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Travel / Re: Should I Go To America Or Forget About It? by idmanzik: 12:52am On Jun 10, 2016 |
They've all said enough. Life here is very easy compared to what people think. A lot of the fees you will be paying will go into your student account. Hence you will be allowed time to make these payments. While some school have deadlines for you to make the requirement payment (which will be after a month or two into the semester) some will only restrict you from making registrating classes in a new semester. If the latter is the case, that means you will have a whole semester to sort yourself out. Bro, I spend only about $120 on food monthly. My rent is $345 monthly including utilities. $30 for phone bills and maybe $100 for miscellaneous. So you see that you can save big with your $1,500 monthly stipend. Just come here, you will survive like others - the big picture is what matters. Before you know it you will fit into the system. Once you get your Social Security Number, you can get a credit card of upto $1,500 to $2,000 to ease some financial burden, if you wish o. But Abeg only buy what you need. The most important thing now is to get your Visa. Worse case scenario you will differ your admission to Spring then Save up more for tickets and accommodation. Trust me, with a visa, you will see someone to even loan you some small money in Naija and you can pay the person $200 monthly for maybe 3 months. Good luck 3 Likes |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 7 by idmanzik: 9:35am On Jul 01, 2015 |
elmadavida: My guess is that they have accumulated miles from the tickets they purchase for their customers which in turn gives them huge discounts or maybe they have some sort of partnerships with the airliners. |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 7 by idmanzik: 12:02pm On Jun 24, 2015 |
bartino: You should get the mail soon. I did my interview on the 9th of June in Abuja. I got a mail from the embassy yesterday to pickup my passport from the pickup location. Expect yours soon |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 7 by idmanzik: 12:23pm On Jun 16, 2015 |
The Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs is currently experiencing technical problems with visa systems. This issue is not specific to any particular country or visa category. We apologize for the inconvenience and are working urgently to correct the problem and restore full operability. Unfortunately i fall within this category as i was interviewed last Tuesday (9th June). Well, hopefully the visas will be printed asap. 1 Like |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 7 by idmanzik: 11:54am On Jun 09, 2015 |
Visa approved in Abuja this morning. 18 Likes 1 Share |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 7 by idmanzik: 10:02am On Jun 08, 2015 |
DARKLIGHT: Congrats bro 1 Like |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by idmanzik: 9:13pm On May 04, 2015 |
God is good... Who will believe that I applied to my 4th school of choice on the 16th of April, 2015 (although i filled their pre-screening form in Nov. 2014)...and got admitted + funding (full tuition waiver + stipend of 16k) on the 1st of May. Long story, but God just showed me that he is awesome. Visa process is next... 3 Likes |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by idmanzik: 4:24pm On May 01, 2015 |
ebdib: As we all know, funding in your 2nd year is dependent on your academic performance. I guess that's why they still want to know that one can pay the fees should he/she loose the funding profojah: They accept scanned SOA, but my question is if i can send the one generated online without going to my Bank to get it printed |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by idmanzik: 11:30am On May 01, 2015 |
My Bosses, Good morning all, I have already gotten 2 admits out of the 4 schools i applied to. The 3rd school is now demanding for my statement of account before final decision is made. From my discussion with the department's graduate student coordinator, funding is almost assured. Please i want to know if i can send an electronically generated statement of account to my school?. My elder brother has already printed his own from the Bank and i have it already scanned, so can i also add my electronic statement to his?. Thanks to you all. You guys are simply amazing! Cheers |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by idmanzik: 11:16am On Apr 18, 2015 |
mbeenox: I applied to West Virginia University. My decision came about a month ago, March 18th to be precise. Check with the department, maybe a call or mail will do. Goodluck |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by idmanzik: 3:44am On Apr 04, 2015 |
I just wrote to the embassy about my next question - expecting to hear from them by Wednesday. But i want to ask the gurus of the house too. I saw on the embassy's website that "your passport must be valid at least 6 months beyond your proposed study period". Mine will be expire just 5 months (October, 2017) beyond the study period. Does this have any serious implication?. How do i go about it?. Please help a worried brother. |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by idmanzik: 7:35pm On Apr 03, 2015 |
slimmy05: The I-20 will be sent by FEDEX. They did not say when the GA decision will be made. But i'm hopeful it won't take more than 2 weeks. Should i write them to follow-up by mentioning to them that i have been requested to send documents for I-20?. Thank you slimmy05. aanowai: Thanks for the advise aanowai. I am will be happy to provide all three (dad, company and myself) statement of accounts during interview. I shall remain hopeful for the best. |
Travel / Re: General U.s.a (student) Visa Enquiries-part 6 by idmanzik: 5:41pm On Apr 03, 2015 |
Dear House, I have following this group for a while now and i must confess that i have gathered helpful info. Thank you very much for all your contributions. I was recently admitted for MSc and have been contacted by the graduate school to submit documents for my I-20 form to be sent. Meanwhile, last week i followed up with the department to inquire if i was still going to be considered for Graduate Assistantship (GA). They replied that they are still reviewing application for GAs and will contact me in the coming weeks. My question now is, should i submit the documents for the I-20 form since the graduate school has already contacted me or should i wait till the GA decision is made? Another challenge (not really a challenge) is that my dad is my main sponsor but my office shall be supporting my studies (they offered to do so - i have been working with them for 5 years), should i send the statement of accounts of both my dad and office?. Or should i just state that my dad is my sponsor leaving out the office?. Thanks! |
Travel / Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 2 by idmanzik: 10:16am On Sep 16, 2014 |
idmanzik: Dear Justwise and Vicjustice, justwise: My firm is a limited liability company. |
Travel / Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 2 by idmanzik: 7:17am On Sep 16, 2014 |
Dear Justwise and Vicjustice, I have been offered an all expense paid one week overseas trip by my firm and i have choosed to go to UK. Please how do i package my application considering my firm will be my sponsor? I earn just over 200k (don't have much in the account though), but could get the company's statement of account and any other documents required. I have only travelled outside Nigeria once...went to Dubai last December on hols. Please what are my chances of getting a UK visa...assuming i package based on my firm being the sponsor. Thanks |
Travel / Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 2 by idmanzik: 5:42pm On Sep 15, 2014 |
Dear House, I have been offered an all expense paid one week overseas trip by my firm and i have choosed to go to UK. Please how do i package my application considering my firm will be my sponsor? I earn just over 200k (don't have much in the account though), but could get the company's statement of account and any other documents required. I have only travelled outside Nigeria once...went to Dubai last December on hols. Please what are my chances of getting a UK visa...assuming i package based on my firm being the sponsor. Thanks |
Politics / Abati Shares Nairaland Link On His TL by idmanzik: 5:10am On Aug 08, 2013 |
Who says they don't read our posts or comments? President Goodluck Jonathan's adviser, Reuben Abati just shared a nairaland link on his twitter timeline. See the link he shared below: https://www.nairaland.com/1388564/2015-apc-invitation-shows-jonathan
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Education / Dangerous: UNIZIK Post-utme Candidates Line-up On Enugu-onitsha Expressway by idmanzik: 12:24pm On Jul 25, 2013 |
Candidates line-up on Enugu-Onitsha expressway just to enter Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) for the post-UTME test scheduled today. How cruel! This is unacceptable! On an expressway...for God sake what if a moving truck veer off the road? God forbid! Mehn, we still have a long way to go in this country! God help Naija.
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Education / Re: Is It Still Possible For Me To Graduate With Second Class Upper 2.1 by idmanzik: 11:34am On May 05, 2013 |
It is very possible to graduate with second class upper, with hard work and commitment. If you are in 400 level, then i assume your 3.1 CGPA was attained in your 300 Level (second semester) or 400 Level (1st semester). Below are the scenarios since you are studying a 5 years course; Scenario One 300 Level second semester = 6 semesters in all. Since your current CGPA is 3.1, to hit the 3.5 FCGPA target then you will need a GPA of 4.1 in each of your last 4 semesters. Advise: Set a target of making at least a B in your courses and also few A's. Scenario Two 400 Level first semester = 7 semesters in all Since your current CGPA is 3.1, then you will need a GPA of 4.43 in each of your last 3 semesters to hit the 3.5 mark. Advise: Target to make more A's than B. God is your strength. Cheeers 2 Likes |
NYSC / Re: No JAMB Registration, No Mobilisation For Corps Members — NYSC Insists by idmanzik: 6:03pm On Apr 03, 2013 |
This is unfair to those candidates admitted through remidial or pre-science programme in our various higher institutions of learning. I have a friend who finished from ABU in 2012, he was admitted through ABU's remidial programme but is yet to be mobilized for NYSC because of JAMB registration number - the school requests he provide any JAMB reg number before being mobilized. Luckily for him, he wrote JAMB before going through the remidial programme. Of many who passed through the rem's programme, he is among the few with JAMB registration. So what's gonna happen to others. Who takes the blame?...the Students? Universities? or JAMB?. |
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: QPR Vs Manchester United (0 - 2) On 23rd Febraury 2013 by idmanzik: 10:26am On Feb 23, 2013 |
United all the way! Win QPR - EPL Win Madrid - Champions League and Win Chelsea - FA 6th round ...then we shall be on our way to winning the TREBLE. Who is with me on this?. #GGMU20 #GGMU4 #GGMU11 5 Likes |
Sports / Re: Headlines Of Nigerian Newspapers Tomorrow by idmanzik: 11:17pm On Feb 10, 2013 |
The Eagles have Landed: Champions of Africa |
Entertainment / Re: Ehiz Wins MTV Base VJ Search Nigeria 2013 by idmanzik: 11:44am On Jan 26, 2013 |
Congrats Ehiz. I saw them on the Big Friday Show yesterday. Ehiz, Ada and Kemi all got talent. Ehiz was outstanding sha. Go and shine! |
Politics / Re: Wuse Abuja Commercial Vehicle's Banned. by idmanzik: 1:04pm On Jan 14, 2013 |
Foxy_Rebirth: Protest won't change much! We can all canvass for an alternative anyway. But believe me, Wuse Market is so untidy for a Nations Capital City. Talking of alternative, i know there is a motor park near Access Bank by Errisco Plaza (not sure of the name of the plaza sha). The design of the park in my opinion is faulty though because rather than ease traffic, the reverse is the case. |
Politics / Re: Wuse Abuja Commercial Vehicle's Banned. by idmanzik: 12:51pm On Jan 14, 2013 |
Foxy_Rebirth: You posting pictures... Why don't you take a stroll around on your crazy arse and see the number of people stranded. I personally got to the office around 9:30am.... Tell me, if the "arabas" are around, and the BRT not designated to a particular bus stop, would that happen>> I don't want to know when you got to your office. I myself didn't get to work until about 10am this morning. We need to sacrifice something for another to work. When El-Rufai banned bikes in Abuja. I was one of those residents crying and shouting, but we have adjusted well, thanks to keke napep and also public taxis who ply many routes. 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Wuse Abuja Commercial Vehicle's Banned. by idmanzik: 12:35pm On Jan 14, 2013 |
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Politics / Re: Wuse Abuja Commercial Vehicle's Banned. by idmanzik: 12:32pm On Jan 14, 2013 |
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Politics / Re: Wuse Abuja Commercial Vehicle's Banned. by idmanzik: 12:27pm On Jan 14, 2013 |
I was at Wuse Market last Tuesday...i had to take these photos. See for your self
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European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) / Re: UCL: Chelsea Vs Nordsjealand (6 -1) On 5th December 2012 by idmanzik: 1:41pm On Dec 05, 2012 |
Chelcy10: CHELSEA CAN STILL QUALIFY IF JUVENTUS O boy, you no sabi nothing. HEAD to HEAD. That's the name of the game!!! If Juve draws Shaktar and Chelsea win Noj by 200 goals to 0. Chelsea will be eliminated!!! |
Education / Re: UNIZIK Isn't Admitting Students Into Medicine? by idmanzik: 3:22am On Nov 27, 2012 |
prudjone: @idmanzik, pls I like to know how I can check admission status of unizik using Jamb's website. http://www.jamb.org.ng/postregistrationefacility/CheckAdmissionStatus.aspx?id=09 Click on the link above to check your admission status on JAMB's website. Good luck to you! |
Education / Re: UNIZIK Isn't Admitting Students Into Medicine? by idmanzik: 3:27am On Nov 26, 2012 |
STORM2: Guys, only two new developments. First, I think all the direct entry name were uploaded today. A friend of mine just got in via DE. No word still on the fate of mbbs hopefuls like us. Next, the former VC of UNIZIK is rumoured to have been kidnapped. Now I kinda hate the school (only because they bleeped me up) but haba! Kidnapping university officials? What for na? I hope he is released soon. How can somebody work for his money only to have some dumb ass thugs kidnapp him and make away with all he has earned? Its unfair! Very unfair.....emmmm UNIZIK, I hate u right now.....peace y'all.....I think by this evening I should be closing this thread (if its my place to do that I mean) lol....nighty night. Please don't hate the school. Just push a bit harder and PRAY...hopefully, who knows, miracles do happen. Two of my sisters were admitted through Direct Entry, they (they are twins) just finished their diploma in UNIZIK, same course. We were hopeful, you know how it is with admission in the country. They both had CGPA above 3.5, but we never stopped praying. We Prayed Until Something Happened (PUSH). Just on Friday, their names were published on JAMB website and was on UNIZIK's site yesterday. Don't give up hope!!! |
Politics / ''jonathan Got It Wrong On Odi''- Obasanjo by idmanzik: 2:16am On Nov 20, 2012 |
President Goodluck Jonathan came under attack yesterday as Nigerians reviewed Sunday’s Presidential Media Chat. Dr. Jonathan spoke on various issues, including Boko Haram, fuel subsidy and infrastructure, among others, during the two-hour broadcast on national television. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo fired a broadside at Dr. Jonathan over his comment on his administration’s military action Obi in 1999. Opposition parties – Action Congress of Nigeria (AC N) and the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) – crtiticised the President’s response to some of the questions he fielded from the editors. The AC N said the President and his aides had been flip flopping on crucial national issues. The ANPP said the President evaded questions that would have enabled him to lay many controversial national issues to rest. But the President’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alleged that opposition parties were spreading “cheap lies” and trying to distance the country. Ex-President Obasanjo defended his administration’s deployment of troops in Odi, a Bayelsa State community, in 1999, saying it achieved the purpose, which was to “uproot” the operational base of a terrorist group. He said President Jonathan was wrong to have claimed during the Presidential Media Chat that the invasion was a failure. Jonathan was Bayelsa’s Deputy Governor during the military action. Obasanjo also justified the use of force in Zaki Biam, Benue State, following the killing of 19 soldiers by suspected terrorists. In a statement issued through his former spokesman, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, Obasanjo said Jonathan must have forgotten the facts about Odi or was misinformed. To him, the President should rather learn lessons from the actions on how to deal with terrorists. Jonathan had said: “We saw some dead people, mainly old men and women and also children. None of those militants was killed. None was killed. So, bombarding Odi was to solve the problem but it never solved it. “Of course if the attack of Odi had solved the issue of militancy in the Niger Delta, the Yar’Adua government, which I had the privilege of being the Vice-President, wouldn’t have come up with the amnesty programme.” But Obasanjo said Jonathan was wrong in the assertion, which he called “a serious charge” against him. According to him, the operation, which he ordered in response to the killing of five policemen and four soldiers by suspected Niger Delta militants, was carried out with military precision and efficiency. Contrary to Jonathan’s statement, the objectives of the soldiers’ deployment “were fully achieved”, Obasanjo said. The former President claimed it was “factually incorrect” for Jonathan to say that all he saw in Odi after he went there on an official visit as deputy governor were the bodies of old people and children. Obasanjo urged Jonathan’s administration to cultivate the courage and the political will to tackle the security challenges posed by the Boko Haram sect. While in power, the former President said, he handled such matters “decisively, with vigour and with the utmost urgency”. He said: “With the greatest respect to Mr. President, this is factually incorrect. He has either forgotten the relevant facts or he has been misinformed. Whichever way, he is mistaken and it is important for those of us that proudly served the Obasanjo administration to respond to him in order to clarify the issues, clear the air and set the record straight for the sake of history and posterity. “I had the privilege of being briefed about all the facts by President Olusegun Obasanjo himself and Col. Kayode Are, the former DG of the SSS, immediately after the Presidential Media Chat and I believe that it is appropriate to share some of those facts with members of the Nigerian public, given the grave assertion and serious charge that President Jonathan has made. Those facts are as follows. “Five policemen and four soldiers were killed by a group of Niger Delta militants when they tried to enter the town of Odi in Bayelsa State in order to effect their arrest. This happened in 1999. “After the brutal killing of these security personnel, President Olusegun Obasanjo asked the then Governor of Bayelsa State, Governor Alamiyeseigha, to identify, locate, apprehend and hand over the perpetrators of that crime. “The Governor said that he was unable to do so and President Obasanjo, as the Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, took the position that security personnel could not be killed with impunity under his watch without a strong and appropriate response from the Federal Government. “Consequently, he sent the military in to uproot and kill the terrorists and to destroy their operational base, which was the town of Odi. The operation was carried out with military precision and efficiency and its objectives were fully achieved.” Fani-Kayode said the military operation led to the dislodgment of the terrorist group. The statement added: “The terrorists were either killed and those that were not killed fled their operational base in Odi, were uprooted, were weakened, were demoralised and were completely dispersed. That was the purpose of the whole exercise and that purpose was achieved. “The truth is that the killing of security agents and soldiers with impunity by the Niger Delta militants virtually stopped after the operation in Odi and remained at a bare minimum right up until the time that President Obasanjo left power eight years later in 2007. I advise those that doubt this to go and check the records. “The same thing was done in Zaki Biam in Benue State in the North-central zone of Nigeria in 2001 after 19 soldiers were murdered in cold blood and then brutally beheaded by some terrorists from that area. Again, after the Federal Government’s strong military response in Zaki Biam, the killing of security personnel with impunity stopped. “The objectives of the military operations in both Odi and Zaki Biam were to stop such killings, to eliminate and deal a fatal blow to those that perpetuated them and to discourage those that may seek to carry out such barbarous butchery and mindless violence in the future. Those were the objectives and nothing more and clearly those objectives were achieved. “There is no doubt that after Odi there was still unrest, agitations, protests, kidnappings and the blowing up and sabotage of oil pipelines in the Niger Delta area but there were hardly any more attacks on or killing of soldiers and security personnel by the terrorists and militants because they knew that to do that would attract a swift and forceful reaction and terrible retribution from the Nigerian military. “To stop and deter those attacks and killings was the objective of President Obasanjo and that objective was achieved. “President Goodluck Jonathan was, therefore, in error when he said that Odi did not solve the problem of killings in the Niger Delta area by the Niger Delta militants. “Not only did it stop the killings, but it is also an eloquent testimony of how to deal with terrorists, how to handle those that kill our security personnel with impunity and how to deter militants from killing members of our civilian population and thinking that they can get away with it. “If President Obasanjo had not taken that strong action at that time many more of our civilian population and security personnel would have been killed by the Niger Delta militants between 1999 and 2007. “By doing what he did at Odi and Zaki Biam, President Obasanjo saved the lives of many and put a stop to the killings and terrorism that had taken root in the Niger Delta area previous to that time.” Besides, Fani-Kayode said Obasanjo was actually misquoted, as he never recommended that the “Odi treatment” should be adopted to quell Boko Haram insurgency. He said: “On the issue of Boko Haram, it is unfortunate that President Obasanjo’s comments have been misconstrued and his views misrepresented. He never said that the Odi treatment should be applied to Boko Haram or that such action is appropriate in these circumstances. “What he said was that a solution ought to have been found or some sort of action ought to have been taken sooner rather than allow the problem to fester over time like a bad wound and get worse. “There can be no doubt that he was right on this because, according to President Jonathan’s own Chief of Army Staff, no less that 3000 people have been killed by Boko Haram in the last two years alone. “That figure represents approximately the same number of people that were killed by the IRA in Northern Ireland and the British mainland in the 100 years that the war between them and British lasted and before peace was achieved between the two sides. “The same number of casualties that the IRA inflicted on the people of the United Kingdom in 100 years is the same number of casualties that Boko Haram has managed to inflict on our people in just two. This is unacceptable and it is very disturbing. “The Federal Government must cultivate the courage and the political will to stop the killings by Boko Haram and to find a permanent solution to the problem. “When President Obasanjo was in power he handled such matters decisively, with vigour and with the utmost urgency. “He brought justice to the perpetrators quickly and promptly and he did whatever he had to do to protect the lives and property of the Nigerian people. “The truth is that the strategy that he adopted to fight terrorism and mass murder worked very well and it was very effective. For President Goodluck Jonathan to suggest otherwise is regrettable.” http://thenationonlineng.net/new/news/jonathan-under-attack/ 1 Like |
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