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yinkeys:
Bro F* Nigerian banks, they are out to get money from you despite bad customer service most times.
You have a lot of options.
1. PayPal (the cheapest, you won't be charged a dime if you're smart about it)
2. Payoneer
3. Skrill (2% transaction fee I think) but there are ways around this.
4. You can try Stanbic though (South African policies etc) besides their charges are okay.

I put down for you really fast & cheaper options compared to the domiciliary referee and house verifications
You can thank me later bro

Good day bro.

You mentioned a lot of options here. Could you be kind enough to go into details. For example, I want to transfer 2,000 usd to an oversea company.

How does PayPal, payoneer and skrill work?

Which of these two e-retailers have the largest share of online sales?

majekdom2:
post as this is what gets me mad. Time dey go, una go dey talk shit. Nations are advancing faster than you can cope. How long did it take Rwanda to transform into what it is. A country with no tangible resource. Go there and see with your eyes. The Rwanda Genocide happened in 19c4, we had democracy in 1999... but go there and compare. Keep waiting for a change from these set of people that call themselves leaders... In about a decade from now, it will dawn on y'all.

Ma bro, leave them. Over sabi dey kill us for here. Every small thing them go dey show oversabi.

I been go kigali a few years back. Bro, it was nice and peaceful. All these our oversabi, too do no dey there. People just dey manage their life je je.

Think of it, democracy no dey ensure economic development. What brings about good economy and development is leadership with a vision; be it military, communist, monarchy etc. so long as the leadership have a vision and the spirit to push it through, there will be development. Look at Communist china, monarchist UAE, pseudo-military Thailand, they are developing. Even authoritarian North Korea have mastered nuclear energy.

Howmon:
What if Nigeria just buy fuel from venezuela

Same thought here. Why can't Venezuela sell their refined petrol to Nigeria, and in exchange we export basic essentials to them. I guess we could ship tons of indomie to them...lol

This solution might be a bit techie, but with a battery, an AC inverter and a sensor counter, she can get an exert number of eggs laid by those birds.

You know the whole thingy is rather confusing, or should I say opaque. Kremlin appears to be holding their breathe for Trump; but since 2017 Trump has increasingly made moves that should antagonize Russia: supplying arms to Ukraine, prodding the Europeans to sanction Russia, 56 cruise missile attack on a Syrian base, killing Russian PMCs, etc. I wonder if their calculation is to give Trump enough room to weather the "FBI/Dems" storm?

Are these two options the only options available to Russia in the theatre is Syria? Sometimes I really hoped Putin calls US bluff and confronts them in Eastern Syria. Or is Putin's reluctance due to a supposed deal restricting Syria/Hezbollah/Iran to western Syria, and the SDF/US to eastern Syria? I am not so sure there's a deal. I remember clearly there was a race to al-bukamal, and surprisingly the Pro-US forces cut deals with ISIS in eastern Syria and raced to the oil & gas fields, coming off short of reaching al-bukamal.

What will a confrontation look like?

omusiliyu:
Tragedy is about to happen in Imo State. Bridges are being built in Imo without design; it is a disaster waiting to happen.

Ipob, Massob and Ohanaeze should please call Owelle Ndigbo to order

Why do you people always play into this sort of sentiment? Can such a construction of this scale be done without a design?

Leopantro:
Chai, i weep for degenerative pigmentation called melanin ( black Africans).
can't you see it looks like a taxi reflected from the other side ( behind) the camera.
why is it moving inthe opposite direction from every other vehicle.
you can even see that little advert stuff that is on top of the car.
Jesus H Christ, the reflection of the other glass can be seen.

Obsession sees only the object of its madness. It believes everything it wants to believe, questions nothing.

My brother, I have for long given up on these people. Their level of reasoning makes me ashamed. A country were people still believe witches fly and yet they barely have the technological advancement to produce matches?

The churches are more than happy to promote this idea of ghosts and witches just to get them hooked of a false philosophy.

I really hope my people could reflect on these questions?
What's a ghost?
Does it exist?
How does it come about?

The lecturers and higher institutions in the country aren't helping to educate the masses. If they are helping and investigating some of this questionable matters, so many of these myths would have been busted.

I recommend a dose of mythbuster(dstv) daily for my people.

Kay3010:
I have to Log in to advice you. The same Man KAYODE you're Talking about has been working with the Embassy for good rewardable 18yrs. He's an experienced man in his Field and he knows the genuine applicants from fake ones with Fake Documents. If u as an applicant has original n acceptable documents with u..you shouldn't give Bribe or have any problem with officials in the Embassy and ofkus the consular Most pple complaining about Bribe are deportee from Malaysia and they wanted to enter Malaysia again through Philippine. And when they come to the Embassy with Fake Documents... They will be exposed right from the gate.
Some Drug Addicts comes to the Embassy.. I don't wanna believe you're one of them. U don't even know KAYODE... And you're taminating his image. Pls if you're too Bold come n see him in his office.



PHILIPPINES citizens ARE INTELLIGENT, WISE,HARD WORKING, TRUSTED AND RELIABLE. That is why Big n influential people in Nigeria are looking for them to employ

My friend, security guards (all Nigerians) at these foreign missions often treat applicants without respect. Not only at these missions, you often see this sort of mentality everywhere and everyday, especially at govt offices. That gate-keeper mentality; "without me you can't succeed." It's wrong. Is it his duty or consular officer's job to determine fraudulent applications?

99thEnemy:
God go punish that Margarete and the cheif security Kayode.. Their kyash will forever pepper them

The funny thing is that the security guard and document checker are Nigerians. We treat ourselves as shyt! Go figure!

cowleg:
Uncle you can lie oooo 1700 can get you a bony old layer this Christmas. My mum bought two Christmas parents stock chickens both 11k

Well, in my area, they are selling the old lays for 1700. I guess you must be living in some rich neighborhood.

@ukmigrant is chicken as expensive in the UK as it is in cowleg 's neighborhood?

UKmigrant:
Lets move on abeg

I want to introduce you to someone special, She has a big a** and fat thighs just like I love it, her name is Cinderella and yes she is my Xmas chicken.

She likes it hot, but since man's not hot, I'm gonna place her where she belongs - the oven

Details later!

Hi. You forgot to mention the cost of a whole chicken in the UK compared to the 1700 naira we pay for a whole(fresh) chicken in Lagos.

It will be nice if you could take the time to compare food prices in your part of UK and Nigeria; and also the quality. Some say 9ja coca cola is watery compared to the same coca cola in UK. Is this true? How about beer quality? Bread? Etc..

earthsync:
but seriously how would a human body parts generate money? that is some myth ignoramuses still believe in this 21st century that killing a person to use their head or whatever would make it vomit money is just plain bullshite except maybe they illegal sell their victims organs to the black market which I doubt these people do because they're ignorant like that (not say it is good) but still it's bullshït

Glad to learn there are still people like you who have frontal lobe in this country. I've stopped arguing with these people that maintain a strong belief that animal or human ritual yields wealth. Several years back BBC ran an investigative report of Albino killing in Zambia. Even the juju priest couldn't discern that the black guy consulting him is a BBC reporter.

The juju priest did animal ritual at a construction site. He killed a bull, and blood from this animal was spilled at the construction site. The rest of the animal was buried at the site.

The reporter went back to the priest after a month. The animal ritual did not yield any significant increase in wealth. According the reporter, " his construction business has not faired better." The juju priest requested they use Albino body parts. All conversation were recorded and handed over to Zambian police to effect an arrest.

I think the juju priest was arrested... Not sure how that report ended.

Obijulius:
Buhari has brought death and frustration to the same people who supported him with their last blood.

Suicide is never an option but we may never get the full details.

So sad.

Bro... The problem of this country is caused by all of us. That local government chairman looting allocation, that police man abusing citizens, that oga in government sitting on your application, that petrol station with rigged meter, that NEPA man, that importer, that mechanic, THEY ARE ALL US - our fathers, brothers, sisters, uncles... US!

Daemonsanti:
if anybody can just interpret tongues, then why is it a gift from the holyspirit........Praying in tongues is your personal prayer language with God.........It is like an encrypted prayer that even the Devil dosent understand because you pray directly to God from your spirit.
Freeze keeps talking about the things he doesn't even understand and I pity the people that follows him.

Why would anyone need a cryptic language to talk to God?

9jakohai:
1.A little on Cuba...from my limited knowledge..they place emphasis on preventive medicine...and it has worked for them. BUT...their doctors are not paid very well, and most of their clinics/hospitals suffer from equipment issues too.

2.Nigerian hospitals are generally poorly equipped...at least the government ones.That does impact on care a lot.As an example...most hospitals dont have defibrillators..which makes CPR very very difficult.

This is due to poor funding exacerbated by a)the fact that govt runs too many hospitals b)hospitals cannot raise fees c)we import most of the vital equipment we use from abroad...so when it breaks down, or gets faulty, we have to make do without because it would cost too much to repair and replace.

3.Yes, many teaching hospitals get busy largely because
i Many cases that could be handled at primary or secondary care get handled at tertiary care. eg diarrhea
ii there aren't enough tertiary hospitals

4.I hate to say this...but patients too come late. A patient breaks his leg. He goes to a bone setter quack who messes his leg up, and then by the time he comes to the hospital, the leg is gangrenous, and he has general sepsis, with multiple organ failure. And when he dies...guess who gets blamed?

5. We really don't have enough specialist doctors, or nurses in Nigeria...and because of poor funding due to 'free health care', corruption, and low money (we need trillions of naira for health, not billions)..medics are leaving.

6.Yes, doctors in Nigeria don't respond on time to calls...poor service is an issue.

7.Finally.....emergency medicine is not a thing in Nigeria.We do need more emergency physicians.

Have to drop mic here...

Honestly, when I look at the situation here and compare it to a few cities I have lived in, take for a example the dessert city of Ajman, I see an attitudinal issue here. We know the govt here doesn't care because they have misplaced priorities. I wonder why most doctors can not buy a cheap Chinese defribilator that cost less than $900?

A greater percent of death in Nigeria are as a result of mis-diagnosis by doctors. For them every illness is typhoid and malaria fever. A recent case was a patient in Jos who died last two weeks due to TB. But for most of the time his doctor has been treating pneumonia. The issue came to ahead when he lost consciousness and was rushed to catholic hospital. Quite an avoidable death.

We really should not wait for the health ministry or govt to help us run the structure of health facilities. There are head doctors at each of these facilities. They can put up a structure that makes emergency care a critical pillar of health care by having a doctor on standby and also give these doctors enough time to attend to their private practice since they are not regularly paid by the govt.

Is manpower an issue? Do we have enough doctors and nurses? Don't you think the policy of making access to education so stringent is leading to lack of adequate man power. Doctors and nurses are leaving the country, why don't we let in more students into the course to compensate?

Finally, I see the age-old Nigeria problem: mismanagement. No matter how low govt funding, the brains in these institutions can come up with the best strategy to make best use of the paucity. Many poor countries like Cuba still manage to run a good health care system.

9jakohai:


1.If oil stays below $70 per barrel...PDP govt is still going to find it difficult to increase healthcare funding.

2.If Nigerians continue to insist on paying 70000 for a 500000 naira procedure....healthcare funding is still going to be poor.

Hi 9jakohai. I was wondering what the problem really is. Is the attitude of healthcare staff or funding?

How did Cuba revamp it's health sector despite lack of funding?

Having lived in this country long enough, I am beginning to realize it might not be funding after all. Some deaths at these University hospitals are quite avoidable if the staff intervened early; a quick surgery here, resuscitation there etc.. These do not need state-of-art medical equipment.

I really want you to reflect on this. It may not be funding after all.

If not funding? Could it be inadequate staff numbers or attitude?

donnie:
Pray for the church. Dont join the world in attacking the church; neither should you provide ammunition for them to do so. Be an example. Will it be a crime if you join RCCG and become wealthy enough to set up those kitchens and heath centres as one man?

There's a higher way of doing things. Christians need to be aware that there's an ongoing battle between light and darkness and there's no middle ground. There's nothing like that stupid "political correctness" Christians try to exhibit. Be wise.

#Activist #KingdomAddict #EndtimeChuurch

Hi Donnie. Happy weekend!

To be frank, the actions of some of these so called "men of God" bring a lot of ridicule to the body of Christ. I have lost faith in a lot of them. Considering their enormous wealth, it's so pitiful to see their lack of commitment in helping the impoverished segment of the population.

I have been to Yeodo church ( David yongin cho), it was so different from the practice of pastors here in Nigeria. It was more about helping your neighbor irrespective of his religious leaning. There was never any pressure to sow seeds, no pressure to give give give!

God should be given the utmost respect by all including these pastors. Some pastors act like they are God, but they ain't! They claim to speak with God... Utter rubbish! God has spoken to all of us with his creations. We should spend more time trying to understand his work, his way, his creation. There are lot we can learn from his work. May be we spent a bit more time understanding his works we could discover a total cure for cancer.

I believe it's a God-giving duty for us to love and care for one another. By sharing love we could reduce the level of enmity in our society, reduce the evil.

donnie:
What about pastors who have jets without touching church money?

Morning my friend.

Some may have bought jets out of the church finances. But why buy a jet costing millions of Naira? I reckon that money if spent on projects that improve quality of lives for the impoverished masses would make "Jesus" smile. Imagine Redeemed Church having a health Care center and a soup kitchen next to their church branches all around Nigeria. That will be great, isn't it?

miqos03:
Still on this matter ?? Why can't they just ignore and let everyone decide?

you think they will let you exercise the freedom of judgement -to decide whether to send in your offering or not? They want your offering, they need it. Considering the level of poverty and illiteracy in the country, how many of "them" have free soup kitchens for the hungry, free schools or free hospital. I lived in a largely Buddhist country for many years. Religious bodies do run free food programs for the elderly and the poor every day at Seoul metro station and other major metro stations. I remember one catholic hospital at Chongno that provides free health care ( including surgeries and childbirth) for the needy.

Why can't "them" in Nigeria help the poor, why do they think of themselves only, buying expensive suits, expensive cars and jet. They run huge budgets on ads on TV, 24hr satellite TV, yet malaria is killing many in Nigeria. Our mumu don do! Since our political leaders give us the middle finger every day, why are the church leaders doing the same?

donnie:
When you give to the needy you are lending to the Lord and He will repay. Prov 19:7.

But when you give to to the work of evangelization of the world... which is God's vision, He promotes you and increases His grace upon your life, because you have become partners together. He increases your capacity to receive and do bigger things for His kingdom in these last days.

It matters where you sow your seed and what grace is at work there? Is that a ministry or minister called by God?

It matters how you sow... better to give joyfully, in faith and love, expecting a harvest.

Thanks for your reply. I was wondering since these pastors spend the offering on Bentley and Jet, and not for the work of God, isn't it better that Christians give directly to the needy? I think providing food for the hungry, help to the needy, health to sick is doing work of God. What do you think?

donnie:
depends on where the Lord leads him to sow into.

My brother, good evening. Please I have a question regarding "giving to God". Can Christians also "give to God" by giving to the needy instead of pastors?

Evablizin:
Mehn in Nigeria this your statement can never happen,since there is no job let those who want to give birth to 24 children or 5 local governments should go ahead,the can't afford to be loosing in both sides i.e job them no get,children them no get

Well, the exploding population will one way or another affect your life. There is a correlation between high birth rate, resource limitation and poverty. Think about it.

webincomeplus:
I know we'll soon start hearing shitty stories like this. By next week, we should also see headlines on how Joshua once hawked akara to make a living.

As for the assertion that he could have won the gold medal for Nigeria if given the chance, I disagree. Nigeria is known for working hard against the success of her citizens. And the fact that he wasn't given the chance is enough proof.

Here in our crappy country, a senator's nephew who can't knock out a pillow will be chosen over real boxing talents. And even if a real boxer is given the chance, the NBF will fail to release funds for his welfare and training tours because the foolish pot-bellied people in charge have stolen the funds meant for that.

Bro, I've often wondered why the country continues to churn out these "pot-bellied bureaucrats" generation after generation. Is it a DNA thing?

Many atimes you see guys fight against corruption in govt but when they get in to govt they start acting like the guys they replaced. I just can't wrap my head around this phenomenon.

How to regularize stay in a few countries:

South Korea:
D8 visa - enter the country with minimum of $100,000 for foreign direct investment (FDI). Register a company. Govt issues a "renewal" one year visa called D8.

G1 visa - fill a refugee case, you get a 3-month renewable visa valid till outcome of your case in court. Note: case denied for most Nigerians.

UAE:
Employee visa. Working for any company, gives you an employee visa/labor card and residence payment. However if you have the money, you can actually pay a company to get you employee visa.

FreeZone visa: set up business at any of the free zones in Dubai, Sharjah or Ajman with $3000(can't remember exact amount) yearly payment, you get FZ visa. You can issue a spousal visa on this FZ visa.

For those wanting to leave, go with "STUDENT VISA" if you can't make it through "skilled migration program" or Spousal visa (difficult one). Using "visitor / tourist visa" puts so much pressure on you to regularize within a short period of time. For European (non UK ) visa that's like 30-90days to regularize your stay. USA and UK is 6 months.

Another advice.. seek out countries with good potential to develop... And go early before the visa process gets tough. Years back Taiwan and Malaysian visa were very easy to get. Same day pick up. Now they won't issue a visa.. Even Philippines and Vietnam refuse to issue visa to Nigerians. It's getting tough to get out.

solasoulmusic:
I will encourage anyone if given the opportunity to travel to go no matter what you hear do research and save enough then go

You will only enjoy life when you see things for yourself I've lived abroad and it gave me a global perspective that may confuse the typical miopic mind. America is a nation that teaches others self dependence meaning you will learn how to be self reliant and honestly you will understand our true problem here and we are indeed selfishness.

I came back for musical inspiration lots of amazing sights and sounds here at home

Go anywhere your heart takes you but never forget where you come from

Nice one, bro. Living abroad sort of opens your eye to see the problems of Nigeria: selfishness! We have community leaders and political leaders without vision.. Buffoons in charge. Community roads in every state are bad. Can't the LG or state govt mandate house owners to pave with interlocking blocks on the road in front on their houses. If I build a house and pave the road in front of my house, and my neighbors do the same, we'll have good road for every one.

On FP this morning Amechi commissioning the dredging of Onitsha -Ajaokuta waterway, can't he make it a standard water way for traders to transport goods from Onitsha to the north? He could encourage the road transporters to invest in ships for the inland waterways... This would in turn creat jobs and development.

AreaFada2:
Have you visited them?

Well try and visit. Please when you visit try to know all the bills they pay. Why they work so hard. Because if you see them in their current home, you will not see how much suffering, hard work & determination they put in to achieve what you now call "doing very well". Their years of struggle will not be seen.

Telling family members to visit is not because it is easy. It is generosity that many do not understand.

The kind of determination & hard work needed is massive, knowing you are your own.

The mentality that it is easy is why many relatives squander money sent from abroad.

From years of experience, I am aware that there is no point arguing it. Almost every Nigerian believes he knows everything, even America more than Donald Trump. Hence the shock many experience when eventually they get here.

I thinK the point most folks here are making is that despite the hard life overseas, at least you get the opportunity to work or hustle legally or illegally and send money back home.

Life is damn tough here ...but opportunities to make good money here in Nigeria is great. Too many areas of work needing skilled workers.

bebe2:
Obviously dat will be stupid.

But am talking the average Nigerian dat no hope and no connection, whose mum sells akamu and dad stands on the road waiting for day labour, they live in a single room with 5 other kids?

you see the problem -"5 other kids" why have 5 kids when you can't take care of them?

Cogs:
Shut up pls and stop speaking rubbish English....
Tell me what a President of Nigeria would be doing 6 weeks now no media report... Gullible!

But he has a VP, ministers and perm secs. Those ones should carry on with the job of building the country. They don't need "baba" to be directing every act of governing Nigeria.

bebe2:
As if I saw this coming,

https://www.nairaland.com/3767038/dear-nigerians-diaspora-wickedness-selfishness/1#56001290

The most painful thing is dat pple are in denial.

Let's scream and shout it, this country is terrible,
Things are too backwards. And everyone is suffering, despite some thinking they are big fish, we all use same roads, same holdup, same air pollution.

Something drastic needs to happen.

So glad you noticed this -poor and rich suffer alike. If only we could change our mentality and our way of life