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RodgersAkpafu:
quite a number of m@r@nic takes up there....

But it is expected, hence my new year resolution ti RESIST the urge to "shalaye"

Aaaaand here we have your very intelligent, very eloquent submission, proving just how moronic you are not. Lol

By the way, I wonder what kind of person you are IRL, given this apparent inability to discuss anything without denigrating others. Just look at your posts history. Are you seriously incapable of having a discussion, however strongly you feel about it, without throwing insults like an adolescent throwing a tantrum, or is it just a preference thing?

I'm never going to engage you again but honestly I just feel very strongly about telling you so hopefully you do a little introspection.

By the way, on the subject of Chinese EVs, I am on the edge of my seat waiting for the Xpeng X9 to launch in the UK. That car is glorious (not an adjective one would usually use for a car but believe me it fits - watch a video to see for yoursel).

I will be one of the first customers and Xi can listen to my conversations as much as he likes . He wouldn't be hearing anything the US and its vassals aren't hearing anyway, given what Snowden revealed.

Zahra29:
Come off what? It's common knowledge that the UK, US, Canada etc all conduct clandestine intelligence activities aka spying . There's even an intelligence alliance - the Five Eyes- comprising the UK, US, Can, Aus and NZ.

Does that mean that we should sit back and let ourselves become prey to a potentially hostile actor? Don't the news articles that you shared show that action was taken when spying activities were exposed, e.g. Germany ordering the CIA chief to leave the country.

Whether you and Hustla want to believe it, the facts have shown that China is one of the top cyber and state threats to the UK. Nevertheless, I guess it's only fair that we do nothing, or maybe we should make it easy for them and provide direct access to our top communication cables because after all, we are spies also and China/other countries take no action whatsoever to stop us.

What an incredibly naive view.

Lol, no. You need to re-read what I have said.

Nowhere have I said that any country should grant access to China or whatever.

My focus is where you said "African and Caribbean countries are too complacent and short-sighted to realise this..."
The point is that making China out to be exceptionally devious in their spying or a threat to African countries in a way that US/UK etc are not, is absurd. China poses no more of a threat and is no more destructive in its spying, lending, manufacturing, subsidies etc. than the West.

Just to be clear so it's easy to follow: the point isn't that China is a benevolent entity as you've mischaracterized (as usual for you). It's that it's no more malevolent than the West.

PS. I don't think you actually opened the articles I linked to. If you had, you'd have seen that they weren't about the Five Eyes. They were all separate instances of the US spying on its own allies; sorry, vassals, including the UK. Here again, the point stands that China isn't any doing anything the US, UK etc aren't doing.

HustlaOfLagos:
It is even crazy that it is no longer covert as it used to be since Trump came in. He tweets about it in real time and does not even sugar coat it anymore.

At least with Biden, Bush and co, they could use diplomacy and Queens English to form saints while doing it in the back but Trump does not even time to put a filter on it.

I mean this is Trump literally doing what you spoke about in the screenshot but people have been so socially conditioned via movies etc that its mind boggling

Some people are too far deep into their kool-aid bottles.

Zahra29:
💯

Unfortunately many African and Caribbean countries are too complacent and short-sighted to realise this.

Anyways, I really hope the UK government open their eyes and grow some b***s and say no to China on the super embassy, or at least water down their proposals. That would be a very welcome U-turn especially following the release of unredacted plans that include a network of more than 200 subterranean rooms, one of them directly alongside communication cables taking information to the City of London as well as email and message traffic from internet users. Not a coincidence, I'm sure.

The UK is also looking to build an embassy in Beijing and I highly doubt the Chinese would be so naive as to give us this level of access.

And yes, we all use/love Chinese products, but the UK's assets and security is worth a lot more than shiny EVs.

You mean spying like this: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/09/politics/pentagon-leaked-documents-us-spying-allies-foes

Or this: https://theconversation.com/recent-spy-scandals-reveal-how-western-allies-are-increasingly-unreliable-friends-256353

or this: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-usa-spy-official-idUSKBN0FF1GU20140711/

or this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57302806

or this: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3217537/un-voices-concern-reports-us-spying-un-chief

Come off it abeg

RodgersAkpafu:
🤡 🤡 🤡

Like I said
I wont bother..... I have NO energy for shalaye....
If you dont agree, it's okay 👌

Three decades from now at the most
Everybody eye will clear
Peace ✌️ ✌️

Lol. How very predictable.

RodgersAkpafu:
Dont bother

Forget about it

No o please educate me and other average Nigerians who don't know of these henious WTO violations perpetrated by China that the US and its vassals are so very innocent of.

From what little I know (sorry if it's innacurate; you know some of us just “ran masters package”, so we might not be as up-to-date as an elite immigrant like you), China isn't the (only?) one that has weaponized sanctions on countries they disagree with politically, slapped arbitrary tarrifs on a range of countries, threatened countries that want to shift away from dependency on the 'mighty dollar', invaded countries to steal their oil, sanctioned and locked out representatives of global institutions for daring to criticize its BigTech companies, used OFAC and the SWIFT system to strong-arm financial institutions worldwide, paralysed the WTO Appellate Body since 2017 when rulings went against it, pulled out of a variety of 'green' treaties while preaching sustainability AKA deindustrialisation to African countries, imposed export bans on critical technologies, using subsidies to enable their companies to engage in rampant food dumping in Africa; resulting in the collapse of poultry, milk and rice value chains in various countries, ati be be lo.

And this is just economic stuff o, not national security and military violations. But China is the boogeyman because they make things cheaply.

https://www.nairaland.com/8597083/us-urges-citizens-leave-venezuela

The next chapter has started. Another country in crisis and plunged into a free-for-all of violence by Western neo imperialists.

A few years from now when refugees are pouring through to find safe haven, the good people of the US will act shocked as if it has nothing to do with them, then a few years later when theres further strife some people (AKA Team 'underlying causes') will come to attack the communities for harboring negative sentiments of the USA - again as if those sentiments materialised out of the blue against dear old, innocent USA (+ its vassals like the UK).

All playing out just like it did in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Vietnam, Laos, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Iran, Lebanon, Sudan, the Balkans etc etc etc.

ReesheesuKnack:
I think it’s not a coincidence that you selected a username moniker which portrays you as the direct opposite of Kemi’s husband’s family name.

I think you are obsessed with that woman.

Wow. You are such a genius to have discovered that!!!

My goodness - your IQ must be off the charts!

Merry Christmas everyone.

Here's an early Christmas gift for you: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSc3UZojNAA/

AgentXxx:
Omo mhen, I thought Britain had home grown people to take the jobs of immigrants 😂… what a joke, Health Care exemption probably loading 😂… This government is a joke

Badenough, Farage and co always have a long line of Brits lined up ready to take jobs...as long as those jobs are currently held by immigrants.

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/reform-forced-to-defend-candidate-from-their-own-racist-supporters-401249/

https://x.com/georgedmadgwick/status/1997973680194826539 Very interesting comments section.

Should be instructive for a few folk here.

Santa2:
Apologies if this turns out to be a long post. This Nairaland is like a market place. You come and buy (and sometimes sell) the goods you want and use it to cook a delicious meal or dump it in the trash. I have always know always believed that two truths can exist. There will always supposed 'high fliers' and there would always be those that stick with the norm. I personally believe that both are necessary for a healthy community. One just has to choose where one falls under and in that process not look down on the next man because you think he is not striving to be better himself. Its ok if the next man to stay 15 years for ILR if that gives him peace, While it might might not be ok for me, I need to respect the next man's choice because we are not fighting the same battles. What prompted this post the issue where someone said @jedisco was boasting about his achievement. I actually think the opposite is the case. I don't think we showcase enough the path of a successful immigrant so other can get inspiration. I have learnt a lot from Nairaland and still keep learning, Over 14 years ago nairaland was were I ran to when I want have our kid in the US and thankfully it provided me the information I needed and the community, When it was time to build our house back then in nigeria, the housing/building thread was a valuable resource, In 2020 when I decided it was time for my masters study in the UK, Nairaland was the best resource.

I came in as student, Nairaland thread was were I went to for settling down tips, housing, banks accounts, building credit profile etc. I came in at the height of covid when we had to quarantine when we arrive. I got all I tips I needed. While I was a student I did part time carework, I was able to save almost £4000 living frugally, my spouse and kids joined me several month later and she got a very good job here (as she had extensive experience). while the company said they wouldn't sponsor, six month down the line as our visa was expiring they did sponsor her. I got a job after study with a subsidiary of the NHS that offered full remote work and didn't pay as much as I would have liked. I initially gave myself six month to stay in that job but I slowly settled into that job and started to see my self as not being able to earn more that that. I applied to other jobs but didn't get much traction. Through that period my wife and I applied for a mortgage got approved and bought a new build 4 bedroom terrace house and thanks to guidance from the nairaland mortgage thread (thanks to rent money is dead money who some fought against). When the mortgage payment hit I slowly realised that I would need to double my hustle. Enter in Nairaland again, I had already identified an area I wanted to pivot into but wasn't doing as mush action as I would have liked. Then I stumbled on a comment from @copershun ( I hope I got her handle right) on recruiters reaching out to her for roles 70k to 80k, I contacted her and found out that it was the same Data Management/Quality I was play around with that she was referring to. I got serious and did the work, and a few month later started a managerial role in this area. Almost a year into the role I have already identified the next niche I want to play in . Someone might say I am here bragging or what's not but I just hope it inspires some to take step and action and build the type of life you want for yourself. I still am on a journey of self discovery, @chukwuma's post on entrepreneurship has also sparked another fire that I am looking to explore in the next year. Once I again I state that Nairaland is a marketplace, You come here and choose the ingredients you want, and the type of soup you want to use it to cook. Selah

Well done and congratulations on everything! Thank you for sharing as well.

Proudly repping the Average Nigerian club here. 😄

I'm actually going to get a t-shirt done with 'Average Nigerian' on it.

Jamesclooney:
Unfortunately for him, I no send him papa, I don’t give 2Fs about a Nairaland medic journeying from NG > UK > CA (maybe US in the future where the real money is). Like it’s not even a unique pathway to him. Men yakpa weh don do pass that one, yet he won’t let somebody drink water drop cup. Every Eke market day, do you know my net contribution this, or I’m so sorry you have that mindset blah blah blah….Like Neeggah who the F do you think are you? Please have several seats.

Even titans of industry are more humble than the guy. On top online world that by God’s grace, I’ll never ever meet you or need your help, respectfully GTFO!

This kind person go worse pass Burna Boy!

You're clearly very bitter. I'm not holding brief for him but it's clear to anyone who views it honestly that he has never talked about his accomplishments with the view to put anybody down.

As far as I can recall it's usually when it fits into a normal conversation or in response to people insinuating that he doesn't have options or as lavidaloca said, that he would suffer (which you conveniently ignored before starting these rants).

SapphireFort:
For people who bought a home in Scotland here, did you need to carry out a homebuyer's survey? The solicitor is saying we don't need it since home report includes a survey. The property is less than 10 years old.

You don't need it. The Home Report is fine for most properties but particularly for one that's basically brand new like yours, anything more would be a waste of money.

Before you rush and attack people like you so you can show that you're 'calling out your own' and 'not like the rest of them', make sure you do your DD on whatever it is you've heard - https://metro.co.uk/2025/12/03/catholic-nun-stabbed-herself-attack-locals-blamed-a-migrant-25108088/

LionInZion:
Just some posts above, we were just discussing how repulsive the habit of turning on ring lights and sharing illegal means of gaming the system. We usually also frown against a lack of ambition beyond the barest minimum level. Now, here is someone sharing their legitimate achievements. I wonder why anyone should have a problem with that. If anything, it should be a source of motivation, and not the other way round. Well, at least that's my own default POV on positive news. But then I guess to each their own ................

Àbí ó. And the person is ignoring the fact that he said what he said in response to attacks from lavida loca questioning his contributions, as opposed to just randomly coming to ‘boast’ or put anyone else down, as we’ve seen many times from others.

RodgersAkpafu:
You know the funny thing

We are saying the same thing

My angle is, part of making sure that our collective reputation dont get soiled IS calling riff raffs out in our midst AT EVERY GIVEN TURN

That way, the wider community knows that whoever did the "crime" did it on his own, and it is NOT a community sanctioned behaviour

If Muslims were more vocal about the wave of terrorism their bad faith actors were doing, they probably wont be in the reputational mess they are in

In Mexico, the cartel lifestyle is glorified and voices calling it out is not loud enough (though I understand this because cartels can kill)

If we keep keeping mute because "e no concern me"
When e burst, everyone go hear am

I remenber having a discussion with a black Brit and he hilariously told me that part of the reason why IT SEEMS that the white community has less issues IS because.....

THEY ARE SNITCHES
they will cast their papa, mama, kid, anybody
That's what he believes and in a way, I have seen this manifest
This is not to say awon fun fun are saints, but its something we can learn from them

When Hushpuppi was still out for example
And he was doing his insta live, go look at the comment section and see the praises and peolle saying they wanna be like him, and let him bless them

If you are a non Nigerian, and you stumble on this, wont it form your views in a way about Nigerians?
there is a reason a Chinese person will shout Allah akhbar and people will chuckle, but when a bearded Arab/South Asian do SAME, people will scamper

No, you and I are not saying the same thing.

You labeled people who came in as care workers from Nigeria and people who 'ran masters package sha' (whatever that means), as riff-raff. Now you're equating that with cartels and terrorism? Come on man.

The whole snitching thing is more selection bias with no grounding in fact and I cannot engage that because it'll boil down to an anecdote vs anecdote situation which can never be resolved. I mean this is the country of erstwhile Prince Andrew, lol.

HustlaOfLagos:
We all know the truth but we always want to be politically correct or justify bad stuff to prove points forgetting that large scale of anyhowness by Nigerians sometimes. Lots of people outsourced school stuff, some did not even come to class etc

I mean, look at the nonsense in the screenshot shared. We can start from unnecessary cho cho cho and its why the ones in Canada were vehemently against that Doc on Twitter some days ago.

I worked as a freelance writer many years ago. I know as a matter of ‘fact’ that the vast majority of clients seeking people to help them write assignments were not Nigerians. Most were American, UK etc.

The BBC report shows that and if you check the websites of the essay writing companies as well it’ll be very obvious who their target market is.

There’s no shred of evidence that it is more prevalent among Nigerians. What I’m seeing is just selection bias. You know many Nigerians so naturally you know many doing that.

How many people from any other country have you gotten to know how they get their assignments done? Answer is definitely zero or a much lower number than the Nigerians you know.

It’s not hiding from the ‘truth’ to challenge unfounded stereotypes. The plural of anecdote is anecdotes, not evidence.

HustlaOfLagos:
Side note, if you know you do not fit into the riff raff description, e no suppose affect or pain you naw afterall our people say -->


"An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned"

No but this isn’t how it works in reality.

When stereotypes are allowed to grow they affect everyone in the community regardless of whether they are actually that thing or not.

The way the average Nigerian is viewed directly impacts EVERY Nigerian regardless of whether they are ‘better’ or ‘worse’ than that average. That’s why people from certain communities still face huge prejudice even when they are very obviously extremely more intelligent, successful etc than the generality of people in the country whether black or white etc, while people from certain other groups are presumed to be smart just based on the community they belong to.

So if you allow the narrative of the Average Nigerian being a riff-raff and a cheat to become entrenched and say nothing because it doesn’t apply to you, you’ll very likely still feel the impact because e.g when you apply for a role and the people there have that impression about Nigerians as a whole.

It’s not everything in life that you will have the opportunity to show that you’re different before being judged.

RodgersAkpafu:
Oh please just save it
What is the nexus between what has been discussed so far and this drivel you just posted up there ?

Who is advocating for anyone to be "sent home" based on what has been written so far by a plethora of respondents here ?

Is your comprehension skills so deficient that you cannot decipher the simple message being passed? or the origin of how the discussion started and how it led to this point?

If you feel so attacked by what has been said so far, maybe you aptly fit the description and you need to do something about your situation, so you dont get triggered anytime someone posts anything

Its the same way broke people, WHO FEEL INSECURE ABOUT THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION become poets, composing book of lamentations anywhere they see discussions about "brokeness"

Because I have taken a second look at this concoction that was typed as I quote, and I am wondering where ANYONE claimed ownership of the UK, this is insecurities manifesting under the mask of being "bravado"

No worry, the riff raffs should continue in their riff raffery, ko si werey, when the ramifications that come from such begin to manifest, na una go stull cry blood

Again, just like i have said before, you guys are reacting based on HOW the posts some people made here made you feel, not about the content of the post

There was a recent BBC documentary about the "booming essay industries" in Africa (specifically Kenya as their reference) where African students are outsourcing their assignments to those "back home" to do it for them
And while I feel that documentary shouldn't have been done, the pervasiveness and how endemic that thing is was just too disgraceful to see, but it is behaviour that we tacitly endorse, because we think "we are smart"
That goes for Africans AND South Asians

Tomorrow when some bigoted dullar.dinho fellow say you have a "mickey mouse 🐭 degree" ; una go dey paara.
No worry , e go clear for una eye

1. Did you actually watch/listen to that program beyond the headline? Because if it is this one, you'll have seen that the vast majority of the clients those Kenyan writers work for are actually foreigners, many from the UK, and this has been the case for decades so it has nothing to do with your 'low quality recent migrants.' Unless it's another program/report, anyway, in which case can you kindly share it?

https://theworld.org/stories/2020/01/24/kenya-large-market-1-billion-global-contract-cheating-industry
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-58465189
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct1xzx

2. Has it ever crossed your mind that how you write and engage with people depicts very clearly that you are a prime example of the riff-raff you speak of so much?

Small thing and you're using slurs and playground insults, accusing people of being unintelligent and whatnot. I'm sure your response will be that you are merely frank, direct etc a la Badenough but I assure you it is possible to be all those things without sounding like you're arguing at a beer parlor.

I know you claim to work at a university so I'd suggest you show your posts like this last one to someone educated there and ask whether they think you are a riff-raff based on how you sound. I'm not a gambling man but that's one bet I would make an exception for.

jedisco:
Many people have deep seated inferiority or self-hate issues and look to reflect their insecurity on others. Folks should read a bit of history and see if European migrants who went to places like Can/U.S or Aus had any qualifications.

Not to long ago, same chap was using racial slurs to describe Indians blaming them for his inability to secure a job as a security guard and jubilating on how Trump would 'show them pepper'. I'm guessing saviour Trump did a good job there.


Now, he's turned on Nigerians. One can describe themselves in what ever way. It's trying to pull others into a concocted thought process that worries me.

I didn't know the bolded. I didn't even check his profile as I usually do before engaging someone.

Having checked it now, I see that that was a silly error on my part.

babajeje123:
Guys, be wary of those who provide unsolicited advice, those who look down on others, and those who speak arrogantly from their privilege positions.

C’est fini. 👍🏿

One thing I'd want to caveat though is that beware of believing everything people say here. People who are truly doing exceptionally well will typically not feel the need to blow their trumpets to impress random people on an internet forum.

In my experience it's people dealing with deep-seated insecurities that feel the need to harp on and on about how much better than others they are.

WanderingChild:
When you look at the dollar bill ($1), there is only a portrait of George Washington. When you take the 50 Naira note, there are four musketeers on it. The four heads there unfortunately do not add any value to the note. $1 = 30x the 50 NGN note.

That is how we are valued in the world today. The problem we have as Nigerians is that we use outlier stats to create arguments that don't hold true under proper scrutiny.

A good screening I can relate to is Australia's immigration system and formerly Canada's. Peers of equivalent standing as myself bar high salary and leading nationally funded projects have applied for their EOIs under the Australia NIV and are still waiting for an invite. These are folks who feature regularly in the top 2% of global researchers worldwide by citation count. I have been invited now twice. Of the 3 reasons stated in my invitation, two are absent from my Nigerian peers. They have the PhDs, citations and supervisions but Australia does not consider them sufficient enough to warrant an invite. On Reddit, I have seen someone with just a MSc and 11 patents get an invite in 2 weeks. Imagine the calibre of folks that will be onboarded into such country. Now ask yourself how many Nigerians will get such privilege. I can assure you that the selection will mostly been Americans and Asians (Chinese, Japanese, South Koreans, etc.).

Go to any m7 university and find out how many Nigerians make a cohort? On a per capita basis, compare with the Asians and again you see that we are irrelevant. Mention the field of research and I bet you any Nigerian you see at all is a statistical outlier.

I am afraid to say we are not really net positive contributors to humanity. You mention education? Do you want to compare the education in Nigeria with what you get in an m7 university? Have you seen any Nigerian university ever in the top 500 of university rankings? ASUU is on indefinite strike, have you heard about that in Europe or America or China or Singapore? Nobel laureate (don't even say it)? Field Marshall? Turing?

No one is twerking for attention to the whites. I can never change how they think about me - it is their culture gotten from the Greeks (Britainnia is a break out of the old Roman empire (that defeated Greece and imbibed its philosophy) along with Franco, and the others). However, humanity and even the same racists respect value. That is why when we apply for things and are exceptional we get it.

The *riff raff* tag is unfortunately apt. It describes sufficiently the kind of people who live in a "now disgraced country".

You are saying something entirely different from what the discussion was. I’m not interested in debating that but I must admit that your opinion of your individual status and those of people you engage with regularly as riff-raff may be entirely justified. You know yourself best, after all.

However it might be useful to try to engage (or at least scout via social media) people outside your circle and you’ll find that Nigerians are quite accomplished and well represented in many fields, despite numerous challenges.

RodgersAkpafu:
What i said is the undiluted truth

And if you feel some kind of way about it
Maybe you should take your advise and do some self introspection yourself

Do you know how many Nigerians and Indians/Pakistani I KNOW that have been caught with fake MOTs and even driving without regularisation of license after the one year lapsed

Should we talk about the yama yama practice of outsourcing assignments back and claiming they were the ones that did it? Should we talk about the disorderly behaviour at bus stops, the lack of basic civic sense

When I was still a student hustling
I used to do security gigs
I hear and see now that there are "special centres to arrange SIA training without the rigour of actually doing the training

Do you know how bad it got to the level that a huge northern agency only take their staff from a designated training centre (i found out about it recently)
It wasnt like this before (even though I am scared for them cos they may be sued sha, but if they have their alibi, they will be fine)
I can go on and on

All these behaviours are behaviours NOT FIT for purpose in a developed country, and many of you (yes you) are engaged in it, ruining our collective reputation

Riff raffs and touts
That's what many of our country men are here, carrying their zig zag ways here
You say professionals in Nigeria?
Abeg I no wan laugh

MOST of the actual professionals who saw the ship about to sink did express entry and went to Canada and Australia

This is not to say we didn't have waves of professionals come in from the UK (especially thr doctors nurses, teachers and all)

But the vast majority of Boriswave no be am, and I say it categorically even though it is making me appear classist

You are even talking bout "bringing money into the country"
How many of them actually paid their fees completely from Nigeria?
Or even had the funds they "claimed to have" in their statement of account?
Before the half fees came into effect
Initial deposit was 2k (N1.2m ish) and they "POFed" the rest
I am not mocking anybody, but thats the truth since you wanted to bring that up

That was why many of them were running helter skelter, working like maloo when they should have been in school to pay up the balance
Again, not mocking anyone, but we know the truth

This clown even talking smack about "they having higher qualifications than most British people" 🤡

So said someone who comes from a country where less than 8% have post secondary educational qualifications (i no wan laugh abeg)

If them sound, why are they outsourcing assignments?
Why are they saying MSc < Driver License
There is what we call anecdotal observations:
If you were on that NIUK thread that day and observed the following

1. Everyone there who agreed had a Masters, AND
2. Agreed that MSc < Driver License
3. Actually met Nigerians who think like that in real life,

What will you conclude ?


Only a bomboclaaaatt will even conceive such crap

Abeg there is a lot to say
Lemme just pin here before I say more than I suppose to

Alright, definitely-not-average Nigerian. 👍🏿

RodgersAkpafu:
That is a good question

And I am gonna answer very candidly

Over the last 5 years at the least, because of what i considered to be a lowering of barriers to entry for the UK, all manners of touts, riff raffs etc seeped through the cracks

From the ones who entered via the care route (the ones who bought from Nigeria) to non professionals who had a B.Sc sha and just ran the masters package

As one who works in a uni, I can tell you from Second hand account that some of the admissions team did a shambolic job in the scrutinisation of potential students
I wont call names of Unis, but they know themselves

All they were after was the revenues because the British govt in their folly have refused to heighten funding to these unis, and also at the time, refused to increase school fees for locals 8 years in a row

So a culmination of all these allowed touts and misfits (i know i sound classist but it is the truth) to come here

Their ring light behaviour nko?
How they act?
You live here nau, you see it, you know

When I knew that the NIUK cohort were useless was the day they were arguing and most of them had a consensus that Driver licence has more value than MSc, I was like

When you pay ppl to do your assignments
And you are a seasoned riff raff, thats what you say

Canada on the other hand had huge barriers to entry via express entry and all, coupled with higher rejection rates

On average, better crop of people went to Canada straight from Nigeria than to the UK

Unfortunately for Canada though, they relaxed the bar and fake Indian students newcomers have come to destroy Indians rep in Canada
Nigerians didnt get much from that stream in comparison

So to summarise, now that they have come here abd stayed some years, the barrier to entry us lower compared to if they came straight from naja

This is not to say every NIUK is a seasoned tout and refined riff raff, but we have quite a number in our midst

If Nigerian Canadians allow them to act the same way they do here over there, e don be for them

I saw this since when you posted it but I have found it difficult to formulate a response because I am genuinely struggling to understand how you felt comfortable saying all this.

People that entered via care route from Nigeria and non professionals who had a BSC sha and ‘ran masters package’? So…in other words healthcare workers and graduates who decided to emigrate to pursue economic opportunities just like you did but perhaps didn’t have the qualifications/opportunities you did?

You didn’t even think that by virtue of being graduates they have already attained higher qualifications than the majority of adults in this same UK?

And those are the people that you categorize as riff raffs because you happen to work at a university?

Their ring light behavior? What does that even mean? Is the percentage of immigrants who make videos up to 1% or even 0.1%? Even 0.00001%? How many Nigerians are on NIUK and what proportion do those that agreed about driver’s license form, from among the entirety of the Nigerian immigrant community? As a university worker you felt that was a representative enough sample size? Lol.

And how exactly do they act? Like stuck up pretenders who think they’re better than everyone else just because they managed to get a ‘professional’ job and so feel confident enough to denigrate the ‘average Nigerian’ at every turn? What does average Nigerian even mean

Lol . Man if you introspect a little bit more you’ll realize you’re not as far off from what you think an average Nigerian is as you might think, and I assure you that for all your pretensions the people you’re twerking for to show you’re ’not like the others’ see nothing but an average Nigerian when they look at you.

RodgersAkpafu:
I am still left leaning though

So i dont think its bout sorting your papers


Having said that

I have been reading the rancor between Nigerians in UK and Nigerians in Canada on twitter over the past week, and I am very ashamed of our ppl


Because whether we like it or not, from a dispassionate position, Nigerians in Camada ARE RIGHT to be apprehensive of the potential riff raffs coming from the UK

I meanz Dr. Pepple was stray bullet, as I believe he didnt deserve that, but he was just a victim of a bad reputation that NIUK have notoriously earned

People who claim to have advanced education couldn't even read to comprehend, but all of them talking rada rada revealing their inner insecurities

Shame catch me mehn for our ppl

I'm not on Twitter so I don't know (and frankly don't want to know) anything about this drama but I'm curious about one part and want to ask you since you endorsed the view.

Who are the "riff raffs" that might move from UK to Canada?

Goke7:
Una don go far o 😂 aaaah!

😄 funny enough I still haven’t put in my petition yet; this is just professional knowledge. I’m still tinkering with my petition and my zeal to submit has reduced because this new policy doesn’t change my timelines. I am really really reluctant about the US.

I will still force myself to stop dragging my feet and apply before the end of the year though because one can’t have too many redundancies in place, clearly.

HustlaOfLagos:
Long wait per usual

Got something for me?

Better that way. There has been a trend of them issuing RFEs to people on the premium deadline just to avoid paying them their money back as they would have to do if they don’t respond within the timeline.

You can also be prepping your EB1 petition in the interim while waiting for the NIW feedback - two factor authentication lol.

jedisco:
Comical indeed. You sound eerily familiar.

He does indeed!