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@Johnnie


Do you have any progress pictures. i.e of the completed lekki phase 1 roundabout and what the completed tolling booths look like?

asscend:
EGYPT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.

THE FACT REMAINS THAT YARADUA LEFT IN A HURRY SO HE COULD NOT HAND OVER. (HE WAS  TOO SICK)

THE SENATE DID THE RIGHT THING.

THERE ARE CORRUPT PEOPLE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION

SUCH ONES ARE TO BE FISHED OUT AND JAILED.

EVEN IF YARADUA COMES BACK HE SHOULD BE QUESTIONED IN THE SENATE AND IN MY OPINION IMPEACHED FOR HAVING CORRUPT ADVISERS WHO KEPT LIEING TO THE NATION.

YARADU IS INDIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SITUATION; REMEMBER HE EMPLOYED THOSE CRIMINALS.

With all the awareness around, people still type in all CAPS. Abeg stop it na.

THE AMAKA:
[color=#ff00cc]NOT TRUE!!!
thats your own experience so speak for yourself. 18hr flights? since when?
usually flying to Nigeria the plane is always half full. well at least from my experience and probably the time of year i decided to travel.
not a lot of people are flying to naija, so the plane was like half empty/half full.[/color]

Yes oo. It depends on your destination. My initial destination was houston after which i left for Newark.

Paris to Houston was 11hours, Lagos to Paris was ~7hours. I waited in Paris for 3 hours.!!
And yeah, i travelled during the peak period.

SEFAGO:
Is this guy for real? Relax, stop being so condescending- this stuff is getting way into your head. I was just surprised that you got a spring admission which is typically not possible- you should simply have said deferred. Then you made the claim that you were the first to get a full ride at princeton, which is not true- you did not do research before you opened your silly mouth making a false claim. Moreover, at least if you are at princeton you should know that there are lots of Nigerian-americans there (Considering the fact that it is in Dirty Jersey which has a large Nigerian population). And dont be silly enough to ask me about deferred admissions- lol, I should just even avoid responding to your comments.

Rain abuses all you want it would just make you look like an idiot. I remember this Nigerian kid who got a fullride at princeton with a perfect SAT score- at the end of the day most people called him silly because of his foolish attitude; he did not get a job or anything and his education was wasted.

And your point is.
So far you are the only one that has abused anyone.
If you didn't have bad belle, why bring up an issue that is about 10 pages back on this thread.
We were talking about spring break and here you are trying to bring somebody down.
You were simply trying to tell people that i am just deceiving people here. You are the one that is really silly. Whether you like it or not, i am living my dream. If people say i am immature, i don't know what to call you because you have just shown that i have one over you.
Why the bad belle na. Did you have to let everyone know that you applied to princeton during your days. Omo see EGO oo

[quote author=noble_gas1 link=topic=405301.msg5597131#msg5597131 date=1267292441]not so true, i have flown it b4 from dakar to Sao paolo and we were not packed like sardines.Furthermore, my Cousin Bought a Delta ticket from Lagos to New Jersey and was Endorsed on Air France, the dude also confirmed how nice the airline was, plus he was also carrying 2 pieces.So even if you buy Delta, Chances are that they endorse you also.

@ Topic, yes, you will be allowed to carry 2 bags not weighing not more than 46kg, anything above that wuld be regarded as excess.

[size=13pt]N.B- Airline baggage restrictions do change from time to time!!![/size][/quote]They have a partner share agreement. If you choose a direct delta flight from LOS to ATL, they will not put you on the Air france flight.

Trust me, they will pack you like SARDINES. The seats are small and most naija flights are always full.
It's not worth it if you have to fly for 18hrs
I'd rather be packed like sardines in delta and fly for for just 12hrs.

THE AMAKA:
[color=#ff00cc]each bag can be 23 kgs (50 lbs) max. (well at least that were the rules the last time i traveled and i havent heard of any recent changes. so it should be pretty accurate)
enjoy your flight, Air France is a good airline, i really enjoyed them. [/color] 

Unless ur flying business class and above!
They pack you like sardines in economy. 18hrs flight time plus 3-4hr layover. Not worth it.
Fly to JFK and take arik or just go with Delta

Vladmir 2:
@Phuck Nl,from Netherlands to Princeton.i cant just match it.from UCL(UK) to Princeton would have been more of like it.but Netherlands anyway sha,you are living so many peoples dream.

Do you know what i wanted to go do in the Netherlands. Abeg keep your thoughts to yourself.

SEFAGO:
The guy claimed he was the first Nigerian to get a full ride at Princeton. Big fat lie though- maybe in his time but not while I was applying to undergrad. I at least have heard of three people from Nigeria who had full rides to princeton- the problem is that some did their A-levels in the UK on scholarship and then moved to Princeton.

But congratulations on princeton though I did not know they had spring admissions for undergraduate. Things might have changed during my years.

Many people have gone this path in the past, and i have been advised to refrain from getting tensed. Are you trying to prove the authenticty of my admission or what. If i wasn't the first to get a full ride, then so be it. Thats what i thought at least. If you got ur full ride and didn't attend that is ur problem. If you don't know anything about the current situation, why not confirm rather than trying to start rubbish on here. Don't start nuttin won't be nuttin. Ever heard of deffered admission by the way. I'm trying so hard to refrain from my vicious past. I for don dey rain abuses by now.

femilangy:
Hmm!!!!!talking bout touring more states,spring break is like in a week,where shuld i go?hmmm?CHICAGO,MARYLAND,NEWJERSEY,TEXAS(john4uuu,i dey come lounge with u, LMAO),KANSAS(gongo aso knows why, LOL),or MISSISSIPII(Gongoaso itupko oh!!!!lol),will be making up my mind in some few days.

@ Phuck,no shaking bro its ok,how your side?Gat a midterm exam on monday so might not be looking in here till next week,so peeps STAY UP!

Can't wait for spring break either. Finally, one whole week without homework!!!!!!!!!!!!I heard MIAMI is the place to be for spring break oooo

femilangy:
Smally, dont burst a vein,relax,we are all here for different reasons,live your american dream!!!!!!!!! i aint focussing on the negatives,if i am i wouldnt be here for school.All i am saying is AMERICA IS TOO MUCH HYPE.PERIOD and i will say it again AMERICA IS TOO MUCH HYPE,

Don't get me wrong oo. I am not getting tensed or angry or anything like that. It's just that we tend to generalize too quickly. I have been to two different states already and all i can say is Yankee is different for everyone from state to state. I went to Houston and Dallas recently and somebody almost "put a stone in my mouth". I opened my mouth in amazement. The road network in Houston is marvellous. Bridge and flyover just dey mix like pounded yam. My point is that, most people will not talk about things like this because they expect it to be the "norm", hence the "hype" about yankee. The minute we see bad things, we start saying yankee is/has not lived up to the hype.

Femilangy, i'd like you to tour more states and then reconfirm your opinion.

femilangy:
@ phuck i'm sure yankee is your first ever visit outside nija so i expect u to be overwhelmed!

As for me i dont see a difference between here and some oda places have visited,and i am yet to be convinced to stay here after my masters.I definitely will be far better than most dudes here if i go back to nija after Msc.

I mean, i check out some of my friends that have been here for like 7 years and i sincerely think i was doing better in nija than any of them before i came here,so i am always like why dont u guys just go home and make all the millions with just your certificate(Nigerian love to see foriegn pali)

So phuck it aint about finances for me dude,i am way off that level .Its about the future prospects for me .

PS
I am sure you also have friends in the US that are doing 50 times better than what you were doing in Nigeria. Why do we always focus on the negative and never on the positives. We need to create a balanced analysis.
The other day, a nigerian was making noise because he saw a "pothole". I mean doesn't that show how silly we nigerians are. You come yankee, u begin dey find flaw, dey find pothole all over the place. You come see one finish you come dey call naija dey make noise say yankee get pothole. SHAME.

femilangy:
@ phuck i'm sure yankee is your first ever visit outside nija so i expect u to be overwhelmed!

As for me i dont see a difference between here and some oda places have visited,and i am yet to be convinced to stay here after my masters.I definitely will be far better than most dudes here if i go back to nija after Msc.

I mean, i check out some of my friends that have been here for like 7 years and i sincerely think i was doing better in nija than any of them before i came here,so i am always like why dont u guys just go home and make all the millions with just your certificate(Nigerian love to see foriegn pali)

So phuck it aint about finances for me dude,i am way off that level .Its about the future prospects for me .

Hate to burst ur bubble but i wasn't overwhelmed by nuttin. I knew exactly what to expect. Proper planning takes care of all that. We all have access to the internet in naija but all people know how to do is go to nairaland and facebook. I knew how everywhere i needed to be in my state looked. I had seen my residence school and everything even before i got there. Thanks to Google street view i knew exactly what the environment looked like so i wasn't surprised or astonished. I was "Satisfied".
Success is not about money. Your friends may prefer to be in America and live the american dream with their small change rather than live in Nigeria with millions without any form of security or a "good standard of living"
If you call - owning a noisy generator set, security guards, housemaids etc as being a good life in nigeria, then thats ur own definition. As far me its simply opulence in the midst of poverty.

gbemxy:
Yankee Yankee Yankee , hmnnnn No be the way we dey see am the thing be ooooo , totally different from the tory we dey hear, God go help us sha, anyway anyhow we go make am.

femilangy:
@ gbemsky please help me tell them

So much hype,No big deal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If it is not what you expected, then go back home and stop whining.
IT IS EVERYTHING I EXPECTED.

If you expected to get here and start driving a Maserati then something must be wrong with you.

If you expected to get here and fare well without having money from naija, then something is wrong with you.

Research properly before making decisions. As for me, it is everything i expected. ADIOS AMIGOS

Rather than ranting, you lot should be shouting and looking for ways to remove your senators and representatives. They have failed us. Yaradua's cabinet should not be able to take the nation for a ride. That is why we have representatives.
Yaradua should have been impeached after no one heard anything from him for 2 weeks.
The question we need to ask is why our representatives have waited this long. We all look like fools now. Yaradua's cabinet is basically saying we will wait till whenever Yaradua recovers. Nigerians can wait for him since we can't do anything about it. Shameful nation.
After we will claim that Nigerians are smart, bright and educated. We are the dullest set of people in the world.
Of what use is our education if we can be taken for a ride like a bunch of baboons. Sad nation, Dumb people. Dora take note.

bigrovar:
The biggest irony here is not the clueless Americans, its the brainless Nigerians who cant even use their God given brain to reason. Be a Human being and reason for christ sake.

Mutallab was a decent good boy when he left Nigeria, ( even though he attended "Isamlist" school) It was while he was in the UK that he was radicalised. It is reported that he then travelled to Yemen where he met Anwar al-Awlaki the same American Terrorist dude linked with to a gunman who ran amok in a US army base in Texas in Nov, killing 13 pple. The UK has more radicals and Terrorist than Nigeria. And facts have showed the more US and UK citizens have been involved in Terror attack than Nigerians. The only one as of yet is Mutallab. How come is Nigeria on a terror list. What evidence does the CIA have about Nigeria. Was this not the same CIA that said Iraq had Weapons of mass destruction.

I have some question for the CIA. How come Mutallab was giving a US visa ( we all know how hard it is to get one ) after he dad warned them of the extremist views of his son.

How did a guy who is suppose to be on terror watch list obtain a visa and even got on a plane?
You say your war is on terror not Islam, but all we always hear is that Islamic schools should be closed. And most Muslims are targetted and mistreated in your country.

Why do you call Terrorist Islamist and in the same vain claim that Islam does not encourage Terrorism. We have a group called the Lords Resistant Army in Urganda. There kill people and Turn childrens to child soldiers. There claim to be Inspired By Christ. I dont see them called Christainist group. Even the KKK use the bible to Legitimise their claims. even Nazi is founded on chritian Values I dont see does being called Islamist .

What makes an Islamist?

How come UK is not in the List of countries Blacklisted? even though most active Terror cells is in Europe?

If you did proper research most of your questions would have been answered. Are you on this same earth that we are on. Your questions have been answered since 1900.

The boy got his visa in 2008. His father reported him in 2009. Are you satisfied now.
To the people asking why the UK is not on a list of blacklisted countries. Come on now!!!!!! Are you for real. Quit being childish.
It is like saying if an american or even several americans commit suicide bombings in Israel, the Israelis will blacklist america. You guys are beginning to sound ridiculous.

gongo aso:
@phuka
wassup dude! long tym no see
guess u r in d states now?
wish u the best in your endeavours
cheers

Thanks a lot. Yes i'm in the states. Winter no be childs play nah. Me wey dey wear singlet during harmattan!! Omo na sleep i just dey sleep for inside ohh. The cold is fireeeeee.

femilangy:
@ ALL

Are u pondering what am pondering?i mean suxes are they trying to arrange a fake bankstatement for u?if so, . . . .Guy forget the US,i am beginning to doubt your real intentions of coming here,i mean whats the need of comparing bankstatements with what nethackers brother gave you and your bosses bank statement?

@ Phuck
How u doing bro,longest time no see

@ Gonga aso

Guy u dey fall my hand oh,u never call me since!!!!!!!!!

Hey bro. I just realized you got ur visa as well. Congrats. Considering that you started this thread, it would have been sad if they axed you.

@Suxxes

I said it before and i will say it again. If you do not have the financial capablility to study in the US. Stay in Nigeria. I referred to your previous posts that showed that you just wanted to JAH. At the POE, the dude was joking with me and said most naija guys don't even bother to visit school once they enter. I am not here to judge you. What i don't like is the fact that you are lieing. Why would you want to use a fake statement. You have already been denied once.

I am sure the reason you were denied the first time lingers on financial manipulation or fraud.

People do not like the truth. I always tell the truth and i am never scared to voice my opinion.
Suxes2005. Forget about the US. You will be seen as desperate the second time around. You'll probably be denied again.
If you do not have your stuff together, the embassy will deny you. When i made mention of people having problems paying sevis fees and all, i was almost crucified. Take my advice. Forget about the US embassy juh.
If you don't have a sponsor (prefarably your parents) that has a solid account with a reputable job, you better have a financial aid package or scholarship package to present to the embassy officials.

The embassy recommends a 6month reapplication timeline for a reason :
You were denied on financial grounds. They do not expect your financial situation to change drastically within a short period. Whether you took the wrong statement is not their problem. They will just assume you want to jah

MrCrackles:
Let us see what will come out from the Nigerian investigations. . . . .

I don't know what the problem with you lot is.
80% of the info obtained by the media in the US was obtained from Nigerian sources/websites.
So far, the pictures being paraded on US networks was obtained from saharareporters.com
The fact that his father is a banker and had reported to the US embassy all came from Nigerian sources.
A whole lot can come from the Nigerian investigations.
We may be a silly nation but i know that our SSS is top notch.

tunnytox:
Don't mind the US embassy in Lagos/Abj, if this would be suicide bomber is an ordinary Nigerian citizen they won't give him visa but because his father is a big man he got the visa so easily, Tha fact remains that the US visa policy of awarding visa based on the state of mind of the visa officer rather than conducting proper interview and checks will enable many others to slip through the net,

if this bloke has been properly interview they could have got a clue of his intention from the interview, they gave him a visa to attend a religious conference in the US and they didn't even bother to ascertain what the conference is all about,

what bothers me most is just the fact that Nigeria's already battered image has been badly damaged again, these people will now make our journey more difficult because its very easy for them to label Nigerians so quickly despite the fact that many other countries UK inclusive probably have more potential suicide bombers than Nigeria

Confirm your stories properly or read/watch the news carefully.
He was issued a US visa in 2008 in LONDON.

RIP. Prayers go to the family.

@Amaka and SeanT21
Why don't you just open another thread if you want to gist about a tv show. Someone died and you are here talking about disney channel showing it or not. No wonder Amaka has so many posts in such a short time, get a life and stop camping on nairaland.

loma:
Most short-haul flights in the US have snacks for sale, so there is nothing new in this. Why do you even want free food on a 1-hour flight?

Last time I checked, they were not forcing anyone to buy the snacks. My only issue is that the snacks are so foriegn. Don't we have local snacks?

Thank you for clearing the air on the snacks sell.
@Bluetooth - ^^^^Hope you have your answer.

[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=367025.msg5147968#msg5147968 date=1261248671]PhucknL
OK I be olodo,accepted.Tell if you've ever heard news of american airlines or virgin atlantic selling hotdogs and hamburger on their flight.The best thing for aero molue to do was to have stopped serving puff-puff on their flight instead of engaging in such rubbish.They are not the only airline hit by the crunch.I sometimes board ABC transport from abuja to lagos and they serve all passengers malt and snacks free.If a motor transport company can sustain that during recession,how come an airline cannot afford such gesture despite the high patronage the get[/quote]Prior to this last post, i thought you were just kidding. Did you really post the highlighted part? You want to compare the cost of maintaining an airline company with that of a road transport company. I weep in Ninja Assassin
I have not heard of american airlines but that doesn't mean they do it. For one, i know some of them sell bottled water and headphones on flights.
Heck, american airlines now charge passengers for checked luggage. Can you beat that.
You have no point whatsover. Did aero shove the puff-puff down your throat. It is simply a courtesy service. If you want to eat a snack, buy one. If you don't want to, no one will disturb you. Let's stop being ridiculous. There is nothing wrong with what they have done. You are always quick to look at negatives. Not one of you is commending them for introducing 5,000 naira and 6,000 naira online flights ooh

mikeansy:
they think they are running a nation of two year olds

Point of correction : They Know they are running a nation of two year olds.
Our president has been out for over 24 days, we don't know if he's dead or alive. All we do is make noise, comment on online forums and sit our big asses at joints drinking nkwobi and pepper soup.

The NLC should have been organizing rallies demanding that YAradua address the nation or resign.
We should have had a 50 million man march to Abuja by now. Demand a video conference, that Yaradua address the nation or he resigns.
We really are a nation of 2yr olds.

[quote author=~Bluetooth link=topic=367025.msg5136407#msg5136407 date=1261093484]@phucknL
If the airlines in the US don't sell puff-puff on their flight,why is aero molue selling on theirs?[/quote]Olodo!!!!
Do americans know what puff-puff is? Why can't they sell it? Isn't it a nigerian snack?
The way i see it, selling snacks is an added option. They could have cancelled snacks on flights totally. Rather they have made it optional for you to buy if you feel the need to eat on a 45minute flight.

I don't understand why you people keep comparing other airlines to aero sef. How many of the other airlines that still serve snacks did the 5000 naira promo that aero did a couple months back.
How many of them are currently doing the 6000 naira promo that aero is doing now. You lot are just greedy. Period

[quote author=THE.AMAKA link=topic=368919.msg5147350#msg5147350 date=1261241122]before you know it the whole of Nigeria will ban okadas.
KAI!!
so many people will have no jobs. 
im really scared about the aftermath of all this banning.

[size=30pt]GBAM!!![/size][/quote]You people just like talking sha. What about the alternative mopeds/keke napep various govts have started. Many okada riders have neglected it because it means they would have to queue up. They prefer their unsafe okadas. They should ban the thing already. If they ban it, they will find other things to do or embrace keke napep.

The only authority that recognizes marriage in Nigeria is still the law courts/registry. Let the church and all the others talk all they want. Traditional marriage no be by force. If you enter registry, u don marry be that. No one can change that.

keyremotes:
@Poster
Please tell us who is after you?
Have we that live here been kiled?

I beg if you want to come home come and stop making an issue out of a non issue.

Did you not leave from here to wherever you are living now?

I bEG JARE?

Why are people so naive? So because you haven't been killed that means others are not/will not be killed.
It is not news that people returning from abroad are targetted. There are stories of people that left nigeria decades ago, came back to the country and were assassinated.
Of course you can wear watches and carry expensive phones in Nigeria. At least if you live in the nice places in Lagos. Most of the people commenting probably live in Lekki and environs. If you live in other places in Lagos, you dare not flash your expensive phone.
There is a reason cellphones are the next business initiative in Lagos. Most people that use expensive phones change them at least once in 6 months ( reason : hold up theft, various kinds of theft and on occasion, dropping of the phone)
Anyway, be careful in lagos. If you must go to the rugged parts of lagos, go there during the day. If you stay on the ISLAND you can flex all you want day and night. The mainland is a different ball game. Crime as gone down but it is still Lagos.
A 4yr old boy was just kidnapped in Lagos recently. Just make sure you watch ur back and be street smart.

Caringpro:
@ It is a fact that Aero sales snacks now on their flight but lets give them kudos for masking flight tickets come down to so many peoples level!. It is not world-class though to 'sale snacks' on board but i wasnt so worried last week when i experienced it live.

Na wa oo. What is not world class about it. These flights we are talking about are short haul flights.
Even world class airlines don't serve snacks on 45 minute flights.
I have confirmed reliably that they do no serve snacks on several short flights in the U.S.A so you all have no point.
You want to pay 6000 naira for a flight and still eat free puff puff. Na barawo bi that.

Simply solution = Federal govt should lay its hands off power completely.
Let companies generate power and decide who they want to supply to. Let retail distributors buy their own transformers and distribution cables then determine who they want to service. If this is done, we will have uninterrupted power in 2yrs time.

It is sad that a lot of you are missing the real point here. Haba. What they have done is simply a cost cutting measure. Whether you like it or not, the free snacks and drinks you receive on board costs the company a lot of money. You may think it is not much but multiply the cost of snacks for an average flight of 50 -100 people per flight x2 daily and then multiply for the whole year and you will know it is money they can do away with.

They are not trying to make profit from snack selling. I see it as customer service sef. They know customers have been accustomed to free snacks so they have inculded it for sale if you feel you must eat on a 45 minute flight!.
They are not forcing you to buy it. Short haul flights dont include snacks in most countries all over the world so i guess Nigerians have been pampered over time. They probably had to do it earlier in order to reel customers in since air travel has always been lowly favoured by we nigerians. Now, air travel is the way to go unless you want to contend with armed robbers, rivers on roads, kidnappings and trigger happy police officers on our death trap roads.

simply go to www.google.com and type toefl in the search bar. It won't take you 5 seconds.

bubugul:
God forbid! After giving him so much?
He should be the one paying for everything i ask for

Here's the big problem with Nigerian girls. "Giving him so much". My dear, you are not doing him any favour. BOTH OF YOU HAVEN GIVEN YOURSELVES SOMETHING. It's funny when women assume they are giving it up. What you forget is that the man is also giving you his "kini" as well.

Until you show me the section in the Nigerian constitution that says a man should pay for everything, i demand that Nigerian women start paying up if they really think they are strong and independent.