₦airaland Forum

jedisco:
First, though it nay not seem so to you, one needs to understand that the UK wants students coming in.
There would generally be three ways why you might not scale thru
First, your nerves- easier said than done but you need to gain some composure.

Secondly would be external factors such as predetermined outcomes or quotas which you largely cannot do much about.

Lastly would be documentary errors which is where I hope you have all documents in order.

Ohraykon:
thank you sir

Dayopst:
Pls guys who has travelled to Nigeria with Airfrance recently with a Uk Evisa and sharecode? I booked an airfrance ticket to fly from the Uk to Nigeria with a 1hr layover in Paris. I am a skilled worker here in the UK. Will I be allowed to fly with my Evisa and Sharecode.
I have been told they do not allow anymore. I am really worried.

jedisco:
Again, I am not in support of a U.S intervention or violation of our sovereignty but I cannot look at those being whose relatives are being murdered and tell them to wait for their turn. The image of a butchered truck of bodies brought in or burning bodies during riots is forever etched in my memory.

In practical terms, could you give an answer to my questions

Segun2222:
you prefer a civil war where millions will die instead? and there still wont be a solution

justwise:
Honestly this is the shocking thing about the whole debate, about 100K Christians sadly killed already but strangely certain people think that killing even more people will bring peace and security.

bigtt76:
Yes you can. Just make sure you can access the live version online when asked because they won't accept printed copy of it.

Segun2222:
you prefer a civil war where millions will die instead? and there still wont be a solution

jedisco:
Do you want a free new car? There are 167 models to choose from on the Motability website. If you hand over part of your weekly mobility benefit, you can drive away with a leased Kia Picanto worth £15,000. If you part with your entire allowance of £75.75, you can move up to a Nissan Juke SUV, priced at £23,000, or a Volkswagen T-Cross. If you have the finances, you can pay £7,999 on top of your allowance and pick up the keys to a £52,770 BMW i4 M Sport or Mercedes CLA Coupé.
Each vehicle comes with free road tax, RAC breakdown cover, servicing and MoT, tyre and windscreen repair, installation of a charge point for electric cars and insurance paid for three named drivers: family, friends or carers. Claimants can apply for a new model every three years.
https://archive.is/TRQsv

Stumbled upon this and kept wondering..... is it just the usual dog whistle from the right or is there more to it. 1 in 5 new cars are paid by the common purse.
I remember looking at my car invoice and scratching my head on noticing that about 8k of what I paid was for VAT. Meanwhile someone out there is putting 8k down and being handed a new car that's more expensive than mine. More annoyingly is that 8k might be savings from other benefits. We go dey alright last last

Goke7:
that's why ILR is increasing to 10 years, before una(migrants) go buy all the new cars finish for this UK. You came for their jobs, then benefits and una wan add car join am haba na only una waka come?

WanderingChild:
My people, my people. One thing I like about us is that we are so gifted in solving the problems of others. The issue is that we lack the ability to solve our own problems.

Nigeria is a very unequal country that has created unequal outcomes for its people. Fortunate folks here who have been educated cheaply across professions in Nigeria are here pontificating on symptoms forgetting that the underlying issue is simple - no justice in the land. we have escaped so we can now talk.

When I got into Airforce primary school during one of the military regime, my parents knew no military officer. I had scored 100% in the entrance exam and was seventh on the line - 6 folks ahead of me had also scored 100%. They were ranked ahead of me because their surnames came before mine. We were guaranteed admission because of our scores, but as usual, everything military na discipline. A random military personnel (a newly commissioned officer) had gone on an errand for his Oga (a colonel). While returning he saw my mum under tree. He approached her and asked her if she had a child seeking admission. My mom, a lawyer with the state government at the time answered to the affirmative. He walked with my mom to where I was on the queue, tapped me and signalled to the admission folks that I was his candidate. Apparently, as a commissioned officer, he had a slot but had no one. I became his candidate just like that (nothing happened between the man and my mum for those who may want to think this far). I was classmate with the daughter of the MILAD for the state - we were in the same class! When I got into university, it was the same thing. I wrote my JAMB, did my interview with department and my name appeared on the merit list (14 people for round 1). I did not know anyone. My parents knew no one. I was schoolmates with folks from average homes. When I got scholarship to go overseas same thing. That was the Nigeria I grew up in.

In uni, after paying accommodation fees as a new student, students protested that the accommodation fee was high. The uni and SU agreed on a reduced price and I was refunded the difference at statistics department. That was where they were handling refunds for tech and science students. My average earning parents could afford my fees and monthly upkeep as a uni student. As a student, even when Nigeria had become very bad, you could still see policies in place with long-term plans. Jonathan came up with Pressid - blank check to go to any top 20 school in the world for masters and PhD. Just have a first class, write the CBT exam and once they pick you, shikena. "Daura" came and cancelled it. When I got funding for PG studies, I did not need to know anyone. I did not get letter for anyone. Did my interview and was selected. Systems based on merit and just outcomes produce excellent results because no one feels left behind. My classmates who were interested in more money applied for all kinds of scholarships and got them - Chevron, NLNG, Shell, MTN, PTDF, etc. I knew folks from average homes grossing 300K NGN yearly on scholarships. This was Nigeria.

When you see the youths causing chaos in the north or under bridge in the west, one thing is clear - the system has no provision or safety net for them. The system is better off leveraging them as tools for mischief across society. We fail to understand that these folks have lost any sense of self with. They have no value for themselves. Their main goal is survival. When man has been reduced to that level, he is now a beast. You cannot blame a child who has been abandoned by family and society and turns to theft to survive. Many people will shout - they can work hard. Indeed - "Werey la fin wo werey"

All of the killings can be attributed to neglect for these folks by society. SLS was alleged to have led youths in killing an igbo man during the Abacha era and was saved by the emir. Today, trace the outcome for those youths. The same SLS has gone on to school and even head our CBN. Where are his accomplices? I won't be surprised if they are ones carrying staff like ibakasiẹ for SLS around town. When First Bank UK did their 40th anniversary celebration in London, I was invited and saw this same SLS there. I did not see any of his so called ibakasiẹ with him. He leaves them in Nigeria because that is where they belong.

Whether it was before the civil war or after, all killings have been largely enabled because society failed to enforce safety nets for children. If there is a mandatory SSCE/NABTEB minimum qualification for a young person in Nigeria and national respect for education as a country, we won't be having the issues we are confronting today. Go to DRC, Sudan and elsewhere where the countries are in chaos and see how lack of proper structures to enable young people develop self worth is creating new breeds of beasts.

No one is in support of the killings, but we as a society have failed. Going by our arguments here, it means if we attain leadership position, we would be unable to address the root cause.

I am however beginning to realise that hope is not in sight. When you see news such as this - https://allafrica.com/stories/202511100176.html that Nigeria is attempting to break GWR record for longest dining table, you shake your head and spend the rest of the day crying for young people who will have their lives damaged for no fault of theirs.

Goodenoch:
I'm not a 'Sir' yet, boss.

Still working to get that knighthood.

Hope the interview went well.

jedisco:
Do you want a free new car? There are 167 models to choose from on the Motability website. If you hand over part of your weekly mobility benefit, you can drive away with a leased Kia Picanto worth £15,000. If you part with your entire allowance of £75.75, you can move up to a Nissan Juke SUV, priced at £23,000, or a Volkswagen T-Cross. If you have the finances, you can pay £7,999 on top of your allowance and pick up the keys to a £52,770 BMW i4 M Sport or Mercedes CLA Coupé.
Each vehicle comes with free road tax, RAC breakdown cover, servicing and MoT, tyre and windscreen repair, installation of a charge point for electric cars and insurance paid for three named drivers: family, friends or carers. Claimants can apply for a new model every three years.
https://archive.is/TRQsv

Stumbled upon this and kept wondering..... is it just the usual dog whistle from the right or is there more to it. 1 in 5 new cars are paid by the common purse.
I remember looking at my car invoice and scratching my head on noticing that about 8k of what I paid was for VAT. Meanwhile someone out there is putting 8k down and being handed a new car that's more expensive than mine. More annoyingly, that 8k might be savings from other benefits from the common purse (i.e what we fund). We go dey alright last last

jedisco:
Hehe... one literally said na we be the reason wey e no fit buy house. Same person is living in a tax-payer funded house on my newbuild estate. Wouldn't be surprised she's eyeing the next motability freeload.

Moving from the UK has shown me how socialist the UK system is. It's quite good for some but unduly punishes others.

bigtt76:
It's is real o, listened to them the other day analysing how they are getting this and my mouth open🫢

bigtt76:
Na den way. Soon when preek not stand, e go be fault of the migrants 😂

bigtt76:
Na den way. Soon when preek not stand, e go be fault of the migrants 😂

jedisco:
Hehe... one literally said na we be the reason wey e no fit buy house. Same person is living in a tax-payer funded house on my newbuild estate. Wouldn't be surprised she's eyeing the next motability freeload.

Moving from the UK has shown me how socialist the UK system is. It's quite good for some but unduly punishes others.

Goke7:
Aunty this looks like hate speech o 😂

Goke7:
😂 the US treasury minister said na immigrants make beef expensive for US by bringing and importing diseased cattle through the South American border crossing. What immigrants cannot do or cannot be blamed does not exist

humbleprof19:
@Lexusgs430 Boss please i need help with IPTV

jedisco:
I am still struggling to grasp how you came to that conclusion. How does fighting terrorists amount to civil war?
If anything at all would cause a civil war, it's the countinued killing of folks for no clear cause. In most parts of the world where this has happened, it's only a matter of time before an equally brutal resistance rises. Already, these terrorists control large swathes of land and receive tax. Are you actually saying we should sacrifice southern Kaduna, Jos, Benue and parts of Nassarawa/Kogi/Kwara/Niger/Abuja to them so you could keep pretending nothing is happening?

What part of your hometown would you be willing to give over?

humbleprof19:
@Lexusgs430 Boss please i need help with IPTV

Goke7:
😂 the US treasury minister said na immigrants make beef expensive for US by bringing and importing diseased cattle through the South American border crossing. What immigrants cannot do or cannot be blamed does not exist

Segun2222:
try and read history and leave all this story show us the ratio of successful foreign millatry intervention I argue on facts not based on your emotion show statistics of American military intervention, Iraq , Libya Afghanistan , Syria try using Google more instead of typing like you're in a beer palour

Zahra29:
Shabana Mahmood is very impressive.

Not very well known before today, but easy to see why she is being touted as one of Starmer's possible replacements.

She's also being praised for her very radical asylum policies and going further in 6 weeks than her predecessor went in 18 months.

Child of Pakistani immigrants....meanwhile Pakistanis are the largest group of asylum seekers....I bet they're loving her right now lol

Goodenoch:
In comparison with Badenoch (because it's obvious that's the parrarel you're trying to draw) yes, she is being very decisive and her policies are very firm and some might say harsh, but you haven't seen her say anything derogatory about immigrants in general or Pakistanis in particular right? Her comments have been, as far as I've seen, decisive but dignified, unlike Badenoch's constant rants.

None of the referring to people on skilled worker visas as being in the country to wash bums, that she doesn't identify as bring of Pakistani heritage; that she doesn't want to be identified with certain Pakistani ethnic groups because they are her "historical enemies"; that maternity pay is excessive; that autism confers several advantages etc etc.

So while I can't speak for the Pakistani immigrant community Im reasonably sure most fully understand she is a British minister and her priority is to the country, and so won't begrudge her in any way. But they definitely would if she begins launching random attacks on them every Eke market day. THAT is why primarily people despise Badenough, not because of any policy actions she has taken or supported.

P.S. If anyone has a minute, try searching 'shabbana Mahmood Pakistan' and 'kemi badenoch Nigeria' and see how the results differ. It's actually quite interesting.

Goodenoch:
In comparison with Badenoch (because it's obvious that's the parrarel you're trying to draw) yes, she is being very decisive and her policies are very firm and some might say harsh, but you haven't seen her say anything derogatory about immigrants in general or Pakistanis in particular right? Her comments have been, as far as I've seen, decisive but dignified, unlike Badenoch's constant rants.

None of the referring to people on skilled worker visas as being in the country to wash bums, that she doesn't identify as bring of Pakistani heritage; that she doesn't want to be identified with certain Pakistani ethnic groups because they are her "historical enemies"; that maternity pay is excessive; that autism confers several advantages etc etc.

So while I can't speak for the Pakistani immigrant community Im reasonably sure most fully understand she is a British minister and her priority is to the country, and so won't begrudge her in any way. But they definitely would if she begins launching random attacks on them every Eke market day. THAT is why primarily people despise Badenough, not because of any policy actions she has taken or supported.

P.S. If anyone has a minute, try searching 'shabbana Mahmood Pakistan' and 'kemi badenoch Nigeria' and see how the results differ. It's actually quite interesting.