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EducationRe: 2017/2018 PTDF Scholarship Scheme (Overseas And Local) by Episteme2(m): 4:59pm On Sep 05, 2017
Chevinsmedia:
4th is just yesterday na, you can still resume. if the list comes out tomorrow, induction on Thursday, you can take-off on Friday then.
cheesy grin grin
EducationRe: 2017/2018 PTDF Scholarship Scheme (Overseas And Local) by Episteme2(m): 10:47am On Sep 05, 2017
NairaSand:
Bad Leadership is Nigeria's biggest problem. It's shouldn't be hard for a 5 year old to figure that out.

I smile every time I see Southerners agitate for independence (majorly through violence and oil/gas hostage situations). I smile because it isn't the way to go. I feel even the most educated ones talk with so much ignorance.

Okay let's for a second assume that Biafra is given independence. What happens?

The road won't fix themselves, the economy won't fix itself. With bad leadership, nothing is going to change. I have been living in Port harcourt for about 8 months now and I haven't spotted any "reasonable" ongoing government funded construction project!

Normally I feel ya'll should should be asking where all the allocation/budget is going to, but no you're all distracted. An intentional plot by a group to shift your focus while they steal your future.

All Biafra States have received N260.22 billion in federal allocations in 2017 alone while all south-west (Afonjas like you call them) states have received less than half this figure. Go to Lagos, Ogun, Oyo and the rest and see massive projects their governments are commissioning.

To put things in perspective for you Nigerdcritics, Akwa Ibom State statutory state allocation since January to now is almost 7 times that of Ogun State. What these two states do with this lump sum is what makes the difference.

Let's stay woke and demand good leadership. It's our collective right as Nigerians.
Please, you guys should take these your narratives to politics section. This one, PTDF Scholarship, that we are talking about now is an urgent case study at hand, not states allocation and what they do with it. Good a thing, this one concerns everybody. So, what have we done since to hold PTDF accountable? I hate to hear this bad leadership rhetoric without any action as if it is peculiar only to a particular state or region.
EducationRe: 2017/2018 PTDF Scholarship Scheme (Overseas And Local) by Episteme2(m): 10:22pm On Sep 04, 2017
owora1:
...you are really out tonight. I can feel your anger but you can do better.
You fired the wrong bullet.
I'm not Yoruba,I'm full fledged Igbo. People bear pseudonyms on Nairand.
This your hostile attitude is actually akin to what some of our people that are [b]IPOB members [/b]display. Haulling insults at others and even theirs.
You cannot get any better result by bashing Hausa-Fulani or Yoruba. You can only feel relieved,then go back and nurse your anger.
Watch it. You're about derailing this thread further. Why mention IPOB members here? Whether some or all, the comparison is completely needless and even more provocative. Whether you like their approach or not, you didn't have to call them out here.
PoliticsRe: Buhari’s Sallah Speech: I Will Not Rest Until, We See The Nigeria Of Our Dream by Episteme2(m): 8:30am On Sep 01, 2017
God forbid that Buhari will be the one to bring the Nigeria of our dream.
PoliticsRe: A Colony Of Monkeys And A Congress Of Baboons; By Femi Fani Kayode by Episteme2(m):
"The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress"

Until Nigerians put limits to the extent they can be taken for granted or maltreated by their feckless and non-performing leaders, things are never going go improve.

"You cannot wash away the blood that you have shed. You cannot erase the memory of your failures and your atrocities and those that you have humiliated, destroyed, insulted, tortured, incarcerated and subjected to persecution and the most vicious and callous media trials"
EducationRe: 2017/2018 PTDF Scholarship Scheme (Overseas And Local) by Episteme2(m): 4:37pm On Aug 29, 2017
nkiruberyl:
@voice234, please, what of oss candidates?...have they been contacted?
EducationRe: 2017/2018 PTDF Scholarship Scheme (Overseas And Local) by Episteme2(m): 3:08pm On Aug 29, 2017
Virtuoso89:
Why are people not telling if they applied for LSS or OSS?

I mean the one's that have gotten the feedback with respect to LSS.
Scroll up and read Voice234's first post on the previous page. It's for LSS successful candidates both MSc and PhD.
PoliticsRe: President Buhari Mocks London Protesters by Episteme2(m): 6:22am On Aug 26, 2017
Dumb mockery. The protesters that found time to chase you back home are the real friends of Nigeria. Despite the fact that they are arguably leading a comfortable life over there, they still thought it wise to share in our pains by driving you back home through the protest. And you want them to come back too to this hell of a country where nothing is working.
Baba, your presidency is a collective insult on the sensibilities and rationality of Nigerians.
EducationRe: Warriboy Graduated With Distinction In Masters In I.T Indiana USA (pics)(vids) by Episteme2(m): 7:13pm On Aug 25, 2017
Congrats man. May God bless your hustle.
EducationRe: 2017/2018 PTDF Scholarship Scheme (Overseas And Local) by Episteme2(m): 4:20pm On Aug 25, 2017
Episteme2:
Scholarship hopefuls, I think we need to go to this thread and continue pushing. Probably it'll get to front page.
https://www.nairaland.com/4007957/release-list-successful-candidates2017-18
EducationRe: 2017/2018 PTDF Scholarship Scheme (Overseas And Local) by Episteme2(m): 7:56pm On Aug 23, 2017
adakoleagbenu:
plz I asked d question bt no one responded. *sad*


assuming u get d scholarship, whether LSS or OSS, and u commence ur studies, but u get a good job as a result of an earlier application and interview u attended before d scholarship, what will u do, and if u decide to take d job What will be d implications as related to ptdf?
If you abandon your studies for whatever reason, you'll have to refund PTDF whatever amount they have spent on you. It's part of the bond you'll sign.
EducationRe: Release The List Of Successful Candidates,2017/18 PTDF Scholarship Hopefuls Wail by Episteme2(op): 6:59pm On Aug 23, 2017
More reactions on twitter

EducationRe: 2017/2018 PTDF Scholarship Scheme (Overseas And Local) by Episteme2(m): 6:53pm On Aug 23, 2017
Scholarship hopefuls, I think we need to go to this thread and continue pushing. Probably it'll get to front page.
https://www.nairaland.com/4007957/release-list-successful-candidates2017-18
EducationRelease The List Of Successful Candidates,2017/18 PTDF Scholarship Hopefuls Wail by Episteme2(op): 6:49pm On Aug 23, 2017
A total of 4, 989 candidates were shortlisted to participate in the Aptitude Test for the 2017/18 PTDF Overseas and Local (MSc) Scholarship award.The E-Test which was conducted in the six geo-political zones had 1, 687 candidates shortlisted in the North Central zone which held in Abuja. Lagos centre for the South West, had 1343 shortlisted candidates, 986 for the South South zone conducted in Port Harcourt, 557 for the North West conducted in Kaduna, 235 for the North East conducted in Bauchi, and 141 for South East zone conducted in Enugu.

For over 44 days since the CBT examination was written the candidates are yet to hear from PTDF management about the result of the exam. The scholarship hopefuls have continued to wait for PTDF to release the list of the successful candidates to no avail. It is worrying to know that most of the prospective Overseas scholars will resume early September, 2017 as stated in their various universities academic calender. This will leave them with only 2 to 3 weeks to secure CAS, VISA and make other travelling arrangements from now, plus the fact that some of the awardees who are already working will have to give their employers 3 weeks notice in their resignation letter. PTDF is aware of the rigours of the aforementioned preparation yet they feign ignorant. Some prospective overseas scholars have forfeited their university admissions already as the timeline given to them to accept the unconditional admission offers has elapsed while others deferred theirs till January, 2018.

The scholarship hopefuls have expressed their frustration and hopelessness over the deafening silence of PTDF regarding the unprecedented and unjustified delay in publishing the list of successful candidates. The candidates equally fear that the continued delay in publishing the list of successful ones erodes the little integrity of the selection process, stating that as days go by, the names on the supposed merit list are being substituted with the ones from the back door, mainly political elites and their allies. Hence, the ululation of the hopeful scholars is to stop PTDF from further delay and substitution of names on the list.

The mouths of other hopefuls have been left ajar while wondering if the rats that drove the President away from his office have equally invaded PTDF and probably chopped the list. One of the hopefully scholars equally noted with anger, that at the time of application, the applicants were compelled to purchase E-PIN for #1000.00 each before the scholarship portal could be accessed for application, even when scholarship application and other application processes on the portals of government agencies, ministries and departments are usually free.

As a result, the scholarship hopefuls have taken to twitter, calling out PTDF to release the list without any further delay and bury their head in shame as a result of their gross ineptitude and lack of sense of responsibility.

PoliticsRe: FFK, Fayose Don't Want Buhari Alive - Lauretta Onochie by Episteme2(m): 11:18am On Aug 23, 2017
Does Buhari want Nigerians alive too? Then, let him resign. He is technically, systematically, physically, emotionally, mentally and morally unfit to preside over Nigeria's affairs. Argue with history and the present economic realities.
PoliticsRe: In 2017 Buhari Was Driven From His Office By Patriotic & Courageous Rats – FFK by Episteme2(m): 5:54am On Aug 23, 2017
0b100100111:

Hard-drug ruins life and finally kills!

FFK's anaylsis and comparisons always expose his volumenous illicit hard drug intake.

Always reasoning from behind!

He needs to be forced into a rehab before his mental state deteriorates further cos the next stage he is ascending to is outright madness!


Abeg, find another thing and tell us. This is stale. People are tired of reading this your hard drug rhetoric every time.
PoliticsRe: Buhari Orders Military To Deal With Biafra Security Service, Boko Haram by Episteme2(m):
PMB always overplaying his hand. In the history of all IPOB gathering, there is no any evidence or even allegation against them that they harmed anybody neither do they constitute terror. They happily and peacefully gather in their thousands and go back home same way. PMB is here again to heat up the polity. Of all the numerous areas that need PMB's attention and action, his only priority now is Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB, cunningly mentioning Boko Haram to appear well-meaning. You cannot beat a child and still stop him from crying. The whole world is watching him.
The people you called 5% and by implication negligible want to leave and you're forcing false unity on them.
EducationRe: 2017/2018 PTDF Scholarship Scheme (Overseas And Local) by Episteme2(m): 3:02pm On Aug 22, 2017
Pls, doesn't anyone have any useful information on what's delaying the list or when the list is coming out?
You guys should gear this energy to calling out PTDF to publish the list even if the fund or budget is not ready now. Then when they are ready, they can call the successful ones for induction and other stuff later.
All these emotional outbursts are completely needless and avoidable.
PoliticsRe: The Impending Re-arrest Of Nnamdi Kanu - Frank Eze by Episteme2(m): 6:34pm On Aug 21, 2017
komekn:
We have this erroneous impression that the size of the crowd represents your approval rating. What you have is an undemocratic construction claiming legitimacy.

Unfortunately we are seeing a situation online and on the street that if you don't support thier agitation you cannot not be Igbo.

People are now being coerced violently and under threat to show support or be victimised. If it were possible to have a referendum about having a referendum they would loose. Then they would claim election rigging and cause disruption.
You cannot truly separate majority from democracy. Majority ratifies all democratic ideals and realities too. If he has the majority, he has truly got the force.
I don't know why anti-Biafrans always shy away from reality. Who are those that will vote during referendum? Joe Igbokwe, Frank Eze and few others or the multitude following Nnamdi Kanu? Your incoherent narrative is disjointed too.
People coerced violently and threatened to join IPOB? Hmm, what an ailing truth!
PoliticsRe: The Impending Re-arrest Of Nnamdi Kanu - Frank Eze by Episteme2(m): 6:03pm On Aug 21, 2017
Crap. Indeed, Nnamdi Kanu has his brothers first to contend with in his quest for Biafra. Too many of them for that matter. But he has the backing of the majority.
PoliticsRe: Buhari: "Ojukwu Visited Me In 2003 & We Agreed That Nigeria Must Remain One" by Episteme2(m):
ok.
Who should we ask?
Under what terms, conditions, arrangements, treatments and structure did both of you reach that conclusion because I know Dim Odimegwu Ojukwu was not myopic?
Why are you revealing this now? The PA Buhari that we know cannot even remember what he said and the conclusions he reached with people just last year let alone the conclusion of a discussion that purportedly held a couple of decades ago.
I guess both of you equally concluded that after you finally won the Presidential election in 2015, you should give his people 5% treatment.
PoliticsRe: Buhari: "Ojukwu Visited Me In 2003 & We Agreed That Nigeria Must Remain One" by Episteme2(m): 4:44pm On Aug 21, 2017
okay
EducationRe: 2017/2018 PTDF Scholarship Scheme (Overseas And Local) by Episteme2(m): 10:26am On Aug 21, 2017
Chai! This isn't fair. Whether ones name is on the list or not, one ought to have known ones fate by now. I think our patience has been stretched beyond the elastic limit. It's a pity that our leaders are not responsible to us. They throw shits at us and we gladly accept them. Nobody dares question the ugly status quo and to think that some of us make excuses for them is sickening. It's obvious that all is not well and probably the list is yet to be compromised to accommodate all the interested parties satisfactorily, hence the delay.
Oh! PTDF, pity for us. Nah beg we dey beg.
PoliticsRe: $30m Spent On President Buhari's Health By National Security Adviser & NIA - SR by Episteme2(m): 4:36pm On Aug 15, 2017
sarrki:
I am waiting for the bills

I meant the receipt

All nah wash I insist
Have you seen the receipt of the money allegedly looted by Madueke, Dasuki and co.
PoliticsRe: $30m Spent On President Buhari's Health By National Security Adviser & NIA - SR by Episteme2(m): 4:32pm On Aug 15, 2017
APC Zombies won't believe this, but if it were to be GEJ and his team, they would swallow it hook, line and sinker.
PoliticsRe: "Warrior Meets Warrior" - FFK And Fayose Meet At PDP Convention (Photo) by Episteme2(m): 9:59am On Aug 14, 2017
Suprnov3r:
I never thought the day will come when I will begin to admire a Nigerian politician. The silence of so many people now is making FFK & Fayose look like champions and hero's of the common man


Before the last election, so many fake people which includes pastors, youth leaders, emirs, obas, priests, governors were singing the praises of Buhari and telling us how an amazing person he was. ... They have all gone silent.

They no longer have visions or brilliant ideas to expose on the workings of the FG. They are all suddenly blind to the sufferings of Nigerians, blind to the ridiculous policies that threaten our democracies. They were all so eager to insult and crucify Jonathan for everything that went wrong. They always seemed to be wiser than all the ministers. Sadly their wisdom has become foolishness

Funny, the fight against gej was spearheaded by his own brothers. The North has refused to turn on buhari and the West have always made it clear all they wanted was revenge.. Oshiomole will wake up in the morning and tell you how 10 trillion naira was stolen overnight. Fashola will tell you that power could be fixed in 6 months. Mbaka will preach on how buhari is Nigeria messiah. All the northern cabal were buzy frustrating the fight against boko haram. Borno governor will say Jonathan has not visited borno since the last bombing... meanwhile he is quiet now that buhari has not visited Nigeria in months. Punch, The Nation, Channels TV, Sahara reporters and the entire media always seem to have the best lawyers come quote from our constitution on how everything gej did was wrong. Tam David west and the Lizard of ubima will scream about how useless GEJ oil policies were

They cannot be bold enough to even come out and say they were wrong and if they dont speak now may their voices be silent forever
I feel better reading this. Bless you.
EducationRe: 2017/2018 PTDF Scholarship Scheme (Overseas And Local) by Episteme2(m): 8:54pm On Aug 12, 2017
Guys, calm down. I think they are uploading the stuff now on their site as the site is temporarily down now.
Cheers.
EducationRe: 2017/2018 PTDF Scholarship Scheme (Overseas And Local) by Episteme2(m): 12:00pm On Aug 11, 2017
Sunnystooth:
I like Nigerians religious people... They'll just attribute all their successes to their God and prayers etc, they wont tell you the shady things they did in addition to their adequate preparation for the success they've acheived.

The OP of the thread you posted the link above obviously had undue advantage because he wrote after the first set must have written on the D-day of the examination. And he obviously got some tips(expos) that helped him a bit. But he'll be fast to say it's God that did it and all those gibberish and balderdash religious people say.

Look at his comment on that same thread below:

On the day of Exam some people who did before you will be like they can tell you all the questions they did for their own subject, don't fall into the trap because you probably have no idea of the course but you want to do it because of free questions. Stick to you and believe in yourself. This happened to me last year on the day of the exam, but i went for my course!.

I'm not trying to be a buzz kill here, I'm just trying to be realistic.
PS: He must have got some English questions, even though he clearly didn't switch course.
Bro, your insinuations and what the OP meant are diametrically opposite. He was even advising against choosing a different course in the exam hall from the one originally filled during registration just because the first batch of test takers leaked the questions in their own subject/course.
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Department Of Petroleum Resources - 2016 Graduate Trainee &experienced Hire Job by Episteme2(m): 11:40am On Aug 09, 2017
yahmaid04:
The list of candidates from chief whip is already trending on twitter. You know what next? They might cancel the recruitment process and they can now peacefully fill all the positions with candidates they like. Nigerians never learn, cant we just accept that recruitment process can never be 100% based on merit? Soon the 20 to 30% that get on merit will no longer be. All those who think leaking that list will change anything about how Nigeria does her recruitment is just a big fool. If it will only make the cabals more cautious next time that is if they advertise anything like this again.
This line of thinking is so annoying. What do you mean? So we should keep quiet amidst this brazen act of corruption in a bid to save the recruitment process from being cancelled? Look, that list is just one of the numerous lists that have been sent to DPR shot callers. The recruitment process from the shortlisting to testing is already flawed. Just because it's a lucrative dept, that's why they are sending lists up and down. Why have we not seen lists sent to NPower? The poor masses can manage that one. The fact that it's become a norm in our system does not legitimize it. The question should be, why can't we organise a near merit-based recruitment exercise without lists flying around at the expense of level playing ground? If they want to cancel it so be it. Most of the candidates have little or no confidence in the system's process while others look up to God for something that God has made man to handle.
EducationRe: 2017/2018 PTDF Scholarship Scheme (Overseas And Local) by Episteme2(m): 6:37pm On Aug 08, 2017
NairaSand:
So people have seen the list

Some people bought the question abi na pack them call an

Some people are saying we should pray to make the list

Some people are insiders, so much so they know the MD

Transparency of the scholarship is like -5%

Let's continue to fool ourselves. I'd be here taking notes.
grin grin
EducationRe: 2017/2018 PTDF Scholarship Scheme (Overseas And Local) by Episteme2(m): 5:22pm On Aug 08, 2017
In the event that one luckily succeeds at making the OSS list, can one defer it till January, 2018?
PoliticsNothing Is Being Done To Actively Stop Corruption – Saraki Blasts Presidency by Episteme2(op): 9:53am On Aug 02, 2017
Nothing is being done to actively stop corruption – Saraki blasts presidency

Senate president, Bukola Saraki has chided the presidency for its focus on loot recovery rather than fighting corruption itself.

Saraki, while speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, advised the presidency and anti-corruption agencies in the country to pay more attention to destroying corruption and placing emphasis on the recovery of loot. He added that the Senate will work to realign the anti-corruption fight. In his words;

“You see, let us separate recovery from the fight against corruption.We still believe that yes, recoveries are being done, but are we doing anything to actively stop corruption going on now.This recovery has gone out there. They are two separate issues.The focus I am seeing is recovery, but corruption is still there.That is the area that we are focusing on as a Senate.

Anybody that brings a case about what is happening now, we will go in, look at those agencies and expose them.We want to continue to represent the people in that way.”

http://politicsngr.com/2017/08/02/nothing-done-actively-stop-corruption-saraki-blasts-presidency/

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