Nigeria already has this policy naa. The western countries require a visa to come to Nigeria.

Namibia is just displaying pride wey nobody send. If they think that by doing that, top countries will wave visa for them, they are joking. They are the ones who will loose. Money coming from tourism will dry up.

A western passport holder still has over 170 other countries without Namibia to choose from. In fact, Kenya and Tanzania will be the most beneficiaries of this as would be Namibian tourists will divert to those countries increasing their tourism revenue.

This is simply pride over economics and based on Namibia's economy, it doesn't make sense for them.

legionISproteus:
my question now is, was government dashing each person enough money to buy a house that all of a sudden, everyone wanted to buy house? so now the government has stopped dashing money, why have prices not returned to nearly pre-pandemic levels?

also, Nigeria where the government did not give anybody one kobo instead some of them were sharing COVID-19 palliatives to people that attended their birthday party, why did the prices spiral out of control there?

I appreciate your effort in explaining this but I still don't understand.

Like I said earlier, it is a combination of different factors in which government palliatives was part of. Housing demand skyrocketed mostly due to very low interest rates. For example, prime rate as at March 30, 2020 was just 2.45% which was the lowest in a decade. I bought a house around that period and my interest rate was prime minus 1.2% bringing it to just 1.25%, what a sweet rate.

This made a lot of people jump into the housing market creating too much demand that pushed the prices higher. The high interest rate was to depress demand so that house prices and other prices don't keep rising.

As for Nigeria, as far as I'm concerned, Nigeria does not have a real economy. I don't know what they are doing there. For example, CBN benchmark interest rate is 24.75% where as prime rate in Canada despite all the noise is 6.95% today. How can an economy function with 24.75% rate? It goes to show that Nigeria's economy is not a real economy as it doesn't follow basic economics principles like the rest of the world.

How long have you been in Canada? It will be difficult to understand if you are not in the system.

seuntohbad:
Hello OGs,
please i have a question
i submitted my application July 4th, and i haven’t gotten a reply yet. however, my POF will be due tomorrow and they will removed the money from my account. i was advised to renew it for about 2 weeks more, also a friend said it wasn’t needed that when she did hers (she has gotten her visa approved last month) she said immediately she did the MYBANKSTATEMENT she return the pof money back to the people that deposited the money into her account. now i am stuck thinking should i renew or not . i aslo did the MYBANKSTATEMENT.
please kindly advise the money is quite expensive and also i don’t want to risk anything.
please kindly advice base on your experience about this whole thing i really need advice because i am stuck and i do not know what to do next.

I hope you know what you are getting yourself into? You are trying to go to a country without the required funds. I hope you know it is no longer certain you will get a job and even if you get, it might not be enough to cater for your needs.

I'm sick and tired of Nigerians coming to Canada and complaining Canada this Canada that when they are the ones at fault. A lot of Nigerian students in Canada now are stranded and suffering oooo.

Better evaluate your situation very well before you step out.

ednut1 no be so?

legionISproteus:
but the cost of many things are tied directly to high interest rates. people are paying more for their houses today because interest rates went up. how did it bring inflation under control? I don't understand

You are correct but you are viewing it wrongly. Inflation is normal in an economy. It is better than deflation. However, year on year inflation is not expected to be above 2% to maintain a healthy economy.

After the pandemic, we had what economists call a Demand-pull inflation which happens when there is a over supply of money and credit that simulates the overall demand of goods and services beyond the economy production capacity.

Don't forget that during the pandemic, government was dashing people money while we were on lockdown. Interest rate was very very low giving people incentives to borrow money. Money piled up in the system and people spent less. No travel, no activities so people spent less and people's savings rose to am all time high.

After the pandemic, these whole situation created a demand-pull inflation where these piled up money needs to be spent coupled with very low interest rate. In economics, when demand outstrip supply, inflation happen as more money chase fewer goods.

If you recall, house prices were rising at an alarming rate after the pandemic. People were over bidding more than the asking price cos there was so much money to spend.

What the bank did was to kill demand or slow it down drastically so as to bring demand and supply to an equilibrium. The only way to do that through monetary policy instruments is to hike the interest rate to make things expensive. When things become expensive, you no longer have the incentive to buy buy buy so the supply would start catching up with demand. This is why house prices rise have cooled down and the prices of other goods and services have also cooled down.

Since the bank has succeeded in halting the unsustainable prices rises, the next thing will be to start bringing down the rates gradually as they have started doing. Those pandemics piled up cash is gone so there won't be a spike in demand as rates come down.

legionISproteus:
if the banks did not mess with our interest rates the first time, what would the economy look like?

It is not the problem of the bank, if the bank didn't hike interest rates, inflation would have been worse. The bank had to do it's job to bring inflation under control.

tensazangetsu20:


I have a friend here from Canada and she said she's moving to the US immediately she's done with what she's doing in Chile. She speaks about Canada like the way we Nigerians speak of Nigeria. If a white blonde girl with blue eyes is speaking this way hmmm

She is likely going to be disappointed. Americans are also complaining. If you go to American social media space, you will think US is now a third world country. This is why Trump is making a comeback. Incumbents all over the west are facing intense heat due to economic situations.

This is the first time in a very long while western citizens are facing a jump in cost of living and unfortunately for them they are not resilient. With that anger, they are throwing incumbents under the bus. UK has done it, France is still in Limbo, Biden is a goner by November, Trudeau is a goner next year. Citizens no dey joke.

The reality of the matter is that the high interest rates is the reason for the high cost of living. Inflation that started after the pandemic forced the central banks to jack up interest rates across the west. For the first time in more than 40 years, interest rates rose up to 8%. This means mortgages rose. If rates cost rise, it means rents will go up, business cost will go up which means companies will not expand instead they will scale down and reduce hiring meaning less jobs available, food will go up, everything will go up. The west runs a credit based economy so any bump in interest rate will reverberate in the economy and affect everyone.

The good news is that the inflation which the western central banks is fighting that made them jack up rates to decades high to kill demand is coming down. Inflation is down below 3% from high of 8% for the first time in 3 years. With this, the banks are now projected to start reducing interest rates. In fact, Bank of Canada reduced interest rates last month by 25bp. This immediately reduced mortgage payments for some people. While this is small reduction, it is the first step towards more rate decreases to getting back the rates to pre pandemic levels. Once this happens cost of living will go down as expected and things will normalize.

The bad news is that what I just explained will not happen overnight. It will take around 2 more years to bring things back to pre pandemic situation.

Canada is faring worse because the government allowed in more people at a time when they shouldn't have. This is why I keep saying if you don't have money stay back in Nigeria and wait till situation improve. The only thing is that by the time things will normalize there will be a new government which will change Canada's immigration system.

lastkingsman:


You mean finding professional work or all types of work?

I am here thinking with PR one can grab 'menial' jobs first use am hold body until the desired jobs are secured. It looks like Canada is the worst hit oh with this migration struggle.

Things are rough right now due to population. However, some people are not helping themselves.
For example, I was talking with a Nigerian HR who talked about a Nigerian babe who is PR and has been looking for job for almost one year.
She sent her a job post to apply but instructed her to send her resume for her to review before she sends her application.

Do you know that the Resume was poorly written? Even the main keywords in the job posting were absent in the Resume. Unfortunately that Resume wouldn't have passed ATS for a human to even see it. She said that is what she has been using to apply for jobs.

A lot of people applying for jobs are just wasting their time. If your resume can't pass the company's ATS, it's just a waste of time. Some people use 1 resume to apply for many jobs, that's waste of application. I don't know if it is laziness or what why someone will use one resume to apply for multiple jobs

Looking for a job is a job on it's own and you have to be very intentional about it especially now there is too much competition. You have to tailor your resume for each job posting by making sure that the main keywords in the job posting appears strategically in your resume otherwise it won't even get past the computer program.

It is stressful to always tweak your resume to match each job application but that is the only way to stand a chance otherwise someone might apply to 100 different jobs and none of the application will be seen by a human being.

Another mistake people make especially those applying for survival jobs is to showcase their high education and experience. If you are applying for low skill jobs to survive, remove your masters degree and your big professional experience from your resume. Create a low key resume Otherwise you will be seen as overqualified and it is not in the company's interest to hire overqualified person cos they believe such a person will be angry at the job and it will affect their productivity.

walenden:


Canada is an overrated hell of a place!. Some people in Nigeria eat better than they do after moving to Canada, but the truth is often hidden as people tend to criticize Nigeria while covering up the realities of life in a place like Canada. My brother had to sleep at a train station in Toronto for two days before finding a temporary place to stay. Even their so-called homeless shelters are filled up and no space . It's a terrible place for any hustler looking to work and study because currently no work and many are jobless . Money wasted on worthless education there is better invested elsewhere! if you go online you will see thousand of job but it all liars and deceivers! . many of you Nigerians aboard please make you guys dey tell people coming the truth and not creating all this fake paradise credit lifestyle online to deceive people back home !!

My brother it is overrated for people who don't have money. If your brother had money, he would have stayed in a hotel, Airbnb,guesthouse while he sorts out his accommodation. Even if you are relocating to Abuja from Lagos and you don't know anyone in Abuja, are you going to sleep in the park for days before you sort out your accommodation? What are hotels for?

If you no get money, stay back in Nigeria, abroad is not for everyone but una no go listen.

I was advising someone who asked for my opinion about the harsh reality of coming to Canada as a broke person, he flipped it back to me asking me why haven't me and my siblings in Canada relocated back to Nigeria. He asked why am I allowing my only sibling remaining in Nigeria and my wife sibling to come to Canada this year and discouraging him.
First of all, I and my siblings here are citizens and well established here. My wife also has a sibling here that is well established. We don tay for Canada. We have advanced in our careers and now high earners. Our siblings are going to live in my house or any of our siblings house and eat free food as they go to school. We have completely paid their school fees and they don't even need to work to survive. Luckily for them, their case is different from many others who don't have these opportunities. But this guy I was advising was making me look like a bad person as if my sibling situation and his own are the same. This is someone who is runsing his POF and is going to come here without money oooo. The good thing is that his school is far from my city so I will be far away from him

The one that pained me is him saying we want only our family to be in Canada. Whaattt!!! Am I the prime minister? He concluded by saying if he survived in Nigeria, he will survive in Canada. By the time he comes here and starts suffering, he will join the Canada is bad and overrated WhatsApp group.

Even though I have been critical of the government contributing to this mess in the last 2 years the onus still fall on the intending immigrants to research and evaluate the worst case scenario before making decisions of that magnitude. But will Nigerians and Indians hear? The answer is NO.

tensazangetsu20:


Honestly I am surprised how bad canada has become. Someone in canada was asking me to lend him money and hes been there for a year as PR holder o yet nothing reasonable coming.

The problem is the government that became very stupid. What happened is that before the pandemic, for example, they let in 1000 people into the country and the available jobs were like 900 to 950. So new comers were more likely to get a job than not get.
The pandemic happened and everything changed and inflation started which led to interest rate rises to cool the economy and bring it under control. This reduced the jobs from say 900 to 850. Instead of the government to keep the immigration numbers the same before the pandemic or even reduce it from say 1000 to 900 to match the labor market problems, they did the opposite by doubling it from 1000 to 2000.

Now, new comers are now more likely not to get a job than to get one due to the sheer numbers of people chasing the jobs.

The good thing is that Trudeau is going to be kicked out next year, in this part of the world, we don't reward a failed government and party with another term. As it happened in the UK recently so it will happen in Canada next year.

It depends on what you care more about. Let's put this this way, you are a citizen of both countries or you have the ability to live and work in the 2 countries

Want more opportunities and make more money as your number 1 priority then US is your better option. There is no rival in the world

Want a more secured and peaceful environment as your number 1 priority then Canada is your better option.

I hope they can finish what they are about to start. People will start doing weddings and occassions there and you wouldn't tell them not to since you have permitted one. Trust Nigerians

wallg123:

Maybe 2028 if he is even lucky to win the nomination… as for 2024 the harm has been done already.

Not yet late. Democratic convention is in August. Biden can drop out and get his delegates vote for Newsom in an open convention as some Democrats are floating.
He is already a known figure, he has appeared in national debate with Ron Desantis.

However, I don't think he can even win Trump. He is perceived to be far left and the mess in California can be used against him.

If Democrats had sense, they would have nominated one of their centrist governors especially one from a red state like Kentucky. He would have flung Trump away as he would win over moderate republicans and independents easily but their mumu never do.

My advice to people who read some of these craps thrown out here by people who claim to know especially the ones that claim to reside abroad is that they should ask the person what their own profile is.

The question should be: how old were you when you migrated? What visa do you have? What is your academic background? What is your work experience? What indemand skill do you have? Where do you reside? How long have you migrated? Etc.

Before you start talking nonsense we should know the details and make our known judgment.

Some people don't have what it takes to get to some certain level but instead of acknowledging it and try to work hard, they try to make it look like everyone failed, to make themselves feel good.

I was at Apple headquarters in California last December for their end of year party on the invitation from my cousin who works there. I saw a sizable number of Nigerians that work there and I was so impressed in a place dominated by Asians. All the Nigerians I met there had one thing in common. They were all PHD holders in software engineering, computer science, electronics, nanotechnology and other hard core fields from top schools in US and Canada. Some of them have bought houses in San Jose and living well.

The story is the same for Amazon, Google, Facebook and many other silicon valley giants. There are Nigerians there doing their thing in the same America the @op is ranting about.

All of us come aboard but no be all of us come the same way, no be all of us get the same profile and skills, no be all of us get the same mentality and ambition so no be all of us go find am easy or difficult. Know this and know peace.

If you don't have what it takes to get to some level due to circumstances beyond your control, it is not the end of the world. Manage the one wey you get and thank God. Stop trying to paint everyone with the same brush, no be all of us de pass through wetin you dey pass through.

bullstriker:
Using ‘URGENT” on the first line, resend the webform and email IRCC. You must travel with a copy of the medical if you have not received an updated Letter of Intro. I recommend a copy of the medical sent to you about 10 days after the medical , not the one you received on the day of the medical.

Thanks.
Are you saying he can go back to the hospital and get a copy of the medical? If I'm not mistaken,he was given the normal slip on the day of medical when he did it months ago.
As per webform, do you mean upload the upfront medical again?

Someone got his visa late last year and deferred his start date to this September. His Letter of Introduction is valid till next year but medical date in the Letter of Introduction expired last December. He did another medical 3 months ago and uploaded through webform but IRCC has not yet reissued another letter of introduction to reflect the new valid medical.
He is traveling in the next 3 weeks. Can he show his upfront medical slip at the border since IRCC didn't issue him a fresh Letter of Introduction? Will that be enough?
Any idea how things work in this situation?

JessicaRabbit:


This post is a perfect illustration of how prejudice masquerades as concern, and I'll demonstrate how shortly. But first, I'll address your little rant about my stance on incest.

While I couldn't care less about your opinions about my personal beliefs, and find them to be ultimately inconsequential, I'll simply point out the fact that it's well known that many/most people find incest to be intuitively morally wrong, rather than deducing it from careful thought. This is studied by presenting an incest scenario where none of the rational objections, like inbreeding issues, apply. Participants will still say that it is wrong, even though they have no argument for why. This, along with the trolley problem, is often used as evidence that people's intuitive moral judgments are flawed. But if you really want to go down that rabbit hole, then we can discuss it on another thread. But for now, let's stick to the main topic.

Now, you lot casually throw around the word "unnatural", but you don't realize that you are using a loaded term that has been used throughout history to justify discrimination against marginalized groups, including racial and religious minorities. It's a vague, subjective judgment that has no basis in fact or reason. Also, by framing sexual orientation and gender identity as "unnatural," you're implying that they're somehow less than human, less deserving of dignity and respect. This is the very essence of dehumanization. The notion that individuals need "help" because of their sexual orientation or gender identity is a harmful trope that has led to countless attempts at conversion therapy, a practice widely discredited by medical professionals and deemed inhumane by human rights organizations. Minimizing the harm caused by discriminatory beliefs doesn't make them any less harmful.

So please, spare me the false pretense. It's okay if you feel disgusted by LGBTQ+, but at least be honest: accept and embrace your bigotry for what it really is.

Is incest right or wrong? You can't answer Yes or No instead you are speaking grammar because you have boxed yourself into a situation where you can't accept one immoral behavior and reject another, you have to either accept all or reject all otherwise it will puncture all your argument. I feel for you sha.

Let me repeat again. Any feeling or lifestyle that is unnatural or abnormal is WRONG. These include gaybriel, incest, peadophile, trans shit, human/animal shit etc. You can't tell us to accept these shit as natural and right.
It may not be the fault of the people in that category but they need to know that it is wrong and possibly seek help and not to encourage and justify it as normal. If we don't say the truth, we risk having an out of control society where everyone will use the same template to justify their abnormal cravings and want it validated. It's already happening

For example, what will you say if nudists start coming to office stark naked and say it is normal and everyone should accept it after all we were all born naked? Then put the burden on you to remove your eyes away from their nude bodies. since they are not technically hurting anyone and it is their right to live their authentic life and be accepted as gaybriels use to argue, will it be okay to allow them to go everywhere naked? If we don't allow them, aren't we now Bigots?

It is one thing to do wrong things but it another thing to justify it and claim it is right. This is the crux of my argument. I am not a saint but I will not do is to justify my bad behavior or claim it is right. I'll rather ask for help to overcome that bad behavior.

You have talked about gaybriels raising successful families. This is the most selfish thing i've seen. Why will gaybriels adopt a child born from the combination of a sperm and woman egg? If what they are doing is normal as you claim, why can't sperm + sperm or egg + egg produce a baby? Why should they adopt an innocent child to live under the same sex parenting? Did the child give them consent to live that way? Why will they use an innocent child to fulfill their own disgusting abnormal cravings? Have they thought about the possible mental and psychological health of the child as he/she grow up to find 2 men or 2 women masquerading as father and mother? What If the child feels disgusted about that and falls into depression or even commit suicide ? They don't care cos it is all about them fulfilling their own abnormal cravings, the child feelings can go to hell. What a selfish set of people otherwise they would have only adopted children 18 years and above who already understand this issue and given their consent to it.

This will be my last post on this issue. You can call me a bigot if you want, I don't care. I will always subscribe to common sense. Thank you.

JessicaRabbit:


It's quite simple, actually. All you need is empathy and reason. The only way we can truly promote inclusivity is by understanding the experiences and perspectives of other people, as well as critically evaluating the impact of actions and behaviors, separating the harmful from the harmless. As for how I determine when a behavior crosses the line, I posit that these are the most important questions to answer: (1) Does the behavior cause significant harm to individuals or groups, either physically, emotionally, or psychologically? (2) Are all the parties involved in the behavior consenting adults, capable of making informed decisions about their own lives and bodies?, and (3) Is there any way in which this behavior violates the unwritten rules of social cooperation, undermining trust, respect, and the common good?



Do you propose that we must condemn every natural phenomenon that doesn't fit our narrow moral mold? Should we start "curing" people of their tendency towards anger or greed, since those are natural human emotions that can lead to harmful behavior? The only defect that exists here is the one in our understanding and acceptance of human diversity. Homosexuality has been a natural part of human experience since forever, so I don't see how it's reasonable to term it as a defect.



You've only just come out to repeat the same question the other guy asked, so I will invite you to go back and read my previous post more carefully. But for what it is worth, I support whatever consenting adults choose to do, as long as it doesn't hurt others. Ultimately, it's none of my business. Although, incest is one of those situations where there can be complications, both emotionally and genetically if there is a child.



Detestable is a telling choice of words, and it implies a moral judgment, or a value statement. And that's exactly the issue here. While individuals are free to hold their own personal beliefs and values, we must distinguish between personal opinions and objective human rights. The fact that many people may find homosexuality detestable does not justify discrimination, prejudice, or denial of fundamental rights. We've been down this road before, and history has shown us that moral condemnation and persecution of minority groups is a dangerous and harmful path.

What did I just read? You support incest. I'm not surprised, it will be hypocritical of you not to support it. The same logic you used to support homo applies to every unnatural nonsense out there. I hope you will be very proud when your own brothers marry each other or when your father and sister have sexual relationship after all they are not harming anyone. In your world, there is no boundary to human morality, everything goes as long as you are not hurting anyone

It used to be LGB, before you know it they added T and then Q then 2S etc. In fact, the community is growing at alarming pace. In the next 20 years man and animal relationships etc will be officially added and recognized and you will have to support it because there is no boundary to morality anymore.

Btw, I'm not advocating for harming or discriminating against them after all, it may not be their fault that they are that way. However, we all need to acknowledge that this is unnatural and wrong and people in that category need help instead of supporting nonsense. Now, see how you ended up supporting incest. Deep down in your mind, you know it's wrong but you have to support it in other to justify support for homosexuality. You can't accept one and not accept another

How can I unread what I just read? I feel like vomiting right now.

@JessicaRabbit,

I don't like discussing this topic, it's very disgusting to me. However, I want to ask you a question.

Since you are vigorously defending homosexuality, will you also defend incest? Will you defend a man and his adult daughter having a consensual sexual relationship openly and telling us to accept it? after all, all the argument you are making for homosexuality can also apply to them too. It is the same "human experience" and they deserve to be accepted too according to your argument. Mind you if you don't accept and celebrate these ones you are also a hater too.

At what point are we going to draw the line on moral decency? If you accept one unnatural nonsense in the name of human experience and human right, you also have to accept everything no matter how ridiculous it is. So where does that leave the society?

StOla:


You are still making the same mistake.

You saved £5000 in a year in UK and you say you have made it?

Money that will not pay for 5months of Nanny care if you have kids.

Meanwhile N500k that is not even the equivalent of the pound amount, will pay for nanny care for 8months.

Whatever you have saved in US or UK, is for later expenditure where you are. Stop comparing it to what a Nigerian saved for later expenditure in Nigeria.

As you do not earn the same, you do not save the same, and you will never later consume the savings the same.

They are 2 separate economies, and they do not meet at the point of savings expenditure.

What a mindset chai.
5k pounds in the UK won't pay for nanny as you said cos a nanny in the UK is considered a human being who deserves to also live a quality life. The nanny in the UK does not exist solely to serve the interest of the rich to maintain their big man status.

You said 500k will pay for a nanny in Nigeria for 8 months. That's about 62k a month. How much is a bag of rice? So the nanny in Nigeria is worth a bag of rice? And you are not ashamed or feel bad to bring that up to win an argument? So the purpose of the nanny and other low end workers in Nigeria is just to serve rich people like you so that the rich exploit them to maintain their high living standards in Nigeria abi?

You guys have the effrontery to berate low end workers in the UK who by the way have higher living standards than those same workers in Nigeria cos you exploit them and pay them equivalent of one bag of rice a month and then come online to gloat how Nigeria is better abi?

May God forgive you all

I am helping filling an application on IRCC portal for a mother SP and child 3 yrs old VV as a group application. For the child, if I say the mother is applying on his behalf, it will require me to upload Use of Representive form even for the mum even though the mum is not being represented. It looks like if the mother is applying in the same application with a child then Use of Representative wouldn't apply to the child. Is this correct?

Biddieg:


I also received this mail yesterday, paid full first semester tuition fee since January. I honestly don’t know what’s going on. Got PAL two weeks ago

You mean they gave you PAL then 2 weeks later they revoked your admission? If yes, did they cancel the PAL? It could be a mistake.
You may have to reach out to them. Which program were you admitted to?

mayrhe:
Apply together with your child using Old Portal, not the new Ircc portal. The new portal accommodate one applicant, while the old portal should be used if someone have defendant(s)

Someone told me that she wanted to use the old portal to apply for study permit and visit visa for her 3 yr old child but saw a statement that says you can only use the old portal for study permit if you are applying together with a family member that requires a work permit. Her child won't require a work permit. It seems this is a new development.
Does anyone understand this?

Treadway:
check am bro, Russia invaded Georgia and Ukraine correct...but both countries and Russia historically were all brothers that once shared landmass. Which landmass US share with Afghanistan and Iraq? Lati odindin US of A dem cross all the way to the middle East to find trouble. You sef check am na

As to your question, if we can find an autocratic leader that is that passionate about Nigeria, passionate about making it formidable abeg I no mind. I will take a wild guess and say you emigrated too, like most on here, evidence that the democratic dispensations since Obasanjo has only left us with the worst of us leading us almost always, while Nigeria constantly sinks. They win, Nigeria lose. I would def wholly accept a diff approach, even an autocrat. Thank you

Orisa bi o gbemi, at least fi mi le bi o se bami👌

Again, like I told Zahra, aside the language speaking barrier, I could live in Russia. I have two pals there and they are balling. Enjoying same world-class infrastructure, are married to beautiful women, and have beautiful kids. Russians largely love Putin. I wouldn't live in the US if I could live in Norway. For those who still have it in them to learn a new language, countries yapa, Russia included, where you can move to and live super fine. All this Canny, USA, Aussie and UK most naturally throng to, na cos the language is English. No be say other places no dey viable.

He poisoned him and wanted him dead immediately but Alexi Nalvanly was lucky to survive the poisoning thanks to Germany that took him and cured him. As a patriotic Russian, he still felt he has to go back to Russia despite being warned not to.

I don't really blame Nalvanly for wanting to go back home. Any reasonable person would expect that since Saint Putin has tried and failed to eliminate him before, he will just leave him alone, we were all wrong, in fact, we were dead wrong. As soon as Nalvanly stepped into Russian airport, saint oga at the top arrested and locked him up, bid his time and this time around eliminated him and ensured that no one can save him this time. Sad end of a young man whose only crime is having the audacity to oppose the "god" of Russia

If the Russian state can be this cruel to its own people who disagree with him, If and when Russia becomes the number 1 super power, do you think they will spear you and your people when you disagree with them?

Your evil desire of wishing this kind of cruelty in Nigeria will never work for you. God forbid!
With time, Nigeria will thrive and succeed democratically, economically as a free country with citizens enjoying their fundamental right of freedom of expression. There are countless number of countries from east to west to even Africa who are freedom loving, democratic and also prospering too. We don't have to become a repressive authoritarian society where one man can use the power of the state to murder his people anytime he wants without accountability.

I hope people around you know the kind of person you are else they are playing with fire cos with this your mindset, you can be deadly.

toughest007:


That's the effect of consuming many years of western propaganda.

Let's learn to think objectively and rationally without bias and say things as they really are.

It is you that should think without bias. If you are rational, you should have known that Putin and Russia are no saints, they are as bad as the US and west. You should have known that Russia is also seeking to dominate like the US. You should have known that Russia is also looking out for it's own selfish interest like all world powers do.

Every bad thing you have against the west is also applicable to Russia. US and its allies invade countries for their selfish interests, Russia does the same. Since 2000, US has invaded Afghanistan and Iraq, Russia has invaded Georgia and Ukraine. Russia has been sponsoring breakaway rebels in Georgia, Maldova, Ukraine etc to declare kangaroo independence yet Putin is your Angel and you wipe away his sins.

All world powers are bad players. But at least in the west, no leader is "god", they can be challenged and removed by the people unlike your Angelic country Russia. In the west, Opposition is strong putting check on government to behave themselves. In the west, Oposition has power, media has power, legislators have power, courts have power, civil society have power the people have power, it is never a one man show.

Putin came to power in 1999 when Bill Clinton and Obasanjo was in power. He has succeeded in making Russia a one man country where he is "god". He has changed Russia constitution 3 times since 1999, the last one being last year to give himself another 12 years in power. Russians can't talk, if you talk, you chop poison, fall from high rise, rot in jail if you are lucky or your plane gets shot down.

Do you know how many Putin's opposition and critics Saint Putin and his gang have eliminated since 1999 by poisoning and throwing them down from high rise buildings?

Will you be happy if Nigeria adopt the Russian model? Tell yourself the truth for once.
As we speak, Russians can't call Ukraine war a war publicly, they passed a law criminalizing calling it war. Imagine a government making it a crime to judge for yourself how you see things. Russians no longer have independence of thought, they have to be told what and how to think by force because one man cannot afford to be criticized. I just hope this Saint Putin Russian model nonsense is not what you guys are wishing for Nigeria to become. God forbid!
By the way, I'll take Tinubu and Nigeria over Putin and Russia, you can put your money where your mouth is by relocating to Moscow and not living in the freedom loving west and still talking nonsense. Mtshewwwww

Advision:


This is not propaganda.

Even days to the invasion, Putin was openly denying it and claiming it was just a training exercise on the borders of Ukraine, so putin denying they will invade Poland is not evidence they would not if they have the chance.

Putin has annexed 25% of Georgia also, is it also because they seek to join NATO?

Reality is putin has been trying to recreate the soviet union by annexing countries around it , it has been annexing bits and pieces of ukraine since 2014.

It is sheer ignorance to think NATO is the reason putin is invading ukraine.

In reality, it is because Ukraine failed to move towards NATO when the likes of Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Estonia did. That left Ukraine exposed and at the mercy of Russia's expansionist ideas which Putin espouses. If the full annexation of Ukraine had gone as Putin hope, Kazakhstan would likely have been next as much of the Soviet Union's nuclear and space programmes were based there.

Ukraine was valuable because crimea was the only warm water Sea port the russian navy had access to. Many of the gas pipeline to Europe also pass through Ukraine, which gave Russia concern that losing Ukraine means it would lose Europe's energy market. Unfortunately for ukraine, after the collapse of the soviet Union, rather than move westward like the rest of the baltic states , it remained in Moscow's control even leasing the naval base in Crimea and pipelines to Moscow. Also it continued to use Soviet spec equipment making it dependent on Russia and

Kazakhstan knows this and has been transitioning from Soviet-grade military equipment to Chinese and NATO grade equipment to give it the chance of resisting an invasion if it happens

It was Hitler's expansionist ideas that started WW2, Putin is simply replaying this script with the hope that the fear of nuclear warfare would keep the major powers from challenging it openly.

Thank you for schooling them. The one that annoyed me most was the coward Putin displayed in the days and months before the invasion. He vehemently denied plans to invade Ukraine despite positioning his forces in Belarus and all around Ukraine borders. Lavrov even called US war monger when US was sharing Putin's plan publicly. I was even fooled myself cos I believed Russia denial of plans to invade Ukraine cos it doesn't make sense. Ukraine didn't attack Russia so why will Russia invade so I thought.
Zelensky was also fooled cos I remember him telling the US to tone it down believing Russia won't do such. I guess Zelensky didn't believe until it happened
If Putin had made his intentions clear, probably west would have prepared Ukraine militarily ahead of time, Ukraine wouldn't be in this mess now.
Russia took months to plan and execute an invasion of her neighbor but somehow they are victims not agressors

lavida001:


It’s a completely different scenario. Look at what genesis of both situation and tell me who is wrong.

No be only genesis, you for add Exodus or even Revelation sef. Mtshewwwww

NewT123:


This is the LIE and PROPANGANA the West keep pushing to fund the pockets of the military industrial complex at the expense of the blood of the Ukrainians. Between Putin and NATO, who has invaded more teritories and leave the inhabitants battling for survival. Libya comes to mind. The sooner Zelenskyy knows that he is being used to fight a proxy war for the west and their cronies who are hell bent on limiting Russia’s global influence ( US bombing of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline). In the words of speaker Mike Johnson, let’s give them the money after all its not US sons dying in the war, my son is graduating and joining the Navy and isn’t going to be on the front lines in Ukraine. Zelenskyy shouldn’t sacrifice his countrymen any longer. It is time for peace!!!

My brother, remove bias and analyze this issue.
Can you tell me what exactly Ukraine did to Russia that should justify killing Ukrainans and taking their territory?

Ukraine intends to join NATO - Ok, does that justify it? Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania all border Russia and has been in NATO since 2004, have they been threat to Russia since then? Has NATO ever attacked Russia from their territory? Finland and Sweden has joined, will they attack Russia? Do you honestly think that Russia with the world largest Nukes will be attacked by NATO for any reason? Tell yourself the truth. So Ukraine joining NATO does not shake Russia in any way but only prevents Putin from bullying Ukraine.

Pro Russian government Ukrainian president was forced out of power in 2011 or so - Ok. I get it but does it warrant this death and destruction? In Belarus, the same power play happened with the west supported opposition and pro Russian Belarus president and the Belarus president won that struggle while opposition fled on exile, did the west declare war on Belarus because of it or annex it territory? So why is Russia willing to waste Ukraine cos of that, does it make sense?

Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, Ukraine did not fight back. They sponsored separatist to annex parts of eastern Ukraine yet Ukraine took the loss. They still went ahead to invade and destroy Ukraine. What exactly do they want from Ukraine? Become their ally? Do you win friends by force?
Please tell me exactly what Ukraine did to Russia that warrants these deaths and destruction from Russia.

lavida001:


Ukrainian are being slaughtered like cows. Millions have lost their lives yet they keep encouraging them by giving them weapon. All zilensky needs to do is find a way to resolve things diplomatically to save his people.

"Ukrainian are being slaughtered like cows"
You are implying that it is the fault of Zelensky that his people are being slaughtered by Russia. He should just give Russia whatever they want OR .......... GET SLAUGHTERED.
Let me even ask you, what does Russia want?

Well, I hope you also have this view on Israel Palestine issue cos this also apply. You have to be consistent
In your own logic, Palestinians leaders are at fault. Release Isreal hostages OR .........

Since you absorb Russia of all responsibilities of Ukrainian deaths and destruction, you should also do same for Isreal.

Please guys,

For someone applying for study visa with her child, how should she go about it?

Apply for her study permit in a separate application and apply for her child visit visa in a separate application? Or is there a way she can apply together with the child?

I learnt there is old and new portal, which one should she use in this case?
Thanks

voiceofpaul:
(Voice of Paul) While I was preparing to write the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination for university admission some years ago, I attended one of the preparatory classes where the teacher revised the Circular Flow of Income in Economics. The whole concept rests on how each household in an economy contributes to the economy by offering factors of production such as land, labour, entrepreneurship, and raw materials to firms that produce goods and offer services, and in return, the firms reward the households with rent, wages, and profit respectively. The household would use their rewards to purchase goods and services produced by the firm, and the cycle of income continues that way, spurring investments and expenditures in the economy, and leading to its growth and buoyancy.

A real-life example is when a Nigerian company decides to manufacture a particular product that is usually imported into the country, Indomie noodles for example. If a Nigerian firm can source its raw materials such as wheat, and sorghum, its packaging materials such as paper, nylon, and other packaging equipment within Nigeria, the firm will have to pay all the Nigerian suppliers within Nigeria – and pay them in Naira.

The firm will also pay all the employees in the firms, assuming that they are all Nigerians. And in return, everyone paid would buy the Indomie noodles from the firm. As the firm spends money on raw materials, labour, equipment, and entrepreneurship on every household represented in their firms, the household would return the cash to the firm by purchasing the Indomie noodles. And then the cycle goes on and on in such a way that both the firm and the household optimize their resources for better efficiency. This is the way that a country’s economic activity is measured for gross domestic product (GDP).

Dr. Allen Onyema’s Air Peace’s airline inaugural flight from Lagos to London is a significant economic achievement and the most wonderful part of this story is the Isi-Agu that the airline’s hostesses wore. Putting on the Isi-Agu is remarkable as the cultural and historical stories behind the design of these cloths have amazed the whole world – right now, a lot of people including myself would have known now that the Isi-Agu attire is reserved for men who have killed a leopard, a show of strength, valor and honour in the Igbo Culture. As short as the story is, there is an economic power behind it. This is true because the demand for cloth can rise astronomically and it can become a global phenomenon. The same way that global consumers adore those who wear expensive Balenciaga, Prada, or Louis Vuitton, is the same way that those who are not Nigerians would appreciate the magnificence of Isi-Agu.

Provided that there is a global demand for Isi-Agu, the purchase order from these demands would flow to the Nigerians manufacturing the cloth, and in return, the producers would have to hire a lot of people to help them meet the demands – hiring people would mean that people have jobs, their taxes, insurance, retirement, social security packages are paid – and that way, the government has more money to reinvest into the economy – this is the way to grow an economy.

Additionally, one of the passengers on Air Peace posted that the airline served pounded yam, and Jollof rice on board. This is huge and commendable. What will happen is that demand for pounded yam, efo riro, oha soup, ogbono, egusi would increase astronomically and by so doing give jobs to people in the value chain of that business. Imagine that Nigeria manufactures all the Boeing airplanes that Air Peace wants to purchase. Statistically, it would cost Air Peace about 20 trillion Naira to purchase these planes, but the sad part of it is that the money would go to the American economy and not into the Nigerian economy.

Last but not least, we need to give accolades to the Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu for granting approvals to Air Peace. I learned that the company has faced obstacles for years in getting permits. In essence, let us support everything Nigerian, everything African, be it our language, food, clothes, vehicles, and many more, this is the only way to grow economically as a country and as a continent.

My only comment on Isi-Agu is that Nigeria is a multinational country, just like Russia with different ethnic groups with their own cultures, traditions, and philosophies of life and the most predominant are the Igbo, the Yoruba, and the Hausa. Since Air Peace still operates as a Nigerian firm and offers their services to everyone within the country, the company could have just represented all the cultures in their attire – this will show inclusivity and diversity as one of the values that the company believes in.

Source: https://voiceofpaul.com/isi-agu-attire-air-peace-london-flight-analysis/

Wait ooo. Is this picture the actual picture of the crew on isi agu? Because I thought they dressed in full traditional attire. What I'm seeing here is suit produced with isi agu material. So what exactly is the brouhaha that this is generating? I need to understand

It is simple logic.
People will be happier in Nigeria than UK cos they expect nothing good, they have resigned to fate, they have accepted whatever Nigeria throws at them. For example, no Nigerian expects any of their leaders to make things work. Nobody expects that there would be a time when power problems are solved, if it happens then praise the Lord but no one puts their mind of that possibility so you just have to find happiness.

On the other hand, the UK and other advanced countries are different. Their citizens expect too much, they are never satisfied, they always want more which becomes impossible and this leads to unhappiness. This is why they keep changing government and their leaders are constantly under pressure from their citizens compared to Nigerian leaders who are the most comfortable in the world for any democratic country. Naija leaders no send the people, the people no send dem, everyone just hold their side

pansophist:


Be like say people wey dey carry unnecessary weight in the form of family plenty for here.

My prayers are with you. Just realise say you matter, and put yourself first.

It's not that easy. A lot of Nigerians especially abroad ones are carrying unavoidable burden. I met a beautiful lady weeks ago who was working 2 jobs not because the first job wouldn't be enough for her but she has to raise money to pay her younger brothers school fees so that he can stand a chance to get a study visa to come to Canada. I felt for her but what can she do?

Fortunately for oyibo people, they have a system that largely works for them so they become responsible for themselves alone. Unfortunately for Nigerians, no working system so the burden lies on those who managed to have to rescue those who don't have. At the end of the day, both the have and have not live a miserable life