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Official Denial, Appeal To Ethnicity, Diversionary Publications And Media Blackmail

Isn't this what they all do?
And you wonder why the nation is a stagnant cesspit

The Americans are the one's digging the greenback's grave with their endless political squabbling
I'd have said good move by the CBN but anyone with a little economic knowledge knows the Chinese heavily manipulate their currency
Because of the economic troubles of Europe, the Euro is a no no
Can't we hold some of our reserves in gold, silver and other precious metals

slimyem: I'm not surprised. World power gravitating towards China...
Where's my chinese language teacher? .....

Yes,China is becoming a heavy hiter but can they dominate like America has this century?
Militarily they still lag behind Russia in spending and resources
Economically, do they have/can they match the finance America has spent over the years globally?
Recall also that their economy and economics still has heavy goverment control and manipulation
Like I said, they are a heavy hitter but can they dominate like America has done so far?

We are very sad that noteable Nigerians are calling for her sack and or resignation for a mere purchase of a Bulletproof cars.

The crux is not the buying of the vehicles but was due process followed
Actions like this SHOW WHY NIGERIA WILL NEVER DEVELOP
A minister is implicated in a financial scam with incontrovertible evidence
Her kinsmen WHO HAVE & WILL NEVER MEET HER come to her defence by peddling stories that chieftains of other tribes are in on the sleaze too
None the less, you'd expect them to demand accountability ,persuade their kinsman to take the honourable path and then bring up their own irrefutable allegations against chieftains of other tribes
But no,their kinsman must stay in office because others not from her tribe are in on the act too
And we wonder why the whole world treats us with derision
Lagbaja was spot on about Nigeria been a mumudom

nku5: Ffk disparaged the idea of the national conference on one hand and on the other he's singing songs of freedom for oduduwa nation. Guy just loves attention

Only the ignorant do not know that Jonathan has ulterior motives for declaring his conference
If you took out time to read what FFK wrote there he alluded that Nigeria has[b] 'An illusionary unity' and also that "It is time for us to question all these so-called ‘’settled issues’’, ‘’no-go areas’’, ‘’non-negotiables’’ and ‘’givens’’."
I do nor recall Jonathan's conference offering this[/b]

Toaskarity: Where did I attack him? Didn't I went for the message? When someone start making such assumption his people is better than others? What is the difference btwn that and kkk people that says same about others. He is not the first to say that in Nigeria even my own mother thinks that way too..that igbos are ahead of others in nigeria and no difference.. That's the way she and this attention seeker sees thing and guess what it does to the society? Hatered to others!! That is how uthman don fodio, hitler, some arabs, racist whites sees things and no difference..it takes a little ignorance to be this way.

I never said you attacked him, no
You read my post with that mindset
I only asked what is tribalist in what he said and from your confession what your mother says too
The problem comes when you attempt to force it down every one's throat like Hitler did or our own young majors in 1966 to devastating consequences
the KKK have a supremacist agenda and go about enforcing it like the 1966 majors did
How have the Yorubas done similar?

See muscle
The wife get yammy hands sha

Regardless of the pretensions and bragaddo of NOI and her boss
This is what will make the current government unravel
Students of history need just look at Shagari and how his government ended for many parallels abound

bloggernaija: A.U .S. T .E. R I. T. Y
coming to a neighbourhood near you
Grab a visa now

lolz

^^^^^^^^^^^
What is tribalist in what he said?
Even with the rewriting of history by the whites, who doesn't know civilization started in Egypt?
Its if he was rubbing it in the face of other tribes [which he did not] that you know he's going beyond prescribed boundaries
FFK has his many faults, but who does not?
You might look at a 2pac Amaru Shakur or a Fela Anikulapo Kuti as social nuisances if you look solely at their lifestyles

However separate that from their music and then , YOU WILL HEAR A MESSAGE
One second to none that still reverberates even years after their passing
Alex Salmond, Scotland's First Minister, yesterday proposed Scotland's independence in his party convention
Something he said he'll make a priority in next year's referendum and take up with UK's prime minister David Cameron
No one is calling him names in UK for that but it is rather generating informed debates even amongst some other Scots who prefer Scotland to remain in the UK
Listen to the message of this messenger for Nigeria is a lie which has long unravelled
Even if we must stay as one nation,we need to renegotiate the terms of our existence away from that forced on us by mama Charlie and her goons
Monkey no fit dey work for baboon to chop again

Na amugbo thread I dey sha
Yeepa!

Dis Guy: I think just over £400 back then
but didnt have to worry too much about paki landlords popping into my space, getting bills and repairs

£400*12 = £4800 per annum
Like Justwise said, hope you got a chef too

guardian09: Am still in Nigeria would be coming over to london in January. I was only asking to know what I needed to include in my to do list before I leave.

Oh, that's even a more pertinent time to bring warm clothing from Nigeria aka winter tins
Make attempt for [size=14pt]really thick ones[/size] when coming to help you get bye before purchasing new ones over here

@ guardian 09, I see you are reading the thread.
How your shopping for Primark?
Finally gotten yourself that winter jacket eh?

justwise: Can you tell us how much you were paying for that room?

adaobi123: Lol. Yes we would like to know. £5k + ?

No mind am
Maga don pay, shout....

classyjummy: I did oh
It was d agents PFL dat messed me up big time afta payin 60k

Sorry about that, head some bad tales about 'em earlier
Prefer BCIE to them
That been said, best you can do is keep your fingers crossed while your passport comes out
Would have said you reserve a flight for Monday night on Sunday evening as payment can be made within 24 hours, get your passport first and if positive make payment
But seeing you might not get your passport on Monday even if released then, my advice still is speak with your school

Nigeria is a crazy place
We want things to be better but many cling on to tribal cleavages to defend their 'brother/sister/tribesman' even when the criticism is justified
Every thread is now reduced into an APC vs PDP, Ijaw and Ibo vs Hausa/Yoruba and others issue
Divide and rule was invented by the British colonialists and has been perfected by the Ebele administration to cover its glaring incompetence
Yet sadly, bad governance knows no tribe and many of this ethnic warriors HAVE never met and WILL never meet this their so called kinsmen
That been said,if you have ever passed through MMIA you will know it is a sh*thole compared to other regional hubs like Amsterdam's Schipol or South Africa's OR Tambo
Let's not even call out Dubai's DXB
Last time I passed through MMIA [under 2 weeks], I [along with every other person]was just sweating like Christmas goats,couldn't get a place to sit after clearing immigration and waiting for my flight by the departure gate etc
The minister might be trying to push try uplifts on the current structures but there's as much as you can do with archaic infrastructure
What I would have expected the FG to have done is partner with the LASG to build the planned new airport in Lekki axis
But do you expect to see vision from a kindergarten presidency?

A-ZeD:
The sad part is the PDP and APC chieftains are in Abuja sharing the country's money while some low lifes are busy defending 'their own'. With the kind of people frequenting Nairaland, there is no hope for the country.

So sad bruv
However you should know that Nairaland and most popular online media in Nigeria are swarming with pro government apologists [esp that of the FG]
It was Nasir Rufai who first alluded to a 40 man laptop crew operating from Aso Rock and he's been proved right from what one has seen esp on NL
Yet laptop militia or not,they cannot stand truth and reality on its head
The current FG is glaringly incompetent

classyjummy: I have a problemmy deadline is for 21st of oct and my visa is not yet out they said its goin to be out on monday what do I do

Speak to the school and explain your situation
But you should have applied earlier though.

Nigeria is a crazy place
We want things to be better but many cling on to tribal cleavages to defend their 'brother/sister/tribesman' even when the criticism is justified
Every thread is now reduced into an APC vs PDP, Ijaw and Ibo vs Hausa/Yoruba and others issue
Divide and rule was invented by the British colonialists and has been perfected by the Ebele administration to cover its glaring incompetence
Yet sadly, bad governance knows no tribe and many of this ethnic warriors HAVE never met and WILL never meet this their so called kinsmen
That been said,if you have ever passed through MMIA you will know it is a sh*thole compared to other regional hubs like Amsterdam's Schipol or South Africa's OR Tambo
Let's not even call out Dubai's DXB
Last time I passed through MMIA, I [along with every other person]was just sweating like Christmas goats,couldn't get a place to sit after clearing immigration and waiting for my flight by the departure gate etc
The minister might be trying to push try uplifts on the current structures but there's as much as you can do with archaic infrastructure
What I would have expected the FG to have done is partner with the LASG to build the planned new airport in Lekki axis
But do you expect to see vision from a kindergarten presidency?

awistle: GTB has been sending me different kind of charges, i see available balance and current balance where by available balance will be lyk 25k difference from current balance, stuffs keep going up and down been trying to remove every money in my mastercard at once and this banks here aint helping, just a maximum of 400 quid u can withdraw so GTB keep dealing with me.

No, max I've withdrawn from GTB the only time I've used it is 550pounds using an HBSC ATM [recall daily withdrawal limit of 150,000 naira]
Just change and type in the max allowance to that
Don't know about Visa though [which is indicated more on ATM machines over here]
Will let you know when I try it

Don Oms: The Book balance is your balance with all your money in it. You Available balance is your balance which you have access to. Now, if you withdrew money in the UK and the system ays you, Mastercard,Visa doesn't send the money from GT to the UK bank,Retailer right away. During this time, your available balance is reduced but Book balance remains intact. When the money finally gets "claimed" by the merchant (e.g UK bank) - it can take days - then your book balance will then equal the available balance.

Really?
The day I withdrew, GTB notified me under 5mins of the amount I withdrew
Also my available and book balance were the same thing

peteafrik88: How I Love my South east... Anyways, am I the only one being kinda bothered about British Gas price hikes and not to talk of Southern Electric Na until I start burning firewood, huh

Yeah seems energy prices is going to be a BIG election landmine for the coalition esp with Labour promising to freeze it for 20 months or thereabout
Abeg burn that firewood

Lexusgs430: Either you heat your house or you get admitted with pneumonia or heating or eating, your call !!!!!
NB: Save the money for booze, and put it towards heating.

Pneumonia ke?!
Bros, e go burn firewood na!

On a more serious note the energy pricing thing and government’s response to it was ridiculous esp as the energy minister told people to use less heating and gas and wear more jumpers
While many people may do that privately, you'd expect a 'righteous outrage government response' however, his response shows the coalition have more or less decided not to take on the energy companies on this issue

735 i: Bros i dey south east oh. Canterbury to be precise. Where the post code na?

I made a withdrawal this evening too; same exchange rate; 266.61 Them even charge me N420
When CBN exchange rate is about 250. And to think i bought black market for 252 less than a month ago before leaving Naija.
God dey!

South East?
I know am still a freshie but isn't that south eastern England
Can't help you bruv
Google is your best friend along with other Nigerians in the locality
Exchange has seriously spiked
When I made to pay up my tuition balance before applying, it was between 247 to 252, before I left Naija it was 267 [parallel rates]
Way cheaper than the 270 quote I got from an Aboki GTBank introduced me to whilst looking for BTA money
Good move for in hindsight, the ATM refused my card the day I arrived only to learn later that GTBank's network was having issues that day
Which grammar I for tell taxi man and hotel?

735 i: Please where in the south east? I'm kindda having difficulties locating Africa restaurants. You know any? I asked ochukoccna..but he's being stingy with the info

adaobi123:

Ochukoccna, why na ?

735i, you be real freshie
Canterbury far from me O!
Hope the below link helps out
http://www.yell.com/s/restaurants+african-kent.html

http://www.takeaway.com/order-african-food-canterbury

http://www.yell.com/s/african+restaurants-canterbury.html

kellyemms: Plz who is in Sunderland university or heading to Sunderland Uni. I will b coming in for January intake for MSc. ow is Sunderland like? Living cost n oda fins

Read through previous pages [from pages 20 and above] of this other thread https://www.nairaland.com/863688/nigerian-students-uk-how-survive

Itstyme: @ochukoccna, that sounds pretty cool and obviously finance is the answer to the said question if being asked. Thanks for your comments and hopefully should put on that hood tops and winter jacket with you someday..lol

I PRAY YOU DO BRO
Living here changes and takes your perspective to a whole new level

spikes C: remember they charge 1,000 naira for every withdrawal you make

Nighty night

Saw a charge of 400 naira
Even at that ,it was charged desperately not with the bulk of money

Lexusgs430: I spent £4.00 on my skye bank mastercard, got an email confirmation alert confirmation from skye bank, that a debit transaction of N1066.47 has been applied to my account.

More like it
Divides to about 266.6175 per naira
Thanks

spikes C: its currently around 259 (from GTB online banking platform)

Okay, will ask their customer reps questions tomorrow then
Thanks
Good night Spikes

guardian09: I don't think age plays a role in visa denial for any student wanting to study a bachelors degree program in the Uk.

@ Itstyme, I don't know whether age plays a role or not
Yet get ready to answer questions along this line seeing I was asked why I was going for my master's during the interview [left Uni over 14 years ago] to which I answered, finance
Looking back, that was the only question I answered instinctively during my interview
Yet today, I dey wear winter jackets and hood tops daily
Bottomline, play your cards right

Does anyone know the official CBN rate of the naira to pounds?
I made a withdrawal today using my Mastercard and I did a quick calculation after reading the message GTBank sent me on the funds removed
Upon conversion from Naira, I'm seeing I was charged 266.47 per pound
This is so pathetic for the black market rate is hardly different to this yet banks officially get their supplies from the CBN

Dis Guy: http://www.just-eat.co.uk

_{you might be lucky, some naija restaurants are 'moving' up...
I've never ordered anything from a naija restaurants- I prefer to order after inspecting [just like most chinese]}

I don't see African meals here

735 i: Abeg send me the postcode of the naija resturant biko...i have not swallowed for 3 weeks now....i'm dying here
I haf tayad of all this flour food and rice!!
Cooking at home is really better but where i wan see dry fish and garri buy and okporoko too?
As for the people wey dey do take away orders...na dem sabi!!! I spent £49 pounds in Tesco two weeks ago and groceries still dey house; to each man, his own!!
I dey wait for the postcode oh!!!

Are you in the North East sir?
No die O!
3 weeks on flour food and rice?
You don endure, I gave up the next day I arrived the UK
Thank God I located Naija food in time as jedi wan start dey catch my bumbum
Though now,I cook it instead of buying
Infact had yam plus sauce [made of real pepper] this evening

justwise: Ok, Lebara, lycamobile they are all the same, get another Sim card.

Vodafone is not bad, top up 5 pound on Friday and enjoy unlimited text and 100mins call to any network throughout the weekend and still retain your 5 pounds

Will look into that boss

justwise: Are you using blackberry?

No sir
Just the old timer called Andriod

justwise: I don't know what i will be eating to spend 40 pound a week on food alone...i mean... even if my life depend totally on food.

justwise: Get another lycamobile Sim card, its cheaper than calling them, Sim card will cost you one pound

Okay bruv
Was already thinking in that direction
Though was thinking of Lebara [which runs off Vodafone] so as not to be tied to one network

Lexusgs430: Call lycamobile customer services.

02071320322 or 322 (direct from lyca sim)

na bicos of charges I no call this people
why dem dey behave like Globacom who dey charge dem customer who call customer care?
Yeye dey smell
Anyway, I don send them message through facebook

Engen: The comments on this blog are mostly depressing.People put up nonsense statistics and instead of us to condemned the stats you people here making silly jokes. Do you even know the meaning of slavery.Silly organizations write rubbish about your country just because they can and you are here making stupid jokes...SWim ode osi

This is not about patriotism
Do you know the number of Nigerian ladies in sexu_al servitude alone?
The 700 thousand small sef
Let's not even add unpaid labour to it

Trey knowles: Is it advisable to study for d first degree here in Nigeria? Or to start everything in u.s. Which one is more valuable

An American degree trumps that of 9ja for now so if you have the money , go to over there
however if you don't have the cheddah like that, go over there and do your masters

I'd say both though the blame majorly goes to the FG for not renegotiating the agreement due to lack of financial muscle [but you find it hard to believe that Nigeria is poor due the obscene amounts you here been stolen and that used to run the different arms of government]
Also the FG for accusing ASUU of politicizing the strike and accusing ASUU of such
ASUU for been very rigid but you will not blame them if you see the facilities a typical British University [not the top70 unis] has
You will weep for the shitholes we call universities