₦airaland Forum

Gangster1ms:
Fool! U think it's all about me being broke or rich? U think if i was broke then she striked a nerve? U think money is everything? FYI someone broke today can be rich tommorow and vice versa! Your type remain miserable and unhappy for the rest of their life all in the name of rich man. Stupid lazy leech.. u deserve to be used by ritualists. Now get the fvck outta my mentions

Angry people everywhere. Stop being so emotional oga

Medic98:
IELTS, hmmn... For the listening and reading sections, I didn't really have any problem with those from the start. I did some practice tests using Cambridge IELTS Students Book with Answers version 9 and 10 which I downloaded online. I tried to simulate exam conditions as much as possible by strictly timing myself, and I always scored band 8 and above from the first attempt, so those were not really problematic.
The major challenge was writing cos I had no one to assess my write-ups. I watched some youtube ielts videos particularly Jessica Beck. I actually watched all (or almost all) of Jessica Becks free writing and speaking videos on youtube. I also completed the Road to IELTS from beginning to end. I then practiced writing and speaking by timing myself and answering some of the sample questions in the materials I had. I had about a month of preparation before the exam. I was working as well so preps was majorly after work. Some friends of mine used ieltsliz and ieltsbuddy in addition to Road to IELTS but I didn't use those.
On the exam day, I was pretty confident, however, I had a little hitch in the listening section. I didn't hear the answer to a question in that section. That destabilized me a little and caused me to miss 2 or 3 more answers. I eventually caught up with the speaker and completed it. Despite the hitch, I felt I would make at least a 7.5 in listening. Luckily, I had 8.5.
Reading was clean. No hitches. I also had an 8.5.
Writing was a challenge, I barely finished. I wrote a lot, asked for extra sheet. I didn't have time to go over what I had written and correct any errors. Thank God I made it 'cos I couldn't imagine having to write that exam again. I scored 7.0 in writing.
My speaking was scheduled for the same day on request because I had to travel a distance to get to the venue and I couldn't afford to make the trip twice. By the time it was time for speaking, I was drained. That exam isn't one I'd like to repeat honestly. It's really exhausting. Thankfully, I had 8.5 in speaking as well.
My advice would be that you should try to assess yourself before your exam and know where you stand. You should have an idea of how well prepared you are. If you are not sure, let a friend honestly assess you, then you'd know whether you're ready to go for the exam or not. You may also consider signing up with one of the online or offline ielts tutorial courses if you have an area that gives you a lot of difficulty. You may also want to ask for advice from those that did theirs in Nigeria because some people say that marking is stricter here (I don't know how true this is). Hope I've helped a little. I wish you all the best. Cheers!

P.S: @basingstoke, you may have to work some more on your grammar cos I can see that you made the same grammatical error twice in your questions above. It should be ace not aced and use not used... no offense intended.. just trying to help. Cheers!!

This is very inspiring. Thank you so much for sharing. I think I'm going to adopt your technique. This is really helpful.
Wishing you all the best in your endeavors.

practicalclass:
Hello everyone. This post is to provide info for some1 out there. (N.B: it may contain lots of shorthand. Pardon me)

In re: to writing USMLE, its doable and achievable but you must be prepared. Things to plan 4:

- Deciding when to write (it's best to write STEP 1 while still in Med School say after doing Path& Pharm). Though dis depends on availability of funds

- To start with, you need to register for ECFMG certification with $75, Step 1 is $910+ Surcharge fee if testing outside USA. These fees usually increases like every 2 years.

- Strategize ur studies. D curriculum is SLIGHTLY different 4rm Africa's Med Edu. (You know they see some non-tropical diseases).

- First Aid text is a must have as well as Qbanks. As you study, revise with Qbanks. D NBME Qbank is a strategic tool (U can practice the current ones online for a certain amount...either 1month subs, 3 month, etc.

-You can take Step 1 or 2 non-sequentially but note that Step 1 is bulky (days why you need to plan ur time).

- Build ur confidence with mastering of >80% of the exam content. Its possible as long as u lay ur hands on the right materials.

- If you have the money, you can get the Kaplan videos (Kaplan just takes it time to explain in details the exam materials e.g explaining in details how pressure changes in heart using Frank-Sterling or blood flow following Fick's principle. So the Kaplan videos are lengthy.)

- Their is a visa type specific for Immigrant Drs as long as you get ECFMG certified after passing Step 1&2. I think their is a special VISA to come write Step 2 CS too.

- Registering for the exams is pretty straight forward especially if ur med school is recognised by ECFMG. Most accredited Federal govt schools are and maybe one or two private schools. Its available on the ECFMG website. If the school is not yet recognised by ECFMG but accredited, you can still register #dont knw d steps though

All the best.

I know this is coming in late...but thank you so much for this. It's very informative.

safarigirl:
it was avoidable.

If someone rapes you in your house, that is not an avoidable situation. It is totally different from when you go for a FREE concert. You did not have to go for that concert, but you went, knowing that it could possibly be dangerous (anybody with common sense could figure this out), remember how Olamide's stadium concert flopped? Most people knew it would be unsafe to go. They had common sense


This has nothing to do with gender, I personally hate when girls make everything into a gender blackmail thing. You can say the men were wrong for raping them, that is common knowledge that has been established, but saying "this could have happened to anyone" is wrong, cuz I am sure many other girls did not go for that concert because they knew it would be risky

Besides, they said a similar thing happened when Phyno held a free concert in Enugu. If you cannot learn from the mistakes of others, the same calamity will eventually befall you.

This was an avoidable situation.

Keep saying whatever you need to say to make yourself feel better. Keep juding and blaming the victim. My prayer is that you do not one day find out how wrong you are. Cos if you don't know that this can happen to anyone then I don't know what else to tell u. And the gender card isn't blackmail. It's simply the truth. Women are their fellow women's worst enemy. It's just crazy.

idrisolayiwo:
U will keep telling ladies to dress wel bu they willl keep justifying their madness!, which cooperate organisation condone dressing provocatively, even in tha t US you are talking about. They know the consequence!..the truth is bitter, dress like an animal and u will attract animal-like men, argue with your ancestors!....Dress well,dem no go hear!!! Dey will be making excuses of America. Have u been dere before?

You will not hear word until somebody rapes u even when u are wearing suit and tie. You think you're safe cos you're a man. This dressing talk is rubbish talk. The only madness here is thinking that decent dressing will stop people from raping.....you will not hear cos it's not easy. What's easy is claiming people get raped for not wearing clothes. One day your eye will clear. Go and educate yourself about rapists and their motivation. Read.... there are articles on such topics. Just read and stop repeating what ur pastor told u.

Kingsley1000:
Men are sexual being,the way we are structured and configured sexually is quite different from yourz,we are always on heat and we are moved by what we see,thats how nature made it,we cant control it,just like reflex action.why would u wear pant,bum short and expect not to be raped?

Rubbish talk. What do u know about the biology of women? Are u a woman? Did u now read sexual science in University? Stop making excuses for animals. On average men have a higher libido... maybe....this is no excuse. Men find scantily clad ladies sexually attractive...again not an excuse. There is NO excuse.

Goddaughter:
Raping? The way girls, ladies, mamas are dressing this days it leads Men to rape them. I am a woman and I am not there but really sure that half of the girls on that concert will go on half naked. Pls our Nigerian Police look into all the women's dressing it causing men to go astray in the name of fashion. Thanks

Please stop this talk. I'm sick of hearing it. Nobody rapes because of dressing. If u can rape a prostitute you can rape a Reverend Sister. Dressing is not the cause of rape. I don't know what makes us keep spreading this lie. Focus on condemning the act. Focus on catching the criminals. On another thread people were saying these rapes never occurred because there was no evidence. Thank God the police are at least pretending to do something about it.

safarigirl:
i think i already made this observation if you read further.

Nigeria doesn't care about rape victims, so, if you can avoid it, even better. This was an avoidable situation

Somewhere in your mind u truly believe that u are a wise girl and so you cannot be raped. That's the source of most of our problems. You won't believe it but you are part of the problem. Men talk crap about dressing. Women talk about avoiding situations. Lemme tell u...even if they paid money for the concert it could still have happened. You can be raped inside your house in the afternoon with all your wisdom and good dressing. Do not make the mistake of thinking that you cannot be raped because you are wise and won't be outside at past 7pm in the evening. Don't assume that these girls put themselves in a dangerous situation. It could have happened to any of us. Sorry for being confrontational. It just pains me when girls turn on girls.

Ivorianaija:
So, a woman can not go out to have fun without being in danger of being raped and assaulted?
Those men are the ones who should know better than to violate another human being. You wouldn't tell a victim of kidnapping that they shouldn't have been walking in that area, would you?

That's the message na.... don't be a fine girl. Don't be a bold girl. Don't feel safe at night. Don't go for concerts....and they honestly think they're making sense. Talking crap about dressing. So u find a girl sexually attractive it's now her fault. Instead of looking elsewhere u now blame her for your own weakness. Funny people. Then rapists came with weapons and people have guts to ask for video. If you want to watch pornography just say so please. Animals

HoodBillionaire:
mens bois really fuc o
if na 20
hw did u know they wore condom
cause nost rapists fuc very hard and cum inside them
wen i was at osasogie dah year
way back 2010
we jus dey hear ah ah yay yay
oohh ooohh
arpund 3am
not knowing robbers were in the next hostel
raped all d fine gals thr .
men since den if i see them i go troway face
dem no be fine gehs again

It's a shame that people like u exist.

safarigirl:
wothout evidence, all you have is weightless words and the law doesn't give a shiiit about your weightless words.

Twitter is not going to get anybody justice, neither will Instagram, so coming online to make unverifiable accusations will not help any victims


And I am not dumb enough to go for some free concert at night. Some activities scream Danger, and people just walk into them. They should keep going for free concerts.

Aunty it's like you need to be raped in your own home before you'll learn your lesson. It's not everything that you can use phone to record. Stop talking like a kid.
Your society doesn't care. Some men here are already saying why should women go for free concert at night looking seductive. As if you shouldn't have the right to be safe in your own country. Rubbish talk. Nobody rapes women because of their dressing. They rape because they can and because they believe they can get away with it.
I agree it should be investigated....but people should stop asking for video evidence. It sounds ridiculous.

All these silly tribal wars. We should be trying to move forward as a nation. I don't know why Nigerians love being fragmented. This is the sort of useless thing we love..yoruba insulting igbo....hausa killing Yoruba for not being Muslim enough..... we're all insane in the end.

CastedDude:
A Nigerian man has revealed how a married man has been disturbing him for hook-up with another lady. According to Ben Victor, the unnamed man always requested for a hook up with a lady who resides outside Nigeria after pretending he is single.

Victor disclosed that he got to know that the man is legally married after his wife who even didn't know what was happening - had a private chat with him (victor) on WhatsApp where she revealed that 'loneliness is killing her' despite living with her husband.

When the man was confronted for lying about being single, he said he's no longer interested in the marriage and that he wants to break out from the ''cage''.

Below is what Ben Victor shared online;

There is this young man that has been disturbing me for hook up for marriage. He won't request the usual hook up like others but will always insist he wants a lady residing outside Nigeria. But to my shock last night, I got to know that the lady that has been complaining to me about her husband is his wife. She was the lady we posted about last time who complained that loneliness is killing her.

She lives with the husband but it's as if she lives alone. Last night, she chatted me up with the same complaint and for the first time, I asked her the husband's Facebook name and she mentioned this same guy that has been disturbing me for hook up.

I chatted him up immediately and asked him why he is lying to me, he now said that his mind is no longer in the marriage. Meaning that he just want to get hooked up with a lady outside and run away, leaving her wife frustrated here.

If you were the wife and you get to know about this, what would you have done? And do you think I should let the innocent girl know about this?

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/03/married-man-caught-while-looking-for-a-hook-up-as-his-lonely-wife-laments-details.html

Well...thank God for the Ben Victor guy. At least he has a conscience. Most guys will hook the married guy up and call him a sharp guy. If more men were like this Ben Victor women would suffer less.
Just imagine. You wanna have freedom inside marriage while refusing to set the lady free. Lol....useless people everywhere.

I love how nobody is calling this man a prostitute or a community penis. I love how someone has already blamed the wife here...by saying women form. The man in question is saying he's in a cage. Like somebody forced him to marry in the first place. all he can produce is lies. The woman that married him made a big mistake. It's a pity. Meanwhile somebody here is worried that private chats shouldn't be screen grabbed....hahahaha....why? So that evidence won't exist when you plan to break your own wedding vows? Please don't marry if you can't be faithful. Stop giving all this rubbish excuses about how women can stay for months without sex but men can't. It's not true. Women like sex too. Be mature and stop telling yourself lies. God help us.

Ebukamath:
she looks like a baby dragon.

Hahahaha....the babe no fine at all sha. But I guess that's all the guy could hustle.
This story is fishy abeg

Idongesit85:
The level of domestic violence against men by our women nowadays is very worrisome.

How I wish one can consult a native doctor for a good spouse, the world would have been a more better place for men!

Lol....welcome to the club. Wives have been getting butchered by husband's for years now......when people said domestic violence was something to fight against, everyone said it was feminist rubbish..... domestic violence is real and affects all genders and races and even ages. God help us.

I love how nobody is asking about proof or circumstances. Cos nobody just carries knife to stab someone without reason.
What was the motive? What did the guy do? What exactly happened? How did they know he bled for 7hours? Where were his friends or neighbors when this was happening? Why hasn't the girl been arrested? Did she really kill him?
Or am I expected to just take this story at face value because it sounds interesting?

HajimeSaito:
If you believe this nonsense then a snake must have swallowed your brain.The guy commenting above me is suffering from the terminal stages of Advanced Intellectual Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The poor guy actually believes he is making sense.

It's not like men can't be raped oh....but it's usually by other men. I can believe that the guy is being stalked. But I'm wondering how his girlfriend physically overpowered and raped him. Unless he is claiming she drugged him. As a woman I'm not seeing the point sha. Rape is a power struggle....it's not about intimacy so what's to gain really?

Lol....this is a joke though. And this wasn't a clash....it was a massacre. Keep doing this and the cow owners will think they can do rubbish like this and get away with it......sha....they can....until buhari leaves they're untouchable.

ANOWEDGREAT:
Nigeria is really at war but we don't know it yet Lord have mercy.

This is just the truth. It's not even just Nigeria...there is a world war happening but everyone is pretending not to notice. If it's not a plane being highjacked it's a bomb exploding or gun men in a church shooting priests. We need to understand that there is a war going on. Cos if not we'll soon be extinct. I wonder how someone will come and insist that they must graze on MY farm. But you have a country....carry your cattle to Saudi Arabia and leave us alone. Its crazy.

Yinkame123:
Is so annoying some toddler react to issues without reasoning. Can anyone proof that state money was used to treat Yusuf after the bike accident. So because Buhari is the president the son should be allowed to die without by not paying for his medical bills. Some of these e-rat that are far older than Yusuf still collects stipends from there struggling parents for fulfill basic needs.

How many times has the child of any president come to Nigeria for treatment? Your president said he'd ban govt officials from seeking medical help outside the country. He lied. He has done nothing for the Nigerian healthcare. I'm not surprised though. But think about this....if u ever have a bike accident which hospital will you be sent to?

durubennie:
At least she was still able to give birth unlike yours...
Your vagina smells like a chimpanzees mouth.. any baby that tries to come out of that dung will die of suffocation.. no hard feelings
At least she was still able to give birth unlike yours...
Your vagina smells like a chimpanzees mouth.. any baby that tries to come out of that dung will die of suffocation.. no hard feelings

Sweety you're not intelligent enough to come up with an insult that actually makes sense. Apparently all your tiny brain can come up with is vagina talk. It's retarded and boring. So please just do us all a favour and shut up. That way you'll seem less unintelligent. Thanks.

gidgiddy:
This is another extrer-judicial killing which some brainless Nigerians will celebrate.

Whenever a dead body is paraded with marks all over the body and items of clothing missing such as shirt and trouser, just realise that the suspect was captured alive, tortured and killed. After that, the only story you will hear is that of the authorities while the suspect is too dead to speak for themselves.

Many innocent people have been eliminated this way. Any of us could be innocently arrested by the Army, tortured, gunned down, and a gun put by our body. Even your own parents will believe you were a criminal when you were innocent.


People should learn to first look at the body of the suspect and ask why they have signs of torture and what happend to their cloths, instead of cheering the authorities like a zombie.

Extrer-judicial killing is a crime and it could easily happen to anyone!

Very true. Cos putting a gun on somebody's body doesn't suddenly make the gun theirs. And I wonder why the guy is dressed like that. It's the same way they shot my classmate and dashed him a gun that didn't belong to him. Naija is an interesting place.

hot1sauce:
no u get respect if u earn it. showing and advertising that thing on her arm, I take it to be botched tattoo removal is nasty. its not even about the fact she is oversized, even if she was smaller the way she is showing herself and looking is just so unappealing that I personally could not respect her. I mean check it now, i'm sure u know looking like this is the kind of thing that will most probably attract whistling and hailing from lowlifes looking to get their attention, do u know some ladies will see this thinking its cool and go and do the same and get that kind of attention and then after will say that it is men that are disrespecting them- or is not so? especially in Nigeria where women use indecency to mask insecurity

We'll have to agree to disagree. I don't judge people based on their dressing. I do not believe there is anything wrong with wearing a bikini. I don't believe being fat means you should hide your body in shame. I do agree that the dressing here isn't the most flattering. As for the arm....so what? You find her scar irritating? Or nasty? Would you feel differently if it was an amputated arm? Or a burn scar? Is the problem that she has a scar or that it's from tattoo removal? Or anyone with a scar should wear long sleeve to swim?
You're right about indecent dressing being a way of hiding insecurities.... we're all insecure about something. But I don't think the ladies here are insecure.

Jennifer89:
Indecent So they should tie wrapper to the pool.

Not that..... they're beautiful thick women. But I don't think their outfits were flattering. Sometimes less is more. Less skin. They're beautiful but I wouldn't have advised them to wear that......I feel it's too revealing.

dabossman:
Glad I'm not the only one who noticed. Funny thing is the same hypocrites here busy insulting them have wives, sisters, friends, girlfriends, baby mamas etc with the same kind of body shapes. We see them chilling proudly with the women in their lives all over town. But online, it's non-stop insulting. Who are you fooling people?

I feel some people are just unhappy with their lives. Cos there's no other reason to be spitting so much venom on somebody just because of a picture. If u feel it's indecent you say so..... insulting people calling them pigs and disgusting? Totally uncalled for. And hypocrites scream the loudest. In a country like Naija were everyone lies and steals....since when did morality become our topmost priority? Abegi joo

durubennie:
Advice your pussy to stop swallowing d**ks

Oh please come up with something more intelligent. You cannot keep trying to reduce every lady u meet to a vagina. We're not all your mother dear.

hot1sauce:
these women don't deserve respect. to take photos like these show that they don't respect themselves. it doesn't matter if they're celebrities, infact it is because they have fame they should respect themselves. furthermore the fact that they don't respect themselves doesn't stem from the fact that they are wearing swimwear its due to this horrible rubbish that they put on display. I mean look at the rubbish on that Anita's arm and her messed up hand- what is she showing off and then that other one whatever her name is there is following her smiling. I mean is that what her claim to fame is? people need to act their age not their shoe size- self confidence and self worth is manifested by decency- when u love urself it shows and you feel better for it which also comes across. these ladies don't need to go to church, they need to go and see their fan that are emulating this behaviour for a serious reality check

Every human being deserves respect nna. They're not disgusting. Being fat doesn't suddenly mean looking disgusting. The dressing is indecent. That's the only point you've made. Nobody should be ashamed of their bodies.

durubennie:
Shut the f*** up

You should take your own advice

nuoladee:
See how people are body shaming them. Sad to see fellow ladies joining in too.
BTW, what happened to Anita Joseph's arm?

They're just doing/saying what they feel they're expected to say.
The women are beautiful but the picture isn't particularly in good taste.

pyyxxaro:
See them , old bush pig

See that one face , like cow shitt wen dem use rainboot match


If una like make unaa use cucumber make salad




Make una continue oh , we de ontop MTN mast de observe una


See their old horse lap






Quote me n watch bee n chicken pox barbecue u this week

So much bitterness. So unnecessary.

adebambor:
Its unfortunte shes not here tell you all her story. But let me clear the air. She was not having any earpiece on. It was just beyond her comprehension . Lets all pray not to come in contact with wht we cnt handle. Her phone was dead . She left it at home to charge. Where did the earpiece now surfaced from?
Sad i had to carry her with my own hands at about this time yesterday after she gave up.
Ill rest here.

That's how we are as a people. We hate investigating. It's easy to just say she was wearing earpiece therefore she killed herself. No work needed that way. I'm still insisting that nobody knows what actually happened. All eye witnesses should be questioned. Cos this rubbish can happen to anybody. It may not even have been an accident.