lavida001:


Is this landlord white?

justwise:


A Nigerian

White or Black Nigerian?

What's your stance here? Is the manager White?

Not all mention of people's colour are racially-slurred.

I'd say the use of 'Black' in the headline is redundant, taking out readers' curiousity.

However, inclusive communication has evolved on the guideline to reference people's colour without being racially-entangled or offended. Loads of helpful resources online: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/05/health/racial-microaggressions-examples-responses-wellness/index.html.

https://andscape.com/you-got-99-words/does-it-make-a-difference-if-youre-called-black-african-american-melanated-or-any-other-term/

If I say I love Blacks and their culture. Will someone be offended?

Raalsalghul:
Black Bank Manager?

Knew they don't like us but I've never seen this level of overtness.

In 2023?

What of just "Bank Manager"?

And from an established media outlet like The Telegraph?

Undoubtedly, they've got some good stuff going on for them. But I'll be conscious not to overinflate their population and influence.

Last I checked, Asians (Indians inclusive) make up 9.3% of UK's population. Africans are about 4%.

Just last quarter, LSE released a report on wide ethnic disparity in wealth accumulation across the UK. Asians and Africans were abysmally positioned against white-Brits. Although Indians had some slight exception in the Asian bloc, yet they're not closer to the white-Brit.

So, it is geometrically impossible for them to outrun the 'real owners of UK' in 20 years. Maybe 200 years! 😊

lavida001:


I give it max 2 decades from now oyinbo go dey beg dem for jobs and opportunities.

Just so you know india space agency single handedly landed a rover on the month sometimes last month.

Community lifestyle is at their advantage. They move like a wolf pack...working close to them as they celebrate diwali opened my eyes to their cultures and operations.

A major hurdle you'll need to cross before earning and worrying about in-country issues is location verification on Upwork.

After a few logins within the UK, Upwork will change your location to UK instead of Nigeria. I'm not entirely sure you can get a reliable Nigerian VPN to consistently mask your IP and location.

If Upwork successfully migrates your location to UK, then, you will be visibly breaching the terms of your visa.

Thewritingnerd:
Good afternoon everyone, quick question: I already had an Upwork account from Nigeria (NB: this account wasn’t active, I just created it and abandoned it) ,

if I were to change the account location and start using it to get freelance work now in the UK, would the hours count towards my 20-limit as a student? Would it be considered self-employment which is a breach of the student visa conditions?

Add: Also, is remote work that I’d been doing for a UK client from back home and I’ve continued to do now that I’m in the uk part of my 20 hours too 🤔

All the best.

Please delete her post and withdraw the visa from her.

Nanorest:


I will not let anyone be. Let's stop being spiritual over travel things

Your comment is unnecessary.

She's decided to ascribe the visa issuance to God, so let her be and express her faith. You can decide what to do with your own processes and outcomes. Can we just learn to be tolerant of others' views and beliefs?

I have a handful of American and British colleagues who barely require visa to travel around world and don't see anything spiritual in travelling but they still respect the disposition of those who feel otherwise.

Your perspective isn't everyone's reality. Just learn to honour others'.

Nanorest:


Calm down and stop involving God in a UK visa. This is not even supposed to be celebrated because it's no big deal

Gosh!

This is absolutely bad.

Black, brown or white, sexual harassment/assault is wrong.

Where Una dey get all this kain mindset sef?

Drey1:


Nah the genesis of his wahala be that. Make una dey careful with all this oyinbos. Don't be surprised that lady get all the recordings for hand and has tendered it for the work place. The fear of all this oyinbo is the beginning of wisdom . Next time , if he won do the do, make he follow fellow black lady talk.
Make him go start to dey find another job o cos those people might not likely call him back.

His comment was absolutely disgusting, insinuating on gross assumption.

He must have a very dark mind to think of such and come on a public domain to spill it as well.

Plus, he's got little or no emotional intelligence to have typed that rubbish. Some people sha!

God bless your soul, my dear.

ELff:


I want to give you a piece of my mind but I will exercise restrain. You don't know me nor him and then you jump into conclusion that I blocked him from coming.

Was I not the one who initially filled him as my dependent? Things happen and people fall apart, people's circumstances change and circumstances influences people's decisions.

Next time use your brain before typing.

Lazy Journalists?

You could establish your point without taking a jab at Journalists in Nigeria.

I hope you're not categorising bloggers as journalists?

Just to say some of these "lazy Nigerian journalists" are trailblazers across the world in major newsrooms and media outlets.

koonbey:


It's fake that's why you're only seeing it on IG gossip pages and rubbish blogs (mostly from Nigeria where we have lazy 'journalists'). 😳

Also, that's not how the law works. I know - I'm not guessing.

There are many factors that make such a scheme impractical from a corporate law and tax law standpoint. If it was that easy why would everyone not just gift out their properties before a divorce?

You too like money matters

Still into Tbills and property in Nigeria?

Just to highlight: The 4K LISA benchmark is part of the 20K ISA allowance every tax year. So, once you've saved 4k in LISA, you'll only be allowed 16K more across other ISA products.

ukay2:
New tax year begins today...


1.LISA...£4000

2.STOCKS AND SHARES ISA....£20,000

Start today to make good use of them..

Absolutely! The dominant contest is with AI and tech in general.

Had a discussion with the heads IT operations and governance for a leading insurance group in the UK and I marvel at the disruptive impact AI is going to have on people's work. Companies are massively investing in automation and cutting out human interventions.

One thing I know is humans will evolve and survive.

LionInZion:


Yes, many careers will be rendered redundant in some years to come, and that has always been the norm since time immemorial, though it's happening at a much higher paced rate now than before.

The concern really is that people aren't getting laid off for incompetence or failure to upgrade their skills, sometimes it's because their roles have now been automated and require less human element to function.

For instance, my team shortlisted some guys for data Entry job. Just as we were about to invite them for interviews, we came across a software that can perform the role we wanted to hire them for even better. That was the end of the application. Similar thing is happening now as we've started testing GPT4 for certain tasks we had planned to hire for.

Sometimes when I remember that we would have had additional 4 or 5 team members in the past few Months, but technology made them not needed anymore, not because they lacked the necessary skills, it becomes clearer that even the smartest people could be hit by this wave.

Sad but it's a necessary evil; change in sync with global realities.

The next 50 years will witness massive career disruptions and transformations.

Aside the massive layoffs in Tech and Media, more are happening and will still happen, howbeit, they are/will be underreported. For instance, many banks and stores are closing up in UK, do you think they'll still retain all their in-branch workers?

On the bright side, new roles and careers are popping up. More opportunities are emerging. People will only need to readjust their lives and career goals.

Right now, careers that were lucratively distinct some 50-100 years ago are no longer the hot picks.

With the pandemic, global unrest, economic crisis and artificial intelligence, I can almost say that not so many careers can be future-proofed.

The way to get ahead is to incrementally add value to one's self, monitor/understand and strategize with insight from trends. Being flexible is key to achieving success in this age and time. But more importantly, is be have a super-consciousness: connection with God through Jesus.

LionInZion:
First it was Tech Layoffs, now it's media. How do we start future-proofing our careers as we don't know which industry will be hit next?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilywashburn/2023/04/01/2023-media-layoffs-abc-news-spotify-and-salem-media-announce-more-cuts/?sh=17879e9012fc&utm_medium=browser_notifications&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=2844101

Hey! You can create a new thread and mention me. Can't access email now.

harleybee:
@tolajay

If you are here, could you please respond to this message. I kindly require an information from you.
Regards.

This is your go-to spot for non-profit jobs: charityjob.co.uk

You might want to highlight your skill set, experience and interest. The UK job market isn't big on certification rather experience and expertise.

Also, you might want to define your career path, helping those in such sector to give more direct pointers.

All the best.

BoyleEd:
Seniors, pls kindly advice someone with Masters in Epidemiology and Medical Statistics from Nigeria. I have few years experience working with a multinational NGO in Nigeria. The NGO domiciled in hospitals deal with people living with HIV (Routine medication, treatment and counseling). I am a dependent, please kindly advise me. Thanks

Why the advise to avoid Birmingham and Manchester?

monfizzy:


Ok then. If looking for an affordable place avoid London by all means then as it’s quite pricey here. And I’ll suggest that where possible don’t settle for Birmingham and Manchester as well if you’re considering settling in England. Any city in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland shouldn’t be much expensive either.

Hi Qualcoms and Ikpopo

I see you both tried to send me private messages. I currently do not have access to the registered email address.

Feel free to ask your questions here.

#RecommendedRead: https://nairametrics.com/2022/11/12/why-naira-is-gaining-at-the-black-market/

kode12:
Does anyone know why the Naira is appreciating so much in the last of days?

It's absolutely enthralling and morale boosting when you see and hear Nigerians leading the pack of good and positive feats.

It gives the ray of hope that everything is possible.

Congrats to the lad. Congrats to Naija.

Mamatukwas:
So In our council regional football league the top goal scorer and MVP is a sweet looking Yoruba Angel. Top lad.

For some reason the tin dey sweet my belle specially I love it when Nigerians are shining anywhere!

Edit to say- all the town people are worried that bigger clubs will steal him in January. Na dem dey rush the guy! Love it so mush.

OP, you must have been born in 1992 or 1993.

Since you were in Primary 2 in 2000, it meant you'd have started primary education when you were age 6/7. That's the average of starting primary school then.

Track back those years from 2000 and it'll be around 1992/93.

Just pick a definitive date and resolve on using that as your date of birth. You can go and swear affidavit with your chosen date.

Your case spotlights the challenge of individual/communal record keeping and state data gathering and preservation.

Waynesteave:
Like you read up there, I don't actually know my age, but I can remember some event way back,
I lost my mum and dad so early and I grew up with grandma.

I remember my uncle coming to take me back to lag, in year 2000 precisely and I remember very well when that bomb blast at Ikeja cantoment happened for days in Lagos.

Now key important things to know is, when my uncle came to take me back to lag it was during third term holidays and I was on my way to primary 2 then but when I got to lag he enrroll me to private school and I was taken back to nursery 3 because baba (me) no Sabi even speak English as at then, and I still remember that very moment very well.

So like how many years of age do you guys think I might be then cuz all the memories are still fresh in my brain so for me to still remember everything then, I am thinking maybe i was 7 or 9 then. I'm so confuse.

Three pikin unaccompanied?

Ejoor sir/ma, don't do that.

That money go come out ooooo.

Thanks for sharing.

But the explanation isn't clear.

The initial communication extending extra hours fro 20 (first image below), wasn't labelled "if you're working with the NHS".

The one you shared (second image below) says the concessions contained in the "if you're working with the NHS SECTION.

If the initial communication is what's referenced in the new post then, their communication is unclear. The least, they can do is update the inform on the initial post or hyperlink the section in the new update. That won't give room for all these back and forth.

Also, you have this in that shared link "If you do any different or extra work due to coronavirus
You can carry out supplementary work in any role at any skill level during the coronavirus outbreak. There is no restriction on the number of hours you can work."
, does it mean the update is still promoting unlimited work hours, and in another breath saying it'll end by 4 October?

It's really unclear.

dupyshoo:
See the link below

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents

Morning all,

For those in healthcare, I've heard talks about the reinstatement of the 20hrs work limit by 04 October 2022.

But I've checked Gov.uk and there's nothing of sort there. All I could find is still the rule that extends working hours for NHS workers due to COVID (see picture attached).

Has anyone heard of the revocation of this rule, kindly point me to it on Gov.uk

Thanks

Sounds good. Thanks for the insight. Seems new license carriers/immigrants/singles would have to pay more for insurance as nobody trust them. Na wah oooooo.

Amarathripple0:

£99.04 for a Monthly comprehensive cover. I used my provisional license though to get this rate, not my Nigerian license. I Also ensured that I got a good insurance rate by using the plate number to compare various rates before paying for the car.

Hiya,

Can I ask; What was the cost of insurance on your Nigerian license?

Amarathripple0:

Hmm that’s interesting, I may have to read up on this. it’s a good thing that I’ll be transitioning to a UK license soon anyway, and I’d just review the insurance to reflect the new license when I get one.

Hello, we never hear from you in a while.

You sef don enter UK?

Please come and share your story.

aliucity1:
Congratulations.You have carefully concealed your gender for reasons best known to you.It's okay anyway since that's what you want.

I want to appreciate you for the information you have freely disseminated, especially the way things go when one arrives Heathrow.

I was with my partner � at the airport in Lagos in January this year when the UK call came knocking. So I was ardently involved in the process till departure. What happened in Heathrow is what I can't say anything about.

I am also due to relocate and join my partner next week,so the information you shared here has helped a great deal.

Congratulations once again and may we succeed in the Queen's land in Jesus name.

Oh, thanks.

I already got.

Adebayo82:
I have pounds to sell at the rate of 745.
I have £300 and it has to be treated as urgent. I need naira between today and tomorrow.

Who has Pounds for sale?

Kindly PM me.