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The film was shot in Canada in late 2020 and was a semi-finalist and finalist in two international festivals. It captures some of the experience blacks face in western words. The stories are pocket of true-life stories. This is a short film of about 10 Minutes.

"Peter, a middle-aged white man had an unpleasant encounter with a little black kid, Joke. The apology from Ola, Joke’s mum, and her explanation did not go down well with Peter. He sees another black mum trying to play a racial card. Peter could not believe that all he could see on TV that night is all about “Black Lives Matter”. How on earth could anything like black lives matter be the conversation around the world at this time? He is not in any way prepared for what will happen next"

You can also watch on Prime Video - https://amzn.to/37S35Nj




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr0tzCPPTKs

Youtook:
Good morning great people! I’m confused & I need urgent help. I have 2 offers. 1) Portsmouth - Cybersecurity and Forensic Information Technology. February 2021. £14800. 1 year. No internship.

2. Bournemouth- Cybersecurity and human factors. January 2021. £14500. 2 years plus internship.
They are both conversion courses. Not sure which one to go for. Suggestions would be deeply appreciated. Thank you!

I am not based in UK but what is your overall plan after school? Stay back i guess? What is the possibility of job or temporary resident permit when you finish at Portsmouth cos 1 year can go so quickly. Having lived outside of Nigeria for a while, i always prefer internship as it offers you an opportunity in a work place and probability of being retained or at worse acquiring UK experience. I don't like 2 years though but the advantage is that it will allow you to find your ways around the system. Like I said, all depends on a lot of factors...

wizzdy:
please how is the procedure like on arrival and what if your school is not picking you up can you still be allowed in on your own with visa?

Sorry I don't check this often. I am sure you must be in now. During my time, arrival was seamless. And you can get in on your own and move around easily. Depending on the arrangement with your school, report to school as possible because they may have some information or document to support some of the processes you will do for your resident permit. All the best

nero2face:


https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/10/31/politics/us-forces-operation-american-citizen-africa/index.html

The story is very misleading. These people just use Nigeria to sell news.

The header says Nigeria, but the body says Niger close to Nigeria border. The governors name mentioned is also a Niger governor.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/31/politics/us-forces-operation-american-citizen-africa/index.html

Since Covid-19, to a large extent, prevented us from traveling this year, I decided to use my vacation time to revisit one of my passion/love – drama/film making. I wrote, directed, and produced this short film, and I am glad it is now live on Now on Prime Video. The film, in October, made a finalist in the Venice Short Festival and a Semi-Finalist in the Sweden Film Award. The good thing is that If you do not have a subscription to prime video, you can access the 30 days trial to check out the platform. Thanks to all the great people I worked with on this project.

Do not forget to help share and drop a review. Every little drop will go a long way to support this work.

Below is a short synopsis of the short film.

Link to Prime Video - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08LZJGWZQ

You can also search for the title, “A Different Lens”.

N.B – For viewers in Canada, it may be best to search on your TV App or Mobile App instead of using the direct link on the web. Bourne appetite!

This is a new movie by a nairalander based in Canada. It speaks to some of the experience of blacks/immigrants in North Ameriaca. The short film was recently selected for a film festival (Venice Short) in the United States of America,

Watch below:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bfYMKUV7Rs

Funny but true

seunny4lif:

Like how much be agent
My bro was there today to legalize my documents
The woman was harsh on them becos they forget one yeye paper
She chased them out

Its been a long while since I did mine but then it was nothing much. I used to send my driver back then and he was sharp about it. May be few naira to give one or two at the entrance to facilitate the process. I am not too sure if they still allow them around. I only went there once when I wanted to pick the stuff up and I met a white guy who was nice to me.

You just got to be also patient with them, they could be rude!

debanj1986:
Thanks so much boss for detailed information But pls I need your help my document will be sliver for legization by Nextweek Thursday, and my school said I must do my pre enrollment before July 21, Pls what can I do I don't want. To lose this scholarship.... Should I submit my document and proceed immediately for my pre enrollment or what?

What school are you going to? Have you discussed with them. Some school seem to be more flexible than the other

Sharumi:
Please the video had been taken off from you tube so how can i get.

Watch it on this link.

https://www.bellanaija.com/2017/05/my-daughter-with-cerebral-palsy-was-battered-by-the-therapist-i-trusted/

Sequel to the story of the lady that abused a child in her care, a petition has been started. Please find below the link to the petition

https://www.change.org/p/department-of-homeland-security-stop-child-abuse-rescind-the-mandela-award-and-u-s-visa-granted-to-bisola-abayomi-ojo?source_location=petitions_share_skip

Stop child abuse, rescind the Mandela award and U.S visa granted to Bisola Abayomi-ojo

Anthonia Bisola Abayomi-ojo abused a child in her care, living with cerebral palsy in Nigeria in June 2016 and the attack was captured on CCTV. She was arrested by the police and sanctioned by the board for physical therapists. However, she left the country in November 2016 after receiving the Mandela award to further her studies in Physiotherapy and enable her work with children.

Below is the initial link to the original story;
https://www.nairaland.com/3833079/daughter-cerebral-palsy-battered-therapist

Soyedele1:



Nice to see you again bro. welcome back home that is if you are in Nigeria

Thanks bro. Ve been to Nigeria but no more in Nigeria!

Good to see that this thread is alive. Sorry I don't sign on here often, that's why it seems I don't respond to messages, more so i left Italy since 2013 so I might be getting outdated. I sight you Pelumiv and I agree with your last post! Cheers and best of luck guys!

ajanwal:


You couldn't travel that very year according to this post.
Did you later contact the consulate?
Did you later pre-enroll the following year since you had a valid student VISA.
I have similar issue because I do not have accommodation in Italy.
I'm considering deferring it since money for accommodation isn't coming.
I wouldn't like to waste this golden opportunity.
I believe you and I know that Italian VISA is one of the hardest to get in the Walter Carrington Crescent.
Patiently waiting for your response

Sorry I dont come here often. To your questions;

1. I didnt contact the consulate
2. I was going for MBA and they dont defer so I had to reapply to the school for a fresh admission.

What duration is yoru visa? Is it single or multiple entry? Do you have scholarship because it seems you are only bothered about accomodation cost. I have replied your PM, please feel free to ask any questions you want.

Cheers.

Hello house. Please does anyone has information on where to rent cleaning machine in ibadan or where to buy.

This is urgent please.

They must be scammers. I also was directed to go the payment page and I was pissed off. Meanwhile, one of ghe things that got me curious was that they had more number attached to their recruitment page than even the home page when recruiting is not their main function. They probably set up the website for such a scam as this.

classyjummy: I saw some short courses online which is ok but expensive

Classyjummy, what's your main plan of going for this course? Milan is expensive like my brother said. Do you want to pay for the fees yourself or you are looking for scholarship? Depending on long term plan, its hard to advice about italy. I have so keny reservations though I thank God for being faithful

newacca:
Yes bro. u r right. She tld me her skool is not far from US embassy.
Welcome back home bro.

Thanks bro. I will also advice you don't give up in canada though I don't know your full plans but its the place to be. All da best!

newacca: Ciao! All member. I have missed this thread a lot. I must admit I have been more attached to the Canada visa thread. Now,I am back to this house. Please can anybody furnish me with the latest success stories and other experiences? The gurus in the house I dey hail ooo. Both the old and new gurus after my leave. Ernerst,superior et al.... ur boy is back ooo and my wife has finished her foundation course in fashion design in Firenze.

Now,we are planning new thing,and I'm also looking into Italy as Plan B or C . Abeg anybody with list of some universities that offer courses in English should help me ooo. I am no more familiar with the new system in Canada study visa procedure.

Thanks in anticipation

Oh your wife was in Firenze? It should be the school beside the US Embassy, I was there twice when I visited the embassy, I should have asked if her. Anyway I am back in Naija so no more new info about italy for me! Cheers!

Hi Ttomexy,

Part of the reasons I asked for the role is to advice to my little best.

1. Digest your CV and be able to defend your experience.
2. Try qnd know few things about the bank and why u will want to leave your current bank for them.
3. They are going through transformation, what can you bring to the table inform of innovation.
4. You expected salary/level and to what extent are they negotiable.
5. Prepare for some scenario questions depending on your role.

Hope this helps and don't forget to give us feedback tomorrow.

All d best

walenzo: Did anybody received calls from union bank on monday to come for an interview on thursday at their head office in marina.
Anybody with interview tips should please let me know as a matter of urgency.
Thank you.

Is this your first stage or second stage and what role are you going for?

habiolah: Boss mi, I was too excited to keep it to myself ni o.
Thanks all the same (my relationship with him no be by blood o)

Oh pardon my assumption. Will still say Congrats anyway

habiolah: Thanks all:*. He made it!

I knew you might break it before we watch it and didn't want to check the thread before we watch it so that it won't spoilt the suspense. Anyway Congrats to him and your family. My family is excited to hear the news.

habiolah:
Thanks Boss. Pls vote o

Sure I did and will still do. I will heartbroken if he doesn't win

Your broda is the best. Rooting for him and can't wait for him to win. Cheers and goodluck this weekend

toscairo2000: I have five years experience

Please how did you apply?

confusion247: We all knew that Jonathan has no hand in june 12 annulment but now they want to make it look like Jonathan was part and parcel of that evil act.
Yorubas didn't hate Jonathan and his administration because he is not doing good, they hated him and his administration simple because their masters(mallam) from northern Nigeria doesn't want Jonathan.
If northerners happens to make a u turn and start to sing praises for Jonathan today, yorubas will be the first to dance to the tune of that song. I am yet to see how Obasanjo's administration performed better than that of Jonathan despite that Jonathan is still serving his first term in office.

Your comment is a clear reflection of your name, you cant possibly go too far from it especially when u added 247!

Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) is a bank that prides itself as a foremost Nigerian financial institution that fosters a culture of openness in which healthy debate is encouraged. Over the last two decades, the bank has grown from strength to strength thus making it a preferred institution for young Nigerians who aspire to become seasoned bankers.

Why join GTBank?

On the bank’s website, it justifies the reason to work for the bank by stating that “We are, first and foremost, a Learning Organization. We understand that being an employer of choice goes beyond the regular pay package. It involves listening, training, mentoring, a genuine concern for what people really care about, and acting upon them. In essence, it involves connecting to people’s hearts.” Superb! No better way to introduce this great institution to an aspiring or established professional in Nigeria’s banking sector.

The bank doesn’t stop at that; it goes on to say that “a career at Guaranty Trust Bank offers you a chance to make a difference in your life and the lives of people in your immediate community. Throughout our history, we have continued to help our staff realize their dreams, whilst creating opportunities for them to fulfill their personal and professional potential.”

Over the last 20 years, GTBank has been very successful with their people. The bank has been able to pass the vision of its founders down to every staff of the bank. Through their training consultants, Learners and Trainers and IBFC, new employees go through comprehensive entry training programs that span between 2-3 months getting fired up. They come out proud with their orange IDs, they believe so much in the bank’s vision, “we are a team driven to deliver the utmost in customer service.” While other bankers are hopping from one bank to the other seeking the next level, they strictly remain loyal. They strongly believe that a rolling stone gathers no moss. Ask anyone around about a GTBanker and they will tell you how they cherish and proudly defend the brand.

Exactly two years ago today, that story changed. GTBank lost its revered Managing Director and co-founder, Tayo Aderinokun. Tayo just like Fola Adeola was a leader who stood out in every aspect of the bank including the welfare of his staff. He was indeed the most respected CEO within and outside the bank. An award he later received from PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2008. Tayo’s demise ushered in a new leadership in the bank, one that appears determined to change what hitherto was a chance to make a difference in the lives of its people and that of those in their immediate community.

On Thursday 23rd May, 2013, GTBank reduced itself from an institution highly regarded in banking sector as the most respected corporate bank in Nigeria, renowned for both its professionalism and high ethical standards to a callous employer of labour. It decided to tow the path of ignominy by unjustly sacking over 100 staff of the bank.

The bank was quick to go to press to state that it had sacked 100 and promoted 500. What the bank did not tell was how it carried out its exercise and if it fulfilled all obligations as required by law. http://www.punchng.com/business/money/gtbank-sacks-100-workers-promotes-...

Reasonable Notice

To start with, where in the world do you notify people of your decision to sack them with their inability to log in to their various systems at work? Logging in to your computer system to commence the day’s operation at work was not a celebrated activity in GTBank until Segun Agbaje decided to change the face of banking that blessed Thursday. There couldn’t have been a more befitting and professional way of telling someone who had diligently and effectively worked in your institution for years that his/her services were no longer required. So many people who had saved personal items such as training materials and notes on their systems could not access their documents and files. Why? It was time to go. They were suddenly advised to contact the Human Resources (HR) department. An Assistant Manager in the head office wept. What brought tears to his eyes wasn’t the sack but the way they were dispersed from an institution they lived for like lepers. The bank was even kind enough to tell another lady who was bitter because her team met their budget for the financial year under review during her appraisal to put a new person through.

So much genuine concern for indeed helping their staff realize their dreams, whilst creating opportunities to fulfill their personal and professional potential. In the words of a Deputy General Manager who left GTBank some years back to join another top bank, “GTBank just cheapened its staff”.

The most pertinent question to then ask is why did GTBank decide to sack some staff? With the Lamido Sanusi tsunami that swept away some CEOs in the banking industry, came massive retrenchment of bankers. Thousands were laid off in defunct banks like Intercontinental and Oceanic with the new interim management teams claiming they had to downsize in order to put these banks back in healthy operation. Their reasons to some extent were valid. However, considering GTBank’s recently declared PBT of N100B, the issue had to be something else, may be performance.

The decision to sack was made after the bank’s appraisal of its staff where those who had low scores (B) were told to leave as directed by Segun during the appraisal meeting. What he failed to address was the lingering issue of victimisation and subjective appraisal by team leaders and bosses who have become tyrants in the bank. Most of these bosses hold on to personal grudges and flex their muscles only during the appraisal of their direct reports. While some of them use this as a tool to show superiority, others just do this to slow down the growth of their staff supposedly in line with Segun’s cost cutting strategy.

It was thus no surprise when some of these heads, having scored their staff so low, tried to reach out to the affected ones claiming they never expected the MD to instruct a sack of those with low scores. Now if you honestly know your team member does not deserve a B, why score him that low? If you knew Segun would erratically decide to sack, would you have honestly given the same scores? Would you consider the appraisal as fair and objective?

Most people in GTBank today grew under Tayo. There was instant reward for productivity and performance. Suddenly things changed, some employees have spent 5 years on a particular level and yet have high scores during their appraisals each year. The bank has resorted to quota system where a certain number of possible promotions (determined by the MD) is allotted to various groups within the bank. The Group Heads often claim their hands are tied, what about their mouths? They surely are following the Yoruba saying that once the mouth has tasted “dodo” (profit sharing), it certainly will reject “ododo” (the truth).

In the face of Segun’s high-handedness, the head of HR’s meekness and the absence of unions in the bank, where does an aggrieved GTBanker get able and due representation for fairness and justice assuming he or she is a victim of harassment, bullying and victimisation? The National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees should ensure that all bankers join the union with emphasis placed on the need for support in the face of such unlawful dismissals. How can you sack without notice in writing? “At common law, it is implied that that either party may terminate the contract by giving reasonable notice to the other” Omehia (2011) “Dismissal in Nigeria Labour Law” pp 55.

The principal legislation on employment matters in Nigeria is the Labour Act which was enacted in 1971. The most common method of terminating a contract of employment is by the delivery of a written notice of termination of the contract on the opposite party. While the bank may claim that monetary compensation was made in lieu of notice, it came 8 days after the termination of contract. The bank failed to write to affected staff stating their severance package. Besides the narration that comes with SMS notifications for credits into account, no affected staff has a letter stating what s/he is entitled to after several years of diligence and commitment. On what grounds were those calculations made? Did it consider the length of service? Did it include benefits up to the last day of employment? Is it enough to advise them to resign voluntarily? Preposterous!

The Nigerian Court of Appeal has held that “in the absence of any definite agreement between an employer and his employee stipulating the period of notice for employee’s employment, the Court will proceed to consider what period of notice is reasonable”. Certainly not between 1-24 hours! There have been so many cases of similar dismissals arising from the MD’s spontaneous reaction to matters beyond the control of employees in question.

One of such was the unjust dismissal of a Deputy Manager, whose 10 year GTBank career was cut short few days to his wedding due to the inability of the bank’s customer to pay down on a loan that was presented to the bank’s Management Credit Committee (MCC). Be informed that the MCC is responsible for reviewing and approving all credits that are above the approval limit of the MD as determined by the Board. Its members include the MD who is the Chairman while the secretary is the head of the bank’s Credit Administration Unit, other members include all Divisional and Group Heads. This fellow was just a victim of power play or how else do you explain his dismissal from the bank for a credit that was approved by the MCC. The fact that his team was highly profitable was discounted for such erratic decisions that now characterise the Criticized Asset Committee (CAC) which is responsible for the assessment of the risk asset portfolio of the Bank. This and many cases have become the norm in GTBank. But who will come to their rescue? HR or NUBIFIE? A notification on the bank’s intranet that a staff’s customer has been listed on the CAC list sends fear down the spine of such staff. He simply doesn’t know if that will be his last day at work.

In all of these, let it be known that government is a reflection of the society. While most Nigerians blame and attack government assuming they are totally different people from the rest of us, so much injustice occur around us every day by people in positions of authority. Some of these people eventually find their ways into government. Will the situation change? It will be no surprise if GTBank does respond with a well written orange article to refute what has been stated here but there are over a 100 people willing to share their stories of subjective appraisals.

Rest in peace Tayo Aderinokun, we all miss you.

Junaid Korede Agbabiaka (JKA)

Link: http://saharareporters.com/article/guaranty-trust-bank-would-you-rather-work-them-victimised-former-staff-tells-it-all

teemyfab: Thanks to my fellow nairalander for your response all this while my certificate finally come out out embassy early this month.I get offer now from 3 different Universities for my Msc I am thinking of which one to choose but when accessing those schools online I finally make my choice I will be very grateful if any nairalander that is already in Italy can help me out on my doubt....it might be through mail or mobile please I will appreciate that ...Thanks again keep the trend going

Mail me on buzzkanlinks@yahoo.com

teemyfab: @boss-man Thanks for your reply

U are welcome. Just holla if you need any further guide that i can provide info on.