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Blame this on old age and colonial mentality', each time this man opens his mouth rubbish takes over either he is taking about football or economy. the nine million people on benefits are most his own people, less than 211,090 are non-EU nationals are on benefit and that number including those with ILR.

I'm looking forward to comments from Man-U fan base. Thankfully I don't support that club because that comment is a turn of

justwise:
Blame this on old age and colonial mentality', each time this man opens his mouth rubbish takes over either he is taking about football or economy. the nine million people on benefits are most his own people, less than 211,090 are non-EU nationals are on benefit and that number including those with ILR.

I'm looking forward to comments from Man-U fan base. Thankfully I don't support that club because that comment is a turn of

I just dropped my support from that club. Useless owner.

Gerrard59:
I am a bit shocked that an elite could be spitting such words. Well, nothing surprises anymore. Humans are the same everywhere. But 9m people on benefits is unsustainable for any economy. Those people have to work, one way or the other.

I'm not surprised at him making that statement; it's just that the statement is just falsehood and lies.

Regex:
I just dropped my support from that club. Useless owner.

Manchester United might lose a lot fans based on this statement.

Nothing surprises me again if somebody of this standing can make such falsehood statement.

Anyways, I've always treated everyone as a suspect.

justwise:
Blame this on old age and colonial mentality', each time this man opens his mouth rubbish takes over either he is taking about football or economy. the nine million people on benefits are most his own people, less than 211,090 are non-EU nationals are on benefit and that number including those with ILR.

I'm looking forward to comments from Man-U fan base. Thankfully I don't support that club because that comment is a turn of

These are the elites pressing the remote control of Starmer, Farage, Mahmood, Braverman and the likes.

HustlaOfLagos:
Seed and gold I have not

You never ready 😂

Raalsalghul:
These are the elites pressing the remote control of Mahmood, Braverman and the likes.

You gerrit,

If you don’t gerrit forget about rit 😂

Goke7:
You gerrit,

If you don’t gerrit forget about rit 😂

Even Oga Starmer that's demanding for apology is cut from the same cloth.

He's still the one that made the 'island of strangers' statement.

Nothing you want to tell me.

Regex:
I just dropped my support from that club. Useless owner.

He is really representing Manchester United very well with such dark age mentality

Raalsalghul:
Even Oga Starmer that's demanding for apology is cut from the same cloth.

He's still the one that made the 'island of strangers' statement.

Nothing you want to tell me.

From the day Starmer insulted Aunty kemi as the self appointed saviour of the western world I started suspecting Starmer. It’s because folks don’t like Kemi including me that’s why it looks as if it wasn’t an issue but I still maintain that was a racist jab! Since that day my mind shifted away from Starmer and I started seeing him as a closet Reform party member!

Raalsalghul:
These are the elites pressing the remote control of Starmer, Farage, Mahmood, Braverman and the likes.

Absolutely… they are not hiding it anymore which is good though, fight against racism in football will not be won when clubs owners are themselves racist

While we stew over the extreme thought that state pension reforms will be a target by the UK government which would lead to more punitive immigration policies that will seek to elongate qualifying periods to citizenship, I want us to be quite vigilant and understand that most of what we see is smoke screen. I now see no material difference between Shabana Mahmoud and Kristi Noem. They have achieved convergence in low intelligence, empty talks and aggressive immigration policies. So the tweet from Home Office on twitter is exactly at par with what the DHS puts out on X.

Another extreme thought of mine is that the UK government will come for your assets as an unsettled immigrant.

Some 10 days ago, Sue Reid was on GBnews and made a blanket statement that “MIGRANTS ARE SENDING £24.5 BILLION HOME FROM THE UK EACH YEAR”. I want you to think about this statement deeply – the key word is MIGRANTS, and the statement positioning was deliberate. At a time when there is growing anti-immigrant sentiments in the UK, along with discussions about the huge financial burden illegal migrants are placing on public purse, this discussion was fed to the public to deliberately lump migrants (both legal and illegal) into a false narrative deliberately obfuscating the truth.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huvfP13-oss

Why is this worrisome? Last year, when Trump decided to take up Ilhan Abdullahi Omar using Somalians as proxy, they created this narrative of how a lot of Somalians were illegals, were fraudulent and were illegally repatriating benefits claimed fraudulently in the US. The result was that the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) now requires banks and money transfer operators in Hennepin and Ramsey Counties in Minnesota to report overseas transfers exceeding $3,000, a significant reduction from the standard $10,000 reporting limit.

This crackdown specifically targets the Somali diaspora in Minnesota, which houses the largest Somali community in the U.S. This is in addition to the 3.5% levy (contained in the One Big Beautiful Bill) on overseas remittances by non-citizens in the US via physical instruments. Without any sensible justification, delegated legislation is being used to create a surveillance system on Somalians and non-citizens. Private players like Palantir can utilise all the backend information in determining nexus points, allowing external players leverage this information in systematically dismantling the ability of these communities to build wealth.

In 3 years’ time, assess the Somalian community and the deviation from their living standards today would be very significant. Today, the USCIS has deliberately throttled the ability for Indians to secure in a timely manner visas from India to the US. H1-B applicants who came in for stamping in 2026 now have to wait till 2027 for an appointment. This is how backend information is utilised. The impact is telling. Massive drops in international students coming in, massive decline in foreign workers coming in and a deliberate attempt to shift the demographic composition of various visa categories.

I closely monitored discussions and comments on social media following Sue Reid’s false statement and some of the take outs were quite disturbing. White British folks were advocating for massive taxes on foreign remittances arguing that such taxes were necessary to compensate for lost VAT revenue were such funds to be spent in the UK. The general thinking of many of these folks is that the majority of what we remit is gotten from benefits we claim fraudulently in the UK. There have been talks about how many hospitals and roads and schools are being lost because of immigrants claiming billions of pounds in benefits and sending such back home. The depth of this crass ignominy being displayed by White British folks is even more worrisome when you realise that Boris Johnson actually and wrongly argued in parliament as PM that immigrants (skilled worker visa holders) could access public funds (during the Covid pandemic).

The core of the arguments being put forward to de-sensitise the public (White British) by the right leaning parties and racists are as follows:
Values: Immigrants are undermining British values like Christianity, Whiteness, Demography and culture. The roles played by BAME immigrants in keeping key sectors like healthcare and education running is being downplayed. The argument will hype scattered incidents to drive fear among the population. I keep wondering when Tommy Robinson became a Christian or when Christianity became a British value.

Crime: Immigrants are responsible on a per capita basis for most of the sex crimes in the UK. They would carefully ignore the fact that almost 90% of sex crimes are committed by White British folks and that even if all immigrants stopped committing sex crimes, there would be no material change in incidence/occurrence. Here, we must call out the Pakistani’s who are responsible for most of the sex crimes among BAME.

Welfare: Immigrants are responsible for the inability of the State to increase welfare benefits to White British folks. They (immigrants) are the ones taking all the council homes, not working and also fraudulently claiming benefits and sending them overseas to build mansions. Here, we must call out the Pakistani’s who are responsible for the highest number of non-workers among the 16-64 years category within the BAME community.

Services: Immigrants are responsible for your inability to access services like GP appointments. Immigrants who have to pay £1,035 every year (as adults or £900+ as children) they are in the UK without settlement are being blamed for the inability of White British folks to see a GP – not the inability of the UK government to increase the number of British doctors to be trained across the UK or the inability of the UK government to actually build hospitals and employ more staff.

Contribution: Immigrants are net negative contributors to the economy with only White British folks being net positive contributors. This is official data from the ONS (a very incompetent organisation). They fail to realise that average White British are over 43 years and in their peak earning periods compared to under 20 for most immigrant groups. They also fail to acknowledge that this demography spread is great for the UK as it helps to compensate for the UK ageing population ensuring that as immigrant groups aged a steady supply of labour is guaranteed. You also wonder how MAC fits into all these.

I could go on but the careful programming will concentrate on sowing fear and advocating for more draconian policies by the UK government on wealth from foreigners who would be accused of not paying their fair share (whatever that means).

Similar to the US, we should expect to in the near future see laws that will place taxes on foreign remittances (I won’t be surprised if the rate starts off aggressively at 7.5% - 15% to allow for quick parity with VAT) along with greater surveillance on non-British citizens moving funds legitimately.

For those who may argue that this is extreme and impossible, the latest pervasive immigration policies and punitive proposed time limits for earned settlement are great examples of some extremes we all never believed could even be spoken off. Keir Starmer may concede the 15 years earned limit for care workers to garner support from Labour back benchers, but subsequent governments will have to accelerate draconian policies to prevent the UK from going bankrupt quicker than expected. God help us if Reform gets in.

I will plead that we continue to broaden our residency options and move fast – please move fast. Yesterday, Nigerians had the option of securing green cards easily to the US and PR to Canada (loud). Today, the US is off the list with Canada now a snowball chance in hell. Switzerland is warming up for a vote to cap population at 10 million (setting up potential fight with EU and ECHR). Folks, please explore any possible option to have a wide range of options. It is expensive but worth it. Student route or whatever, try it. You need to have options. Don’t compare yourselves with folks who have been lucky to escape. Don’t also live life hoping that things back home will change. Nigeria is not an option. It has gone past the point of recovery. Nigeria is on a managed economic collapse. Anyone selling you on Nigeria is lying. The country is gone. Whatever you are seeing are the last moves of a dead horse.

As usual, I am not a financial adviser and please always consult a financial adviser.

HustlaOfLagos:
Gunning for this via the tech route?

Yea..wifey :GTV, me: EB-1. make we diversify immigration investment

Goke7:
You never ready 😂

Country hard my brother

Show love our Odogwu sir

Santa2:
Yea..wifey :GTV, me: EB-1. make we diversify immigration investment

Oh boy, people dey para

Please share your GTV experience o & docs collated etc

lavida001:
Omo naija matter just tire me. Not a single thing is working. I don give up for a better Nigeria.

I honestly do not think it will get better anytime soon despite the suffering.

There is this air of despair, sadness and desperation in Nigeria at the moment and it is even more apparent on social media.

I still do think Tinubu will be re-elected given the uncanny predilection of Nigerians when it comes to mediocrity and suffering

Goke7:
You gerrit,

If you don’t gerrit forget about rit 😂

Which is what Justwise was pretending not to see some days ago

Immigrants like Kemi parrot their racist ideas and are oft useful idiots

They do not even make basic research before talking.. Just racism and vibes smh

Matt Goodwin is a liar, a charlatan and a conman.

Watch him getting exposed 👇 pic.twitter.com/lKDqiOfosU

— Harry Eccles (@Heccles94) February 11, 2026

HustlaOfLagos:
They do not even make basic research before talking.. Just racism and vibes smh

Matt Goodwin is a liar, a charlatan and a conman.

Watch him getting exposed 👇 pic.twitter.com/lKDqiOfosU

— Harry Eccles (@Heccles94) February 11, 2026

They know what they are doing, their rhetoric are always based on lies to deceive their people and rally them against foreigners. It’s their tactic.

Raalsalghul:


Manchester United might lose a lot fans based on this statement.

Nothing surprises me again if somebody of this standing can make such falsehood statement.

Anyways, I've always treated everyone as a suspect.

They will lose a lot of fans. It is horrible and they have immigrants playing for them. Silly goose.

justwise:
He is really representing Manchester United very well with such dark age mentality

He does not represent the fans. At least not me. I am no longer a fan. Wonder why they have been performing terribly so far.

[quote author=Goke7 post=138440436]And the blame continues 😂 wetin musa no go see again for gate!

Manchester United part-owner has told @EdConwaySky the UK has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, as he warns of the country facing profound political, social and economic challenges.

🔗 https://t.co/bie6uFZ1Tp pic.twitter.com/qFpiO0HkfO

— Sky News (@SkyNews) February 11, 2026

country whose legacy is the "uninvited colonising" of other people is worried by movement of people to their country who they issued visas to.

They could simply stop issuing the visas if they dont want people from other countries here

Fred2020:
A country whose legacy is the "uninvited colonising" of other people is worried by movement of people to their country who they issued visas to.

They could simply stop issuing the visas if they dont want people from other countries here

They want the benefits of immigration but not the immigrants. That’s their confusion

Goke7:
From the day Starmer insulted Aunty kemi as the self appointed saviour of the western world I started suspecting Starmer. It’s because folks don’t like Kemi including me that’s why it looks as if it wasn’t an issue but I still maintain that was a racist jab! Since that day my mind shifted away from Starmer and I started seeing him as a closet Reform party member!

That comment was certainly racist but I was one of those people who did not see it as such at the time, my dislike for Kemi probably blinded me then. Starmer is just like Farage, he just doesn't make his outburst as public. They're both racist cunts.

HustlaOfLagos:
Oh boy, people dey para

Please share your GTV experience o & docs collated etc

Still collating docs but it a rough outline going to be something like this:

Mandatory Features screen shots texts
How do I demonstrate that I have been recognised?
Evidence showing that I led the growth of a Product Led Company
Reference letter from a founder
Evidence of high salary and bonuses plus proof that the salary is high
Evidence showing published materials and my work

Optional
how I demonstrate that I have been recognised outside of work
conferences and talks presented outside work
open source contributions
mentor commitment
how I demonstrate that I have significant contributed to a tech driven company
My contributions to product led organisation
Reference letter from a founder
employment contract


In long form:

Personal Statement (1000) words
mapping Personal journey, impact, and aspirations and linking them to the UK tech ecosystem highlighting future plans and impact in uk.
Recommendation Letter
3 letters from senior leaders (think CEOs) who will validate personal contribution and impact.

10 Pieces of evidences (Mandatory and Optional Criteria)
Mandatory
Proven track record of innovation or significant technical contribution:
-Describe role as (input role) at the Product led company,
-Describe impact/achievement showing awards, recommendations, worksflows etc (supporting docs could include Screenshots, roadmap, API schema , your ADO board snapshots, stakeholder emails, Code base, Slack/email threads showing prioritization, backlog choices)
Proof of High Income/Renumeration
-Show evidence of high salary, Promotions, recommendation/endorsements and compare Uk average for role
-Show evidence of high salary, Promotions and compare with Nigerian average for role (for Nigerian Experience)
Reference from Companies to support proof of Technical contribution
Recognition for Contribution to Digital Technology
- Mentoring(Testimonials, screenshots from chats, training slides).
- Speaker Invite (Event flyer, thank-you email, slide deck)
- Tech Blog or Newspaper Article Contributions (Screenshot, link, PDF version,show readership metrics)
Optional Criteria
Significant contribution to high-impact product-led company
-Showcase contributions on high-visibility digital product, Cross team collaboration, Performance recognition.
Contribution to Digital Tech beyond Day-to-Day Work
-Speaker invite to Talks and Conferences, Mentorship
-Significant expert role as Judge and Panelist
- Technical publications (think Tech Articles but if you have journals publications better).

As I mentioned before, this is just a rough outline and is currently being tweaked.

Santa2:
Still collating docs but it a rough outline going to be something like this:

Mandatory Features screen shots texts
How do I demonstrate that I have been recognised?
Evidence showing that I led the growth of a Product Led Company
Reference letter from a founder
Evidence of high salary and bonuses plus proof that the salary is high
Evidence showing published materials and my work

Optional
how I demonstrate that I have been recognised outside of work
conferences and talks presented outside work
open source contributions
mentor commitment
how I demonstrate that I have significant contributed to a tech driven company
My contributions to product led organisation
Reference letter from a founder
employment contract


In long form:

Personal Statement (1000) words
mapping Personal journey, impact, and aspirations and linking them to the UK tech ecosystem highlighting future plans and impact in uk.
Recommendation Letter
3 letters from senior leaders (think CEOs) who will validate personal contribution and impact.

10 Pieces of evidences (Mandatory and Optional Criteria)
Mandatory
Proven track record of innovation or significant technical contribution:
-Describe role as (input role) at the Product led company,
-Describe impact/achievement showing awards, recommendations, worksflows etc (supporting docs could include Screenshots, roadmap, API schema , your ADO board snapshots, stakeholder emails, Code base, Slack/email threads showing prioritization, backlog choices)
Proof of High Income/Renumeration
-Show evidence of high salary, Promotions, recommendation/endorsements and compare Uk average for role
-Show evidence of high salary, Promotions and compare with Nigerian average for role (for Nigerian Experience)
Reference from Companies to support proof of Technical contribution
Recognition for Contribution to Digital Technology
- Mentoring(Testimonials, screenshots from chats, training slides).
- Speaker Invite (Event flyer, thank-you email, slide deck)
- Tech Blog or Newspaper Article Contributions (Screenshot, link, PDF version,show readership metrics)
Optional Criteria
Significant contribution to high-impact product-led company
-Showcase contributions on high-visibility digital product, Cross team collaboration, Performance recognition.
Contribution to Digital Tech beyond Day-to-Day Work
-Speaker invite to Talks and Conferences, Mentorship
-Significant expert role as Judge and Panelist
- Technical publications (think Tech Articles but if you have journals publications better).

As I mentioned before, this is just a rough outline and is currently being tweaked.

Thank you, this follows what's on the tech nation's website. Will take sometime to collate meaningful stuff for the app and it seems to favour DevOps / Product Design | UI.UX / Software Engineering guys a whole lot. I take applicant is either in DevOps / Scrum / related given the ADO boards mention

The MC is the hard one to tackle if one is not in a product-led company but can be done

No be life immigrant come sha, las las . Permutation here and there everyday with lots of mental stress subject to the whims of the party in power

Goke7:
They know what they are doing, their rhetoric are always based on lies to deceive their people and rally them against foreigners. It’s their tactic.

They will be fine

Santa2:
Still collating docs but it a rough outline going to be something like this:

Mandatory Features screen shots texts
How do I demonstrate that I have been recognised?
Evidence showing that I led the growth of a Product Led Company
Reference letter from a founder
Evidence of high salary and bonuses plus proof that the salary is high
Evidence showing published materials and my work

Optional
how I demonstrate that I have been recognised outside of work
conferences and talks presented outside work
open source contributions
mentor commitment
how I demonstrate that I have significant contributed to a tech driven company
My contributions to product led organisation
Reference letter from a founder
employment contract


In long form:

Personal Statement (1000) words
mapping Personal journey, impact, and aspirations and linking them to the UK tech ecosystem highlighting future plans and impact in uk.
Recommendation Letter
3 letters from senior leaders (think CEOs) who will validate personal contribution and impact.

10 Pieces of evidences (Mandatory and Optional Criteria)
Mandatory
Proven track record of innovation or significant technical contribution:
-Describe role as (input role) at the Product led company,
-Describe impact/achievement showing awards, recommendations, worksflows etc (supporting docs could include Screenshots, roadmap, API schema , your ADO board snapshots, stakeholder emails, Code base, Slack/email threads showing prioritization, backlog choices)
Proof of High Income/Renumeration
-Show evidence of high salary, Promotions, recommendation/endorsements and compare Uk average for role
-Show evidence of high salary, Promotions and compare with Nigerian average for role (for Nigerian Experience)
Reference from Companies to support proof of Technical contribution
Recognition for Contribution to Digital Technology
- Mentoring(Testimonials, screenshots from chats, training slides).
- Speaker Invite (Event flyer, thank-you email, slide deck)
- Tech Blog or Newspaper Article Contributions (Screenshot, link, PDF version,show readership metrics)
Optional Criteria
Significant contribution to high-impact product-led company
-Showcase contributions on high-visibility digital product, Cross team collaboration, Performance recognition.
Contribution to Digital Tech beyond Day-to-Day Work
-Speaker invite to Talks and Conferences, Mentorship
-Significant expert role as Judge and Panelist
- Technical publications (think Tech Articles but if you have journals publications better).

As I mentioned before, this is just a rough outline and is currently being tweaked.

If you have all this evidences don’t waste it on GTV alone, try the US 0-1 visa in fact instead of going directly for EB1, do the 01 visa first get approved and get inside the US and then do EB1.it’s sweeter that way. I wish I knew this earlier

HustlaOfLagos:
Thank you, this follows what's on the tech nation's website. Will take sometime to collate meaningful stuff for the app and it seems to favour DevOps / Product Design | UI.UX / Software Engineering guys a whole lot. I take applicant is either in DevOps / Scrum / related given the ADO boards mention

The MC is the hard one to tackle if one is not in a product-led company but can be done

No be life immigrant come sha, las las . Permutation here and there everyday with lots of mental stress subject to the whims of the party in power

Na why I de cry everyday make Nigeria better even if na even 60% better. Where do we draw the line of jumping from one western country to another.

There are no sign of things getting better in Nigeria. It’s getting worse by the day.

we are stuck between a rock and hard place. The matter tire me.

lavida001:
Na why I de cry everyday make Nigeria better even if na even 60% better. Where do we draw the line of jumping from one western country to another.

There are no sign of things getting better in Nigeria. It’s getting worse by the day.

we are stuck between a rock and hard place. The matter tire me.

Nigeria will not be better in your lifetime, we are too ignorant, short sighted, selfish and foolish to see the big picture.

The earlier you come to terms with that, the better for you

Goke7:
If you have all this evidences don’t waste it on GTV alone, try the US 0-1 visa in fact instead of going directly for EB1, do the 01 visa first get approved and get inside the US and then do EB1.it’s sweeter that way. I wish I knew this earlier

Na everyday person dey learn..Thanks for this tip. GOd bless you.

Santa2:
Na everyday person dey learn..Thanks for this tip. GOd bless you.

You’re welcome. Another one is the Australian global talent is you can make an expression of interest and just leave it there though very competitive you can never know.

Ontario province in Canada will be launching their own global talent route this year so be on the lookout for it. All evidences you’re gathering can be used for all these routes!