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Maysdevices:
When you get the answer, mention me.

Maybe the Aquarium is historic.

It’s not historic, I’ve been there.

Capitalbase:
Hi everybody,
Please, for those who are currently applying for PhD, did you have to email one of the faculty members whose research interests aligned with yours to facilitate your admission process. I applied for 3 PhD positions since September and this were open positions for Fall intake. However, I just felt like doing a follow up with graduate departments and one of the response I received seemed to suggest they are "ONLY" accepting those candidates whose "would be" mentors has approved for their applications to move to the next stage.
If anybody can throw more light to this, it would be much appreciated.

Best Regards

Not in all cases but it is highly advisable you do so, more so because the graduate departments you have contacted have strongly suggested it.

eniola1010:
Hello all. Matured advice needed.
I live in uk. I have msc and bsc.
I want to go to usa through either school or employment.
Lot of people say it is difficult to go to usa from uk thru employment that my best option is sch.

I dont have much to pay for another mba or msc.
Can i opt for college (polytechnic or vocational institutions) since those are more cheaper? I wont mention that i have msc.

My fear now is wont they say since i have bsc why am i going for a lower academic trajectory. That why go for poly wen i can do msc?
However, my excuse will be to tell them that i want an hands on deck academic experience with hardcore teachings which poly offers over uni.

So what do u guys think?

Horrible idea. Find a PhD or stay in the UK. A recession is expected in early 2023 so you won't find a lot of employers hiring at this time.

Odd use of words here… what makes this trip “historic”?

Heavenlyminded:
Study for free at USA university but a distance learning. 
100% scholarship assured.

  University of people could be a tuition-free college and licensed college but you'll ought to pay an assessment charge of $1200 every session and an application fee of $60.

 programs for bachelor's degrees and master's degrees are accessible.

  even in case you've earned a bachelor's degree some time recently it isn't a wrongdoing in gaining another since it could be a separate learning program, you run the courses at your convenience. 

 The point presently is I'm here to handle the application process for you and will apply for the application fee waiver and assessment payment grant for you just within some weeks.

if interested call me or chat me up on WhatsApp at +234--9-0--3-8-0--8-8-0--6-9.

Please ignore this... admissions process to US colleges are easy to do on your own. Do not seek the help of unscrupulous agents like this.

realogk:
God and Confidence.

E get one guy wey them ask am
"What have u been doing since 2020"

Baba talk say "School has been on strike"

People just dey laugh am for queue.

"Now they post his pictures…but never reached out in his trying times..
He told me what pastors did to him and we both wept..
Love has left the church..
We have more ‘lawyers’ who are ready to judge than intercessors ready to restore..
Rest in power my brother..
You conquered!"

The pastors did nothing to him, he made the conscious choice to stray from his marriage. Second, we should not abuse the word "restoration"... it has suddenly become an excuse for "men of gawd" to do whatever they want and avoid criticism. We should be looking to create role models in the church, not men above the very bible they preach.

Litmus:
Indian prim minister, Indian Home Secretary what do you as a Nigerian expect?

Indians were groomed by the British for this Buffer role (you cant easily accuse them of racism for they are "Ethnics" too) . They, Brits, even have sold this strategy to America as a means of keeping African Americans disempowered. It amazes me how unaware black people are of prevailing world and national agenders perhaps because we have none. Blacks are just good at facilitating their own oppression by always hating and dragging down other blacks, as is the case with black Americans versus Nigerians and Africa versus Nigerians.

I was arguing with a black American woman who was obsessing about Nigerians in America, she was on about how Africans benefit from black American struggles but now want to lord it over them. In short, I tried to direct her fight to Asians and Hispanics but she wouldn't have it (straight hair, thin nose and lips seem to have a magical hold on black Americans and Caribbean ) anyway she informed me that she preferred Indians to Nigerians because Indians were nice (Imagine the stupidity).

That right there... summarizes the problem with African Americans today. They do not know their own worst enemies.

crixlight2:
What of dependant that will be working , can that save enough money within four years to start a big business or build house in Nigeria , why I am asking you is that , I have already build a house so a friend is advising me to sell the house and move to UK with my family and within 4 years I will build the house back . I don’t want to jump into conclusion

This makes no sense. You have already built a house, why will you sell it, move to UK, only to work for 4 years to build a house you already had? Your plan is to go to school and have a dependant work to support an entire family? In many western countries, a single-income is no longer enough to sustain a family, let alone an immigrant family that still has to grapple with a new environment.

Your friend advising you, did you ask what types of jobs would pay you enough to take care of a family in the UK and still be able to save substantially? If yes, does that dependant have the qualifications NOW for that type of job? Are you aware of the enormous upfront costs that are involved with immigrating with your family? In the UK, you pay taxes, there is no shortcut. Feeding, immigration papers, housing, utilities, emergency funds?

This is not a thought-through plan at all...

Ajoself:
I received this response "If you cancel this appointment, then you will have exceeded the limit of appointments canceled, and will not be able to schedule another appointment until another MRV fee has been paid."
Please can I still reschedule after the above message. I didn't even see reschedule option again. Help!!!

The message is literally written in english.

ahiboilandgas:
Good morning my japa members, my japa journey i most confess has been full of up and down and each time I I feel so Disappointed and discouraged on why did I come here but I can say here is better even though it’s has not been easy. Getting here we had issue of accommodation even up til now me,my wife and the new born baby has stay in a room and manage with an Kenyan woman and paying £700 while we have little access to stuffs cause of too much compliant each time we wanna cook she complains of of bill here and there and so we have to cook once a day despite the fact that my wife is breastfeeding though I will be ungrateful if I did not appreciate the fact that she took us in most especially when the social worker was on us and was about to collect our baby because we were staying at travel Logde before the arrival of the child.The situation got more worse when I discovered the home office has made a mistake in the condition of my brp with the present conditions stating no work no engaging in business and I have reported since last month and notin is forthcoming.
Please anyone that can help as regarding

Accommodation (not asking for free) but sometin more better.my wife schools at University of hertfordshire so if I can get sometin within but I won’t mind if it’s far as well as my present place is far as well so I won’t mind and if I can get someone to help on that issue of getting a cash in hand job and any means getting my brp fix I will Still appreciate it .

Thanks in anticipation

Sounds like one of @Treadway's over "200 friends". Complete failure to plan... just jumped to japa without taking the time to establish right to work, types of jobs available, transportation, accommodation, local support, emergency funds, etc. Most likely the wife going to school was simply a means to immigrate and the family really cannot afford it. Such a shame.

Maybe the "before" is due to make-up tricks and the "after" is the real person?

These "truths" are not all true...

1. A salary won't make you wealthy - doctors, financial advisors, senior engineers and mid- to senior-level managers in the US can get rich easily on a salary.
2. Your boss doesn't care about your career growth (debatable) - Depends. Some bosses do.
3. A business pays you the least amount possible to maximize profit - Not always true. That depends on how competitive the market is for your skills. If your skills are competitive, you have leverage to demand higher pay in order for them to retain your services.
4. Company loyalty is a dumb decision–changing jobs pays more - Not always true. Some companies offer benefits like pensions and gratuity that is directly tied to how long you stayed with the company.
5. People go to jobs (mostly) cause they don't know what else to do - Not always true.
6. Most people have no idea what their passion is, so they lie - Tough to argue this applies to "most people"
7. Hours worked has nothing to do with value created - True.
8. Most of the stuff you buy keeps you tied to a job - No idea what this means.
9. Working long hours leads to burnout - True. Take your vacations!
10. Job titles are meaningless. They're just ego. - Not always. Many job titles are specifically tied to compensation.
11. You're not entitled to a raise, promotion ... or anything - False. You are entitled to a raise and promotion. Work hard and ask for it.
12. Those who get the best jobs are the ones that network the best - Hard to debate the value of networking.

swagguElite:
Facts, yet staying at home doesn't expose you.
No work comes easy. After the first month of working in a new place, my manager told me that; the top boss was asking why should they keep paying me salary?

I wasn't surprised. I replied her; "I understood where she was coming from". The next day I started hearing rumors of me getting fired soon. I went to meet the oldest worker and told him what I heard, he told me what I was doing wrong. That he has noticed me too. That im not always around in the office. I told I can't sit down in the office and be waiting for command. It leads to sitting back pains & unnecessary gossips that will come back to hurt me and I was happily doing small errands outside to get small change for my pocket.

You're running side businesses with the time someone else is paying for... the problem here is you.

Omolayo199:
I denied because my dad went with a visiting visa, and I thought saying that he was there would have done more harm, and now I filled in my DS-160 that I have no one in the US.....

Please what can I do to rectify this as I plan to get a new mrv

Either way, it would have affected you... but at least being honest may have resulted in a denial without a ding at your character. Lying is much worse, and makes you look like you're no better than he is.

AquaPetals:
My friend just came crying to me today. Because of the strong words used on her by her hubby.
Apparently, they had a heated argument. She started it all by accusing her husband of not saving enough money from his earnings (this was 11 months after pressurizing her husband to reveal his actual monthly earnings to her) .
She does a little business on the side and her husband usually borrows money from her, of which he always pays back. But she felt this shouldn't be so and kept wondering if her husband has a family elsewhere.
Her husband had enough of her rebuke and vehemently told her to pack up and leave the marriage if she was not satisfied with the way he saves his earnings.

Was he right to use such a statement on her? wasn't he taking it too far?

What is so secretive about telling her how much he earns? There should be no secrets in a marriage.

Afolashade01:
My 7years old boy is in basic 5 while the senior is in jss 3 sir

Haven't even be able to clear up there fees sef

11 years old in JSS 3? Youngest age for that class should typically be 13 years.

Arrewa:
Check the thread... People are angry and bitter!!

Why oil in the north?? We want to maintain the Right to keep calling the north poor, backward and a desert...

But the cosmic law has it's own way of maintaining balance to the universe...

The north shall rise...

The north shall grow...

And the north shall be stronger than ever before!

No amount of Hate can stop the north!!

Nobody hates you. In fact, i am happy the North now has oil... perhaps we can now separate in peace.

Arrewa:
North of Oil money...

North of Agric Money...

If we could achieve this without oil derivation...

Imagine what we'll do with Oil money...

Everything in those photos were achieved with oil money from the south. Without that, your land would be arid desert no better than Chad.

justwise:
Sorry, i have to remove the screenshot to protect his identity and yours as your screenshot shows his and your full names.

It would be best if you had left his full name, it would be easy to track and report him to the authorities. ETS will likely do nothing because he is one of millions paying ETS annually.

Walspring:
@justwise

I would have ignored this but if I do it will look like I am guilty but lemme just write little words and not to convince or justify anything here because you justwise don’t know the genesis of this issues before bring your revelation to the extent of lieing that you have banned me several times for defrauded people here on exam registration and the only issues about exam registration was when a lady didn’t make use of free score reports due to registration issues and it got delayed which was 2018 or 2019 if I am not wrong, you can check for archives because everyone you banned here you always stated reason for banning them in the messages.

Justwise I want to believe she gave you full download and not just her own side that she wanted you to hear and even when you haven’t hear my own side you have concluded with your big and fat lie that I have defrauded several people here and I request evidence from you on that to clear this wrong accusation and post the several people I have defrauded here please.

I didn’t do a charge back on her account truly her account was showing outstanding of more than $400 plus at first and its shows more $195 which was paid for her and why should I did charge back of $195 and Ets updated $400 plus on her profile does it make sense to you justwise ? And I told her something is not right and I spoke to her about it anytime I called and not Whatsapp call more than 30 minutes if I am not wrong to update her that Ets needs to fix from their end before this can be fixed back and she didn’t believe until I asked her contact ets and make your finding and she did and got back to me acknowledged back and Ets fixed it was fixed back and to avoid issues.

I carried her along with every update from who registered it because am an intermediary between both of them and the guys offer refund back or fresh details because her account has been initiated several times on Ets with several response and I asked her if she tried making payment before on Ets several times but payment declined and she confirmed that yes she did make payment but wasn’t successful then I explained refund the guy offer but I don’t want this to look like it’s shady the guy should fix it and he said until Ets fix their end and he can get it done since 195 to pay and account showing 400 plus then Ets fixed it.

She message yesterday and I saw it and I typed am speechless and I contacted the guy about it and he referred me back to his words and I still said if it because I don’t think mercy $195 will make me large or rich in life so what should I defraud her even when many I don’t know here I never defraud them.

@mercy I think it’s my fault to try and prove innocence to you on this just to clear your wrong thinking concerning this from day one, who knows if I bought the idea of refund this would have just ended there. I would have send your screen shot of my chat with the guy but you will still be thinking as usual so no need and I decided on what to do next after you last message on my chat.

@mercyof I acknowledged you are on the right side concerning this and that’s why you are sending me chats and messages that I felt is too much from you to be sending to me that you will release HELL on me but BE CAREFUL because HELL is a place of no return and I don’t think you want to go there and release it on me because record shows no one never come back after visiting HELL. Lol.

N.B lemme just stop here but this is not to justify my part but it’s funny that I scammed her but I never scammed whoever asked you to contact me that benefited from this before. It is well.

This is an indictment of the Nigerian education system. Horrific writing. There is no making head or tail of the simplest sentence.

USA, UK, Germany, Canada, Switzerland, the Netherlands.

The stories I read on here… makes you realize how much you need to thank God if you married a good woman.

Nigeria.

hollo:
@kollykolly, I have an approved i-140 petition. I would like to ask how long it took for USCIS to send your case to NVC, and when your case number was created. Thanks so much for your reply

i-140 is for alien workers. you are on the wrong thread... you (or your employer) will need to file an i-485. The case number on your approved i-140 remains the same case number that will be used in filing your i-485. Unless you mentioned the wrong form...

Shevchenkko:
I understand your point but don't forget grace differs and moreover, am a film producer with 5 movies to my name so basically am going there for 2 reasons. Visiting Hollywood to gain more knowledge on my career is genuine reason for visa to be granted to me

Doubt it.

Treadway:
yea, great day. You just got off the clock? Face your work o, You no wan chop query o, if you end up unemployed and hopeless nothing for you o. 1 kobo like this, I no go give you o. Mingy wankerr...hehehe

I don’t want to chop from your foam profit my brother…

Treadway:
I have strong reasons to believe that so called embassy letter is not genuine. Not like it will change anything as na naija we dey, but just for the sake of knowledge.

I have shared some points to note earlier. Here is another, that document has a typo that is hard to ignore. The red flags!

It reads the United States and it's territories

It should be ITS not IT'S

2. The typing alignment is not justified format, even the 1993 document was properly aligned in justified typing format. How could a 2003 not be? Compare the two below.
3. Inec supposedly received a document in 2010 when Tinubu wasn't vying for any post in 2010.

Jyde81 and TWoods when I said you were not very smart like Tinubu your mentor, una see am now. If anarchist grandpa wan forge something, he should at least get someone to do a fool-proof job.

Completely separate thread that has zero to do with me. Why am I referenced with respect to tinubu? � Seems you’re pretty upset about the previous thread. Such thin skin from an obnoxious loudmouth. Sold any foam today in agodi?

Treadway:
thank you o. E no easy, na why you no fit. You see the difference btw you and I is that, aside the fact that those colorful adjectives you reeled out up there are the best description of you, you don't have the power to see food chop if man like yourself no give you. You aim for the ceiling when you should be aiming for the stars. You are not impressive or special, and you are content with it, and it's okay. My last words to you and others like you, go fck yourselves and have a freaking orgy. It may well be the only exciting thing you will ever have going in your purposeless rudderless lives. Send some customers my way will ya, they are assured of great products at great prices. I'm out!

If aiming for the stars or being impressive or special is selling mattresses at Agodi, Ibadan... then I'm all good with a humdrum life. Thanks man!