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Clairemont has explained enough.

There are so many things that could get better or worse.
No one is Nostradamus here. No accurate predictions can be made with 100% certainty. There is so much speculation right now.
The only definite things we know are:
- he GBP surprisingly lost significant value(but it has started recovering);
- EU wants UK to start the EU-exit process ASAP;
- Top UK party leaders have been resigning;
- Theresa May might historically have a tough view on immigration, but immigration into UK has also steadily increased during her term as Home Secretary; ...

As I'm affected, the most important for me is DON'T PANIC, start making adjustments to my UK plans (both short-term and long-term), and closely monitor the slightly-volatile political and economic situation.

ziccoit:
Welcomed the ultimate machine!

I've never been able to successfully complete any of these special competitions. It always ends up costing too much gold and time.

I didn't bother playing the last 3 or 4 sef.

Dynamitehimself:
@olowob
I have a lot of gold jewelleries which I use and will be selling some of them before I leave in the coming months by God's grace. I already got some good deal from mallams because dollars is higher than it was when I bought them then,but I was told that it is costlier in the UK and that I should go along with them and sell them there and that it will also bridge the gap of currency conversion being that it is sold in pounds. Plz what is your honest opinion on this.

Cc . claremont, justwise et al

tbh, I'm not sure about the £/$ price it may fetch here, but I think it's a good idea.

obynwanyioma:
...but what about the slim cute white girls, why don't nigeria guys go for those ones, could it be that this white fat bufalos are less selective and more friendly than the slimmer ones??

*deleted* Apologies

HomoSapiien:
Hello, do you have the pdf file for this book? I'm interested in reading this. Do share please.

No, I don't. I bought the paper copy.

It's a nice picture, but "waited 62 days"?

LOL. I don't believe it.

Luckygurl:
Time to start saving for a new phone

Fvck blackberry

Lol. Android or iphone is the way to go, sadly.

BB is still my favorite. I'll keep using mine, as well as my Lumia.
Fvck iOS/Apple.

babysmart:
Honestly, anything could have happened to the body. My major issue is the Ascension. Was it only the disciples that met him at Galilee? Are there any non disciples that saw Jesus after the so called resurrection?


BTW...To those insinuating that seun has been attacking Christians alone because he's scared of muslims...He was once a Christian and not a Muslim. Obviously he knows a lot about the religion he left. He has done his own research and is clearly trying to open everyone's eyes using his forum.

If you haven't noticed Christianity has a great deal of loopholes and yet it's only Christians that you'll see evangelising up and down. It would be a lot more sensible if Christians search for evidence to back their claims rather than calling seun an antichrist. Seriously? Is that all you guys have to say?

Lastly...he was named Oluwaseun by his parents. Surely you don't expect him to change his name because he is now an atheist.



Hope I didn't derail sha. I really like what you're doing seun. It has been somewhat educating. When I tell people I'm a free thinker, they gimme this really weird look and say, 'How can a girl be a free thinker? '

Maybe I'll graduate to atheist level very soon.
I would really like to read your materials. Could you help with some sites or something?

You're smart. +1000
If you can, please find and read this amazing book: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari. You'd learn a lot about humans and how we believe the things we do.

Luckygurl:
I saw same notification on my BBZ3 this morning.
31st December was the dead line..

This phone is good as useless to me without whatsapp.
Blackberry why na??

I got the message too. So disappointing

Whatamidoinghere:
Cc: OlowoB Justwise and others
A friend needs help.....
Guys, what about if my friend gets a MasterCard for Nigeria bank account and the maintenance money is been transfered into it, then get to school and open a UK bank account. Then he withdraw all the money in the Nigeria bank account, then save it into the UK bank account.

Hope it's okay that way, or what do you guys suggest been the best thing to do in going along with the maintenance fee.

Thanks as you answer.

To withdraw all that money using the Mastercard? How many times will (s)he do it? Don't forget all Nigerian banks now put limits of daily withdrawals, and they charge for each withdrawal.

Such a shame that we're in this situation now. In early 2013, I was able to withdraw up to £1000 cash in UK from my Nigerian account.

Your friend should find another way to transfer all or most of the money in bulk to a UK account. He could use an intermediary who owns both Nigerian and UK accounts.

CAPSLOCKED:

EVEN AFTER DESTROYING THE WORLD BY FLOODING WHY DIDN'T HE JUST RELOCATE NOAH TO SATURN OR RECREATE A NEW MAN ON JUPITER?

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL I like this!!!!

CAPSLOCKED:

WHEN I WAS A TEEN I'LL EVEN ADD IT TO MY PRAYERS. .. I'LL BE LIKE "LORD YOU SEE DEEP DOWN MY MIND, YOU KNOW I REALLY DOUBT AND DISLIKE YOU BUT I'M SCARED OF HELL AND CAN'T STOP DOUBTING YOU CUZ I DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO BELIEVE YOU, BUT PLEASE HAVE MERCY"!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I totally understand this. That fear, that intense fear deep in the psyche...that fear of suffering in hell forever...

I was raised as a Roman Catholic. I started reading the Bible when I was 6/7 years old after my parents bought me the Good News Bible (that green and white colored version). At that early stage, I was already reading everything I could come across. I read most of that bible before I entered JS1. Even though I didn't understand much of the later books after the historical ones (Genesis to Job), I was already confident enough to show of my knowledge in public places. My mother likes to say that there was a time I was preaching in a hospital at 7/8 years old, although I barely remember it.

In secondary school, I joined Legion of Mary, and was quite active in it. I grew more in the Catholic faith, learning all sorts of new prayers and doctrines. Around JS3/SS1 I started questioning some things that didn't make sense to me.

1) Why do Catholics pray to Saints? Aren't they dead? Once dead, don't all humans stay dead until Judgement Day?
2) Why pray to Saints when the only way to God is through Jesus?
3) Why did God only revela Himself to people in that small area of Israel? What about the other regions in the world? It would take thousands of years for the 'good news' to spread to all regions, so what would happen to the millions of people who lived and died without ever knowing about Jesus?
4) Why did God allow so many Christian sects to form? Why did he allow many versions of the Bible to be published and confuse many people?
5) When Adam and Eve bleeped up, why did God decide to punish billions of humans over the next 5000-7000 with original sin? Did we eat the fruit with Adam & Eve? Why didn't he just cancel the entire human/life project and make better, improved upgrades of Earth, Eden, Adam, Eve, etc?
...and many other questions.

I couldn't get satisfactory answers from elder students in our Catholic Community. At this time, I also became aware of 'extra' books in the Catholic Bible (Tobit, Maccabbees, etc). I wondered why there were different versions of Bibles. Surely if God wanted all Christians to get to heaven, he'd ensure that we had one solid, unifying, unquestionable Bible?

I also learned more about other Christian sects: Protestants, Baptists, Jehovah's Witnesses, etc...and their differing beliefs.

By my SS3, I had decided that the Catholic church, though the oldest Christian sect, was not the true one. I didn't like any of the other christian denominations, but I still believed in God.

Before I entered university, I started collecting and reading a lot of Awake & Watchtower magazines. They impressed me, and soon I started to believe that they were the true Christian sect. Until I realised that they had some ridiculous beliefs too. For one, they are profoundly against blood transfusions. Also, they have been silly enough several times trying to predict when Jesus would return to earth and each time they have been proven wrong! . Didn't the Bible say that no one, not even JEsus, knows when He would return? rme.

By my 300 level, I had confronted my parents that I no longerbelieved in Catholicism. It caused a huge scene, with my dad being a Catholic Knight. He was furious. My mom just wanted the family to be at peace. I continued to go to Mass with them when at home, but I had no desire or faith to. When in school, I almost never went to mass. By then, even my interest in Jehovah's Witnesses had started to erode.

I had always been interested in science too. I loved scifi novels and enjoyed reading any scientific magazines or books (non-academic) that I could fine, and this was before I knew about the internet. I also two amazing books: "The Human Zoo" by Desmond Morris... "The NExt 10,000 Years" by Adrian Berry. They deeply changed my way of reasoning. I started using scientific knowledge to cancel a lot of inaccuracies, inconsistencies and falsehoods in the Bible.

By the time I graduated, I was a non-theist, but I had not yet admitted it to others. But my closest friends knew that I was no longer into any religion and was now a "free-thinker" .

Knowing how Nigeria is, and how Nigerians react towards people who dont believe in God/Allah, and realising that I was still living under my father's house and protection, I didn't show I was atheist. I would follow the family to church when they insisted, but I never offered to pray, or I always resisted contributing during prayers.

It was only after I came to UK and was fully independent that I became open and Vocal about my atheism.

Now, this is what I believe:
1) I know that I exist.
2) All the deities that humans know and worship are man-made and imaginary. None of them exists.
3) There might be a Creator, who caused the Big Bang, or (at least) who initiated life on this planet.
4) If that Creator exists, it doesn't care about us. It's not emotional. It didn't give us any moral rules to guide humans.
5) Morals and laws are formed by humans for the society that suits them.
6) The only thing special about humans is that homo sapiens happens to be the most intelligent species on this planet in this era, and also has the unique ability to believe very strongly in abstract and imaginary things.
7) The closest word to describe me is"Agnostic". While I'm sure that there is no religious/emotional Creator/deity, I do hope that life on this planet was caused some extraterrestrial entity.

This comment was written impromptu. Like Cloudgoddess said, so many things happened on my path. I can't remember everything now. It will take a long time to gather all my thoughts and experiences and cohesively write them down. Cheers.

Luckygurl:
To even think I boarded a PMT bus yesterday on my way to Enugu from Portharcourt.

A lot of bad news associated with this transport company.
Not in their interest at all.
RIP to the dead

My dear, whenever I have to travel between cities in Nigeria, the main thing is for me to arrive safely. I use only ABC. They might be slower and more expensive, but they have a very good safety record.

Unto Brexit...

As Cameron is leaving, the Tories are preparing to vote for their next leader. Boris Johnson is not running. Theresa May is a candidate.

If you school in England, or intend to, better hope that Theresa May doesn't get that role o!

She's responsible for the tighter restrictions for overseas students and workers.

I didn't see any real advantage to Nigerian (and non-EU) students from Leave or Remain.
I also didn't see any improvement in the conditions for foreigners to work in UK. I work here, and I'm disillusioned by how increasingly stringent the visa requirements/conditions get.

2 years ago, I wanted Scotland to remain in UK. Now Scotland voted to Remain in EU, while overall UK voted to Leave.
I look forward to another Scottish Independence Referendum asap, and this time, I will suppose Scotland leaving the UK.
If Scotland leaves UK, they will be more friendly to international students and migrants. There's plenty of space here with huge economic promise for migrant workers and students.

I was unconcerned with the Leave or Remain campaign and the outcomes.

But I am shocked at Cameron's resignation.

I need to be serious about this practice. I don't always cover the cameras of my computers.

cc @andonajnr Be aware that this is no longer current info (based on 2013/13). Many things have changed. It's much harder to get work in UK now.

spacyzuma:
Several tips to getting a job in UK:

1) As soon as you arrive and settle in, get a National Insurance Number. You can't get a legal job without it.

2) My friend told me: that I have two main tasks in UK. Focus on getting a good degree, and focus on getting a good job. And both of them will consume my time a lot if I wanted to be successful in both.
During my first team (Sept - Dec), I applied for more than 30 jobs across several sectors in UK. Every weekend, I would spent between 6-12 hours going through tons of company websites and applying through many of their recruitment portals. It's not an easy task, believe me.

3) Due to the migrant restrictions, not all companies can hire non-EU nationals. I learned to focus on only the companies that have Tier II visa sponsorship certificates. The UKBA or Home Office has a list of companies with that privilege.

4) I subscribed to several services that inform you of vacancies and job openings. I used "gradcracker" and "milkround". Join them and setup your profile to receive regular email alerts about jobs/internships that you're interested in. I also attended as many job fairs as I could. Mainly to talk to their reps about their companies, if they hire foreigners, how their graduate schemes are, etc...and also to collect lots of free pens, jotters, flash drives, etc.

5) Timing is important. Most of the top companies start recruiting for graduates around August - Jan, to start the next September/October. So if you start your masters in Sept/Oct, you can apply to many companies before your first term exams begin in January. The best time to apply is before December, cos by then you'll be neck-deep in schoolwork, preparing for exams, there'll be less hours of daylight, and the winter darkness and snow will easily get you depressed.
These companies recruit while following the academic calendar. After first semester exams in January (or in December, before exams), they start calling for interviews and assessment centres.

6) Being in the UK for the first time, the urge to travel around and flex and have plenty of fun is strong the first few weeks. I remember being jealous that many of my classmates and colleagues and fellow Nigerians were having parties, flexing, travelling to new cities etc. That time is better spent applying for jobs if you really want one.
I remember once when I went to London for a December interview, and got back to my school close to midnight, to attend a birthday party that was almost finished. By March, I had secured a job...6 months before graduating. Since I started that job, I have travelled a lot across UK...much more than some of my former classmates then.

7) Practice aptitude tests until you can do them with your weaker hand while in a drug-induced orgasmic state of unconsciousness. Practice, Practice, PRACTICE!!! If your job application is accepted (and if you're a STEM student), you'll definitely do several aptitude tests, both online and physical.




If I think of anymore tips, I'll add them.

PS: I see some people bashing General Shepherd for being negative about UK. I don't think that's fair. Statistics show that he is correct. If I had my way originally, I'd have gone to US or Canada for my masters. UK keeps making it harder for EU and non-EU migrants to get jobs and settle in. The main advantage that UK has is that masters is just one year, and admission is very easy to get. PG education is a huge source of revenue for UK. They attract you with easy admission, charge you outrageously, rush you through in as short a time as possible, and then find ways to make you get out as soon as possible. The latter half of my masters was very stressful, and if I was still busy applying to jobs and going for interviews, I might have collapsed.

Cheers

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TMI

This article about what the Naira Floatation means might interest some people. https://aguntasolo.co/the-price-club-the-new-nigerian-naira-6e9613715acb#.7kac7w1v8

When I came to UK for my masters, I didn't go through all this stress to get my visa. It was an easy, straightforward process because it was all handled by the scholarship body.

PS: Thanks claremont for your tips. I'm gonna give the Kodi TV thingy a try this weekend, though I only have a Chromecast

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. LMFAO.
You Got ME!

As I was reading, I was thinking: "This is such a load of bulllsht. How can anyone believe such a silly story that's clearly fake?"

Thanks for making me laugh!

JumaiM:
You guys just need to read this.....
It happened in calabar few weeks back. I heard it today in a BRT bus. This world is becoming even more scary oh. A newly married man saw a prostitute clothed seductively by the road. she was just to sexy to be overlooked. He picked her up and abandoned the way home to a hotel. He lodged in with her. In less than five minutes he was on top of her. The prostitute was as flexible as a snake. When he was having sex with her, her moanings sounded like a 'hissing snake'. But he was carried away with her moves and didn't really give his concern to it. The married man had sex with her over and over again. Paid her more than what they bargained. He woke up at voodoo hour with the intention of having another round with her. He didn't find her on the bed. He heard hissing sounds in the bathroom. He scrambles out of bed and saunters to the bathroom. He opened the door. His heart beat drummed heavily as he saw big pythons talking to each other. He screamed loudly. The pythons leaped on him. He ran to the door and found it locked. The pythons crawled to him. He shouted for help and banged the door. The pythons got to him and jumps to strike him. Immediately he woke up! And almost screamed but couldn't when he discovered it was just a nightmare. The room was dark.
The lights were switched off he felt. He felt something cold touching his body. He searched with his hands and it felt like a cylinder with a hard skin impregnated with scales. He finally felt something trying to swallow his head. He touched it and discovered it was a big snake trying to
swallow him up. The room wasn't dark. His head, down to his chest was inside the snake's mouth. The snake's poisonous saliva covered his face. He started struggling and struggling. But the snake pinned him down. He tried to scream for help but couldn't because if he opens his mouth, the snake's poisonous saliva will flow in and he will unavoidably swallow it forcefully. He kicked his leg, used his hands but the snake was too strong. He managed to bite the snake's tongue. The snake got wounded and forcefully vomits him. He looked at the snake with blood on his mouth and discovered it was a big python. He grabbed an empty bottle and smashed the python. The python collapsed. He jerked up and jumped out of the bed. He started screaming for help. He dashed out of the hotel. He got home, looking all clean and cool. His wife was asleep already. He crawled into the bed beside his wife and slept off. He woke up almost at dawn and discovered his wife has turned into a snake.. The wife told him everything he did and how he stroke a python dead. Before he could apologize, his wife told him she was her mother disguised in a different body. He cheated on him with her mother. She so got angry. The man almost committed suicide. His wife told him to return to that hotel and carry
her mother back to the house if not she'll kill him. He left immediately and rushed down to the hotel. He went straight to the hotel room and found his wife, mother-in-law, his sister, his mother in the room. They were all hissing like snakes. Immediately he realized they were all in the
same secret cult. They stood up and watch him without saying a word. Great panic gripped him by the throat. He couldn't talk.....
And the only problem now is **I don't just know how I will end this FAKE story...**** Mtchewwwww...Happened in Calabar my foot..... Fake story joor...I'm sorry if I scared you.

In Jan-2014, I broke the screen of my L920 in UK. One long crack across the screen and plenty small cracks across the lower screen. Like a delta.
I waited till I was in Lagos to repair it at Nokia Center at Ikeja. I paid about 25k I still feel pained whenever I remember the cost.

hahn:
Yes, Jehovah is Lord. So is Allah. And so are the other 4,200 gods in existence. However, most Nigerians are only aware of the two major religions that exist in the world.

You can enlighten yourself if you fall into that category @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religions_and_spiritual_traditions.

Now, straight to the point. Many Christians such as kingebukasblog, winner01, malvisguy212 etc have stuck to the fact that THEIR god, Jehovah albeit the concept was forced on us(Africans) via slavery, is the true god.

In a bid to finally give them the chance to prove that their god is indeed REAL, I have decided to challenge them, just like Elijah challenged the gods of Baal in the bible. To put it in his own words:

1 Kings 18: 20 So Ahab called all the Israelites and those prophets to Mount Carmel. 21 Elijah approached the people and said, “How long will you not decide between two choices? If the Lord is the true God, follow him, but if Baal is the true God, follow him!” But the people said nothing.

In this same vain, I call on all NL Christians to pick a date and prove in reality that their god is indeed real. All activities will be recorded and shared on youtube and here on nairaland

List of possible activities:

1) Picking of snakes
Mark 16:18 they will pick up snakes with their hands

We will first visit a zoo and you all can play with the snakes for as long as you want.

2) Drinking of poison
Mark 16:18 and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all;

Otapiapia, thanks to god, is N50. You can all take turns in drinking it. I will buy some bottles and keep them in my fridge. The heat these days is just too much.

3) Healing of sick people
Mark 16:18 they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well."

We can visit Igbobi and y'all can lay your hands on a few sick people as well as amputees while we record their amputated parts grow again.

I am very sure that there is at least ONE born again Christian among you that is filled with the holy ghost and your god will definitely not forsake you. These tasks are too simple for your god.

Muslims who are also interested can join in and we can make this a fun Allah VS Jehovah thing.

Christians, it is time to prove atheists wrong.

Christians and Muslims who are interested can contact me privately.

You can also take some time out to fast so as to be properly filled with the holy ghost. Especially Christians.

In Elijah's words again , 1 Kings 18: 36 At the time for the evening sacrifice, the prophet Elijah went near the altar. “Lord, you are the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel,” he prayed. “Prove that you are the God of Israel and that I am your servant. Show these people that you commanded me to do all these things. 37 Lord, answer my prayer so these people will know that you, Lord, are God and that you will change their minds.”

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH

johnydon22:
Express lunacy of professed faith.
E.G one that is very ill and is in the hospital placed on life support.

Doctor: how are you feeling today?
Patient: I am good God's grace is keeping me alive.
Doctor: oh really then there is no need for the life support then let me remove it.
Patient: Nooooooo you want to kill me?
Doctor: but i thought God's grace is the one keeping you alive not the life support.
Patient: Uuuhm it's a metaphor

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

vantage7:
NLNG una see una life? Now I'm being offered an opportunity to attend a prestigious and world renowned institution (as far as my field is concerned) and I'm still dreaming of NLNG and waiting on them to tell me my fate. If I knew for sure, I would pass on this opportunity. But since I don't, obviously I can't not pursue this with all diligence in case I don't make it. I know the verdict is almost out according to the oracles but I don't think it will be out in time for me to make my decision simple and straightforward. By anything a week into June I imagine I won't be able to back out of this opportunity without implications which I would really like to avoid. The same June we're waiting for (unless NLNG calls very early June or even earlier). So you see the "move on with your life and answer whenever NLNG calls" advice won't work so well here. Some would say this is a good kind of dilemma to be in. But it is still a dilemma.

NLNG #makawhy?

Congratulations, bruv.

Please don't delay. You have been offered a solid opportunity. Seize it now, and you can deal with the phanton (NLNG) opportunity if/when it does arrive.

Last year, I delayed a lot of things because I was waiting for NLNG invitation email. I lost the chance to move to a new flat. I also wasted my annual leave at a dry location when I could have used it better.

Soon after NLNG paid the cost of my transport for the interview last year, I jejely 'unlooked' the company and unfollowed this thread. Since then, I've had increased peace of mind, less worrying/speculation and more focus on myself.

Please, go to that world-renowned university, do great things there and use it as a platform to do greater things. Cheers.

Been awhile.

Just passing by and decided to drop a comment.

I hope you guys in Lagos and PHC (and where else?) enjoyed the get-togethers.

I also see you guys have passed 300 pages...wow!

Happy Children's Day.

GeneralShepherd:
I'll rather have a pastor sleep with my wife than have some Allahu Akbar screaming Jihadist blow me to smithereens.

Welcome back. You've been gone for quite a while. When will you be done with NYSC?