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ojdollars:
@ALL Bros and Sist in the House. How long does it take to process a UK Tourist/Visiting Visa when one lodge application at VFS Office in Ikeja? Please response to this post is highly appreciated.

2 weeks minimum guy

@Inspired and chaircover
Insurance in the Uk is one complex jagon,everybody is treated diffrently I got 9yr no claims bonus and that equivalent to %75 discount which translate into £42.80/month i got a 2002 3318i,my coz same 9years no claims bonus (thats the max U can hve) same car diffrent area pays £65/month cos his area is meant to be high risk ie SE london while Im in W london, so it depends on Engin capacity,make, location,where car parked overnite,security fitures ie immobslizer or trackign devices,age of driver,age of car etc, and its calculated by a computer not humans lol

ShipIt:
White cars are usually cheaper, but not by much. Maybe by about $100 dollars or so. The reason is because every car has to be painted with a layer of white paint before other layers are added to give it its final color. So there is a cost saving in the price of the added layers if the car happens to be white.

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lol nah you are wrong there mate, cars are not painted white, they are primed lol

emmatok:
Only dumb men waste money on GFs, when they can to something better with their money.

So you think i would ignore my immediate family(parent and siblings) and business.

For a GFs who probably has numerous BFs in her life.

and just to ask, guys do take thier girls out,buy cards and flowers and holidays lol what else does she want ohhhh yeh black berry,Rent money,top up T fare lol

ronkebp:
Lol, all those flower runs is acceptable here, Naija get im own runs, let them do it as it is there, if na blackberry dey reign, then the so called lover should make it rain (joke) but seriously, it is all about showing that 'i care about you,' even if na to buy ikpekere!!!! it is acceptable, but not to do at all!!!! mbanu!!!!.

I have seen where the buying of flower became war lol girls in 9ja want physical cash,phone, most especially pay the Rent.


NOW @ OP
Answer this or hold your peace,what do you want from the guy?? stop bitting arround the Bush,lets see if you are woman anough to answer this question.

ronkebp:
Whatever!!!! a man that cannot provide for his gal, should go and sit down first, when he has made enough money for him to throw around he should come back and have her. Where i live you need to see how men pamper their girlfriends/ fiance/ wives, in every aspect, despite the fact that they are both independent, you need to see how they spend on vacations, on flowers, gifts and so on and so forth, so i don't know what you men are saying, all i can infer is that the naija guys we have now, are not capable and are irresponsible, and that is why we have aristos' taking over.

you dont get it do yah lolol you are so goulable, try and ask OP what she wants,see if its amongst any of those things you just listed as to what men do for thier girls over where you live plz ask lolyou would discover its the total opposit, you are living in a near perfect world where both gender have equall opportunity.YOU ARE ADVICING A GUY TO BUY FLOWERS FOR A GIRL IN 9JA lol that would B war start lol she will tell you say nah flower she go chop

@ronkebp
thats a total diffrent sceenerio,we are talking about two people who dont live together, the might not even live in same state,might only see each other once in a month for all we know she is in Uni but she aint told us where he lives yet or what he does for living, when you live together wiv you bf its a diffrent bsll game but when its relationships based on you living appart you dont expect the guy to give you money 2wards things like hand outs,rent,clothes,shoes,mobile top ups,hair do,??

lovedgal:
yes, oohunt. It is serious and I will talk about it with him at some point soon. I have committed the relationship into God's hands.

@erico2k2, I wouldn't go for a man who wouldn't love me but I really hope this one who loves me will provide for his family if we eventually end up together.
I was not just worried for the now, I wondered for long term.

My dear develop  and upgrade yourself, dont wait 4 no man cos in the future if you av lil arguments he will tell you he trained you i n school etc, like i said earlier for all you  know he could be spending money in paying the fees of his siblings.

@ronkebp
if you read my ealier post you would notice  that I asked for definition of stingyness within this context.In my book a stingy person is one who takes  and fails to give,no in the situation of the OP what is taken  and what is there to give? you cant say S   e   x   cos that would ammount to prostitution, so tell me, what is there to give  and to take

all4naija:
@erico2k2

Don't always hope for your guy to help you out in such a situation! I think that is a responsibility.You can confidently say you did it on your own and you are independent on anybody! PEACE!

thats correct, I wish most girls would listen to this, for all we know the so called stingy man could be sponsoring 3 sisters  and tw brothers in thier education.

all4naija:
@ronkebp

Among basic reasons men look down on some girls. What if the guy's not to be there? Come on, learn to act to take responsibility. Such woman can't help to fix a falling home!

by saying take responsibility how do you mean guy?

lovedgal:
Thank you all for your analysis for and against my post. I have taken good and bad criticism in good stride. I have understood both sides and will work towards being more independent but sincerely hope he would be a provider for his family and start learning now.

For the bitter ones who nearly crucified the poster, it is not my fault that some girls you met at some point in your lives treated you or your best friends as magas or atm machines. Not every girl as generalized by most of the guys want to depend on a man, if they can help it. And when they do, it is usually for realistic matters,  not materialistic issues,  Up until now, I never felt the need to want help from my man whom I have been seeing for a while now.

Good on you, but just so you know,if a guy truely loves you and cant afford to help you financially at all,what would you do,leave his love  and opt fot the one that dont love you but gives you money?these are strong questions you must ask yourself,I already know the answer  but the truth they say is bitter,this is why we left 9ja in the first place,its so hard to be self sufficient even though you work,its hard to keep up let alone not work
On a last note only a true Maga would allow themselves to be taken 4 an ATM machine by a girl,these are men who aint confident or rather married

lol you girls saying all men r cheats,liars etc, are you gonna hold this opinion when you get to 38years old?

@OP
you are %100 right, white cars are indeed cheaper abroad,
the colours of cars constitutes the prices on them so is the trim level as well as the interiors.
Even the Insurance also r high cheaper but  and a BIG BUT,this is only true when buying a brand new Car but also can be applied to used ones in some circumstances,colours that recist fingerprints or reveals less fingerprints when you infact touch them are more expensive ie metalic colours.Red/Black/Blue and red cars are more xpenssive.

we dont have politics in Nigeria what we have is a specialised institution of looting.

to OP and those of you supporting the OP could you help define stingyness in this context.

of what good is SIM CARD registration,why dont they register IME number of mobile phonees instead,idiots.

Beaf:
Learn about the Nigerian constitution. All generated power must be distributed by the FG through the national grid. That is the crap law the military handed down since 1999.
One thing you'll notice in your post is that the FG owns both power stations in pilele and they also gave you a transformer; it was not your LG or state govt that did that. Rivers on the other hand, actually owns its own power station, they have been caught out by that law; the same happened to Lagos and Akwa Ibom.

I feel you beef, Im ignorant on that Fg law etc,Im just glad that power is generated and used in pilele so if we get power falure we know where it comes from
but Beaf, I remember when the Old power station was working in full capacity back in the 90s they refused to do the stepdown and substation same Old power plant owned by teh FG

Yinkay:
@Knowall.
Iam not Igbo, but from SW working in Onitsha, realising tne benefits of such a port to Onitsha and Nnewi markets. However, the constitution on Maritime is on exclusive list,the States are powerless to do anything, like River State that generates 380MW but cannot distribute to River States people because of tne law that prevents states from distributing eletricity.

what law prevents states from distributing its own power supply or are you assuming, I come from sapele we have two power stationsin that town and a stepdown substation was built 5 years ago cos youths protestetd and shut down the power plants for days and the FG gave in and built the stepdown plus sub station.SO when was this new law enforced and what is it called?

Sometimes I sit and wonder if our leaders or people making these policies did go to school or are plainly ignorant or better still wicked.what loads of rubish,who in thier rightful mind would be talking bout more seaports in LAGOS or ohh so they can sell them off to themselves and cronnies ie like they did with Dangote,anyway thank God those of us who aint politicians are catching up i n the general confort those that steal monies in teh name of politics crave for.

All yah giving kudos, now tell me how does this improve the overal wellbeing of the total populace of Lagosians? or the country at large?? the only usage of our passport atm is to fly out,abi E get another use that we cant substitute our local ID for,misplaced priorities.

topsnet:
@ erick,
Many tanks erick
I am kind of confused, so that means I don't need an invitation letter, am in a private universsity, babcock uni, my parents have actually agreed 2 pay sponsor me and with also also with a good sponsorship letter, nd going to be puttin up in my sisters house, nd the reason I am going to give the ECO is that am going on my hols nd I also have a good academic record in my school, will the money be I'm my account nt or in my parents account, nd if in my account , how much is expected 2 be in my own account for a particular perriod nd if I am applying would it be under the general visitor or what kind of visitor.

you are getting us conffused here as well, the issue of duration of certain monies in an account is ONLY APPLICABLE TO STUDENT VISA not visitors,So if you are going to vist then ofcus you would need to prvoe beyound reasonable doubt that you are going to come back to 9ja after the said period you wanna visit exceeds.No as a student you dont have Income(In the Nigerian context)so you definately need a sponsor,the need to write a covering letter stating thier relationship with you and thier wilingness to cover your cost to and fro your journey and they have to provide personal bank stat to back this up.Now there aint no fixed ammount to this,just make sure the ammount in the account would take care of you cost 3times then you are half way there.You would need an invitation letter too to make life easy for you and the person inviting you should also state in the letter that they are accomodating you then life would be less stressful when it comes to the YES/No bit from the ECO

udezue:
I have all African names and love the fact that my parents gave me no foreign name. We love to adopt alien names yet other cultures or people don't even adopt ours because they are too content and proud of what they have already. Let's get on their level please.

I think you mean you have Nigerian Names,so would you say someone English ie born in England and white answering the name Alex or Alexandra is bearing an Alian name?

Fiver:
Many thanks, Erico2k2

What if the invited person is
a) A student in a private uni, still in school,personal account almost zero but family account/assets very buoyant
b) a recent state university graduate awaiting NYSC call up, can get family members financials as sponsors

which one has a better chance?

Should make up his/her mind who gona B the sponsor,cos to B honest as a student the ECO might think no return is possible you get me,would have been better if the person inviting could be the sponsor.

some people here are begining to sound like Bokoaram leaders who said he was fighting against western civilization and has 3 mobile phones,2 laptops and an LCD Tv when he was raided.There aint nothing in blending in when it comes to name,anybody can give any damn name,it dont mean anyone is less african than someone else cos they got forign name mayB very soon DOgs would bear Igbo,yoruba and housa names mayB yah all will B happy.

Fiver:
How much does someone in the UK needs to be earning (or have in savings) before being able to invite someone, comfortably

a) a student friend B) a family member?

No specific ammount, all the person needs is to be able to prove 1 his/her Income,2prove of address 3 is legally resident .The rest erm the ornus is then down to the invited to prove

ola4yinka:
@Vicjustice & Justwise over to u, I applied for visit visa back in 2006 n was refused, the ECO said he or she was not convinced dat I would come back, na dem sabi, my question is, do they still have my records since there was no biomethrics then, I know u'll be asking why am asking, well, circumstances don change like name n job, thanks ose dalu nagode, bye bye, oh sorry waiting to read from u NOW!, lol

let me put it plaimly no bullshitting, if your names and |Job has change fire down,nothing spoil if not they woul retain you detsils for at least 10 years. and like you said no Bio then

kabukabu50:
How about,Muhammed,and Zainab, many of Nigerians ditch their native names for "arabic" names, not only western names.

these are Muslim names.

Ifecotag
I understood what he OP said, my argument is for sombody to tell me or mention one name that is ENGLISH that we name our kids in NIGERIA, wel let me start with you name one Plz i would give an example of what English name look like ie WOOD.thats a typical ENGLISH NAME

you silly lil boy, Im way older than 25 more than 10 years, why dont you google the name JAMES and paste what you come up with on here, the name is HEBREW
and well you tell me one English NAME YOU KNOW

temodent:
maybe you should have a little more details about the issue, I think you are pre-judging, she isnt paying for her ticket, accomodation and whatever as all this would be taken care by her host who is also her husband, they are legally married. And the husband's status is not in doubt, works and maintains a comfortable accomodation, having all these facts what do you think again. Tthanx

yeh but if so, its evident that the husband was not the sponsorere thats why she had to prove her income.

@ eldee
the boy is 25 years Old hence his reasoning,we dont know his level of education yet hence teh decline in rational ways of thinking
@ afam4eva
I hate to insult people on here but for your stupidity I will break that rule your ignorance is a container load
JAMES is  HEBREW meaning or translated to mean SUPPLANTER
and HEBREW WAS THE LANGUAGE JESUS SPOKE
Now there aint nothing christian about that, i was making refrence to the bible cos of the age of the name if you could barely think out of the Box which you definately lack

afam4eva:
@erico
Your ignorance is top-notch. I have to give it to you. How dare you call a 100% unadulterated judaic names, Christian names. When did christianity start?  People have been bearing those names thousands of years BC. So, what are you talking about. Infact, it's people who practice Judaism that should bear such names. Correct me if I'm wrong, I've never come across the word "christianity" in the Bible.

well now you r insultive, but I just realised you r 25 but at that age I have already finished Uni and well groomed,so you think Im ignorant of the name JAMES you failed to tell me its history or where and how it was derived or its origin??