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Codedrock: United States and the United Kingdom have refused to dabble in the N255m bulletproof cars scandal rocking the aviation sector.
The two countries said they would not comment on it because it was a domestic issue of Nigeria.
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority reportedly bought the two bulletproof cars for the Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah.
This has drawn widespread criticisms across the country.
But the two superpowers (US and UK), who have been in the forefront of fighting corruption in governance, refused to comment on the saga.
Inquiry made to the UK High Commission showed that the country was not willing to involve itself in the issue.
“There is no UK angle to the questions you are asking. We cannot make any comment about it”, the Communication Manager (Press & Public Affairs Unit) of the British Deputy High Commission, Mr. Wale Adebajo said in a statement.
The US view was not any different.
The Information Officer, US Embassy, Abuja, Rhonda Ferguson-Augustus, said her country had nothing to say about the alleged scam.
In her response she said, “Thank you for your inquiry; The U.S. Government does not comment on internal Nigerian affairs”.
Oduah on Thursday denied that the NCAA bought the two bulletproof cars for her use.
She stated that the agency bought the cars for its own operations in line with the rising profile of Nigeria as an ICAO member.
http://www.nigerianeye.com/2013/11/reasons-why-us-and-uk-refused-to.html?m=1

Which UK be superpower?

Page 1 of this thread has spoken to the OP what people feel about the horror they were encouraged to watch so I will not belabour it again
Just need to chip in to the OP that benchmark against global standards if you mean to produce an animation movie

It says a lot when team of grown men pin their hopes on an 18 year old rookie [no matter how a budding talent]
Truly the mighty are fallen
Seems Spurs are getting a champion's league spot this season after all

adaobi123: You could try natwest

Would ask if they are not like HSBC as regards international students and put them on my short-list
Thanks

Dis Guy: They are all the same to be honest
perhaps you might want to search for one with free railcard to get discount off rail cards

Do you know any?
Leaning towards Barclay's or Llyods for now
Why I was asking this best bank question is I know someone who banked with them about4 years back
Told me they levied him all kind of charges then

ochukoccna: Hello y'all
Please what is the best bank to open an account with as an international student?
I'm thinking HSBC or Barclay's as their product's offerings are the same on paper
From my online research, it seems foreign students are only allowed to open basic accounts
Please advice
Thank you

Nna, na wa O!
No pesin to contribute since this post
Abeg na, help

BTW, was at HSBC and learnt they no longer do biz [open accounts] with Nigerian students due to 'issues' in the past with such accounts and account holders
Hmmnn!
Our Nigerian student ancestors una no do well O!

Comic relief whenever you need one
So kilometre 46 Ibadan Expressway is no longer in vogue to kneel for payers, Israel is the in vogue destination
Maybe his next destination to pray will be space like that Muslim astronaut
His picture kneeling before Adeboye in the 2011 election countdown swayed many to vote him thinking him to be humble
Now another serpentine move in far away Israel to sway the gullible
This dude should grow up and stop making a mockery of his office
He's supposedly the president of Nigeria who has made public kneeling before men his past time
Practice your religion in private, kneel if you must in private but stand and be strong for you and us [Nigerians] in public

fckyourman: Barclays is the best.

735 i: Really? Can you please tell us why it's better?

I concur with 735i

adaobi123: You're better of going to a NORMAL university.

What is London School of business and finance again ?

Hello y'all
Please what is the best bank to open an account with as an international student?
I'm thinking HSBC or Barclay's as their product's offerings are the same on paper
From my online research, it seems foreign students are only allowed to open basic accounts
Please advice
Thank you

3kay945: Is Jonathan there for holy pilgrimage or excursion?
Bunch of hypocrites

Exactly the first thing which struck me too was did Jonathan go to Israel to hold a village meeting?
Just see them on their jamboree
Was this not the same Jonathan who promised in the aftermath of the fuel subsidy riots to reduce his entourage of foreign trips as a way of conserving resources?
Was El Rufai wrong when he called Orisejafor PDP's religious secretary?

adaobi123:

Isn't the drinking law thing not 16 ?


How old do you think I am ?

Women!
When they are younger, they want to grow up quick
When they are older, they attempt to freeze the ticking hands of time
A wise man once told me, you can never understand a woman
You can only try and love her
No wonder!


To more serious things, I saw a item scrolling on TVC earlier today that Nigerian banks are facing a liquidity squeeze
Hope no one is affected?
Hope its not serious
Cos I know many use their Naija bank issued ATMs here

Nice one Sepp
Seeing the local football overlords and many football 'fans' did not deem it fit to honour Yekini's memory

Don Oms: Mr Ochukoccna, now this is just for the record. I always feel your comments here and on the sister thread (besides the recent hunt for better-tasting beer though...lol). You always have the right words, perfect humour and sarcasm and a very good delivery. Personally, I think you should have a blog if you don't have one yet. As for royalsweetness, she asked the question because she needed answers. And she was only being humorous in her reply as you were.

Thank you bruv for the compliment
Many others who know me in flesh and blood have pointed it out too
Will look for a way to use it for more positively
Hope you've adapted to Newcastle's wintry winds
Wetin brewed hops and water una you sef?
Just no exceed your dietary allowance, datz all

kellyemms: Hello my fellow nairalanders, im on for Sunderland university for msc in jan nxt yr. plz who is also heading there?

I believe you asked this question some pages back and I replied you where you could find info
A tip I can leave you is it has a sizeable amount of Nigerian students from what I gather
For more, get there yourself or pray a Sunderland Uni student comes onto this thread

@ op, thank you for bringing up this discourse
What particularly struck me was this

Madam Uzoma of Immigration was 1st, then barth nnaji, then recently odimegwu from NPC... Who's next? When will we realise we're the ones shooting ourselves in the foot?

seeing on NL of late, we've been regaled with tales of how the Ijaw/Igbo alliance is going to rescue Nigeria from Hausa/Fulani wrought desolation and all sorts of bunkum yet why is it mainly the Igbos and those aligned with them who have been sacked for financial impropriety alongside lack of diplomacy and tact?
Hmnn!

The president Goodluck National conference is another diversionary circus aimed at setting the north against the south in a war of words that will only overheat the polity without addressing the problems of the country. It’s a blackmail and a mischievous political chess game meant to hang the fate of the nation on the continuity of the Jonathan Goodluck regime.

“The Goodluck Conference will deliver nothing but reports that will neither see the light of the day nor that of the night.Its self deception for anyone to believe that this government will embrace and implement critical views of Nigerians from its conference when the same Government have find it difficult to tolerate dissenting opinion from within its party and consistently behaved belligerent to the Our university teachers and resident Doctors.

The meat of his arguments
But sadly Nigerians don't think

Rossikk: Stop this beer parlour analysis. So why haven't Guardian, Punch, Observer, Vanguard and co folded up since ''everyone is now online''? Why are there even any mags at all or papers being sold on the streets, with more being introduced daily, like Hello! Magazine Nigeria... Fact is MILLIONS of folks still buy papers and mags with no intention of stopping, and there are still heavy profits to be made in the publishing business. Personally I buy papers, plus still go online. Both have their levels.

And how is it beer parlour analysis?
Especially for a newspaper that is going to be another propaganda outlet like Gbenga Daniel's Compass
How many NEW newspapers have survived and had a decent patronage to stay afloat?
The best of the lot based content and good journalism was 234Next and I believe you know what has happened to it
I recall Observer used to be everywhere on the streets of Lagos when growing up but I can't recall when last it was so readily available
The PUNCH, Guardian and Vanguard are about the best Nigerian newspapers and you mustn’t discard their staying power having learnt the ropes so long ago
Apart from the Leadership [which seems concentrated in Abuja] name any new Nigerian newspaper of late which is making a serious statement
Correct your MILLIONS of folks to HUNDREDs OF THOUSANDs regarding your circulation figures for Nigerian newspapers
Globally, newspaper circulation figures are dropping and Nigeria is not an oasis different from the rest
Even the globally acclaimed Newsweek had to cease physical printing and go totally online because the financials didn't add up
Our dear old Punch tested paying to access their content online and had to drop the ludicrous idea because their rivals esp Thisday had readers flocking there
The Internet might not totally eradicate print media but you must understand that is where many people source their information from esp for free in this age and time

What part of Nigeria was this video shot?
The dude is definitely amazing
Reminds me of a policeman on traffic duties some years at Anthony who did similar antics

adaobi123: Alcoholics

adaobi123: A.L.C.O.H.O.L.I.C.S

Alcoholics ke?!
Which one be that ?
Sipping bottles every now and then doesn't make one an alcoholic
Nah,binging on alcohol does
Not to worry, your coming of age party should happen sometime soon
You'll soon legally get to know how it tastes

royalsweetness: Lol, that's why I asked the question here and thank you for finally replying. I think your reply makes a lot of sense. But you did not have to insult me. Stop answering mumuishly.

Run through a friend/trusted associate/family ,your intended decision to give to a total stranger 40-50% of around £10,000 and watch them hail you as wiser than King Solomon ever was
Trust Nigerians to always justify the errors of their ways
What makes a lot of sense is now tagged answering mumuishly
Do you not see the paradox in your reply?
It was not an insult, you took it that way because your emotions suppressed your rationality
No be your fault, na my eagerness to help out; pardon me this wrong which will not happen again

FutureDon: I agree with Dis Guy, the imported Guiness will always make you feel like say you dey Naija You fit arrange Alomo join sef

Ahh I see you've been exploring store sections people like Adaobi will be flogged for if they dare venture towards
Alomo tins never enlisted me in Naija but ........

k-solo2013:
big tesco dey sell naija star and gulder for half price in old kent road london £1.30

You wan make I 'import' am come my zone for here
But that na good price O!
Even regular price is 2.60 which beats the 3.50 price of the one I take wash one plate of pounded yam over here

royalsweetness: I tried doing it but the card was declined, I went to the bank to ask why, and the customer service guy at the bank says he can help me tell his friend over there to pay the tuition and when its paid, I can pay him. I don't even know which one to trust or what to do again

@ royalsweetness, why are you behaving and speaking like an infant?
This is hard earned money you are speaking of
Many UK schools tell you they do not accept Nigerian issued debit cards to do such transactions
Is the customer service rep doing it in an official capacity or a private one?
Do you know him that well personally that you would do a transaction involving millions with a stranger?
Can you not find out the modalities of opening a GBP domiciliary account, fund it and wire the money for yourself?
If you are not doing that, do you not have a trusted associate who has such an account and who you can hold accountable?
Even at that speak to your bank manager or his/her delegated associate on options open for you to wire your money
Stop acting mumuishly

redsun: Bad comment from Femi.It doesn't necessarily have to be exactly how Fela did as long as the message represent emancipation.Fela is a personification radicalism,change,transformations and epics.

its no bad comment seeing Dede Mabiaku confirmed same and seriously scolded an African idol wannabe who pulled the same stunt
The epic Fela with his radical personification,change,transformations never pulled a stupid stunt like that ON STAGE
If Burna was in his house, no qualms
Lets not smuggle in and tag on Fela, something he never did
Accurately represent Fela's legacy
BTW, it was Seun not Femi who made the comment

Who's stunning?
The afro lady in the background picture or the pale human like mannequin posing near her?

Itstyme: @Ochukoccna,

Ok bro! I do understand perfectly so I will oblige as you have said. Am just on that level of making a decision on which way to go. The inability of one not being able to work part time for a whole year is really giving me concern. Thinking of either Canada or Australia alongside the UK as have got admission offer in all these countries. Can you advise ?

I don't know much about Australia but it seems a place to go to if emigration is at the back of your mind
The best of the lot is Canada knowing in 3 years you can get your legit citizenship papers unlike the UK
Personally wanted to go to Canada when my initial attempts to come to the UK were delayed but the school told me I could only get a refund of my initial deposit if I was refused an entry visa [yet EU and UK citizens could get theirs back with no strings attached]
If you are planning on emigration look to Canada and Australia [though I must admit I don't know much about Australia but it seems to hold better allure than the UK so do your research and confirm]
UK dey look for your money,datz all
I recall looking around during a general class yesterday and seeing majority of the Masters students are from Asia and Africa, a little from Eastern Europe and the least were UK citizens
If many of foreign students sought out studying else were, UK go shake financially

Dis Guy: ahh the joysss of drinking tea, you guys should try it!!

you can get 240bags of PG tea for less than £4, would last you through the winter months

_{naija guys dey drink ooo}

I don stock up on green tea and coffee for winter2013
In fact the local Tesco and Asda store managers commended me for emptying their inventories
Na their import label brew remain to explore

@ Itsyyme
Let's keep the conversation flowing here seeing many more will profit from it even after we've long gone
Hope you understand
Thank you

Jen1: Mehnnnn, I fear this people oh. No be small 7-10 recommended texts. It's so annoying, I thought they were supposed to be brief as opposed to Naija system. The reading isn't easy at all. Sometimes you find out that peeps have already booked the books in advance.

Ha ha Jen1
No be you VFS go do visa Interview tell oyinbo man to give you visa
Take it on your chin babe, grow in this new system, create your own content and watch jobs call at the hotcake you've become

omenka: @ 3!!! That is exactly the purpose of Ngozi's statement!!! To deceive people into believing it is a "we against them" thing!! Such a pity people like yourself are already taking the bait! I fear for the future of this country!!

You ask if pamphlets are not distributed in mosques. Very funny. Who distributes pamphlets more than churches And if the said pamphlets were distributed and she deems it necessary to bring it to the notice of the public, isn't it equally necessary that she provided evidence to back up her claim?? Or as the poster I initially responded to said, do we accept all she has said without question because the is NGOZI OKONJO IWEALA
Last time I checked, there is only ONE entity we can't question and that is God. He bears different names but I've never seen or heard anyone call Him "Ngozi"!!

That been said, can the minister prove ASUU is behind the purported act

Cast sentiments aside judge events based on their merits. Why has everything in this administration been about Muslims Vs Christians or North Vs South?? This is so sickening!! And to think a respected minister such as Ngozi could blatantly promote such division is really appalling!

These agents of doom keep pushing Nigeria to the brink but when sh1t finally hits the fan, they'd be the first to hop on the next plane out of the country and leave innocents to bear the brunt of their atrocities!!

I agree with you whole heartedly
In a nation riven by tribal and religious sensitivities, NOI's statement is a very callous statement to make
Especially seeing she swore an oath to uphold the unity of the country
If she was a member of Aka Ikenga or one of the numerous ethnocentric groups which litter Nigeria one would permit this statement
Yet one is not surprised for this is the very hallmark of the GEJ presidency, WE AGAINST THEM-DIVIDE AND RULE attitude
He [GEJ] is just fulfilling his destiny to balkanise Nigeria and bankrupt it, after all we are hearing the issues the federation account is having.

bastien: I can't read all o,just read one n I slept off,just enlite me,my want me 2 school in uk,he is in uk

If you read one thread page and slept off , what will you do in UK when one module of your course has 7-10 recommended texts you are supposed to read to thoroughly understand the module?
Ol boy, better think am well

bastien: I'm a newbie here,can someone help me out with the cost of applying for UK student visa,needed things etc


Pls try and put all in full and not abbreviations, inculding the money in ₦ n £

Thanks in advance

Hope you love reading newbie
The whole thread is yours to consume
Enjoy

Dis Guy: not into beer per say - get some proper malibu, Hennessey etc

I dont know about up north but Guiness dey import naija brand well well, it has an import label on it

it's usually in the bigger tescos, asda etc

You na big boi
Malibu, Hennessy, ABSOLUT V, Jack Daniels and co definitely will give one's system a kick but want to graduate to those stronger homies when the winter really begins to hit knowing the warmth they give within
I thank heaven's say my smoking days ended over a decade ago if not na container I for dey smoke [White people and Chinese dey try in this area no be small]
I'll look out for the import label next time I visit the local Tesco shop and other big supermarkets
Thanks
Any other person with insights in this regard?

Abeg this question is for those who old enough to go to the wines/spirits section of stores here
[s]Underage peeps, you know yourselves don't answer this question..Abi make I mention your names? [/s]
The beer here is water mehn and I've not visited any pubs nor clubs yet
Still integrating and na book I come read nah!
Its not like Star, Gulder, Big Stout where 2 bottles will begin to tell your body, something dey here
2 cans of Guinness, Guinness Draughts , Newcastle Brown Ale etc just feel like 2 cups of water afterwards
Never was into Heineken back home but you heard saw most guys push it aside for our local brew
Can anyone recommend a beer here that is at par with our local brew back home whey pesin fit take indoors and get a good night sleep?
Thanks

justwise: [/b]
This is simple, if you don't have money to survive in the UK atleast for the first 6months, the chances of you surviving a month (forget about a year) is almost zero. I'm not trying to scare you but telling you raw truth.

justwise: If you get a room for 300-350 pounds a month including all bills then you 'might' survive on 150 pounds a month...hoping that your school is a walking distance from your house.

Justwise is SPOT ON regarding having money for at least 6 months in this land
I understood better when I got here
It is a WONDERFUL place to live, if you can pay your bills
That been said if you have relatives/friends who WILL WILLINGLY help, that's great
That apart, this land will unleash its horrors to you
However recall Justwise telling you might survive on 500quid a month
Firstly, its because Inner London IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE PLACE IN THE UK and this has higher bills
Also note that he's assuming 300-350 will get you 'liveable accommodation' for up north I know students paying as about that in private accommodation
The rest 150 will be mostly on feeding and a few essentials minus clothing and transportation
He and by extension me are not trying to scare you but letting you know what awaits
So do plan your coming well before buying your plane ticket
You might take out time know learn and acquire skills you can trade for cash when you start hustling here
Life is simpler here but then the thing about the white man is , SHOW ME THE MONEY
Wish you well

So our home grown Al Shabab and their allies on are spending the benjamins
It was the first lieutenant who started the jamboree, he bought himself a private jet
The thug enforcer followed with his own glorified school in Benin Republic
Their sister in law got a parastatal under her ministry to buy her 2 bullet proof cars
With her mouthpieces still screaming she did no wrong, their grand daddy launches a foundation for his own university glorified secondary school
While his adopted clueless son bumbles on as a kindergarten leader
What a family tree!