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Politics › Re: Ground Vehicle Acquired By The Nigerian Army From The UK by ttmacoy: 11:22am On Dec 06, 2016

There are a lot of guns better than AK47. Even Russia where the gunners designed stopped using it since 1978.

mrvitalis:
Ok name a gun better than ak47

Travel › Re: The Message I Got From A Canadian Company... Urgent Reply Pls by ttmacoy: 12:53pm On Nov 29, 2016

Lol in this era of forex scarcity.

Bakrabas:
He just asked CAD412...i just smile and ask him to borrow me till I arrive

Education › Re: Top 23 Most Expensive Secondary Schools In Nigeria With Mind Blowing Fees! by ttmacoy: 11:15am On Nov 29, 2016

You miss the point.

Bill Gates attended Lakeside Prep School a private primary school in Seattle with fees currently $32,000 so he had the background and pedigree to get him into Harvard and the knowledge and skills to found Microsoft from university before he dropped out.

His parents invested in his education right from the start. Obviously as people have stated you should not be borrowing money to pay fees or sending kids just to feel among, but for those who value the education and foundation it gives the kids and can afford it I say go for it.

Another example, Mark Zuckerberg attended private school and got interested in programming from elementary school which is our equivalent of primary school. he attended Philips Exeter academy in New Hampshire with tuition of $47,000 currently so please stop using the excuse of they dropped out of university.

http://www.exeter.edu/admissions-and-financial-aid/tuition-financial-aid

Uten9z:
so this secondary sch. student they fit work as bankers etc after graduating no wander Bill gate got it all when he drop out of sch.

Travel › Re: The Message I Got From A Canadian Company... Urgent Reply Pls by ttmacoy: 1:43pm On Nov 28, 2016

I think it is wise you stop the application, you can't get a job in Canada from Nigeria that easily. Even Canadians in Canada don't get jobs just that easily with just an application, no interview, no tests, nothing.

Also for a reputable company like Nissan, they will actually support you through the visa process if indeed you have a proper job offer with them rather than leave you to sort it out and give you ultimatums.

Bakrabas:
Ttmacoy I am relieved with what you just said, though I have many job application in Canada. It September time I got the application form from the company. Immediately I filled it, they sent me immigration contact to submit my visa processing.

I've submitted it but since then, I didn't from them.

Though they never ask me for money but I think at this point I'll stop pressing the application

Travel › Re: The Message I Got From A Canadian Company... Urgent Reply Pls by ttmacoy: 1:21pm On Nov 28, 2016

Did you apply to Nissan in Canada for a job or just got an email from them?

I'm sorry but reading that email it looks like a scam to me, and I did a quick Google search and this was confirmed. A reputable company like Nissan will not send you an email for someone already offered a job with dear applicant and also no specific HR contact who sent you the email.

Also a reputable company will not give you such an ultimatum as they would understand the immigration process. Please be careful sending documents or money.

Also can you confirm the email address you got the job confirmation from? I can bet it is not an official Nissan email address.

also employment contract signed after probation is a red flag and no no no. You sign your employment contract even before applying for a visa and it will state you will be on probation. You do not wait till after probation to sign a contract.

Bakrabas:
The company directed me to immigration in Canada I've submitted all the requirements to the immigration last months. But the company asked to resume on or before 26/12/2016.

I didn't hear anything from immigration of Canada up till now.

Do I need to go their Embassy here in Lagos

Pls urgent reply

Dear Applicant
We have received and documented your filled form .You are expected to start up employment on the 26-12-2016 and all the arrangement need to be made as fast as possible. Be informed that you are to resume work on the 26-12-2016, as some applicants have started arriving in the company, you are advise to do all your possible best to see that you are here at the company on or before the stated date. You should submit your Visa processing required documents together with the medical fitness result to the Canadian Immigration immediately for your working Visa process.

Official Employment Terms and Conditions:
1. Accommodation: provided by the company.
2. Medical Entitlement is provided by the company.
3. Air Ticket: provided by the company.
4. Working Hours: 8 hours per day for 6 days per week.
5. Transportation: free of cost.
6. Contract Period: 3 years.
7. Probation Period: 90 days with monthly salary paid.
8. Leave period: 30 days paid per year.
9. Employment Contract letter will be sign in person after end of Probation Period and traning.
10.The company has already registered your information and data's to the Canada Labour Market Impact Assessment.

The Immigration know that we only give offer of employment letter after employees arrival to the Company. We do not issue online contract letter. The Company will issue you temporal contract letter immediately after your Visa approval by the Canadian Immigration. After end of Probation Period the company will then withdraw the temporal contract letter from you and issue you a full contract letter that will cover you to work for a period of three years. A copy of your invitation letter and flight booking form will be send to you immediately your working Visa document is approved by the Canadian Immigration.

Go ahead and submit your complete Visa processing required documents together with your medical to the Canadian Immigration for your working Visa processing and approval.

Sincerely,

Nissan Canada
Human Resource Management (HRM)
Nissan Canada, Inc.

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NYSC › Re: Dilapidated Pictures Of NYSC Accommodation In Bauchi Camp by ttmacoy: 1:01pm On Nov 26, 2016

Justdulla:
Madam sharaaap its a camp not a house... People want to be co. fortable all their lives without having to make any sacrifice... if she no do make she quit... NYSC isnt by force

Travel › Re: Collection Of Winter Photos In My City. by ttmacoy: 7:35am On Nov 24, 2016

Nice one man, hope you're having fun and making progress with your studies?

Amefricaa:
Baba, I dey kampe oo.

Travel › Re: Collection Of Winter Photos In My City. by ttmacoy: 12:37am On Nov 21, 2016

He just disappeared. What happened to him?

Explorers:
Amefrica

Education › Re: Nigeria Has Highest Number Of African Students In The U.S -- Open Door Report by ttmacoy: 9:13am On Nov 17, 2016

I se a lot of people are following false media and panicking when he has clearly said he is targetting illegal immigrants who commit crime eg drugs murder etc and personally I don't see anything wrong with that.

My opinion is trump can actually be good for international students because he is pro business and universities make a lot of money from
International students.

Also the current H1 work visa process is not working as companies from the likes of India China etc are abusing the system by bringing in cheaper outsourcing roles and trump has mentioned he will look into the visa process which is positive for international students. Many companies have compained they are unable to get visas for talented international students and trump as a pro business president will most likely do something about it.

Let's stop panicking based on false narratives and seek out fact.

Chocogold:
He made the statement 4hours ago...but am sure the house will resist him...

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Education › Re: Nigeria Has Highest Number Of African Students In The U.S -- Open Door Report by ttmacoy: 8:42am On Nov 17, 2016

do you have a link for where you read or heard him say he is targeting international students?

I did a quick search and can't find any such statement.

Chocogold:
He made the statement 4hours ago...but am sure the house will resist him...

Education › Re: Nigeria Has Highest Number Of African Students In The U.S -- Open Door Report by ttmacoy: 7:43am On Nov 17, 2016

When did trump say he is sending back international students?

He is after illegal immigrants who commit crimes simple.

Chocogold:
And the greedy Trump said he is sending them back to there country.i love the campus police as they vowed not to intimidate any student in the campus while some school officials promised not to release the status of any student publicly....Trump might be a disaster cos most of his lazy white folks only manage to finish diploma prog.lols

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Foreign Affairs › Re: 2016 US Election - Its Impact On Immigration Enforcement by ttmacoy: 5:23pm On Nov 16, 2016

If you are referring to those born in the US after their parents illegally migrated there. Those babies are citizens and cannot be deported, but the issue is deporting the illegal immigrant parents will break up the family unless the US citizen children move with them until the children turn 18 and can file for their parents.

If you mean babies who their parents took them to the US illegally, well unfortunately while it may sound harsh they are still illegal and by the law can be deported along with their parents who are also illegal immigrants.

One thing to note though is Trump is targeting illegal immigrants who have been committing crimes in the US i.e. people who come illegally and then get into drugs, stealing, murder etc. He is not targeting law abiding people who migrated illegally for economic purposes. At least not yet.

shinarambo1:
What of those thst arrived as babies or toddlers...are they criminals too?

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Travel › Re: Need Help With UCLA Application by ttmacoy: 2:14pm On Nov 15, 2016

Have you gone through their website for the application process?

You can also email their admission office if you have specific questions.

Bryt07:
Please is there anyone who knows how to go about the application process for Unversity of california l.a

Health › Re: Bennet Omalu Receives Highest American Medical Association Award by ttmacoy: 1:09pm On Nov 15, 2016*

Good luck with the long wait.

they will come back when Nigeria is able to provide an enabling environment for them to continue to thrive. Trump wants to deport illegal immigrants who are criminals not immigrants who contribute positively.

davibid:
That's why I wanted DT to win so that all these our experts will come back and develop their Father Land

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Health › Re: Bennet Omalu Receives Highest American Medical Association Award by ttmacoy: 1:05pm On Nov 15, 2016

While I don't like Trump let's get our facts right. He didn't say he wants to deport everyone, he wants to deport illegal immigrants and mostly those committing crime. The doctor is not an illegal immigrant or criminal is he?

Sasuwa:
but the stupid trump want to deport every body

Politics › Re: This Is How A Nation Should Be Not What We Have Here (photo) by ttmacoy: 12:25pm On Nov 04, 2016

While I agree they are ordinary humans like us, please give credit where due. They are a lot more advanced than us because they have their prioritises straight and have a better maintenance culture and attitude.

You say they have a better environment. Really? Nigeria is blessed with far better environment than most western countries and the likes of Japan. We have great weather and don’t have to deal with winter. We don’t face many natural disasters like earthquakes in Japan, typhoons in America etc. yet they have been able to develop functioning cities while we haven’t.

The truth is they actively and proactively pursue innovation and are constantly trying to make things better while we continue to do shady work and patch patch with a short term mentality. We are poor at maintenance e.g. if both Nigeria and Japan build the same infrastructure same time with same products and to same standards etc, come back in 10 years Nigeria’s version will be run down while the Japanese will not only still be in good condition but actually improved.

Yes they are not gods and are human like us but please give credit where credit is due.

cj4humanity:
I hate such statement. Stop giving them credit as if they are gods. They are ordinary human beings like u n I. We are just in different environments - theirs is favorable and thats all.

Sports › Re: Is There Any Reasonable Reason Why Mikel Hasn't Played For Chelsea Yet ??? by ttmacoy: 1:49pm On Oct 26, 2016

He has finally admitted he has to move on.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3798829/Chelsea-midfielder-Jon-Obi-Mikel-admits-Stamford-Bridge-career-ll-talk-clubs-January.html

winetapper:
The English Premier League has Started and Chelsea football club has played quite some matches , but no mikel yet not even in Bench or start up line.

I was thinking it's cos of Olympics but his teammates mates are back to their respective clubs..

Abi na only him waka go

Politics › Re: Food Given To Nigerian Soldiers Fighting Boko Haram - Politicsngr.com by ttmacoy: 9:01am On Oct 25, 2016

Please tell me you are joking trying to use those pics of US soldiers eating scorpions during to justify poor living conditions of Nigerian soldiers.

You really think those scorpions are their rations? No it's not, those pics are from soldiers under special field training and not their normal rations.

http://globalnews.ca/video/1152246/us-soldiers-eat-scorpions-drink-cobra-blood-in-field-training

Or should we start by comparing US military barracks to Nigerian military barracks?

I don't even get where you are going with those pics.

patriotic9jaboy:
What is horrible in eating tuwo shinkafa? It might be their preferred ration or their feeding time table at that period.

Here are pictures of US marines eating scorpion and drinking cobra blood. I guess the USA government is also starving them or too poor to feed them

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Romance › Re: Why Do Nigerian Men Come Back Home To Marry? by ttmacoy: 10:33pm On Oct 23, 2016

if we are honest many many Nigerian men leave their wives and go with others, only difference is they don't officially divorce. I know a man who is on his 6th wife and never divorced any of the earlier ones and has kids with all of them. But you would count him statistically as not divorced isn't it?

Cutehector:
lol the divorce rate in the west is currently pegged at 52percent, so yes I can say they have seen into the future.

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Celebrities › Re: The Rich Kids Of Nigeria: Dailymail UK Lists E-Money, Davido, Others by ttmacoy: 10:04am On Oct 21, 2016

Kidders lol

Mimidiva:
If E-money is kid, then his kids are what?

Travel › Re: 47 Airlines Have Folded Up In Nigeria —operators by ttmacoy: 10:02am On Oct 21, 2016

The number is realistic over 30 years. Dont forget the Nigerian airline industry has always had a troubled history even before the current forex crisis.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_defunct_airlines_of_Nigeria

I remember the likes okada airlines, theirs was the first Boeing 747 I ever saw

modath:
47? Really? Ok we gree.. but what are their names and routes they ply? How many daily/weekly scheduled flights? Business model etc

People just throw out figures with nothing tangible to back up... .... Methinks, private jet owners /operators are 90% of this spurious figure.

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Business › Re: IMF Affirms Nigeria As Africa’s Biggest Economy!!! by ttmacoy: 11:51am On Oct 19, 2016

Given GDP per capita is a derivative of GDP which is affected by exchange rates, how can you say GDP per capita is not affected by exchange rates?

Nigeria's GDP per capita will fall due to the GDP falling based on the exchange rate against the dollar.

I agree GDP per capita is the best measure to compare (not measure) economic output but I disagree when you say it isn't based on exchange rates as it also affected by rising and falling rates against the dollar in line with GDP.

Shym3xx:
Yes, there's no perfect way of measuring the wealth distribution in a country, due to the disparities in income levels and social class. However, GDP per capita still paints a better picture than GDP cos it's based on averages. And GDP per capita isn't dependent on exchange rate - it's just basically the average figure based on GDP vis-a-vis population.

At least you don't need a rocket scientist to tell you that the life of the average person in Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Seychelles, South Africa, Egypt, Mauritius et al is better than that of the average Nigerian. And GDP per capita adds credence to that. Wealth distribution is a different kettle of fish entirely.

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Business › Re: IMF Affirms Nigeria As Africa’s Biggest Economy!!! by ttmacoy: 11:31am On Oct 19, 2016

Ok I get you and tbh most means of measuring economic output are flawed one way or another, but even the GDP per capita which is the best enasure of comparison is dependent on the exchange rate as it still uses the GDP which is calculated based on the prevailing exchange rate divided by number of people.

Shym3xx:
Yes, you're right to an extent, albeit not with the way BBC recalculated the GDP. Also, in most cases when the currency is devalued, it does enhance the growth of the economy over a period of time. However, that's dependent on the export during that period and not currency conversion.

That's the point I was trying to make.

Business › Re: IMF Affirms Nigeria As Africa’s Biggest Economy!!! by ttmacoy: 11:17am On Oct 19, 2016

PPP is not an accurate reflection of GDP as it is based on the purchasing parity eg most goods will be more expensive in US compared to China due to higher standard of living.

The best gauge is GDP per capita where the US has $53k to China under $7k.

mindworx:
In a recent publication on The Guardian, China is currently the largest economy in the world (based on PPP).

Business › Re: IMF Affirms Nigeria As Africa’s Biggest Economy!!! by ttmacoy: 11:13am On Oct 19, 2016

I agree with you about the relationship between exchange rate and GDP and I said same to some guy when the news of SA taking over Nigeria again mainly on the fall of the Naira. Though I wouldn't go as far as say currency has no bearing on GDP as import and export of goods and services impact GDP growth and shrinkage which is indirectly impacted by exchange rates.

While I agree Nigerians GDP per capita is quite low hence the poverty in the country, it's still higher Than Somalia. As at 2015 Nigeria had a GDP per capita of about $3000 while Somalia has $600. I'm not sure what the GDP per capita Is now given the fall in naira but I get your point and I appreciate your unbiased logical point as opposed to the many emotional and illogical points we see here.

Shym3xx:
In as much as it doesn't vindicates anyone - currency value has no bearing on GDP. GDP is only affected by the growth/shrinkage of the economy. However, the most important thing is the GDP per capita which puts Nigeria as one of the poorest countries in Africa. Somewhere around where Somalia is.

Business › Re: IMF Affirms Nigeria As Africa’s Biggest Economy!!! by ttmacoy: 9:33am On Oct 19, 2016

I don't see any vindication here if you understand what has been reported.

IMF was calculating based on Dec 2015 rates and GDP which was before the recession kicked in and excludes the fall of the naira against the dollar through 2016.

veekid:
IMF don vindicate Buhari

for this Recession?

Yeye

Travel › Re: USA Visit Visa Part 2 by ttmacoy: 1:38pm On Oct 16, 2016

Hey tayo2001ng, I'm replying your message here because it will be hidden in the other thread.

As a USC your husband is required to file taxes every year even if he lives abroad so he being in Nigeria will not be accepted as an excuse. Note this does not mean he would be paying extra tax in the US as this is dependent on the different tax rates.

What he has to do now is file his back taxes for the last 3 years or at least for last year and when it is processed request the transcript and send to NVC.

Goodluck

Hi vo, I trust you doing great... My husband who is USC filled for me and we are at Nvc stage. After sending the AOS form and other civil documents . NVC responded they needed to see his {2015} IRS transcript from the most recent tax year. ... {2015} IRS tax schedules.... {2015} [x] W-2 forms... That's an Issue now cos he moved back to Nigeria 2010 and as since been working with Lagos state govt and pay his taxes ... Please I need your advice on how to go about this situation. Looking forward to your respond.... Thank you

Business › Re: CBN Approves Special Forex Intervention For Airlines by ttmacoy: 7:29pm On Oct 14, 2016

Doubt it because it was a one off excercise and besides sales of tickets are still down due to the recession

While this relives some of the pains facing the airlines it does not resolve it so they will be back here again in a few months unless the forex issue is resolved.

AroOkigbo:
Worth knowing. ..what's the next step.
Are those foreign airlines that left going to be back soonest?

Family › Re: Nigerian Men In USA, Killing Their Imported Wives From Nigeria. by ttmacoy: 7:03am On Oct 13, 2016*

You really have no proof of that do you? That they loved and respected each other.

He went to the village to marry her which suggests they didn't really even know each other so it's hard to conclude they loved and respected each other. She probably was excited to marry someone from abroad and he probably was happy to get a wife after so long.

I agree there are instances where women act up after improving but many times the man is the one who lacks the maturity and self confidence to deal with it. i can easily see how he could be jealous and resentful after the girl he brought from the village is now earning more than him and more exposed while he has been here for 30 years?

Nobleking2000:
This couples in question once loved, respected and worked together for the good of the relationship but the sudden change in the behavior of the Wife is a cause for concern. She can get everything she wants but the aspect of of a time resident of any of this country is out of place .

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Family › Re: Nigerian Men In USA, Killing Their Imported Wives From Nigeria. by ttmacoy: 10:24pm On Oct 12, 2016

You loving and respecting each other should have nothing to do with sponsoring self or not.

As a couple there is nothing wrong helping each other to achieve the life you want for yourselves, but if you feel wary about sponsoring her then it shows you don't trust her. You may as well break the relationship and find someone else who is at the level you want and doesn't need sponsoring.

What I will say is a couple who trust, love and respect each other, who work together for the good of the relationship and family can achieve a lot, and yes you may sponsor her today, but who says she will not be in the position to sponsor you in a different way in the future?

Nobleking2000:
.Then she should be able to sponsor herself

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Family › Re: Nigerian Men In USA, Killing Their Imported Wives From Nigeria. by ttmacoy: 8:56pm On Oct 12, 2016

Sounds like you are not confident in your relationship.

If you truly love each other and have mutual respect for each other then you will be fine.

What if she earns more than you in Nigeria?

Nobleking2000:
Truly my mindset has been altered seriously I have this young lady am with with the hope of giving her the best in life in all aspects even sponsoring her to any level abroad but with this I have decided that she will get everything but not this one of coming to live with me in any western countries.

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