Mend requires a joker to win the war, they require surface to air launchers these are just like RPG the difference is that once lunched they sense for the heat of the jets before exploding which makes them 100% accurate. That was what the Afghans used in defeating the russians and bring them to their kneels. If the militants are able to secure that weapon in 3days Niger-delta will declare independence from Nigeria. Any tribe thinking of breaking away from the fraud called Nigeria should first think about how to get surface to air missles. Its a highly classified U.S weapon tho! All they need is another charlie wilson in the U.S senate, just as charlie made the Afghan-russian war his personal war. Without the help of charlie to secure the Surface to air lunchers the Afghans would have bleed.

@ poster pls next time you post a topic concerning Nigerians simply refer to them as Nigerians because using
black british-Nigerians is like trying to polish a stone into a marble. Thereby spoiling the british reputation. Our reputation is in the mud, lets leave it there or drown alone rather than bringing other countries into it.
A briton would not have a problem identifying him/her self and even seeking assistance from the police if needed.

@MrbrownJay, all those ladies for only you? you dey enjoy oh!

True talk infact those guys should be locked up for additional 1month. The police has the right to request identification, if Nigeria govt is dumb enough to allow foreigners move around without checking their activities, China isnt Nigeria. I applaud the chinese police for checking on them, wasnt it recently we had a pregnant British-Nigeria was held for drugs in Laos or Cambodia? These our people in the UK sef, it seems as if once they get british passport they think they have landed and as well have the license to commit crime world wide. Because if those guys were clean, what would have been wrong with a friendly smile while displaying identification??

What were they looking for in china?, see the distance from UK or Naija
Nigerians tend to know their rights better when they are abroad. At home, when Naija police shoots them with accidental discharge no body coughs atleast no accidental discharge in china.

Oya job seekers instead of wasting time deliberating, start applying to ride the cabs. 1,200 cabs for over 5million jobless youths, with tiny, inefficient and bad road networks.

@blkmum,

Why havent you gone?, i mean what are you waiting for?

This issue comes with a two edge sword. Assuming an application had to be reviewed and approved before payment knowing fully well that if not approved no visa fee payment will be made, could you all imagine how crowded the embassies would be?, even those without an invitation would go and try their last luck. Some will test be power of babalawo on the whiteman, hoping that with voodoo the visa officer would approve their visa without knowing he/she is approving a visa. 75% of those at the british and America embassies fully know that are not qualified to travel to either countries before they embark on their visa process.
Secondly it will be a stressful burden on the staffs of those embassies who would have to deal with all the senseless application likely to cause them brain tumor. The visa fee is a way warding off unqualified applicants. We all know that in the past even applicants that were disqualified and had their passport stamped, applied for a new passport with a new name to reapplied for visas.

I dont think its a reap-off and i dont see the embassies changing their policies of no refund of a cent! which Nigerian embassies in Newyork and DC also practice on foreigners. Besides the country is not ripe for business, these embassies have to power their generators to be able to print out applicant's visas. They have to deal with the bad roads, fuel scarcity, poorly trained cops, and armed-to-teeth robbers in the country.

Whatever happened to Self-visa-appraisal? Forget relatives/friends abroad who can send invitation to applicants. Applicants should visit the website find out the requirements and appraisal themselves truthfully before embarking on the visa journey. If decit is factored in, such applicants will be preparing the ground work for their visa fee to be taken away from them without result.
These embassy officials arent stupid. If applicants claim to be married and a question that married couples should know is asked, such applicant will either mess it up or give an inconclusive answer which will inturn lead to disqualification. Most applicant who claim to be married dont even have a wedding band on or dont know it is secretly observed. If married without a wedding band, such applicant is telling the VO that he/she is an unfaithful spouse and not qualified for the previlege of a visa.


1.How can anyone process a visa with out a job or a work history? even with a fat bank account, the credibility of such person's account comes into question and doubt.
2.How can anyone process a visa with an invitation is sent from a friend or relative who has at one time commit a crime and done time in prison? probably without the applicants knowledge! even if done yrs ago, a crime is considered a crime abroad. Or one who evades taxes, lives on govt food stamps? or has no clear source of income/never kept a job, such records can be obtain by the embassies in few seconds by punching the keyboard and clicking the mouse.
3. How can anyone claim to be travelling on a conference when the conference has no significance to the person's discipline or job, or when such person cant explain in a straight forward way how he hopes to use what he hope to learn to impact his immediate community?
3.How can anyone claim to be a student of a local institution and travelling on holiday, when the season says school is in section?? even if truly a student, which sensible student will ignore college for a holiday trip abroad when he/she could go when the school is on holiday?
4. How can anyone claim to be travelling for studies oversea when the school choosen to study at, is known for Nigerians ignoring their courses on arrival and leading a new life?, tho!, you might be innocent of it, as it sometimes occurs out of coincidence, you cant blame the embassy for denial cos they keep records to help them gage visa credibility.

The little things applicants take for granted are what usually deny them and ultimately make them loose their visa fees, so dont blame the embassies blame the applicant. Those who have no business travelling should seat their butts at home until a 100% opportunity comes their way. And not approaching the embassies based on prayer and fasting.

I'm an old fashion kinda guy, i have said it in a previous post, its better you'all get rid of your ATM cards and revert to cheque books the old fashion way. Our banks arent equipt to deal with these fraud many of which originates from within the bank, your card info could be sold out to fraudsters by bank insiders in the IT dept.
Banks are suppose to be insured i wonder why their insurance firm are not paying out the stolen funds to card owners. Its too risky to think about using an ATM card. Its like one day u think you have money in your account for a project, the next day you wake up and guess what?, i just lost everything and the bank aint giving a damn!, rather they blame it on you and say you allowed fraudsters to sneak peep your card info. The bad news however is that this is just the begining, these fraudsters are perfecting their acts ATM users are locked in with no escape route, its just a matter of time till you are caught up!!! If you are one of those who think it cant happen to you, then think again! even if you dig a hole and burry your ATM card, you will still be at the mercies of the bank insiders at the IT dept who have access to all ur infos.

Indonesia is home to one of the best Nigerian restaurant in Asia, everything is available be ready to lick ur finger till u chew it. Large number of Nigerians do busines in Indonesia. There is a shopping plaza in Jakarta that is occupied by Nigerians from the east who are into clothing business. Indo is also home to large amount of Nigerians who are into drug trade and most are in prison between ages 16-45.
It is not advisable to move around alone once its past 7pm you might be jacked-up under knife point by locals. Indonesians are very poor. The poor leave on less than 10cents a day, while the rich stink of millions. Pick pocketers in Indonesia are smarter than those in lagos so beware. Ensure you have someone coming to pick u up at the airport. Their so called airport taxis are driven by mafians who could drive u to a secret location and rob you, hope this info helps you.

woow!, this is a suprise, i thought Soludo was keeping his job. who is Sanusi? read he is son of former emir of Kano. If true, it will mean that yaradull is turning Nigeria into Northern property.

mmmmmmmmmm, 5k to learn candle production?
What do u wanna teach about candle?? tht would or should cost 5k!

orishirishi

Tho!, no dressing code is applicable. But like the saying goes if u're in Rome do like the romans. A typical english dressing will be befitting to attend an English embassy. Clean nice packet shirt with slacks to match, this could help create an impression on your personality.

Good, Your age is perfect for the degree you intend to purse in the UK.
1. Do a research on schools in the UK
2. Dont approach schools that are known for Nigerians who neglect their courses on arrival or are unable to continue payment of their sch fees, embassies keep datas and they can easily verify sch institution through their data base, which could be basis for denial.
3. Make sure you have good sponsors. If you do, you shouldnt have any problem.
4. Allow your self adequate time to apply for visa before the school season begins at least 2months before the semester. Most embassies deny students base on insufficient preparation time.
4. Prepare for back-up incase you are denied (Not that you will be denied) but its always best to have your plan "B" ready for motion. Your back up should be to "appeal". Most appeals are usually granted if well presented with fact proven documents. I experienced that with my friend back in 2007. In an appeal you really dont need a lawyer, just state your case and prove that your intentions are geniue by squashing what ever doubts the embassy must have had.
5. Pray and fast, make a commitment with GOD. Since we cant really blame embassies for their decision, previous Nigerian visitors who take advantage of the system are responsible for what they do to us. So ur prayers will be necessary to distinguish your self from the rest.

Goodluck.

Dem go hear am, when the militants start planting bombs in the schools of their kids and in their houses them go no say 1 innocent human life = 150 million life.

Fashola doesnt require an election to continue. Any party who bring up a candidate to contest against Fashola is simply an enemy of progress, such party should be put to shame by an absolute defeat, infact what will that party tell lagosians about??. Fashola is showing us what the meaning of a saviour is? and that saviours are not only from the bible eras, that they are humans living with us today. Fashola spells hope! that no matter how strong the ruling cabals are today, they will one day be defeated and brought to their kneels by an everyday Nigerian who will rise from the streets of poverty to rule the nation to an unprecedented height.

Fashola is one of the greatest leaders to emerge form Nigeria ( too early to call )
Fashola's move has got nothing to do with supply and demand as some would suggest, rather it is to checkmate the attitude of landlords in encouraging crimes.
The demands of landlord is the begining of crime in Nigeria. Pressure on tenant to pay 1-2-3 yrs makes them ignore honesty and earn the money by any means. Even a bank manager knows he has a commitment with his landlord. That makes him pad CBN issued dollars ment for you and I to the local mallams from Niger Republic, because those mallams can afford him more profit to satisfy the demand of his landlord. Baba landlord inturn will have to buy dollars from the mallams at a higher cost for his daughters are travelling abroad!!!, so its a vicious circle with no end.

Only posters whose parents or themselves are house owners would complain. You can spill for all you care the law is going down! and at the end of the day tenants would have their break. Its been a long time coming.
Renting a house shouldnt come with more than 3months, 1+2 (That plus two) should be an outstanding deposit. Penalty should be prescribed for defaulters such as yielding interest on each defaulted day. That way baba landlord can earn a higher interest than what the bank would pay him per day, if his rental fee comes a day late and it keeps adding up.

Western union is safe. It is just that some miscrants are now using the name to try their hands on fraud.
Those emails you are getting arent from western union they are coincidental mails from fraudsters. So when ever you receive them just delect. western union wont send you an email. They would send you a poster letter if they wanted to get in touch with you, and that is if you applied for a western union pay card. You have to be domicile in certain parts of the world to be entitled to apply.

1. Narrow ur intention into a specific region or country.
2. Decide on what kind of degree you intend to pursue ( Bachelor, Masters, Phd)
3. Your age? depending on the degree you intend to study ur age could play a big factor on visa issuance.

Once u lay these information out then you will be able to get specific answers based similiar experience which will do a lot of good to your preparation for an interview.

The drivers of ur trucks are key to your success. Haulage is a profitable business especially when oversea contacts are available for sourcing of necessary and geniue parts when needed. Havent said this, it will be worth while for you to manage your trucks urself or at worst employ and manage the drivers personally, make sure they have familes (wife and kids) and ensure they are well paid with special benefits such as health care for their wives and kids, truckers require 100% concentration to avoid accidents. If your driver is happy your business will be happy, chances of accidents will be reduced. Make sure u insert a method to check your driver's attitude on the road. This can be achived by printing a (Report my driving to my boss sign) on every part of the vehicle with a number. So that agrieved road users who observe reckless driving can call in, this will give u warning report and help u make dismissal decision. Enforce no smoke and drive rule or drink and drive rule. Subject ur drivers to occasional test to ensure they stick by the rules.
By doing this you will save an innocent life on the road and eventually prolong the life of ur business with continuity.

Lagos state has a new training class for truckers u might wanna make sure ur drivers go through the class it will add value to ur business. Because many of our truckers dont know the rules of driving, they drive trucks like cars.

lol, see planin'

LoL , what are u saying? Are u trying to set a strap for Naija guys in the UK who are desperate to come to yanke. Chei, 419 don go balistic.
Nairalanders, beware oh!, This poster used gear-4 in writing this post, push it back to gear-1 and you will understand where he/she is coming from.

I dont know what u are thinking about, a woman who could carry ur baby and still default, o'boy give her the boot! Or are u urgly??, She is not for u. She is not fit to be a good mother.

@Sapeleguy.

It not about what people want him to do, its about standing for what is right, Yaradua wont have authorized jet fighters to the North if same situation had unfolded there. Yaradua personally declared war on innocent women and children. Why didnt the military announce and ask people to evacuate the area before the bombardment? what will happen to those whose houses were destroyed??, will they be compensated in that dead end country??
Yaradua shouldnt be allowed to take a unilateral decision with out consulting the NA before going to war it is dead wrong??, One man can not be made that powerful in a democratic era. Assuming he is not sane due to illness what happens to our men and women in uniform.
As far as the North is concern Goodluck is not existing. If yaradua dies tomorrow, he will be arm twisted to give in. He shouldnt even have accepted the post of a VP in the first place. Why wont he stand of for what is right today and be a hero of his people. If steping down forces the govt to stop using jet fighters in the region, that will be a win win for him. The military should go in on land and sea and wipe out mend if they have the liver.

I wonder how Goodluck goes to bed knowing his region is displaced and innocent women and children are dieing by shells of bombs from jet fighters. How does he swallow his meals with out aching??

@Gbenga007

You welcome, this is one of the advantages of NL, sharing of ideas and experiences, because one man cant know it all. I am happy that my post impacted on your decision.

@ Oleigh
Are you male or female?
Anyway good thinking from you. Graduates shouldnt wait for a job befitting their qualification, Use your OND or WAEC to start any job, remember, you need to start building on your work experience in preparation for future opportunities soon after graduation. Dont just give up and blame the system because that wont make up for the damages, You'all knew how the system was before you gained admission and one would have thought studing a course that is capable of making you self employed would be the way to go, although that would also be difficult without a start up capital.
Even if it is teaching in a private primary sch in your neighbourhood no matter how small the income is as long as you dont have to pay transport to and fro, the most important thing is ur work history. Sadly enough no body seem to understand the importance of a good work history. Even is America lack of good work history means you are relegated to the bottom with little or no chance of being successful at ur interview.
Never give-up because opportunities will come to you, it is just a matter of when and how prepared you will be when it come.

I believe the govt is not doing things the way it should be done, the original idea of setting up polytechnics was to develop technically inclined minds into independent and self sustaining individuals in other words to help them think deeper and clearer. Those studying technical courses e.g computer engineering, Mech Eng, Elect Eng. etc should be given start-up loans/capital to enable them set up their personal workshop and become employers of labor.

You must have to belong to any of the category below:

1. If you are travelling and wanting to purchase a BTA/PTA - International passport , visas, flight ticket under this category you are allowed to purchase up to a maximum of $4,000(PTA) or $5000(BTA). You might not get it immediately you pop into the bank, sometimes the banks might have to bid on your behalf. Say 3 days to a week in most cases.

2. You are a prospective student - and wanting to purchase dollars to pay your school fees - you must show evidence of your offer at the institution and evidence of your qualification to study. (in most cases the bank might offer to send wire the money on ur behalf) So you might not get the dollars physically, but you would be paying your sch. fees at that official exchange rate.

3. You are a business man purchasing dollars for the purpose of importing goods - Evidence of Form 'M', evidence of registered firm, and some other docs the bank might require inline with CBN guildline.

For further info, walk into the bank where you intend to purchase the dollars, request for the forex dept. tell them what you want to do with the dollars and they will inform you on what category you fit in and the required documents to enable you make the purchase.

Most bank staff might tend to be snubbish and give u a "not available answer" but inform them you are not requesting it right a way that you are requesting for a bid tender through them to the CBN.

Any of the following banks are allowed to bid on behalf of purchasing customers

Afribank Nigeria Plc
Diamond Bank Plc
Fidelity Bank Plc
First Bank Nigeria Plc
First Inland Bank Plc
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc
Oceanic Bank Plc
Skye Bank Plc
United Bank for Africa Plc
Union Bank Nigeria Plc
Wema Bank Plc
Zenith Bank Plc
Spring Bank Plc
EcoBank Plc

This is a ridiculous question, why would anyone who can drive with or without a footwear own a licence?

When northerns where killing and burning properties Yaradua didnt send the police talk less the military, but he sent jet fighters to kill innocent women and kids in ijaw, the so called strongest army in Africa couldnt face the scanty militants in the south. This is an indictment on the Nigerian military they should stop assuming themselves as no.1 in Africa.

I am disgusted that the president didnt inform his vice (Goodluck) before ordering the attack, they caught the VP blind. This would have been a good an opportunity for the VP to resign, he is a blind puppet @ the corridors of power, I dont care if all the militants are caught and beheaded, but no innocent persons(women and children) should be made to pay the prize, the military could have gone in and fought like trained soldiers not firing blind shots from the sky, The northerns have been playing pocker with Nigeria since the british left and their time is fast runing out. Nigeria military should go and learn how to fight a swampy gorilla war if they are to win this battle.

Even yaradua as a human being is a big white elephant. I m trying to find out who is really runing the country Turai Yaradua or the AGF??