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Lexusgs430:
It's not to put anyone under pressure......... But simply, something that people MUST be thinking about .......

Why continually pay your landlord's mortgage..... RENT MONEY IS DEAD MONEY......😁😂

Someone phoned me month's ago,..... He has been renting for over 3 year's, rent was £1500 pcm .......

He saw a letter from his landlord's mortgage company....

LL's mortgage pcm was £375.00 ...... If you fancy sponsoring your LL's holiday's, paying for his PCP vehicle etc etc ....... Keep paying rent ........🤣😁

Don't build a house in Nigeria, whilst been a tenant in the UK ......😂😜

I beg to disagree chief lexusgs430!

Rent money is NEVER dead money!!! For the interim period when one has shelter, warmth, security of personal effects etc., these monies have served a good purpose pending when one secures a home via whatever route. These monies should be dignified and that way people are encouraged and not put under pressure. It's pertinent to note that it's not everyone that has the capacity to ignore rent money is dead money. It hits hard and hits a nerve.

Now, if you so (always) gleefully call rent money, dead money, then what are you going to call all these monies.... the monies given to olosho, lent to friends (and later cancelled due to inability to payback), monies that go to gamble (baba ijebu etc), drinking, and all the loads of nonsense we do with money??

Please, let's learn to dignify certain things.

Just like one saying health care jobs are useless jobs! This is total gibberish!!!! There's dignity in labour. It's in our place to reinforce this and not tarnish legit sources of income for hardworking fellows.

justwise:
Its important to take note of this section of the case and during the evening the defendant and a woman had been kissing. The woman, who was described as "heavily intoxicated", later went to the toilet and the defendant followed her. In the toilets Oriaku raped the woman in one of the cubicles.

The fact that they were kissing before she went to the toilet gave him the impression that the sex was consensual.

Sex with a girl while drunk is not considered a consensual act and this is something many new immigrants failed to take note of here.

Many immigrants believe that when the ladies here smile, flirt and drink with them, all is set for them to dive in! Many make these assumptions out of ignorance, many get away with it and a few get caught up and we hear about it.

The other day, somewhere in the North, this guy was caught visiting an underage girl... Actually dressed up and travelled a long distance to hangout with this girl. Same assumption, they say hello, smile, flirt and gbam, they interpret it as 'the girl is into me'

You hustle and go through all the stresses to leave Nigeria and then come here and do this!!! Really very shameful and disgusting.

I avoid the ladies here like a plague. The juniors I mentor in the office, I keep them at bay, with many boundaries set! Any small thing the team/group will arrange drinks, kilode?

hustla:
That thing shows how insanity is normal in Nigeria

Imagine telling Mast company to pay owo ile before they'll put diesel inside mast generator. The same mast they'll use o

I keep saying neocolonialism isn't Africa's problem, we are just too wicked and shortsighted
Smh

Corruption is the biggest problem of Nigeria and Africa at large!!!

lavida001:
If you don’t have the job experience employers are looking for if you like populate all over the web, you no go get feedback.

My statement was as clear as daylight. It's only a fool that applies for a job without having the minimum requisite experience.

Your assertion is strong and could be from personal experience, yea?

missjekyll:
There are currently 4 primary schools in my town. 2 were 100% community built. The arterial road connecting the trunk b road to the town square was privately funded. The town has been muddling along

I believe Nigerians deserve better than what they have currently but while we are waiting to get a better government, we can be driving on smooth roads, cant we?

Take away emotion and type realistically. These localized efforts have been crippled by the state of the economy of the country.

Again, I say that you are putting the cart before the horse. Driving safely on smooth roads doesn't take away the numerous insecurities that is bedeviling our roads. Smooth roads won't take that away!!

Saying Nigerians deserve better is a huge understatement!

Now, imagine what impact would be felt if 10%, 20%, 30% corruption is systematically taken away and the huge govt spending is cut down, top echelons in the military and paramilitary prosecuted! The impact can never be compared with tiny localized efforts!!!

See eh, this talk is hydra-headed. So many connecting facets. Let's leave it here.

missjekyll:
I thought so. But i wasnt asking for the whole of Nigeria,you see. Just my tiny portion of it. If everyone focuses on their tiny portion of Nigeria, it ll get better, no?

Nah! Putting the cart before the horse isn't gona take us anywhere.

hustla:
I no dey fight you na

Fight ke! Hmmmm...

hustla:
Ehn, in what way?

In whatever way you are able to decipher.

hustla:
How's he a criminal?

Ah, apologies!

I was actually meant to say CRIMINALS!

Tinubu and his associates are criminals!!! I say it with my full chest.

missjekyll:
Hi Everyone 👋. Look what I found. A new way of repairing potholes in 3 minutes!
Any civil engineer here? Can this be applied to Nigerian roads? If no , why not?

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/potholes-redbridge-council-london-borough-sadiq-khan-department-transport-b1117973.html

It could. The drawback I see may be in the level of bonding of the spray with the quality of materials used on our roads... You know we don't really adhere to standards and specification.
Most of our potholes (I would call them tank holes) are 'king-size' and this may restrict use of the spray as the spec may be tied to certain sizes of pothole sizes.

You can't find the sort of potholes we have in naija here in the UK and the research done may have been focused on such potholes.

Potholes are the least of our problems in Nigeria at the moment. There are more pressing challenges! The criminal in Aso Rock is one of them!!!

Ukliving:
Abeg how person fit strategically apply for cybersecurity jobs?

CVlibrary, LinkedIn, Indeed... Not just cybersecurity jobs but all jobs! Adjust CV and cover letter to suit respective application. One needs to be totally committed!

I always say this to folks, applying for a job is some sort of full time job. It can be stressful and discouraging, but the moment one have populated his/her CVs out there, the calls and interview schedules will become overwhelming and at some point one would need to deactivate these profiles...

All of the above is from experience and not hearsay.

All the best.

Lexusgs430:
He made Putin's job very easy ........ 😂

People share loads of personal information out there. Some don't even know how to fine tune the data they share in the public! Others don't know how sensitive is sensitive enough a data. Majority just join the bandwagon and do as I do...

Can you elaborate how easy Putin's job becomes?

bigtt76:
It beats me this current trend of ...I'm happy to xxxxxx or[b] I woke up and got an email telling me I got distinction bla blah[/b] ...our people are doing now on social media. One even posted his full university number on the email informing him of dissertation result not even final degree grading o! Employers don't use that to employ you its what you know!

Anyway ....AMEX say make I remind all of una to use my referral oooo https://americanexpress.com/en-gb/referral/tEMItOWp3J?CPID=100439814 ...I need avios to book post-Christmas ticket oooo

I beg to disagree! Don't attribute the social media thing to only our people (Nigerians). I come across loads of this sort of posts and even more on social media especially LinkedIn from different nationals, not just Nigerians!

I don't do it and don't see any big deal about it. It's social media for a reason. I read it, smile and move.

Folks also come here to share the news that they have passed their theory test, driving test, gotten this job and that job, arrived the UK etc... That the trend beats you doesn't make it entirely wrong.

Lexusgs430:
They ask their sheep to pray for protection, whilst they have guards with rifles and bullet proof vehicles........

If this is not enough reason, for their sheep to think inwards...... Nothing else would convince them ..... The power of brainwashing is truly deadly.......

...and their sheep careless of how their hard earned quids are utilized. The very dumb question that follows is 'is it your money?'

The crop of pastors/men of god/reverends etc etc etc etc etc we have these days is totally nothing to write about. No occupation and yet live a lifestyle of frivolity, affluence and waste. For heaven's sake, a number of Christ's disciples were fishermen! Peter (the rock), Andrew, James and John were fishermen, Matthew was a tax collector, even Christ himself was a carpenter.

I rather hand my 10% to some stranger out there that clearly needs it than to some fraud!!!

Luada:
Me desperate to talk, i think you misunderstood me, i am not desperate to talk, i was just airing my opinion.

No one is forcing you to trade.

Yea, sure... No one can attempt even by 'airing an opinion'!

babajeje123:
You guys will rant tayad. I go pay my tithe and if my pastor chop am, na him cup of tea. Mine is just to obey God.

Not ranting mate! Just that what you have been spewing never ceases to amaze me.

Imagine saying you careless how the quids you work hard to earn is used. Isn't this a foolhardy way of reasoning?

That lady will come and ask if it's my money... To answer in advance, the money isn't mine, but the reasoning is what alarms me.

Things like this disgusts me and should disgust any right thinking mind!!!

babajeje123:
I paid mine yesterday and will continue to pay till I die. If my pastor channels it to what doesn't glorify God, that is his own headache not mine.

This says a lot about you... Really a very poor way of reasoning.

Progressivegee:
Omo make una no vex o, this is not bad bellerism or jealousy. But I just dey wonder say for this nairaland everybody dey earn above 50k. E dey surprise me say nobody here dey earn the average UK pay or even below because all the salary we dey see na 50k and above. Na so someone say him dey earn £49k but the money no dey reach do anything cos him dey repay debt to the wife for bringing him to the UK. The advice he got on this thread is to dust his CV and look for a higher paying job.

To those who are still trying to settle and manage their life in the UK, no let all this big figures for this thread make you come dey put unnecessary pressure on yourself or look down on your current hustle o. E get why. With time, everywhere go stew.

I say make I drop my own 2 cent from my monthly one tenth 😀

Why do you think £50k is a big deal and intimidates those that are yet to settle? So many factors (such as industry, experience, position, etc) drives salaries of this amount and over...

Go back and read again, folks here also earn the average you are so certain no one here makes. Someone here quoted £1,600 take home, another corroborated.

Personally, I don't see £50k as such a big pay and hope no one here gets indimidated if someone quotes it or some higher figure.

No your worth and negotiate accordingly!

BorisJohnson:
Why is it paining you that someone is using his legally earned money to pay tithe?
Izzit your money?

Enjoy your £50k salary in peace.
Leave this tithe matter.

If your aim is to help/enlighten members of this thread, please, write a post about how you landed a 50k job within 6 weeks of arrival to the uk.
The insights you provide will be very useful. And posterity will remember you.

Stop over flogging this tithe matter.


Please help us with nuggets from your experience . Thank you.

Tithe is discussed here and everyone is entitled to their opinion and stand on tithe. It doesn't have to be his money before he speaks. Rubbish is rubbish regardless of how you sugar-coat it.

Getting a 50k job in 6weeks of landing ain't a biggie if one plays his/her card well.

babajeje123:
It is not surprising that a mod is flagrantly violating one of the rules (1) of this platform. You exemplify Nigeria lawmakers who are at the same time law breakers. I'm certain you would hide this post if it was done by someone else and probably ban them too.
That said, saying tithing, a practice held in high esteem by Christians, is a scam online is highly insulting. In fact, this is cyber bullying and I'm not sure if this is what this platform is turning into.

Baba, please speak for yourself, not all Christians hold tithing (enriching the pastor) to high esteem. I have never paid tithe and will never ever do!!!

yolkman20:
Hello good people,

Trust weekend is going well.
I just did my tax return and my accountant was able to get me 3600k tax refund from the last tax year. I worked just 4 month as self employed within this tax year and I'm very wowed.

My people in construction, na like this he dey be?
I wasn't even expecting this much.

I'm not self-employed yet, but this year HMRC refunded £3,000 to me noting that I over paid tax!

The best bet at accomplishing major financial breakthrough and comfort is by being self-employed. On the long run, the 9-5 salaried rat race ain't sustainable and keeps putting me off each time I reflect upon it.

Chreze:
In 2021 when I sold crypto in £, I had 2 buyers who would send money to my account without mention of crypto, one Ghanaian and another india.

Hi Chreze, please what's the preferred means to get across? PM on here?

Tomyusf141:
hello people,

I am desperately in need of your help. My student visa expires monday. My Nigerian Passport renewal biometrics was done a month ago (collection date according to them is 31/nov/23) I am trying to apply for my PSW now and it would'nt go through with my expired passport. has anyone been in this situation before? how did you deal with it or do I need to contact a lawyer. I do have proof of passport renewal application though.

There was this lady on this platform that noted that she went on to apply with her expired passport, but attached a letter/covering note in her application explaining herself and the status of her passport.

You can do same.

Luada:
Ok, nice write up. You are a trader your self, nice i know it not easy sometimes as a trader.

But, actually dont know what to say again.

But i still have to say something, if don't take a step you will never leave your current position/situation, soo take a step.

Thanks

Don't be desperate to say something and in the process offer what you think could alleviate his situation but in actual sense would be quite unrealistic and ambiguous and will most definitely amplify his current financial standing.

A couple of folks have given their take on what the way forward for him should be and they appear quite feasible.

He can proceed to explore trading in the future when he has sorted out his financial situation and is comfortable to do so.

Never traded and never would.

Hello guys, please I hear there are crypto/webmoney goons here. I need to make a small payment in either media.

Please indicate so we can discuss further.

Thanks

BorisJohnson:
ALL 4 BRPs I have ever used in the UK are still in an envelope, under my box.
I am keeping them as a sort of Time capsule in my museum /archive for my future generation.
I am keeping it safe. It’s not in wrong hands.
I’m good to go.

The instruction is clear... Cut and mail back to them or pay the sum of £1,000.

What would I be doing with an expired BRP There are loads of other documents that will give a better time lapse.

No one is denying anyone ILR on this account. The £1,000 fine nullifies the offence.

Lexusgs430:
For those saying IPTV is crap on match days ...... Simply use a VPN ....... I use Vpnify.......😂😁

Which server location?

Lexusgs430:
I also hear the person that told you, might have also informed you, how to get in touch........ 🤣😁

I hear the only way to get in touch is via a PM.

Just did.

Mr Lexusgs430,

I hear you are the plug for all iptv matter. I also hear it comes with millions of channels.

FYI, I'm sure my TV isn't android-based, but I believe this can be bypassed with the use of firestick, yea? Not totally sure.

Please what directions/steps should I take to fully setup this iptv parole?

Thanks.

NB: Not urgent, reply at your convenience.