₦airaland Forum

wellmax:
George Weah of Liberia first sought for Liberian presidency (2005, aged 39)

He failed, obtained his SSCE (2006, aged 40), his degree (2011, aged 45) and masters (2013, aged 47).

He won election to the Liberian Senate (2014, aged 48).

He has just been declared the country's president (2017, aged 51)

All under 12 years interval.

You're not too old to succeed!

salford1:
As an example, the starting wage for 2 year diploma grads (engineering techs) in the industry I work is $43/hr.

nwolisar:
I would say I've always been a pro-naija but the uncertainties of the last 2 years wan come dey gimme factory reset. ....

vcole:
Welcome freeradical!

@teatop1234, you should note that the process of arriving Canada as a pr and as a student or a sowp holder are very different. I strongly advise that you and your family apply for your visas together. Husband for student permit, you for sowp and kids on dependent visas. You would get more info if you go on the Canada student visa thread.

staggerlee:
Congrats on your PR but not to belittle your achievements I think S.A is actually dashing professionals PR now. The country needs educated people like you because the country has issues

Chukwuka16:
I collected my passport today with my study permit. .......

MrMcJay:
In rural areas, what you need to do is obtain a family receipt for the land you are buying, get your Deed of Assignment (signed by the principal members of the family if you're buying from a family) and your Survey plan.

Arcayo:
First Application - November 27, 2015.
Documents submitted
1. All cic study permit forms
2. Secondary and Post secondary credentials
3. SOA about N8m+ self sponsor
4. Reference letter from working place
5. Leave letter
6. All employment letters from 2006 (finished service sep 2005)
7. Wife's passport biodata page and birth cert
8. Children's passport bio data page and birth cert. (2 in number)
9. SOP. Stating why am going for Construction Management after holding a position of Project manager in in construction company.
10. Old passport with South Africa visa showing travel history 2008.
11. Birth certificate
12. Affidavit of correction of date of birth of my WAEC cert.
13. Receipt of $1500 deposit through reserve my seat.
14. LOA
15. WES Evaluation (serves as Transcript)

Thank you guy I really appreciate you all the I wish all TRV hopefuls success

liv123:
Hello my good people am applying for spouse Visa and I have the following documents

Marriage certificate from sa
Filled Visa form
Letter from my spouse
Letter of introduction of my self
Police clearance
Medical certificate
Statement of account from my spouse in sa
My passport
My passport photo graph
Yellow card

Please my good people any other thing needed? and were is the best place to submit? Abuja or Lagos

Please some one should answer me please

geekybabe:
Shine1177, did you have a valid offer of employment in SA before processing your application?

Ibfred:
Hey bro, congratulations.
I called them yesterday but they must have closed for the day.
Please can you help me out with this issue.
Normally Nigerian laws dictates that you can only renew passports 6 months to expiry and mine still has 11 months on it.
Why I am saying this is because the VSF office (people contracted by the South African Embassy to handle visa applications in Nigeria) at Port Harcourt claims I have to renew my passport (which is impossible) and that my passport has to outlive my visa duration by at least 30 days. Which means I have to have a passport that at least expires in 3 years and 30 days after my studies.
Why I am skeptical about their claims is that they didn't sound convincing or very knowledgeable. Thanks

geekybabe:
Stevetop, inspire777, femiaction, Shine1177, staggerlee and others in the house..

Please can you advise on the process for Critical skills permit?

I am an IT professional (NQF , currently doing Masters in KZN, Should finish this semester. I have been attending interviews here and a couple of HR in coys have requested that I start processing my critical skills permit as it would ease my job applications.

I wanna start this process asap, but I have a couple of questions.
1. how easy it is to switch from study permit to work permit.
2. Do i need to be a registered member of a professional body (IITPSA) to process critical skills visa?
3. Can anyone give an estimate of how much I could be spending for the process?

yansky:
can we apply anytime of the year now for a study visa in vfs Lagos

royalkonsults:
pls is it true that Vfs accepts only cash for payment of visa application at their office? I am thinking of using ATM for pos there.
can study permit actually be processed for two weeks indeed?

femiaction:
congratulations brother. I told you before you left Durban. Regards to your family. We are expecting your family in Durban 2017

THE Senate ad hoc Committee on Mounting Humanitarian Crisis in the North East, headed by Senator Shehu Sani, has uncovered a N2.5 billion fraud allegedly perpetrated by some operators of the Presidential Initiative on the North-East (PINE).

The committee, which hosted a public hearing on Tuesday, in Abuja, was told how the presidential committee, which was saddled with the responsibility of reconstructing and rehabilitating communities destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents, could not account for a sum of N2.5 billion.

Secretary of PINE, Alhaji Umar Musa Gulani, had, in his submission before the committee, said it spent a sum of N203 million to clear taipa grass in Yobe State.

He also claimed that the committee spent another sum of N253 million to tackle species of the plant in river banks across the states, as well as a sum of N422.5 million to provide temporary shelter to small families in the state.

But the Commissioner for Information in Yobe State, Alhaji Mohammed Lamin, while making his submission before the Senate committee, denied any knowledge of the expenses, adding that there was no evidence of the said projects in the state.

The commissioner also disputed the claims that PINE spent millions to renovate schools destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents in Yobe.

“No Taipa grass was cleared in the state by any Federal Government’s agency,” he insisted.

The commissioner also countered the information by the PINE secretary that species around river banks were cleared with a sum of N253 million, adding also that the state did not have evidence of the claim that PINE spent a sum of N422.5 million to provide temporary shelter for families in the state.

The commissioner said only three schools had, so far, been renovated.

The Senate committee, thereafter, came down hard on the committee while it ordered its secretary to forward to it, within a week, all documents, including photographs of the projects it claimed to have executed.

The committee wondered why only N2 million was spent by the agency to feed the IDPs, while it donated N50 million to a non-governmental organisation (NGO).

The former governor of Abia State, who is a member of the committee, Senator Theodore Orji, said “the affected states said they were not aware of all the contracts executed by PINE, you people just decided to make money and that is why you decided to donate N50 million for a conference organised by an NGO.”

Senator Ben Murray Bruce, who also contributed, told the committee that women IDPs in the centres were crying for provision of sanitary pads during a recent visit.

Stowaway found dead on Arik Air plane in Johannesburg
The lifeless body of a stowaway was on Wednesday found in the main wheel well of one of Arik Air’s A330-200 aircraft at the Oliver Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg.

The airline confirmed the incident in a statement by its Communications Manager, Ola Adebanji, a copy of which was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.

According to the airline, the aircraft operated the scheduled Lagos-Johannesburg flight that departed the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at 3:55 p.m. on Tuesday and arrived in Johannesburg shortly before 11 p.m.

It said engineers of South African Airways Technical facility at the Oliver Tambo International Airport, where the aircraft was scheduled for a routine maintenance check, discovered the body of the stowaway during the inspection phase.

The airline said investigations were ongoing to determine how the stowaway found his way into the aircraft’s main wheel well.
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/216717-stowaway-found-dead-arik-air-plane-johannesburg.html

Dare834:
Dear All,

I would like to travel to South Africa for holiday with my wife in December, one of the requirements I saw was a confirmed flight ticket and a booked hotel.

I wouldn't like to pay for this and get my visa rejected, please advise on what I can do in order to get the visa.

2fine2fast:
Hello house.
I just got PhD admission at DUT in Durban.
However I need to submit proof of residence
in addition to other documents for my study visa
application. My friend who is a PhD student in UKZN
says there is no problem with me staying with him
for a while but that he is not eligible to issue that particular letter of residence to me.
He tried getting it over there and he couldn't. My supervisor too has also started sounding as if I'm
bothering her too much and I no way oyinbo wahala.
It's the Letter I need, my friend is ready to take me in.
Please I need a way forward, assistance, advice pls.
Thanks in anticipation.
PLS EPP ME

nikkypearl:
Don't hesitate to ask questions pls

The Centre for World University Rankings (CWUR) has just released its 2016 ranking of universities across the world.

Sadly, no university in Nigeria made the list of the world’s top 1,000.

In Africa, only universities in South Africa and Egypt made the list. South Africa has five, while Egypt has four.

For South Africa, the five universities and their rankings, according to the CWUR, are: University of Witwatersrand, 176th; University of Cape Town, 265th; Stellenbosch University, 329th; University of KwaZulu-Natal, 468th; and the University of Pretoria, 697th.

CWUR said it used eight objectives and robust indicators to rank the world’s top 1,000 universities, and listed them as follows:

1) Quality of Education, measured by the number of a university’s alumni who have won major international awards, prizes, and medals relative to the university’s size [25%]

2) Alumni Employment, measured by the number of a university’s alumni who have held CEO positions at the world’s top companies relative to the university’s size [25%]

3) Quality of Faculty, measured by the number of academics who have won major international awards, prizes, and medals [25%]

4) Publications, measured by the number of research papers appearing in reputable journals [5%]

5) Influence, measured by the number of research papers appearing in highly-influential journals [5%]

6) Citations, measured by the number of highly-cited research papers [5%]

7) Broad Impact, measured by the university’s h-index [5%]

8.) cool Patents, measured by the number of international patent filings [5%]

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/206737-nigerian-universities-fail-make-list-worlds-top-1000.html

In addition, General Buratai was never near either Defence Headquarters or Army Headquarters in 2013. It is pertinent to also note that he was never a Director of procurement in Army Headquarters as alleged. As a matter of fact, the Nigerian Army never had a Directorate of Procurement till when he established one last year when he became Chief of Army Staff.

In a bid to rubbish the hard earned reputation and good name of the Chief of Army Staff, these blackmailers will stop at nothing hence all these kinds of mudslinging.