Sir,

I will be glad if you can check the carfax for me: 2HKYF18684H506121

inze:

You entered an invalid VIN: 2HKYF18153H560884
Your VIN needs to be:

Exactly 17 characters.
For a vehicle manufactured after 1980 (1981 or later model year.)
Without the letters I, O, or Q.

Thanks a million times, the wrong VIN has been corrected as follows: 2HKYF18154H560884. Please help to re-check

Oga inspired,

Kindly assist with these vin checks: 2HKYF18153H560884 and 2HKYF18143H536400. Your assistance wil definately guide a colleague of mine in taking a decision

Uncontrolled high blood pressure, commonly known as hypertension, has been said to kill in at least eight different ways.

They include stroke, diabetes, kidney failure, heart attack, aneurysms, end-stage liver failure, coronary heart diseases and sudden death.

Emeritus Prof. of medicine, Oladipo Akinkugbe, describes high blood pressure as a condition that occurs when there is excessive pressure on the walls of the artery and adds that this causes damage to the blood vessels, as well as vital organs in the body when it is not controlled.

Hypertension is also a major health concern for Africans.

In Nigeria, about 57 million people are estimated to be hypertensive with many still undiagnosed.Akinkugbe says this high incidence of hypertension is a major reason why many die suddenly from heart attack and stroke.

High blood pressure is preventable and it is also manageable, so you need not die from it if you make efforts to control it.

According to Akinkugbe, one can live over three decades with hypertension without developing complications associated with the condition, if detected early and managed properly.

He adds, “I have patients I diagnosed with high blood pressure 30 years ago that are still alive today, because they managed it by taking prescribed drugs and making lifestyle changes.

“Research has proven that salt intake is a reason why most Africans have hypertension. Hypertension only kills when you ignore it.”

If you have already been told that you have high blood pressure, then your doctor must have prescribed some drugs to help you control it.

While medication can lower the condition, it may cause side effects such as leg cramps, dizziness, and lack of sleep. Luckily, most people can bring down their blood pressure naturally .Your lifestyle plays an important role in treating your high blood pressure, according experts on mayoclinic.com.

They say if one can successfully control one’s blood pressure by living well, then one can delay or reduce the need for medication. Here are lifestyle changes to make if you are ready to lower your blood pressure and keep it down for life!

1. Watch your waistline

Blood pressure often increases as weight increases. Losing just 10 pounds (4.5 kilogrammes) can help reduce your blood pressure. In general, the more weight you lose, the lower your blood pressure.

Losing weight also makes any blood pressure medications you’re taking more effective. You and your doctor can determine your target weight and the best way to achieve it.

Besides shedding pounds, you should also keep an eye on your waistline. Carrying too much weight around your waist can put you at greater risk of high blood pressure. In general, men are at risk if their waist measurement is greater than 40 inches (102 centimetres).

Women are at risk if their waist measurement is greater than 35 inches (89 cm).


2. Exercise regularly

Regular physical activity — at least 30 to 60 minutes most days of the week — can lower your blood pressure by 4 to 9 millimetres of mercury (mm Hg).

And it doesn’t take long to see a difference. If you haven’t been active, increasing your exercise level can lower your blood pressure within just a few weeks. If you have pre-hypertension — systolic pressure between 120 and 139 or diastolic pressure between 80 and 89 — exercise can help you avoid developing full-blown hypertension.

If you already have hypertension, regular physical activity can bring your blood pressure down to safer levels. Talk to your doctor about developing an exercise programme.

Your doctor can help determine whether you need any exercise restrictions. Even moderate activity for 10 minutes at a time, such as walking and light strength training, can help. But avoid being a “weekend warrior.” Trying to squeeze all your exercise in on the weekends to make up for weekday inactivity isn’t a good strategy. Those sudden bursts of activity could actually be risky.

3. Eat a healthy diet

Eating a diet that is rich in whole grains, fruits, vegetables and low-fat dairy products and skimps on saturated fat and cholesterol can lower your blood pressure by up to 14 mm Hg. This eating plan is known as the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet.

It isn’t easy to change eating habits, but with these tips, you can adopt a healthy diet: Reduce salt in your diet. If you are an African, you need to reduce your salt intake. Even a small reduction in the salt in your diet can reduce blood pressure by 2 to 8 mm Hg.

To decrease salt intake, track how much salt is in your diet. Keep a food diary to estimate how much salt is in what you eat and drink each day and avoid eating processed foods as much as you can, because they are preserved with salt.

Also do not add raw salt to your food. Potato chips, frozen dinners, bacon and processed lunch meats are high in sodium. You can ease into this change by cutting back gradually till your taste buds have adjusted to it.

4. Cut down on alcohol

Alcohol can be both good and bad for your health. In small amounts, it can potentially lower your blood pressure by 2 to 4 mm Hg. But that protective effect is lost if you drink too much of it — generally more than one drink a day for women and men older than age 65, or more than two a day for men age 65 and younger.

Also, if you don’t normally drink alcohol, you shouldn’t start drinking it as a way to lower your blood pressure. There’s more potential harm than benefit to drinking alcohol. If you drink more than moderate amounts of it, alcohol can actually raise blood pressure by several points. It can also reduce the effectiveness of high blood pressure medications.

N.B, if you do not know your blood pressure level, please get tested today.


CULLED FROM : PUNCH 07.11.13

Be ready to cough out over a million naira per annum for accommodation in the areas you mentioned. Cost of leaving is a function of your taste i.e level of comfort you want. A decent comfort level per person may cost around N150K to N200K per month

dbalinga: hi guys.....applied for French visa with my wife and son on the 3rd of June. Picked up the passports on the 22nd July, we was issued the visas.....though I am a frequent traveler, being to the Uk and france on many occasion,but what amazed me was the fact that my wife and son had virgin passports, and I didn't have much in my account. was scared though

@dbalinga,
Travel history is a strong asset when applying for visas, obviously, yours worked for you and the family members, congratz.

favored gal: Ah since na...iv even forgotten i went on vacation

Paris is very beautiful right? But very expensive as well

Back in naija, if not for language barrier, paris will be my preffered destination for holidays, though, a bit expensive. The wedding ceremony i attended in Vannes was a full fun. Cheers

@INZE/INSPIRED, thanks a million times

Oga inspired, i salute.
Please, a friend is to purchase one from the following 2 cars, your assistance is needed on the carfax report in order to choose right.


a. 2T1BR32E65C448474

b. 2T1BR32E26C578382


Thanks for your usual magnanimity

Nigerians are tired of all these their to, to, to , to and to. All we want hear is we have , we have , we have, we have and we have. People in Govt should stop day dreaming.

jennyo: had my two babies in luth via C-section .The operation in both cases took lest than 45 minutes and was discharged four days later.it wasn't comfortable but I honestly felt like I had the best hands taking care of me.

My Wife has had two also. One @Luth. She was able to get up from her bed 4 hrs after. Walked a short distance around the bed 6hrs later. She was also able to dance and entertain during our child- naming ceremony. All these she could not do with her first CS @ a private hosp. Bottomline: Better pain and after-surgery management. Downside: Long agonising wait during ante-natal days, incessant strike action etc.

@afulstop. Thanks a million times, i apprecite.

@favored gal. Surely you will forever remained favoured by HIS GRACE, i guess you should be back in naija by now

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Any nairalander resident in Paris? please help me with directions on where to do moderate family shoppings, i am staying in paris for 4 more days only before returning to naija with my family. presently, we are lodging in an hotel at clichy and i can`t see any shopping mall around for now. I will appreciate every effort that may be used to assist a brother.

CHEERS

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@aagadeogun,

If you can make the organisers of your programme in Netherland to write french embassy a mail regarding the urgency, that may help quicken things. all the best.

Due to the important increase of visa applications deposited for the Consulate of France, the deadlines of instruction of your file could set up till two months or more. Thank you for planning an extension being enough for putting down your application before date planned for your departure.

This is to inform all visa Applicants that after applying at VFS, you will have your biometrics enrolled at the French Consulate the next working day at No. 1 Oyinkan Abayomi Drive, Ikoyi, Lagos until further notice. This is due to the technical hitches at the VFS France Visa Application Centre.

--- Learnt the biometric machine at VFS has been faulty since last week

SOURCE: VFS WEBSITE as at 05.06.13

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holiday going to paris - venice - rome and london all in 2 weeks[/quote

kool, will do holiday in paris, attend a friend`s wedding ceremony in vannes and then round off the holiday in paris before returning to naija, all within 2 weeks too. Wishing u a safe, interesting and memorable trip.

favored gal: off to paris tomorrow

For stay or for holiday? i will be leaving with my family in the first week of july, how i wish i can fast-track that date.

jt2010: Hi Guys,

Just got my own 3 months visa now. I submitted on April 04 for single entry but i was given 3 month multipy.

CONGRATS

favored gal:

Picked up my visa, was given 6 months, multiple entry. Cheers

Congrat, we hope to see more of such good news from nairalanders that have, about to or planning to apply

dotcom_na_me_na_me:

And how many months they gave you?
Any previous visa before?

I filled in the form that i want to spend 10 days during the trip, single entry, but, they issued 1 month visa multiple entry.
don`t have valid visa on my present passport, made photocopies of the expired ones on my old passport, but, the VFS staff removed them during pre-screening of my documents. Out of four of us, only my duagther still had her expired UK visa on her present passport.

favored gal:

thanks, i havent even tracked it online, will do so tonight.

Meanwhile, was your case "Emergency" how come it came out so fast?

Actually, i am attending a childhood friend`s wedding in France and the couple made a case for me at the embassy. That made my case to be categorised as emmergency.

Other types of visit the embassy will probably categorise as emmergency will be business meeting trips and on health grounds.

favored gal:

Really,? 2 weeks after submission or 2 weeks after biometrics? cuz i submitted on the 2nd of April and it is expected to be out this Fri or next monday

@FAVOUR GAL
Wish u success too.

Waleabimbola:


Congratulation bro, but I want to know the following please because I was told they have new processing methods now.
When did you submit
When did you do your biometrics
Did you book appointment before or you just submitted without appointment?
Thanks sir
I want to renew my schenge visa too but I was told by someone that I need to give them 2 months or so for the whole processing.

@Waleabimbola,
Pls, go through my previous post on this same tread, i am sure it will answer your question. In summary, submission and biometrics is now same day, same venue. But you will get an intruction date which may be up to 2 months or more, you may get an earlier date if your case is important eneough to be categorised as EMMERGENCY. Just walk in to the VFS office between 8,00am and 1.00pm monday to friday to submit. when i was there yesterday for collection, no crowd at all. u can get more info from www.france-ng.com

gabrieli:


1. Go to VFS with your all docs with their photocopies, U will get a tally number at the gate
2. The will call u in when it is your turn
3. U will get your docs pre screened at the first port of call, next u go for visa fees payment(within the same hall)
4. Finally u do biometrics.
T hey will give u your instruction date, meaning that your docs will be dispatched to the embassy, but, will not be processed until the date on your instruction sheet, from the instr. date u will still need to add 10 days before your decision from them.

Note: If you had planned to travel in may or june 2013, don`t bother to go their because the ealiest intruction date is already at earlier july 2013. This is realy crazy, french embassy will hold your docs for 2months b4 u get thier decision.
I was there to submit on 29th April, the instruction date given to me is june 24th, i had planned to travel by 1st July, see me see wahala oooo.

I thank the GOD almighty. By HIS devine intervention, wify, daughter, son and i got the french visa yesterday, just within 2 weeks of submission. Paris, see u in summer

Waleabimbola: please what is the new france visa application process?
do i still have to book appointment before submission?
how long do i have to wait after submission before my biometric is taken?
after biometric, how long is the processing time before i get my passport back?
please anyone with updated information should please reply me..
i was told they have changed lots of things since 26th-04-2013 that is why i said updated information earlier
thanks

1. Go to VFS with your all docs with their photocopies, U will get a tally number at the gate
2. The will call u in when it is your turn
3. U will get your docs pre screened at the first port of call, next u go for visa fees payment(within the same hall)
4. Finally u do biometrics.
T hey will give u your instruction date, meaning that your docs will be dispatched to the embassy, but, will not be processed until the date on your instruction sheet, from the instr. date u will still need to add 10 days before your decision from them.

Note: If you had planned to travel in may or june 2013, don`t bother to go their because the ealiest intruction date is already at earlier july 2013. This is realy crazy, french embassy will hold your docs for 2months b4 u get thier decision.


I was there to submit on 29th April, the instruction date given to me is june 24th, i had planned to travel by 1st July, see me see wahala oooo.

Including your travelling agent?

I am equally interested in knowing this, those that know should help pls.

Due to the important increase of visa applications deposited for the Consulate of France, the deadlines of instruction of your file could set more than a month. Thank you for planning an extension being enough for putting down your application before date planned for your departure.


The above caption is from VFS website today.

Awa ti gbo!

Vicjustice:
I have no idea about "Wakanow", i don't even know what they do or how they function, i have never had anything with them, so i can't say anything about them.
But who told you to confirm flight reservation before making a visa application?

It is stated in French visa requirement as follows:

Confirmed reservation of return flight ticket(s). If applicable, detailed itinerary clearly showing the name of all visited countries and the dates of stay

Vicjustice: Family Visit Visa is not categorised for those travelling with family, but for those travelling to visit their family (members) already in the country: but the persons that you intend to visit is your "friend", so you are not qualified for that category.

Provide documentary evidence of the funds

Thanks for ur advise and guidance, pls one more question on the issue of confirmed flight reservation and hotel booking.because of the fear of using forged reservations unknowingly, I have been trying to book them myself. What do they mean by confirmed flight reservation? since I am not expected to pay for flight tickets until I get the visa and knowing fully well that the will automatically cancel all reservation if payment is not made after certain hours after booking.Also, is booking through sites like wakanow.com acceptable?

As for the hotel booking, I have gotten to the stage of paying deposit which I plan to pay even with cancellation insurance fee,but I just hope my GT bank debit mastercard is acceptable.