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blazingblender:
Be they looking into people relationship
Don't go and build your own the way you want it
The women saw the man cheating and accepted him like that
Or you wan beat her??

It's an advice. The world can be a better place for everyone. Civilization is not magic.

I keep wondering why men reason this way. If the man is not in any serious relationship, I'll look the other way. But a man in a serious relationship, marriage say, thinking it is ok to have numerous cheating partners in the names of 'girlfirend', 'mistress', 'another woman', etc, to me is abominable.

If the man and the wife agree to both cheat on each other, I'll look the other way, na them sabi. But what I see in Nigeria most times that gets me distressed is just unjust and unfair to women. Don't get me wrong, cheating is not to be encouraged in any way.

A man once said to his wife: 'if you catch me with another woman, or I catch you with another man, either way, you pack your load and leave'. He means the wife should not pry into his affairs with other women, while he expects her to remain faithful to him.

Once in a while you see a man contract STD from outside and bring it on his wife. Sometimes it is a deadly disease that would kill both of them. It's appalling. Since I cannot encourage women to cheat to be even, I strongly caution men who cheat to stop it forthwith. Make your wife your fantasy and enjoy her the way you wish, stop making them your maids that keep your house and take care of your children while you patronize other women whenever you feel like it.

Let me also announce to all, whoever you enter a sexual relationship with has become connected to you spiritually, don't say 'it was just a fling', 'a one night stand', 'no strings attached', etc, na lie, you have become connected, and sooner or later, that connection will take a heavy toll on you, weather you keeping having s.ex or not, only once is enough.

Women are humans too and should not be treated like they are not. Cheating shouldn't be the right of any man. Once I was talking with two female colleagues when I was younger and single and they said 'all men cheat'. One said she only prays her husband doesn't bring them home, and, she keeps condom in his pigeon hole and her husband 'acts embarrassed' about that. Can you imagine what the society has done to the psych of some women? I was shocked.

It is a mark of respect that you remain faithful to your wife. Buy her the perfume that will make her smell the way you want, the clothes you like seeing her wear. Customize her for yourself. Me I like pineapple fragrance oozing around when I'm having a nice time with my wife. I have remained faithful to her after 6 six years, and I commit to remain so. You don't know the heartache and adrenalin rush you save yourself when you stop cheating.

Hmn

has Obinna paid the money? Or is he dead? I hate people breaching agreements without any form of plea or explanation.

Urielbam:
Thank you for your response.

Does anyone knows if someone with HND can apply for MSc.

No

Victosa:
What are the most likely mistakes that student make when applying for a RP? Or why are people denied RP after paying tuition fee?

Lying is one

Adeh2009:
Hello Guys,

Please am asking for my friend.... He just received his resident permit at Abuja embassy day before yesterday. the card says it will expire on 19th may 2023. He has been doing a 3 years BSC program . 2 years has been conducted online due to covid 19 and travel restrictions and now he has only one year left to finish his program.

Now he wants to travel next month, but his confused about getting his personal number in Sweden. if he travels next month (June) he will have 12 months remaining in his card. Do you guys think he will get his personal number when he arrives in Sweden next month? He has one year remaining to finish his 3years BSC program.

Please i need replies, he will be reading at the comment section. Thank you Guys for the support

Of course he will get a personnummer, so long as he has a valid RP. It takes between few days and 18weeks to get it. He may be lucky and fall on the few days side.
But seriously, this question get as e be. So if we say they won't give him personnummer, what will he do? Not come to finish his studies? This is a research that ought to be done long ago, even before applying for RP. All the best.

ON ARRIVAL: ARLANDA AIRPORT

Arlanda airport is the most popular airport in Stockholm, as perceived by me -that's the only one I've used anyway. The second is Bromma, I've been there but never flown through it. The essence of this post is to help you spend less on commuting in stockholm, if you wish.

To enter in and out of Arlanda airport you have to pay a special fee. I guess all new time travellers coming into Stockholm through the airport paid it, but you can avoid it, and that's the reason I write.

Ordinarily, you get to pay the special fee if you are using the train (pendaltåg), to head to the central station or Upsala.  But if you are taking a taxi from the airport, then you don't have to pay the fee, but the taxi fare is on you.

The cheapest way to deal is to board the SL bus from the airport.  There are other busses you will be introduced to if you ask, and they are not cheaper. It's possible nobody will mention SL (nobody mentioned it to me).

To board the SL bus, you still have to pay anyway, but the pay seems to be the least of all. If you have an SL card, then you could buy a monthly or weekly ticket and travel around as you like. You can do that with the app too.

When I came in, I paid the fee and the gate was opened for me to go down the subway and board the train to Stockholm central station. Then each day I went out I bought a ticket (38kr) that expired after 1.5hrs or so. You know what that means when you are going out to come back later than 1.5hrs, like going to school, it means you'll spend at least 76kr  in a day, it can be more.

On 2 occasions I had to talk to the SL staff to let me pass because the ticket expired like 5mins before and I no wan buy another one to carry me back. When searching for accommodation as a newcomers,  na there you go see how the movement dey be, unless you're just lucky.

So, back to the matter. Ask for where the bus is and be specific that you want to go to the SL bus stand. If they tell you they don't know, then ask where to board a bus, if they show you the way to one 'express' something, then head that direction,  and when you get to where you should climb up, take your left and go down the escalator instead. But if you go miss your way, insist on where to get bus 583 going to Märsta (pronounced as ma-sh-ta). You will go to Märsta first before you move further with the train.

You need the SL card and buy monthly ticket (student ticket is discounted at 650kr, while normal is 970kr).  In my next post I'll share what you need to know about the tickets and how to get it as a student.

Duby2288:
My school resumption date is 29th August (Linnaeus University)..
Please house is late to apply for visa at the embassy by first or second week of July??
I need this insight pls

Possible but not advisable. You may end up getting your RP in October. Try and apply first week of June.

the next I'll drop is on Transportation in Stockholm, starting from arrival at Arlanda Airport

janda1:
Thanks sir with this sir

I'm applying for next session

What's the best job sir
Student job....

What is the tax fee sir

No segregation, any job that suits you

Amista:
Please I need help on this to avoid mistake. Where on this form do the bank giro details come in?? Please someone who has filled the form A online should help me

Special instructions.
Whatever you do, if you use Form A, make sure you get Telex copy and send to your school, that is your receipt

janda1:
Sir how is the work there and how many hours can a student work in a week

As much as you can cope with, no restrictions, you have a work permit

HeyHey:
Thank you very much.
This is very informative. Which airline is best to use?. I’m aware some flights leave from Lagos too, will do proper research

I suggest you book your flight directly, I had a terrible experience with one of the very popular agents.
BA seemed to be the cheapest then, but I had to cancel because I was told I needed a british passport or visa to fly BA.
Abuja was most convenient because na there I pick my RP, and took off next day.

HeyHey:
Thank you very much.
This is very informative. Which airline is best to use?. I’m aware some flights leave from Lagos too, will do proper research


mbachidi
This COVID card abi, the Study in Sweden webinar says there is no need for it now. And did you use a “yellow fever card”. That yellow card when get your passport number

Sweden doesn't need covid cert anymore, but it's like naija needs it for you to run out. No need for yellow anything,

Amista:
How long does Sweden �� Visa process take?

The earlier you apply, the better. Check their immigration website for current average wait time. If you do now, then there are chances of being in Sweden well before August.

mbachidi:
Nice that you shared your experience

In my case, I had a smooth experience because I weighed mine before coming to the airport and knew the limits.

Very painful I left some of my games in Nigeria and I have to buy them at expensive price in sweden.

As for the extortion, just tell them, u don’t have and avoid being cornered or needing their help. U only give if it moves u to give them

One came to me to help carry my luggage, I told him, I can carry it myself, he said make I find am something, I just gave him 200naira

An advise, if u want to carry load, avoid Ghana-must-go, it will tear and na suffering be that

Also, print all printables, printed my COVID certificate for 1k, my mistake was thinking the airline would accept digital copy of the COVID certificate

Mehn, I had thought the excess luggage will cost me just 'small' money. My ghana must go tear, live, it was the wrapping sheet that held it intact. You needed to see me carrying ghana-must-go on my shoulder in Stockholm. If not for my classmate that came to my rescue at T-central (I pity the Oyibo woman sef, no be small suffer I pass her through that day).

AT THE NIGERIAN AIRPORT- FIRST TIME TRAVELLER
If you are travelling out of Nigeria for the first time, you need to avoid the trap I fell into. The strings of extortions and all that take place there is brazen and on another level - everyone wants to take his own "share" of what you have, since you have enough to leave the country.

In Sweden (Arland), your pal can be with you until you check in your luggage, then you hug and bid farewell before you head to the boarding point for other security checks. But in Abuja airport, your person is cut off before you check-in your luggage. I don't know any other reason for this if not for what happened to me.

I had heard they reject some food items you are travelling with, so I begged Dan, my guy, to take me to the airport and be with me until I board so if they reject anything, he would take it. Unfortunately, just before the check-in point, a uniformed person (I don't know what parastatal) asked who was travelling between us, and asked Dan not to go beyond that point.

Before we got there, customs had collected money from us, as if it was a mandatory contribution- they were even jostling for more as one said 'that one na for those people, give us awa own'. The check there was just cursory (or so I thought), one box was filled with food stuff and the other clothing, that was the first time I was leaving Nigeria ( October 2021).

When it was time to check my luggage, the young man scribbled something on a little piece of paper and sked me to go somewhere he pointed for payment for 'excess luggage' and 'extra luggage' (2 in 1). I asked how much that would be and he insisted that I would be informed when I get there. He warned that it wouldn't be small though.
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When I got there, I was told my bill was N128,000. What! I rushed back to the boy and told him I didn't have that kind of money. Then he acted like he had a solution and told me to go buy 'ghana-must-go' bags to re-bag my stuff. I bought the bags for N2,000 each 'medium size'. I came back and he asked me to go re-bag them.

I stepped aside to do this. When I was done and came back, he said it was same and asked me to open up the box and move the things into the ghana-must-go bags, one by one. As I removed the items from here to there, he spotted and asked me to keep aside the packs of ground fish, ground beans, and two bottles of groundnut.

After packing and re-packing, he asked me to get yet another smaller ghana-must-go bag. When I went for this, one of the extortionists offered to help and took N2,500 and went and came back with a small bag saying the sellers had closed and he had to go down to get this one. After he handed it over, he disappeared. Time was ticking and it was getting closer to flight time, I was a little under pressure.

I came back to weigh the stuff again and he wrote the weights of everything on another piece of paper and asked me to go and pay at that same point. Nothing changed in the weight because we just re-weighed the same things minus the ones he wanted to steal. I proceeded to the pay point and they said my bill was N128,850. I was just angry and frustrated. I regretted making any move about the 're-bagging' in the first place.

I brought out my son's verve card to pay and they told me their POS was not working, that I would have to pay with cash. It was Turkish Airline. I asked where the ATM was and they asked me to go to one office to do a transfer and get cash. I went there and the man there said I would pay N12,800 for the cash. I left him immediately and headed for the ATM outside.

I got there and could only withdraw N100,000 (Verve daily limit). I begged a security man there so I could transfer money to his account and get the cash through him. He first announced that his account was in debit (which meant I would spend extra). Finally, I got the money with a 'sacrifice' on top.

I started racing back to pay and then proceed to check in. After checking, I headed to pick up my fish and beans and groundnut in anger. Lo and behold, the boy had closed and took my fish. If only he knew what my wife and mother went through to prep[are me for this trip, he would have avoided such evil. I took the beans and groundnut. But on a second thought, I dropped the beans because these would be in my backpack and could be mistaken as drug (so I thought, I no get strength for wahala). Even at the boarding point, the groundnut was taken away. Make dem enjoy!

What to do:
Check with the airline and know the weight you are entitled to. Make sure your big luggage don't exceed that (you might wanna buy a scale if you don't have one, not a bad investment if you are leaving it for someone behind to keep fit).

Secondly, get a small box, small enough to fit into the luggage compartment of the aircraft above your head, but big enough not to be a small one. This you can carry as a 'hand luggage'. Make sure the stuff in it should be just your clothes and personal effects. Keep it aside when checking in and don't let those hungry folks look at it twice.

All food items should be in the big boxes/bags checked in.

Another tip to add is, if you have a bag/box you are not sure of the keys or zip, to avoid someone sliding or taking something through, there is a section where they use waterproof machine to wrap your bags, 1k or 1.5k per bag or so. I did it for all my checked-in luggage, including the ghana-must-go. But I advise you avoid using ghana-must-go, you'll look like me arriving Europe when I did, I bet it was not posh at all. But the good thing for me was, I no send. But hey, you are not me. Plan from home and keep your cool.

HeyHey:
Sir, please we await this o. Especially the food items part and extortion.

Also, please for how long should the POF sit in my account before I apply for RP?, thank you.

Ok.
Apply for RP as soon as money enters account. But if possible, let the funds trickle into the account over some days or so. But, any which case, be ready to answer where the money came from, they ask sometimes (I don't know if that happens when big money just dump in once (the case I've seen)). But nothing to fear.

maridrug:
I came across this post now, kindly advise me when to start the applications for masters.
2.2
B.Tech Accounting.

www.universityadmissions.se

B.Tech Accounting? Or a typo?

yesloaded:
Honestly it's not funny

Flying economy class is now luxury in this country

Of course, just being in the air. I was heartbroken when last week a young businessman in Kogi who travels to Cotonou was kidnapped and killed after payment of ransom on his way back by road. The bad part is that he used to fly, but this time just decided to travel by road. Travelling by road is now such a big risk in Nigeria.

justwise:
I paid that silly money last Dec -Abuja to Imo state, the same Dec i paid just under £50 for a flight from Dublin to London and i booked the flight the same day, my flight from Abuja to Imo was booked a month in advance

And they claim they have a valid reason for this hike.

hisgrace090:
We Nigerians are naturally greedy.
This is how they hiked prices of goods from 2021 till now to what everyone is suffering today.
Just a rumour of of one selling at higher rate is enough for others to joyously hike theirs with joy.

A trader on hearing that govt may increase the price of fuel replied, I cares not if they try I will increase the prices of my goods.
Prices of goods have changed more than 10 times but civil servant salaries remain same.

That is the worst part of this whole thing, the salary earners bear the brunt. Then every other person expects the civil servant to remain 100% loyal to the govt, when He doesn't have the holy Spirit living in him or her? Mehn, the country is getting tough daily.

justwise:
This is even expensive, you can fly from London to Dublin for £10, a journey of an hour plus few minutes

It's appalling to say the least. Now to travel by road is a nightmare due to insecurity, they want to hold air passengers by the jugular too. I weak.

This a flight from Sweden to Germany ( 2 hrs trip). I don't think the aircraft is running on water, neither do any of the countries have oil and gas.
But Port Harcourt to Lagos (1 hr flight) is more than $100. It is well. Somebody somewhere now will say the comparison is not healthy, then let me know how it should be.

Once you get permit for them while in naija, you can come in and manage until they 'notice you' lol. If you get a landlord that allows you stay with a large family in one room or two, you will be lucky.

But when you are here and want to apply for them, you need to show proof that you have a place that can accommodate them.

omonla10:
I am married with 3 kids. Youngest of them is 8 years old. Is it advisable to move with family to Sweden together with my wife as main applicant. The survival, jobs, weather, raising kids etc...

Trying to be sure before I go all out.. Thanks

That is your decision to make. But any which way, don't come with them at first, even if you apply for them, then after you don see the levels you can bring them up later on

samefiok:
Please guys Whats the required bank balance for Swedish study permit

Check Migration Agency website and just do a rough conversion. But if you keep 20M there and you have a family of 3, it will be ok. Check and know your case, if you are single or married. Different upkeep amount per day for the man, wife, each child within certain age ranges respectively.

HeyHey:
This letter is addressed “Dear Candidate “, can it be used. Ie it was not personalized

It should be ok, mine was addressed to 'Dear Student'

Ktei:
The notification of selection result, that is what i attached, what am i suppose to attach ?

Check the letter sent by your Department, it should have your school logo. Mine was sent by the programme director. If you can't find it, then mail your school or Department. För now that should suffice.

Ktei:
Good Morning all, 

Please I need help, I tried to pay school fees with FORM A, it was rejected, I got this response below. 

KINDLY ATTACH ADMISSION LETTER ON SCHOOL'S LETTER HEAD

Is there anybody here who has successfully paid Tuition fees with FORM A?  

Your urgent replies are needed.

What did you present as admission letter?

For those coming to Stockholm, I'll find time to share some things here, and some others privately.

Certainly you'll acquire your own personal experiences, but come on, we'll keep having new experiences until we die, so why not learn some from others and save yourself some stress to invest on other things?

You will need some info about transportation, and accommodation- the two important things.

It's not unusual to think you are just a newcomer and thus it is ok to spend/waste money on certain things. But, if you learn to save that money from the onset and 'waste' when you are surer, e sweet pass.

For everyone, especially those travelling for the first time, I'll share my experiences so you avoid the extortions I faced at the airport. Also, I may advise on the food items you may not need to bring (food wey I carry come sweden don help, I still dey appreciate my wife and my mama for that. About six months in, Naija food still plenty for my side).