₦airaland Forum

ikooko:
Thanks ekt but do we need world bank to tell us this, No? even a blind man in Nigeria can smell the problems.

Suggested solution would have been more appropriate in this regard. All government agencies are more corrupt than corruption itself and anti graft agencies are their puppets. The crop of politicians we have in NA are opportunist with nothing to offer.

I am in support of any form of government that will limits the powers and resources that accumulate to the federal government.

In my opinion, I think it doesn't matter who drums this into our ears (be it the devil himself) since it appears we have become dull of hearing!

kulutempa:
Now, that's easy enough.  It is a case of individual brilliance and collective stupidity.   A group of workers with average IQs working together towards a common goal, will always achieve more than a similar group of  Phd holders,  quarrelling among themselves, instead of focussing on the job at hand.

I do get your point , 'Individual brilliance and collective stupidity' (Shakes head!) Sometimes I still do wonder in my own fantasy, isn't all we need just a group of renegade politicians whose sole allegiance is to the welfare of the people? I mean like , just chance upon that 4 year mandate and step on whoever's f***in toe you need to step on, and fix just one bloody problem , say power, for instance. Heck , ! and this has to be so difficult!
My apologies, just fantasizing.

The irony never ceases to amaze me. On the one hand, you have the hardworking, resourceful, never-say-die Nigerian. On the other, you have Nigeria: a country  so inefficient, bloated and inept! How it is the resourceful Nigerian and the inept Nigeria can't get things working continues to puzzle me. It does appear the average Nigerian is often ahead of his society. Well, we just might have to make a mental note to distinguish between Nigerians, and Nigeria as a country. Still doesn't explain the disparity though.

"Perfume is a dish best sprayed cold" - Roja Dove

My pick:

Green Irish Tweed (GIT) by Creed. [This is the one some claim Davidoff copied to produce the ever popular Cool Water.]
Eau Sauvage by Guerlain
Azzaro pour homme by Azzaro
Vetiver by Creed
Cigar by Remy Latour

Anyone who's really into perfumes can check this website:http://www.basenotes.net/content/
Here you'll get to meet some real perfume aficionados, or do I call them connoisseurs?

To be honest, I think this is a fairer pic of Omotola without make up. I mean, you cant compare Gene, looking all tidied up (out and about for the evening), with omotola, clearly on set for a movie, who's got God-knows-what smeared on her face ,  ?!

My vote: Omotola = more beautiful
              Gene = more sex appeal

JeSoul:
The scottish accent has got to be one of the most 'un-sexiest' accents ever in the history of mankind. Yuck! I'll take a chinese or japanese accent long before a scottish one.

While the Scottish accent may be one of the most 'unsexiest' around, it happens to sound quite funny (that if you understand what they are saying). I bet they'll make good comics

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Saw this video on fb, and since then, I've watched it over and over - can't help but laf at the humour.

Well, not too bad. Guess it's because I'been in Aberdeen for about two years now. Still, I find the Glaswegian accent kinda thick. LOL , !

[quote author=Musiwa,  link=topic=683039.msg8455150#msg8455150 date=1307212318]because most members of the nigeria army support my plan to save life. look they are the one who are going to victim of this. and they will kill him if he does not play along, they dont give a poo. because he is risking the life of 150 million in a civil war.

You see over 70% of nigeria are lock out in this show.  and many of them are upset. the 3 major tribe are yorubas, igbo, hausa/fulani, which are over 70% of the nigeria population. and they are all piss off at this moment. and when a president have the confident of less than 30% of his nation. he lost out. that why I can tell you some people  ran for election that knows me. so that it will be easy to pull this said area out of nigeria.

to show you. every state governor in edo,delta and yorubaland will agree. I know so.

You can see what they are doing to the governor of ogun state, a supporter of Jonathan.  he ran away. most of the supporter of jonathan already ran away. because people are mad at the moment in Nigeria.  and other governor too.

It boils down to either his selfishness or the life of millions of nigerian.  It is a hard decision, but he has to make it, to remove edo,delta and yorubas , if not the north will never agree to the satellite picture. you can see them bomb people. I can tell you. like BBC said. those bomb came from members of the nigeria army, I am 100% sure.

that why the Yoruba members of the nigeria military also are reading this , they also took this picture to show solidarity to my causes to save the lifes of 150 millions. it is tearing the army apart.

99% of the Yoruba people in the army seen the satellite pictures, will never support Jonathan Goodluck one Nigeria. Igbo in the army 99% will not support jonathan  One nigeria because of the satellite picture. 99% of the hausa/fulani. will never support one nigeria. This satellite pictures are tearing our lifes as a people.

I am telling you, the Yoruba in the nigeria military took this pictures to prove a point that the USA went to space. May be Obama  can take  Jonathan to the space centre and see for himself. You see in nigeria, they do not believe people  can go to space. they think is Hollywood film. this is why we have problem.

the nigeria army are going to be victim of a civil war. do you know anyone who want to die for Jonathan or one nigeria. Nobody. if he does not remove edo,delta and yoruba, the military has no choice than take over from him. Because he will be failing to protect the life of civilian 150 million. it is a hard decision to take.[/quote]Coherence?

Dont quite get it but it sure does crack me up! 

Wetin no dey cause cancer? microwave ovens, burnt toast, even garri!!!!!

Not bad! not bad at all!!!!

Well, you guys should be rest assured there'll be enough space for new peeps.

My dad and a couple of older senior CBN staff are retiring this month, infact, he has been on leave and is due to retire as soon as he resumes on the 18th of june.

All things being equal, successful candidates may likely be called this month, or thereabout (this is pure speculation on my part as I have no privy knowledge of the

recruitment process.)

Dear Lord! saw the news on Channel 4, dinn realize she was even Nigerian , ! Too bad.

violent:
I can't believe that people just readily accept this as an American setup simply because "some eyewitness" crawl out of nowhere!

By implication, we are saying this rich dude who's got everything to lose decides to blow up his balls just to make the US happy? to what motive, pray tell?

Well, it might be easier for you to believe if you get to know a thing or two about a thing or two.

To quote the OP, he says when Mutallab was subdued, he 'offered no resistance and was docile.' The dude was apparently 'staring into nothing' while his balls were on fire! Now, who in his right mind does that? Add that to the fact that, as it is claimed, the dude got on the flight 'without a passport'; eye witnesses reporting that a man actually stood up and 'videotaped the entire thing, very calmly' and the dude's insistence on defending himself, then you probably might get the tingling sensation of a set up.

Ever heard of Project Monarch? or Project MKUltra? if you have, then you'd probably understand what is called 'mind control' and why Mutallab was 'staring into nothing'.

'Trauma based mind control' is real and has been admitted by US govt. agencies through declassified US govt. documents (just google 'Project Monarch' or 'Project MKultra' , voila! welcome to Alice's rabbit hole.)

When you begin to understand the evils and capabilities of mind control, then you'd probably realise movies like the Bourne Trilogy (Bourne Identity, Bourne Ultimatum and Bourne Supremacy) and 'Shutter Island' are actually depictions of reality.

Okay, lemme awaken an old thread. Jedi jedi is systemic candidiasis. You can google candidiasis/candida symptoms and see the similarities. hmmm, now I realize candida not only prevalent here in the developed countries, but in Africa as well. , just happen to make the connection!

@iz2much,
hold on strong Pardner. your visa is the next to be celebrated on NL. and soon after you've settled in the UK, you'll totally forget the whole visa wahala. we got ur back bruv.

@khadie,
Yeah! really, really big congrats!! I'm so, so happy for you, at long last!!! Sha hope the time-limit given by your school has not yet expired? Anyhow, I wish u success in your academic endeavors, and please, do have a blast!

@everyone: Big thanks to all those who've made useful contributions. I think I'd just go with the Lebara mobile. makes a lot of sense if you really look at it -international calls are cheap and, with the number of friends currently on the network, the free Lebara to Lebara call is absolutely a slice of heaven, !?

@kadman: thanks pardner. always timely wit ur posts. you wouldn't remember me now, would you? Well, you replied a post I made in the General UK inquiry thread. I had asked if I could apply for the visa without paying for accommodation and with just about GBP5490 in my account. you asked me to top up the account wit just a lil more sterlin notes. Well, I added my Pops statement of account and, voila, I'm in the UK now.

So should I just ignore the Contract thingy?
You guys seem to have ignored it completely.
Someone was doing a good job trying to sell the idea to me
, talk of some 300 or 600 free minutes or so, whats the deal?

rhymz:
@All these tribalists,
it's like it has become some ppl's past-time obssession to accuse otherz of thesame thing that they are fond of doing,Yoruba is this,igbo is that and all that shit!
Sjeezy,U started this nonsense with your stupid tribal epithets at the poster,I and a lady pointed it out to U that there was nothing tribalistic about the post.Emeka got that post from the writer's blog and posted it here for everyone to comment objectively on,check Emeka's own post on page one, he was attacking the Amaka gal and Ibori but Sjeezy or wateva they call U, just had to pick holes because the name Yoruba was involved,he accused him of deliberately mis-spelling the word,I reminded him that he was guilty as well of doing thesame in another thread.Then came the sick guy,Becomerich,he did't disappoint me with his doses of out-of-nowhere moronic post(lol),the psycho is a rib-cracker any time any day,each time he post his delusions, he makes me wanna dial that psychiatrist to inject him with more shots of that anti-depressant but then again,I needed his crazy satelight pics,so I relaxed(lol).
Seriously,folks should learn how to comment without breeding un-neccessary hate and throwing stupid tribal tantrums over nonsense.I am igbo but a majority of my friends are yoruba,I don't make it a point to always accuse em of tribalism even when there is subtle display of such,I take it that they will have to know me inside out to shed off such un-neccessary behavior even igbos do it just as every other tribe.I don't have to be a Yoruba guy to post this particular topic besides the writer is Yoruba and he is only relishing his own account of what he saw at the courthouse.So guyz(igbo and Yoruba) relax, all that chest beating will only give U heart attack,we are suppose to analyse,exchange views,inform others about this case,creat awareness,so newbies don't just see posted gibberish and follow suit.Once again,especially at Sjeezy,eat your McDonald,live your American dream nobody will frown at U,it's your choice but pls don't sit over there and cause confusion here,Unless U want make i curse U make that burger purge U till E drive U come Naija come find Agbo drink(lol).Ever heard of e-jazz b4,becareful OO!(lol).

Word!!!!!!!!!

Why dont y'all hit the brake on these tribalistic gibberish. I dont give a rat's ass where anybody comes from, Abeg! this thread is meant to constructively discuss the whole Ibori bruhaha and not to engage in verbal kick-boxing. If u really get pumped at what anybody posts, then u can vent ur pent up tribalistic angst elsewhere. Lets sanitize this thread, ha ahn!

@ khadie & iz2much: I was really upset wen I saw that u guys've been refused the visa. Boy! I didnt envisage buteh and violent leaving without Khadie, and iz2much, men! u've been on this thread for quite some time now oh! But nothin dey happen sha. anyhow, anyhow u guys will be given ur visas.
Haba! wats their P now? Abeg, u guys should just keep Hope alive ehn. In due time we'll make a toast to the persistent and hopeful.

Well, since Lady Justice's eyes are opened in Naija, we no go mind see correct trial of all these Scallywags who have looted the Nations treasury
The dude in the cartoon would now be Ibori , u get the picture?

justwise:
Go for pay-as-u-go for now. Get vodafone cos topup is just £5, for International calls, get urself Lebara sim card, its preloaded with £5 worth of credit, that will give u about 60-70mins of International calls.

U can use it for local calls as well. If u went for contract line, u will still need to buy calling card.

Maybe other members will tell u more.

Good luck

Thanks man. I'm currently using a PAYG service from Nomi mobile- I actually had the SIM waiting for me in my Uni room. So far, the tarrif is okay. Its only 1ppm more expensive than Lebara- for calls to Naija, that is. Cant complain though. Or should I? Was only wondering if there was anything attractive in a contract line. overheard someone highlighting the seeming benefit of going for a Contract rather than a PAYG. Cant remember the details now. Just wanting some more info.

So we finally got our visas, and now, we are in Her Majesty's territory. We then realize we've got lots of calls to make. yeah! international ones at that! So wat network's got the best deals? To wat sort of service do we subscribe, Contract or pay-as-you-go? If contract, do we subscribe to a sim-contract? or, will a phone-contract be our best bet?

Nairalanders already in the UK, abeg! we need your informed advice,

buteh:
@nrd_geek, wata experience, nice one, i dont even mind goin tru all dat drama for now, cos at the end of the day wen u reach your destination, u wld just seat back and have a gud laff, what sch r u in??

University of Aberdeen. Studying Oil and gas law.

@khadie, buteh & violent: been reading your posts and, I must say, as a nairalander whos also played the waiting game, I feel your pain!
The anxiety is nerve racking, the thougts of a refusal at this hour is calamitous, But in all? No long thing! just keep ur fingers crossed, y'all get your visas- hopefully this week. Our prayers are goin out for y'all. just keep hope alive.

REPORT FROM HER MAJESTY'S TERRITORY
This side Cold no be small oh! and wit the fake sun out there, the whities are calling it a good weather, Blimey!
If the weather wan bad nko? Omo! I'm in for a very long thing, !

Can u imagine? the idiots at airport check in Heathrow almost made me miss my connectin flight. why? dem want make I do chest X ray for TB!
he! he! he! (shakes head) aways special treatment for the GIANT of Africa
Okay, so they let us go cos our flight was already boarding. Alas! the devil was not finished yet. While scanning our luggage at Immig. the machine just found the right time to breakdown, sorry, dint really breakdown, more like a hiccup.
But to cut long story short, the thing successfully wasted my time. Status of my BA flight had changed from 'boarding ' to, wateva is it called now? , it was sha CRITICAL. The whole thing just be like film! Naija boy running like mad to catch his fligt wen the gate was about closing. Pilot had to announce delay of take-off because of one , Omo naija! Lets leave dis story jere

REMARKS
The way dis young whities dey smoke ehn! little wonder they usually get lung cancer

[quote author=£a$y link=topic=127964.msg4559875#msg4559875 date=1253176199]Congrats! I'm always happy to read success stories. Has your school resumed yet?[/quote]I'm sorry £a$y, been travelin around some, should have replied your post. My school resumes on Monday, September 21. I'll be leaving for Aberdeen tommorrow. Already bought my ticket before getting the visa.

And so it was tracking day 12, working day 8 - I finally got my visa!
how do I say this without sounding too emotional?
mmpwah! Nairalanders, you guys are too gbasky!
I really, really wanna thank u guys, couldn't have made it thru easily without ur helpful posts.

Now, keeping true with this forums tradition, here are a list of the documents that secured my visa:

1. Final acceptance/Visa letter
2. Degree certificate
3. Original receipt for payment of tuition (I paid the full fees)
4. A passport photograph
5. Personal bank statement (GBP 5825)
6. Fathers bank statement (GBP 15950)
7. A print out of Oanda exchange rate for 3rd September 2009.

Chikena!

I need a lil help here guys. cant post on NL with my blackberry. I always get this notice that says 'sorry nrd_geek you lost your posting rights. Reason: broody attitude.' Yeah right, can you believe this? (shakes head) Broody attitude! I got this notice the very first day I logged in with the blackberry. Anybody got suggestions how I can get around this problem?

Sorry guys, I'm doin this late. Yesterday was tracking day 12, working day 8. my status read "Your application is ready for collection, " Boy! the Abuja application centre sure is fast! Going to collect my visa this morning. seriously hoping for the best. will update u guys soon, abeg make una pray for me!