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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by magzey: 6:06pm On May 16, 2017
laudate:
Which day did Iara marry Adams Oshiomhole that she is now being granted Nigerian citizenship? shocked E don reach 3 years? Doesn't the law say you have to be resident in Nigeria for at least 7-14 years before you can be granted Nigerian citizenship? Na wa for dis country, o! See as they are bending the law for her - tomorrow they will say they are fighting corruption. mtcheew! angry
YOU FORGOT TO READ WELL, WAS THERE MARRIAGE IN THE LAW YOU JUST QUOTE?
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by larrypourl(m): 6:07pm On May 16, 2017
Congrats to them. Sha do us proud.

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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by SURElee(f): 6:08pm On May 16, 2017
Partnerbiz:
What is the procedure to renounce mine.
These peeps just joined hell officially.

Nigerian citizenship tufiakwa..

See below for data so you save money....
Hhahahahahahahaha my guy calm down. Hahahahahahaha so u mean to say you've been in hell all these while? Guy, please speak well of Nigeria na.
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by Nobody: 6:09pm On May 16, 2017
laudate:
Which day did Iara marry Adams Oshiomhole that she is now being granted Nigerian citizenship? shocked E don reach 3 years? Doesn't the law say you have to be resident in Nigeria for at least 7-14 years before you can be granted Nigerian citizenship? Na wa for dis country, o! See as they are bending the law for her - tomorrow they will say they are fighting corruption. mtcheew! angry
She married a Nigerian na. So she doesn't need to wait that long.
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by kazmanbanjoko(m): 6:09pm On May 16, 2017
laudate:
Which day did Iara marry Adams Oshiomhole that she is now being granted Nigerian citizenship? shocked E don reach 3 years? Doesn't the law say you have to be resident in Nigeria for at least 7-14 years before you can be granted Nigerian citizenship? Na wa for dis country, o! See as they are bending the law for her - tomorrow they will say they are fighting corruption. mtcheew! angry
whatz d difference here? Even Nigerians r clamouring to get out of country.
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by Nobody: 6:19pm On May 16, 2017
Will they be allowed to vote during elections?

I hope they won't join their sponsors to break the lawshuh

When will their citizenship expired?


Because of them Buhari APC led government have stopped producing garri for original Nigerians.
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by loomer: 6:26pm On May 16, 2017
laudate:
Which day did Iara marry Adams Oshiomhole that she is now being granted Nigerian citizenship? shocked E don reach 3 years? Doesn't the law say you have to be resident in Nigeria for at least 7-14 years before you can be granted Nigerian citizenship? Na wa for dis country, o! See as they are bending the law for her - tomorrow they will say they are fighting corruption. mtcheew! angry
The thing tire me o.
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by genearts(m): 6:29pm On May 16, 2017
AHCB:
GEJ till 2019!.
lol... 2019 is getting closer, so he gatz resume work
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by ihatesycophant(m): 6:31pm On May 16, 2017
DID YOU KNOW ??
- First Country in World to abolish Slavery : Spain.
- First Country in World to abolish Death Penalty :
Venezuela.
- First Country in World to legalize Same-Sex
marriage : Netherlands.
- First Country in World to issue Paper Currency :
China (by Song Dynasty).
- First Country in World to issue Postal Stamp :
Britain (the stamp name is "Penny Black"wink.
- First Country in World to develop Hydro-electricity
: Norway
- First Country in World to let Right to Vote for
Women : Newzealand.
- First Country in World to introduce VAT(Value
Added tax) : France in 1954
- First Country in World to impose Carbon Tax
:Finland in 1990.
- First Country in World to be Democratic : Athens
of Greece
- First Country in World to experience Industrial
Revolution : Britain.
- First Country in World to have an official National
Flag : Denmark (soit has oldest Flag)
- First Country in World to launch 3G/4G
Technology :Japan.
- First Country in World to initiate Family Planning
Policy : India
- First Country in World to initiate Railways : Britain.
- First Country in World to launch artificial Satellite
into Earth's orbit : USSR or Soviet Russia in
1957(Satellite's name is Sputnik-1)
first country in the world to have a first lady with B.SC, Msc and doctoral degree but cannot effectively express her in English - Nigeria
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by ensamy(m): 6:35pm On May 16, 2017
The new citizens see opportunities we real born Nigerians cannot see.
Imagine that they are all business moguls. This na fraud so they can
exploit us freely now, without paying
resident permits.
I want to see oyibo Doctors and surgeons, administrators and Engineers naturalising as Nigerians,
then we go no say them dey serious. angry grin grin grin
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by JustCurious: 6:36pm On May 16, 2017
bedspread:
NIGERIA SEF DE GIV CITIZENSHIPhuh
Kaiiii...
Naija don suffer! Lol. This cracks
cheesy
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by Psalmwhyte(m): 6:45pm On May 16, 2017
metroparrot:
A total of 335 foreign nationals were on Tuesday in Abuja granted citizenship by the Federal Government after statutory clearance and due diligence by the relevant security agencies.‎

‎The Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau,‎ who presented the certificates of citizenship to the foreigners, charged them to be good ambassadors of Nigeria.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that Mrs Lara Oshiomhole, Wife of former Governor of Edo, Adams Oshiomole‎, who is from Cape Verde, is one of the recipients.

Dambazau in his remarks said that 335 applicants were approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) in January, out of the over 500 foreigners that applied.

He explained that 245 of the foreigners approved were granted Citizenship by‎ Naturalisation while 90 were by Registration, mainly foreign women married to Nigerians.

“Let me say that application for the Citizenship of Nigeria which can be by Naturalisation or Registration is provided for in Chapter 3, Sections 26 and 27 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,’’ the minister explained.

The minister said that the approval was part of government’s effort on the “Ease of doing business in Nigeria” and boosting Nigeria’s image in line with international best practice.

He tasked the “new Nigerian citizens” to be of good conduct, respect the rights and customs of their communities and contribute to the development of Nigeria.

Damabazau said the last time such ceremony was conducted was in December, 2013 and pledged to ensure its sustenance on an annual basis for proper scrutiny.

Dr Lamabert Shumbusho, from Rwanda, who responded on behalf of the recipients, thanked the Federal Government and pledged their loyalty and commitment to the development of Nigeria.

NAN reports other recipients include nationals from Lebanon, Syria, Pakistan, China and some African countries, most of whom are business moguls who have been operating in Nigeria for years.

The Ministry of Interior and the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) are charged with the responsibility of processing applications for Naturalisation from foreign nationals who have stayed/lived in Nigeria for a minimum of 15 years and those by Registration who are mainly married to Nigerians. (NAN)

http://www.metronaija.com/2017/05/oshiomholes-wife-334-other-foreigners.html
So pipol of foreign national fit apply 4 Nigeria citizenship? Upon say Nigeria bad like as e dey so?
Kai!!! dis one baffles me..oo
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by AlphaStyles(m): 6:48pm On May 16, 2017
welcome to our land cone follow us enjoy mosquito and the Best 9ja has to offer grin
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by AlphaStyles(m): 6:50pm On May 16, 2017
ihatesycophant:
DID YOU KNOW ??
- First Country in World to abolish Slavery : Spain.
- First Country in World to abolish Death Penalty :
Venezuela.
- First Country in World to legalize Same-Sex
marriage : Netherlands.
- First Country in World to issue Paper Currency :
China (by Song Dynasty).
- First Country in World to issue Postal Stamp :
Britain (the stamp name is "Penny Black"wink.
- First Country in World to develop Hydro-electricity
: Norway
- First Country in World to let Right to Vote for
Women : Newzealand.
- First Country in World to introduce VAT(Value
Added tax) : France in 1954
- First Country in World to impose Carbon Tax
:Finland in 1990.
- First Country in World to be Democratic : Athens
of Greece
- First Country in World to experience Industrial
Revolution : Britain.
- First Country in World to have an official National
Flag : Denmark (soit has oldest Flag)
- First Country in World to launch 3G/4G
Technology :Japan.
- First Country in World to initiate Family Planning
Policy : India
- First Country in World to initiate Railways : Britain.
- First Country in World to launch artificial Satellite
into Earth's orbit : USSR or Soviet Russia in
1957(Satellite's name is Sputnik-1)
first country in the world to have a first lady with B.SC, Msc and doctoral degree but cannot effectively express her in English - Nigeria
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by Maski87: 6:50pm On May 16, 2017
I wonder how this fine woman will all that ugly m an to be banging her, can you imagine his face when he is releasing, children can have convulsions if the see that face,that man is very ugly
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by klax(m): 6:55pm On May 16, 2017
NgeneUkwenu:
Citizens of hell!! Una Wellucome!
Hellohuh Are you serioushuh
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by egobetatoday: 6:58pm On May 16, 2017
laudate:
Which day did Iara marry Adams Oshiomhole that she is now being granted Nigerian citizenship? shocked E don reach 3 years? Doesn't the law say you have to be resident in Nigeria for at least 7-14 years before you can be granted Nigerian citizenship? Na wa for dis country, o! See as they are bending the law for her - tomorrow they will say they are fighting corruption. mtcheew! angry
no worry. Nigeria is packing up already. no thanks to the dullar.d Buhari. That is how he fights corruption-giving jobs to his children, neices and nephews in FIRS, CBN, Police, Immigration etc. You wont believe a federal parastatal is having an exam/interview tomorrow (Wednesday, 17th May) but wasnt advertised. THEY have ALL sent in their children while the children of the poor are at home shouting sai buhari. Infact if pple know what buhari has done to this nation ehnn....hmmmnn
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by inquisitor: 7:03pm On May 16, 2017
people are still lining up to get Nigerian citizenship issokey but wait oooo




These people are not hungry people ooo
These are the people who have businesses in Nigeria and they know what it means to them



Welcome and good luck
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by willyboss: 7:06pm On May 16, 2017
I was taught in school that before one becomes a citizen of Nigeria he/she is required to have lived here for 10 to 15 years.....There was a country!
laudate:
Which day did Iara marry Adams Oshiomhole that she is now being granted Nigerian citizenship? shocked E don reach 3 years? Doesn't the law say you have to be resident in Nigeria for at least 7-14 years before you can be granted Nigerian citizenship? Na wa for dis country, o! See as they are bending the law for her - tomorrow they will say they are fighting corruption. mtcheew! angry
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by Oselu28(f): 7:09pm On May 16, 2017
laudate:
Which day did Iara marry Adams Oshiomhole that she is now being granted Nigerian citizenship? shocked E don reach 3 years? Doesn't the law say you have to be resident in Nigeria for at least 7-14 years before you can be granted Nigerian citizenship? Na wa for dis country, o! See as they are bending the law for her - tomorrow they will say they are fighting corruption. mtcheew! angry
bros read the last paragraph again
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by Kiakia(m): 7:11pm On May 16, 2017
metroparrot:
A total of 335 foreign nationals were on Tuesday in Abuja granted citizenship by the Federal Government after statutory clearance and due diligence by the relevant security agencies.‎

‎The Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau,‎ who presented the certificates of citizenship to the foreigners, charged them to be good ambassadors of Nigeria.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that Mrs Lara Oshiomhole, Wife of former Governor of Edo, Adams Oshiomole‎, who is from Cape Verde, is one of the recipients.

Dambazau in his remarks said that 335 applicants were approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) in January, out of the over 500 foreigners that applied.

He explained that 245 of the foreigners approved were granted Citizenship by‎ Naturalisation while 90 were by Registration, mainly foreign women married to Nigerians.

“Let me say that application for the Citizenship of Nigeria which can be by Naturalisation or Registration is provided for in Chapter 3, Sections 26 and 27 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,’’ the minister explained.

The minister said that the approval was part of government’s effort on the “Ease of doing business in Nigeria” and boosting Nigeria’s image in line with international best practice.

He tasked the “new Nigerian citizens” to be of good conduct, respect the rights and customs of their communities and contribute to the development of Nigeria.

Damabazau said the last time such ceremony was conducted was in December, 2013 and pledged to ensure its sustenance on an annual basis for proper scrutiny.

Dr Lamabert Shumbusho, from Rwanda, who responded on behalf of the recipients, thanked the Federal Government and pledged their loyalty and commitment to the development of Nigeria.

NAN reports other recipients include nationals from Lebanon, Syria, Pakistan, China and some African countries, most of whom are business moguls who have been operating in Nigeria for years.

The Ministry of Interior and the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) are charged with the responsibility of processing applications for Naturalisation from foreign nationals who have stayed/lived in Nigeria for a minimum of 15 years and those by Registration who are mainly married to Nigerians. (NAN)

http://www.metronaija.com/2017/05/oshiomholes-wife-334-other-foreigners.html
China? Anyways, congratulation to the 'new' Nigerians. Welcome to a country where the citizens live in perpetual 'darkness', courtesy of the highly inefficient DISCOs and complicity of the federal government. Welcome to Nigeria where corruption by public office holders is elevated to an art. Avoid being tainted.
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by CaptainFM1: 7:12pm On May 16, 2017
How many Nigerians renounced her Citizenship? Telling us how many adopt Nigerian citizenship without telling us how many renounce citizenship!
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by KanwuliaExtra: 7:14pm On May 16, 2017
When she for ask me to dash her my own? I for take her own waka go!

Simple exchange. Shior.
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by lacidi: 7:16pm On May 16, 2017
Nigerian citizenship is not acquired automatically by marrying a Nigerian. There are more than 100,000 women married to Nigerians who have not been granted Nigerian citizenship because they have not lived in Nigeria for up to 7 - 10 years. Even if you lived here for more than 7 years, the granting of citizenship is still discretionary. Most people assume that once you marry a Nigerian then you are automatically a citizen. This is not so. Nigerian law is quite different from US or European Union laws. In fact, Mrs. Oshiomhole must be the fastest Naija wife to receive Naija citizenship.
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by Mbediogu(m): 7:32pm On May 16, 2017
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Which day did Iara marry Adams Oshiomhole that she is now being granted Nigerian citizenship? shocked E don reach 3 years? Doesn't the law say you have to be resident in Nigeria for at least 7-14 years before you can be granted Nigerian citizenship? Na wa for dis country, o! See as they are bending the law for her - tomorrow they will say they are fighting corruption. mtcheew! angry
Bros I think they are fighting FOR corruption, not against it.
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by fafambo: 7:32pm On May 16, 2017
OSHOO BABA DON SUCK LARA BOBBY SOTEEE THE RIGHT ONE COME BIG PASS THE LEFT ONE, she can now officially contest for the post of ehhhh.....
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by Spidermon: 7:35pm On May 16, 2017
I wont be surprised if she is being prepped to run for Nigerian political office.
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by Nigeriadondie:
I dont know the worth of Nigerian citizenship if it ever had any. Infact, I just dumped mine for a country whose citizenship has a lot to offer and I ve no regrets doing that. I can see that those who are accepting Nigerian citizenship is not for love of country but to advance their personal businesses in an environment deviod of strict regulations especially with workers welfare eg they can pay below minimum wages, hire u on contract and pocket ur entitlements, slavish labour conditions like working extra hours without pay, firing u without any reason or benefits, no pension, 1 person doing 20 person jobs etc The freedom they enjoy many of which are illegal is what makes them choose to invest here
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by Nobody: 7:40pm On May 16, 2017
TheCabal:
How many non-US married to US citizen have been denied ?

It's automatic , rest is just formality. Once papers are filed. Failure rate is below 1%
You have to live three years. Do you know the meaning of automatic?
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by alen4smith(m): 7:55pm On May 16, 2017
laudate:
Which day did Iara marry Adams Oshiomhole that she is now being granted Nigerian citizenship? shocked E don reach 3 years? Doesn't the law say you have to be resident in Nigeria for at least 7-14 years before you can be granted Nigerian citizenship? Na wa for dis country, o! See as they are bending the law for her - tomorrow they will say they are fighting corruption. mtcheew! angry
marriage is another means of granting citizenship I think she falls under this category
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Re: Iara Oshiomhole Gets Nigerian Citizenship Alongside 334 Other Foreigners by ThatFairGuy: 8:10pm On May 16, 2017
Seems u didn't get it, read the content again but make sure you assimilate before you quote me back.

laudate:
Which day did Iara marry Adams Oshiomhole that she is now being granted Nigerian citizenship? shocked E don reach 3 years? Doesn't the law say you have to be resident in Nigeria for at least 7-14 years before you can be granted Nigerian citizenship? Na wa for dis country, o! See as they are bending the law for her - tomorrow they will say they are fighting corruption. mtcheew! angry
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