₦airaland Forum

Keeunicee:
Pls guru's in the house I want to know if it's advisable for me and my husband to apply for F1,F2 or we do it separately as we were both given admission

1stGenAmerican:
China and Russia are too preoccupied with establishing bases in Africa and the ME to realize that the US, Canada, Britain, etc. pulling out of Afghanistan was a very strategic move. Anyone who knows the geographical location of Afghanistan and why the country was of significance already knows that the Taliban is now China and Russia’s problem. Too bad China and Russia don’t realize that yet.

JavaScript90:
What sort of nonsense is this? There is an international law on international waters. A country cannot just wake up one day and claim a large area of international waters because she has weaker neighbours.

Why should China build military bases on international Waters? Why must commercial ships take permission from China before passing through international waters?

Do you even know this means that in the event of diplomatic crisis with Nigeria, China can ban Nigeria oil export to Japan,Taiwan and other Asian tiger nations which can only be accessed by the south China sea?

I hate when ignorant minds spew trash in public forum.

If USA was minding their business and refused to abolish slave trade since it stripped Africans of their dignity, I am sure you would have been a slave today working in one white man farm.

I have come to realize that most people love their oppressors and despise their saviours. How are nigerians even treated between an average American and Chinese company? Even the democracy you enjoy today and have the power to spew trash online without harassment was given to you by America.

It is obvious that something is inherently wrong with many black people

Let us try to be reasonable and avoid parochial sentiments

1stGenAmerican:
Right.

So how do you spoof samples of sperm and other DNA that the FBI took off the victim? How do you spoof video of a person walking happily away from a crime scene? How do you spoof a person driving away in a car with a license plate associated with that person?

Guyman02:
Western media with Russia and Putin obsession. America spent 4 years of Trump discussing Putin and Russian meddling in their elections while China was expanding its reach and Taliban were encircling Afghanistan which America's version of Buhari called Joe Biden left in disgrace with people falling from US military aircrafts.

France, Germany and EU are in panic mode in Mali because their Govt wants to invite Russia to help them deal with 'Islamic' extremists which France has been 'helping' Mali to fight in 20 years while stealing so much mineral resources.

France knows that Putin shows no mercy to western funded 'Islamic' terrorists as we see in Syria, that's why we are getting all these smear campaigns, Putin said it's the work of God to forgive terrorists while his own job is to send them to meet God.

General Ihejirika went to Russia to acquire weapons when Obama refused selling weapons to fight Boko Haram and brought mercenaries from South Africa called Dogs of War (this is why an Igbo man can't smell the position of Chief of Army Staff under Buhari because they will destroy the bandits ,) northern elders panicked and begged Obama to sabotage the effort which he did.

Every terrorist dreads Russia because they will chook bayonet into your nyash, CNN and BBC watchers will never understand what I am saying here
Meanwhile America even does worse in Guantanamo bay but their media won't talk much about it

Gerrard59:
What is it with you people and marriage when you aren't financially stable?!

Write the damn GRE, apply for a PhD program (all of which are funded) and get the fvck out of Nigeria!

ambr055i:
Please, I need your advice because right now I'm confused about where to go, it's a lifelong decision.

I just turned 34 last month, still living with my uncle, but no pressure on his part is a big house. Currently, I teach in a school where my net salary and my home lesson inclusive are approx. N 100000 a month. I have a master's degree in engineering, so I haven't put that certificate to use. I have a saving of 900k, it will be higher by December. Although it would have been more than that, I lost 400,000 to the detriment of a bad investment. Last two years, I had an illness that struck (ENT related), which doesn't have a cure. One of the symptoms is vertigo (a sensation of feeling off-balance). This made me change my mind about travelling. For a few months now, I haven't had the experience.

I have three thoughts, but I can only do one at a time.

Firstly, leave my uncle's house, get an apartment. Use the rest of the money to start a business as a side hustle while working with the school.

Secondly, leave my uncle's house, get an apartment. Next, I invest my time in a tech skill (web dev, programming or data science).

Thirdly, travel to the US for my PhD program. I have already been preparing for my GRE before now.

Thank you.

mignone:
I really don't know which is best for u bt Since ur uncle doesn't have a problem with accommodating u like u said, what happened to staying there if plan A or B is the way? I say this cos renting an apartment will likely gulp abt half of ur savings.

de3lar:
Lobatan, Chai.


So my chances like this is very slim?


There's a $10,000 funding on the admission too.


It's not enough ba?

de3lar:
I finished secondary school since 2012, did some computer training for 2 years, after that, did OND at Polytechnic Ibadan, did my IT at pman's company, I've now been working there after my IT for almost 4 years now.

I'm 23 BTW.

Thanks sir.

de3lar:
Mehn, it's been a while over here and from the look of things only Masters applicants and only one Community college applicant have been approved so far.


I don't know my fate as a Bachelor applicant and does not have a good idea of how to present things to the VO when my interview time is due.


I applied for Civil Engineering at Wilkes University at Pennsylvania, I'll be sponsored by my Dad and am currently working in my Dads company.

How do I present this to the VO without complications.

descarado:
Why are u guys crucified this man.
He is absolutely right.

Unless somebody tells me any civilised country that operate some account. When we stop this, it will motivate us to stop relying on anything foreign.
It's a cankerworm

RPirez:
Did Jide guy na my good friend, we go school together for here but, na agbero to the core.

See who una dey vote for.... I don't blame the naija pple. They're all the same.

Missy89:
Blah blah blah.

Healthy lifestyle is important. Try it

BaronBiafra411:
Lack of road compaction, no earth filling!!
They can't give a good Engineer like me work!
Only incompetent people gets work!!!

Tulacious123:
Good morning all.Please I need help and it’s urgent. I am currently preparing ahead for IELTS exam and am yet to register due to financial constraints. I have been able to save N40k and left with N39k to complete the actual amount of N79k.Any amount you can assist with will go along way so I can register and sit for the test as soon as possible.PLEASE help a fellow Nairalander in need.

I can be reached via kejuempower@gmail.om.

Thanks

ENGINEERG:
This will be so GOOD.
If that is done, anyone can pay money to Chinese firms using their ABC account. It will be good for business and it will reduce demand in dollar too cos anyone can go to the bank and pay yuan equivalent with naira equivalent. Thereby bypassing the dollar.

Nigeria banks have branches in several countries too, so I don't know the fear of some people that China want to buy Nigeria.
Is Nigeria even worth buying again?

Predstan:
You assess their interview when they bring it to you. You don’t go to the Embassy to assess people’s interview when you are not a VO to the point of hoping that the candidate’s faith relies on your assumption. If the person was denied, he/she would have screamed “I said so”. But because it went against his/her belief, he/she started saying something else…

It’s the audacity to even come here and mention those stupid thoughts. You are at the embassy to be interviewed and not to assess people.

There are thousands of people going to the US for an associate degree. It all depends on your profile. There is nothing wrong with community college if it’s a career progression and not a retrogression. Someone with a bachelors will be denied for an AS degrees.

Predstan:
This doesn’t sound right to me. So you dressed up to the Embassy to Point who will be given or not. Are you so jobless and purposeless?

Laworldz:
She’s going to a community college. How many community college visa is approved? Since you want to be stupid. Go and apply to a community college and come back to share your experience.
She was 100% prepared and presented her case so well even though the school could have turned the VO off. Another VO could have frowned at it but she was so smart and gave a fight to get it. That’s why they advise all of you here… TO HAVE SENSE. Clearly, you lack it. Now do you know the reason for my statement? Receive sense and get lost this Monday morning.

BKayy:
British people are simply "Racists"
Bunch of white supremacists that see blacks as animals.

jolyment:
Official rate if you have not exceeded your transaction limit and you are using naira account. But the moment you exceed your transaction limit for foreign transactions with naira account, you will not have access to official rate. If you are using a domiciliary account, you can pay any amount with official rate. But you know to get dollars to fund your account is mostly through BDC . That's where the problem will come from.

ENGINEERG:
PROBLEMS OF THIS DOLLAR TO NAIRA are:
-Incompetent politicians ruling Nigeria that destroy the economy.

-Bad leadership of CBN that are lost with ideas. They keep doing different policies and non is working. And I don't know why they can't sanction Banks too who are using parralelll rate to determine their bank rate, when official rate is constant.

-Greedy BDC/speculators/ Abokifx that are making millions of naira every day, just to get dollar at a good rate, hoard it, and create scarcity, then increase the value. And make aboki to publish it, then all Nigeria use it as new rate.

SOLUTION TO THIS DOLLAR TO NAIRA are:
- Let any registered business owner be able to get Dollar from any Bank, so parallel market won't have much effect again. It can even be certain amount per month.

-Let China Yuan be in our foreign reserve, so Nigerians can send yuan to China, bypassing the dollar that is not useful for Nigeria and China. Since 70% of importation is from China.

-CBN should have a functional website that everyone can check, than relying on site like Aboki that can be compromised by speculators for their own gain.

SeaTrade:
All these big companies na them dey do filthy things pass.
Is multichoice not in soup now for evading over $20B as tax evaded from the Nigeria government?
What of banks that are hoarding dollars and selling to Aboki?
Abi one oil trading major that was caught buying Nigeria stolen crude?
These are the filthiest creatures you can ever find on the surface of the earth,all these multinationals.
Even if you ask for documentation,they will give you na.Aren't they making purchases after all?
All they need to do is pad the sum of the invoice they wanna purchase overseas and go there to ask for a refund,and since it is a big company that is making the purchase,oyibo won't hesitate to give them their excess funds abroad which they will later sell to aboki. .
Very hard and brain racking thing.

SeaTrade:
Then this has just created the biggest possible round tripping cartel you say you wanna eliminate and this time it'll be worse because these are people with enough naira to buy a lot of dollars for arbitrage purposes.
No one passes over a chance to make a quick huge buck ,multinational or not.
What they will do is to sell to aboki slightly lower than what your "CBN aboki segment" will sell,hence bringing aboki back full time into the streets and back in business Because the gaps will be too wide,hence a lot of rooms for them to discount to aboki and still have their arbitrage profitable.

SeaTrade:
I understand your point,you wanna make aboki obsolete.Very superior argument and I endorse this.
But then again,pushing the rates up to the aboki figure is called devaluation.
Foreign investors both in Nigerian stocks and some real sectors will lose confidence in Nigeria and want to cut their losses and pull out their cash at once!
How do you think the CBN can manage that?
So why lose all that just because you are chasing away some group of abokis?