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There is a 24hr priority service for visa applicants.
I know about 3 persons who have used it. One was medical and the others were vacation. So long as you can pay the premium fees. Its no big deal.

Papichulostunne:
UK Visa ready in one week? Wetin people dey chase for months? Life nor balance

You're so sure he will be granted asylum even if they discover that he lied?
You also saw the proof that the Kidney was paid for?

Jobola1:
Yes, he is 100percent getting UK asylum on safety grounds. He is not coming back to Nigeria to meet people like u.

Even if they can prove he is 18 which is near impossible, kidney buying is a crime in UK and PGA senator must cool off in jail

Jobola1:
Yes, he is 100percent getting UK asylum on safety grounds. He is not coming back to Nigeria to meet people like u.

Even if they can prove he is 18 which is near impossible, kidney buying is a crime in UK and PGA senator must cool off in jail

UK will not grant asylum to anyone who lied to take advantage of Public funds

Please where in Nigeria can a kidney compatibility test be done?
Because the one I paid for a few years back was sent outside the country

Niom:
The more reason why I believe the boy wasn't awarebhe was going for such deal. Else they would havevatleast carried out kidney compartability test here in Nigeria before embackibg on such trip...

Please read the visa letter again

FOJEM:
Obviously, the Ekweremadu's gave a misleading piece of information to the embassy. How can you give the purpose of visit as 'for medical treatment' when the young man is not sick? On the contrary, it is Ekweremadu's child who needs the medical treatment! If they truly had an agreement, which the young man willingly signed, then the Ekweremadu's should have been bold enough to state it clearly in the visa application that he was going to the UK to donate a kidney.

But you definitely went to the VISA centre for biometrics and submission of application?

Henix:
The last time I applied for UK Visa, I didn't attend any interview

Too many holes in this story
(1) You can't get Nigerian Passport by proxy, you must appear for biometrics capture
(2) You also require a NIN to apply for Nigerian International Passport
(3) British Visa Cannot be issued without biometric capture so its impossible to be issued a Visa by proxy
(4) The purpose of the VISA is clearly stated on the VISA
(5) His BVN was captured in 2019 that's about 3 years ago so Ekweremmadu couldn't have changed his age from 15 to 21

Judeerons32:
With this letter It doesn't seem Ike had something to hide. he just needs to prove the boy is older than 15 or he genuinely was mislead to believe he was.
Irrespective of our disaffection towards him he loves his daughter and looking for a donor for a family member is not a crime.

Once they confirm that the boy is not the 15 he claimed, they will jail him and deport him afterwards. You can't get asylum in the UK by telling this kind of lies.

I'm not in support of politicians who take advantage of the impoverished masses but let's be objective for once.
(1) Ekweremmadu wrote to the embassy stating clearly that the boy is going as a Kidney donor for his ailing daughter.
(2) The NIS used the boy's data from NIN data base after obtaining a matching biometrics issued an International Passport.
(3) The Consular Officer in the British High Commission conducted due diligence before issuing a medical visa. (there are special visas for organ donors)
(4) The compatibility test failed and the boy refused to return to Naija suggesting that he is not a minor afterall.
(5) While we pray for the recovery of Sonia, its good to excercise some caution to see the result of the investigation by the British Authority.
(6) Humans are imperfect and as such prone to sickness whether young or old rich or poor. So let's show some empathy even if the father is a Demon.

Covid-19: Predeparture tests return for all UK arrivals to tackle Omicron as Nigeria is added to red list. - UKHealth Secretary Sajid Javid

The health secretary acknowledges that the measures are "hugely unfortunate" for people who already had travel plans but insists they will be "temporary

In addition, Nigeria is being added to the travel red list - joining several southern African nations which were put on it after the Omicron variant was first detected late last month.
It means that only UK citizens and residents will be able to enter the country from Nigeria, and they will have to pay to stay in a quarantine hotel for 10 days.


https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-pre-departure-tests-for-all-uk-arrivals-to-tackle-omicron-as-another-country-added-to-red-list-12486556

perambulator:
The author of this article is clearly an ignoramus!

Even if Innoson acquires 33b worth of GTB shares ($75m at the official rate) and becomes the "largest shareholder" as he says, he will only own roughly 3.5% of GTB because the tottal value of shares in GTB (market cap) is $1.9Billion.

https://companiesmarketcap.com/guaranty-trust-bank/marketcap/


All these ethnic sentimentally charged quacks should stop writing nonsense. Innoson can NEVER own GTB!!!


There is a difference between being the largest shareholder and owning the company. even if he gets the debt converted into shares all he will own is approx 3.7% of GTB....read that again 3.7%!!!!! is that owning?


he wont even get a seat on the board for 3.5%. and he cant takeover the company


That said no court will award Innoson shares in GTB because of a debt that is 3.7% of their value or 16% of last year's profit, it's not as if GTB is insolvent, thats not the way it is done. GTB's profits before tax last year alone was N233B so the worst a court can do in the event innoson wins the case is to stop GTB from paying any dividends until they have paid Innoson.

GTB makes 7 times more profit every year than the debt even with the interest, This is not a one man cowboy operation like innoson motors, GTB is a public company listed on the London Stock exchange, by law, they are required and would have already made provisions in their accounts for known event risks such as this. Even if we dont follow laws here, the minute GT bank list on the LSE, selling shares in the UK, they are subject to the UK SEC laws and UK regulators would have made there there are funds set aside in case this well known case goes against them or they would have been struck off the LSE. so any talk of innoson taking over GTB is only the talk of Imbeciles.

way too many idiots commenting on things they know little about.

Total claims in court against GTbank as at last financial year was in excess of 450bn. It would interest you to know that the provisions made by the bank in the event of losing all the cases is 190m.
In anycase, GTbank UK Ltd is a different entity with different board of directors. Gtco only owns a share like other shareholders in the UK bank. Being a limited liability company, the fortunes or liabilities of the Nigeria holding company will have little or no impact to the London business.
Pfizer which folded in Nigeria still operates in other markets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX8XCaLiuig

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLCOecBdhUU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMxabR4n6K4

Please what now happened to the people with gunshot wounds that Gov Sanwolu personally visited in the hospital that same night and later confirmed some fatalities the following day?

I need to be enlightened please.

PLEASE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK.
It's obviously an expansion joint judging by the slabs above and beneath it. Do not mind the round shape.

What's causing the confusion is that they screeded the 2 columns and painted them to look like one. What appears to be a crack is the surface plaster (motar) which cracked during expansion because its inelastic.

Last month I slept in one new hotel in Shomolu, around 2am, the hotel manager opened my door with the master key only to see me awake and pressing my phone. She jejely locked the door and moved out. I was so scared that I couldn't sleep till I checked out around 6am. On my way out I wanted to ask her what she wanted in my room at that time of the night but she was no where to be found. I left and never came back.

Yahaya Bello who became an accidental governor now wants to be Naija President. What am I even saying when even Bubu is President

Pakistan International Airlines Asks Crew To Refrain From Fasting Inflight

byPranjal PandeApril 11, 2021
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has asked its pilots and cabin crew not to fast while flying. The notification comes just before Ramadan and explains why fasting during flight operations can be dangerous and pose safety risks. Let’s find out more.

https://simpleflying.com/pia-crew-no-fast-inflight/

Guys get your history right.
Mungo Park was credited with discovering the SOURCE of river niger and documenting it as recorded and known history.

KenModi:
Thought I was the only one who noticed. Had to read the post twice. No where in the article was it mentioned what exactly Trump said on Biden’s injury if at all he said anything. Those “walking dead” you quoted, just rushed to comment without even reading.

Please read the link, that's why it was shared.

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US president-elect Joe Biden has a foot fracture and will likely have to wear a medical boot, his team said Sunday after the 78-year-old was taken to the doctor because he had slipped while playing with his dog.

Biden, who will become the oldest US president upon his January swearing-in, suffered the injury Saturday with Major, one of his two German shepherds.

The president-elect’s personal physician Kevin O’Connor initially said x-rays had not uncovered any “obvious fracture”, but added that an additional CT scan would still be done.That scan “confirmed hairline (small) fractures… in the mid-foot,” O’Connor said in a subsequent statement released by Biden’s office.

He added that the former vice president, who won election against Donald Trump in November, “will likely require a walking boot for several weeks”.

With both Biden and Trump in their 70s, age was an issue in the presidential race, even if it often took a backseat to pressing matters like the Covid-19 pandemic.

https://punchng.com/trump-sends-get-well-message-to-injured-biden/

Captions this pics

One of the “Nigerian Reject” leading the Pfizer vaccine team.

Another “prophet” that has no honor in his own country


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JAbZynVqek

In don't get all these praises. These MPs were given palliative funds to take care of the welfare of their people- government money. So I don't get all this pictures and praises as if they are spending their money

If you know that film titled "abused" which she featured in 1992, some 28years ago when she was just 14. you will know that something is just not adding up about her age.

Nigeria can definitely do more but we keep comparing it with wrong countries whose circumstances are way different.
Beyond geography and nomenclature, Nigeria also lacks the attributes of a nation. Majority of Nigerians both the rulers and the ruled do not believe in Nigeria nationhood, they merely see the country as a foreign land where we all converge to exploit the system. No sense of patriotism.
While Nigeria can boast of some of the smartest people in the world, these are in minority which makes it easy for the mediocres who are in the majority to always succeed in electing one of their own to govern us, afterall its a game of numbers.
So its high time we get the right diagnosis for our dilemma and look to God for solution. Mankind has surely failed and will always do.

1.Russia is also an industrial nation, and earns billions from selling industrial products, and tourism, and also sells most of its gas

2.UAE produces the same amount of oil Nigeria has, for a population of 11 million people. (And their economy is diversified to boot)

3.Saudi Arabia produces five times the amount of oil Nigeria produces for 12 million people.(And let's not even mention the billions it earns from hosting Islam's holiest site)

4.African oil producers for the most part...aren't doing much about palliatives. But a quick check....

Angola is Africa's second largest oil producer, and they have less than 40 million people

Algeria is also a large oil producer...for 37 million people.

And then there is Nigeria, an oil dependent nation, producing 2.4m barrels on a good day for 200 million people. Even without our leaders stealing the money, the revenue per person isn't much.(unless oil was selling at $139 per barrel)

Keep in mind I am not defending Buhari...but the truth is, Nigeria is not rich. We produce too little oil for a very large population. If we wanted to be like Saudi Arabia and UAE, we should probably tell 190million Nigerians that they are not Nigerians, and spend the oil revenue on the remaining 10 million.

Either we become an industrial nation, exporting industrial goods or else.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari’s directive for the payment of withheld February and March salaries of some Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) members is generating ripples over conditions attached.ASUU members nationwide are on strike to press home the non implementation of 2009 signed agreement, other Memo-randum of Understanding (MoUs), Integrated Payroll and Per-sonnel Information System (IPPIS) issue and renegotiation of the 2009 agreement.Buhari on Tuesday approved the payment of February and March salaries to ASUU members in federal universities not enrolled on the IPPIS.Less than 24 hours after, some branches of the union said their members were asked to ll the IPPIS form and provide their Bank Verication Number (BVN) before the February and March salaries will be credited to their account.According to some union leaders, vice-chancellors were di-rected to revalidate the BVN of lecturers which they view as an attempt to enroll them on the IPPIS.A circular to ASUU Universitity of Lagos members said while it welcome the development, it should be received with cau-tious optimism . The circular signed by the branch chairman, Dr. Dele Ashiru, explained that information from some branch-es indicated that the payment is conditioned upon the lling of IPPIS form and submission of BVN numbers. He said the national leadership of the union has directed that no member should submit their BVN nor ll the IPPIS form. “Our union’s opposition to the obnoxious and retrogres-sive IPPIS enrollment for which we have been vindicated still stands. While thanking our members for being resolute and steadfast in the struggle for a better public university system in Nigeria, please be rest assured that sooner than later all our outstanding salaries would be paid without any encumbrance,” Ashiru stated.The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono and Director of Corporate Communications, National Universities Commission (NUC), Malam Ibrahim Yakasai, did not respond to calls and WhatsApp message sent to their phone lines. But the Public Relations Ofcer of the Accountant General of Federation ofce, Mr. Henshaw Ogu-bike, said he was neither aware of the conditions nor if the two months withheld salaries have been released - www.sunnewsonline.com

Clearing the confusion over Kyaris different ages as published in different media.

Igbo Billionaire Willy Anumudu is dead
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*#COVID19Thoughts: TSUNAMI LOADING ...*
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Patrick O. Okigbo III. April 20, 2020. Abuja
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If you are a state governor in Nigeria and you are not already working round the clock, night and day, you are playing with fire. Red-hot, napalm FIRE!

Here is your reality. Bonny Light (Nigeria’s crude oil) is trading at about $11. This is half the cost of producing the barrel. Even at that price, Nigeria is not able to sell her crude oil. She has tens of millions of barrels of crude oil in scores of vessels cruising the seas, like a gala seller in Lagos traffic, looking for customers. No is calling; no one is buying. Nigeria is offering a $5 discount per barrel but who will buy when U.S. shale oil is selling for $2 (and no one is buying that either). Nigeria has other bigger challenges because it does not have onshore crude oil storage so she has to put her oil on vessels. In the last week, the cost of renting the vessels doubled to $350,000 per day. Do you see the picture?

Clearly, this has to be the lowest the oil price can fall, right? Wrong! Over the weekend, Canadian oil hit -$3. Not $0; minus $3. They, too, are not selling. Why? China - the factory of the world - is running at a fraction of its capacity. The airlines are shutdown. Farms and factories are shut down. Many analysts are saying that the world may not get back on its feet for a few more months. In reality, we may be stuck in this new world until a vaccine is found for the novel Coronavirus and a major percentage of the global population vaccinated. Unknot your tie, we may be in this new world for a while.

Mr. State Governor, why should you care? The world as you know it has changed and nothing has prepared you for what you and the residents in your state are about to experience. All state governments except Lagos depend on allocations from the sale of Nigeria’s crude oil for most of their revenue. The Federal Government allocations to the states started dropping off a few months ago. It will get worse.

About a month ago, I had a chat with one of the State Commissioners for Budget and Economic Planning. At that time, he was already petrified by what he was seeing. The cheque from the federal government was getting lighter. Sadly, he couldn’t get his principal and colleagues to understand that what they saw moving in the distance were not clouds but a Tsunami that is gathering speed. Many of the state governors still can’t see it.

Mr. State Governor, the catastrophe is close at hand but you still have some time to lay the sandbags. This is the time to get into emergency mode and plan for the worst. What will you do when it becomes obvious to you, in a few weeks, that you can’t pay salaries and provide the basic minimum public services required in your state? What are the economic choices you have to make today? What things do you have to cut off today to be able to tide over tomorrow?

What will you do when hordes of criminals take to the street, looting and killing people, in search of something to eat? What if there are multiple demonstrations by different groups of people in different parts of your state? What are your options?

Who are the people who would help you maintain public order? I am sure you are not banking on the Nigerian Police Force. They won’t have enough bullets to kill the number of people who would be on the streets. It can’t be the vigilante groups. They may be the ones doing the looting and killing. Basically, how are you going to balance this elephant on the top of a needle?

Set up your “war-room” now. Pull in your best thinkers. Borrow from other states and outside Nigeria if you must.

Reach out to everyone who has a voice in your state. Your best solution may be to convince people instead of through coercion. Decide who is in the best position to convince the different groups of people.

This is no time to be partisan. Turn this problem into a shared one. Don’t let anyone brand it your problem.

Plug the leakages in your system starting with the “security votes”. Call on the illustrious sons and daughters of the state and convince them to join you in planning for and in funding palliatives for the poor and vulnerable.

This is the time to plan and act. Act as if you are convinced that the dam will break. It is more than likely that it would. If it doesn’t, you are still ahead. If it does, you will be ready. Don’t be caught napping. It won’t be pretty.