₦airaland Forum

worry359:
If you are on a TOURIST visa you are going back home NOT settling down.
Or are you going thinking of going illegal when you get there?

By God's grace I'm not going back home soon. By settling down, I meant searching for a job, securing a job, going for visa exchange at Kish, re-entering on an employment visa and settling down.

Do you actually have a visa or tickets yet?

Yes I have a visa

Meanwhile, you are always so negative, criticizing and less helpful with your comments.

I will be coming over to emirates very soon on a tourist visa. I'll need answer to the following questions.

What is the cheapest means of transportation to get to Deira from the Dubai airport? (suggest the possible amount)

What are the names of the most common bed space accommodations, and locations for Nigerians?

Which network has the most affordable data and the code for the dataplan? (I use more data than call)

Is it better to open a bank account on arrival or should I wait until I settle down?

Which airline offers the biggest kg on economy ticket?

@ justi4jesu Monchouchou sonofaGod mystikay and other members of the house.

iykbethany:
This is not applicable to Nigerians. I travel to Vietnam from time to time.

As a Nigerian who wants to travel to Vietnam to buy things, to get Vietnam visa a company in Vietnam MUST send you invitation letter which you will take to the embassy in ABUJA to get visa. The company will process the visa in Vietnam, it takes 5 days or 7 days to process. Once the visa is approved in Vietnam, the Vietnam contact will mail you copy of the visa approval letter which you take to the embassy to collect your visa. Once you arrive at the Vietnam embassy in Abuja you will get your visa same day, within 2 hours after submitting the documents which the Vietnam contact sent to you.

To cut the whole story short there are many Nigerian shipping companies in Vietnam, mostly Igbo boys, they use their company documents to process the visa for you, some of them charge money like 500$ to process the visa while others do it free of charge but they demand that you MUST use their shipping company to ship your goods to Nigeria. I dont blame those that collect money because so many Nigerians are funny, someone contacts you begging you to help him get visa. You say no wahala dont pay me any money, I will tell my contact in Vietnam to handle the visa for you free, but the person in Vietnam is into cargo business, all he needs is, after buying things in Vietnam use his company to ship[ your goods. But the moment the idiot got the visa in Abuja they change number and you dont hear from them again.

While going to Abuja, what are the documents that the visa applicants need to submit or present at the embassy??

sonofaGod:
Plz can someone help me out.I seem to b getting conflicting figures on atm withdrawal charges in dubai.a friend of mine has a FCMB account in nigeria wit a valid mastercard and wants to make withdrawal from ATM in dubai,wats d current ATM charges for such transaction,tnk u

Reading the leaflet that came with my new UBA Mastercard, withdrawals on ATMs outside Nigeria is charged at N240 while shopping on the POS and Web is free.

I hope this helps, I don't know if this fee is fixed by the issuing bank or Mastercard.

are Nigerians eligible for the online visa? (inquiry is for a friend who is a business man here in Onitsha that wants to buy foot wear and bags from there. He is not fluent in English language although he visits China)

this is beautiful

Seun:
If this is true and he has no carry-overs or other problems then I don't see why he should drop out. The degree is very useful and he'll regret not having it, though it won't stop him from being successful in business. I didn't drop out of uni to pursue Nairaland, I dropped out because I had issues that made it hard for me to cope, and those issues were not solved because we didn't understand them. By the time I started pursuing business, I would have had to start again from square one, so I decided to use those 5 - 6 years for business instead.

Bill Gates took a break from university because he discovered a once-in-a-lifetime business opportunity that he could not afford to miss. If Microsoft hadn't become such a phenomenal success, he would have returned to school. So maybe your friend should just take a 1 year break to face his business. I believe there's a provision for that if he notifies the school authorities in advance instead of just leaving. If after 1 year of business, he still doesn't feel the need to go back to spend just one more year to get his degree, then you can reluctantly support him.

I just learnt something about seun

iiiyyyk:
oga... posted it here. that guy oga.... actually had so much info but.....

I totally agree with you on this

This South Korea visa process seems to be getting more difficult by the day... we really have very bad travel record in this country. If I have the opportunity of holding dual citizenship, I won't even think twice before accepting it.

acadollar:
check the web address..does it end with KR ?

I also found this website which I guessed belonged to the Foreign Language Institute Daehan

http://flid/

Unfortunately, it is no longer available.
Please help us out.

acadollar:
check the web address..does it end with KR ?

Got it from here

daehan theological university -
Study in Korea | run by Korea ...
www​.studyinkorea.go/.../
college_info. ...
Department, international
language school / Charger :
yuntaisung / E-mail :
yts0609@hanmail.net . Phone,
0314703330 ...

surethings:
Hello Mr David

Please am yet to received admission requirement from the school.. like i said before am enrolling for language studies please kindly send me the requirement so i can get them ready on time.
secondly when is the next admission for language studies?
I hope to hear from you soonest.
Regards

REPLY FROM MR DAVID

Hi -----
I am very sorry for delaying .
language program is not my responsibility. so i will ask the person who is charge in program.
Give me a time to process.
david son


@ acadollar I will appreciate if you can get me the contact of the person in charge of language program....mr david has nothing to do with language program but msc.
thanks

Acadollar please help us with the above highlighted request... Please can you confirm these details for us, I saw it on the internet. "International language school /
Charger : yuntaisung / E-mail :
yts0609@hanmail.net"

After all my effort while trying to play safe, nothing positive happened. I'm thankful no money was lost although some months were wasted idly. I'm now making new plans and research, it might not be UAE at last but I will definitely pass through or visit UAE soon.

I had desired meeting some members of the group from the start and to mention a few are Justi4jesu, Monchouchou, postemail, Ken1982, and most importantly Ogakpatakpata (yes, I had much respect for him because of the level of information he contributed to the house back then)

For now, my UAE plans have been cancelled. If after my research I still have reasons to consider UAE, I will inform the house... It's good bye from me.

They are really beautiful and unique.

[quote author=acadollar post=27165208][/quote]please bro how about using vocational schools as an option and can you recommend any vocational school?

how long does South Korea admission and visa process take on the average?

sirjake:
am very disappointed at some of my fellow Africans trying to force the hands of others. We are all human beings trying to make a leaving. Why must you dupe others to make a living? Why? We want to help each other as much as possible. If you don't have that kind of spirit in you, why don't you stay away from this thread. And to you scammers here, if you value your life that much, better change your ways or go down with it. Thanks to all the good hearted people on this thread.You'll always be successful in whatever you do.

at the highlighted sentences above are you referring to me?

So good to know that another scammer has been exposed. so bad to note that some of this scammers often respond and contribute positively to the thread at the initial stage just to get followers. Why won't these guys stay positive?
This thread has suffered many of this drama and it has dragged it down to the negative end. May God help us all.

Please what's the average duration for student's visa process? how long did it take you to process yours?

Africa is beautiful and multicultural.

Enjoy your dream life bro,

Are you in Australia or New Zealand?

You will sure have some interesting stories to tell... that's if you wish. I'll follow thread just in case.

ThaiAlNigeria:
Greetings Nairalanders,

Hope you are all doing well.

Today I would like to debunk a popular Myth you read online about the Haulage business.

We're Independent Transporters working directly for the factories with complete accounts at hand.

I've often read that Haulage Managers can give you a payout of 200,000 to 400,000 nairas every month. Looking at our yearly accounts, I can say that it is a myth depending upon how you've invested and worked with the IT.

Things to consider first --
- The net profit is around 40% of revenue minus the cost of tyres. Tyres which are an essential part of trucking will eat into your profits.
- a decent tyre will cost around 80000 nairas. A 10 tons, 20 tons truck has 6 tyres. Tyres must be changed every 12 - 18 months.
- Fuel is expensive.
- Below are examples for the haulage industry delivering goods for the factories. 10 tons and 20 tons trucks. This is not for a 40 footer.

Scenario 1

DEBT FUNDING

Contract -- 3 year.

Monthly Payout -- 20% ROI of capital invested every year payable "every month".

Supposed amount invested -- 2900000 Nairas. Monthly payout will be 49000 monthly. 580000 Nairas yearly.

3 years combined payout -- 1740000 Nairas.

End of 3 year contract -- Total principal capital is returned in bulk 2900000 Nairas.

Total money returned by end of 3rd year contract -- 2900000 (Principal Capital) + 1740000 (20% yearly payout) = 4640000 Nairas.

What happens in Debt funding -:

1) IT 100% manages the trucks and every details of the business.
2) IT genuinely looks after the condition of the truck because at the end of the contract, the truck belongs to the IT. It is in the best interest that the IT looks after the trucks.
3) Investor takes no part in management and simply gets his monthly payout
4) Original capital is returned in bulk after 3 years.

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Scenario 2

WORKING UNDER US.

Contract -- No limit

Monthly payout -- Total revenue generated minus 10% for allowing to work under IT. Estimated monthly revenue generated varies depending upon how much trips your truck takes. Normally it take around 3-5 trips a month. So conservatively estimating monthly revenue generated based on 4 trips is around 573000 Nairas. IT takes 10% of it. so, you're getting is a monthly revenue of 515700 Nairas.

Supposed amount invested -- 2300000 Nairas.

Fuel, repairs, drivers, entire truck management -- The truck owner is solely responsible for everything.

Estimated net profit the truck owner generates per month -- 150000 - 170000 Nairas.

What happens in working under us -:

1) The truck owner bears the responsibility to manage his truck entirely.
2) With the total estimated monthly revenue generated, truck owner is responsible for his own fueling, changing of tyres, finding drivers, repairs, Lasma issues, making sure goods are delivered on time, accidents, and the net profits he himself generates.
3) Our estimated net profit on revenue generated is around 40%. NOT INCLUDING TYRES. TYRES will be a significant cost. Estimated net profit that the truck owner should be making is around 166280 per month including all expenses PAID including tyres. 150000 Nairas to be more conservative.

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As you can see from the above. There is NO WAY, a Haulage Manager can give you the amount of monthly payout if he is managing everything for you including repairs, tyres, fueling, everything.

Your Haulage manager will take and must rightfully take half of the profits the truck generates. I emphasize the word "rightfully" because haulage is indeed extremely management intensive and may not be worth their time or effort if they're not taking their fair share.

With the figures above, You can decide on your own what sort of investor do you want to be.

You have 2 absolute choices.
1) Be a passive investor (Debt funding)
2 Be the manager yourself. (Come under us)

So the PHRASE -- I, the Haulage Manager will give you a payout of 200000 to 300000 Nairas and manage the truck for you in my opinion is FALSE. The only people that will promise a 200k - 300k for a 10ton - 20ton truck monthly payout and manage the trucks for you are the JIBS. And they're plenty of them out there. And don't be surprised when payment stops within 5-6 months. Because in the long run, that's not possible if you factor in every single cost.

THE TRUTH -- You can earn 150k - 200k Net. But you have to manage it yourself.

Conclusion

Haulage business as you can see is a very profitable and a good investment. But you have to be realistic about your expectations. Its never easy to make money, in any industry, and the money made is related to the amount of EFFORT you put in. Any business in the world that promises you MORE THAN 20% passive yearly returns PAYABLE EVERY MONTH on your investment should be looked upon very suspiciously. Nigeria is a place where you can make money and be rich. But NOT OVERNIGHT!

For the discerning investor -- 20% ROI per year "payable every month" is what you will get max out of Nigeria.
Compare this with a 24% ROI when you invest in Dubai, but your money will be locked for 4 years with NO MONTHLY PAYMENT.

For the people that wants to manage it themselves -- Good luck! Reach for the stars!

My humblest regards,

Your friend.

questions? Queries? You can contact us at -- info@thai-alpha.com

you are really doing a great work here.

how can someone verify an employment visa?

FarmTech: ..
Thanks v much. I know Osakwe farm. They have another branch at Ogidi and I've done biz with them b4.
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How far is Agric from the expressway? Also, is there any river there where people practice dry season farming?

Not far from the expressway, I learnt that bike men now stay in front of the new road(I'm not sure of this) but to be on a safe side just stop at Toll gate and get a bike that will take you to Agric or alternatively stop at site, wait for bike under the billboard of the West African Intercontinental Market tell the bike man to take you to Agric. The trip from site will obviously be more expensive(between #100 - #200) but will take you through Ozeh village in Nkwelle Ezunaka and enable you to see the area more.

I wonder why these guys dey spoil show for person. This is very bad.

mercylicious: Do know d location of the plot to be sold? Some of my colleagues have been there but dont like d location. I heard they are having issues among themselves. Youths wat the land to be sold while d old men oppose that. They are still plotting so d land isnt ready yet.

There is a land we ar going to see 2moro at Nando. I will keep u posted.

Yes, I know the location of the land that they are plotting. If, you want to see the area yourself enter bike from Nkwo bank or site, tell the bike you are going to Nkwelle boys(Model Comprehensive School, Nkwelle Ezunaka). The said land is located all around the school. You will see the beacons, streets and plots that are being developed. The new Nkwelle road that is being built from immediately after toll gate will pass through there. If you ask me it will make a very good investment but please be careful not to buy from the wrong source.

Meanwhile, I haven't heard from you.

FarmTech: @Mercylicious, I asked bc I heard on tv that the new road our govnor is building there will link to some farm settlements there.
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Checkout my reply on the post u created about monkeys.

If you are talking about the new Nkwelle Ezunaka road that is located around Toll gate, the answer is yes.

In the olden days, there was a very big farm settlement occupied by whites. We refer to the place as Agric. They were into animal husbandry and different types of fruit plantations. However, the farm settlement stopped operation around the 90's. Some years back the former governor, Peter Obi privatized it through ANIDS. Some of the lands has been plotted and sold out to individuals while some others are used for agriculture (mostly maize farming) by people... I also learnt that there is a private farm(osakwe farms) that are into animal husbandry around there.

These images are really unique

mercylicious: i heard ebube muonso's village at nkwele are plotting land for sale-350k per plot.
Also a village at nsugbe- 350k

@ugsams, i made a serious mistake in my planting. i calculated a plot to be 5000m2 , thinkig dt d measurement which is 50*100 is in meters bt it is 500m2 when i saw d survey plan, my spacing was also done wit d same mistake.
Since a hectare takes max of 2500suckers,a hectare is 10 plots so a plotshld take max250. some plant 100 suckers in a plot.

I didnot sleep d night i realised i made a mistake. Currently, i consider my farm a nursery of suckers. looking for a bigger farm to transplant. My farm is at Nwaobia Nkwelle. Like i said b4, its in a rwsidential plot i bought in an estate, so i decided to plant it there since i dont have plans to build there anytime soon. Am currently looking for a bigger farm. I will check Anaku. Its not easy running a farm if u dont have a car or bike. Movement is key.

Quote me any day, no village in Nkwelle will ever agree to sell their land at 350k per plot. Please be suspicious of anyone that wants to sell to you at that price range.

I'm sorry about your error in calculation. However, i believe it will still grow and yield fruit but the quality of the fruits may be slightly affected.

It will be nice to connect with you offline, If you are on whatsapp please send me a message on ***** or suggest any other medium through which i will be able to reach you offline.