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These pictures speak volumes. You may want to add your voice. Apologies for any cross-posting if these are already in circulation on NL.

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Even my 89 year old granda in Egba Ile will not take a qucik snap at a public event! Shhhhhiooooooooooooor! 

@ Ola Olabiy: You know what: there is absolutely nothing arrogant about the OP. Instead, this thread has been sentimentally derailed by people angered by the OP’s exclusion of hustlers. If the guy wanted people who had trod the path he’s about to thread to counsel him what’s the crime in it? Can someone give what they don’t have? Let me hypothetically put the OP’s request in another way!  “Hi Guys my name is John. I’m a medical doctor in Nigeria, and wishing to relocate to the UK to continue working as a medical doctor. I realise I need to take the PLAB exams, etc, etc. I want medical doctors who have gone through these to please advise me on how to go about things and what problems to avoid. I only want UK practising medical doctors to respond. If you do not fall into this category please don’t bother.” Where is the arrogance, pride, pompousness in this? This is why, in my last posting on this thread, I went, at great length, to exemplify why I think the OP isn’t arrogant.

What we’re dealing with here on NL is lack of comprehension and dearth of communication skills. This is one of the reasons people failed WASC/GCE English Language of those days (don’t get me started on what they call NECO these days): poor performance in the COMPREHENSION bit of the English Language paper. People simply drew wrong inferences from what’s been clearly and categorically stated. Gbosa, they failed, REPEATEDLY! Of course, these days, some people (clearly not all) simply pay mercenaries to succeed in their exams as one thread on TOEFL/IELTS shows.

olas2u:
Depending on where you are doing it machinery they operate,you go first go sidon,then the computer will take you photo ,but another person thats as being doing it for long answers all questions in few mins,that is compter base,and paper base same.But computer base nepa they take light o,so you have to go to a standard place with gen .

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-448270.0.html What hapens to these sort of people, in real life, e.g. on NL, they wouldn’t but fail to deal with simple communication.

One further point of correction: it is absolute ignorance and lack of self identity, on your part, repeatedly on this same thread, to derogatively make reference to Professorships in african (sic, should have been African) studies (black studies) (Did you pass your WASC/GCE English Language or you’re of the NECO generation). You’ll certainly feel lot better if s/he were to be a Professor of European Studies, wouldn’t you? I bet you’re, as ever, deluded about your own Africanness. Otherwise, not the perfect choice of field, Ola Olabiy, and none at that to want to belittle someone. Yes there are African and African-American (as well as European) Professors of African Studies who, for posterity, have been doing and continuing to do incredible, legendary jobs in putting aright the Eurocentric accounts of Africa: its people, religions, culture, traditions, customs and institutions; and who, of course, are legally making their 6 figure bucks in £££ and $$$. What’s your problem with that? I am an Africanist to the core, have you noticed my username? If Devonian were to be a Professor of African Studies, his contributions toward sensitizing fellow Nigerians about our African heritage, history, future prospects, etc, etc, is a very much welcome gesture.

If you must respond to the foregoing, go back to the OP, using his/her precise words, exemplify and illustrate what makes him/her arrogant. Also, intelligently, coherently and logically explain to the whole world what is wrong with being a Professor of African Studies (which, by the way, the OP didn’t claim to be). If not, FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE! And, realizing, you’re such a minuscule thinker, I have no further time for you (and your cohorts angered by the 'hustler sentiments') on this very matter!

Devonian: The responses on this thread exemplify, very strongly, the plethora of attitudes you would encounter not only in the Nigerian university setting, but also in the wider Nigerian society. Are you really sure you’re emotionally and psychologically prepared for this? How a post which seeks the opinion of people in the same or allied field translates into the accusation of ‘pride,’ ‘arrogance,’ ‘pompousness,’ etc, to use some of the nomenclatures here, is beyond me. For sure, I wouldn’t be seeking advice from, or services of, immigration lawyers/solicitors on matters relating to conveyancing, despite the fact that immigration and conveyancing solicitors are all solicitors.

This thread brings to the fore the fact that it’s only in Nigeria where everyone claims to know everything, rubbishing the experts. It’s only in Nigeria that one and the same lawyer/solicitor (not group/chamber of solicitors with different expertise) will be willing (even if not competent) to deal with all matters—criminal law, corporate business law, immigration law, property law, maritime law, human rights law, international law. Haba! Jack of all trade, master of none! This matter reminds me of a Nigerain medical doctor, currently suspended by the Medical Council. An acquaintance complained of certain medical problems. Rather than refer him to his GP, this doctor, without realizing this guy had underlying medical problems prescribed him some medication which the guy got through an African store clandestinely selling medications. Few days later complications emerged and this guy had to be rushed to the hospital. One thing led to the other, and the Doctor was right at the centre of it all. As I’ve said before, he’s under suspension. What ‘am I saying here? Even if a matter falls within the remit of one’s field of endeavour one still need to exercise caution. But that’s not part of us Nigerians. We want to always create the impression that we know it all! Huh?

Devonian: Whilst realizing the importance of wanting to put something back into the Nigerian society, PLEASE, PLEASE, & PLEASE, do it in another way and completely forget about returning to Nigeria to go and lecture. Instead, I suggest what I do in my own field – Finance with the Nigerian university where I completed my BSc degree.

• Personally link up with a university department in your subject area.

• Start by donating books and journals (if you can), so that those over there can catch up with the latest developments and research findings in your field of study.

• Use your links here to bring over for seminars and conferences, long standing lecturers in that link university department. These should be people who can’t go underground once they’re here because they’re looking forward to headships, deanships, professorships, gratuities and pensions and can’t forgo these by simply going underground and not returning to Nigeria.

• Encourage conference attendees to put into practice what they’ve learned at such conferences and seminars, by arranging similar conference at home to continue the debates at UK EU conferences.

• Arrange with some of those whom you have helped to attend conferences to appoint you as a Visiting Honorary Fellow. By arrangement (which could, for example, coincide with your UK holidays and study leave, etc), visit the Nigerian University and conduct seminars and lectures, inspiring those who would wish to be inspired. I bet you, students and lecturers back home would befriend you for various, obvious reasons.

In these ways, and so many others, you’ll contribute your quota to Nigeria’s educational development in your field without the prospect of ferocious hounds, hacking you to an untimely death. If you want us to discuss personally, via email, do let me know, and I’ll let you have my email. If you’re in the London area, I’m part of a think-tank group meeting regularly to deliberate on how those who’re willing to help move things forward in Nigeria in little, little ways! You can also be invited to attend, and you’ll be able to meet some like minded people, some of them the age of my dad.

Bleep HUH

Recently, I raised this issue, and myself and the thread created were adjudged bigoted. Today, it has been reported on this same site, though on another thread (https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-439215.0.html ) that the underlisted, ALL OF THEM IGBOS, are either awaiting execution or serving life jail sentences in Indonesia. Are you guys now willing to repent and swallow your words?

1. Kingsley Okonkwo
2. Michael Titus Igwe (Real name-Izuchukwu F. Ezimoha)
3. Uchenna Cajethan Onyenworo
4. Ekperedike S. Olekama,
5. Adam Wilson (real name-Emmanuel Okari)
6. Hillary K. Chimezie
7. Eugene Ape
8. Humphery Ejike
9. Okwudili Ayotaeze
10. Obinna Nwajiagu
11. Daniel Enemuo
12. Fredrick Lutter (Real name-Benjamin Obiora)
13. Sylvester Nwaolisa
14. Gabriel Nnadi
15. Dennis Anumona
16. Ikenna Ezenwune
17. Stephen Rashid
18. Joseph Ndaba
19. Ken Michael
20. Obinna George

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SHENZHEN: A Nigerian man received the death penalty Tuesday in Dongguan, Guangdong province, after being convicted of drug trafficking. Experts say it is the first case in the southern manufacturing city in which a foreigner has received a death sentence for drug trafficking.

His sentence was handed down from the Guangdong Higher People's Court. The execution still needs the review and final approval of the Supreme People's Court.

Osonwa Okey Noberts, 37, was found trading nearly 6 kg drugs to Chinese drug dealers at his rented apartment in Baiyun district of Guangzhou from February to April 2008, according to the investigation.

"Osonwa Okey Noberts took the drugs from the suppliers and sold them to the lower-tier buyers in China. The amount of heroin reached 5,978.1 grams. He deserves the most severe punishment," said a press release by the Intermediate People's Court of Dongguan, where the final verdict was announced.

Zhang Dongxiang, the 27-year-old Chinese girlfriend of Noberts, received a death sentence with a two-year reprieve for assisting the illegal trade.

They lived together starting in July 2007 but when she discovered almost six months later that the Nigerian was trafficking drugs, she rented another room next to their apartment to facilitate the trading and provided necessary help.

Two other Chinese drug dealers, Wu Xianjun and Jiang Xuzhi, also received death sentences with two-year reprieves for drug trafficking and employing people for the illegal activities. Policemen found guns and bullets in their homes when they were arrested in April 2008.

The Guangdong Higher People's Court upheld the convictions of the first trial at the Dongguan Intermediate People's Court in June last year but reduced the sentences on four of the convicts after taking into consideration their appeals, the report said.

According to China's criminal law, trafficking of more than 50 grams of heroin can warrant the death penalty.

Official statistics showed that drug trafficking by foreigners is becoming rampant in Guangdong.

Four foreigners, along with five other suspects, have been in custody since they were caught in Shenzhen for allegedly smuggling 144.5 kg of heroin from Pakistan in September 2009.

The Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court heard eight drug-trafficking cases, involving nine Africans, were involved, in November 2008. Eight received a stay of execution, while the ninth person was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Source:China Daily (http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90777/90855/6915525.html )

[b]Whenever you hear this kind of news, before you hear the name of the perpetrator, one can always bet it's an Igbo name. Why is this very very predominant amongst the Igbos lads and lasses. Traditionally, I respect the Igbos for their industriousness and creativity, but what's happening these days?



Who's Who in the Drug Peddling Hall of Shame.


1. Osonwa Okey Noberts, 37-year- old man (http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90777/90855/6915525.html )


2. Ngozi Eneh, a 36-year-old mother of three (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8239390.stm )


3. Vivian Chioma Metu, a 39-year-old woman (http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/03/25/woman-39-conceals-1-5kg-of-heroine-inside-hair/ )


4. Stanley Nwanne Igbokaeze, a 47-year- old man (DOB 30 09 61) (http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/newsarticles/2009/july/nigerian-man-charged-in-drugs )


Please, feel free to add other names to this list, indicating your source(s).[/b]

It's a shame religions which historically were foreign to Nigeria (e.g. Islam and Christianity) have monumentally swept away the indigenous religious knowledge which we hold in our own part of the world. Can we use this thread to make contacts so as to share our knowledge of indigenous traditional religions and medicine. For example, if someone is giving you hell of time, you can take them out of the equation. Read my first post on this NL. What I finally did was to take 7 days off work. During the period, I completed an African Traditional Religious ritual and bounded their ring leader to voluntarily resign from work. By the time I resumed work, the guy had already left. You see Yoruba says, SHONSHO MEJI KII PADE.

The thing is, you must have one African Traditional Religious ritual knowledge which you're able and willing to share in return for the one or two which I'm able and willing to share with you. Plus, it must be effectual. In this way, you increase my knowledge in the same manner that I increase yours.

Thanks,


ERELU_Y

If the story shown below and titled "Massacre: Fulani herdsmen kill 500 in Plateau State" is really true. I can only conlude that Chimpanzees are more civilized than these Muslim Fulanis.

Massacre: Fulani herdsmen kill 500 in Plateau State
From Mariam Aleshinloye Agboola, Jos

Monday, March 8, 2010

No fewer than 500 persons have been brutally murdered and many wounded in three villages in Jos South and Barakin Ladi local government areas of Plateau State by persons suspected to be Fulani herdsmen.

According to an eye-witness account, the men who arrived at Dogo Nahawa and Shen in Jos South local government area at about 3am massacred the villagers including women and children in their sleep in what was believed was a reprisal attack on villagers who were not part of the Jos crisis of January 17 this year. A similar attack took place in Fan, Barakin Ladi local government area.

The Dogo Nahawa and Shen villages are close to Du village the country home of Governor Jonah Jang.

The state Commissioner of Information and Communication, Gregory Yenlong, who briefed journalists shortly after visiting the affected areas, confirmed the casualty figure and described the massacre as ethnic cleansing aimed at the Beroms and called for the arrest of the National Public Relations Officer of the Myetti Allah Cattle Farmers Association, Alhaji Saleh Bayare.

He said a mass burial would be held for the victims on Sunday evening even as government has tightened security in and around the affected villages.

Some of the victims brought to Plateau Specialist Hospital were carrying machete cuts on the head and some of the dead ones including children had their heads severed from their bodies.

The Chief Medical Director of Plateau Specialist Hospital, Dr. Pam Datong, said so far he had received six corpses and nine persons wounded in the attack.

Commenting on the incident, the Gbong Gwom Jos, Jacob Gyang Buba , described the massacre as a heinous crime against humanity, pointing out that while the state government and prominent citizens were trying to ensure that normalcy was back to the state, some people were bent on ensuring that Plateau knew no peace.

The traditional ruler who said he had been receiving threat calls from persons saying his kingdom would be attacked vowed that the perpetrators would not go unpunished.

Governor Jang who had also visited the areas affected urged the people of the state to maintain peace, assuring that government was doing its best to arrest the situation.

http://odili.net/news/source/2010/mar/8/523.html

I've just discovered this site. I've been living in the UK for 6 years as a mature student. After over 15 years of working in Nigeria in the financial sector, at the managerial level, I felt there are untapped academic potentials in me awaiting in-depth exploration.  Moreover, I didn't find my work in Naija intellectually demanding and challenging. Of course it had it's own challenges and demands. Money wasn't any problems, and I had no fears about future job prospects. The thing was, I had insatiable appetite for further education and wanted to give it a go. So, I decided to come over to the UK. Initially, I got a full scholarship to do my MBA in a top UK business school: it's in the 1-10 category. The scholarship paid for everything (return flight, accommodation, feeding, books, arrival allowance, departure allowance), and I was obliged to sign an undertaken that I wouldn't work during the 12 months period of studying for my MBA. So, I didn't WORK. As I was completing the MBA, my professor encouraged me to apply for PhD admission and funding. Luckily, I was successful. Again, over the following three years, I squarely faced my studies and completed my PhD in record time. I felt really satisfied because that’s what I really wanted to do. So, for the first four years. I didn't work because everthing was fully catered for.

Upon graduating, job opportunities came and I chose to go into the industry working in a multinational and multibillion pound corporation as a financial analyst. Excellent pay: I couldn’t, realistically, wish for anything better for the moment. Besides, the job is intellectually very challenging—which is wanted I had always wanted. Upon resuming work, and as days and weeks go by, I realised that I've, in the previous 4 years been living in 'a fool's paradise.' Life and relationships in the ivory tower as a student isn't the same as in the REAL WORLD. I really didn’t know this people and had always felt they’re great, lovely, honest, straightforward people. When I heard people talk of discrimination I felt it was because of their low paid job and status. I’m now experiencing it, FIRST TIME and BIG TIME. Although my co-workers pretend to be friendly, my gut feeling is that they’re really not. They’ll tease me with anything in the news relating to Nigerians, even if it happened in such remote places as Afghanistan, Peru, etc, and not making news here in the UK. They’ll Google it, I presume, and bring it up in the office, seeking for my opinions. I always think it’s rude and unwarranted. About my work, when my immediate boss can’t find anything wrong with what I’ve done, then he’ll say, ‘these seem fine, but can we explore other ways of dealing with this data,’ and I’ll say ‘if you show me precisely how else, then why not, we can try other avenues’ and he’ll say, ‘go and think of other ways of dealing with this, we need more creativity here.’ To cut the whole story short, it’s just about witch-hunting and giving me hassles, and two years into the job, I’m jokingly telling them they better get used to me or else I show them I’m Erelu Aya Apena from Egba Ile.

Those of you who’s been in the system longer, please advise.