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switesthart:
Thanks for the info. Do u have any idea how there skill workers immigration works? Cos I am a midwife in naija and considering dat option too.

Not really but you can get all you want from the immigration website http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/work/skilledmigrant/caniapply/skilledemployment/

Its pretty straight forward

switesthart:
I am going for a taught masters degree not research.

That was why I said if its Research Masters, it is hard to get scholarship with coursework but not impossible.

switesthart:
Thanks @ Truth234 for the info. How feasible is it to apply and get a scholarship for masters program?

It is possible if it is research master. Good proposal, outstanding academic history, statement of purpose etc.

switesthart:
Pls do I have to pay for tuition in full before I can be issued a student visa to study in new zealand, or can I pay in instalments (pay like half and complete the remainin when I start the program). Pls I will be glad to get a feedback. Cheers

You must pay your first year tuition fee in full before you can be issued a student visa.

babyosisi:
Pàrty backed out not him?
This is ridiculous

Like I said they don't trust the system put in place by the opposition. GEJ should be the one to convince us he can debate, we've seen The General done that, let him come out and challenge him.

All these media propaganda is to rubbish the fact that GEJ won't debate like he did previously.

babyosisi:
Interview is not a debate
If he is not afraid he wouldn't be backing out

Was he the one that back out? The party backed out not the general, he is only a flag bearer for the party.

At least Jonathan has not debate for once and this time again he has not publicly declare his interest to debate. Supporters can make up stories!

babyosisi:
Can they get Buhari to debate under this platform and get him a Hausa or fufulde translator if he so desires

It seems an unbiased set up

Yes you are right but the issue has always been with the party, they don't trust any system but after watching GMB interview on Ebony Tv I think he is not scared of any debate. He is that smart!

Clearly Ambode is not as smart as they presented him to be but somehow he is the gubernatorial candidate. Isn't the process questionable? Thank God PDP found a way to cheat Obanikoro because it would have been total disaster to have two incompetent people to choose from.

babyosisi:
If the bode connection is true,Ambode is also being god fathered by a criminal named tifnooboo
What makes it the right party?
Because they say they are?

Just like all of them, their party is always questionable. These parties don't care about what you think, they elects who will serve their best interest even at the detriment of the people. Only their manifesto conform to the situation on ground, they are rogues.

ritababe:
Total revolution in 2050, a new nigeria will be born.


How old i go be by then?

Old enough to enjoy her blessings..

I don't know why some people enjoy attacking barcanista, he seems to me as the most objective progressive supporter before this whole thing took a turn. He has every right to attack his party and query their political stance at any point, I have seen him open a thread requesting APC to let GMB debate or is that a bad thing.

If APC want blind supporters then they are not good for Nigeria and democracy at large.

temitemi1:
A blessing or curse God bless Nigeria!

A blessing if we manage it well, a curse if we continue at this pace

menix:
Datz d real d statistics buh we won't attain it cous almighty america won't allow it..

Dey failed wiv ebola, so watch out 4 anoda deadly virus, its all aimed @ balancing d world.

Sure b4 dat date 3rd world war would play its own part of reduction while d middle east is always playing its own part since adam nd eve..

US can only try they can't stop us. We just need the right leaders with the right economy policies and healthcare because those are the two factors in sustaining population growth.

Some of the comments..

Mama MelJun
With open predictions on fertility rates and population increase in Nigeria, one would expect that the country would prepare to match these predictions and statistics with improved govt policies that would boost its economic growth, judging from the vast natural resources it has been blessed with. However, selfishness in govt and high level of corruption always pose as the greatest obstacles for the country....Nigerian's have therefore resolved overtime to hope in their religious believes that someday a messiah would be born to deliver the populace..

NisileJun
rapid population growth in sub saharan Africa can be a challenge or a potential for Africa and the rest of the world.It will be a challenge if we let the population multiply as it is projected without putting in measures of increasing the populations productivity.some countries, for instance Malawi, a small country, has few people (15 million projected to be ) but it is already having problems with water and food shortages, 99% of the households use wood or charcoal as sources of energy, there is underemployment , illiteracy and poor health indicators.Its population is young 66% is under 25 years of age but the TFR is at 6.

The potential can be realised if socio and economic policies were implemented effectively.to make the population productive through increased functional literacy and increasing agricultural productivity.A productive and economically empowered population will imply an vailable market for goods and services and thus contributing to economic growth

YT3E727n3GSep
If this proves correct, going to be very crowded in Nigeria!

Toto2020Jun
I still doubt Africa's population prediction, food and stability will probably prevent countries like Nigeria, Ethiopia or Congo for ever reaching 2050 figures. Asia's fertility rates have dropped everywhere including Bangladesh and India, they are almost at the 2.1 below replacement level.

Spectacularj1Jun
No way way Nigeria is going to get that big. Instability caused by population growth will see to that.

THE world in 1950 looked very different from how it does now. Europe was home to 22% of the world's 2.5 billion people. Germany, Britain, Italy and France all counted among the 12 most populous countries. But strong economic growth in Asia coupled with high fertility rates in Africa have contributed to a big regional shift in the global population. The UN's latest World Population Prospects expects the world to grow from 7.2 billion people today to 9.6 billion in 2050. This is 300m more than it had previously estimated, and reflects increases to the fertility rates in sub-Saharan countries such as Nigeria and Ethiopia, and other populous countries. More than half of the extra 2.4 billion people in 2050 will be African. India will swell to 1.6 billion people; it is on track to overtake China in 2028. China's population will peak in 2030; India's is predicted to do so around 2063. By 2100 the UN forecasts the population to reach 10.9 billion—and still be rising. It will also be much older. The median age is forecast to rise to 41 years old from 29 today, and around 28% of the world (almost 3 billion people) will be over 60.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/06/daily-chart-10?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/sizeofitall

Coldfeet:
Etc failed musician? thats a lie. etcetera pulls mature classy and elite crowd with his kinda music! mi in a million years you wont get the prestige Etc got! so shut it support anything that puts food on your table? even arrant nonsense? NO WAY!!! etcetera spoke the truth address the issue he raised and stop whinning about.

What truth? That Saka jump from one telecom giant to the other? Didn't Etcetera jump from music to journalism when it wasn't working for him? Telecoms endorse whoever has the right crowd for their brands. Its marketing, he should go and sit down, I wonder why Kim K keep getting endorsement or even Kelvin Hart. Etc does not have the crowd because of his kind of music, now he is about to turn to Linda Ikeji.

kilokeys:
by saying pple, how many percentage of our youths..

besides how many of what is written in those books are practicable?

u read books on real estate, and u can even secure mortgages for ur flat

u read on walls Street and foreign exchange and ur naira suffers against d dollar, and SEC is influenced by some greedy council members

u read motivational books.. and u wanna die of over motivation.. like pouring petrol over fire

u read love stories and little beginnings and u start yinmuing (sic) on the 3rd chapter


so u tell me

How many percentage of our youths are not?

Even the writer was referring to small population of India youths, yet she appreciate this population and still hope they can help contribute to the overall economy.

Not all books are adaptable to our system, you just have to find the ones that are.

You need to visit Sansex, Berhad, Dax, S&P 500 etc all of them have greedy council members, that is why there is insider trading.

I really don't think we are that bad bro.

kilokeys:
hmmm.. u might wanna visit Nigeria.. and u would weep..

i read a little over 35 books while serving..

i haven't finished a chapter since after NYSC

why?

my excuse might not make sense.. but according to Maslow law of hierarchy..
physiological (food shelter clothing), security (financial and general) comes first before self esteem and self actualization

we dont have jobs, we are overworked, underpaid.

books are like fantasies we r tired of imagining.

Good books can help you develop good security strategy and even offer financial knowledge. Regardless of our situation people still read books bro.

That was just the first of my many positive revelations about Americans. As it turned out, of the various people my job put me in touch with, Americans were the ones I got along with best. They were funny and genial. They spoke engagingly, embodying all the golden rules of public speaking that I had read in Toastmasters manuals: body language, vocal variety, persuasiveness. And their confidence was impressive; almost every American I came across – man or woman, subordinate or the top executive – had a certain confidence (sometimes bordering on cockiness) that came from being totally at ease with the world. I admired the freedom and congeniality. 

The sense of camaraderie made me feel welcome and comfortable in no time. Americans weren’t bad people at all.

But when my husband asked if I wanted to move to America, I still said no. Some of my stereotypes about the country lingered: What about the gun culture? Surely, we didn’t want our daughter gunned down at school. And what about the big environmental footprint of America? I shuddered at the prospect of living in a large temperature-controlled house instead of a compact apartment and owning two cars instead of using energy-efficient public transport. Besides, I had no intention of spending all day cooking and cleaning in a country where domestic help was so unaffordable. Why give up such a comfortable life? Reluctantly, my husband put his American Dream on hold, but never failed to hold me responsible.

For six years, I avoided the topic of America but was assailed by self-doubt. I worried that my daughter was losing the chance to achieve her full potential because of limited academic choices. Singapore has only two universities, and even though they are both good, there is no denying that no country offers the abundant selection of good universities that the United States does. And my husband, a chemical engineer, would have far more job opportunities in the United States, which was undergoing a revolution in oil and gas production. The universe seemed to be signaling to get me out of my comfort zone. Finally, I stopped saying no to change, and we moved to Houston.

It was like starting life all over again. I had to learn how to drive in right-hand traffic, how to cook and manage meals without domestic help, and how to do the do-it-yourself jobs around the house. At the same time, I had to unlearn the tendency to micromanage my daughter. In America, she had grown up overnight, choosing her own clothes and speaking her mind. But one by one, my concerns about America were overcome: the homesickness, the fear of driving, the overwhelming housework, playing the soccer mom (debate mom, actually). There was not the overwhelming gun violence that I feared and, though my daughter was independent, our family remained close. Yes, I was driving a car more often, but I also had learned to recycle regularly.

These days, I surprise myself by strongly defending America against trite negative characterizations I hear in other countries. When I was young, I believed that Americans unfairly stereotyped India, but in fact, I had unfairly stereotyped Americans. I had criticized them for not knowing my culture, when I was equally ignorant about theirs. The truth is, the United States is not a land of arrogant xenophobes. It’s also not a utopia of freedom and wealth. Like all nations, it harbors a complicated culture, with many layers of good and bad.

If I were to write an essay about India’s brain drain today, I would not argue against the best and brightest leaving the country. Instead, I would encourage them to contribute to India by sending remittances to family from abroad, to help boost India’s economy and social progress. When people expand their worldview, they enrich themselves and humanity as a whole. I started off as an Indian, but I have become a global citizen.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/01/30/guns-sex-and-arrogance-i-hated-everything-about-america-until-i-moved-here/?tid=sm_fb

As a college student, I hated almost everything about America. Growing up in India, I never viewed the United States as the promised land of freedom and wealth idealized in movies. I never fantasized about a utopia of gold-paved streets. Instead, I saw America as a land of rudeness, overabundance and arrogance — the last place I ever wanted to be. Don’t get me wrong. Like many young people in India, I enjoyed Hollywood films, American pop music and TV shows. The humor in “Diff’rent Strokes” and “I Love Lucy” was totally endearing.

But what colored my image of the United States were the pompous relatives and friends who came back to India after an education in the “blessed land.” They would talk with a patronizing air as if they had nothing more to learn. They would carry around their own bottled water, claiming that drinking the local water now made them sick. They would speak disapprovingly of the country’s “social evils” — the caste system, the payment of dowries, the preference for male children – with a newly acquired Yankee accent.

They would scoff at these things, ignoring the progress being made in India – many of the girls in our family were college-educated and had jobs. The returning experts who brought along their new white spouses were more insufferable than others. One such relative loved to bring up topics related to sex at the dinner table, then laugh at the sight of our uncomfortable faces.

“Do you see how they try and change the topic?” he would point out to his white spouse. “You see, sex is a taboo subject in India.”

These experiences led me to believe America was a place of condescending, lascivious xenophobes. They had India all wrong, I thought. Around me, I saw fine doctors, engineers, managers and homemakers, all educated in Indian universities, doing perfectly all right without spending a day in America. India did not need to be validated by some far-off country. My life was secure with a loving family and all the necessities for a comfortable lifestyle. I had never left India, and had no interest in doing so.

At times, I felt alone in my appreciation for my homeland. My irritation mounted as more friends and relatives scrambled for H1-B visas to go to the United States as foreign workers. In 1994, I wrote an essay on halting India’s brain drain for a reputed Indian magazine that won me the top prize in a nationwide essay contest. I called for policies that encouraged Indians to stay home, including easier promotions in government jobs and fewer reserved seats in schools, which limited opportunities for bright and ambitious Indians.

Besides, America was not only “the land of milk and honey” that many thought, I wrote, but “also the land of crime, increasing violence, nihilism and psychological problems.” Fan mail poured in from all parts of the country, and I felt vindicated with my stand.
But when it came time for me to marry, it seemed that most of the eligible men were either in the United States or getting ready for it. I told my parents to simply cross such men off their list. I would have nothing but “made in India” and “made for India.” When I met my future husband, I made him assure me that he had no plans to move to the United States.

Three years after we married, my husband got a job in Singapore. He waved away my tearful arguments, promising we could return to India if I didn’t like it. Luckily, Singapore turned out to be a paradise. I frequented the malls, parks and libraries, marveling at the order and discipline, which was sorely missing in India. I got a great job as a magazine editor that allowed me to travel and connect with people from around the world. I absorbed new concepts and examined my old beliefs.

I had developed an exaggerated notion about the closeness of family ties in India, believing that in the West, families were detached and broken because of high divorce rates and pressure for children to leave the family home at 18. But traveling the world, I saw loving families of every race and color. In Amsterdam, I saw old men cycling with their grandchildren to school. In Germany, I saw three generations of a family enjoying a vacation. Stepping out of my country broadened my worldview and pushed my cultural horizons.

My interactions with Americans were most enlightening. My first business trip to the United States took me to Washington, D.C., in 2005. After I checked into my hotel, I went out to find a restaurant. Along the way, I saw so many people absorbed in books: seated on park benches, sprawled on the grass, or waiting for their buses. “This is a book-reading culture,” I told myself with delight.

funmilayoB:
one of the reasons i'm going for politics

Funmilayo

BERNHARDT:
Thanks for this info , i will pass this info to my neighbours who are beginning to wonder how family pressure can send five able hard working men to jail.

Imagine you believe the rubbish that guy just posted and you will based your explanation on this single rubbish from a faceless forum. Goodluck with that, just know that OP open this thread because of what those 5 guys are going through not because of what this guy is saying.

ollyboy009:
Nice response bro, Pls how much do you think a master degree in finance will cost in any of Malaysian university. I mean tution fee and how what is the duration (18months, 24months?).

It depends on your choice of University, UK or Malaysian University? All the UK are private universities and all the Malaysian universities are generally affordable compared to the UK schools. Its your choice, your money.

EUROBOMBER:
The result is a fraud, it was produced by Oluwole magicians. Observe that there is NECO written on top of the result. Please when did NECO start in Nigeria o my people?

Stop man, you are sounding uneducated. Okay why was the result of 1961 signed and dated Jan 21, 2015 by the current principal? This is because the result obtained in 1961 was verified and released on the current school document by the head of the current administration. Maybe you should also ask why the name of the school was changed after Buhari left.

ammyluv2002:
Just imagine *smh*

As in fear catch me

A model whose bottom came second in Brazil's Miss BumBum beauty contest has revealed the terrible harm plastic surgery wreaked on her body. Andressa Urach, 27, spent a month in intensive care and feared she would lose her leg after fillers 'rotted' her muscles and had to be removed, triggering a life-threatening infection.

These photos show the shocking extent of the damage to one of the most controversial TV presenters in Brazil - a nation which has overtaken the U.S. to become the cosmetic surgery capital of the world. Miss Urach, who once made hotly-contested claims that she slept with footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, has reportedly undergone at least nine cosmetic procedures in the past five years.
They were said to have included a nose job, a bioplasty facial 'correction', jaw reduction, breast enlargement, liposuction and even vaginal lip reduction.

Most important of all was her prized rear. It won her the runner-up title in the 2012 Miss BumBum contest, which aims to find Brazil's most attractive bottom. She reportedly had injections of two filers, hydrogel and PMMA, to make it larger and more plump.
But in July she began complaining of discomfort and had 400ml of hydrogel drained from each of her upper thighs.
She told Brazil's R7 website at the time: 'The hydrogel was not absorbed by my body and started to harm me. 'Now I've discovered that the PMMA is sticking to my muscles and causing the tissue to rot.

Despite the operation, she continued to be in pain and in November she was taken to the Conceicao Hospital in Porto Alegre with an advanced infection of her left leg. She underwent two unsuccessful drainage procedures, according to reports, before suffering from septic shock and being moved to intensive care. At one point her life was in danger and it was claimed her leg could have had to be amputated.
Her mother Marisete De Favari logged in to her Twitter account, asking the model's 220,000 followers to pray for her as she remained on the ward in a serious state.

'I would ask for prayers from friends and people who wish for the recovery of my daughter,' she wrote on December 10.
'She's starting to walk, put her foot down and sit. After all this time lying down, she expected it would be painful. She has been taking morphine since entering the hospital, but now they are taking the drugs away from her gradually.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2897129/Miss-Bum-Bum-contestant-Brazilian-TV-presenter-reveals-shocking-damage-caused-fillers-injected-bigger-bottom-thighs.html

Theyjih:
Research ? yeah ,with a small LLC (agro-allied) back @home.. elementary stage.... sourcing for published works as guide for the biodiesel energy project..nothing major !

Malaysia just launched their B7 Biodiesel in November. You should be able to find something in that direction.

Jesus Christ, what kind of thing is this God.

Javanian:
Seen. I'm immensely gratefull. Thanks.

You are welcome

Javanian:
Thanks. Their names are Prof E.A. Onibere and Prof Stella Chinye Chiemeke (Mrs). They are both Professors at Uniben. Thanks a lot. My email is kingsolo4u[@]gmail.com.

Check your email.

Javanian:
Thanks. I am trying to contact some of them in my school for something regards to their research but I feel I would look silly if I don't know in detail what their current research is about. So i want to know if there is anywhere in particular I can find them.

No one can know in particular, only the author knows where his/her paper is published. Just google, something will pop up.