edwardjr: God just have to bless us because some sectors are really suffering. NDDC should publish the names of the awardees n not deceive themselves dat dey r stil working on it.

there is a strong rumour that the list will be out this week. So get ur doc ready.

scientist235: Good evening dear folks,I greet you all,may we all have august angelic visitation. Amen.You dont have cause for anxiety as i commented before ,i had a rare priviledge to meet the top echoleon of nddc, the list is ready ,i wont be able to disclose why is not released,but for a fact finance is not an issue, and it wont be postponed.I would advice prepare for your TB test in abuja or lagos 130 us dollars 21170 naira for july rate,for sake of respecting my priviledged information,i wont disclose dates of release but expect it anytime from now.God bless us all with our heart desires.shalom

that's lovely. Have u book for ur own TB test? It seems u have an offer frm university of sheffield?

It is not nddc that's our problem now. I was told GEJ is. As at last monday, he had not signed d budget on which our hopes and aspiration anchor. If otherwise somebody shud let us know d latest.

here is a full list of approved Universities :

University of Plymouth
Salford University
Cranfield University
Swansea University
University of Aberdeen
Robert Gordon University
Sheffield University
Coventry University
University of Leeds
University of West England

00francis:


please I hope u don't mind clarifying this:

Let's say Uni A is on NDDC's approved list, and the tuition fee is £16k. This leaves the scholar with insufficient funds to cover living expenses going by the visa requirements standards.

So are u implying that NDDC may have some sort of partnership with the university to assist scholars...with maybe accommodation ?I'm just trying to understand what u meant by full funding. thanks.

yes they are in partnership wt about 12 UK varsities whose tuition fees and cost of living are in tandem with nddc award money.

rajrascal:

The award letter only covers everything if your fees+maintenance can be settled with the scholarship funding. If it doesn't then you sure have to show proof of the outstanding balance left.

Noted. However, if nddc approves one's school, it's a full funding.

Dantidote:

NDDC should pls give us greenlight this week....cos of the short time left in stocking our acct with d necessary funds as well as the time needed in obtaining d student visa

Don't worry abt meeting d financial conditions for d visa. The award letter covers everything. The 28days rule does not apply to scholarshp-funded study frm recognized govt and corporate institutions- which nddc is among. For the visa processing time, it usually takes 2wks, 3wks up to 4wks at peak periods. One can still meet up as most UK schools resume last week (btw 28-30th ) of september, deadline extending to 1st week of Oct for int'l students.

According to BBC, the ebola victim that died in Lagos was a US citizen of Liberian origin. He lived in America with his family. He was planning to fly back to US to see his family b4 the deadly disease struck. So, the search for d people he made contact with has now been extended to America. Meanwhile d leading Sierraleonian doctor in the fight against ebola, Sheik Khan has been reported dead according to BBC

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no wonder ur stupidity knows no bounds.

Dominiquez:
Madam I think that you are married? When do u attend to ur husband as u spend ur whole day fighting e-war.

auntie berem neva marry oh! She is single n searching.

Chai! See yoruba hotties dey like tube n tyre. I pitty d men wey them go land on top. Anyway for a Yoruba man, it is always 'the bigger the better and sweeter'

It baffles me how one ediot called Orlando owoh has succeeded in diverting d attention of Igbo people frm d import and richness of d thread to useless argument. The essence of posting this topic is for us Igbo to dissect d facts raised, internalize them, contribute to it positively and then spread the info in what ever we can to our bros and sis.

rajrascal:

My bro u dey try jare,at least u dey furnish us with info.God bless ur efforts,from the info it is certain dat;

1. The list is already compiled,just waiting to drop.(so make nobody come here talk of postponement).
2.E be like say na till wed after public hols before we go fit dey hope again o!

Once again thx for carrying us along,i pray ur name is on the list,same as mine too..lol

thanks for wishing me good luck. I wish u success. God us bless us.

Dear fellow hopefuls, sorry for d wrong info given to u by me earlier today as their was a little mix up frm my sources. The latest report emerging frm nddc 2day shows that d nddc is waiting for Mr President to sign the budget that was just approved by d senate. My brother who is an nddc contractor met wt d chairman 2day who told him that. He even directed him to check if my name is on d final list wt from d director who unfortunately was not in d office. He will return on tuesday. So, I doubt if d sms will start coming in frm 2moro. Sorry 4 giving u false hope.

macpetrus: Na wa Ooo.. enroute kano for Peace Keeping...

u can still break ur journey. From what I hear and read, it was a serious one and d whole city is charged. People are expecting another blast today as it has become d latest BH tactics.

A high calibre Improvised explosive device was this afternoon exploded inside a popular motor along motor park road in a christian-populated town of Sabon Gari, Kano, leaving scores of people dead. Details soon.
Source: Vanguard and frm friends in Kano.

Chino do you know you are seriously suffering from what I will call tribal madness and local championaemia. Help urself out dude. Ur tribal obscession has gone thru d ceiling. I'm an Igbo man from Imo, so no need for u to starting branding me an enemy frm d west.

Breaking News!! Nddc set to shortlist names of scholars. Get your phones on. SMS to start rolling out from 2moro friday thru monday next week.

csimms7:

Lwkmd. You be clown guy. @linton you are so so so right on point. NDDC owes nobody anything, instead of una to even dey tell them thank you say dem dash you 10k after interview, lol. Let's pray and be focused.

I understand ur perspectives but what I suggested is a kind of appeal or plea to the presido to intervene.

cabaye:

whats are presidos facebook and twitter account names??

GEJ facebook name is simply Goodluck Jonathan. Reuben Abati's twitter handle is @abati1990 but u can also write him a letter at letters@reubenabati.com.ng. I have just written both GEJ and Abati.

I have an idea that can help us actualize this dream promptly. Pls I want us to move quickly to our facebook and twitter handles and start bringing to GEJ and Abati's notice about the delay in d shortlisting and d rumour of suspension we are hearing. Knowing fully well that GEJ is a listening president and very active on facebook, we can count on him to take prompt action on this. I believe this will work for us if we can be passionate, decorous and sensible in doing that. God will see us through.

Afam4eva: There was another flop by the name of Chukwu Ndukwe that was called up by former SE coach, Christian Chukwu. I don't know how on earth that guy found his wat to the team. He probably was Chukwu's relation. That guy had 100 chances and was only able to convert 1.

Around that same period there was a guy named something Ekwueme that played 11 for us. He was not as bad as Ndukwe but was not what we needed.

enyia kedu ebe i no kemgbe? Ahu odikwa gi? Oteela aka m hu debere gi ebe a.

I wish we can have more of this set of people dying geometrically daily. This man used his position to allot most of d oil blocs to himself and d northern behemoth. Under his administration, NNPC, PPMC, DPR, PPRA, Refineries were littered with mediocres and school drop-outs frm the NW and NE. He nearly succeeded in relocating PTI in Warri to Kaduna but for d resistance of Niger deltans. What more can we say about a man who despite his education and experience,was largely responsible for the decay and corruption in the oil and gas sector.

This can only happen in our current situation in the country when we have a strong-willed leader and not a shoeless muppet and puppet in one...,

The rate of armed robbery, assasination, thugery and ritual killings in the SW Zone these days, is alarming. I'm sure Awo must be sweating and seething wt frustration in his grave

Abagworo: Mode should please help rescue this thread from tribalists. As usual Abagworo will call a spade what it is. Igbos are the most politically backward people in the world. I just pity Igbos even though I'm one and therefore in a nutshell I have pity for myself. When a bomb was foiled in Imo State many Igbos celebrated it and were wishing that Imo State be bombed so that there will be crisis in Imo and some even went as far as associating the Governors political affiliation. I told them that day that what they wish Imo will 1st befall them and today Enugu has been bombed they are giving excuses. Igbos I'm appealing to all of you to please go learn how to play politics like your Yoruba and Hausa brothers who though not in power remain more relevant in all political parties while you've been relegated to the background. Keep investing your life earnings in other areas like Abuja, Lagos and Kano. Keep creating enmity between yourselves and Hausa/Fulani/Yoruba/Kogi/Plateau etc while the Ijaws and Yorubas extend their hands of friendship to everyone but yet invest at home. Keep feeling wiser than others and running down your own people because of money. Good morning!

my friend shut up silly mouth and stop spreading false news. there was no bomb blast in Enugu today.

This is false news being peddled around by some unscrupulous elements in the south east who want who want to further aggravate the situation in the country to achieve their sovereign state ambition. I called a school mate in Nsukka close to Eke Ozi market and confirmed that nothing like that happened today. If you further look closely at the alleged scene of bomb blast, you would notice that the smoke from the fire is not as thick and billowing as that bomb blast scene. how come in a bomb blast scene, only a year old baby died. where was her mother? what was she/he doing there? the hand-work of either massob or biafra zionist movement is written all over it.
Even the last time I checked, no national online newspaper has reported the news because the report is not only unconfirmed but also false.

While I commiserate with the family of Pastor Dokun and RCCG, may I use this medium to advise all big yoruba-owned churches ( RCCG, Winners, Deeper life, etc ) to shun tribalism, nepotism and favouritism that have crept into their churches. A situation where about 97% of all pastors posted to different villages, communities, towns and cities outside southwest region are yoruba is clannish, nepotistic, unconventional, unchristian, unapostolic and condemnable. What is wrong in ordaining a native of a community or region where these churches are scattered and putting them in charge of the parishes? How will a yoruba pastor effectively propagate Christianity in my village where most of the church members speak and worship God in Igbo language? Are there other ulterior motives for running these churches that we don't know of?

Just yesterday Arewa youths threatened the unity of this country with their provocative protest against the south, calling for the immediate dissolution of the nation. In the protest. they issued an ultimatum to all southerners living in the north to vacate immediately or face their wrath. Unsurprisingly, they went home free and safe from the torture and arrest that would have been meted to MASSOB members or Igbo man for what the security would term "treasonable felony" against the country. they were even sponsored by some political leaders in the north and their ego placatingly massaged by the emir of Kano on matching to his palace.
Again this morning, Asari Dokubo in his usual vituperation and penchant for calling for war, threatened the unity of the country by descending heavily on the north and calling for war against the north. As usual he went home free and more powerful than the Nigerian security apparatus.
Why would Nigeria loose sleep when massob carry out protest or gather to strategise on the ideology they believe in. Why is the Nigerian security ever on hand to arrest and torture massob and the BZM whenever they gather? Are these groups different from other secessionist movement in other parts of this country?
Have we ever wondered why this country is not progressing? I think the answer is not far from injustice and hatred.