NewStats: 3,262,233 , 8,176,539 topics. Date: Sunday, 01 June 2025 at 01:20 PM 1f1l5a

So says "Oloshiomole" a U.S citizen

Nigerians will only revolt in their dreams
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The urge to revolvt or riot in Nigeria died in the late 90's. Prior to independence, there was fearless youths who had grown up witnessing what is called rights and emancipation from colonial rule. These youths revolted through coup d'tat, civil wars to fight for the unity of the country even though their actions were aggressive.

In the 70's, 80's to early 90's, parent started creating fears of "dont die for your nation, it is not worth it" or "he go better" slogan to their offsprings. Although peers raised in that era witnessed a lot of riots and government overthrow, however, they were made to understand you can't fight the government.

Fast forward to this genz, those parents who were groomed in 70's, 80's, early 90's now have a new generation of kids that doesnt know much about emancipation or revolution in true definition of it. The infusion of tribalism, religion and nepotism made the matter worst

The only tribe I think still have that spirit of revolt is the North and that is because a sizeable number of them still lives in the dark age

Commentor:


Mexican?

Also my neighbour too

Jeez, I played this lottery for so many years, I wasn't selected.

God had a different plan.. Yankee is my neighbour now.

You can't escape the wahala of Naija as long as u still have friends, family and associate there..

Daily urgent 2k, I never chop and pay children school fees no go let you rest.. The ones that will swindle you on the pretense of business partnership or loan borrowing sef dey

Naija problem follows you every where ...lol

JapaProf:

After paying the whole school fees which is usually full tuition for a year, you still need to show fund for a year living which is $20,635 and it is not enough to show, you must provide sufficient proof to demonstrate the legitimacy through financial documents like business registration documents, tax clearance certificate, proof of sale or commission, deed of transfer, evidence of transaction for lump sum, assets owned and valuation, assets sold and proof of sale and transfer of ownership.

Documentation is where a lot of applicants fail, it is not just about presenting documents, you must present the right one for your own application not just copy and paste another person's own simply because they got approved.

All these uncessary documentation was slammed on us because of the past precedence our people created to visa officers to grant them visa by crook or whatever practise some "mumu" agents make up. Develop nation don't present this much documentation and their visa is issued at a higher rate. Even Indians dont present this much of a documentation, yet they are everywhere in Canada and the Canadians are already complaining about their influx.

I can't imagine applying for visa with a Canadian port to China or a country that is not viisa free entry to Canadian, one useless Visa Officer will ask me to present my land documents, notice of assessment of my tax, assets e.t.c It looks absurd and a cause for concern to a typical Canadian asking them for such documentation for visa to visit or study in your country, "Hello VO! its temporary visa I'm applying for, what the heck do you need those irrelevant documentation for.. Burst you VO and your damn country"

iLoveYouToo:


Funny how you’re taking opinions of others as the official stance of the government. Na wah

Thank God you said its my opinion, if you're not okay with it jump ...

They said NYSC is paramilitary and she doesn't have the guts to insult C-in-C of NYSC Mr. Terrible govt a.k.a Tinubu..

However, GEJ was insulted by all and sundry as a president, he's even called Mr. Clueless

😄😄😄😄

Please alert me when a first WHITE female become female president of a college or university in Nigeria..

What's is good for the goose 🪿, is good for the gander....

Believeintruth:


The last I know Late Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu was Ohaneze president General, so I don't know where you got that person who was president General. Make you take am easy to dey lie. Please lie with finesse.

you mean vanguard newspaper is telling lies... hahahaha

Abagworo:



Which Ika history claims Ika ancestors are from Benin. I like research so can you give a link?

Check internet and publication written by the obi
of Ika clans and their scholars.

https://www.ikaweekly.com/the-origin-of-ika-and-nri-bini-factors-brief-historical-background-of-ika-clans/

https://www.pulse.ng/lifestyle/food-travel/ika-tribe-a-brief-walk-into-the-lives-of-this-ethnic-group/zjh1dz9

Believeintruth:


Na wah for una oooo the CDS in Buhari's time didn't we not celebrate his appointment as an igbo appointment?

Take and read what Ohanaeze General assembly said about Gen Irabor appointment as CDS..


In a statement by its President-General, Onuorah Onyeachonam, yesterday, the group said President Buhari excluded Igbo from the appointments and urged him to appoint the most senior Igbo in the force as IGP.

“There is no Igbo man among the newly appointed service chiefs. Those who claim that the newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff, Maj Gen Leo Irabor is an Igbo man should tell us if Irabor is an Igbo name,” he said.


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/01/ohanaeze-general-assembly-asks-buhari-to-consider-igbo-for-igp/

ariesbull:
Ika isn't a mixture of Ika and Benin dialects please Ika is Igbo with small Benin loan words

An average Ika will understand central Igbo

But will never understand Benin language

Like I said earlier. All these are your assumption and Ika people have written their history in tabloid. The earlier you accept this fact,the better for your sanity.

However, Ika will always wine, dine, inter-marry, share culture & identity and do business with the core Igbos. As for changing their history to claim their ancestors are not Benin, its fa-fa-fa foul

Abagworo:


Ika is not a mixture of Igbo and Benin language but simply Igbo that developed some new words with Benin as next door neighbours. Igbos recognized both Emefiele and Okowa as great Igbo sons.

Does Igbos recognise Emefiele CBN appointment as Igbo cabinet slot?

Stephench:
The reason Ika and Ndokwa people have greatly withdrawn from this Anioma nonsense is because of some Aniocha Oshimili people. When Ika wants to release statement or discuss about their identity and politics, they restrict it to Ika, when Ukwani wants to do same, they restrict it to Ndukwa but some overzealous Oshimili people keep trying to impose their identity on everyone trying to createa new ethnic group that has never existed. Anioma has never been an ethnic group but a group of related ethnic groups that are completely independent and autonomous.

Good comment. I was perplexed seeing people calling Anioma an ethnic group.. What the heck is that. The Ika and Ndukwa people are seeing the game plan and they will not succumb to that fallacy

cassyrooy:
Ika people don't want to remove their pseudo-Bini colonialist tag, stay pure that's what Ndị Igbo want.

All these are assumption, Ika as a clan has written its history and 1million review of your opinion can't change it

Ojiofor:


How will Igbos subject Anioma people to neglect?
Did Igbo subject Anioma people to neglect during NCNC period?
Ika people have identity crisis issue and that is not our problem,you guys should define who you are.

If they have identity crisis issue let them be. No be by force.

As Ishemael in the bible left his father Abraham to form the Islamic race, did you ever see the Jews forcing the Arabs to become jews?

EreluRoz:
It's like I'm not getting something clearly. Please what language does an Ika person speak? Even the king of Agbor bears an igbo name Keagborekuzi (that handsome king)

Ika person speaks Ika as a dialect. It's mixture of Igbo and Benin language, though the igbo language is predominant.

The problem Ika people have with Igbos is that the core Igbos dont regard Ika as part and parcel of their clans, even when it comes to political appointment, Igbos dont recognise an Ika position as Igbo slot.

Predator188:


They are Temporary residents they are supposed return to the country of origin..when visa expires, VO needs to make sure they are what they claimed on visa applications..otherwise refusals on tie to country of origin doesn't make any sence!

As for the access to people's privacy..I dey laugh ..if someone can submit genuine documentation of properties, landed properties, building C of O etc in a visa application....
Then what is source of funds!! That you cannot submit;
You submitted these documents willingly..they asked for source of funds..you enter privacy mode

I think you are mixing things up ...

..if someone can submit genuine documentation of properties, landed properties, building C of O etc in a visa application....
Then what is source of funds!! That you cannot submit;
whoever submits the documents you listed is doing so at their own will to show their asset as home-ties or proof of fund for intended travel purpose as stipulated in the IRCC visa application procedural guideline and policy which is obtained on their website or you request for it via the Access to information privacy ATIP. This is different from a VO poking nosing into the source of income inflow of a sponsor (mind you the sponsor is not the visa applicant and shouldn't be under any privacy scrutiny. Even they (IRCC) will always inform you that you are not oblige or mandated to disclose your personal information under the privacy law act of Canada except if requested, so why are they acting against their own policy, is it because the applicants are from third-world countries?


They are Temporary residents they are supposed return to the country of origin..when visa expires, VO needs to make sure they are what they claimed on visa applications..otherwise refusals on tie to country of origin doesn't make any sence!
Nobody dispute that, but VO has always been 99.9% wrong about their "assumption or intent" of making sure these temporary resident visa applicants return home when their visa expires as record as shown a sizeable number never return home.

sternakin:

Having read through posts and comments, I want to believe it's pertinent for visa applicants to pay attention to POF, source of fund on and home tie.

In the recent time, about 65% of refusal is coming as a result of inadequate POF or failure to convincingly
explain the source of POF especially with sudden heavy deposit into your , more to that 35% of denials were based on insufficient assets/home ties.

It can be so painful that an applicant will get denied after spending so much, even on POF due to unexplained source of the fund backed with proper verifiable documents.

.........

Therefore, it not all about including landed property title documents only in your application, you need additional document that tells the current monetary worth of the property(ies) and would also demonstrate how the property(ies) will motivate your departure after your study or vacation and how you plan to utilise the property(ties) upon your return home. VERY IMPORTANT!!!

That vital document you need is a valuation report. Valuation report is a document prepared by a firm of ed Estate Surveyors & Valuer.....So, it can also be used as proof of additional source of income as the case may be

Above all ensure you have enough accessible fund on before you landed in Canada as you might be required to show your balance at the point of entry or else you can be sent back home and if you're fortunate to scale through, life could be difficult if you don't have enough.

Remain Blessed

Even IRCC themselves know they are only acting on our "Japa gullibility" to demand unnecessary source of fund documentation. There is a limit to which a VO can have access to people's privacy. Why is it that all these uneccessary source of fund documentation they ask for is only applicable to Temporary resident visa applicants and not permanent resident visa.

This is one of the reason some applicants falsify and tell huge lies to convince VO, and the country keep itting liars as residents even their citizens can't bear it any longer

JMG12:
That wasn't the problem you had multiple lump sum unexplained and probably didn't back it up with documents and your sponsor's source of funds probably was not documented or convincing enough, if you want to reapply kindly explain the lump sum and proof the source of funds of your sponsor.

The officer is being stupid, most of the temporary resident visa officer dont follow IRCC procedural guideline and policy that guides them on what criteria they should considered while rejecting or granting visa application. They act on applicant's visa application, mostly especially for people from our continent, with disdain.

There is no where in IRCC guidelines where it is stated that a sponsor must show their source of income flow aside presenting the bank statement or other acceptable proof of fund for the visa application. It is all due to our oversabi, they have now taken it as a norm to act beyond their jurisdiction looking for what is not lost to deny visas.

Imagine a VO rejecting a visa application because sponsor didnt want to show his salary in accordance to the freedom of protected personal information privacy act of Canada, even though the sponsor clearly demonstrated their income via their other bank statement alongside with their employment letter, payslip, reference letter from employer which is also one of the govt agency in Canada. The slowpoke VO denied a visa because "sponsor refuse to show their "source" of PoF fund which is the sponsor's salary bank statement" ignoring their own IRCC procedural guideline and policy which states:


"...A temporary resident visa application will not be refused just because the host’s personal information is not provided with the application... "_

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ednut1:
false . This is from last year i rode with a club through out.
https://nairaland.unblockandhide.com/7819069/bicycle-ride-adventure-toronto-mississauga

I belong to 3 bike clubs and they have this same trip tomorrow. However i have other commitments so i did it alone. Its summer every one is socializing and flexing. Different hobbies dey find one to do. Shikena

Leave am ... Awon Canada is boring ...lol

House34:

You haven't given your definition of junk food. The definition of junk food is relative. Whether you are born in Canada or Lesotho, every culture have their delicacies and if it doesn't aligned it can be termed as junk depending on how they view it.

The first time I was invited to an Irish thanksgiving, I was given tasteless potatoe and turkey meshed in sugar. To me it was junk because it never aligned with African delicacies and taste bud.

Go to coastco and see the definition of junk food.. some white will fill their carts with soda(Pepsi, Coke etc) and potatoe chips, and chocolates, is that not junk??

sinorte:
I appreciate your estimates, however, I believe the grocery budget may require some revision. It seems unlikely that a family of five would spend CAD 1,800 per month on groceries. I suggest a maximum budget of CAD 500, although even that amount may be considered generous.

While I understand CAD500 monthly groceries is too small for a family of 5.......$1800 is still high in my own opinion (Except you are staking your groceries on Africa dishes, which are expensive here).

Dont follow the crowd to do 'wanna be" online, instead budget your groceries according to the need of your family. All those commenting junk food in this forum, I dont know what they term as junk food. Dont let anyone deceive you I have live in this country long enough to believe people using their own lifestyle to judge other lifestyle. Canada is a place that treat u the way u want it to. You cut your coat according to your expenses ( but dont starve your family with the basic need), if you follow the crowd then be ready to defend your style of living.

My 2cents

Predator188:

pizza and burger is not even cheaper..
Pizza will cost 25$ for a single meal a day for whole family and 175 dollars a week ,twice a day for 1 week will cost 350 dollars,just to order and eating pizza alone ..twice a day for week..lol
And not even 3 square meal a day..
525 dollars for 3 Square meal per day for 1 week for 14" large chicken pizza 🍕

Hahahahah.. Your comment got me laughing... Who orders for $25 Pizza, whereas u can get a jumbo size Pizza @ walmart for $5

As a new immigrant dont mimic the Canadian lifestyle who dont like cooking but love to order food item online or dine out, yet they rarely have savings ...lol

Predator188:

500$ a month
If you use this money to purchase goods in a Canadian 🇨🇦 store..depending on the province and any province..you will pay more than and upto 35$ on tax..
That means you will pay upto 535$
This can tell you how expensive the country is!!
I think is the groceries that is the error here. .all products purchased in store per month for home usage and for human consumption estimate per week 450-550$

$450-$550 weekly is still in on high side, except if that family is a gluton or they want to be eating only African delicacies. Most of these children rarely eats African dishes other than pizza and burger...lol

ednut1:
500 cad a month for a family of 5
😏 fear God

Hahahah, $1800 for a family of 5 too is ridiculous, that is some people biweekly paycheck before tax ... hehehehe

yBNL1:

He probably means OG citizens(born and raised in Canada). And yes they are lamenting bitterly about jobs, housing, immigrants and international students. Just go to reddit and check the askTo or Canada subreddit.

Don't mind him, it's evident he knows nothing, just ranting to show-off. Citizen who doesn't know what is happening in his community neither does he belong to any municipal townhall meeting. I don't have time for this liar parading as Sabinus on Nairaland

CockPit:


I am a Canadian citizen and never complaining about a home or job. All my friends who are Canadian Citizens from Nigeria are homeowners and landlords with steady jobs.
Wtf are you talking about.

You are Canadian citizen my foot, who dey talk about this newbies citizen wey no go let us hear word. We are talking of true born citizens not your naturalize citizen, with one leg in one leg out ...lol

CockPit:


Everyone one I know has a job and live in a house. Canada is not just limited to Toronto and Vancouver.

He said Canadian citizens, not immigrants. Their citizens are complaining bitterly about housing and jobs, immigrants can easily adapt