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Nearby, three customers – one in a hijab – wait for a turn to spend several hours and $40 to have their hair done, a hefty sum in a country where many
live on less than $2 a day

And when would all these nonsense western news outlets stop all the bullshit about Nigerians living on less than $1 and $2. Trying to make us look like poverty ridden sets of people.

Double post https://www.nairaland.com/1816251/best-bank-issued-card-online

Hello!

Which bank issued card offers the best exchange rate when purchasing items online from overseas?

I have the UBA Africard. They charge about 170naira for a dollar (including bank charges). They also charge for adding money to the card.

I also have a GTB mastercard although I've never used it for international online payment, only local payments.

I once heard about a First bank card (can't remember the name).

Please give me your suggestions.
UPDATE
I did a little research and I found out that the name of the card is "FirstBank Naira Visa Prepaid Card".

Your contributions are still welcome.

Hello!

Which bank issued card offers the best exchange rate when purchasing items online from overseas?

I have the UBA Africard. They charge about 170naira for a dollar, which I consider outrageous. I also have a GTB mastercard although I've never used it for international online payment, only local payments.

I once heard about a First bank card (not sure about the name) which offers a lower exchange rate. Please give me your suggestions.

Two words- Western propaganda.

DebateNigeria: I know this topic may not make FP because it is not against the medical doctors as only topics against doctors make FP. I have always been an anonymous visitor or guest here but had to join nairaland to post this topic.
It is really saddening to see how Nigerians regard their medical doctors. I have been following this saga on nairaland, Facebook, other social media and print media. I came into conclusion that Nigerians have misplaced priorities. We hate doctors so much and yet we roll out our drums in celebration each time our children graduate to become one. I have some friends who swore that since they could not study medicine, they will do everything in their powers to ensure their kids study medicine.
Why the so much hatred for doctors. I once had a sister who decided to go to a nurse at home to take her delivery, after this nurse tried all she could do, she referred her to a general hospital and I must say that the doctors where so professional about it, they did not want to lose the baby or the mother, my sister was so bad I thought she would not make it but for the doctors she survived, the baby survived too. It was the doctors who took her blood samples ran a test in the ward side lab brought out the test result in less than 5 mins and said she will need blood. These same doctors took the sample to the lab about 500 meters from the ward, went back to check that the blood was ready, wheeled her to the theatre, monitored her till she was awake. I must say the input of other health professionals was minimal. I was amazed.
I am not justifying the doctors strike, I am not in support of any strike but a better understanding of the fight in the health sector is important for all. I often see people make bad comments about nurses. Though nurses are trained to offer care, I must say doctors I have met are still more caring than nurses. The day you or any of your relative is admitted in a public hospital you may understand what I am trying to say. They shout at patients and their relatives, they may not even wait an extra minute once their shift is over. But doctors are patient, they don't gossip unlike others who stay in the ward gossiping patients and their relatives.

Here is an article that was shared on Facebook and I feel nairaland could benefit from it. It may be bias because it is coming from a medical doctor but I feel it is the honest truth.

I appeal to our doctors to go back to work, patients are dying. We need you and we appreciate your effort.



This is also to announce my membership of nairaland. I shall engage in meaningful debate and will not entertain any form of insult as that is the reason I refused to join initially.
Nairaland is a great community and I have learnt a lot as a guest. I wish I will learn more as a member

You have a point but would your sister have survived if the doctors were on strike?

Why is Israel bombing Palestine?
-Because the Palestines bombed them.

Why were the Palestines bombing Israel?
-Because Israel had also bombed them.

Crazy world we live in, I tell ya.

Yungwizzzy: The biggest discovery I made during NL server failure:

I discovered that Nairaland girls are really ugly
I took time to view the profile of most people that commented in seun's facebook page they're so off point

one word
#UGLY


#the gods have spokun

I also made the same observations.

kekakuz: if people never show their itk artitude them nogo rest
did you visi lisverse and you did not see i there
or did i tell you i composed it
how many post on nairaland do you think is authored by a nairalander
abeg i no dey mood to yab you
you know where e dey and you no tink a say fellow nairalanders fit read am learn soething

Give honour to whom honour is due. Add the direct link I gave you and stop spewing shit.

Even your title sounds somehow.

"Notorious"

"ten naira"

Is he notorious for stealing ten naira?

Nonsense :\

NAIJ Avigilance..com listverse.com

@Op, all these links you gave are TOTAL BULLSHIT. This article was originally posted on listserve.com and this is the direct link: http://listverse.com/2013/12/30/10-countries-that-completely-hate-gay-people/

Plagiarist

She's obese. :/

1. Open your tank yourself

The easiest way to be cheated in a filling station is by remaining in your car while the attendant sells his stuff. Stretching your neck backwards to look at the meter while seated in your car is very uncomfortable. Besides, you could get carried away easily and believe me, most attendants bank on this.

Don't be lazy, get down and open your tank yourself (irrespective of whether it’s opened from inside your car or manually), still get down, it isn't that stressful. Walk towards the attendant, greet him politely, smile and watch him carry out his job alternating your eyes between the meter and nozzle (the nozzle is the long hose he dips into your car). Stay beside him all through and monitor all activities closely, don't get distracted and watch out for those people that come towards the attendant with jerry cans.

And should you need to urinate, urinate before you purchase or after you purchase, not during the purchase.


2. Make sure the pump isn't working before you're attended to

Once the machine is off irrespective of whether the meter is rubbed or not, the machine begins it's sales form zero but if it's on, it begins from the figure showing on the meter. That's one of the reasons why you're advised to get down from your vehicle. And yes, I know, the machine makes a loud buzzing noise when it's running but unfortunately, some are so silent that the only way you know they're on is when you stand close to it.

Let me give you an example; an attendant sells fuel say N200 to a commercial motorcyclist (don't laugh, that's how the "okada" men buy their things, some even buy N50 fuel). Your vehicle is parked beside the motorcyclist and since you're too lazy to get down or too distracted, the guy just dips the nozzle into your car and continues from the N200 he stopped for the motorcyclist and that's it. He's cheated you of N200 and this is the exact reason why you should also insist on the number 3 tip below.


3. Make sure the attendant programs before selling to you

Filling stations are filled with so much conspiracies that we sometimes don't know what to believe and what not to believe. Back then, customers actually told me that I shouldn't program as it shortchanges them. Like I explained in another article: 7 shocking facts about Nigerian filling stations, filling station pumps are not 100% accurate, even when new. It either shortchanges the customer or the seller but I tell you, this amount is negligible (about 0.5%; give or take).

When an attendant programs, the machine restarts all the way from zero and the example I gave you in number 2 above becomes impossible as the attendant needs to stop the machine in order to program it.

A pump can be programmed in 2 ways; "L" and "P". L stands for litre and P for price. Most attendants use "P" since most people buy with price. If you want to buy N2000 fuel for example, the attendant simply puts the machine in "P" and presses 2000. If you look at the small side board where the attendant programs, you'll see "P 2000" (although some machines also show this on the meter board) and if you want to buy 2000 litres, you'll see "L 2000". By the time the attendant starts selling, the meter automatically starts from zero again and must stop working when your sales is complete.

“Stop” here does not only mean the machine would just stop dispensing fuel but it would also stop making the buzzing noise altogether. If it's still making the buzzing noise (that means it's still on), then you're probably being cheated.


4. Look at the meter

What else do I need to say about this? Before purchase, during purchase and after purchase, look at the meter, it's your money, confirm it, don't be shy, no dulling .

After doing 1-4 and you still feel shortchanged, then it means the attendant still managed to outmaneuver you (which is unlikely) or the meter's inaccurate. In the article: 7 shocking facts about Nigerian filling stations, I explained that the likelihood of the attendant adjusting the meter is almost zero as the adjustment is usually a collaboration between the station manager and owner. And no, it's not the filling station with most commercial bus drivers and motorcyclists as customers that has the best meters, that depend entirely on location, nothing else. Where I worked, the meter was bad but we still made a lot of sales due to our strategic location.

To know a filling station with a good meter, take a new 10 litre jerry can (an old one is usually overstretched and bulges by the sides while the 5 litre kegs are usually inaccurate) and buy 10 litres (not N1000 but N970) worth of fuel. If the fuel's almost touching the round inlet, then it means the meter's okay but if it doesn't, it means the meter's isn't. The farther it is from the inlet, the worse the meter is.

I believe you would be able to avoid being cheated in filling stations if you employ all these tactics mentioned above. Besides always buy a reasonable amount of fuel because N1,000 fuel bought on 10 different occasions burns faster than N10,000 fuel bought at once. So stop deceiving yourself.

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Sorry to say but the cars look disgusting.

Nigerians?

We are now blaming the U.S. Govt for a drone flying in our airspace.

Jakumo: If the quad-copter shown in the picture above IS the object that crashed through the roof in Ibadan Nigeria, then it was most certainly NOT launched from Texas, but from somewhere less than ONE mile from the crash site.
That is NOT a military "drone" but a hobbyist quad-copter with very limited range, that is available to anyone with $350 to spend, from numerous internet websites. Somewhere in Ibadan there is a hobbyist who has lost his aerial photography toy, and that is all there is to this story.
US drones that are designated for long-range operations are ALL fixed-wing airplanes, and NOT helicopter derivatives like the Walkera Model QRX350 shown in the above picture, which, by the way, looks suspiciously un-damaged, in the aftermath of a purported crash.

Jakumo has said it all. Whoever was controlling that drone would be laughing when viewing today's headlines.

That sexkillz of a guy is an example of good riddance to bad rubbish. He's very rude and has no form of respect for other forum members.

You and your fake stories :/