE, (born 16 January 1959), better known as Sade (pronounced /ʃɑːˈdeɪ/ shah-DAY), is a Nigerian born, British singer-songwriter, composer, and record producer. She first achieved success in the 1980s as the frontwoman and lead vocalist of the popular Brit and Grammy Award winning English group, Sade.

Sade was born in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Her middle name, Folasade, means honour confers your crown. Her parents, Bisi Adu, a Nigerian lecturer in economics of Yoruba background, and Anne Hayes, an English district nurse, met in London, married in 1955 and moved to Nigeria. Later, when the marriage ran into difficulties, Anne Hayes returned to England, taking four-year-old Sade and her older brother Banji to live with her parents. When Sade was 11, she moved to near Clacton-on-Sea with her mother, and after completing school, she moved to London and studied at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.

While at college, she joined a soul band, Pride, in which she sang backing vocals. Her solo performances of the song Smooth Operator attracted the attention of record companies and in 1983, she signed a solo deal with Epic Records taking three members of the band, Stuart Matthewman, Andrew Hale and Paul Denman, with her. Sade and her band produced the first of a string of hit albums, the debut album Diamond Life, in 1984, and have subsequently sold over 50 million albums. She is the most successful solo female artist in British history.

Info on her latest work

Soldier of Love is the sixth studio album by the English group Sade. It is their first album of original material since Lovers Rock (2000). The album was released worldwide on 8 February 2010 and in the United States on 9 February 2010. The first single "Soldier of Love" premiered on 8 December 2009 on the group's official website.

The album debuted at number four on the UK Albums Chart, becoming their highest debut since Stronger Than Pride (1988). It also debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 502,000 copies in the United States, making it Sade's first U.S. number-one debut. Upon its release, Soldier of Love received generally positive reviews from most music critics.

otawa:

if same 'white-British' had deported your grand parents, you wont be here today talking CRAP.

arrogant nonsense. See 'Black-British(my foot)', they always know more.

You know what shout all you can, your 'bad belle' wishes to this lady and her family can never stop them.

The ony person talking 'CRAP' here is you. Leave race out of it. It is either you are British or you are not!

I am being realistic. She will be deported back to her country. Nigeria is a great country and her people can make it greater if they stay put and work for it.

And please leave my grandparents out of this conversation. We are talking about the here and now and not what the immigrations laws were in 1946 when my grandparents came over.

vanitty:


And I suppose the other woman featured born in Lewisham with 11 kids claiming benefit contributes as well

Well one is British the other is not. As Busy said 'Employ your brain!"

Britain already has millions of people on benefit and the mother in Lewisham is one of them but her situation can't be helped because she is Britain's responsibilty. The Nigerian mother is not.

otawa:

now we know how your grand-parents got british pali as slaves and thereby making you british born!

It is not in your worth to be talking CRAP about british taxe payers.

Leave the lady alone, in another 20yrs her grand kids will be able to say they were born british too.

More people from Nigeria are welcome to UK, it is not easy but you can make the sacrifice today for your FUTURE GENERATIONS just like Elosela grand parents did for him.

The lady will be deported as she has no claim to stay in the Uk and is not fleeing persecution in Nigeria. It is all very well to feel sorry for but there are millions of others like her in Nigeria and Britain can not look after them all. If the rules are bent for her whose to say they can't be bent for another?

This lady will not be able to support her 75 year old mother and four children on any likely wage on a job she may qualify for. One just can't come into the country and use up the services of its people for free.

How would you like it if I came to your house with my four children and demanded food and shelter just like that? How would you feel knowing that you had dependents in your house who were more entitled to that food and shelter and were under a lot of strain because you were forced to house and feed me to?

Yes I know. But if someone is going to Manchester or Liverpool and says that they are going to London that statement in itself reeks of nothing but ignorance or undeducation.

What is a constitutes a city? There are plenty of cities in England that are well facilitated with public transport systems, local city governments, infrastructure consisting of roads, schools, water and electricty boards, tourist boards, social care, hospitals unviversities and other educational establishments, parks and other play areas  and local and international airports. The UK has 30 international airports and only 5 of those are in London. As someone mentioned some of the so-called 'mega cities' in America don't have public transport systems LA, Houston and Miami for instance and yes I have been to all three so I so first hand.

In short, there are plenty of cities in England e.g. Leeds, Manchester that have what London has, they may be smaller but netherless these are fully functional cities. Personally if someone said that they were going to London but were really going to Bath or Bradford I would laugh myself silly at their ignorance and dumbness.

cheaphost:

I've noticed that England is a one city country. London seems to be by far the most important city in that country. Almost every Nigerian that goes to England lives in London. Infact they tell you they are traveling to London even if it's manchester they are actually going to.

England is not like america where there are loads of mega cities. NYC, LA, Chicago, Houston, Boston, Atlanta, miami etc.

That's because they are either ignorant or uneducated.

http://www.ukcities.co.uk/england/

And the list above doesn't include cities in Scotland, NI and Wales.

doggyall:

Grand-parent were bought as slave to UK. So whats your beef with that!

otawa:

Good and how did your grand-parent got the British Pali?

Let her answer. She started the topic and turn it to load of CRAP!

Yes I started the topic but I didn't write the article did I? Now instead of having bad belle over me and my family's British citizenship what is your contribution to the topic?

otawa:

yeah and how did your parents got the british pali?

They were born in Britain, again your issue is?

The One:

I know someone (a girl) who travelled to the UK on another person's passport, married a guy who had earlier married his cousin to get kpali. Now she's legit. The funny thing is that while she lives with her husband and kids (they are both working), they claim officially to be divorced and she's just been given a council house to boot. This to me informs why some of these social workers can be disbelieving of Nigerians.

How did she do that? So does that mean she is now existing in Britain under a different identity from the one she was born and that her children also exist under that identity? What a sacrifice.[

otawa:

CRAP. load of it if you ask me.

As if we dont know how you ended-up with 'british Pali'

hisssss.

I am British by birth, and your issue with that is?

vanitty:

Wasn' aware that NHS was a third world organisation that can't afford to take cater for both a 75 year old lady and Ade + kids

Third world organisation or whatever you chose to call it is not the issue here. Why should they be entitled to what they haven't contributed to? The NHS isn't a free service after all we the British tax payers are taxed to the hilt to pay for it.

I don't see why this lady should be given special treatment. Should the British taxpayer fund every foreign lady that was abandoned by her husband? This lady claims that she is educated but if she really is she would have known that the visa they stamped on her passport was a visitor's one and not one for permanent stay. I don't believe that she was that silly to be working as she said she was and had not known that she was doing so illegally.

There are millions of British citizens and LEGAL immigrants currently looking for work in the UK so why should this lady jump the queue so to speak? And even if she was allowed to work would she be capable of getting a job that would earn enough to look after her and her four kids and her mother. And what about her mother, a lady who has probably spent most of her life in Nigeria and who has not paid any British taxes which fund the NHS. Why should she get free NHS treatment over another 75 year old Nigerian citizen who is legally in the UK and has worked all their life here and paid taxes?

As I said her story is sad but I don't see why I, a British tax payer should be paying for her to stay. She should present herself to immigration so she can be offered assistance back home. I can't see immigration allowing her to stay anyway as she is nothing more than an economic migrant and she is not fleeing persecution in Nigeria. Methinks she had better start making preparations for her departure.