benom:

@Rare, the book work suppose don finish na, abi?
Happy new yr to all my peeps

Finished temporarily; but to re-start soon again.

Even some men in high places now; their past revealed they were caught in this web too.

Read this: http://www.thecrimesofsenatoruzamere.net/once_upon_a_time.html

Obeledu:

^^^^

They stated on their website that it should be money order, I dint know they will accept bank draft. It pains me oooooooo

I actually got a money order from a bank. It's possible.

Obeledu:

Today, I bought money order totaling CAD70.5 to be send to Nigerian high commission Ottawa for the revalidation of wife driving license and my own. This is necessary for the issuance of class 5 license after road test

I thought money order for each was stated at CAD20 by the High Commission ?
Does that total include any charges?
I bought mine at a bank for a flat rate (CAD20) & no charges.

The OP has a promising education and work experience profile (though no specific details provided).
Assuming he also has acquired UK citizenship as a plus (or the ILR as they call it), I think he is well-poised to return to Nigeria. I would regard that as a career-advancing move.

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Wilife:


In the almost 4 years I spent in the US, I met several people in their 40s and 50s who really wanted to come back home but cannot handle the fear of resettlement. The greatest fear in my opinion is the fact that their colleagues in Nigeria have since moved on.

I believe this brand of 'fear' can be overcomed with the right attitude.
Anyone staying longer than you in Nigeria would have learnt somethings better than you; and vice versa. You must have also acquired some things they haven't.

LondonCool:

I'm Asthmatic. I inherited it from my Dad.My Grandmum used native herbs to cure my Dad's asthma and forgot the formular. I grew out of asthma when I grew up in UK. I gradually got asthma again when I relocated to Nigeria,

busygirl:

Inhaler was of help when I was in nigeria, and sometimes I take injections.  I don't get attacked easily, unless i get attacked with cold, cattarh and stuff, Since i GOT TO U.K, i HAVEN'T had attacks! But my brother has no two options than ventolin Inhaler!

I notice some people got a relief from asthma when they relocated to temperate regions. I have the same experience. Interesting !!!

yemi313:

,  And the team that lifted the trophy wasnt even Rafa's. Remember Houllier owned that team.

I can never understand statements like this. Why demean a man's achievements?. You criticized his transfer market activities; why not acknowledge his successes ?.

Let's consider a similar case in Chelsea:
Why didn't Avram Grant win UEFA Champions' League with Mourinho's team (even when he took over in same season).
Rafa started a whole new season (after Houllier) and won. Avram Grant (took charge in same season) had a relatively more formidable team.

jamaicangi:

What black man is US president? I thought that a half-black man was president?
Don't tell me that the brainwashing of the African Americans by white Americans is now reaching into the minds of Nigerians.
We (Blacks) should not believe in the one drop rule,

@jamaicangi, the point is that he is considered non-white.

The argument originated as a result of race versus confidence level of a minority

seedgie:

@rare thanks for the info. will start checking their requirements for petroleum geoscience now. pls  what do u think about university of regina($3000 tuition)?pls can i have your email address? this is my seedgie@yahoo.com.

I think Uni of Regina, if it has what you need. It's generally one of the so-called mid-tier schools.
The tuition fee is average; looks like a good deal to me.

Also Uni of Regina would probably waive TOEFL for you. See the list of universities (in Nigeria) on the exemption list : http://www.uregina.ca/gradstudies/intl/univ_exempted.shtml

charlie193:

@Rare
Good to hear from you again. Hope the cold is not too much. Rare please I want to take some food stuff with me like Gound egusi , ground pepper, ground pepper soup mix, Carri Ijebu and beans, hope they will allow me to take them in to Canada. Because I no dey too like all this white people food and I know it will take me some time before I could adapt to their kind of food.

Rare, I can remember that you took some along with you. How far? Did they allow the food stuff?

I had no problems. Other folks I know came in with food as well. Just pack it well into your[b] main luggage[/b]. Be reasonable with the quantity.
KLM will check your bag at the Nigerian port (LOS/ABV); as soon as you successfully check in at the Nigerian port, you're good to go.

If it's in your hand luggage, you may need to declare it at the Canadian port of entry, where forms are filled out. This is what I did.

dadaja2004:

hello Delta,
please, how much do i need to hold if am traveling to canada on visitation? am staying with friends. How much do i enter into fund available for my stay in the form provided.

See some facts:


"You must provide proof that you have enough money for your visit to Canada. The amount of money may vary, depending on the circumstances for your visit, how long you will stay and whether you will stay in a hotel, or with friends or relatives. You can get more information from the Canadian visa office in your country or region." culled from http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/apply-how.asp

And, below is culled from FAQs of the Nigerian deputy high commission's web-page

"I have been invited to Canada. Should my host send your office copies of any supporting documents to assist with my application either by postal mail or email?

We would prefer that your application submission include all supporting documents. If applicable, you should include an invitation letter. The invitation letter should advise what personal documents will be made available and must include your hosts’ email contact details. Financial or other personal documents from your host may be sent directly to our office but only on our request after your file has been opened. Any extra documentation should include your name and file number. Documents sent to our office prior to receipt of an application and without a file number cannot be matched to the application and will not considered in the processing of the application, " culled from http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/nigeria/visas/faq.aspx?lang=eng#visit

Hope this helps.

charlie193:

Yea, I am an Engineering student. I am going to University of Manitoba. I have booked my flight, I will be going with KLM on 30th.

@Charlie193; let us know when you're in Manitoba, so we can stay in touch.

It will be interesting to see how prospective students to UK (esp from Nigeria) react to this next year,

I think the answer to this question should be somewhat available to an individual even before he makes application for admission into a foreign school.

This answer can become progressively elaborated as circumstances unfold. Hence, it will always have a bearing to the initial goal even if it needs to be modified.

Ma_J_Blige:

really?

I believe IBEXY is promoting what should be the right attitude to have towards something you can not control or change. It's the best reaction within your own control.

I've always thought to myself, if Nigeria was a really developed nation & people immigrated often into our country, I bet we'd offer some of the treatments we're so fast to point out here.

Busy_body:


No need to get uppity, to spell it out, all he meant was that it is not easy to just waltz in and set up a business there

I understand. @ OP , congrats !!

Obeledu:

I will come back to Nigeria do some work, raise some money and then join the family. It is easy to make money in Nigeria than here, the only way for you to make money here is to work.

Anything wrong with that?

Abraham O. Fapojuwo, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Professor

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
The University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

http://enel.ucalgary.ca/People/fapojuwo/

@Obeledu. Welcome.
You are a brave soldier. Wow!!

yodiyokun:

, If I return today without a penny, it would be difficult but we have a good family support system and we will survive and eventually thrive and succeed,

Yep. That's the easiest source of providing a soft-landing !!

yodiyokun:

, We both agreed on this adventure, we both have to agree to return.

That was my earlier argument. People are willing to take more risks when leaving Nigeria than when returning. If only we can see the return as an adventure as well,

yodiyokun:

, even If I don't return rich, at least I know my children have a choice later in Life if they so desire. Chikena
If I return today without a penny, ,

Mmmmh, I know this would rank high amongst reasons for hesitation to return home permanently (for a lot of folks); and usually more about people's perception of it than of the individual concerned. How about just ignoring all the perceptions

Are you concerned about any specific topic in electrical engineering?

turboman:

Is examination a true test of knowledge?

dayokanu:

Examination is the closest you can get to determine the knowledge imparted in students over a period

In fact the controversy of exams being a true test, can be curbed by other techniques.

A combination of assignments, mini-projects , class presentations, laboratories/reports, and mid-term and final exams (which could be open-book or take-home); all spread throughout a school term (semester). The spread of the duration and the testing techniques gives a better overall weighted average of student's capability. I believe this is the practice in some places.

If you pass through this kind of practice, you would have a different view about exams.

Interesting.
I do not see anything wrong with studying and achieving degrees.

I think what bothers the poster and a lot of others is how it is paraded in Nigeria. A Prof will always want you to know he's a Prof , etc
In some other parts of the world, your first encounter with such a person, you might barely know his/her academic status.

Also, in some countries, there are categories of employed jobs for different stratifications of academic certs; high school, apprenticeship, bachelors, masters etc. I believe we once had this kind of scenario in Nigeria long ago. So, whatever you have seems relevant to you, and you can place a value to it and be respected and appreciated as anyone with any other level. The highest levels are not meant for everyone.

However, and ultimately, this does not stop you from being richer than the 'work place' value of your education, if you can think outside the box.

justwise:

If the west is that bad, why haven't you renounced your citizenship and move back to Nigeria? Why do we expect to be accommodated and treated equally by the west while in Nigeria we don't get the same? 

Thank you justwise.
@Sweet T, actions speak louder than words.

Sweet T:

I am still an American citizen and i will leave whenever i want to. Your views are very myopic.

I agree. But that is because it highlights just the [b]fundamental [/b]logic for hesitance (in the relocation issue)

Sweet T:

Bitter about what?? It's obvious you are one of those new to yankee. Dont worry your eyes go open soon. Assumptions makes people an @$$. I was not hold enough to hold a job when i came here, came shortly after high school. And even if i was old enough i wouldn't leave until i secure a job in Nigeria, just like i wouldn't come here without the promise of the so-called good life. And for your info, i do have a good job here, it's not about the job it's what you lose with having the job that matters to me.

You have just supported my point inadvertently. You came to yankee with the "promise of the so-called good life". Why not return to Nigeria with the promise of the so-called escape from "what you lose with having the job that matters to me" ?
Fact is something intangible attracted you to yankee. Another fact; something intangible should attract you to return. If I were in your shoes, I would leave. I made assumptions, and they were right. It was easily inferred from the tone of your post. QED

BTW, the 'your eyes go open soon' feeling happens everywhere. As far as humans desire variety and change. In english it is called first-hand experience. It is a normal human urge.

Sweet T:

That is absolutely Nonsense you just Hyperventilated, even Obama knows now how this Country is. He may not say it but he knows it. This country is extremely racist to anything Non-white. Even Michelle Obama said it before she got into politics "America is a very racist and mean country" - M. Obama - Grad school thesis. I dont know where this gentleman works and i don't really care, every sector of America is racist, i have worked in Law enforcement and and the Judicial system and i have had the first hand knowledge of a white men justice system. Bringing a minority or a black guy down makes the white boys D*ck hard. They feed off of stuff like that. I guarantee you that over %70 of African American in this country would have re-located to another place if they have a choice. No matter how bad Nigeria is, one thing still remains clear it's still home. My Dad had the experience of western world and i remember when he would say "what are they doing there? the glory is in going back and forth". And in the recent years i have come to believe him. You are living in a fantasy island if you think White America adores you, especially if you are successful in whatever you are doing. Obama should be praised for pulling American economy back from the edge but what does he get? Protest, disrespect etc. Obama was giving a state of the union address, a white id iot, Congressman Joe Wilson shouted at Obama "You lied!" Imagine that? Has anybody ever done that to any white president? Even sorry @$$ G.Bush. In a law suit that a secret service agent filed against his boss, he claimed that when African Leaders come to the white house to visit, agents makes fun of them, calls them Monkeys etc. I just need to land a job in Naija and i will be on the next available flight.

If you sincerely feel this extent of bitterness, why are you waiting to land a job before leaving ? You should just leave. You truly sound bitter.
Ironic how people leave Naija (to a western country) without a job awaiting them, but find it hard to do so visa versa. That says a lot to me. If you truly regret where you are, you should be as bold to leave as you were to arrive. Actions speak louder !!

netotse:

i dont understand how you managed to arrive at this conclusion, so if er'one(including 'returnees') was given random postings, we wouldn't have threads such as this ehn?. . .that sort of reasoning is manifestly flawed(and that's putting it lightly.)

Look at it this way. In spite of the NYSC being mandatory to gain employment, people are still considering if it's "wise" (and these are potential job seekers). Imagine if that mandatory requirement did not exist.
Then, why are people even considering a mandatory activity in the first place? Because of the inherent 'gaming' as you put it. Also I do not envisage a scheme without any 'gaming', that is utopian. I earlier used the phrase 'at least to a good degree' to establish the level of reduction in 'gaming' that would make the scheme tolerable. Moreover, the 'gaming' in question is of a blatant type. Others systems, which you allude to, usually have a more subtle 'gaming', hence tolerable by any design.

netotse:

name a system that cant be gamed. . .as long as you can use a system to your advantage(without breaking the law) i dont see why you shouldn't.

I understand your self-defense.