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Beaf:
The UK is a very very developed oil producing country. Is there any subsidy there?
Lol!

Nigeria MUST develop, regardless of what naysayers holla.

YES, our VAT on Fuel is way way less than on other goods and services! That is the UK way of subsidy, okay. , numpty

werepeLeri:
LOL. Why dont u come back dude?

We are not joking with this okay! This is not time for propaganda. WE ARE DAMM SERIOUS, and listen mate, I am well off, and I can afford to run my house in Nigeria without a National grid with light 24/7 for two years or more straight, But WE must not allow the foolishness of a fisherman ruin our one and only country.

Jonathan is a Coward and I can tell you, here in the UK all those who touted him as the messiah are regretting big time!

Enough of Talk, any NEWS of protest being planned for tomorrow?, Sad I just returned to the UK last week, any news guys My head is doing me in typing this, Any PROTEST !!!

PPRA must be day dreaming. A dollar is N163 to $1. And I tell you if in the city the price is N146, then in the villages, you will be certain it will be N300.

seunny4lif:
I AM PAINTER HERE BUT BY GOD GRACE I DEY GO NIGERIA SOON, THE COUNTRY IS OKAY FOR THERE CITIZEN ONLY.
BUY CAR FOR HERE NA PROBLEM, IN SHORT EVERY NA PROBLEM

Dude, you'r an artisan by your description. And I tell you Artisans are making it big time in Nigeria if you know your trade. Why stay in a country where human right is non-existence and their hate crime is ever increasing!

stagger:
Well, it has finally arrived.

This week, I am heading to a sports shop to buy a sports bicycle to be riding around my neighbourhood and surrounding areas.

Nigerians, we need to readjust out mentality now and start riding bicycles to improve our physical fitness.

I am losing my pot belly in three months, and I am sure our ladies will find it attractive if their men follow suit. So let us stop complaining about the subsidy removal. I am one of those against subsidy removal 100%, but the fact is that by the time Nigerians stop using cars the way we use them, the demand for PMS will fall and the service station owners will be forced to crash prices to attract patronage.


Simple!

Good thinking but in the wrong context! Would you use bicycle to power your generator? Would you use bicycle to transport tomatoes, yam, cattles, etc, from Benue to Lagos?
Dude, lets be real, I live in the UK and there is subsidy in form of reduced VAT on energy here! The issue s not subsidy, but the weakness of the GEJ led FG to truly manage the moneis appropriated for it and send the cabal into oblivion. Rather, He sees the options of heaping hardship on Nigerians as the easiest of both, COWARD HE IS!

Gbawe:
My brother, abeg leave them. They are yet to see anything. Did the current Minister of Petroleum (Allison-Madueke) not weep and vow action over a certain road while handling the Works portfolio? Can anyone remind us of the state of that road several years after she gave that oscar performance? A President who is not prepared to cut even the flimsiest of luxuries for himself and 'awon boys' will be the one to supervise genuine spending on infrastructure? Lest some folks know it, huge contracts continue to be issued by the FEC every time . Are we seeing any 'development'?

Anyway, all I will hint people (allied to the stance IBB took over a chap called Moussa Dadis Camara) is to note that the sheer insensitivity of what has happened now would make Nigerians (if and when it happens) look beyond the act itself in backing those who will restore the real element of subsidy (circa N240 billion according to Femi Falana) and , perhaps in populist fashion, parade the 'scammers' who "wickedly" added over N1 trillion to subsidy. They will instantly get the backing of Nigerians whatever the noise of the international community. Can the "hypocrites" preach after backing the rebels in Libya? This is where affairs are heading if one understand that the perfect opportunity may be here for some to go beyond using Boko Haram and crude terrorism to gain what they want.

The road is Benin-Lagos express way. I tell you, we had to fly in from Lagos to Benin last december and fly back to Lagos when we had a function in Benin City! A matey coming in from South Africa attempted to travel by road and got the shocker of His life! 4 Hrs spent on traffic Jam!

I tell you, the BOKO HARAM would garner more followers in the North and the FG will end up spending tripple on security in this current year! Just watch out.

drills:
From a realistic view point I think the issue of fuel subsidy has outlived its relevance, it has been a legitimate means to loot foreign treasury to the tune of trillions yearly. If this money is injected back into the economy it will stimulate economic multiplier effect, translating to increase in capital investment and diversificatn from oil based fund.

Have you asked yourself what INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT  the money saved from the removal of subsidy from disel was used for

Jonathan is a coward Ciroma actually said He was!

HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN OR READ THE DOCUMENTS RELEASED BY THE FG THAT CONTAINS WHAT THEY WOULD USE THE MONEY FOR? SHOCKING WHAT YOU FIND IN THERE! PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN BUDGET FOR IN 2010, 2011 AND EVEN INCLUDED IN THE 2012 BUDGET!

Vicjustice:
I really do not need to read your long and vain epistle, i just want to insist that you have problem understanding my English, or perhaps, due to grievances. Read this quoted line carefully and get the English right.
   If you still can't understand that i never suggested that bans could be added up, that's up to you

Not sure what you ment by grievances. I really do not take this serious so I do not undrestand what you mean by grievances. I take it that helping people get the right information that would ease their visas processing is the right thing, hence can't comprehend where the grievance would be coming from.

If you claim I misunderstood your english, then fair enough and I will leave it at that. You conveyed the right information in your summary paragraph. I only flagged up that sentence in between 'cos (I do not know if you have done it) when you google UK immigration up, Nairaland Travel Forum flags up alongside other top UK Immigration forum like UK resident, UKimmigration and often, post by individual are flagged up by the search engine using individual words like 'ban', etc. But it's okay, guess its Nairaland way.

werepeLeri:
where are the political and economic analysts - who often times makes no sense?

See panic buying - suddenly, the Gas Station in front of my house became a beehive of activities, the same station that hasn't seen a car come in to buy fuel all day, suddenly over 100 cars are lined up buying fuel.

You know what that means?Panic Buying is what you call it and it is a sign of the Zimbabwe syndrome. Watch filling stations getting bombed when Nigerians can't get hold of fuel to live by.

seunny4lif:
Yes, I working,working and working, NO fun at all and dont near nigerians girl.Na them be people wen dey see money but dont try them na maga you go turn to,

Really which work is there in LIBYA God save Nigerians! What kinda do you do?

bjdon:
I think this is a good move. People let's try and look at this matter objectivly. No govt anywhere in the world can be expected to keep a subsidy on fuel. The fuel importing cartels have been doing everything in their power to ensure that our Refiniaries stay down. Now that fuel will sell at 'Market price' they will no longer have any incentive to continue to sabotage the refiniaries. Also the 20 private licneses that been awarded will now be acted on as the investors can now make a good business case for proceeding. I agree there will be pain in the short term, but people, thats what TRANSFORMATION is all about. Do you really think Ngozi and Sanusi will be advocating something that is bad for the nation?

Your brains must be stickied with celery! If this annocement stays, then expect the Naira to become worthless as prices would sky rocket. Every item in the market would increase by a fold and house rent would become out of the reach of the average Nigerian!
Jonathan is really as dull as He looks! Why blame the ants from lurking around when you scattered the sugar all over the floor

Expect more pipeline vandalinzation! More big business for the local war lords me thinks. If you can't buy at N150 for imported Fuel, at least you can afford Local Fuel for N100.

Sad this one, Jonathan is simply useless as His looks.

Any NEWS YET FROM NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS AND CIVIL SOCIETIES

Vicjustice:
You still don't understand my English: Now, lets assume that someone says; "If Europe were to implement laws correctly, Murderers should face capital punishment", does that mean there exist capital punishment in Europe?
  You will only waste the OP time and money, go ahead and "advise" the OP to employ the best solicitors in Nigeria, but i'll be interested to know the legal ground on which you are making her case.
  The OP opening post explains already answers all these, you can now commence the work based on the info provided

I do not want to go down this route. I know you are no Immgration Solicitor with UK Immigration experience, so categorically giving advice against contacting Immigration Solicitors is completely out of place. And by the way, I wasn't referring to Nigerian Immigration Solicitors as we do not have QC or KC in Nigeria.

I am sorry, just admit it. Knowingly the Immigration Rules/Legislation or haven gone through the process yourself, you should know that there is no way your previous and present offence would in anyway be added up. UKBA has repeatedly made it clear that it is the last of the strings of offences that the counting date of the ban would begin. Hence in Her case, it was obvious that if she were to serve the ban, it would begin from Her most recent.

If the HO/UKBA who are custodians of the UK Immigration rules states explicitly how the ban is to be implemented where applicable why suggest something different?

I know we all want to get cheats punished but somehow, when someone ask for honest opinion, give your opinion inline with the rules. The courts especially the Appeals court have upturned or reduce bans on deception by withholding information on the application and HO have struggled to define a clear line when an applicant can be banned using just the information as contained in the application form only.

Let me also give you an example of an application I helped process recently. The applicant forgot to include information that she was recently refused but included information of her past refusals. It wasn't delibrate, as she did not understand that ALL refusals, Bans, convictions etc within previous ten years prior to application MUST be disclosed on her application form. But she was given the visas and infact it was processed undr 7days in October 2011.

The reason I asked her to provide the information I request is simple. There is a case witness from an Appeal courts decision which I would have referred her to that would help her make up her mind whether or not the she would engage an immigration solicitors.

Vicjustice:
I quote myself in context:   
   So, what part of my English is it that you don't seem to understand? Tell me the line of my post that justify your claim that i suggested accumulative ban

see the @bold below, emphasis in italics, wrong impression that one

Vicjustice:
", Now, if the rules were to be implemented correctly, you would be receiving a 20 years ban, but for the fact that 10 years is the maximum sentence, you have been placed in this maximum ban, "

Any news yet from Labour and Organised civil society?

worry246:
Do you have tickets to events?
Oficial tickets ONLY on sale from official outlets.
No tickets for Nigerian touts.

Without ticket then NO NO NO NO visa!

We do not do tickets! We do INFO TRAVEL ALERTS, An e-mail to BHC Abuja will do.

seunny4lif:
ARE EUROPEANS SO RACIST LIKE MY PEOPLE HERE
PLEASE I NEED A REASONABLE ANSWER,
ARE THEY UP TO THE LEVEL OF NORTH AFRICANS EXPECT MORROCO
(1)IN LIBYA,JUST SHOUT ON LIBYA OR ANY ARAB MAN,THE NEXT THING IS ENOUGH BEATING FOR YOUR BODY
(2)IT IS ONLY IN LIBYA THAT,AN ARAB MAN HAS NO JOB THAN TO BE LOOKING FOR BLACK MAN TROUBLE,
(3)A CHILD OF 12 YRS OLD WILL COMMAND YOU TO COME AND IF ANY CHANCE YOU INSULT HIM THE REST NA GOD GO SAVE YOU,
(4)THEY CALL YOU NIGGA INTO YOUR FACE,IF YOU LIKE GO ,DIE THEM NO SEND YOU
(5)LIBYA WILL PARK THEIR CARS @ANY TIME,IF THEY SEE ANY BLACK WITH ARAB MAN SHOUT AT EACH OTHER, THE NEXT NA
, BEATINGS
(6)YOU PAID HOUSE RENT OF ABOUT 100 DINAR (10,000 NAIRA) MONTHLY BUT NO REST OF MIND IN YOUR HOUSE
(7)THEY ATTACK YOU AND COLLECT YOUR PHONE,MONEY AND PASSPORT, FUNNY THING IS THAT YOU KNOW THEM BUT WHAT WILL YOU DO,
(YOU HAVE TO PAY TO COLLECT YOUR PASSPORT AND SIM CARD,
(9)REPORT HAHAHAHAHA TO WHO?POLICE IN LIBYA ARE LIKE THEIR PEOPLE,
(10)NEVER LOOK THEIR WOMEN TWICE OR ELSE NA HOSPITAL YOU GO LAND
(11)NO GO HERE THEIR HOSPITAL OHHHHHHHH,NA INJECTION THEY GO GIVE YOU,NA DIE BE THAT OOOOOOOOOOOOO
(12)JUST HAS ANYBODY WHO HAS BEEN TO LIBYA BEFORE
ARE ALL THIS HAPPENING IN RUSSIAN?TELL ME PLEASE

Really what are you doing in Libya

http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=169074

"By Chinedu Eze, 03.21.2010

The communal clash between the people of Ezillo clan who are the aborigines and the Ezza settlers over struggle for land has claimed four prominent people from Cross Rive State. The quartet were burnt to death during the week on an emissary to the troubled community.


Report said mercenaries allegedly employed by the Ezzas killed and burnt to death the victims who were on their way to Ogoja through the Enugu-Abakaliki highway that cuts through the warring community and that their four-wheel-drive vehicle with the number, LN 304 AAA, belonging to a director in the Federal Civil Service who was also killed in the incident, was also burnt down.
THISDAY learnt that Cross River State Government sent a delegation to Ebonyi State Government on Tuesday, protesting the killings and the state government is striving to end the crisis by any possible means.


Besides the aforementioned, other killings have been taking place along the highway and in the various villages of the community.
According to eye witness account, the crisis is still on-going in spite of all the efforts to end it because the Ezzas who have dominant population in the state refused to resettle in portion of land given to them by the state government, while the Ezillo people defiantly insisted that the Ezzas, known as Ezza Ezillos must leave the community.


The clash which started on May 10, 2008 has claimed more than 600 lives with property worth more than N1 billion destroyed.
A senior official of the Ebonyi state government told THISDAY that efforts made by the state government to reconcile the two warring clans ended in futility as political interests seem to have suffused the major reason why the crisis started, which is the resistant of the Ezillos against alleged plan of the Ezza settlers to take over the community by their superior population and overwhelming wealth.


But the Ezzas have dismissed the fears, alleging that the Ezillos had always wanted to force them out of the community, which became their home way back in the 1930s, when their great grand fathers were invited to help Ezillos fight their neighbours in the enduring struggle for land.
A prominent son of Ezillo and a public servant in the state told THISDAY at the weekend that Ezillo people are eager to make peace, complaining that Ezza people have engaged in guerilla warfare to exterminate the Ezillos, adding that to make peace both parties should make sacrifices.

THISDAY also gathered that the Ezzas who rejected the place given to them in the community by the state government, arguing that it was a stream of land that lies in the boundary between two communities, requested that one half of the community should be allocated to them, while the Ezillos reject such request, insisting that they could only concede what government has already given to the Ezza Ezillos.
“Government moved from the initial 52.5 hectares of land given to them and enlarged it to 306. 29 hectares; this is additional landmass of 253.5 hectares as contained in the broadcast of the governor, Chief Martin Elechi,” a source told THISDAY.
But Ignatius Nwali from the Ezza clan told THISDAY that his people decided to continue to launch attacks because in the past whenever a truce was agreed on the Ezillo people would break it and they would be caught unawares, noting that until their own conditions are met they would not stop the fight.


“The area that Ezza people want is on this side of Ebonyi River . Due to the good relationship and good co-existence our grandfathers had with their grandfathers they agreed to live together. But since they want to flush us out or eliminate or prevent us from enjoying the fruit of the labour of our grandfathers, we have requested that we live at one side of the community. The land where we live before, we are ready to forfeit— those land at the other side of Ebonyi River is what we want. That is what we want now.”
Dr Onyekachi Eni, Chief Press Secretary to the Ebonyi State Governor told THISDAY, “Since this crisis broke out, Governor Martin Elechi has left no stone unturned to resolve it. He has been personally involved in the various peace building initiatives of the state government."

AjCityOne:
I don't understand why killing of innocent people in Ebonyi has anything to do with Yoruba people. But then again, when people really doesn't have any meaningful things to contribute or argue about they start to hide behind ethnic bigotry. I've read all the comments on this thread and not even one person try to make me understand what was going on in Ebonyi that lead to the killing of all these people. This killing just happened in Igbo land and non of the so called Igbo people here have nothing to tell the non igbo and the outside world what was the reason behind this cowardice killing. Stop this nonsense and focus on the real issue.

Please read this: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-416730.0.html
Tells us all you need to know about this shameless killings!

London 2012 Games spectators: visa applications open from 1 January 2012

20 December 2011

From 1 January 2012 we will begin processing visitor visas for those coming from outside the UK to watch the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The Games will be the biggest event that the UK has hosted and many extra visitors will arrive during the busy summer period in 2012.

We will process your application and, if you meet the requirements, will issue your visa with a start date that will cover you for the whole Olympic and Paralympic Games period. This means that you can start your preparations for travelling to the UK for the Games from the beginning of 2012.

You can use our Do I need a visa? questionnaire to find out if you need to apply for a visa. If you are coming to watch the Games as a visitor, you will be allowed to stay in the UK for up to 6 months in most cases.

See the Olympic and Paralympic Games section for more information.

Source:http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/newsarticles/2011/december/70-olympics-visas

Moderators could this be stickied? I know few working class Nigerians would want to come watch the Olympic in London in summer, so this might be helpful to them.

tlops:
Just as I was Thanking God for a successful and peaceful crossover to 2012, with no news on Nigeria's bombing spree, I tuned to BBC only to hear that we have done it again with 50 death. God SOS!

Actually this happened on the 30th/31st and it was on Aljazeera and Reuters. But in all its a despicable act which should be condemned in its entirety.

Vicjustice:
I should be honest with you. First of all, as you turned over 18 years (when you overstayed your visa), you were considered an adult responsible for your own actions, therefore, your overstaying in the UK alone attracts up to 10 years ban, but from what you narrated, you were not given the 10 years ban based on you overstaying in the UK, but rather for withholding the information, and that  places you in the category of those who try to obtain the UK visa by means of deception, and this act attracts the 10 years ban. Now, if the rules were to be implemented correctly, you would be receiving a 20 years ban, but for the fact that 10 years is the maximum sentence, you have been placed in this maximum ban.
   And unfortunately, you can do nothing about this, do not bother wasting your money on any solicitor as they can not do anything to overturn the ban; know that you have no lawful ground on which to challenge the decision since there are evidence that you are actually guilty of the Immigration rules violation

@ First Part in bold, seemingly not correct. You do not get cummulative ban. You only serve your most recent. Check the UKBA internal guide for ECOs. Clearly stated there.

@second part in bold. Not sure if you are a QC or a KC, but I think we need to be careful here when trying to give advice. Same happen last year in this forum where a case posted by an OP and similar proclaimation was made and when I had a discussion with a colleague who is a QC, He showed me an Appeal court judgement which negated the views that was canvassed in the thread at a time.

@OP,
I would like to know which category of visas you applied for before I can give you advice. It is not all doom and gloom with issues of 'seemingly' deception. I have a case in mind similar to yours which I was privy to and it was upturn during a Judicial Review. But like I said, I need to know which category of visas you applied for, your immigration history in the UK and if your to get an honest advice, state clearly if you ever had any criminal records/debt in the UK while you were a student here.

Answering the OP questions;
I was left with very little option than to leave Nigeria and further my Education overseas, UK precisely several years ago because no University based in Nigeria offered the programme I wanted to study! And to date, no University in Nigeria offers the programme. I really never wanted to leave Nigeria to study elsewhere! But I guess I made the right decision and I am happy for it! But on the other hand, it's painful that my skills, knowledge and expertise is being utilized by another country to advance their society.

mY FIRST POST OF 2012, SO HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL,

Shame the ethnic clashes in Ebonyi seems to know no end! I thought these people were disarmed during the Obasanjo and the Yar'dua regimes Maybe these people need to learn from states like Edo, where despite the diversed ethnic groups, they live in peace and harmony.The recent Ijaw threat in that state and how things were resolved albeit for now impressed me big time!

So shamefully these innocent souls never saw the light of 2012! May their soul if deserving find eternal rest in Christ Jesus.

@ALL,

Let us stand, rise together in one voice and condemn this babaric act of ethnic cleansing going on in Ebonyi and in various parts of Nigeria. This country belongs to all of us and we are all equal in the eyes of the constitution of our beloved and great country, Nigeria.

I,omo_Tier1 condemn the babaric and shameful killings in Ebonyi. I call on those in position of authority in Ebonyi to do all that is necessary to put to end this completely unncessary blood shed.

Long live the Federal Rebulic of Nigeria, Long live the good people of Nigeria. One Nation, One Love, in Unity Peace and Hope.

happy new year to you ALL in Nigeria, even as UK looks to join the fold in 41mins, time!!, HAPPYYYYYYYYYYYYYY NEW FOLKS, ITS 2012,

purplekayc:
how many goals now for dz guy whats his secret??

Want to know my secret?, , lets meet BABa SUwe .




R V P, beginning of wisdom for defenders! including vidic !!

[quote author=Kay-Dee link=topic=835130.msg9870979#msg9870979 date=1325351257]why are u talking about champions league spot ? we're gunning for top spot.[/quote]na small small now! Gunning for top spot in december is a no no, lets get real, our main target was to be top four by christmas, we have done that, next push come february, we will be second!, Then watch the boys do the Wangic et again!, Gunners for life ,

HMMM who would have thought Gunners would be in the champions league spot come December 31st? , Still we'r matching on, the title race is not out of place yet!, Watch you Maccunians and ManU fanatics