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Ahmed Musa scored both goals as Nigeria swept aside World Cup debutants Iceland to leave Group D intriguingly poised with one round of games to go.

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Bravo Musa! Bravo Super Eagles!

You do not want the job interview to be the first time (in a long time or ever) that you’re describing your last role, a key project, or the arc of your career. Even if you think you know the details in your head, this doesn’t mean you’ll find the exact words when speaking aloud.

Even if you write it down, you don’t speak like you write so your chosen words will come out stilted. Practicing what you intend to say out loud is the only way to ensure that you can engagingly, concisely and fluidly talk about yourself, your skills, your motivation, and all the rich, complex information that is covered in an interview.

When you practice aloud, you practice answers to typical interview questions: tell me about yourself, why are you interested in this role, what is your biggest win. However, while experimenting with specific questions is fine for practice, it is better to prioritize specific examples to share, rather than specific answers.

There are many interview questions, and the same question can be asked in many different ways. There is no way you can exhaustively practice enough answers to cover the variability in even one interview. However, your examples of your work are limited, and you can select the best ones in advance. Go line by line through your resume, including academic projects and outside activities, and pull out all projects and roles where you made a substantive contribution and a measurable win. You will have multiple projects or roles to discuss but still a manageable number.

Each of these will showcase different skills and expertise and lend itself to different questions. One project may be an example of your top strength, biggest accomplishment, people-facing work, and your favorite project. Another may showcase your analytical skills and may also be a project with a difficulty to overcome.

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Chidozie Awaziem (Nantes), Leon Balogun (Brighton & Hove Albion), Tyronne Ebuehi (ADO Den Haag), Elderson Echiejiole (Cercle Brugge), Brian Idowu (Amkar Perm), Kenneth Omeruo (Kasimpasa).

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Former Arsenal striker Nwankwo Kanu had $11,000 (9,300 euros) stolen from his suitcase at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on his way to playing in a friendly match organised by FIFA, TASS reported.

The full story here: http://nigeriarendezvous.com/11000-stolen-from-nwankwo-kanu-at-moscow-airport

“Yes, the players can have their wives and family come to visit them at the World Cup. […] However, I won’t allow them to have Russian girls, no, no, no. Only captain Mikel who has a Russian partner can come with her,” Gernot Rorh, the Nigerian team’s coach said.

Here's the complete warning from Gernot Rorh... http://nigeriarendezvous.com/nigerian-footballers-banned-from-having-sex-with-russian-women-at-2018-world-cup/

"Our native soups are based on high levels of palm oil and groundnut oil that put us at risk for high cholesterol levels, stroke and heart attacks," Kunle Iyanda, a cardiologist at Wuse General Hospital, Abuja said.

Read more... http://nigeriarendezvous.com/take-care-when-eating-these-nigerian-foods-cardiologist-warns/

Martina Big, 29, had three melanin injections last year to darken her skin tone and says she's felt 'like an African woman' ever since seeing her deep brown colour.

Now wants to 'complete her transition' by having surgery to change lip and nose.

The ex cabin crew worker is learning Swahili and wears traditional African dress.

Get more http://omgnewsy.com/what-white-born-german-martina-did-to-look-like-african-woman

“I will be traveling to the United Kingdom tomorrow, to see my doctor, at his request. Will be away for four days; back in Abuja on Saturday, May 12,” Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said on Twitter.

Continue reading... http://nigeriarendezvous.com/buhari-will-travel-to-britain-to-see-his-doctor/

The man had sexual intercourse with a girl, who was 10-years old at the time, in the yard of a deserted apartment block. He also exchanged sexually charged messages with her.

Critics are calling for harsher sentences for child abuse.

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Because of its caffeine content, kola nut is known to be an appetite suppressant. The roots, stem, and leaves of the kola tree have volatile compounds that can prevent certain bacterial infections in the human body. These bacterial infections include those responsible for causing a wide range of respiratory illnesses like bronchitis, meningitis, and tuberculosis.

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"Anyone who is not paying his tithe is not going to heaven, full stop," Pastor Enoch Adeboye said to a hall full of pastors in Lagos earlier this month. What's your take on tithing today?

Find out more: http://nigeriarendezvous.com/why-in-gods-name-some-nigerians-give-10-of-their-income-to-the-church

“Today, some hoodlums led by suspended senator Ovie Omo-Agege walked into the Senate plenary and seized the symbol of authority of the upper legislative chamber, the mace,” Senator Aliyu Abdullahi, spokesman for the upper house, said in a statement.

Here's the full story for you http://omgnewsy.com/hoodlums-invade-nigeria-senate-grabbed-the-legislature-ceremonial-mace

This newborn baby has been hailed a ‘miracle’ after surviving being abandoned naked six feet underground in a freezing storm water drain in the midst of a colony of stinging red ants. Read more http://omgnewsy.com/newborn-baby-rescued-from-drain-with-a-red-ant-colony

Winnie Mandela (Winnie Madikizela-Mandela), an anti-apartheid stalwart and wife to Nelson Mandela when he was imprisoned on Robben Island, died on Monday, her personal assistant Zodwa Zwane said. She was 81.

RIP Winnie Mandela

Continue reading... http://politicoscope.com/winnie-mandela-passes-away

The All Progressives Congress national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who stood as the groom’s representative, paid the sum of N50,000 as dowry, while President Muhammadu Buhari, who stood as the representative of the bride’s father, accepted the bride price in line with Islamic injunction.

The wedding fatiha also saw the presence of about 20 governors as well as other dignities.

Continue reading "Fatima Ganduje, Idris Abolaji Ajimobi Wedding..." http://nigeriarendezvous.com/fatima-ganduje-idris-abolaji-ajimobi-wedding-buhari-honours-events

Distinguished Aisha Jummai Alhassan is a legal practioner and was a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. She represented Taraba North Senatorial district in the 7th National Assembly (2011-2015). Aisha Jummai Al-hassan is Graduate of Law from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria and was called to Bar in 1986. She has worked in the public sector at different levels and capacities.

Al-hassan was a Magistrate with the Kaduna State Judiciary. She was also a Magistrate/Deputy Chief Registrar in the FCT Judiciary, Secretary FCT Judicial Service Committee, Chief Registrar, High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and was also the first female Attorney - General and Commissioner of Justice, Taraba State, Nigeria.

Aisha Jummai Al-hassan was the APC Gubernatorial Candidate in the 2015 General Elections and also a Member of the APC Board of Trustees and Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development.

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Nigeria made her presence felt during the colourful opening ceremony of the 2018 winter Olympics holding in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

The Nigerian contingent attracted a warm reception from the very enthusiastic Korean crowd who cheered as the West African nation announced its presence with colourful attires of white and green.

Nigeria’s team made up of Akuoma Omeogo, Seun Adigun (Bobsleigh) and Simidele Adeagbo (Skeleton) are expected to make the nation proud.

Nigeria, Greece, Ghana, and South Africa were among the first countries to emerge because the Korean alphabet, known as Hangeul, starts with a sound similar to a “g” in English, followed by a sound close to an “n”.

Kudos to Nigerian Team. Wishing you all VICTORY!

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1. Seize opportunities
Don’t miss a chance to take on additional managerial tasks when a manager is not around. This might be for holiday or maternity cover, but it could also just be by helping out at busy times. Taking the initiative in a role successfully proves you can do it if the opportunity to do so becomes permanent.

2. Be diligent
One of the most important things to do in your current role – if you want to progress from it – is to perform well. Even if you are bored occasionally and feel professionally frustrated make sure that you don’t neglect your current duties. A slapdash approach now could mean that senior managers think you are not cut out for promotion.

3. Be open
Try to avoid tacit strategies for getting promoted like making deals with colleagues. If you want to be considered for promotion, then you will need to let your boss know that this what you want – even if it means you are saying that ultimately you would like their job.

4. Train appropriately
You may have gained plenty of on-the-job experience during your time in your present role. Although this might mean that you think you are ready to be promoted, there may be something holding you back. In such circumstances you should book yourself on to a training course or two to make sure that you have sufficient skills to be considered for promotion.

5. Look internally
Within larger businesses there is usually a number of promotion opportunities at any one time. This is commonly due to people retiring from their jobs, corporate restructuring programmes and because executives move on to employment elsewhere. Don’t just wait for an opening in your team or department. Keep your internal promotion options open.

6. Get noticed
Sometimes you need to impress those above you in the hierarchy of an organisation. To be considered for promotion this might mean reporting to senior bosses and not just your line manager. Take the chance to deliver presentations or run new procedural ideas past senior managers which will help to show off your potential.

7. Make business cases
When you are given the opportunity to go for a promotion, it is important not to simply state that you are the right person for the job. You will need to make a business case for why you are going to be good for the role. For example, this could mean presenting changes you have already implemented that have led to greater customer satisfaction or cost savings.

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Fatima Ganduje, a First Class graduate of the American University of Nigeria (AUN) Yola, studied International and Comparative Politics, one of the daughters of Kano State Governor Umar Ganduje, is getting married to Idris Abolaji Ajimobi the only son of Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi.

Fatima Ganduje, Idris Abolaji Ajimobi, Families and Guests Photo Photos
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Former Career Diplomat and retired Permanent Secretary, Ambassador Godknows Boladei Igali says: “You must realize that none of those corruption allegations has been personally linked to him. Goodluck Jonathan is not a rich man, take it from me. He may be comfortable but not rich. But l know that his pension as a former president is enough to take care of him.”

Igali, who had served as Permanent Secretary in both Ministries of Power and Water Resources, described the ex-president as a “modest” man whose lifestyle and background were humble.

Continue reading... http://nigeriarendezvous.com/goodluck-jonathan-one-of-poorest-nigerian-leaders-godknows-boladei-igali-ex-ambassador-says/

“The taste of stockfish is life… We can’t cook without stockfish.” That’s the verdict of women at the bustling Onyingbo market in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, as they carefully choose pieces of the specially dried cod. Heads stare up from market stalls while whole bodies hanging on metal hooks sway in the humid breeze. Bundles of the golden-coloured fish have been cut into different sizes and are sold by weight.

So how did stockfish first arrive on Nigerian shores?
The process of drying it means that stockfish can last for years – and that made it perfect to be used as food for the West African people enslaved and sent on long sea voyages to the Americas, says Norwegian historian Frank Jensen.

But, as Mr Jensen points out, it was the Biafran civil war in Nigeria 50 years that really set the scene for stockfish to become a must-have ingredient in Nigerian cuisine.

In the course of three bloody years, more than a million people died – mostly from hunger. It was a humanitarian crisis on an unprecedented scale, and churches and relief agencies from all over the world joined together to fly in emergency supplies. Norway’s contribution was stockfish.

It doesn’t need refrigeration, and it is full of protein and vitamins – perfect to combat kwashiorkor, the malnutrition that characterised the Biafran war.

“The single weapon against kwashiorkor was stockfish,” says Edwin Mofefe, who was five years old when the war broke out. “It was our medicine.”

For years Mr Mofefe couldn’t eat stockfish because it brought back too many harrowing memories of the war.

Now, finally, he can not only stomach it, he has come to adore it for the depth of flavouring it brings to his favourite egusi or melon seed soup.

Fifty years on, stockfish has turned from an emergency, life-saving ration into a staple food – and a key part of Nigerian culinary identity.

More here... http://nigeriarendezvous.com/nigerias-love-for-norwegian-stockfish/

It’s finals time and understandably it’s tricky to think about anything else when your stress levels are through the roof and the timetable of exams is relentless. I’m sure the last thing you want to do is write your CV, after three years or more of hard study (and probably partying) before you sit your last paper. But reality is calling, and if you haven’t already, right now is when you need to start making your first tentative steps towards your post-uni life. So while you wait to get your results in July, get cracking on crafting your perfect CV to get you one step onto the career ladder – and closer to your dream job. If you had a CV before – shred it and put it in the recycling. You need to start from scratch.

1. Keywords
Start by using the right keywords for the role you are targeting to get past the Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and in front of a real person. Recruitment databases use many different algorithms, but they all rely on candidates sending user-friendly CV templates and titles with relevant keywords. Basically, you need to make it easy for people to find you.

2. Research
Look at job descriptions and online jobsites to identify the best keywords for the sector you’re looking at and the specific position you’re interested in, then scatter these liberally throughout your CV. It helps to have a ‘key skills’ section to make sure they’re all there.

3. Strengths
Make sure you understand what your best assets are and how they relate to the role you’re applying for. Don’t just put down your job history with a list of responsibilities. Identify your competencies, then think of ways in which you can illustrate them. Maybe ask your closest friends to honestly tell you what they think you excel at. Tell them to hold nothing back!

4. Write a great profile
This is basically your sales pitch and is often the ‘make-or-break’ element, given how little time most recruiters have to read the CVs of each candidate. What’s your USP? What sets you apart from the competition? What are the things you’ve done professionally and personally that you’re most proud of? Get it all down.

5. Tell your story
Use strong, active verbs in the past tense to describe your professional experience to date in the first of two distinct sections. Firstly, an overview of what you were hired to do and your career trajectory, no matter how small you think the job was – whether a Saturday job, part time bar work or something more vocational. Think scope, scale and context. It’s vital to include internships too.

6. Results-focused
Next, write between two and four points about your achievements – these can be stories about how you added value (you sold more Jägerbombs in the student union bar than anyone else etc) and ways in which your employer benefited from paying you to be around. Measure the results as much as you can, preferably with specific values or percentages. Make sure you include relevant skills gained from your degree too – you haven’t just spent years of your life for nothing.

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Tourism in Nigeria is under-exploited and under-publicised. The sector suffers from a lack of attention and development which consequently results in low patronage. Essentially, hardly is there any tourist attraction in Nigeria that operates within its capacity. Here are 21 places every tourist must visit in Nigeria to get the full Nigerian experience.

Where to visit includes OBUDU MOUNTAIN RESORT, LA CAMPAGNE TROPICANA, and NGWO PINE FOREST... See more here http://nigeriarendezvous.com/nigeria-tourism-21-places-every-tourist-must-visit-in-nigeria/

Atiku Abubakar was born 25 November 1946 to an itinerant Fulani trader and farmer Garba Abubakar, and his second wife, Aisha Kande, in Jada village in what is today Adamawa State, formerly Gongola state. He was named for his paternal grandfather, Atiku Abdulkadir.

Read more... http://politicoscope.com/2017/09/12/nigeria-politics-atiku-abubakar-biography/

President Muhammadu Buhari government and the 36 states of the federation as well as the Federal Capital Territory have borrowed N7.51tn in the last two years, statistics have revealed. As of June 30, 2015, just a month after the present crop of leaders took over the leadership of the country, Nigeria’s total debt stood at N12.12tn.

However, as of June 2017, the nation’s total debt had climbed to N19.63tn, according to the latest debt statistics obtained from the Debt Management Office.

Read more... http://politicoscope.com/2017/09/11/nigeria-politics-revealed-n7-51tn-borrowed-by-buhari-government-in-three-years/

Joy Bishara and Lydia Pogu were among 276 girls kidnapped from their school in Chibok. They told Trump, "Don’t let the critics bring you down. Mr. President, we urge you to keep America safe and strong. We know that some people are trying to discourage you."

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It is "imperative that evidence should be taken from former president Goodluck Jonathan," said a statement from the National Assembly committee investigating the deal. More here http://politicoscope.com/2017/07/05/nigeria-politics-goodluck-jonathan-to-testify-over-1-3-oil-block-sale-scandal/

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For over two years now, the Igbo political elite have been uncomfortable with their choice for president losing at the last Nigerian presidential election. Since that time, it (as well as its militant wing IPOB) has resorted to subversive sabotage of the Nigerian state.

The Nigerian constitution makes clear that the unity of Nigeria is indivisible. That said, the constitution allows for changes and provides mechanisms through which changes can be effected. If a tribe within the Nigerian nation state wants out, it must do so within the parameters of the Nigerian constitution. The Federal Government is therefore handling matters very well. It has stayed within the law and to the extent that the racist and thuggish IPOB remains non violent in its agitation then they should be ignored by the Nigerian state whilst at the same time buying more weapons for its armed forces and embarking of more intense security measures in order to ensure no breach of the peace occurs in the South East and the rights of non indigenes are fully protected.

Read more on this hot issue... "The Subversive Biafran Agitation, Ethnic Responses and The Nigerian Government" http://politicoscope.com/2017/06/10/nigeria-politics-the-subversive-biafran-agitation-ethnic-responses-and-the-nigerian-government/

The presidential media aide, Mallam Garba Shehu says, “if you have received this information on WhatsApp or Facebook, disregard it because it is plain lies spread by vested interests to create panic.”

More from Garba Shehu ... http://politicoscope.com/2017/05/15/nigeria-politics-update-buharis-death-baseless-rumors-garba-shehu/