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His current lead in Pennsylvania is 18,042 not 70k

dokie:




It might very well be over for him, but he is still likely to win Georgia considering the outstanding ballots.

Trump loses when Pennsylvania goes for Biden which is likely to happen. That gives him 20 more electoral college votes taking him to 273.

Trump still leads in Pennsylvania though but with about 70k votes from a whooping 600k votes lead on election night.

Pennsylvania is the main reason why Trump is crying wolf, because its hard to believe all that lead can just vanish overnight.



If Trump can prove that illegal votes were being counted through mail-ins, they will be cancelled. He's already said he is not accepting defeat, so the burden of proof is upon him. I hope he is able to prove it.

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I believe it’s Sam Onuigbo from Abia State

Akurakambe:
No name as Sam Izuigbo that's currently in house of rep from Anambra state


Fake news.

How is a FEDERAL MINISTER a lower office to a governor if there’s no corruption and the illegal pecks of office?

Captainrambo2:
they re all fools. It's a lower office.

Please what is wrong in moving from Governor (State) to Minister (Federal) ?

PS: Fashola, Amaechi etc did same.

Captainrambo2:
Akpabio went from governor to minister
If the fool becomes a permanent secretary or a local govt councillor tomorrow I won't be shocked. Greedy fool.





And it was Buhari the idiot that appointed him.
Zombies claiming sophisticated should take note !!!!

What will he present when the Original certificate is missing?

Luckydubby7:
Inec chairman just announced school leaving certificate as one of the requirements to contest for governorship position.
So to me Obaseki have no single problem.
Let him just present his ssce certificate.

You’re at best an illiterate and that’s why you don’t want to learn!

If you’ve served in the military or paramilitary you don’t need it!

Ask Obasanjo and Atiku for their NYSC too.

Read you won’t, all you know is to argue blindly!

Dumte:


Mr know all, did Buhari enter politics this time as a paramilitary or a military person? Or constitution was amended to create room for him?

And you call yourself a graduate?

You didn’t learn anything at NYSC orientation camp?

Who doesn’t know that military and paramilitary do not serve?

Next time just keep quiet when matters beyond you are discussed!

Dumte:
Where is Buhari's NYSC discharge or exemption certificate? Mtcheeeew.... APC is a confused set of fools

How many days did Atiku’s son stay in the isolation centre?

Was he showing any critical symptoms?

If you can answer the above questions hopefully you’ll get the picture!

babajero:
How, for 39 days she didn't show any symptoms of the virus neither did she die or is the isolation period no longer 14 days, then why not let her go home, or is this a case of kindnap?

Who is witch hunting WIKE?

Iyiataata92:

So why are they witch-hunting Wike for trying to do same in Rivers state?
Not only about the helicopter incident before you talk about aviation being under exclusive list, the Exxonmobil guys that came in from Akwa Ibom. Buhari exempted oil workers in Lagos, Ogun and FCT lockdown, did Wike exempt them in Rivers lockdown?
Why is Wike being witch-hunted?

Who doesn’t know that Buhari was sick in London in 2017 and admitted he had never been this sick in his entire life. The rumour back then was that the AC in his office was poisoned.

To aid him in breathing, “tracheostomy” was used until he recovered, which is a reason for the scar.

I thought IPOB has Doctors and Surgeons, why didn’t Nnamdi Kanu consult them before fooling himself?

Jflex07:
I'v been wondering myself.

Buhari/Jubril story will die a natural death by 2023. I’m waiting for the next format Nnamdi Kanu will apply in scamming his IPOB followers.

https://www.instagram.com/tv/B-xJ_uWlzhZ/?igshid=1i1ity5hn163b

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sexylassie2:


ok... but to get ptdf phd scholarships, you must be in academia and teaching in oil and gas related disciplines;

you are not in acedemia

so how did you get your ptdf phd scholarship.

Yes

sexylassie2:


i still think, it is an exaggeration,

i still stand with my word,no scholar get up to 45 million, period, there is no even physical cash given out except your allowances.

and you are no ptdf scholar, in 2016, you applied for Graduate Civil Engineer" in the department of petroleum resources.

your story do not add up.

now, you claim you got ptdf scholarship for bsc, msc and phd...well done.

PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH UNIVERSITY OF SAO PAULO
PTDF FORMALISES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH UNIVERSITY OF SAO PAULO BRAZIL

After funding the training of over 2, 500 MSc and 642 PhD Scholars in various oil and gas academic disciplines in its 15 years of operation, the management of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) under the leadership of Acting Executive secretary, Mr. Ahmed Galadima Aminu decided to review the direction of its training programmes taking into consideration the funding constraints arising from declining crude oil price in the international market.

This resulted in a strategic shift in the implementation of the Overseas Scholarship Scheme with more emphasis on domestication and transfer of technology. To put this initiative on stream, the Petroleum Technology Development Fund is going into partnership with some institutions abroad for joint sponsorship arrangement on scholar’s tuition and for research.

At present, the Fund has concluded discussions and consultations for partnership agreements with the German Academic Exchange Services; The French Government Eiffel Executive Scholarship; The Brazil National Council for Scientific and Technological Development; The Sao Paulo Research Foundation; and the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

On the 12th of May, 2016, the Acting Executive Secretary, Petroleum Technology Development Fund Mr. Ahmed Galadima Aminu took the first major step in giving effect to these collaborative arrangements in the operation of PTDF Overseas Scholarship Scheme, when he led a delegation of PTDF officials to endorse a Letter of Intent towards formalizing a strategic partnership between the Petroleum Technology Development Fund and the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The Letter of Intent for International co-operation between the Fund and the Brazilian Institution was signed on behalf of the University of Sao Paulo by the Director/Dean, Professor José Roberto Castilho Piqueira while Ahmed Galadima Aminu, Acting Executive Secretary, endorsed the agreement on behalf of the Fund.

The signing ceremony which took place at the administration building of the University of Sao Paulo, Butanta, Brazil heralds the commencement of a new initiative in the operation of PTDF Overseas Scholarship Scheme. As from September 2016, PTDF will start sending Nigerian scholars to the University on free tuition arrangement. This development, the Acting Executive Secretary says is historic and a great milestone achievement for the Fund.

“This event today (12-05-2016) marks the formalisation of a relationship between PTDF and one of the outstanding universities in Brazil and indeed in South America. For the first time we are sending Nigerian students overseas to study oil and gas related courses on tuition free basis, so we are highly excited with the collaboration. We believe that this is going to be the beginning of a mutually beneficial relationship between PTDF and the University of Sao Paulo and between Nigeria and Brazil”.

Professor José Roberto Castilho Piqueira, Dean University of Sao Paulo said the event sign-posts the commencement of an enduring relationship and partnership between the University and a great country like Nigeria through PTDF to achieve technological independence. “We are very committed to starting a new international collaboration. It is important to have a country like Nigeria as our partner because for us it is very important to have technological independence for countries like Nigeria and Brazil. So it is a pleasure to receive your students here and we are going to do our best in our graduate programme for the students. We hope that this relationship will survive for years in order to sustain the collaboration between us”

The Consul-General, Consulate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Brazil, Muntari Abdul Kaita who witnessed the signing of the documents of Intent, recalled the long standing relationship between Nigeria and Brazil particularly in the promotion of educational and technological opportunities through the students exchange programme about 30 years ago. He said the new agreement between PTDF and USP will open a new vista of opportunity for transfer of knowledge and technology, based on South-South co-operation.

“The relationship between Nigeria and Brazil has been on for a very long time. We have lots of Nigerians that passed through the University of Sao Paulo. Today they have settled here and contributing their own part. But this new agreement between PTDF and USP will open a new vista of opportunity for us. We have seen in Brazil a lot of things that we envy and we want to have them in Nigeria. And since you are willing to transfer such knowledge and technology to us, it is a thing of pride. This event of today is of high significance to us as a government. We give credit to the university of Sao Paulo administration and also thanks to PTDF for taking advantage of the academic opportunities offered by the University and we look forward to having more co-operation with Brazilian Institutions”.

The letter of intent is a commitment by both parties to in the course of the relationship reduce all the terms into a valid Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) to be signed at a future date.

A cardinal principle of the partnership is that every research area that will be conducted by Nigerian scholars in the university will be towards solving problems of the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. According to the General Manager, Legal and Secretariat Services Department, Mr. Balarabe Ahmed who reviewed the agreement, said “All the topics of research must be on areas that take care of the problems of Nigeria. It must be of practical value and we have a convergence of interest between us and the university”. He emphasised that circumstances of dwindling financial resources makes it imperative for PTDF to seek pragmatic ways of continuing to provide its scholars with the best education and training in oil and gas at less cost.

“I have to emphasize that this partnership enables us to send students to this university without payment of any tuition fee and it is incumbent on us to pay only for the maintenance of the scholars which is not the case when we take them to institutions in the United kingdom and the United States where we pay exorbitant school fees. This is what we are trying to avoid considering the times and circumstances”.

The Letter of Intent signed by PTDF and USP proposes to establish a mutual co-operation in the conduct of academic projects for the purpose of teaching, research and community service. Under the terms of the agreement, the signatory institutions may exchange scholars and students. In this regard, both PTDF and USP agreed to start the co-operation with 20 post graduate students from Nigeria commencing their studies at the University of Sao Paulo in September 2016. The agreement specifically provides that there will be no tuition fees applied to PTDF scholars for the duration of their studies in the University.

Professor Georgio De Tomi, Head of Department of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, University of Sao Paulo, speaking on the historic signing of the agreement, said as petroleum is a very important resource to both Nigeria and Brazil, there is a need to develop the means and technology to harness the resource.

“So we are very excited with this opportunity to work with PTDF to develop new solutions and training people to face the challenge of the future in terms of the production of oil. The main concern is to get to know the resource, learn methods and acquire technology that will be used to model our oil fields and plan on how best to use technology to extract oil in a competitive manner taking into account the characteristics of each region and its location”.

The University of Sao Paulo otherwise known as ESCOLA POLITECHNICA DA UNIVERSIDADE DE SAO PAULO is ranked among the best 50 engineering schools in the world mainly in the area of petroleum.

The Petroleum Technology Development Fund intends to execute similar agreements with the French Government through the French Embassy and the German academic exchange programme under which PTDF scholars will enjoy the benefits of free tuition studies in addition to free visa processing and free health insurance. According to Head, Education Division, PTDF Mrs. Rabia’h Umar Waziri- Adamu “These collaborations we have undertaken globally will actually give us maximum value in terms of sending students abroad”.

Kalu Otisi Esq.

Head, Press and External Relations

May 18, 2016

sexylassie2:


there is uk, germany france and china never brazil

as long as 2013, it was uk and france

Madam I know 10 people who went to Brazil.

No need for long talk.

The agreement was signed with USP University of Sao Paulo Brazil!

sexylassie2:


there is uk, germany france and china never brazil

as long as 2013, it was uk and france

UK!

sexylassie2:



some of what you wrote are true and some not true

ptdf do not spend up to 145,000 pounds on a phd students even if they are not going to receive the money directly

maybe i was wrong about the total number fo phd scholarships awarded

last year for foreign phd scholarships..ptdf, gave about 148 phd scholarships to those that want to study in countries and universities in UK, GERMANY & FRANCE , ptdf have strategic partnership and alliances with some universities in those countries, these universities offers lot of discounts to ptdf.

for example in Germany were tuition free, do you think ptdf will give the phd student 45,000,000 or what? what they do is pay their stipends as you wrote down

No

sexylassie2:



some of what you wrote are true and some not true

ptdf do not spend up to 145,000 pounds on a phd students even if they are not going to receive the money directly

maybe i was wrong about the total number fo phd scholarships awarded

last year for foreign phd scholarships..ptdf, gave about 148 phd scholarships to those that want to study in countries and universities in UK, GERMANY & FRANCE , ptdf have strategic partnership and alliances with some universities in those countries, these universities offers lot of discounts to ptdf.

for example in germany were tuition free, do you think ptdf will give the phd student 45,000,000 or what?

Wrong, PTDF didn’t award 3501 PhD scholarships last year.

3501 might be the number of PHD scholarships awarded since inception of their Overseas Scholarship Scheme (OSS).

For masters, in 2014 PTDF gave 6 per oil producing states, and 4 per non oil producing states, the slot for PhD is far less. Some years, PTDF gave for PhD, 3 for oil producing and 2 for non oil producing, then an extra 1 per geopolitical zone, with a bias to favour female PhD students.

Now with respect to the budget per PhD student:

PTDF doesn’t operate like TETFUND where they get to pay everything to the PhD student’s account.

PTDF is responsible for your tuition fees for 36 months.

For example, if your tuition in Imperial College for instance is £26,500, PTDF will pay directly to the University annually for a maximum 3 years...

Then with respect to upkeep, PTDF pays her PhD students £1,500 per month’s, for a maximum of 36 months. This is paid every 6 months, I.e you receive upkeep of 1,500 * 6 for the first six months, and towards the end of the sixth month, you receive for months 7-12. They also make provision for Laptop, Warm Clothing, Cutlery, and Bench fees (for those it applies to)...

In summary:

Tuition: £26,500 * 3 = £79,500
Upkeep: £1,500 * 36 = £54,000
Bench fees: £3500 * 3 = £10,500
Laptop: £1000
Warm Clothing/Cutlery/Etc: £500

TOTAL: £145,000.

At current exchange rate, £145,000 is equivalent to about 70M...

PS: DMainman can correct me if I’m wrong.

sexylassie2:


i dont have to prove you wrong you proved yourself wrong by claiming PTDF gives 45 million naira to phd students,

last year, pdtf gave about 3,501 phd students ( Overseas Scholarship Scheme student scholarships)

3501*45,000,000 = 157545000000 naira, in dollars that will be 407,316,212.82 for only Phd overseas Students talkless of masters and undergraduate and also phd local scheme

How much is ptdf buget for 2019
how much is oil revenue for nigeria 2019= N1.51 trillion

you mean govt almost gave out a quarter of its oil revenue for a phd scholarship scheme, i guess you are joking

you signed a bond is different from you saw the worth of the scholarship.

you say they pay phd students 45,000,000 naira each but why are they begging in the uk, 45,000.000 is 100,000 pounds that is a whole lot of cash to sustain you for more than 3 years

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/356051-ptdf-nigeria-spent-n120-billion-on-project-whose-impact-cannot-be-ascertained.html

If you’re doing a lab - based research, and if your supervisor is a difficult person, trust me it will affect you.

If he does 8 hours per week and earns minimum wage of £8.21/hour, that will barely cover his transport to and from work/Uni, rent and feeding for the month.

BabbanBura:


Excellent analysis but he will be able to commit 8hrs per week to work after he must have settled in fully after his first year and augment the 16m. Alot of us did that while studying and that doesn't affect our research at all. Infact it helped us build work experience in am advanced work setting which is lacking back here in Naija.

OP, you have to go back to your drawing board and do your calculation again, so you don’t make a very hasty decision, and get stuck in your second year.

Since you already admit there’s no funding from your Uni, there is NO WAY 16M would be enough for the 36 months of your research (Tuition fee and living expenses). I haven’t added conferences, symposium and seminars which you must attend as a PhD student. And I won’t advice you to actively work (that is depend on 20hours/week) to pay your rent and others, because, trust me, it’ll affect your research!

Your annual tuition won’t be less than £12,000 and living expense about £8,000, which will rise if you stay in London. So you’re looking at £20,000 per academic year.

16M is about £35,000, which means by your second year you’ll be stranded if you don’t get support from your school?