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Good Day All and thank you all for your contributions. I just stumbled unto this topic/page yesterday night for the first time and this is exactly what one needs. The discussion (though am still on page 25 lol ) here have certainly helped me learn how to go about certain things/information with regards to Express entry and migration to Canada in general via PRP and Provincial.

My question to everyone (i don't want to start calling names so as to avoid not mentioning some names) is with regards SKILLS TRANSFERABILITY FACTORS (Maximum 100 points) UNDER Express Entry – Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) Criteria and how it is calculated. I have an MSC over 10 years experience as an engineer, IELTS result of L=7, R=6.5, W=6.5, S=7 ie CBL7. Thanks you all in advance for your responses.

Is this tip for 9ja pple in 9ja ? Naaa, I don't think so.

For me and my friend. We left school at the same time, served same time, wrote bank test/interview at the same time, joined the bank at the same time, planned our exit time immediately after joining ( at least 2 years after joining ) , left for the UK to study but we sha suffer and struggle no be small, pray, plan and returned the same time, secured job with oil firms the same year, earning at least 3x what bank was paying us then.

Secret - Pray, plan and strategize well. SAVE OOOOOOOOOO ( back then people called me stingy person because they expect me to be buying them beer every weekend, colleagues then where collecting loans then to buy car, marry etc ). 3 months after we left almost every body was sacked in the branch and the branch is now more like a cash centre.

You move forward by actions and putting the right things in place , not just blabbing about it.

chidindufrank: Please read your comment again.Your country is moving forward,why are you pulling it back?

hmmm, what a a clueless man and his priority

Nice one OP. I use to bedwet and I stopped it after secondary fully. The experience (boarding school) wasn't good at all. My kids won't expeirence same cos I will always help(waking them at night)and advice (drinking less, if not, none at all after 9pm) them.

ajila03: I hope NFF can produced copies of all these letters they claimed they sent.

Are u a learner ? Oluwole dey nah. Dem reproduce from hard copy, softcopy e-mail etc. 9ja no dey carry last.

Fake story at the end to get at those gullible Nigerians. Next is tithe preaching when we can't help each other. Don't get it twisted, I believe in GOD and pray to him. I hate the many moG out there with stories like this. They all preach posperity prosperity prosperity.

i can confirm that i have had to use a very long stick to move the snake out of the room where i sleep move than once. Its very heavy and harmless. I went to a boarding school in the east and I do tend to see it the room any time I spend my holidays in the village. Its quite interesting when they tell stories about it and one of them is that if any body from Idemili kills it, he/she will have to bury as if u are burying a dead human being.

Exercise some patience bro. They are agreed and a date still needs to be set. Moreover, the atms needs to be reconfigured. Cheers

Nice thread guys, leanrt a lot when I served there in 2005, forgotten them after travelled out. Am writing all of them now in my note. Thumbs up.

;I like the one way him preaching don increase my self service level. Now I can do without guilt and as much as I can. ;

trae_z: i think you lost that job cos you were not cool, calm and convincing. Probably shaking and swearing by the bible that you're born again and that you regularly speak in tongues. Shows you'll loose it if you face really challenging times.

I was shocked and cool. Even his colleagues was surprised when he said that. He probably was pissed up before he entered the room and I think it was more of God's will cos the bank was in crise not long after that.

Invited for a 2nd stage interview of Spring bank (RIP) after scaling thru the first one. On getting to my turn, I sat and faced the panel and the only question the IDIOT asked me was THE CULT I belonged when I was in skool. I was shocked to hear that and tried to explain to him that I was instead a church executive but instead he refused to listen and even bragged that he was a cultist during his time. He walked me out for not agreeing and that was the end for me but God made it possible for me to scale thru another bank test and interview, joined the bank less than 2 weeks after that incident.

JallowBah: Lol.

I see..I am fully norwegian, married to a gambian, enjoyin a naija-forum. Thats life!

@ Jallowbah, Are you related to Jerry Jallow.

Well, you need a serious one on one talk with him to be very sure if he wants you be his wife before you commit urself and ask him if his family will accept you and your nationality. Dnt get me wrong, most of my trusted friends were Ghanians.
Nigerian men are heavily influenced by their parents to marry from back home, most especially from their tribe and it takes a real man to stand by you. I am saying this from experience. I am currently in a 6 yrs r/ship with a lady and we intend getting married next year. We are both ibos but from different state and it took a great deal for me to convince my dad and for her to convince her dad and we both stood our ground. Our dads just had this natural hatred abt marrying people from either state emanating from hearsay.
In summary, you need a man that will stand by you and make things clear now and not when he is ready, you start hearing excuses about his parents or people.

andyanders: It is totally wrong. What you wife said is right and should be ad-heard to. Never try that no matter how primitive you are. I have four boys and always warn my wife not to bath with them and she has kept to that.

Just couldn't help but laugh, 4 boys, ur wife, dont baff with them . Thank God she listen o.

@ Mrs Chima, thumbs up jare. I always enjoy ur input when it comes family,r/ships etc.
@ OP, u don't ve to think for the children and assume nothing is going in their head and again u need to respect ur wife's opinion since she is not comfortable.

How this one be cabinet reshuffle. He just did 'bros go this area since u know dey bring in better money, make this other guy dey that side small' . I wonder wetin that petroleum woman still dey do there if GEJ dey sincere instead e dey corrupt corruption the more.

I don't cos it doesn't make sense at all. I pray it happens to his close family so he could feel the pains families go through becos of their loss. He is just busy stealing money instead prosecuting those who are responsible. We need re-assurance and action from the president that they are tackling it but nothing as such.

jadakiss213: stop misinforming the public..Terry only got his first cap '03 so how come he was banned 2002?? Facts indeed

I wonder oo. So much hatred from that paris guy. Its all over the news that his first cap was in 2003. Am waiting for the year he got away with murder. Am not defending him but ur outburst shows a lot of hatred. Apologize for ur information please.


John Terry, Captain, Leader and Legend.

omaigala: I am new on nairaland, pls what are the prons and cons associated with this forum?

Anoda rule is the offence u just commited. Posting or asking questions not related to a topic.

BIG SHAME to both of them. Wife beating should not be encouraged just for the fun of it.This so called prank could be likened to a case of crying wolf when there is no wolf.I just hope when it happens for real, people should care less.

That's absurd if that's for real ?

2 or 3 days ago when yahoo had issues with email service, i have been having a problem with logging into my email account via push email.
I have typed in the correct BLACKBERRY ID USERNAME & BLACKBERRY ID PASSWORD and it keeps on telling me its wrong, now I am on my LAST ATTEMPT. How do I resolve this cos I am missing the PUSH EMAIL service and i dont want to be blocked permanently.Really need good advice. Dont tell me to buy HTC or dump my BB

2 or 3 days ago when yahoo had issues with email service, i have been having a problem with logging into my email account via push email.
I have typed in the correct BLACKBERRY ID USERNAME & BLACKBERRY ID PASSWORD and it keeps on telling me its wrong, now I am on my LAST ATTEMPT. How do I resolve this cos I am missing the PUSH EMAIL service and i dont want to be blocked permanently.Really need good advice. Dont tell me to buy HTC or dump my BB

Hahahaha, so na OFE MMANU babe. No wonder,i no dey surprised nah.

http://www.punchng.com/education/nigerian-breaks-academic-record-at-john-hopkins-university/

Nigerian breaks academic record at John Hopkins University

JUNE 26, 2012 BY SEGUN OLUGBILE

A 22-year-old Nigerian has emerged one of the top graduating students of John Hopkins University in the United States. He obtained a Grade Point Average of 3.98 out of a possible 4.0 to earn a degree in Neurosciences, SEGUN  OLUGBILE writes.

A 22-year-old Nigerian, Emmanuel Ohuabunwa, has made history at John Hopkins University, United States of America.  Ohuabunwa from Arochukwu, Abia State, has done the nation proud by becoming the first black man to make a Grade Point Average of 3.98 out of 4.0 to bag a degree in Neurosciences in the university. He was also adjudged as having the highest honours during the graduation that was held on May 24 this year.

For his efforts, he has won a scholarship to Yale University to pursue a degree in medicine. Besides, he has been inducted into Phi Beta Kappa Society, a prestigious honour group that features membership of 17 US Presidents, 37 US Supreme Court Justices, and 136 Nobel Prize winners.

According to Wikipedia, The Phi Beta Kappa Society is an academic honour society. Its mission is to “celebrate and advocate excellence in the liberal arts and sciences” and induct “the most outstanding students of arts and sciences at America’s leading colleges and universities.”

 It was founded at The College of William and Mary on December 5, 1776, and thus it is the oldest honour society for the liberal arts and sciences and among the oldest undergraduate societies in the US.

In an online interview with our correspondent, Ohuabunwa, who was born in Okota, Lagos and attended Lilly Fields Primary School, Lagos, said he left Nigeria after his junior secondary school education at Air Force Comprehensive School, Ibadan, Oyo State. 

“My parents moved the whole family when I was 13 years old. I was about to begin SS1 at Air Force, Ibadan. When I got to the US, I was enrolled with my age mates, which meant at 13, I was in middle school. I went to Fondren Middle School, which was in the middle of the ghetto. That was one of the darkest years for me because I encountered a lot of peer pressure. Some of the students, ignorant about Africa, bullied me and called me names such as ‘African booty scratcher’ because to them, Africans were dirty and scratched their butts all the time.

“Some asked me if I lived in mud huts and ate faeces for breakfast. I remember one day, when I was walking to the school bus, a boy came from behind and punched me in the face, called me an African and walked away. It took everything in me not to retaliate. I knew that God had put me in the U.S for a purpose and it did not involve fighting or selling drugs or doing the wrong things.

“My experience during that year gave me a thick skin. I learned to stand for what I thought was right even when the opposition seemed insurmountable. I also learned to look at the positive in all situations. Even though these kids were bullying me, I was still gaining an opportunity to school in America and nothing would stop me from making the best of this opportunity.

“The shocker was that the kid that punched me in the face was black. I would have expected the blacks to be nicer to me. Nevertheless, I don’t blame those kids because they were ignorant about Africa. All they knew about us was the stuff they had watched on TV or documentaries, showing primitive African tribes, living in the jungle and making noises like monkeys.

 “In regards to the whites, there might have been some minor episodes but again I don’t blame them for it because it is a problem with stereotypes,” he said.

But in spite of this humiliation and racial prejudice against him, the first in a family of three was not discouraged. He faced his studies and was always coming top in his class. After he completed his middle school education, he passed the entrance examination to DeBakey High School for Health Professions. It was at this school that his interest in neurosciences and medicine started.

“By the second year of high school, we were able to interact with doctors, nurses and other administrators in the hospital. The more I learned about medicine, the more it felt like the thing God was calling me to pursue and by being in the US I got a lot of people to support me to do this. Even though in high school, I got to see first-hand what it meant to be a doctor. We studied advanced anatomy and physiology, learned medical terminology, and learned important skills, such as checking blood pressure, pulse rate, and many more.

“I knew I wanted to go to the best school in the US. I had heard that Johns Hopkins Hospital had been ranked the number one hospital in the US for the past 21 years and I wanted to be in that environment.’’

Worried that his parents might not be able to sponsor him to the university, Ohuabunwa purposed to work very hard. He did and when the result of the PSAT came, he performed so well that he won the National Achievement Scholar.

By virtue of this award, he received certificates of recognition from various organisations including senators from the Congress of both Texas and the US. He also received scholarship from the University of Houston; Rice University, Texas A&M Honors College and many more.

He had also won the Principal’s Award during the annual awards ceremony at DeBakey High School.

“During our graduation ceremony at DeBakey, I also won the Award for the Most Outstanding Senior Young Man and the student volunteer award for my volunteer activities in the State of Texas,” he said.

 But his breakthrough came when he won the Bill and Belinda Gates Foundation full scholarship to any university of his choice. He worked hard and gained admission to Johns Hopkins University to study Neurosciences.

But why Neurosciences, Ohuabunwa said, “I studied Neuroscience, because I was fascinated with the brain, its control of our behaviours and how various diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, lead to a decline in its activity. I also minored in Psychology because I wanted to understand disorders in the psyche. What causes bipolar disorders or schizophrenia. I did not just want to label them as crazy but to understand what causes these conditions and how we can treat them,’’ he explained.

 But what does he consider to be the missing links in the education sector of Nigeria when compared with that on offer in US, Ohuabunwa said unpredictable academic calendar, corruption, examination malpractice and inadequate funding were some of the problems confronting his home country’s university sector. These, he said, were absent in the US.

 “There were a few problems with Nigerian higher education that contributed to our emigration in 2003.  The first was the number of strikes that occurred in schools. It took my uncle seven years to graduate with a degree that should have taken him only four years. A second problem was the corruption. We had heard of people going into universities, because they paid someone to look the other way. I also heard of a few cheating scandals, where people would pay someone to take their exams for them or get a copy of the exam a few days before,” he said.

But is he saying that US university system has no such problems at all? Ohuabunwa said, “Although this sometimes occurs in the U.S, it is less common because of the strict security. I remember when taking the Medical College Admissions Test,  test required before one can matriculate into medical school, each student had to get his fingerprints taken every time we entered and left the hall. The whole place was packed with cameras and security staff that monitored everything we were doing. The exam was computerised to make sure that no one saw the test before the actual date.”

Another difference, he said, is that America rewards hard-work while the system also emphasises on a balance between academic life and extracurricular activities.

On how he won the scholarship to Yale, Ohuabunwa said his 3.98 GPA in Neurosciences, and many awards he had won and God’s grace, contributed to his winning the scholarship.

“As at the time of my application for medical school, I had a 3.98 GPA of a 4.0. This made me  the only black student inducted into the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa. I was also awarded the Becker Family Scholarship for being the most outstanding student in the Neuroscience major at Johns Hopkins University. Furthermore, by God’s grace, I took the MCAT and scored in the top five percentile.

“That, combined with my hours of volunteer service in different hospitals across the US allowed me to gain acceptance into every medical school I applied to, including Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins, Columbia, and Cornell. As the time came to make a decision, I had narrowed it down to Harvard and Yale. Both schools, I enjoyed visiting. Nevertheless, while my parents prayed, they asked God to give us a sign of what school to attend. A few days later, I received a letter from Yale Medical School, offering me a full ride scholarship for all four years. That was the sign from God,” he said.

But would he come back to Nigeria after the completion of his programme, he said yes.

“I am absolutely interested in the health care policy decisions in Nigeria. Because there are many changes that need to occur, I will not rule out the possibility of coming back after my studies, in order to join hands with the leaders to make these changes possible.’’

He added that his ambition is to become a medical doctor specialising in brain surgery.

 “Two weeks ago, my grandmother passed away after a long battle with strokes. Even during emergencies, it was difficult for her to get to the hospital, let alone get treatment. This is a common theme not only in the health care system of Nigeria, but in different countries in the world, where the poor get neglected.

“Second, Nigerian hospitals lack the infrastructure required to compete with major hospitals around the world. It would be an honour to one day contribute to this transformation that is necessary for improvements in Nigeria’s health care sector,” he said.

He, however, advised Nigerian youths who have the wherewithal, to go abroad to study. Ohuabunwa also called on  wealthy Nigerians to invest more in the education of the poor rather than in acquisition of material things.

Ohuabunwa, however, said that his parents, who he described as his greatest role models,  contributed a lot  to his academic feat through Godly training, counsel and guidance. He also did not forget the impact  that his short stay at Air Force school had on him.

 “I was definitely not the brightest at Air Force. At that time, I felt like I spent more time running away from seniors than focusing on my studies. Nevertheless, I learned three things at Air Force that have served me well in the US. I learned discipline, adaptability and resilience. These attributes helped me a lot in US,” he said.

After this was read in church on Pentacost Sunday, I ve been going back to my friends who ve been convinced by Pastor Chris teaching with regards to this topic.

I am not condemning him but he needs to apologize for the wrong message he broadcasted. He is human and can make mistake. In my church in the UK, if the priest say anything wrong during his sermon, he comes the next day or sunday, apologizes and correct himself. I expect Pastor Chris to do same. Simples. Thank you

Kindly assist me with the price of drilling a BoreHole in Okota.

N/B- It is for drinking and house-hold usage please.

I will be grateful if anyone could provide me with the COST of drilling a bore hole in Okota, Lagos.

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