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I just tracked it now

My passport is ready!!!

Guys!!!!

It's 7.17am November 27th.

Exactly one week after capturing.

I just got a call from that man I gave N5,000 to asking me to come and pick up my passport.

When I pick it up, I will come here and show you guys.

Wahala!

I have had an interesting NL journey. I bursted crime back to back, dismantled scam rings and syndicates. I learnt a lot from my experience that today, I smell scam and I am alert from 1000miles away.

I am happy I did my hit here.

I woke up just thinking about my NL journey here.

I have also so changed my signature since 2019 thereabouts. Learnt Madame Flora Akhare died. It is well. May her soul continue to rest in perfect peace. I don't know her. Even the son, Delight Johnson Uzebbaonuan, I don't know but the plight touched me in many ways and I had to do my bit.

She is at rest now. So will you and I one day.

Avoid abusing drugs. Stay clean. Love your neigbour as your self. Stay away from crime.

Early Monday Musing

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This one wants to bury you finally

Bukola Saraki
Sullivan Chime
Theo Orji
Lai Mohammed

She is being unreasonable, in my opinion.

However, how did you have two valid Nigerian passports at the same time?

Which one is ECOWAS passport?

Did you try to apply online and see if it will be queried? If you are in Nigeria, you should carry yourself to the immigration office and sort this issue out

naptu2:
Wow! Welcome back!

Oh Naptu2! how are you doing? Didn't even take note of the poster. Good to see you too

naptu2:
He has been offline for 3 days and there have been rumours since yesterday that he had been arrested.

Good news

2cribz:
Every thief ,is always robbing other thi3f. The boss saw u and saw a fish,then billed u 15k...how wicked,the other one came and he billed u hw much again.las las u still pay. I felt u would make a scence.it means you are also infected with corruption.

I spent N2600 to that place from my Uncle's house and spent N3100 coming back. I was there from around 9am till 3pm. You want me to spend that transport money again. Not minding that I do not live in the town. I still travelled.

Even the bible says that you should settle before you get to the courts. One has to be wise in their dealings. You can continue dragging that N5k and spend N20k you don't have. Sometimes, apply streets sense. Knowing that this country is a mess

Evidenx:
Nigeria!!!

Even the online application they still squeeze N5,500 from your hand ...This country is finished.


My passport has expired,but I will not renew now,I will wait till the contactless passport is now available to Nigeria.
I nor wan go that their yeye office.

Let's wait till I pick up. E fit pass that amount

He said it is not him that will do anything that his Boss has gone out for lunch that even him he has not eaten that I should wait in that room when his boss comes back, I can speak with him. I said OK and waited.

Around 2pm, one man came holding my printouts and called my name. I answered. He asked if I know that I should register the documents after doing it online myself, I said I didn't know. He told me to register it will cost N12,500, I told him u didn't have that kind of money anywhere but I can squeeze out N2,000. He told me it's not enough. He left me.

I then knew it was a mind game they were playing.

After like 30minutes, another different one came and said "OK, so what did you say is the problem" I said "Goodafternoon Sir, I have been here since 9am and I haven't been attended to. He asked me what is wrong with me, I said I have a headache and it is because I haven't eaten or drank any water all day and it is already after 2.

He asked me how much I have, I told him I have N2000. He said its too small. That I should increase it. I said OK, I will have to call someone to give me an extra N1k. He left me.

That first officer came back and told me to get N5000

I agreed.

Then I was ushered into the capturing room and in less than 10minutes, I was captured. I confirmed my details. Thumb printed and given a slip for collection.

The officer who did that asked me to give him something, I gave him N500.

Other people were giving too.

I asked him when it will be out, he said I should keep in touch with the officer helping me.

I stood up and left.

Just as I was leaving, that first officer I told I will give N5000 to appeared.

For my integrity, I gave him the N5k even though I know his boss didn't send him. But because I have already agreed to. I gave it to him. I even made him give me his account details. So, I sent him a transfer.

I took his number too. So it is safe to say thar he is now the officer helping me.

Here is what my tracking showed this morning.

I will let us know when I pick up on or before the second week in december

The officers came out again after a while and called more names. Mine wasn't called.

I went to them and informed them. They told me to relax that since my appoibtment is for today, the person that will sign is not on seat. I should be patient.
I said OK and stayed calm.

By now, it was getting to noon.

More persons were coming and going and many sitting under the canopy and many more making calls to their officers.

Once in a while, an officer will come, call someone from the canopy and take them inside.

I was waiting.

The woman that brought her daughter told me she paid N200,000 to the immigration for a 10year passport. I told her I did mine online and she was like, if she had known about the online, she would have done it too instead of paying that much and still sit under the canopy 😁

Well, they attended to her and they left and I was still sitting.

Around 1pm, I went to the officer that was calling names and told him I have been here since 9am and that people who came after me had all gone.

He asked me which officer was helping me, I told him no one. He asked me if I did online, I said yes. He asked me to show him my printouts. I gave him. Then he asked me to follow him. I followed him into the office and he asked me to sit somewhere where it was only me in the room.

He came back after about 10minutes and told me to pay N15000 for diesel and other things.

I told him I didn't have shishi to give that even the N52000 was contribution from my village people

He asked me how much I have, I told him I don't have shishsi

Yesterday, 19th November, 2024, I arrived the Immigration office in Umuahia and the officers at the gate asked me to write my name down and the purpose of my being their. I asked them the time and they said 9.13am. I. was early. I wrote "Capturing" as purpose of the visit.

They directed me to a canopy where some people were already sitting and I sat down.

Plenty people not in uniform were coming and instead of sitting at the canopy, will walk in and do their business and walk out.

I suspect those are the people who know people that know people

I didn't bother.

Around 11am, one officer came with plenty papers and started calling names.

It was there I learnt that last week, they had network issues and many persons didn't get to capture and they were asked to come back this week.

Anyway, my name was not called. I didn't make a fuss.

I came online and read that Calabar immigration office is always a thorn in the flesh. Plus when I checked for availability of date for capturing, their own was showing a date in February 2025 while neighbouring cities were still available in November.

So, when I started filling the form, I used my Uncle's address in Umuahia, Abia State and filled the form.

I used my phone camera and stood by my living room wall that is white and took a passport, adjusted it to the correct resolution and uploaded it.

Uploaded the documents needed and paid N52000 only, including charges from payfixy and in about 30minutes time, I got an email asking me to book my appointment

I chose 19th November to give me time to travel to Umuahia to be with my family and eat free food
I quickly also printed out the

1. Appointment slip sent to my mail.
2. Vetted Application sent to my mail
3. Payment Slip sent to my email

All these documents can also be printed from the website if you don't want to print from your email.

I also chose 9.30am as appointment time

From the chats, you can see that officer does not have the fear of God so I quickly stopped the conversation and went online at www.immigration.gov.ng and started the process.

By the way, you should know that I am working on a very lean budget. I didn't hide this fact from that my church person.

On the site, the 32 paged passport is N50,000 and add bank charges, it will be N52,000 for the cheapest. It is for 5years.

They requested for NIN, Birth certificate, Local Government certificate and an ICAO standard passport photo.

I got to work

When I got back to Calabar where I am based, I chatted up someone in my church who works at the immigration office.

The prices he told me were so scary and I ran.

A friend called me late October and asked me if she should include my name in a list she was handling, it is those who would go for a 3 day program organised by an NGO in Abuja. I jumped at the offer excitedly because you see, I am presently jobless and do unpaid volunteer work for her company and money earned is sweet. So I accepted.

We would later have an exciting 3 day experience in Abuja.

While there though, they asked a few persons to submit their passports because they would be going somewhere abroad sometime in December or so.

That was what pushed me to go find out how much Nigeria passport costs.

I said, let it not be that if tomorrow they ask me for my own passport, I will not have. Let me start the process sharp sharp.

It was N32,000 but with an announcement of an increase in November.

Since I didn't have the N32,000, I didn't make it a priority.

I'd like to document this process. I believe it will benefit someone tomorrow. Before I started this, I searched everywhere to get information. Here, I will share all. So this thread should be like a one stop for all the information needed to DIY in getting a fresh Nigerian Passport as at November, 2024.

Walk with me 🚶🚶🚶

mohbadliveson:
Bianca shouldn't have lobbied for, or accepted the appointment. She will end up being messed up and that won't be a good thing for the memory of her husband, the great Dim Ikemba Chukwuemeka Ojukwu

She was reassigned from state to federal.

What is the fuss about?

SmartPolician:
Source: https://independent.ng/nigerian-airlines-banned-from-flying-to-u-s-experts-offer-solution/

Shame of a country.

Nigeria took several years back as soon as the useless Buhari rigged his way into presidency.

Now it will take many more years to get out.

Reason why God will punish every single voice that helped take out GEJ

Throwback:
I expect to see Anambrarians lead once more in the pro-subsidy protest, since they understand very well that subsidy must go, and the initial hardships is only temporary.

While all are protesting against, Anambra must protest in support.

Are you being obtuse or this is you actually?

Is the protest today against subsidy or horrible governance?

Throwback:
So Anambra under Peter Obi, supported the oil subsidy removal under a President they considered their political ally.

But now they are protesting against the same hardships occasioned by the removal of the same oil subsidy they supported in 2012, and which Peter Obi as presidential candidate vowed to remove on his very 1st day?

No wonder they have been reiterating that Ojota protest in 2012 was a Yoruba affair, as if there were no protests in Abuja, Kwars, Kano and Kaduna.

It was in 2012 that Igbos and SouthSouth taught all Nigerians not to protest against a government of your brother or political ally.

Unlike Yorubas that were rabidly protesting all the time during the Obasanjo regime.

You have taught us well.

Peter Obi even in his manifesto campaigned against subsidy and promised to remove it. Read this post here again. Read his current posts and give him his flowers for being consistent

Tinubu is a failure sha

Terungwa34:
Good Evening,
Please what are the various months that new register usually come out in the year?

From when to when do one need to register to make it to each of the registers?

Thanks

Every quarter.

Anytime you register, count 90 days and you will be added to the list

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Rynne:
......don't bring Christianity into this discussion. The actors are all adherents of the same faith Islam, so what has Christianity or Christian got to do with it...abeg if you wan talk, talk straight no dey hide..

Ignore the cowards anywhere they show up. They cannot condemn activities in Islam but every cough in Christianity is a headline matter for them.

God1000:
https://saharareporters.com/2024/06/20/angry-mob-overpowers-police-operatives-kills-man-bauchi-alleged-blasphemy

Mad humans!

Everything for them is violence

God1000:
Life has different phases, we're all gonna get old someday

Baba Obasanjo is a strong African man, I think he's the most recognized and respected
living former president in Africa, sadly his people don't like him.

I remember meeting him way back in 2011 when I was working in one of his farms in Ibadan

Not all of us will get old.
Some people detest old age and they won't smell it.

You see many eediots age shame others because today they think old age is a curse.

Wujio:
Shut it.



This is an example of one creating a suicide thread this mroning turning against advice.on being productive for over a year


I cam fetch out.multiples.of.such males.on the forum

Do well to avoid me



https://www.nairaland.com/7900706/most-nigerians-nigeria-not-fortunate

Theres nothing suicidal in that attached link

Here I was looking for a chef in a house that already has a housekeeper, a driver and a security man and NL felt N40k monthly was too small.

Someone who would not pay for transport or rent or food or any bill for that matter.

Una dey try sha

This is horrible!

This is murder as we know it because, why carry a gun in the first place?

May they not get away with this