Plot of land measuring about 300sqm is up for urgent sale. It's located in a prime estate in Mowe, Ogun state.
The estate is sold out and plot allocation concluded. Property development in the estate hasn't begun yet.
If it's of interest to anyone and y of u wish to land-bank, then we can inspect, negotiate and proceed to the property company for transfer of title deeds.
Email: outviewevents@netbusiness.com

It's a ridiculous situation we're in. Am I the one getting this simple math wrong that as of today Monday, 21st March 2016, the British Pound is N439 to the Naira (from FBN ) rather than the official CBN rate of N286?

Something just caught my attention about that Nigerian passport - IMO being the place of birth; and a closer look, I know it's counterfeit. Check:
1. On every passport, it is Place of Birth not Place of Live like on this passport
2. There is no middle name on the passport
3. The passport number on the top right hand of the page is A 04485028 ( 9 characters, note d spacebtw A and 0)
4.The passport number running across the bottom is different- A044850285 (10 characters)
5. In the numbers running across the bottom after the passport number is NGA followed by the date of birth, on this passport there are 2 dates of birth - May 24th 1979 and Jan 1, 1984
6. Then next is the passport expiry date which does not correspond with the initial entry on the page.

Fake passport, fake character.

Came across this sumptuous article on what lunch is like for pupils around the world.

Bon appetit

See more here-
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-2957301/What-school-lunches-look-like-world.html

Not that one can choose such things, but _The Economist_ has published a ranking of the best and worst countries to be born in for 2013—and the US isn't number one.

The index averages rankings from 11 geographic, social and economic factors. Switzerland ranked first and Nigeria ranked last. And the US? America came in at 16th place. When The World created a Where to be Born index way back in 1988, the US ranked first. Also ranked in the top were Nordic countries, Australia and Singapore; nations in Africa and eastern Europe came in last.

SOURCE: http://pulse.me/s/fX8x4

We have serious internal issues in Nigeria no doubt. And so now anyone and everyone can make a comment. But can you blame them? Probably not. Here' a comment to a thread on ghanaweb:Oil Crisis in Nigeria

Author: Kankan Nyame Posted: 2012-01-10 17:38:41
Nigeria is definitely approaching a basket case despite its oil riches. Current developments will soon spiral out of control that means the whole of west Africa will soon be destabilized, Ghana will bear of the brunt since a bunch of Nigerians will migrate to Ghana. The Ghana army must cease the opportunity to invade Nigeria in order to stabilize the situation and allow the Ghana government to effectively rule Nigeria.
Source: http://mobile.ghanaweb.com/wap/article.php?ID=227365&mode=comments

source: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=183605

I hope that people, especially Ghanians will now believe that most of the the corrupt people caught abroad are not Nigerians (they're Nigerian wannabees ) but people who take advantage of Nigeria's benevolence. Its hard for me to accept that lose security is reponsible for this even though i know that is (was) the case. But how do you feel or console yourself when you discover that your closest neighbour is just a fair weather friend?

I am happy though, that access to Nigerian passports is stricter now with the Biometric Passports. Once you get one, you can never get another one unless and until you can PROVE that the original issue is lost or destroyed and only after exhaustive enquiries. Time was when people including foreigners and Ghanians especially as corroborated by the article had 2,3 or even more passports.

About this time last year, i was returning to Lagos and i met a lady staff at Heathrow airport and we got chatting. Proudly, i told i was Nigerian when she asked and her immediate response was 'oooh Nigerians, (shaking her head) dodgy people'. She went on about how she continued to get some strange calls from a number that seemed to her to be Nigerian, and each time she picked the phone she lost some phone credit and how she would NEVER even contemplate visiting Nigeria bla bla b ala.
How was i now to launder an image or impression so badly damaged? Of course, she coud not remeber the country code of the numbers when i asked but she swore they were from Nigeria. I was surprised she still considered me worthy company as we walked on.

Eventually i said to her that, indeed there are a few or several bad Nigerians which is not unique to any one country but that most of the Africans caught for breaking the law are not Nigerians and that is because they have easy, unhindered access to our Passport. Her response to that was a question; ' so are you saying to me that most Africans want to be Nigerians?' My point exactly, yes! Otherwise why are they scrambling to get the glorious and glamorous, Green P?

Now, i wish sincerely that she would stumble across that article by non other than a Ghanaian on a Ghanaian website .

Please take time to read the comments that followed the article. If u have time that is.

Good to know that finally there's something copyable from Nigeria. The UK Government is changing its passports to have iconic landmarks displayed on the pages amongst other features. I'm not sure, but i think the Nigerian Passport (and perhaps Ecowas) is the trail blazer in that regard. And apart from the aesthtic enhancement of the Nigerian passport, it's also one of the world's most difficult travel documents to forge. Here's the link to the UK passport change: http://uk.travel.yahoo.com/p-promo-3359736

Somewhere between Sanya bus stop and Mile 2 (Mile 2 bound) a few years ago, i saw this church- a complete wooden structure:

MY BROTHER IS A CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD.



Nobody believes i ever saw that name till today. But i no fit lie.

Does anyone have a word about the recently concluded NDIC recruitment interview?

Growing up, with NTA being virtually the only TV station, some names on NTA News became household weather or not you liked it. Let's see how many of them we can remember and possibly where they are and what they're doing now.

1. Sola Omole
2.Siene All-well Brown (later Rasaq Lawa)

Let's go,

Okay, we're taking the loss in good faith but it must be said: Emmanul was so selfish, so selfish he wanted to win the golden boot that he couldn't square the ball on several occassions for other team mates in better positions to score. I blame him o. Okoro was guilty a few times too.
Now, i guess Emmanuel is happy he's winning something at our expense.

Has Bellview refunded anyone yet after cancelling the reeturn flight from London. Is there hope? I heard that their workers haven't been paid for up to three months. This is a message sent to me almost two weeks after i sorted myself out and found my way back to Lagos :

Dear Sir,

This is to inform you that our flight of 16Oct has been cancelled due to technical reasons, our flights are not operating until 04 Nov. We are sorry for the inconvience caused. We are unable to reach you as the london ctc is incorrect

This shows they're far from being serious certainly.

Check out: http://www.airlinequality.com/Forum/bellview.htm#cmnt

Bellview should just concentrate on flying only local and regional routes for now until they can professionally i.e efficiently and safely serve their customers.
Virgin Nigeria stopped flying to London so could concentrate on their core area of competence (local flights, S.A, W. Africa and maybe somewhere in the Mid. East) and to be honest, they're better off. If you're not flying Aero within Nigeria and the west coast, you'll definitely be flying V.A. Now, that's what we're talking about.

For me, it's undisputeably Bellview. Apologise to people who work with or have relatives who work with that airline.
They say if the preferable is not available, then the available will be preferable. That's my case.

My grouse on one single flight to the UK (26/08/09):

1.They leave about 2hrs behind schedule without any official explanation or apologies to passengers

2. They loan a plane that is so claustrophobic, you need to struggle for every inch of space-even forthe arm rest

3. Before take-off, it was so hot, it felt like a "danfo"

4. The food was miserably embarrassing. White rice and stew with some crazy carrots. You could count the diced carrots. The quantity and packaging was so poor, it was as if people didn't deserve the food.

Then, they brought a bogous card box. Opening it was a slice of cake. I thought if the reduced the size of the boxes, then they could improve the quality of the food.

5.Drinks was served, sorry SHARED for everyone in those white disposable cups and many cups were half filled. What happened to even the smallest size of can packed drinks.

6. It is only on an international flight like Bellview that passengers will "seat any how" disregarding seat numbers.

7. The loaned plane is called euro merridean. Foreing crew with one naija cabin lady. You could hardly pick a word from the announcement.

8. In-flight entertainment-zero

9. Let me stop here.

You might say all that matters is arriving safely, yes but the landing wasn't that great and the entire experience made it worse.

It was simply a Lagos-PH standard that was exhibited on the day.

NEVER AGAIN!

A university student in America has to pay £404,000 to 4 record labels for illegally dowloading and transferring music.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1203608/Illegal-download-student-shared-music-online-ordered-pay-404-000-record-labels.html

Huge sum in Naira, about N101,000,000. It might be a bit excessive within the circumstance but in my view quite deserving.
That's the only way piracy can be stopped.
If only the Nigerian Government would show a bit more seriousness like this, then Nigerian artistes would not have to rely solely on shows for survival.

How do we get the Copyrights Commission to act?

NIGERIAN MUSIC IS GONE GLOBAL. I ALWAYS WONDER IF OUR ARTISTES GET AIR TIME ON RADIO AND TV LIKE THEY'RE LOVED OUTSIDE. LET'S START WITH NEXT DOOR GHANA.

I think it's imposible to move a car let alone drive it without first, having a vague idea of what the instruments in the car are designed for.
Indeed, there are several softwares designed for graphics but honestly, being able to draw is the most basic requirement. These softwares are only designed to make your work easier because first, you've got to be able to visualise your idea, sketch it on a paper (scamping) before hitting your computer.
In fact, some graphics artists are so brilliant with scamps that you can virtually see, say a finished press advert before it gets on the computer. And so, with all the softwares available to them, they're able to knock the job out in minutes. The reverse of this is that you can spend hours on end on the computer because you can't see in front of you the accurate physical picture of what you are visualising.
You really don't have to be the best artist in the world with the pencil but at least you need to be able to sketch-the first step to a good work.

When computers came around, people who were used to manual typewriters found it easier to do basic typing on a computer keyboard but obviously microsoft word was a huge releif for all the spelling errors, deletions, cutting and pasting etc.
Hope you understand, that's how it works. Just keep drawing and using your computer and you'll be there.
Cheers.

I am not much of a novel reader but i've managed to read a few like "The Lonely Londoners".
I bet it would be a comic masterpiece with all the West Indian characters and the Nigerian "who without a dime in the world went to the altar to say i do".

Hi people, i've just gone through today's Guardian and i'm reading about Nigerians being deported from LIBYA! of all the places in the world to be deported from. The report goes on to say that in 2006, some 155 Nigerians were deported from NIGER!, GHANA!! and Sierra Leone!!! For heaven's sake, what are these guys looking for? No wonder these conutries don't respect us because they know they should be looking up to us.

Now, this is my question: Why does the immigration service not deport illegal aliens in Nigeria? Why are we acting big brother, accomodating everyone?
Someone, please tell me so i don't have malaria

At the time Craig David released his first album (don't remember the title) with tracks like "i'm walking away", i thought he 'd never be able to do a better album. Virtually every track was a hit. With his most recent efforts, i think i might be right.
I think his best came out too early. What's your view?

Hallo people, have you been listening to candid phone recently?
Today's episode: This 25 year old chick in the US was shocked straight into insanity when she finds out in a rather crude and embarrassing way that her boyfriend who lives on the other side of town (for his job's sake) actually had a wife. She had called the station and confidently bragged about the guy's flaming love for her. The radio DJ now puts the man to test. He calls him and said he had the chance to send flowers and a love note to one person. The chick was in the background all this while and had been told not to make a sound. The guy opens his mouth to say "yeah, ma wife".
The next thing we heard was,” wife? wife? You have a wife? (I thought she was asked not to say anything. who wouldn't?)
The guy who sounded much older now says he was just kidding. Serious matter!

I know there are loads of episodes, why don't you guys share the ones you find most incredible, ridiculous, absurd, embarrassing,

Hallo people, Have you been listening to candid phone recently?
Today's episode: This 25 year old chick in the US was shocked straight into insanity when she finds out in a rather crude and embarrassing way that her boyfriend who lives on the other side of town (for his job's sake) actually had a wife. She had called the station and confidently bragged about the guy's flaming love for her.The radio DJ now puts the man to test. He calls him and said he had the chance to send flowers and a love note to one person. The chick was in the background all this while and had been told not to make a sound. The guy opens his mouth to say "yeah,ma wife".
The next thing we heard was,"wife? wife? you have a wife?( I thought she was asked not to say anthing. who wouldn't?)
The guy who sounded much older now says he was just kidding. Serious matter!

I know there are loads of episodes, why don't you guys share the ones you find most incredible, ridiculous, absurd, embarrassing,

Sorry people for the long break. If i may proceed, "she" replies me srill not sure if i wasmale or femal and of course evading my question. "Her" mail":

Hello dear , yeah long time , hope you are good , i knew i could count on you to help out here. you should use western union to send it, i sure would pay you as soon as i get home. i should be able to recieve it immediately here at the western union office.

here are the details that you would need to help send the money through western union to me .

NAME: ,

CITY: SURULERE

STATE: LAGOS

COUNTRY: NIGERIA

ZIP  CODE: 23401

Hope to read from you asap, with the info that i would need to have the money picked up here and the amount sent, also include the amount it cost you to wire the money , ok
i sure will make it up to you in due time.

Thanks

I'm biding time, strecthing the silly guy. So i replied with a new mail that would have set him grining from ear to ear:

Hey what's up,
Good to know you're still there and your hotel manager
hasn't bungled you out.
O.k I'll let you know as soon as i do it later on
today. meanwhile which hotel are you in Surulere. I
could ask a friend to check up on you at least you'll
have company.
What's your address over there, have your folks
relocated, where are they now and i'm eager to
remember your friend's name.

Just relax o.k. It's no longer an emergency. I'll sort
you.
Take care.

I send another mail before he replies to re-assure him that i was working on itand he had caught a fool:

Hi,
Na wao, sending money to Nigeria is harder than making
the money itself. These guys want to know the exact
form of identification you'll use. Prefereably your
passport but my fear is that you've lost it too. I
hope you have it. Please include the number.
SA is 2 hours ahead and the banks are closing now so
send it quickly for tomorrow.
Cheers

And "she" replies:

Hi sweety ,
well, we thank God that i still have my passport with me , ok thats what i will use to get the money picked up , let them know that its an international passport , ok , you just keep me updated , and let me have the MTCN Number and other info that i would need to get the money picked up at the western union here ,

Thanks.

Was i surprised that "she" still had a passport? NO WAY! Imagine the guy calling me sweety, apparently just discovering he's dealing with a man.

DAY 2
This morning, i was hoping the guy would be paying a coutesy call on Ribadu. I was making calls to the EFFC office in Lgos but typical of civil servants in Naija on Fridays', the phone rang endlessly. While i was assumed the job of a phone operator, i sent this mail:

Luck you girl i've sent it-$3,000.
CONTOL NUMBER: 1122347484
Test Question: who's the man
Answer: you

I'm sure this would do. Let me know if you require
anything else.
Cheers.

At this point though, i was sure the guy knew he had been busted because the true owner of the box had sent this mail around which he had been sent and knew i must have received. This is the mail from the original account owner:

Subject: FW: I AM NOT IN NIGERIA, I DON'T HAVE ANY EMERGENCY. PLS DON"T SEND MONEY TO ANYONE.

Dear All,
If you receive this email below, please note IT IS NOT FROM ME. IT'S 419. Someone has hacked into my account and changed my password and locked me out of my yahoo account. Please note again. I DID NOT SEND THE EMAIL BELOW. Please pass this on to anyone I might have missed.

 thank you
,

HELLO
HOW ARE YOU DOING? I WANT YOU TO KEEP THIS
CONFIDENTIAL BETWEEN BOTH OF US, I KNOW THAT I CAN PUT
MY TRUST IN YOU ON THIS. PLEASE DO NOT LET ME DOWN.
RIGHT NOW I AM IN AFRICA, NIGERIA. I CAME HERE ON A
TRIP TO SEE A FRIEND AND WHEN I GOT HERE I LOST MY
WALLET CONTAINING THE ADRESS OF MY FRIEND AND HIS
CONTACT PHONE NUMBER, ALONG WITH MY ATM CARD AND OTHER
VALUABLES.
SO RIGHT NOW I DO NOT EVEN HAVE ANY MONEY ON ME . I AM
STAYING IN A HOTEL NOW , AND THE MANAGER IS ALREADY
RANTING OVER HIS MONEY AND AS TIME GOES BY THE BILLS
ARE INCREASING.
I WOULD WANT YOU TO LOAN ME $2000. I PROMISE TO PAY
YOU BACK AS SOON AS I GET BACK , I
WOULD WANT YOU TO HELP SEND THE MONEY VIA WESTERN
UNION . GET BACK AT ME ASAP.
HOPE TO READ FROM YOU,

And so the stroy ends. The guy would hate me more for the security question- (who's the man?) I am the man after all.

A word of advice please: Alter or better yet change your password and pin no. immediately you suspect someone knows it. I think it's safe to do that regularly. I've changed my password.

Please remain vigilant.
Cheers.

Na wao. Since it's becoming increasingly difficult daily to achieve international scams from Nigeria, these bad boys now target their own brothers.
I received a mail yesterday purportedly sent by a girl i met in London about two years ago through a friend. The strange thing was that we hadn't communicated in any way at all in all this time. Below is the sequence of mails between "her" and me:

HELLO
HOW ARE YOU DOING? I WANT YOU TO KEEP THIS
CONFIDENTIAL BETWEEN BOTH OF US, I KNOW THAT I CAN PUT
MY TRUST IN YOU ON THIS. PLEASE DO NOT LET ME DOWN.
RIGHT NOW I AM IN AFRICA, NIGERIA. I CAME HERE ON A
TRIP TO SEE A FRIEND AND WHEN I GOT HERE I LOST MY
WALLET CONTAINING THE ADRESS OF MY FRIEND AND HIS
CONTACT PHONE NUMBER, ALONG WITH MY ATM CARD AND OTHER
VALUABLES.
SO RIGHT NOW I DO NOT EVEN HAVE ANY MONEY ON ME . I AM
STAYING IN A HOTEL NOW , AND THE MANAGER IS ALREADY
RANTING OVER HIS MONEY AND AS TIME GOES BY THE BILLS
ARE INCREASING.
I WOULD WANT YOU TO LOAN ME $2000. I PROMISE TO PAY
YOU BACK AS SOON AS I GET BACK , I
WOULD WANT YOU TO HELP SEND THE MONEY VIA WESTERN
UNION . GET BACK AT ME ASAP.
HOPE TO READ FROM YOU,

I laughed when i did the conversion. Then i called London and confirmed the girl was there, then i replied:

Hi, long time. How did all this happen?
Anyway, you're my friend and i'm sure you'll do same
for me. I'm willing to give you $3,000 i guess you
might just need extra money.
Unfortunately i'm in SA now for a course so you'll
have to wait a few extra days to allow the money get
to you from here. I'll need your details, i wonder why
you didn't include any not even a number.
So,ill expect your mail. Take care.
N.B You remember that friend of yours, what's her name
again? i think i saw her recently.

Notice i chipped in a question and also made "her" comfortable by offering an extra $1,000. I was beant on leading "her" on for as long as possible before setting a lunch meeting with the EFCC. ( Got to go out now. To be continued)

Check this site: http://www.lawrencelupin.co.uk/immigration/individuals/students.php
I found it jusstat the top of the page you're on now.
Good luck!

Check this site: http://www.lawrencelupin.co.uk/immigration/individuals/students.php
I found it jusstat the top of the page you're on now.
Good luck!

The most cogent factor in granting student visas is the proof that a prospective will return.
Therefore, you need to be very practical in dealing with this issue.
At the time of your application, you must have convinced them that you will return to Nigeria at the completion of your studies.
So, now you intend to stay longer. You will have to answer a few questions.
If your visa expires in 2008, how do you plan to legalise your continued stay?
Are you extending your studies and by extension your student visa?
Have you been offered a lob which entitles you to a work permit?
If you've done or are planning any of these, the chances of a dependant visa for your prospective wife are there.
Remember, if you were married before going to study, it would have been automatic for your wife to go with you as long as you have a visa cause really, they can't "break" a family.
The list of documents you have looks convincing and might work out well for you.
You did say that you haven't worked and have been supported all through by your sponsor.
So it boils down to the kind of visa that you will have after your studies that will enable you work and support your wife because you or your dependant are not expected to recourse to public funds.
If you're studying for longer than one year in most cases or all, i think, your spouse can work. The bottom line is the basis on which you hope to secure a visa for your wife. You must have the right to live and work which i think you should secure firmly before applying for your wife.
A friend of mine is in a similar situation. Came back to Nigeria during his masters to marry, twice he applied for her and twice she was refused even after an appeal. He's in the country now and he's said his last resoort will be to forget the whole thing and stay here.
My final advice is this: Get a visa that will enable you stay and work, then get all relevant documents and most of all, pray like you do in all things. It should be fine.

Hallo people. Here's a mail i received from a friend. It's about the stereotype nature of Nollywood and how they try to make everyone think in one direction-backwards.
It's as hillarious as its true. Check it out

1. Every problem you have is spiritual.
2. In every romance movie, someone must die.
3. It is possible to hit a person without actually
touching them!
4. Anyone who gets hit by a car dies immediately.
5. Poisoned food tastes better,
6. The best way to make money is by visiting a
'Babalawo'.
7. At least one of a pair of twins (identical or not)
is born evil.
8. There is never an end to your suffering, except
death!
9. With a pastor,  all things are possible
10. A movie can be titled anything,  such as - the boy
is mine, Two rats, Spanner, Calculator,
11. A movie has not been made if at least one
actor/actress has not- 'shelled', twisted his/her lips
to speak wrong phonetics',
12. You are in love,  you want to take your girl out,
the best place you take her to is,  Mr. Biggs,
Tantalizers, the beach or the best- take her to buy
some new ugly clothes.
13. An Igbo movie has been made if,
* You visit a 'Babalawo'
* A fleet of cars is shown off
* Kanayo 'O' Kanayo is in the movie, Pete Udochie is
also there too!
* To get rich it is mandatory you join a cult
14. Gun shots and Knock-out sound the same!
15. Most times the title has absolutely nothing to do
with the movie.
16. A love story has not been produced if it does not
have one or two of the following cast actresses-
* Stella Damascus
* Stephanie Okereke
* Genevieve Nnaji
* Omotola Jalade
* Rita Dominic
17. The police are extremely 'efficient' unlike their
counterparts in real life,
18. An actress can wear the same hairdo for more than
a year,
19. It is permissible to wear very dark shades in the
night!
20. When you are shot in the chest, it really doesn't
matter; your head will be bandaged! Same for your
legs!
21. When advertising a movie, you really should shout
because,  people are deaf?
22. When you are extremely poor, you will still be
able to afford- very good furniture, T.V., but you
won't be able to send your kids to school