₦airaland Forum

Zahra29:
I'm very relaxed, I'm not the one who starts popping an angry forehead vein when ever Kemi utters a word, even if it's on a podcast 😂You need to be calming down lol, Kemi doesn't look like she's going to keep quiet anytime soon.

It's her free choice to identify as British having been born here, moved back here as a child and spent the vast majority of her life living here and even having a leading role in government. You don't have to agree, approve or understand as you have a very different background and thus perspective, but her personal view is valid and many people can relate to what she said as evidenced by the radio call-in I listened to this afternoon on this very topic.

Lol, your love and defence for kemi sha, she also needs to be calming down because asides from the Nigerian bashing, headlines like the below will not be forgotten and taints all her achievements and history.

Also, whilst validating people's point of views and people calling into radio stations is okay, it doesn't mean gbogbo won wa okay or dey make sense.

Case in point, LBC caller bashing womens football with so much hate and misogny

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25343980.pictures-starving-children-havent-shifted-support-israel/

P.s- never pegged you as a yoruba person

Lexusgs430:
I mentioned branch on this thread almost 4 years ago.....

Justwise was considering them, don't know if he eventually took the plunge......

Branch also offers a mastercard....... 😁🌿😂

In the process of being ESTAblished then . Will explore and see if it aligns

Lexusgs430:
This is shaving my branch off..... Hopefully not... Banked with them now, for almost 4 years (ponzi's don't generally last this long)....

Branch is also CBN regulated...... 😁😂🌿

First time hearing and reading about them.
One of the numerous advantages of the thread.

Na to find money to shave for the branch remain. Abi you get referral code

Lexusgs430:
Proper juju.... Policies they demonised are slowly becoming main policy statements...... 🤣😁

Exactly, 15yrs proposal from Tories and 10yrs from Labour. Alas, we have done Migrants a huge favour yet again. The loving and inclusive party of Immigrants

Lexusgs430:
What arm would lose, branch would get..... Hopefully, my arm that was saved, would not lead to the shaving of my branch...... 🌿😂😁

Lol and as long as the branch keeps yielding fruits consistently and not turn to dry branch like CBEX

Lexusgs430:
Why is Keir Starmer, now talking about sending failed asylum seekers to (return hubs)......

This almost sounds like the Rwandan - Conservative plan, criticised and scrapped by this same Labour Party...... 😁😂😊

Rinse, repeat and recycle . No new idea from these *generation or set of politicians* and truthfully KS has always been two faced considering his antecedent

At this rate, they may need to ask Chat Gpt to govern us and improve the economy

Lexusgs430:
Oya o.... Non residents, your foreign documents MUST be notarized....... 😁😂

There is a company called "Notary Cam" we used to notarise online. They were recommended by Gtbank and charged £50 pounds or so in 2024.

It was fast and but las las a good way to chop peoples money

Lexusgs430:
Incase you're not relaxed, and what to get triggered...... Enjoy this.... 😁😂

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdUU88ty/

Lol you are not nice . Actually got me triggered on a sunday night, sadly lots of people will keep believing such narrative. Illegal migrant don suffer and enjoy at the same time

Kingkom:
I am a Catholic and it doesn't work like that in the Catholic church. I am still talking to people though. Thank you for your input.

If there is enough time, you can consider participating in a Thrift cycle, this is a good way to help people generate the visa fees, mortgage etc at 0%apr.

Hope it works out for you

Caveat - only try it with reliable people with regular income.

lightnlife:
Fabulous! I knew I was missing out a crucial point.

I've conversed with a few immigrants who say they're unable or unwilling to pay for nursery. This means the child's earliest exposure to a school-setting will be at 3/4 years when they can access the free basic education. Many resort to bringing grannies from back home. Whilst that in itself isn't an issue, I'd be concerned about the social skills the child will build if exposed to the nursery setting earlier on.

A friend who enrolled her one year old son at the nursery for twice a week said the boy has improved in social interactions and self-awareness.

All malam to hin kettle.

Lol at bolded. The cost of it all is quite discouraging but I will say the potential benefit of all those early social interaction for kids is crucial.

And also people dont even know there are some free play group sessions for younger kids but we don work dey go 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

lightnlife:
This is a valid point and I'd want to narrow it down to regional accent.

I believe the Nigerian English at any level is closer to what you'll hear in the Southeast and west of England compared to other regions of the UK with heavy accent - Scouse, Scottish, Mancunian, Irish.

I'm particularly invested in language and communication and I get worried speaking with anyone with heavy UK accent.

@Babajeje123 what regions of the UK are the cases you referenced?

After thought 1: Every child possesses the ability to learn new language effectively till around 12 - 18 years. This is linguistically known as the Language Acquisition Device (LAD), as originally expounded by Noam Chomsky. If that holds true in this context, then children under 15 should be able catch with new language and accent.

Now I'm missing linguistic days Who will bankroll this research?

Nicely stated, another factor to consider is access to affordable childcare within that age range.

A lot of migrants with younger kids keep their kids at home because of the high cost of childcare and not having recourse to public funds and thus not able to utilise the 30hrs for working parents others have access to.

This means the kids have limited access to blend in to a whole new culture, assimilate into the system and so much more.

What in turn happens is, those kids are usually engaged on their ipad or computers for long stretches on shows that are now being found to be addictive and causing behavioural issues from new research.

In summary, there is a whole lot of micro factors to be considered which in turn could be increasing such diagnosis.

P.s - avoid go skippy if you can . Too many damn contact to follow up just to make a claim, I prefer first central but they are now very expensive

After more than 6yrs of driving in the Youkay, we had our first major car *incident* and all the lessons learnt from this thread flew out the window .

A car rammed into us in the middle of the road, and we panicked and moved due to our kids being in the car at the time (no regrets as something worse could have happened).

But in retrospect, we should have stayed calm and see how to take pictures,videos etc at that instant and most importantly get a personal dashcam in the car.

Now we need to split the blame due to lack of evidence, which means half of our excess payment is lost, our NCB for the year lost (protected 4yrs NCB thankfully), lost time following up with calls etc and the anxiety of increased premium and getting good insurance deals.

Lesson learnt, so please get a dashcam if you can to save the headache of having to prove whodunnit#

The infotaining thread 👌😘😘😊😊.
Always a pleasure reading and catching up the all rounded drama.

@agentxxx not sure if you have found a pot yet, but as a sucker for good pots , I will recommend and stainless pots. (Tri-ply and above and look for the grade 18/10 in the description). They are durable, safe, easy to maintain with a jar of Bar keepers friends, no restrictions on type of utensils and cute to look at.

Check out pro cook website for options, quite affordable and stand the test of time.

Dont fall for *sales* advert on those fancy colored pots. They are terrible to maintain.

P.S- you can check out salad master too if you have the fund

justwise:
Good morning people, what did i miss?

Yay, justwise is back 💃💃💃💃💃. Welcome back, just in time for election or you have been out campaigning for Kier Starmer

Lexusgs430:
Absolutely........ If you put your child in a private primary school, they coach them as part of the fees you pay .......

But if you are from Ijebu like some of us, put your child in public primary school and get a teacher or do the coaching yourself........

Didn't know the private schools do that, almost worth it then

Lexusgs430:
Come over to Rochester, we have Fort Pitt, Rochester Grammar school, Rainham school for girls, walderslade school and Chatham Grammar school (only girls)......🤣😂

Na mama born boys I be . When we have money like you 7%

@mamatukwas. You can check out Royal London. We have been using them for 4yrs with very minimal changes. Remember to explore the option of putting it in a trust, and also not cancelled by your employer's cover if being provided.

Lexusgs430:
I hear you also love awoof.......🤔😂

I know moving to an area helps with school selection but the child must still pass the 11+ exam right?

Lexusgs430:
That's why I moved to Rochester...... Within 10 mile radius, we have about 8 grammar school's ........

Lol only rochester. We have just 1 where I live and its girls only. And it's very very competitive to get in

missjekyll:
That's a wealth tax. Labour has rowed back on this which is bonkers to me . But then I m on the left. They ve moved to the centre where the votes are in the UK.

I see 1.3 billion reasons to implement this and support it wholeheartedly

This figure amounts to nothing when majority goes back to state funded schools. Na so them give us statistics for brexit and quoted figures to us.

And how far will that amount go in reality

missjekyll:
Clap clap clap. The only vat payable on this one is on your child's cerebrum.

Lol at least hope he or she will be able to help their generation better with the vat taxed cerebrum

dupyshoo:
I was already punching calculator to consider independent school for my son but based on this policy, our focus is now on Grammar School. Let us use our tax well and save our money.

Honestly and even at that the competition to get in and the cost and sacrifices you will put in place to get the placements. All of these arguments just points that they are not in touch with the reality of how badly positioned the country, economy and it's infrastructure is.

You can't improve the economy just by continously increasing tax and not addressing the bottlenecks.

For example, there have been several government funded research on how to improve the NHS and yet no one has fully implemented or tried to even done anything about their recommendations, and thus wasting resources.

How do we increase salary for nurses, we increase tax and IHS fees, same old cycle

Any small problem, lets tax them.

missjekyll:
And you will have it.your daughter deserves the absolute best. However, if going to private school, there won't be a discount. Its unfair to discount 7% at the expense of 93%.
If you can afford to do something that only 7% can do, you are not just "normal" people. You are doing very well.
93% of parents cannot do this even if they starve themselves and cut every other expenses.

You can also say the recent childcare benefits and discount extended to parents is also unfair to parents without kids innit

missjekyll:
We are already being taxed to death now. Do you want more of the same? I dont.

At least with Labour, i can see where my money is going.(into infrastructure)

Sadly it won't go into building infrastructure but employing needless people into roles that can be easily absorbed. Increasing workforce efficiency and productivity should be the target.

Not forecasting income that you don't have or might not get. What happens if the majority pulls their kids from private back into state schools? And additional strain is put on the already poorly performing schools.

Maybe personal experience will better inform you than statistics you are quoting

kwakudtraveller:
Miss Jekyll I don’t want to believe that you are as ignorant as you sound. I’m not even a woman, but I understand the dangers of having transgender people share the same toilet as my wife. Transgender people have been known to sexually assault women. Do you even read any news at all? 

It is very ignorant to assume that only the wealthy take their children to public schools. Only recently, a young Nigerian boy who went to private school was killed with a sword. His parents are not wealthy, they are just an average family that wanted the best for their child. You have also been in the UK long enough to know that making private schools pay a 20% VAT would mean more expensive fees and parents being forced to move their children to already strained public schools. What are Labour's plans to fund public schools? To use the VAT to pay for 6,500 more teachers? And when the demand increases, increase the VAT again or increase people’s income tax? Our loyalty should be to the cause, not a blind following. Your so-called Labour Party has said more against immigration, but many pages ago, you said they were pro-migration. Think logically please.

Absolutely spot on. Divide that 6500 per student in state schools currently does not amount to anything. About 1 new teacher to each 5-6 state schools. How will they share that.

Zahra29:
Yes what's happening with Homes under the Hammer, I stopped watching as they kept showing reruns.

Location, Location, location is on Channel 4, (Kirstie and Phil). If you have cable you should be able to watch current and old episodes.

Kirstie and Phil also host another popular property show - "Love it or List it", also on C4.

Thanks, will check them out

Zahra29:
This week's episode of Location Location was very impressive.

The first set of house hunters was a young couple who had saved a £110k cash deposit on their own.

The second househunter was a dynamic lady - a cancer survivor and rowing world record holder who had a budget of £1.25M (as a single person!). Remarkable woman 😎

What channel or brodcast location? I am on the search for anoth interesting property show asides homes under the hammer, which is now quite repetitive and boring.

profemebee:
Please please please and please....

Is it possible to go a full day without seeing a UK immigrant video complaining of this and that on any social media channel?

Even if it is for 24hours

Drop the damn ring light or whatever it is called.. drop the phone.. stop the recording....

Goshhh !!!!!!!

Honestly its tiring to say the least, there is always something happening. Went to a wholesale market the other day, it was like I was transported back to yaba and na so someone bring out tripod to record .

There is already rife talks of them stopping individuals from coming due to the manner of buying and splitting and creating chaos.

I even saw someone carrying box of yam/items on the head at the bus station and I begin to wonder if the market is really worth it

Mamatukwas:
Guys there’s chatter (seems in England only for now) about getting ready for emergencies and stocking up on supplies. It’s like the media know something we do not.

Anyone have any insight into this?

An ex-Cia agent turned entrepreneur recently said, a form of World War 3 is going on. Its just a different form than what is expected.

With all the gbas gbos of Russia-Ukraine, Israel- Hamas, Israel- Iran etc. If you want to run now its the time do so oo .
I hear Australia and New Zealand is where you want to be if there is ever a Nuclear war

Zahra29:
Lol at the system in Japan, but definitely food for thought (pardon the pun 🙈).. .the Japanese culture as a whole is more disciplined (and respectful) than here.

I agree that the Tories have a more reasonable stance when it comes to education and gender issues (compared to Labour who I fear will pander to every far left ideology). If only we could blend the 2 main parties together....

Lol because we like freedom of speech and food . We honestly need a hard stance on so many things but no one wants to be named the government that did a radical thing except it is aimed at Migrants.
Perhaps reform party will be better, but they are all the same at the end of the day.

You have voiced my major concern about this labour party, I liken them to US Democrats

Lexusgs430:
Even @74 years old, home office still denied him an ILR........


https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/15/wirral-local-legend-refused-indefinite-leave-to-remain-by-home-office

The article has been removed oo. Just imagine denying the poor man at that age