TO SEEEEEXY

You said:

"As i was reading your post,i was expecting to read that something major happened ,like for example,u got the job and they didnt pay u for a yr or the students raided your apertment and made away wit everything, or something outrageous like that,

so u returned back and concluded naija is a sad ,cos your appointments were cancelled?did u try to apply to other universities?n i take it u've never had a cancelled appointment in U.S?

let me understand this, , your intention was to contribute to the advancement of naija, without breaking a sweat?"


MY RESPONSE TO YOU:

1. I SENT SEVERAL APPLICATIONS TO VARIOUS UNIVERSITIES WHILE IN U.S.A. and never received a reply.

2. SPENT THREE MONTHS IN NIGERIA - RUNNING AROUND TO MAKE CONTACTS AND NETWORKING. SPENT SEVERAL THOUSANDS RUNNING AROUND IN NINJA.

3. MEANWHILE MY BILLS IN U.S.A. WERE PILING UP.

4. IN EVERY TEN APPLICATIONS I SEND OUT IN U.S.A. - I RECEIVE AT LEAST 4 INTERVIEWS AND AND AT LEAST ONE JOB OFFER.

5. VALUES IN NIGERIA ARE MISPLACED.

6. GOD HAS HELPED ME - GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP MY TALENT AND ALSO USE - IT IS A BLESSING TO HAVE TALENT AND USE IT - BE PAID BE PAID FOR IT - AND BE RESPECTED FOR IT. IN NIGERIA MOST PEOPLE DISREGARD YOUR TALENTS - THEY WANT YOU TO SHOW THEM MONEY.

7. THANK YOU JESUS. GOD BLESS AMERICA.

HELLO Devonian:

Listen to what everyone on this blog is telling you. No information is useless. Suggesting that you need advice from from "professionals only" is ignorance and arrogance. Try as much as possible to get as much information as possible from everybody here. As I said "NO INFORMATION USELESS."

HERE IS MY STORY: I will make it short. I had my high honour bachelor degree in one of the best (in Africa) universities in western Nigeria. Due to hardship, I immigrated to the US. I worked hard, earned graduate degrees and fellowships from a US top university (globally known and respected). I had the desire to go back home to contribute and to be with my loved ones (extended family). They also urged me to come back and settle that everything will be fine. Last year, I took an unpaid leave from my job and traveled to Nigeria with my credentials (degrees and scholarly publications, etc). When I arrive, There were scheduled meetings the Dean of the Faculty to discuss my credentials and hiring. All the scheduled failed because the Dean canceled all planned meeting (for some unforeseen circumstances). Now, a lecturer I met at the faculty advised me to contact the Vice Chancellor  V.C. (Head of the University). The lecture believes that with my OUTSTANDING qualifications the V.C. would intervene. However, nothing happened. The V.C. office cancelled my two sheduled meetings with the VC. THIS IS VERY SAD. NOT FOR ME. THIS IS VERY SAD FOR NIGERIA AND AFRICA. AFRICAN TALENTS ARE HELPING IN ADVANCING THE DEVELOPED WORLD.

I returned to U.S. continue with my old job. Making my dollars and living out my American Dream.  
THANK YOU JESUS
GOD BLESS AMERICA

IN USA - life is hard. But if you work hard, you will succeed. While there is always racial discrimination, Employers are looking to employ hard working and dedicated people. Therefore, if you are qualified, and show you are a dedicated individual you will be hired.


GOD BLESS AMERICA. I don't feel homesick any more. I call my loved ones regularly, and have easy access to buy and eat Nigeria food.

IS AFRICA CURSED.

THE PROBLEM WITH NIGERIA IS NIGERIANS:

In the 1980s and 1990s everybody was blaming the military dictatorial leaders, corruption, unaccountability, human rights abuses - and we all clamored for a civilian democratic government.

GOD answered our prayers and made it possible for us to have an election. Obasanjo became the President. He has military experience, was a former military leader, and said he was committed to good governance and anti-corruption. He was a perfect fit this country needed. God made it possible and he became the President. After 8 years (and two terms) - corruption quadrupled, the country became less safe and worse off.

The Problems: CULTURE OF CORRUPTION. Nigerians and Nigerian politicians WHO denounced the military regime continued the the vices and now country is worse (military regimes had fewer individuals stealing public funds) now the democratic process has made it possible for more civilians who "successfully" have access to government to steal, plunder and destroy this blessed country. This were the "good citizens" that condemned the military juntas.

AS IT STANDS NOW - THERE IS NO HOPE FOR THIS COUNTRY.

Shame to all Nigerians.

Hopefully, God would raise a leader/true servant of the masses that will rescue this country.

note: I am a Nigerian.

MAY PRESIDENT YAR ADUA SOUL REST IN PEACE.

ONE OF THE FEW GOOD LEADERS NIGERIA HAS EVER HAD.

the first leader to publicly declare his personal assets when taking office.

His poor health great affected his effectiveness as the President.

REST IN PEACE MR PRESIDENT.

READ THIS OLD STORY - NIGERIANS DO THIS ALL THE TIME - IT IS CRAZY. WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR PEOPLE.

STORY ONE: OLD STORY

Nigerian Stowaway to US Dies in Plane


January 2, 2004

Nigerian Stowaway to US Dies in Plane
AllAfrica.com, Africa


A Nigerian was found dead Tuesday night in the wheel well of a British Airways
plane at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, United Stated
authorities have said. Discovery of Nigerian currency notes in the 30 - 35 year
old man and the fact that the plane made a stop over in Nigeria convinced the
US that he is a Nigerian stowaway.

It is the second body found in the wheel well of a plane at the airport in less
than a week, however the body discovered earlier was that of a Jamaican.

The discovery comes at a time of a heightened terror threat alert level in the
nation. On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security asked that foreign air
carriers have armed marshals on some flights in the United States when
requested.

However, it has been the plight of many young Nige-rians to escape to other
countries in an attempt to escape harsh economic realities at home engendered
by high level official corruption.

The body was discovered while the aircraft's first officer was conducting a
routine examination after the plane's arrival from London's Heathrow Airport.

"The aircraft's first officer was conducting an examination of the plane when
he was struck by a strong odour coming from the left wheel well," a law
enforcement official involved in the investigation said.

"The dead stowaway, a black male between the ages of 30 and 35, was wearing
shoes and pants with some Nigerian currency in his pants pocket," the official
said.

"The plane was in Lagos, Nigeria, on Christmas Eve, and we believe the man
climbed into the wheel well while it was in Nigeria," he said.

Jim Peters with the US Federal Aviation Administ-ration said the body was found
hidden in the wheel well about 7 p.m. ET, was removed immediately and taken to
the medical examiner's office.

A British Airways spokes-man confirmed that a body was removed from the wheel
well of one of the airline's jets, but he declined to provide additional
information and would not speculate on any possible breach of security.

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey spokesman Tony Ciavolella said the
Boeing 747 flew to JFK from Heathrow as Flight 177.

The FBI, Port Authority, Queens district attorney's office and Transportation
Security Administration are conducting a joint investigation, Ciavolella said.

On Christmas Day, the body of a man was found at JFK on an American Airlines
flight from Jamaica.

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STORY TWO: FEBRUARY 2009

Nigerian man found guilty of stowaway charge in Mobile
By Brendan Kirby
February 04, 2009, 5:47PM

MOBILE, Ala. -- A federal jury in Mobile today convicted a Nigerian man of stowing away on a cargo ship that ended up in Theodore last year.

Erik Banjoko will be sentenced in March and eventually sent back to his native country, which he told jurors he fled to escape civil unrest.
Erik Banjoko , found guilty of stowing away on ship.

U.S. District Judge Kristi DuBose dealt the 30-year-old Lagos, Nigeria, native a severe blow this morning when she ruled that defense attorney Fred Tiemann could not argue that his client never intended to come to America. She instructed the jury that the prosecution needed to prove only that Banjoko voluntarily boarded a ship without permission and that the vessel ended up in America.

Whether the defendant intended to go to Chile -- as he later maintained -- or the United States is irrelevant, the judge ruled.

"You have that issue for appeal," DuBose told Tiemann before the start of the trial. "If I'm wrong, we'll try it again."

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STORY THREE: APRIL 2010

Desperate man sneaks into Delta Airline plane’s tyre compartment with the aim to be smuggled into the US, but arrives Atlanta as mangled dead body
By CHIOMA IGBOKWE
Saturday, April 17, 2010
•Photo: Sun News Publishing
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The family of a Nigerian, who wanted to play James Bond and perhaps, shock the world with his plan, is currently gnashing its teeth, as the venture has ended in tragedy.

Saturday Sun gathered that a young Nigerian, Mr. Emeka Okechukwu Okeke, recently wanted to do the impossible by smuggling himself into the United States, but ended up arriving not only in body bag but also as mangled body.

Impeachable sources at the Murtala Muhammed International, Lagos, revealed that Okeke had beaten all security at the airport, traced his way to the tarmac and sneaked into the tyre compartment of a Delta Airline’s plane scheduled to depart for Atlanta, United States.

It was gathered that the plane had departed Lagos, without Okeke being detected, and safely arrived Atlanta. Ground staff of the airline, in the United States, were said to have discovered pieces of flesh and blood smear on one of the tyres of the plane and raised an alarm.
A check on the plane revealed the mangled body of Okeke in one of the tyre compartments of the aircraft. The check also revealed a bag and a mobile phone on what remained of the body of the young man.
Saturday Sun gathered that shocked officials of Delta Airlines, in the US, had put on the mobile phone and scrolled through the numbers. To find out the identity of the man, they were said to have called the last number dialed and made inquiries. The man, who received the call, was said to have revealed that the owner of the phone had travelled to the United States.

Delta Airlines officials in the United States had transferred the case to Nigeria, where it was discovered that Okeke, who is married, had confided in some of his friends and relatives that he was travelling to the United States on the night he sneaked into the tyre compartment of the aircraft. His family has been contacted and its members have identified the corpse of Okeke.

According to our source, Okeke is from Anambra and had tried unsuccessfully for years to get a visa to America. Owing to desperation, he decided to embark on the risky venture, which eventually claimed his life. Although, he told his family that he was travelling to US, he never revealed that he was going to sneak into the tyre compartment of the aircraft.

According to our source, Okeke colluded with airport officials to gain access to the tarmac, before finding his way to the plane in the dark. He was said to have wrapped himself in a blanket, not knowing that the aircraft tyres would get to where he was and kill him.

Meanwhile, Delta Airline staffers, who guarded the plane at the airport on the day the incident happened, have been arrested by the police, to explain how Okeke sneaked into the tyre compartment of the plane.
Saturday Sun gathered that Delta Airline has a security policy, whereby its plane at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, is guarded from the time it arrives Nigeria, in the afternoon, till when it departs with passengers in the night.

With such security arrangement, the airline is, therefore, shocked that somebody could have access to the plane undetected and embarked on a suicide mission, which has caused the airline a scandal.
The police at the airport command are currently battling to find out how security was breached at the airport that day.

An airport official, who pleaded for anonymity, told Saturday Sun, that many people had been smuggled out of the country by sneaking into aircraft.

The source said: “That route is for people who have guts and all efforts to leave Nigeria have failed. The man has bad luck; it is not his destiny to leave Nigeria. Maybe he did not follow the instructions given to him on how to survive under there. This is not the first time people are sneaking out of Nigeria through that means. Sometime last year a woman travelled through that means and arrived safely.
“If this man arrived safely, we would not be talking about this. He was careless with his life. Now innocent staff of the airline are going to suffer for his mistake. Those who guarded the plane that night were arrested.”

The racket at the airport
The question being asked by people is, how possible is it that somebody would gain access to the tarmac undetected, considering the tight security in the airport? Our source explained that such illegal movement is being coordinated by a syndicate at the airport, which also works with airlines’ workers.
It was gathered that people who need such services pay as much as N800,000. They tutored on how to survive in the aircraft compartment. For one, it was learnt that they are given blankets and winter clothes with which they would keep warn while the plane is in flight across the Atlantic.
In the country of destination, the illegal immigrants are received by agents in the syndicate, who smuggle them into the country.

Our source blamed the level of corruption at the airport on poor working condition, alleging that some of staff are paid N30, 000 monthly.

“In this present day, how can one survive with such an amount of money? We have to survive; that is why there can never be a cure for the level of corruption at the airport. There is nothing like absolute security; the people at the helm of affairs smuggle things into the plane also, despite their fat allowance,” an airport worker said.
When contacted, officials of Delta airlines refused to comment. However, a policeman at the airport command confirmed the incident and said investigation was going on.

READ THIS OLD STORY - NIGERIANS DO THIS ALL THE TIME - IT IS CRAZY. WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR PEOPLE.

Nigerian Stowaway to US Dies in Plane


January 2, 2004

Nigerian Stowaway to US Dies in Plane
AllAfrica.com, Africa


A Nigerian was found dead Tuesday night in the wheel well of a British Airways
plane at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, United Stated
authorities have said. Discovery of Nigerian currency notes in the 30 - 35 year
old man and the fact that the plane made a stop over in Nigeria convinced the
US that he is a Nigerian stowaway.

It is the second body found in the wheel well of a plane at the airport in less
than a week, however the body discovered earlier was that of a Jamaican.

The discovery comes at a time of a heightened terror threat alert level in the
nation. On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security asked that foreign air
carriers have armed marshals on some flights in the United States when
requested.

However, it has been the plight of many young Nige-rians to escape to other
countries in an attempt to escape harsh economic realities at home engendered
by high level official corruption.

The body was discovered while the aircraft's first officer was conducting a
routine examination after the plane's arrival from London's Heathrow Airport.

"The aircraft's first officer was conducting an examination of the plane when
he was struck by a strong odour coming from the left wheel well," a law
enforcement official involved in the investigation said.

"The dead stowaway, a black male between the ages of 30 and 35, was wearing
shoes and pants with some Nigerian currency in his pants pocket," the official
said.

"The plane was in Lagos, Nigeria, on Christmas Eve, and we believe the man
climbed into the wheel well while it was in Nigeria," he said.

Jim Peters with the US Federal Aviation Administ-ration said the body was found
hidden in the wheel well about 7 p.m. ET, was removed immediately and taken to
the medical examiner's office.

A British Airways spokes-man confirmed that a body was removed from the wheel
well of one of the airline's jets, but he declined to provide additional
information and would not speculate on any possible breach of security.

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey spokesman Tony Ciavolella said the
Boeing 747 flew to JFK from Heathrow as Flight 177.

The FBI, Port Authority, Queens district attorney's office and Transportation
Security Administration are conducting a joint investigation, Ciavolella said.

On Christmas Day, the body of a man was found at JFK on an American Airlines
flight from Jamaica.

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