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To whom it may concern,

I am not going to go back pages to read the Genesis to Revelation of this story but I will just give my small advise and experience.... I will not advise you to go out of status because your school reports such to SEVIS and that means you're to leave the country for that period... If you don't, that goes into your record.... To fall back into status, SEVIS has to give you the go ahead and from a friend who was out of status for less than a month.... That period is scary as hell because any small issue, you can be deported...

About finding a job after school, from my experience... I got one, lots of friends got... So there is hope as long as there is God... So don't say now your in the USA, you forget God.... Hold on to Him tight and put your fate in God not with one girl you don't know.... Especially NY babes, I have heard their gist and they can be frustrating when they know it's about the paper....

I always say if you can't afford this journey, do not embark on it.... But it's your cross to bear... Sha if you dey marry, make I know... I have not still attended a wedding in this country, still looking for my first...

And about the so called uncle, if that's the advise he gives his nephew then forget about him...

By the way, being a resident doesn't guarantee getting a job... There is a reason lots of Nigerians end up with menial jobs because once that paper is there, the zeal to go to school leaves and you just want to start making money even though small... So accomplish your number one that you came to achieve in this country then think about papers

Dear Fashola, How have you not failed us? Especially in the transportation sector

smartfellow2080:
Virtually everybody born before the invention of the internet must have heard the tale of a nonexistent football match between Nigeria and India that obviously took place in a parallel universe and somehow we got to hear the gory stories of that match.

Though there are many variations of the story, every prevaricator seems to agree on a couple of facts about this fictional football match. Each storyteller agrees that;

1. This match ended with India scoring 99 goals and Nigeria scoring just one goal.

2. Nigerians where unable to kick the ball because the football kept turning to a lion (or something scary) to prevent them from playing the soccer ball.

3. The Indians later agreed that if Nigeria could score a goal, they would concede defeat

4. Samuel Okwaraji scored the winning goal and lost his life in the process.

5. FIFA banned India from soccer because they used black magic in that very game

With the help of common sense (not that it was absent back then), quick access to information and the internet, every right thinking Nigerian has come to realise that such a story should be filled under “Blatant Lies”.

Why Did This Story Thrive For So Long?

Most people like to pass off this story as true with the fact that no one has ever seen India in an International Football Match. Since no one actually saw India participate in most international soccer games, this gave a little credence to the story.

Another reason this lie could thrive for long was the fact that credible information was not readily available at our finger tips. It not like every Emeka, Audu and Ojo could visit Google in a matter of minutes and tell our ominous fabricators that they should stop spreading toxic lies.

And to be honest we have a tingling feeling that this lie was concocted by an elder of a community because, let’s be honest who questions the words of the elders in Nigeria. Remember, what an adult sees sitting down a child will never see even if he consults Google, Siri or Cortana.

The Element of Truth In This Story

On the 12th of August 1989, Nigeria lost Sam Okwaraji.

Sam Okwaraji was the player rumored to have lost his life in that game when in truth he died during a FIFA World Cup qualifying game against Angola in the 77th minute.

He collapsed and died of cognitive heart failure. May his soul rest in Perfect Peace. AMEN

So that is the only truthful thing about that story, the fact that a Nigerian player died during a football match. That’s it. The match was not against India, we did not lose the match and as you must have guessed, and there were no lions either.

Nairlanders, what do you think?

The version you heard was a lie, no one died in that match...
This legendary match is very true, only two of us watched it... I and the person who formed this story

tosyne2much:
This point is not an attack on guys. It is
just an honest attempt to point out
some of the traits that play into why
guys lie about being single. I know that so many dudes will rain curses on me for putting up this piece. The truth is bitter they say

Take a bottle of bobo drink and spread your mat

Reasons Why Guys Will Lie About Being Single

1. He Wants To Get Under Your Skirt
To be realistic, when a guy is currently in a relationship & he lies about being single is his primary motive to get under your pant .. He knows his chances of dating or having sex with you would be much lower if he is honest about being in a relationship. No guy forgets he's in a relationship unless he lies so he can have a chance to get into your pants. Is that so ? Yes it is

3. The Joy Of Being Chased
YES so many dudes derive joy when they are being chased by various species of ladies.. There are some that love the excitement of the flirting, the chase, cat and mouse game of it all. Most dudes derive joy when they've so many species of ladies ringing them up & sending numerous messages.. Isn't that a thing of joy ? Yeah it is to some sha

4. He's Broke
Don't get this twisted 'cos I’m not saying that guys are gold-
diggers (well, just few of them). I can say this because I know the frustration of being broke. He sees your father is rich and you are being influenced by your father's wealth, he will lie about being single because of his selfish interest. Should we call that ojukokoro ? YES


5. He Wants To Keep You As A Side Chic
He's promiscuous and wants to keep you as a side chic. He knows that the moment you realize he's in a relationship, chances are, you are likely to turn the other way and lose interest in him, therefore, he will lie about it.


7. He Want You To Keep Pestering Him For A Relationship
Because some people are just
plain stupid. There are little boys out who there who are immature in hurting a lady who loves them. I went to a barbing salon last week and I over heard a boy talking to his friends boastfully that he's got up to 8 ladies chasing him because he told them he's single. Isn't that silly ?

8 He Wants To Dump His Girlfriend
An average dude who is about dumping his girlfriend will most likely tell you he's single because he wants you to be his new girlfriend

Written by: tosyne2much

A man who wants you as a side chick will let you know you're not his main chick

Mmadukaku:
They met on the eve of new year.
Just 12days gone and he's inlove already.
The guy sounds desperate abi? Well he is 39.5 and she's 26.5.
13yrs difference is alot

Meaning he might have not been a virgin when she was born.... Interesting

randsandnaira:
I am in my late 30s and i met the lady of my dreams early this year. The lady seemed to be into me, and then, the big question came. She asked for my age and then i told her. The moment i did, she freaked out.

She is in her late 20s and tolD me the age difference is too much for her to handle. I persuadeD her that it doesn't matter but she wasn't persuaded. As it were, I'm so worried cos i truly care about her.

Please advise me on how to win her heart. I'd appreciate mature response. Thank you.

Ain't we still in "early this year" part of the year

Sigh Buhari!!! Leave politics and hang out with your grand kids

EyeKandy:
There are lot of them in the US that show up at the yearly Zumunta Association parties.
We organize our parties in different states so we get an opportunity to mingle if you want to.

Who is the we?

EyeKandy:
Hahaha!! God will help you.

Amen!!!

Muyogoa:
I'm sure i'm not alone. Many men loves this part of women but not me. I mean the boobs and buttocks of ladies. Infact, there is a thread on nairaland of ladies with big boobs and buttocks. Many pic of ladies with big boobs and buttocks were uploaded their and many guys were 'mad' at those pics but non of these picture move me an inch. Even in real life boobs and buttocks is not part of my sexual life. I sometimes jealous guys who find this part fascinating. There are other weird non sexual part i find very attractive but not boobs and buttocks (no matter how big it is). I often shake my head in pity when some ladies try to seduce me with this part. As my thing can never pick signal to it. Are there guys like me here? Am i normal?

I used to be like you and was only attracted to the heart of women but then I realized they didn't have any... So I realized I better get attracted to their boobs and buttocks

bustyhelen:
I made a resolution not to engage in premarital sex again till marriage, which is likely to come up by November, but just few days into the new year, the urge & temptation is enormous, my fiancé is not helping matter.

Please serious advice on how to keep my new year resolution?
Only serious minded ones should advice me please....

This might backfire, when you change the rules of a relationship you're already in.... Your partner too has to change, and it might be for the worse.... (Taken from my personal experience)

There is a reason why the serpent went straight to the woman, because they speak the same language

lalasticlala:
Nigerian gay rights activist Bisi Alimi, pictured below, shared these tweets earlier on today. Truth be told, a part of me bled for the young man's family and his soul too after reading this.

http://www.lailasblog.com/2014/12/nigerian-gay-guy-kills-self-after-he.html?m=1

Has to be the dumbest guy ever, he was gay before his first baby cry.... Some gay people say shit to gain pity

I didn't need a survey to tell me this

It's easy to tell... Their actions will show you....

MsNas:
Na so o. They report every tiny thing to SEVIS. Lmao. They called me one day say dem go report me to SEVIS cos I no do vaccination. Shoo? I go do am outside sharp sharp cos they were doing MMR for $70 while health dept was doing it for $9. Awon ole.

That's true... I didn't complete my medicals... Real ole.....

niyimeg:
please how much balance does the bank statement i want to use to apply for the visa has to show and can a family friend be my sponsor with no common surname?

Enough to sustain you for a year... So whatever is written on your I-20, convert it to Naira and have it in the bank (but I also advice an extra 50% of that so the VO doesn't think they are not spending their life savings on your first year)

MsNas:
Congrats bro. Welcome to the Land of the free. As per what I said, my roomate, who is a GA with the International Students Office was the one that gave the the gist. She even told me that the schools knows who will get visas and who will never get it and those who just needs to convince the VO to give them the visa.

Why I'm saying this is so prospective applicants can put in the utmost best into their applications. She gave me example of a Nigerian guy who's SOP has a ton of grammatical errors!! He even swapped using he for female and she for male Such was the error. Yet this person claimed he was coming in for graduate studies and had nailed a 97 in TOEFL. How manage? She said the International Students Coordinator just pointed out the errors in the SOP before uploading into the SEVIS website and told her categorically that "This guy can never get a visa"

Your visa decision starts from the moment you put in the application for admission. Don't do standardized tests for embassy's sake. The VO will know you never used the test in securing the admission, cos it won't be among the documents the school uploaded unto the SEVIS website. Be consistent, any information you use in securing the admission should barely change from the one used for visa interview. I don't know it all. Just chipping in my bit.

Once again, Congrats JabinodelaRatta. You deserved it, so do shakara today

I had a feeling about this when I was in school, the way ISO liked reporting to SEVIS was too much

But more than half of the things on this list are facts

Your niece is older than you....

drnairalov:
use baking soda and lime..

1. squeez d lime in a teaspoon or 2 of baking soda

2..den it woud form a whitish paste..grab ur foam (*dont use brush*) den wipe ur teeth with d foam with d paste.. leave 4 5 mins and wash off

continue dis for a week..yo wud start seein difference the next day self..simple natural way

If it was the brown tooth that grew to replace the old ones... I do not think this method will work....

But I am still shocked about the brown teeth replacing the old ones part...

Your tooth grew up brown, I doubt they can be white

All I can say is that you married this man so you will have a husband.....

Reason why I don't mess with virgins anymore

No matter how gentle a man is, there is always a limit

whao:
Let me share what my friend is passing through right now.

He is a civil servant who earn N47k monthly as a graduate with one of the government parastatal.

He is willing to get married to his girlfriend but when he approach the family of the girl, they gave him a bill for the traditional wedding worth N800k. He is thinking of going for a loan just to marry the lady he desire.

The issue now is, he can't afford that amount which makes him not ready for marriage.
Do you think he should go for the loan or wait till God touches the heart of the government to increase the wages before he get married or till he is able to save to such worth of money?

I also notice its a paramount problem must of us men are passing through silently "Willing to marry but not ready".

What advice do we have for each other as men and for this my friend.

Cheers.

Never enter debt in the name of marriage..... Do you want your first task in the marriage to be to pay off the debt?

Babymama1:
There is no particular husband
There are tons of men out there with the qualities a woman is looking for
Soldier go soldier come

I like that mentality, valid reason why husbands have girlfriends outside...

Wait do girls just want to marry or they want to marry a particular person? Because from this post all I see is that she just wants to marry

Noneroone:
It may sound a little bit misleading,
because this problem is not only limited
to Nigerian schools. It’s a worldwide
phenomenon occasioned by teachers,
lecturers and instructors who make no
effort to update themselves and add to
what they already know. These lies – at
least some of them – were facts at some
point in time, but things have since moved
on. Truths become lies as new discoveries
are being made.
Here are 16 lies that are still dished out the
world over even as you read this:

There are six classes of food: I was taught –
and I know most of you were taught – that
there are 6 classes of food, namely,
proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, fats and
oil, minerals and water. It is no longer the
case. Officially, there are now SEVEN classes
of food: proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins
(or vegetables), fibers, fats and oil, minerals
and water. Fiber is derived from plants and
it was initially left out by nutritionists
because it seemingly does not add any
nutrient to the body. What fiber does that it
alters the way our gastrointestinal tract
absorbs food. Fiber itself is indigestible; it is
broken down in the large intestine not by
the body’s digestive system, but by the
trillions of bacteria that live there.

There are nine planets in the solar
system : Astronomers are regularly
discovering new planets all over the
universe. However, the number of planets in
our own solar system has been reduced
from nine to eight. This is due to the
declassification of Pluto as a planet. Pluto
was officially downgraded by astronomers
at the 26th General Assembly of the
International Astronomical Union which
was held in Prague, Czech Republic, in
2006. It is now a dwarf planet.
Astronomers found out that it is merely a
huge ball of ice and rock orbiting the Sun in
an area known as the Kuiper Belt. The
Kuiper Belt is located beyond the planet
Neptune (which is now the farthest planet
in the solar system) and it contains over
70,000 icy objects similar to Pluto. Pluto
happens to be one of the biggest of these
icy objects, but it’s not the biggest. The
biggest is Eris. Eris, a dwarf planet, is the
largest object in the Kuiper Belt. It’s about
25% more massive than Pluto.

There are four oceans: That was until the
year 2000 when the International
Hydrographic Organization concluded that
a distinct body of sea that completely
surrounds the continent Antarctica will be
the Earth’s fifth ocean. The exact
geographic coordinates of the salty water
are yet to be agreed upon, but most
sources will tell you that it lies to the south
of Australia, New Zealand and the tip of the
South American continent.

There are three states of matter: There are
several states of matter, in fact. According
to physicists, in addition to solid, liquid and
gaseous, plasma can be observed in
everyday life. Actually, scientists claim that
plasma is the most abundant form of
matter in the universe, because most of the
stars, including our own Sun, are in a
plasma state. Other states of matter include
the neutron-degenerate matter, Bose-
Einstein condensates, liquid crystals,
superfluids, quark-gluon plasmas, quantum
hall state, supersolid, string-net liquid,
superglass and dark matter. But these
forms of matter are very rare and some of
them have not been observed, but are
believed to exist.

Humans have only five senses: It turns out
that sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste
are not the only sensory responses human
beings exhibit. Human sensory receptors
can also respond to pain (nociception),
changes in temperature (thermoception),
changes in balance (equilibrioception),
position (proprioception), magnetic
direction (magnetoception) and the
passage of time (chronoception).


Humans evolved from apes: This is a great
lie and misconception that has been here
with us since the day Charles Darwin
published his controversial “On the Origin
of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or
the Preservation of Favoured Races in the
Struggle for Life.” According to this well-
known biological framework, human
beings and the modern-day apes evolved
from a single, now-extinct ancestor. As time
passed by, these ancestors of ours began to
evolve differently based on climatic,
nutritional, geographical and social
changes.

Mount Everest is the highest place on
earth :
Mount Everest is the highest
mountain in the world quite alright, but it’s
not the part of the world that is closest to
outer space. Here how it works: the Earth
does not have a perfectly round structure
like the world globes you’ll find in most
schools. Geographers call this anomaly an
oblate spheroid, which means that the
earth has a bulge towards the equator. As a
result of this bulge, places close to the
equator are


http://saharareporters.com/2014/12/05/16-errors-are-still-taught-nigerian-schools-today-chinedu-rylan

Pluto is back to being a planet

Dabss:
it takes a little time to master all the controls, be patient.2015 is the best. Right now, 2013 is too damn easy.

It's annoying.... But online seems so seamless though... No breaks which is shocking

The game play isn't as realistic and fun as 2013

Put your phone in your pocket, and then put your hands in there too

princeozzilly:
1. She must be God-fearing
2. She must not be materialistic
3. She must show signs of being a good home maker
4. She must show signs of discipline
5. She must always be sensitive to your needs
6. She must not be crafty or being too smart
7. She must be humble and obey the man
8. Even if she is the rich one, she must be submissive (forget about all these feminist rubbish) a woman cannot make a home without a man.
9. She must not disclose her man's short-comings to a third party, not even parents.
10. She must always be cheerful.

If you are a Woman, score yourself over 10 and let's see if you are a good wife material.

11. She must exist.

So you withdrew N465,000 and you then entered a taxi with other occupants... Well seems you were feeling generous

I wonder if they kept dna samples of the slaves when they captured them.....