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Burger01:
Lying liar. You are not to be taken seriously. Maybe you are a frigging 'fake' custom officer. Mtcheew

When I advised that you shouldn't swim in untested waters, you thought that I was joking.Now you see your life.Where in all my posts did I mention that I am a customs officer,let alone being a fake one as you dreamt.
Anyway i don't blame you.There are many of you here who don't seem to know the difference between agencies of government, their functions and their uniforms That's why ignorant persons just like yourself would mistake one agency of government to another,especially when you are in that your so called "harassed and extorted state "
Stop claiming oversabi and take your civic education seriously.Anyway,since I have a concrete evidence that you neither know what colour of uniform the immigration service officials wear nor their functions, I will henceforth as a matter of principle refuse to reply your wails you call quotes.#waillingwailler.

phemmy26:
@erimmy

am surprised at your answer, well i understand....they would always protect their own even when its so open to everyone to see

Have nothing to say anymore.....cheers

Mehn,am really surprised at you too. You asked a question, gave me two options,I chose one and it has become a pain in your butt.

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phemmy26:
@erimmy

I understand you are trying to defend the Nigerian immigration service but you and i know its a well established fact that even if the documents are complete, they do extort travelers especially those who are travelling for the first time on a whole lot of flimsy excuses. I do understand that they are some people whose documents are not complete, i do understand about that but what about those who have compete documents and but still are extorted most especially letting them miss their flight. I only need you to answer a question because i understand that you are trying to say that they don't do what the extort.

DO THEY EXTORT TRAVELERS AT THE AIRPORT EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AND COMPLETE DOCUMENTS. YES/NO ,

NO

Burger01:
Indeed. The message here is 'stop extorting travelers'.

Stop offering bribes to well meaning civil servants. Better still stop travelling with invalid and forged travel documents. Nigeria immigration Service will hunt you until you stop tarnishing Nigeria's image abroad with fake and incomplete travel documents.. I bet you are one of these deportees from UK .No wonder you are so pained. LAST DAYS DEPORTEE[i]

Burger01:
Indeed. The message here is 'stop extorting travelers'.

Stop offering bribes to well meaning civil servants. Better still stop travelling with invalid and forged travel documents. Nigeria immigration Service will hunt you until you stop tarnishing Nigeria's image abroad with fake and incomplete travel documents.. I bet you are one of these deportees from UK .No wonder you are so pained. LAST DAYS DEPORTEE[/i]

Burger01:
Indeed. The message here is 'stop extorting travelers'.

Stop offering bribes to well meaning civil servants. Better still stop travelling with invalid and forged travel documents. Nigeria immigration Service will hunt you until you stop tarnishing Nigeria's image abroad with fake and incomplete travel documents.. I bet you are one of these deportees from UK .No wonder you are so pained. LAST DAYS DEPORTEE

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Burger01:
Ogbeni, zap up and stop blowing unwanted showbiz grammar here. My experience with you touts and extortionists in government uniforms would portray you and the lots of your type as shameless civil servants that encourage corruption and professional indiscipline in civil service. Stop turning blind eyes to the obvious. You lots are corrupt and menace to travelers. I believe my English is simple enough for you to understand.

Another misplaced priority exhibited

Burger01:
Nonsense! I know what I face each time I pass through you people...and nada I don't give you. You are all shameless

Agony of an unrepentant wailer.Take a chill bro

micfoley:
It is sad to note that this problem exists in all our airports including Abuja. However we need to hear the other side of the story before drawing conclusions. Can anyone clarify these. Currently what is the maximum amount of foreign currency you can carry when travelling out? Also must you carry your old passports when travelling with a new one?
These issues came up in my last encounter with immigration 2 months ago. The official actually threatened to stop me from boarding if l couldn't present my old passports. I told him l had never heard of such a thing but he said it's a new law/ directive. I insisted and after a while he let me go.
I advise anyone travelling to get to the airport early so as to complete immigration formalities. 2 or 3 hours before boarding is suitable. Its like they like to destabilize those who are in a hurry

Well, I can only answer on the passport issue,but for the maximum amount when travelling out, I guess you should seek the view of a customs officer if your purpose of travelling is business.But if not,I guess the immigration officer might have talked about the minimum amount and not maximum.
For having to go along with both your old and new passports, that is not necessary .However,the following instances may warrant such:
(1) If both your old and new passports have different names on them and the computer couldn't really tell who you are
(2) If there is an alteration on the new passport which might actually render it invalid and the officer was willing to wave that and still allows you to travel. (3) If you were travelling on the new passport for the first time,but you claimed to have travelled out severally and the officer needed to check your past travel records to make certain of a particular issue. (4)If in the view of the officer interviewing you,there is need for you to travel with the two passports for your own security and welfare from the immigration service of your intended country, lest they charge you for security related offences, even though you might not know it.Apart from the above scenarios, its not necessary to travel with the two

Burger01:
Don't mind the guy sir, he is a complete shame to civil servants

I would not have dignified your belated view about me with a quote especially as it seems to me that you can't contribute meaningfully to the discourse.Nevertheless, for the sake of the unsuspecting nairalanders of this forum,I will ask you to shut your mouth when major security issues as regards agencies of government are discussed especially in a public forum like this ,seeing that you know nothing about the issues so discussed. Rather than resort to insults,you should really seek the help of a professional. It doesn't make any sense for you to hide under quotes or comments from other nairalanders to perpetuate your folly cum ignorance with an opaque, if not a totally shapeless amoebatic comments.Desist from swimming in a totally untested waters to avoid you exhibiting your folly in public.

chitown:
The immigration officer Erimmy missed the point completely. If someone do not have the correct travel document then they shouldn't travel. To solicit for bribe or take one when offered is damaging the image of the country and making our border porous. I have been traveling out of the country since 1978 and I have seen it all. So, please don't try to justify the shady deals of your peers. Someone must sanitize this important area. I hope we talk about our airport. It's a total disgrace to the nation. The air conditioning not working and if it was working you couldn't tell. The conveyor belt was and is still in a state of disrepair. Something must be done about this.

.Yes, if someone doesn't have the correct travel documents, then he shouldn't travel.But that's exactly what the officer might have done in this case,but you guys called it extortion. By the way,is it the immigration's responsibility to fix the air-conditioning and conveyor belt too?. Pls I think you should really know the core functions of the immigration service.

btoks:

I pointed to one part of your speech as a rant and you compare me to one with a psychiatric concern!!
"To the ignorant folks,the passport you claim that's its yours,isn't yours.You are only a holder. The passport is an exclusive property of the Federal government of Nigeria and can be withdrawn from you at any point without prior notice if you violate it usage,and the government agency responsible for both the issuance and withdrawal is NIS.I know many Nigerians just hold passports without reading the caution note on the inside back page of it" in the context of this thread it felt like a rant.
The fact you can state" how dare you", "ordinary citizen"shows the level of communication we're dealing with. Is a president not an ordinary citizen?!!

The fact remains that majority of immigration officers are corrupt, anecdotal evidence from this thread alone points to this fact. This is what is the main issue.Once this is sorted, travellers will get a better experience. I do understand there are some travellers that try to beat the system and they need to be dealt with not legitimate travellers

Mister, its rather unfortunate that you can't see things as they are professionally. You allow primordial sentiments to greatly becloud your sense of reasoning and fair judgement. When I mentioned "ordinary citizen" , I wasn't trying to reduce the personality of any citizen of this country as you implied here,but I was only trying to draw a comparison with the status of that of a President. We all know that the President has privileges, one of which being immunity from prosecution. Now tell me,which other Nigerian has this immunity apart from the President, his vice,Governor and his vice? Therefore, if a President with all the privileges still subjects himself to the rigorous interview/ interrogation by an immigration officer,then who are you that can't be interrogated? Like I said earlier,please stop bribing an officer.

btoks:

I'm sorry officer, your rant about about the Federal Government owning the passport does not hold here.every human has a right to move from one point to another,the passport is just there for a form of control. Having said that, majority of issues at the airport are experienced by Legitimate travellers(mostly naive). Immigration officers should be enforcing Laws not taking travellers for fools and extorting them by dubious means. I've never travelled illegitimately but always had a poor immigration experience departing from or arriving into Nigeria.
I'll suggest that it is the officers who require a total reorientation to give travellers a pleasant experience while enforcing relevant laws.

Am sorry if you lack simple comprehension as regards my post. How dare you call my write up a rant?When you don't know anything concerning different agencies and their functions,the smartest thing you should do is to exercise some level of sense of learning and not jump into the fray as one with a psychiatric concern. That being said,I gave a professional insight into what might have happened as regards the alleged seizing of a Nigerian passport from its holder by an authorized agent of government. Yes, like you pointed out,people are free to move from one point to another,but when it comes to transborder or international movement,such freedom is greatly reduced for security reasons.Even a sitting president of a country subjects himself for scrutiny by an immigration officer at any point of entry or departure,how much less an ordinary citizen. Again, nobody can tell us what really transpired between the said traveller and the immigration officer.Now to you,whenever you travel please stop giving an officer a bribe in order to cloud his sense of judgement and report any officer that ask you part with any money especially if your documents are valid. Remember, HE THAT GIVETH BRIBE AND HE THAT TAKETH IT COMMITETH THE SAME CRIME.

Mackson01:
Immigration officers are thieves. It is an eyesore that you have to even pay for cart trolley at the airport. Everywhere in the world it is free. We must stop this.

Mr traveller, are immigration officials also responsible for cart trolley at the airport?.

I am an immigration officer and I want to say this, and quote me.No immigration officer,no matter how greedy he/she is, can conveniently seize a passport belonging to a Nigerian without the said Nigerian committing an immigration offence.
Sometimes, some Nigerians are funny,they don't have the requisite valid travel documents which can enable them to travel abroad, yet,they would want to travel at all cost.To the ignorant folks,the passport you claim that's its yours,isn't yours.You are only a holder. The passport is an exclusive property of the Federal government of Nigeria and can be withdrawn from you at any point without prior notice if you violate it usage,and the government agency responsible for both the issuance and withdrawal is NIS.I know many Nigerians just hold passports without reading the caution note on the inside back page of it.
So my dear op,kindly ask the concerned Nigerian if her travel documents were valid at that time.As a matter of fact people beg immigration officials to collect bribe from them once they are told that they don't have valid travel documents, so in this case, might be that the passenger involved didn't have valid travel documents, yet she still wanted to travel by all means. Is the immigration staff a father Christmas?
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Horlufemi:


No need use your ATM to book. Collect your booking reference number.

Present it at the the airport and collect your boarding pass.

Another advantage

If you are using Google now on your phone you will get detail information of your flight itenary, when to leave home etc...

Use ur gmail and make sure the email from the airline doesn't go to spam I.e. move it to inbox if it does.

That's all you need.

Ive been using staff and they've been making 4-5k on my head. I just I discovered booking online and it has saved me money. The detailed info on Google now is a big plus

No need of staff phone number.

Thks bro. God bless you. How do I get the booking reference number.Is it from the website or from the ATM? Thks

Horlufemi:

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Thks bro. I was hoping if I could get a phone number too

Pls nairalanders, how much is it to book a plane from Lagos to calabar via online booking? And how can I book online?. Any contacts from arik or aero contractor airlines customer care?. pls help a brother. Thks.

It gladdens my heart to hear news like this.I remember sometimes last year boko haram sent words to us that maimalari barracks would be attacked.I knew that it would be a tall dream for the barracks to be attacked successfully but I also knew that if boko haram earmarked a target for attack, they must as a matter of their principle fulfill such promise,sooner or later.Brig-Gen Maimalari barracks as its known in Maiduguri is the most secured of all the operational bases in Maiduguri.This is where the GOC 7th division of the army and the commander of the operation with his sectors commanders and other components commanders such as immigration, customs, police,and the DSS which make up the JTF go for their daily briefings.As a matter of fact its where we also go and take our daily ration of the JTF food as we called it.I left Maiduguri last year,but am still in contact with colleagues and brothers in arms.Once again I say congrats to the security forces In Maiduguri. I wish to go back to Maiduguri to fight till the last enemy is destroyed. Even though am a south southerner,I wish to see this country in peace .#bokoharamsyourdaysarenumbered

chocolateme:
This is really bad.. He knows he was committing evil and abomination that's why he covered her eyes. No conscience at all.
If man were God, I would shut down the joystick of every man on earth never to rise again. If they want, then can attach POP ti it. That guy should be severely punished.
RIP to the woman.



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See your head.You want to shut down the joystick of everyman on earth never to rise again.How were you conceived, if not for your father's joystick. Abi your papa no be man ni? Shut them down make I see which joystick dem go use Bleep you when you are Hot.Abi you be lesbian? instead of you to condemn the act of the paedophile, you now want to generalised. mtchww. Anyway lest I forget,Death to all rapists and rip to the dead

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This the worst I hate..I have confronted one at the airport ..one daft custom man collected my passport he looked at it and asked me where am I coming from.? I looked at him in a sarcastic manner and I told him ...oga you are with my passport and you are seeing you the visa and exit stamp of the country and you still ask me this question


He then ask if I had chocolate for him....I just told him is for my kids


It can be irritating

I wait for them again next week [/quote Guy you are even the daft one here.How come you mistook an immigration officer to a custom officer. My take is that,it's either you haven't travelled out before or you don't know jack about the different government agencies and their functions.

Amusaopeyemi:
Funny Topic.
'You are my father' - Student
'No i'm not please' - Ex-Law maker

I guess the both of them have not heard about DNA test before.

You probably didn't read the post or you read but couldn't comprehend anything. Rather than you to seek clarification on the issue,you sheepishly and ignorantly exhibit your animalistic tendency. I hate such characters

The Fulani herdsmen has been terrorizing law abiding citizens in their farmlands in such a manner that some even killed their victims. The government over the years has been paying deaf ears to these atrocities perpetrated my these sons of Usman Dan fodio who in their quest to convert every soul to their Islamic fundamentalism see nothing wrong in illegally taking the lives of their follow humans just to satisfy their moon supremo. Today,because it has happened to a rich man,is generating a lot of issues.Security agents are being sent to look for him.I dare say that if government at all levels refuse to look into this Fulani herdsmen atrocities, a time will come when the rich will also be affected.I join with all well meaning Nigerians to call for the immediate and unconditional release of the elderstateman to his family . On a lighter note,I hope he is not being held only to be slaughtered on sallah day like a common ram. pls mods and super mods help push this post to the promised land so that we can contribute our own quota of the #100million.

FFK is a man of high cerebral composition, an avid historian and a man who says the truth irrespective of whose ox is gored.Initially, I didn't seem to like his utterances much,basically because of the weirdness such utterances epitomized,however, I have come to appreciate the level of awareness his recent write-ups on our sociopolitical dynamics has brought . Concerning the the post,he has absolutely hit the proverbial nail on the proverbial head. Nigeria is one because of the southern oil,once the oil is gone, there shall be no geographical entity called Nigeria.

chukwudi44:
You charge a retired army Colonel and someone who was NSA barely 48 hours after leaving office for illegal possession of firearms!!! how dumb can a government get. Even a 100 level law student will have this case thrown out

Exactly my thoughts.They should have done a thorough investigation before going to court.The case will be struck out for want of concrete evidence because it is like the DSS doesn't have enough evidence to prosecute this case.

Chillinmasoul:

Have you changed the imei?

Nope,I don't know how to go about it?