Hi Guys

Please having been on this issue for a long time, my passport expires 22 may 2013 , I want to renew this down at Nigeria house , this following link http://www.nigeriahc.org.uk/faq says its 50 pounds postal order after paying the 65 dollars . please is this correct .

Also i have gotten the ID and reference number do i still need to go on this link http://nhc.3tb.co/index.php Appointment booking to make an appointment .

Pretty much confused . Dont want any hassles by the staff there . thanks

Interesting topic.

One I have been so weary to talk about since I came back from Nigeria. Before I start please this is my first post on Nairaland. This site really puts me off, because of some non constructive criticism

Am your typical average modernised igbo man in my late 20s.am a Nigerian and am proud to be one, i love all tribes worked in lagos loved yoruba language,learnt hausa in the north during my service year . In the early 90s I followed primetime recordson television watching the likes of Kenny and D1, Plantashion boiz, Idris abulkarim ,tonny tetula grow into stardom overnight ,with a combination of seeing the influx of more job booms after the merger between banks and new oppournities in IT the job market. Not to talk of the ever existing big market in oil in Port Harcourt (the oil city).

Nigeria has changed since the civilian admisnistration came in . In Nigeria there are dreams and You can still make it if You follow the right path which we all know- build your networks well enough.

I always wanted to live my simple life,work in a bank after i graduate in 2006 , get married and have kids, have a car,make long term plan of building a house . I moved over to UK in 2008 for my masters due to loads of disappointments in the job market in Nigeria at that time. I wasnt fascinated with the idea of Abroad. not one bit, To pay rent here, I had to do all types of jobs just to save and measure up to my working class mates in Nigeria, I lived in Birmingham,a nice city cos of the black populace(Carribeans),so i felt a bit at home. I got my masters In 2010. Using my networks , I was head hunted by an international career company to move back to Nigeria, my travel expenses were paid . From the money I got from my hustling I paid for a flat in Ajao estate, got myself a nice SUV jeep to commute to work.

-My horrors in settling down started when I started work. I have fought with conductors,bus drivers, have been hit by trucks and sometimes my car used as brake by molue buses, held illegally by LASMA and the worst of always sick because of the noise from horns and fumes from cars. It was so much too handle. And on getting home no light and then the pain of hearing the whole compounds generator vibrations hammering in on your skull.

2nd horror- at my job, after tax I get 112k(equivalent to 2 weeks pay at my past security job in UK) a professional job working for a global company. I couldnt live with it , as I was already used to the lifestyle in the UK, I have DSTV,starcomm internet bills to pay , petrol for car n generator, some money in the bank for weekend outings.

3rd Horror- Career wise, the office was tribalistic, i was shocked. People were denied promotions just cause He is igbo or hausa or just because he has no Godfather. I couldnt even write any professional exam, I have lined up in my mind(Project management courses)

4th horror- Medical check up- having a high blood pressure at 25, well That was it

Resigned came back to UK. The saving grace is the company I worked for in Nigeria , was global. So with the skills the employment agencies in UK fixed me in on professional contract work here

Exit plan to return to Nigeria(2012)- This is my opinion, have a 5 year plan in mind in going back home especially as a working class in hard earned poundland like UK. Buying a morgtage here is useless as far am concerned.

Survey a business in Nigeria, someone on this forum made mention of transport businees, good . then also a boutique in Nigeria selling womens cosmetics and clothes especially if they are Janded( average working class ladies in Lagos will pay a fortune in your shops once they know your stuff is original)- why women ,No one buys products like women .

Have a registered company,visit Nigeria at least twice or 3 times a year . know the market demands.there are loads of things to buy in UK / Europe /US to ship down to Nigeria. Get a capital from a Nigerian bank.once You show them monthly income in UK, definitely You will get a loan with a considerable interest rate. Best of all if You have a good credit rating in UK.US,Europe. Banks will give You a good loan to start up this business.

Take professional courses/certifications(project management courses,lean sigma exams,human resources courses)- it will be relevant in Nigeria especially when looking for a job after . Build your networks (LINKEDIN especially , sending emails to corporate executives in NIgeria) When in Nigeria, at least attend some corporate seminars . Expose yourself, market yourself. Introuce yourself to the world .

Get a good japanese car(petrol consumption low- something simple ) and a good generator set(at least 2) , If you are looking for the best areas( lagos especially) i know of Ikoyi, surulere and some other nice areas or a good flat off in Ikeja. Pay for 2 or 3 years in advance . You can explore Abuja and Port Harcourt as well ( disadvantages of both cities Abuja - Boko Haram Bombs/PH - Kidnapping) take heart and be bold though

Have at least liquid cash of 2 million stored up in a bank somewhere in NIgeria. Best advice no relatives. They tend to spoil this dreams especially they make imaginations it is easy to get the money to set up and also You cant hurt a relative.

Why move back to Nigeria. An African Nation with emerging prospects of oppournities and growing + salivating up coming middle class and the opulent rich. Am Nigeria You are Nigerian. Yes the western countries develpoed all this with honesty and intergrity for their up coming generations in their lands ( so also You can do it for your generations)

Equally the massive boom with the age of social networks this days(Twitter,Facebook,Instagram,Google +, You tube). 10 years from now,the massess needs will continue to change more to westernised and developed African while emulating the western developed countries in the world.