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Someone was contacted by NLNG via sms at 11:40am today and asked to check his email for important message. Please put your eyes on your sms. Best wishes!

airsaylongcome:
Naaaah. Loads of people got called. Many aren't just saying so here. Which I find weird for this set. People just want to soak content without giving in return. Remember that the 2028 set will be looking up to this one for hope and inspiration. Everybody wants to take, nobody wants to give

I think one of the reasons this thread isn't as hot as the previous one is because most of the issues to be discussed here were already discussed there. Many people will just read the previous one and be satisfied.

A friend received at 6:18pm. Fingers crossed!

Nicer:
Congrats to them. others should check today

Sir around what time do you think the last email will drop? 4pm today?

Nicer:
Check your emails regularly from now. Respond on time if you're lucky enough to get the message you're hoping for. Good luck. You're all stars no matter what happens. every single one of you.

Thanks sir for keeping us posted. Fingers crossed!

DeeTee23:
About 144.

All wait-lists have resumed.

Good luck guys

Any idea on the targeted number of GTs this year?

CCS has contacted some FSB PhD candidates yesterday.

ennyj01:
120-150 is huge. It will be nice if they can maintain that number.

How reliable is the latest info that EH have been scheduled for 2nd aptitude test and interview on the 1st week of July?

Hunter102:
Has the Interviews ended fir both MSc and PhD?

According to the first invitation email, the interview will take place between 19th to 23rd June. Therefore, the interview has been concluded.

Hi guys,

I had my AC on the 2nd day in Abuja. I enjoyed the group exercise. Almost all the group members did a great job. We were able to finish discussing the 6 issues and even transfered our action points on the flipchart though we couldn't finish the latter.

Fact finding was my 2nd activity. I think it wasn't too bad for me save for the fact that the role player (assessor) really struggled with the brief. I'd ask him question he'll waste some seconds searching for the answer but would end up telling me it's not there before the other assessor would tap him and show him the place. Nonetheless, I asked a lot of questions and justified my answer as much as possible.

Presentation was my last. That's the shortest one-hour of my life. Lol. I prepared a few pages presentation and was scared that I won't be able to recall the details during the presentation. But thank God the assessors were very friendly and forthcoming. They ask me about three questions. Overall, this section was my most difficult.

Overall, I think the experience was worth it.

Best of luck to us all.

EdoBoy90:
Is there Virtual interview for this year 2023?

You can contact info@ptdf.gov.ng for possible consideration.

whiitesakura:
my interview is in kaduna, but i want to transfer to abuja. i dont know if its possible to change it since they already closed the portal

Try contacting them through info@ptdf.gov.ng by explaining your condition.

BRAINNY:
Guys, I tweeted at PTDF to provide the option for virtual interviews. Guys, go tweet at them or retweet if you want it too. Fuel/flight cost is expensive. Companies globally have adopted virtual interviews, PTDF has enough funds to do it too. No endangering of applicants lives on our dangerous roads. (If you search PTDF on twitter on latest tweets, my tweet will pop up).

Better still, all of us can tweet and include the #IncludeVirtual so that it'll go viral.

EdoBoy90:
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Yes, you are right. Make man prepares for the interview. God pls help me.

Last year I got to the interview stage, performed very well but I wasn't selected. This year, I decided not to choose the UK.


Can I still change to the UK school because I still have my admission offer intact? That is when I am successful by God's grace.

Most of my friends who chose other countries last year, got it.

Unfortunately, you can't switch from France, Germany and Malaysia (FGM) to UK but the reverse is allowed. But you can seamlessly switch between FGM countries.

ExcellenceAb:
Same here, I can't log into the portal

The portal is now back but you can't update anything anymore.

Princejebs:
Help @ DMainMan and @Aboki12

Which browser did you use?

Reetah7:
Is there are WhatsApp group? Please someone should help with the link

Check previous chats.

ExcellenceAb:
Are they sending it in batches?

They've just sent a second round. It seems only those applicants who noticed that change on Wednesday received the email.

Can someone post a screenshot and mask their details?

Drahl:
Thanks for the correction.

From what I gather from previous beneficiaries, successful MSc candidates are first contacted by CSC before PhD usually a couple of weeks after. Fingers crossed!

29Ade07:
MSc or PhD sir?

Both.

ExpertNLer:
Know UK applicants that have seen changes on dashboard, they're probably updating the records small small

Did you hear anyone who notice any changes since last Wednesday?

Drahl:
According to what I heard in Abuja, the nomination is 18 candidates for M.Sc and 30 for PhD.

The number of slots given to FSB was mentioned during induction (i.e. first day of interview): MSc: 20 and PhD: 31, total: 51.

Sparkxz10:
How can one join this WhatsApp group 🙏🏻

Replace (dot) with "." https://chat.whatsapp(dot)com/GgsS4VACurk9L3BjSLZzP8

Drahl:
Are you under the PhD category? Nothing from my own end.

Yes. Nothing too.

I heard many successful candidates have been contacted. But none of the ones I heard is PhD. Any info on this?

Hello guys, any update from CSC?

Yes, the confirmation is just now but I can't say when it happened.

Some MSc applicants have confirmed seeing similar changes in one WhatsApp group.

Hello guys, I think PTDF is cooking something. Hopefully the invitation emails will drop this week. Login to your accounts to see if you can notice any changes.

Awwalion:
Hello,

Has anyone heard from the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission or the Federal Scholarship Board concerning the nominations at least?

Hi,
I haven't heard of anyone.

hamzacs:
Hello guys! I'm by name Hamza Hussaini. I'm a UK PhD scholar of PTDF. I was lucky to be among the successful applicants of last year. I went through all your posts and want to contribute on some few issues as;
✓ I want to make it clear that PTDF scholarship is merit based, even though it is highly competitive. Don't allow anyone to deceive you that the scholarship is for people with connections. I got the scholarship without knowing even the councillor of my ward. Try your best and pray hard.
✓ I have seen some applicants worrying themselves on the issues of publications and membership certifications at the moment, that they are on the process of acquiring such documents but couldn't make it before the deadline for the application. Please don't worry yourselves so long you can get them before the time for interview. They will allow those shortlisted full access to their portal so that they can update their portal about two weeks to interview time. PTDF interview panel members always grade applicants base on what they presented during interview not what was uploaded during application.
✓ The issue of change of course after been successful is not always possible. I was a victim of this. Have changed my course and PTDF denied me proof of funding for that. I had to go back and reapply for admission in different school. I wasted more than four months on this issue.
✓ The most important documents for the interview include:
* Research proposal/statement of purpose
* Class of degree/masters
* O'level
* Membership certificate
* Publications (even though this was not considered during last year's interview).
The last but most important thing is prayers.
Finally, my advice for you people is to keep on updating your research proposal/SoP before interview and make it part of you. Wish you good luck.

Thanks so much sir for this rich contribution.