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Thanks for sharing volunteership opportunities. I'll appreciate if you could post remote ones too!

Hello Basalt,

Thanks for all you do.

I have background similar to yours. I saw a scholarship in Geoinformatics, but after my research, it seems there are few jobs for people with that degree in Germany.

I don't know if I should continue with the scholarship application, or just forget it and search for other scholarships, I really need your advice.

Kindly advise a brother.

FatCow:
Here's the link to the WhatsApp group:
https:///EgV5LVZ1EpaFk17RsWbcro

The link is invalid. Please, kindly rectify. Thanks

ajl:
I think this minister is not conversant with some aspect of the industry he oversee. It's almost a norm to discover gas while exploring for crude oil because petroleum itself is made up of both gaseous, liquid, and occasionally solid constituents depending on the conditions in the reservoir. If the petroleum is very highly biodegraded, you wouldn't find gases and sometimes will be left with heavy oil or bitumen (this dominates crude oil reserves in Canada and Venezuela). We know that petroleum fraction with 1 to 4 carbon atoms are gases, and its common to find them in petroleum reserves. There are times most of the long chain petroleum fraction with longer carbon chain has been cracked due to high temperature in reservoirs to short chain gaseous fractions. That's why sometimes when gas is found, it may be referred to as wet gas (CH2 to CH4) or dry gas (mainly methane, CH4). Sometimes, the gas can even be derived by cracking of buried coal reserves or biodegradation of coal by bacteria to methane. At times, trapped gases would leak out of petroleum reservoirs because of weak rocky seals. There are places where methane seeps out of the ground or bottom of the ocean. Sometimes these indicates presence of crude oil below ground or it may just be methane formed in the subsurface by biodegradation of organic carbon to methane.

Amazing!


Are you a Geoscientist?

Realtalk20:
In imo state that state had the highest gas reserves in Africa

I work in the In the sector.

You must be a Geoscientist!
Can I connect with you on LinkedIn?

I have been thinking of a good thesis title for my Master's that is relating to gas development. I would like to work on something else aside "Reservoir Characterization ....."

Depressed101:
go with the flow, but be wise no Vasa everybody wey you see

Sure
Thanks chairmo

Depressed101:
yeah, spent close to 40k should have been less maybe 20k.but they tried to frustrate me cos I followed online process .anyway I got my passport in June 2020,delay was because of covid 19 paper didn't arrive early from Malaysia so they said...

Oh, I see.

Do you advise me to just go with the flow - doing it for 40k, or apply online?

I intend going to the office, maybe another officer might call a lesser amount..... What do you think?

Depressed101:
how much did you give caezer and how much was total.cos i am heading over to warri next week

Did you finally go to warri to apply for yours?
How did it go?

I'd like to do mine there, but the immigration officer I called on phone said 40k

Depressed101:
how much did you give caezer and how much was total.cos i am heading over to warri next week

Did you finally go to warri to apply for yours?
How did it go?

I'd like to do mine there, but the immigration officer I called said 40k

david290:
Tell one of your friends to snap/scan the data page of his/her Passport and passport photograph. Then, you print at a cyber cafe (50 or 100 Naira) and photo studio (400 Naira for five copies). I used my friend as well who was in Lag while I in Ilorin, and it is what I did.

Oh, I see. I will do just that! Thanks!

Maxwell08:
Someone must have passport, NIN, driver licence in your house.. Beg them for a copy and don't pay any 5k

Even if the passport has expired, right?

WHIZKIDEFE:
The one at Warri is very efficient..

Did for a friend about 3 weeks ago, we collected it same day..

We went in the morning, collected in the evening.. Some people we met there that didn't give Caesar what belonged to Caesar were told booklet was not available. Inside Life!

Could you please tell me how you went about it?

I called an immigration officer and he told me 40k
Where dat one dey?

NairaLuck:
Painful. Hopefully you'll get it.

I did mine in warri (governor's house annex) beside DBS. 32pgs costed 28k, did it in 3days.
I went very early in the morning spoke to one of them have him the money registered and went home the next day I went 3pm but collected it the next day as the booklets had not arrived from asaba(so they said) the 3rd day I collected mine that morning.
Last last na N500 I reason the officer cause him nor really do anything significant.

I'm posting this for the sake of those in Delta, warri is more reliable than Asaba although I here Asaba is improving under okowa. So if you're in warri or environ don't waste transport to asaba as it might be a waste of more funds.

I called an immigration officer in the office and he said it's 40k

How you take run am?

You went into the compound and walked straight to the servicom unit to apply, or ??

david290:
Guarantor fee? Downloading the Guarantor form is free and available on the Immigration website: https://portal.immigration.gov.ng/passport/passportGuarantor. Fill the form and get it signed and stamped at a court (mine cost me 150 Naira at Ilorin). Also, buy seal of 50 Naira. Don't forget the data page of your Guarantor Passport. That's all.

The issue is: I don't know anyone around me who can stand as a guarantor when applying for the passport. I have friends who have gotten theirs, but they don't stay in Delta State.

The immigration officer said if I don't have a guarantor, I'll have to pay 5k for that, which I honestly do not have

Hello house,

Please, who has tried DIY in Delta?
The Immigration officer I called told me 40k. The Guarantor fee is 5k.

That's on the high side for me.
Do you know any other agent with lesser amount?

Kindly help me out!

kode12:
Done.
Check your email

Received. Thank you very much.
I'm grateful

kode12:
Hi mate,
It's been a while now since I did mine, so I don't know what the current processes are. I used the office in the government annex and got it same day. Just waited for a couple of hours. I can send you the agents details, if you send me a message. Someone recommended him to me and I used him, but I'm not vouching for him or anything so use discretion as with all things.

That was pretty fast!
Thanks, I have sent you a mail.

Is there anyone who has applied for passport in warri, or recently gotten his/her passport?

Did you DIY or you met an agent?

I want to apply for passport and I'd like to know the best way to go about it

kode12:
You dey mind the OP? When I did mine, I used the Warri office. I spent less than 5hrs for the whole thing. I just paid their illegal amount and they went with it. Tipped one or two people and by 2pm I was on my way home with my passport. The illegal fee they're collecting is standard a cross all visa offices, so who are you fighting? FG or Immigration or Nigeria. Its only someone that needs the passport after 2023 that can apply online

Hello Kode,

I want to apply for my passport in the Warri office. Could you please tell me the procedures you went through?

How much did you pay in total?
Did you go to the government annex along airport to apply for it, or from the airport?

Do you still have the number of the agent you used?

Onekind04:
Just submitted mine today. I hope we'll all be shortlisted.

Did you go to the embassy to submit?

Semtu:
Sent all documents today. Hoping for good news.

Hi Jethro,

I would like to know the number of pages your field research proposal is?

Is it a 2-page or 3-page document?

Judee99:
Is it advisable to have my medical report printed after the doctor has filled and signed. Like printing a pdf document.
Moreover, would a printable pdf recommendation suffice? My current location is quite distant

It's stated on the application guideline that MEXT accepts a printed or written copy of the medical certificate

Semtu:
Sent all documents today. Hoping for good news.

Congrats, Semtu.

I'm yet to complete my research proposal and even fill the Application form. It is well

Semtu:
Wow, too expensive na.. Which hospital is it? Is it a government hospital?

It's an hospital owned by the state government

Semtu:
For your medical certificate, just go to a federal or military hospital. The tests are very cheap there. I did all the tests for less than 5k last week and the results are already out. I’m going back on Tuesday, so the doctor will fill the results of the tests on the form, then get it stamped by the MD.

Bro

I paid 5k for X-ray, 5k for LFT and 1k for ESR. I was directed to a centre for the tests.

I'll have to go to the centre tomorrow for the LFT result. The doctor at the hospital jokingly said to her, "How much should we take from him? 5k?"

Bro, I think I'll have to find another doctor in a private hospital to fill the form.

Semtu:
Go to any hospital around (federal hospitals preferably to get it done cheaper). Ask to meet with a doctor, show the medical form to the doctor. The doctor will look at all the tests you need to do as written on the form then direct you to the hospital’s laboratories to carry out the test. Then just keep on visiting the laboratories till the tests results are ready. Once all tests results are ready, then you’ll go back to the doctor. The doctor will finally fill the results on the form.

Oh, I see!
Thank you!

Semtu:
For your medical certificate, just go to a federal or military hospital. The tests are very cheap there. I did all the tests for less than 5k last week and the results are already out. I’m going back on Tuesday, so the doctor will fill the results of the tests on the form, then get it stamped by the MD.

How did you go about it?
Could you please guide me?
What did you tell the front desk officer that you wanted to do when you walked into the clinic/hospital? You know how they'll start giving outrageous amounts when you tell them you need it for a scholarship.

Did they run a radiological scan on you?

I apologise for my numerous questions

Semtu:
For your medical certificate, just go to a federal or military hospital. The tests are very cheap there. I did all the tests for less than 5k last week and the results are already out. I’m going back on Tuesday, so the doctor will fill the results of the tests on the form, then get it stamped by the MD.

All my documents are ready. Once I finalize my research plan writeup, I’ll be set for submission. Please what’s the most efficient postal service in Nigeria, in terms of cost and reliability?

Also I want to ask that in the section for English language proficiency on the application form, I am a native English speaker and I’ve also done IELTS.. I think we are meant to pick just one, so should I fill in that I am a native speaker or make use of my IELTS result?

Likewise in the section for Japanese language proficiency, I know nothing about Japanese language. We were told to rate ourselves between 0-3, if I pick 0 in all, does it affect anything? Or should I lie and rate myself higher?

For postal service, a current scholar advised we should use DHL because it's reliable. NIPOST is quite cheap, but I don't know if it's reliable

I believe IELTS will give you a leverage, especially if the score is high, otherwise, just write "NATIVE SPEAKER"

Japan Language Proficiency doesn't really affect one's chances of securing the scholarship except the course the individual is going for requires heavy knowledge of Japanese, such as International Relations, Journalism, etc

Just be honest!
Even when called for the first screening interview, you'll write a Japanese exam. The exam is basically just to assess your knowledge of the language and to know how long you would be placed for preparatory course.

kCatalyst:
Ok, good. Let's see what they say. I hope you added that "should it be notarized by a court"

Yes, I did!

kCatalyst:
I have actually not heard about the court notarization development, nor did I read it on the website.

I don't know the degree prog. you are applying for but you can read part 7 of the article attached

I have carefully read the application guideline and it's not stated anywhere that documents should be notarized!

Though, a current scholar I interacted with on Twitter said he notarized his transcript and degree certificate.

I have scheduled a mail to be sent to email provided on the flyer on the embassy website, inquiring if the notarization of documents is compulsory.

kCatalyst:
Has anyone seen and known how to complete the medical health certificate. I think it's somehow cumbersome

It is indeed cumbersome. It's to be filled by a health professional. Is it necessary for it to be stamped?

kCatalyst:
From my understanding of the application guideline, both transcript and certificate are all compulsory documents to be submitted.

So I think you can submit a student copy of your transcript if you have it (instead of having to wait for the main school transcript to meet up with) but must be attested. You can do attestation in your department. Attestation is just stamping and signature...HOD or their staff can do this for you.

I want to believe you have your certificate.

I applied for my transcript in my University and it was attested by the Academic Affairs Division. However, I heard our documents needs to be notarized in a court, how true is it that?