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Politics / Re: Tinubu Signs Bill Returning Old Anthem Into Law by magnum247: 1:00pm On May 29
There was a country cry

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Sports / Re: Atalanta & Lookman End Leverkusen's 51-Game Unbeaten Run by magnum247: 11:02am On May 23
Leverkusen played like they were still suffering from the hangover sustained during their title celebrations. They have made history already but would have been extraordinary if they went the entire campaign without losing a single game.

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Travel / Re: Memoirs From Chile by magnum247: 1:36pm On May 19
tensazangetsu20:


I rarely advise on skills but to be honest so far as you are good in your chosen field, there's opportunities for everything out there.
Thank you
Travel / Re: Memoirs From Chile by magnum247: 1:36pm On May 19
Bongadu:




Java or C#

Alright, thank you
Travel / Re: Memoirs From Chile by magnum247: 7:17am On May 19
tensazangetsu20:
A few tips of advice I will give to anyone leaving Nigeria to study abroad. I believe these tips apply to every reasonable country out there:

If you can, avoid doing a one year masters program. Go for 2 years. This is because the job search to get into a career driven job in the current labour market can take a very long time and you need enough time to make your mistakes. Mistakes like poor cv and bad Interviews are better done early ahead so you can learn the system very well. Also if you are migrating to a non English speaking country, you can get better in the language spoken in the country in that extra time.

Start your job search early. I am shocked that people wait until graduation or very close to graduation to start applying to jobs. This is a disaster in every country on earth. Big multinationals recruit a year in advance and most of them can even allow you set your start date a year in advance if you manage to scale the interviews. Also interviews can take as long as six months or even more depending on the type of organization. Start your job search from the day you enter the country. Don't wait and waste time.

Don't focus a lot on GPA. So long as you can maintain the upper distinction range, prioritize the job search much more. Outside Nigeria, most people don't care. They mostly care about what you are able to do and can do.


If you are looking to switch careers, learn the skills in Nigeria especially if you are going into tech. If possible, try and get some experience from Nigeria even if it's internships that don't pay a lot. You have the infrastructure abroad yes, internet, electricity and practically everything you need but the truth is except you are well funded from Nigeria and won't need to do any side jobs to pay bills, you won't have time to pick up any new skill abroad. There's also the fact of getting an entry level tech role in a new country which is mostly reserved for new graduates. Most masters students graduating are expected to have some sort of experience. Some schools won't even admit you without you having some work experience.

Learn from your mistakes especially with interviews. Mistakes are very expensive. You want to make sure that each interview you go through is better than the last. This is very important. If you take your interviews nonchalantly, you might finish and not get anything. I personally prepare for each job interview like I am going to war. I also try to record my interviews and think of how I could have structured my answers better and apply that to the next interview.

Last last, hold God tight o. I used to be so irreligious in Nigeria but men I don't even know how my life would have been if I didn't find God to be honest.

Bro, I have been following this thread from almost day one and I find it really insightful. I have a degree in computer science and intend to leave the country soon. The issue now is that it was not the main course I intended to study but the country happened but nevertheless, I made good grades. Now, I know tech is big over there and I intend to start all over cause I have left it for a while now. I used to code java before, could create desktop apps before, learnt it during my IT and was quite good but now, which programming language or stack will you advise me to take up cause God willing, I will leave the country latest 1Q of next year.
Pets / Re: Man Finds His Dog Hanging Dead (Video) by magnum247: 8:53am On May 17
The dog saw probably a bird, it's instincts kicked in to chase it and he did, forgetting he's on leash then tragedy struck.


Sherlock Holmes grin

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Foreign Affairs / Re: UK Denies 74-year-old Ghanaian Permanent Residency After 42 Years Stay by magnum247: 8:12am On May 17
From what I understood from the story, the man never applied for a stay in the country and maybe because it didn't affect him in anyway, he didn't find the need to cause he was also married to a Briton and that would have been a viable route to citizenship. He just felt that staying in the country that long, these things where supposed to happen automatically and unfortunately, no be so e dey work. They should just give him the residency cause overtime, he has been a good tenant in the country.
Politics / Re: This Is Why Discos Are Reluctant To Install Prepaid Meters. by magnum247: 7:37am On May 17
Our power supply here is quite poor and it actually became worse when a lot of houses installed prepaid meters due to over billing and harassment from their officials. I actually went to get mine and they told me it was unavailable and hasn't been for sometime, I laughed cause I knew it was intentional. These agencies behave fraudulently and our government which is supposed to protect the interest of it's people, collude with them for selfish gains which is quite unfortunate.

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Family / Re: As A Lady You Can’t Be In Your Married Sister House And Not Wearing A Bra by magnum247: 8:51am On Apr 06
mariahAngel:
Are you tempted by your sister-in-law or what?
Assuming he’s tempted, does that make him less of a man? or is he at fault for being tempted? Okay, let’s assume you and your husband are visiting your family for an event and would spend sometime with ur family and probably ur sisters re in attendance too, will you be happy if he wears boxers and walk around the house?

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Travel / Re: Lagos To Demolish Landmark Beach Resort For Coastal Road by magnum247: 8:23pm On Apr 05
The only thing they know as project in this country na road, flyover, school, hospital and market. Anybody wey enter office na these things e go do. Even if roads don Dey before, them go talk say dem wan expand am. These people can’t think outside the box to plan and execute life changing projects, now they want to put someone and a lot others out of business to build something that at the end of the day won’t serve much of its purpose same way that wike built a lot of flyovers that re not helping to decongest the gridlock in those areas.

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Food / Re: The Yam Porridge I Made With Just 2400. Very Delicious. Photos by magnum247: 8:18am On Apr 03
The worst part of the whole thing is she’s claiming that it’s what she craved for😂😂 a badly prepared meal?? Except you’re pregnant o
Phones / Re: Police Officers Flaunt Expensive iPhones (Pictures, Video) by magnum247: 7:28pm On Mar 26
Politicians dey flaunt, law enforcement dey flaunt, bandits and terrorists too dey flaunt, oya masses, over to you
Travel / Re: Oriola Aregbesola: US Navy Announces Sailor Who Died In The Red Sea by magnum247: 8:16am On Mar 25
It's unfortunate, I remember his post that year and was genuinely happy for him. Sadly, he paid the ultimate price for the country he loved which is what he signed up for.

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Nairaland / General / Re: UK Gatekeeper, Emdee Tiamiyu Arrested For Alleged Fraud, Faked Asylum Claim by magnum247: 12:07am On Mar 23
Yeye man. See as em nose be like Bmw grill

Politics / Re: Governor Uzodimma Appoints Brother As Imo State Deputy Chief Of Staff by magnum247: 4:14pm On Mar 22
Governor Uzodinma is doing better than what Rochas did but people still despise him maybe because of how he initially emerged. He's done okay so far even with the insecurities in the state and would be one of the best governors in the state if he can do more during this tenure.

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Politics / Re: Nigeria’s Economy Gradually Reviving, Says Information Minister, Mohammed Idris by magnum247: 5:11pm On Mar 21
When it was dead, you bin tell us??
Politics / Re: Erisco: Amnesty Demands Release Of Woman Arrested Over Comment On Tomato Paste by magnum247: 6:19pm On Mar 11
So this woman still dey sanko since that time...nawa o undecided

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Crime / Re: Lagos Agency Seeks Help Finding Woman Smoking Shisha On Baby (pics) by magnum247: 10:07pm On Mar 10
Irresponsible lady. These day, almost every thing on skirt na baby mama even when they re not fit to be mothers

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Politics / Re: One Benefit Of Tinubulation by magnum247: 7:19pm On Mar 07
That's what you feel. A lot of people still support his government in this space and I know so cause their comments still garner a lot of likes. The hunger never really touch everybody and we re not yet ready to be liberated.
Crime / Re: US Man Accused Of Making $1.8m From Listening To His Wife's Remote Work Calls by magnum247: 9:41am On Feb 24
TWoods:


That's the problem with Nigeria. What the man did is a federal crime in the US. He has already been convicted and most likely will see prison time. https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/insider-trading-husband-illegally-profits-17m-after-using-wifes-private-company
You fail to get the point. It’s a crime because he got caught and why was he caught? Because he spoke when he didn’t have to. A lot of these so called big men do this. When they say information is power, what do you think the power actually used for??
Would it also have been a crime too if he was hit with a huge loss on those investments?

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Crime / Re: US Man Accused Of Making $1.8m From Listening To His Wife's Remote Work Calls by magnum247: 7:25am On Feb 24
I honestly see nothing wrong in what he did as he was just privileged that his wife worked on the deal. A lot of people somewhere will also benefit from this kind of situation but won't go about exposing themselves. It happens in all works of life, people will always get privileged information before others and how you use it depends on you

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Properties / Re: My 3 Bedroom Building Updates.. by magnum247: 7:17am On Feb 16
A bag of cement now is almost 9k. Never thought I will witness such, congrats to those that are done with their projects, una no know wetin God do for una

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Celebrities / Re: Today Marks The 45th Birthday Of Aaliyah, The Princess Of R&B Who Left Us Too S by magnum247: 6:31pm On Jan 16
We4all:


Are you living the life?
For some of us that have the love for Christ, we’re all striving to. What side are you on?
Celebrities / Re: Today Marks The 45th Birthday Of Aaliyah, The Princess Of R&B Who Left Us Too S by magnum247: 2:39pm On Jan 16
Gone since 2001 and yet to be seen ever since, that's life for you. Let's try and live the life Christ wants us to live cause it's really an empty world.
Sports / Re: How Will You Handle The News Of Ronaldo And Messi's Retirement From Football? by magnum247: 7:12am On Jan 15
In my mind, they’re retired already.

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Crime / Re: Kidnappers Kill One Of Six Siblings Abducted In Abuja by magnum247: 10:12pm On Jan 13
May they never find peace on this earth. They will look for death but will not find.

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Politics / Re: Tinubu, Shettima Spend 91 Days Abroad In Seven Months by magnum247: 4:46pm On Jan 07
Una never see anything yet o…na wetin b4 b4 Nollywood movies dey write “This is just the beginning ”. We seem to enjoy pain and suffering in this country that’s why if buhari comes out tomorrow to contest, you will still see a lot supporting him even on this platform.

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Romance / Re: This Is Why Your Prayers Don't Get Answered by magnum247: 11:02am On Dec 30, 2023
youngsahito:
Why is it only Africans that need prayers, European don't pray too much but they are living a comfortable life than Africans that over pray.
What do you tag a comfortable life?
Career / Re: Oyo: Police Dismiss Constables Who Demanded Money From Dutch Rider by magnum247: 6:47pm On Dec 21, 2023
I watched the video and was ashamed for the two. Dem no even use better English ask for the money. It’s unfortunate they lost their job now in this trying time

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Celebrities / Re: "Why I Can’t Date Or Marry Man That Can Cook" – Former GWR Holder Hilda Baci by magnum247: 4:54pm On Dec 14, 2023
What she’s saying in summary is that cooking is what makes her special in a relationship so if the man can cook also, invariably she has nothing else to offer grin

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Politics / Re: JUST IN: Acting Governor, Aiyedatiwa, Sends First Message To Ondo People by magnum247: 1:27pm On Dec 14, 2023
One thing I hate very much is disloyalty. No matter the ambitions and pressure he should have remained loyal to his principal especially in this time of sickness. How many years is it remaining for his tenure to finish?
Phones / Re: Help: I Got Duped By A Nairalander by magnum247: 9:51am On Dec 14, 2023
You were scammed cause you didn’t believe that you could be scammed by ur so called brother. Moral of this ur story : being good or bad is not selective of tribe or ethnicity, deal with everyone with the same precaution regardless of where they come from.

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