eazylion01:


Thank you,I will hold on in purchasing plane ticket then

Actually all my students I booked first week-second week October as classes start by 12 October...

Note: one of my graduate students flew in from Chile Last Thursday as she must start a funded research project this month ...she had no issues and currently in quarantine at assigned location by the uni.


I will give you head-on next week if I have meetings with those immigration and university...

eazylion01:
Is true that Ercan airport will be close again for sometime?i just want to confirm from people in north Cyprus,I saw somewhere on a YouTube channel comment section about a Cameroonian that was told at their airport to come back October that northern Cyprus is closing their border. Oga wip,is this true? I am suppose to be in Cyprus next month.

It is not yet fully confirmed; but I will be having virtual meetings next week with one of those immigration officers which I want to confirm.

However; I spoke with him yesterday he said currently due to the recent opening of the airport TRNC recently have around 40 active cases of Covid-19 and as you know TRNC is a small island everyone is scared we don’t want the case to reach even 100.

The meeting with university, immigration and health authorities will be over this weekend to make decisions.

Myself am away and supposed to be in TRNC in few weeks/days since we planned giving 50% face-to-face class...however, I will be flying through the south since the border is opened and a.m. flying from a country with moderate case according to TRNC categories.

Dharryedu:


You are able to travel to north Cyprus, with OTB using Turkish Airline, OTB is airline specific. If you can get OTB for an airline to your destination, why go through all the hassle and tussle for visa? OTB is less stressful and quicker to process compared to applying for Visa.

There are very important things that travelers using OKTB must be aware which is missing in your abstract. It will be nice to present the positive and negative outlook of things so the users can be well-informed.



So I will write it down here in conjuction with your earlier positive aspects of OKTB.


1. OKTB on a general note is more expensive than using a visa since for a visa, you may still be able to use one-way ticket which can be cheaper depending on time of flight and airline.

2. Like visa (having a valid visa does not mean you are 100% guranteed entry to any country), same with OKTB. So, OKTB needs to be assured by 3 entities in case of TRNC. It must be legally approved from the airport of departure in Nigeria, must be assured with authorities in Istanbul (Turkey) and Authority in Lefkosia (TRNC). Many fraudulent agents sometimes dont get the approval from Turkey and TRNC and bribed off their ways from Nigeria which often results in deportation of the traveler.

3. If traveler using OKTB misses his/her flight and will need to rebook another flight.....it means that OKTB has gone and must be reprocessed again making it more costlier in that case.


Best wishes

eazylion01:
The kind of questions people ask here. Now I see why agents are cashing out big time. How do you intend to cope in a foreign land when u can’t do any research?

I wonder ooooo....very soon someone will ask the difference between air and gutter in SC and NC

Wetin Musa no go see for gate

ernesterioo:

Hi Dr Wip, Please I have an issue and I need your directive or advice... I have an article published in Taylor and Francis journal since 2017 but on searching scopus this year, the article was not on my author's database on scopus. Please what can be done as I have a directive to submit at least an article of mine that appeared on scopus

I have checked in all reputable databases which Scopus belong to; the Journal you published (Journal of Psychology) is currently under Indian Publisher (since 2019) which from my deeper search appears not credible for now. Scopus have criteria to admit journals into their database if the publisher maintain the quality streamlined for journals. So currently, your published work is not under scopus, not in Web of Science and not in any credible databases.


That is why you cant find it in your author database.


I also noticed during my findings, one of the authors in the work you posted published in STUDIES ON ETHNO-MEDICINE Journal which is also under the same Indian Publisher......

I hope this helps......

PCR Test center: ABUJA

Those traveling via Abuja airport can also use that if the results will be available in a short time.

ernesterioo:
Hi Dr Wip, Please I have an issue and I need your directive or advice... I have an article published in Taylor and Francis journal since 2017 but on searching scopus this year, the article was not on my author's database on scopus. Please what can be done as I have a directive to submit at least an article of mine that appeared on scopus

Hi,

Can you send me or paste here the full title of the article, journa, year, volume and pages.... I will have a look and then I can reply

Flaame:
Clearly, you're very experienced in this and fully know what you are doing,but please how can I get to communicate with on a more private note sir?

I pass through the south Cyprus in most cases when am traveling, visit friends there, my family graduated there, I sometimes go eating at the Aussie restaurant there and currently my British cousin runs a business there...personally I think both countries are the same in terms of public opportunities.

On a very positive note; the south being European is opened to European markets; traveling to nearest Europe is cheaper, shipping and collecting imported items are cheaper, more international companies compare to the north. Academic wise; the south have more of colleges than universities which are lower ranked than the north, the south have 2 universities that are often ranked better than EMU while the physical science subjects from the north are the most ranked across both countries. Globally, EMU in the north currently enjoys more visibility due to its increasing research while Cyprus university of Technology and Cyprus university are more ranked than EMU as of 2020.

As student (with study visa) in Cyprus being European countries does not mean you can visit any European countries without applying for visa (many inexperienced travelers think you can just go Germany or France because you are a student there). You can only visit other EU if you have EU passport or Cyprus permanent residency card which is like EU residency card. You can only get the permanent residency after you have lived with temporary permit for 5 years legally.


Foreign students who come to South Cyprus on a Study Visa have to register their stay and get a temporary residence permit upon arrival. They are not allowed to work full-time, and even so, only in certain sectors of employment. And will need to apply for a visa to go to another EU country just like those on the north Cyprus.

If you have lived in south Cyprus with a Temporary Residence Permit for at least 5 years, during which time you did not leave Cyprus for longer than three months. And you must have a work contract that’s either open-duration or for a minimum of 18 months. Then you can apply for permanent residency. For north Cyprus; you have to be on work permit for 6 years before you apply for permanent residency card.


The Permanent Residence Permit allows the holder similar rights to Cypriot citizens, including access to employment and self-employment opportunities, without restrictions and traveling to EU.



In terms of living expenses and studies fee: Due to the Euro currency; south Cyprus is comparably more expensive than the north.

Graduates certificate recognition: The certificates from the reputable universities in both countries are well accepted and recognized ....take note of the bold part.

In terms of Research funding: the south enjoys more funding due to their gateway to the EU and many countries while the north depends largely on Turkish funding. For individual that smarter and more exposed with global connect you can also benefit without the political embargo. Example; I have benefited from UNECOS research grant, British royal society, Horizons grant and related grants even though they seems obscured from the north...my academic profile speaks volume and any profile that speaks volume can get such grants.

In terms of safety; considering my living experience, family experience in other nations and travel experience; I can say both south and north are far safer than many countries in the world including USA for now. Cyprus is a small island with low population that has its own issues economically, politically and infrastructure wise ...on the positive note i have never seen SARS just stopping people on the road and shoot sporadically like they do in some countries, you hardly see police carry gun nor highway arm robbers nor kidnappers ......

The number of embassy are small in the north meaning some visas applicants will need to go to Turkey to apply for them unlike the south that has nearly all the embassy. Applying for visas both in north and south have the same rigour nothing preferential but visa approval rates are higher in both north and south compared to many African countries....

On the other note: both south and north are developing countries with better infrastructure than other developing countries. Their infrastructure are not comparable to those found in USA, CANADA etc both they have working systems far higher than many countries.


If you think North Cyprus is not your idea country and you think south Cyprus is your ideal country...kindly go to the south. Weigh all you wanted, plan your move, read more and make your final decision...

Many people see Some countries let say USA has land of opportunities WHERE they can get rich; I keep wondering if there are so many opportunities while some of these people start scamming, yahooyahoo, fraud and all forms of illegal things like drugs etc in these so called developed nations....are there no jobs or something positive to do? In USA you will see them doing fraud, in Dubai they will be scamming in Cyprus yahoo and drugs...so why ?

My partial conclusions: greed, lack of self worth, criminality embeded in DNA, in ability to be honest naturally, unable to see public and hidden opportunities in each location; poverty-laden background and society some of these people grow up.


BEWARE OF FAKE AGENTS; these ones have no traveling experience, have no practical experience, many are poorly educated, some are educated but lack the ability to be honest just prefer to lie to the students or anybody just to get their service paid.

Beware of what you read over the media; the source is very important and credibility of the source are importanter

Also, becareful of what you read on Nairaland being a public forum. Some information are politically, religiously, ethinically, fraudulently written .....as a scientist I don’t just swallow all stuffs online or offline; I do structured literature review to sieve then make informed decisions.


Remember; irrespective of the country you go....you can’t turn to alligator if you are currently a lizard where you are coming from.

Many are doing fine in Africa and finer in Nigeria than some of these developed nations ...all depends on who we are.

Best wishes in whatever decisions you make be it in USA, UK, Australia, South Cyprus etc.



I can be contacted via my email address ONLY...see my signature section.

Flaame:
Okay,I'm sorry sir was a mistake. I already have a TRNC visa but I would like to forfeit it and go to the South....so I need a different visa for this,right? And are there better opportunities in the south than in the north?

You need to get south Cyprus visa to study there or visit there except you are European or national allowed legally to South. If you are from Africa, apply for the visa.

There are opportunities in all countries this will depend on who is searching for the opportunities, what the person calls opportunities and how the persons identify opportunities.

This is based on my experience (I have visited 75 countries).

In 2015; I promised to sponsor my friend and my student summer vacation ...I planned spending max 10,000$ for three of us during these trips.

3 weeks to summer; I asked where they want to go so I can tidy the budget. The lady said she would like to visit Paris or Italy and the guy England or USA ....for me I have not been to many African countries so I decided to visit 5 Eastern African countries. The lady got her Italian visa at TRNC; the guy was denied UK visa but was approved USA visa. They each got 2k from my end and they went for shopping and taking all the nicest pictures of tall buildings and all stuffs....

They asked me why am I going to Burundi and Rwanda for a vacation...they convinced me so much ....to cut the story short; I enjoyed quality holiday in those countries, learnt the culture; food and see beyond the media. I spent 10 days in Burundi and I sighted an opportunity where I export their coffee to Europe, Canada etc, first year of export I earned nearly 5000$ as profit and since then till today I export from both Rwanda and Burundi with significant profit.

Currently my student graduated and lives permanently in Canada and working but now very much interested to start import from the same country he asked 5 years ago why I am going there ....anyway we are trying to create our own fast to drink coffee brand to be distributed in Canada and other region.


In summary; what you call opportunities should be specific and must streamline to your own goals.


Best wishes!

Flaame:
Elder? Isn't that you?

I manage North Cyprus thread since 2009 (11 years ago) which started in the North Cyprus and now the second North Cyprus thread.

From 2009 till this moment I have never given my number for a chat on WhatsApp neither given my personal number on this forum.

I am not Elder; I am a professor with Eastern Mediterranean University and you can find my posts here with usernames Wip, WIP1.....to WIP7.

Flaame:
Wow,please can you check your WhatsApp sir?

I have never given WhatsApp or personal number On this forum ....so you might be chatting with a WRONG PERSON...becareful!

Flaame:
Hey guys,please is TRNC visa the same with South Cyprus visa?

Two different countries... two different visas

Response from Nigerian student President in TRNC regarding recent uproar



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bncv83ft_0A

Recent THE global University Ranking

The first list of those awarded full and partial scholarships for PhD program is now announced, so you that have applied can now check your application portal, second list of the FULL/partial scholarship for PhD will be announced 15th Sept, 2020.

Goldenbeks:
Hello, I applied for fall semester in near east university earlier. I had already gotten all my necessary documents for getting a visa to TRNC, only to get to the embassy and was told that applications to TRNC will not be accepted yet till further notice..
I just recently learned about Okay to board, and I think that will be a better option for me once the international airports open..
But I want to know precisely everything I need to know about using okay to board.. What to do when I get to Atatürk airport, what documents I would need and so on..
Thank you

I replied your email and I will just address few here again

You will need the following to get it processed

—-Acceptance letter
—-Academic documents
—-Return Ticket (for my student, I deal with Abuja airport)
—-International passport page
——Tuition fee receipt

mustyy:
Good day Prof. WIP

Please sir throw more light on ESCI: Emerging sources citation index, are those Journals good,

First, I like to start by saying Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), the Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) are all databases.



ESCI: This is a newly established database currently managed by Clarivate Analytics and achirved in Web of Science. It was established in 2015 to cover newly commissioned journals. So, large percentage of journals covered by ESCI are new journals with no or low metrics. According to Clarivate, ESCI will cover "peer-reviewed publications, quality work and emerging scientific fields". Before ESCI was established, there are several less‐established journals that are not in WOS (web of science) and that often limits authors that publish in journals not indexed in WOS. So now Clarivate as ensured ESCI is part of WOS making less‐established journals or low-ranked journals to now be part of WOS.

Are the journals indexed under ESCI good?

Clarivate claims that the quality criteria and rigour of the ESCI are equivalent to those of its other products like SCI or SCIE or WOS. However, in view of the large number of titles that have been included in it in a short time in ESCI; it seems otherwise.

-----A research paper d[/b]edicated to this found that the visibility of the journals included in the ESCI is far lower than that of the classical indexes of WoS or of Scopus.

------ESCI has a higher percentage of [b]open access journals nearly one-third of the journals; meaning they charge you when you publish.


-----A total of nearly 20% of the journals covered by ESCI are not indexed by other international abstracting and indexing databases.

What is the faith of someone's article accepted by ESCI Journals

Internationally and in well-respected universities, industries, funding organizations and evaluators; paper published in Journals indexed under SCI, SCIE and achirved in WOS are taken to be valuable and thats how they rank or evaluate such person profile and worth for now. As an example, in 2013; there was a research associate job with 5000 euro monthly salary which was directed for a particular project supported by Marie-Curie Fellowships in Holland. After removing all unqualified applicants, there are 5 left which has similar number of papers, their research field fits well to the target, all have similar years of experience, the last criteria adopted was to rank them according to their outputs. The one that graduated from not-very known universities had highest papers under WOS and SCI/SCIE while the ones from well known universities had higher number of papers but not as much of these papers were selected as reputable; so those were dropped.

Nowl ESCI is under WOS but the journal’s index in this ESCI will not come with an impact factor(IF). However, each journal in this new index will be evaluated every year and those qualified will be transferred to SCIE.

In summary, the faith of the person that publishes in ESCI journal will be hanging on the speed and quality such journal will employ for its papers so it can be included in SCIE. Some journals are under ESCI and also have SCIE affliations so thats fine.

Also the SCIE, please differentiate it with the SCI.

SCI was a smaller database that contained those valuable journals and to exapand it and allow more journals; Clarivate introduced SCI-E (expanded) which has larger coverage. Currently, all of those quality journals in SCI have been merged into SCIE.

Also what is different between Scopus indexed Journal and SCI journal...?

SCI was the original or among very first notable database Created in 1964 and the quality or metrics of Journals in SCI is then measured by impact factor....so in many cases and in some corners, people that published in higher impact factors are praised or respected compared to lower impact factors journals (this has some baises anyway)”. ... While Scopus is also a database launched in 2004 and to rank or measure the quality of the journal, it introduces four types of quality measure which are: h-Index, CiteScore, SJR and SNIP.


All SCI/SCIE papers will be under SCOPUS but not all SCOPUS will be indexed in SCI/SCIE or even in WOS. All SCI/SCIE are in WOS but not all SCOPUS

I can see some Journals being indexed by both the above two. More light Prof WIP

Thank you

In my university, You will be paid 1200$ if you publish in Journals indexed in Science Citation Index (SCI)/SCI Expanded (SCIE) while you will be paid 190$ if the journal is only indexed in Scopus.

So for me, I prefer that bigger money anyway......All SCI/SCIE and majority of Scopus journals have adhered to the strict manuscript evaluation process through the rigorous and blind-folded review by the well-experienced reviewers across the world. This increases the visibility of the research articles; unlike those fake and predatory journals.


I hope this helps to clear some stuffs!

Akinbo22:


Please do we have accredited PCT TEST CENTRES in Abuja? If yes kindly give details

FAAN has released it few days back ...I only have for Lagos.

You can check with FAAN or anyone at Abuja airport.

Updates for EMU prospective students


For those who can come and those who can’t ...

Mahmuday123:
Please are there Nigerians in CSU and is the university a good and accredited university

Yes there are Nigerian in all universities in TRNC. And why do you need Nigerian to be in particular school? About accreditation you can email CSU directly to request for that. I used to be Vice dean of Engineering at CSU.

Bsshalee15:
Sir @wip7, kindly reply my email regarding studying in Turkey at the masters level. Thanks sir.

Alright

haroldwilly780:
.....I hope all the pcr test and 14 days quarantine will be free

For the student it’s free ....will be cover by the university according to the information given.

realakram:

@WIP7 can students come with Ok to board this semester?

YES yes yes yes

PCR Before Arrival in TRNC: Updates

Now some of the flights have been booked and students are ready to arrive. 25 students already got the flights booked for first and second week Sept. Also, kindly send your PNR number before arrival as its needed by embassy upon arrival.

Most important:

People travelling from Category C countries (Nigeria inclusive) are obliged to submit a valid PCR test result (done within the last 3 to 5 days before they travel) while entering TRNC. A second PCR test will be done to Category C passengers and they will be put in a 14-day quarantine in the quarantine by their universities. A third PCR test will be done following the end of the 14-day quarantine period.

Please get your PCR before you fly. Am informed that FAAN will release the approved hospitals for the test today or tommorrow and cost nearly 60k naira

haroldwilly780:
......please what other courses are accepting nabteb ??

Actually all universities does not specify that a particular program will accept a particular exam.

Attached here is the main requirement for undergraduate admission.

Meanwhile, you can apply for any program you want at any university with your Nabteb; the university will inform you if is acceptable. So give it a try.

Best wishes

haroldwilly780:
Secondly heard there is no OkToboard in lagos ..how true is that please? ?

Students have done OKTB from Lagos but due to many over charging and bribes demanding from those immigration officials at the airport is making it too expensive.

Also, generally Nabteb results not accepted for many courses. NECO, WAEC or GCE are preferred.

PerfPen:


I will check your paper/ thesis/ dissertation/

TURNITIN

You forgot to include if is FREE for you to help those that want this service.

mustyy:
Good day Prof. WiP
1. please how good is Journal of Environmental and Public Health (Hindawi)

This is a paying Journal. They will charge you 1350$ to publish with them on a normal ground. It does not worth it to waste such money that can feed a family for months on low lmpact journal..........I encourage you go for non-paying journal.

Why I will not publish in this type of journal:

---- I cannot pay 1$ to publish any research work when more valuable journals are free.

--- This journal just got accepted to WOS and has just published 308 articles ever......meaning quite new journal with very low metrics

------NO Impact factor, Not currently under SCI, SCI-E

---There are over 100 of journals in the same field or sbject area with better metrics for now than this.

Why not Journal of Environmental Sciences, J of Env Science and Health PART A or B? these are free and more valuable for now.

2. what is RG impact factor (is it the real impact factor)----2018/2019 RG impact factor is 0.38

No impact factor.........this is 2020...so all impact factor were updated in June for 2019-2020 and this one has NONE.

just got one my papers accepted with them, asking a publication fee of USD675.

is worth publishing with them considering the fee and their quality

Thank you Prof

They must have given you 50% waivers because they originally publish for 1350$. So if I may ask why would you pay that much money when you are not Hushbaby? Anyway if you are funded by the organization to pay, go ahead.

Best wishes

Ongoing Research: Fabrication of paper-like Battery


Here we are working in fabrication of flexible energy storage cell.

We have tested it under several conditions it work fine. Some of it features;

—-Fast charge

—- Discharge rate is fine for the intended application (used to power small drone)

—- however energy density still lower than intended...we are still trying to improve

——uniqueness: gel Electrolyte

—-extremely light weight and considerably cheap

@delvin

Very urgent urgent urgent

Since last week your Full Grant has been approved and the project must start latest by Sept 30th, meaning you have to arrive Cyprus before then.

Both director of Research at EMU and the lead team head at Algoma Uni in Canada, have sent you the conset forms and you have not returned the email neither have you filled the acceptance form.

I have been informed and I have sent you email twice and your phone off.... if you are reading this, kindly send the acceptance and conset forms before next week Wednesday...if not the funding will be revoked as we have many other successul applicants that applied for this.

Your glo number rings recently severally but no response: am the one calling you with my Canadian number....so please reply or let us know asap.


Get in touch asap.

Kj40:
@wip 7,

After completing master degree in TRNC. how sure and easy to migrate to canada to further education.

Legal migration to Canada is not a lottery or gambling....so the word “how sure and how easy should not be used”


You can Migrate to a country (Canada inclusive) via either:

1. Education (get admitted, pay fees and apply for visa, if visa granted Bon voyage).

2. Get work (apply for work permit and Bon voyage)

3. Spouse or family migration pathway

Or in the case of Canada

4. Clearly and well known skilled migration pathway



To migrate to Canada via any of these routes; the process and documentation are well established and clearly followable via the Canadian website without the need of an agent and costs involved are all clear and stated also.

Over 100 thousands Nigerian in Nigeria have followed that path to migrate; thousand of people in Yemen (war zone) have followed the same pathway and migrated successfully without any ish and people from Sudan have done the same .......the same pathway and procedures are what people from TRNC have followed and following nothing different .....

Samad20201:
Please I want to ask question what date turkey embassy will allow people to book appointment to summit application for north Cyprus students visa

Visit Turkish embassy Abuja website for updated details; there they often put the updates and procedures for visas .....This is not the embassy website.