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Uganda beating Congo is an upset. Congo has more stars.

Earthquake3:
Malcolm, Dembele, Douglas Costa all have bits of Ronaldinho in them in varying degrees

I think Neymar is the closest to Ronaldinho in recent years in terms of moving ball although less of a ball passer.

iSlayer:
My brother I woke up with a clear head and modified my earlier summation. The strongest countries going into the AFCON are Egypt and Senegal with Nigeria and some other countries just a little behind.

Coming to your own summation, strength is not just about quality of players, it has been demonstrated severally that a team with just a sprinkle of quality can beat a much more quality side.. How these players move together as a team is more important.

I agree. CIV is also a quality team.

By the way, it is obvious that Zimbabwe used that game against Nigeria to test the tactics they used yesterday.

"Hold stronger opponents for long to prevent conceding goals, then attack in the last 20 minutes; if we can't score, let's aim for draw"

They lost but it wasn't a bad outcome for them.

iSlayer:
The strength of a team is it's capacity to achieve the two primary tactical objectives in a game i.e to score goals against the opponent and to prevent the opponent from scoring.

OK. If strength is about quality of players, at least 2 countries are stronger than Nigeria.

iSlayer:
The two strongest teams in this edition of the AFCON (Doesn't equate to winning the tournament though) :

Egypt and Nigeria.

Define strength

Zimbabwean goalkeeper my man of the match

111sunshine:
Getting ready for our last match in this competition...

Unfortunately true.

Not surprised.

Qatar Airways are extremely fantastic.

TheGoodJoe:
A good example of a tactical goal which relies more on tactical acumen than technical abilities.

Final combination between Riquelme and Forlan. Coached by Manuel Pellegrini.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSfWBWp_Hr8

Forlan was very technical in that display.

70% of strikers, especially African strikers, will hit that ball straight - it doesn't matter if it entered net or not.

20% will cut once as he did cut, but will shoot after cutting (rather than still play to a team mate and get a clearer net as he did when he scored).


You get very few of African forwards that can think on the spot and do this. I can only think of Kanu.

Eto'o will likely cut once and shoot. Drogba will likely shoot on first receipt on the ball. All of them will still likely score, but the grand way in which the goal was scored takes more technique.

LOL

I can relate. My 5 year old sometimes wakes up by 1am to ask when next we will travel to Dubai.

Crazy things happen!!!

I can imagine how their hearts were beating when that penalty was about to be played

A friend documented this

The 32nd edition of Africa's flagship football competition; THE AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS(AFCON) gets underway some hours from now in Egypt.

Nigeria will be making its 18th appearance. It is noteworthy to state it has also finished in the TOP 3(won a medal) 14 times. On 3 occasions emerged the champions, came 2nd in 4 editions, finished 3rd in 7 tournaments.

12 Nigerian footballers have the distinction of winning medals for first, second and third place in the AFCON.

1. Muda Lawal(Gold = 1980, Silver = 1984, Bronze = 1976 and 1978)
2. Stephen Keshi(Gold = 1994, Silver = 1984 and 1988, Bronze = 1992)
3. Rashidi Yekini(Gold = 1994, Silver = 1984, 1988 and 1990, Bronze = 1992)
4. Augustine Eguavoen(Gold = 1994, Silver = 1988, Bronze = 1992)
5. Alloy Agu(Gold = 1994, Silver = 1990, Bronze = 1992)
6. Okechukwu Uche(Gold = 1994, Silver = 1990, Bronze = 1992)
7. Thompson Oliha(Gold = 1994, Silver = 1990, Bronze = 1992)
8. Mutiu Adepoju(Gold = 1994, Silver = 2000, Bronze = 1992)
9. Finidi George(Gold = 1994, Silver = 2000, Bronze = 1992)
10. Austin Okocha(Gold = 1994, Silver = 2000, Bronze = 2002, 2004 and 2006)
11. Sunday Oliseh Bis(Gold = 1994, Silver = 2000, Bronze = 2002)
12. Victor Ikpeba(Gold = 1994, Silver = 2000, Bronze = 1992 and 2002)

Only Raber Madjer of Morocco also has such.

careytommy37:
Is it a sin for our boys to play for a top club in one of the top leagues?

Unlike Senegal or CIV players.

Ideye still dey play ball?

Interesting that this guy always gets decent clubs to sign him - from Sochaux to Dynamo Kiev to West Brom to Olympiacos to Malaga, he has played in very good clubs that even better players hope to play for.

He must have a good agent.

Qaribullahi:
I doubt if they will still call for interview next week due to this new development

I also doubt.

Kolasheyi:
You guys should learn from the disparity between the past questions that were flying left & right and the actual test questions

Don't be over anxious about any information heard from any source or waste your money on any interview tutorials or handbook


Buy good food with your money. Be in good health and right state of mind before the interview. Surf the internet for interview clues, pray and let God do His part

My token

Good talk, but our past students that are currently in NLNG, DPR, Shell, Oando, etc will not call interview tutorials a waste.

By the way, we never said you must attend our tutorials to pass. It is just like ICAN exam center. Some people need coaching, some study alone and pass.

Patosky4U:
I wonder why all this our reliable source in the house never see this coming........





let me just seat here the wait for the next group of reliable source jare

Saw what coming? Joke or what?

Did anybody tell you he is close to the president in Aso Rock to know who the president wants to sack?

Jadue:
Please Jarus, where in Port-harcout is the venue for the interview training and when would it be taking place.

No date until NNPC releases dates for actual interview. It has to be close to the actual interview dates so the training remains fresh before you go for actual interview.

On PH, we are not sure of PH, we need minimum of 20 people to show interest before it becomes economical for us to travel there. We are sure of getting minimum of 20 people in Lagos and Abuja so those ones are confirmed.

Bluekhid:
anytime I remember what FRSC, fire service and Nigerian prisons did to me in their so called recruitment I cant stop praying to God to just favor me!!
Jarus no doubt people don't get jobs by Grace but my brother most of the jobs are for connected people. the test we wrote is taking longer time for the results to be released or at least let's know the next stage. Jamb organized the exam, it doesn't take more than a week for jamb results to be released so what the Bleep is holding this one?
I think they are gambling with our results.
anyways am hopeful
Grace is all we ask for!!

You said this test result is taking too long after less than 3 weeks?

Seriously?

Even private sector test for 20 people takes longer.

Go and check the 2011/2012 NNPC thread to see the number of months it took between test and interview.

It is not about releasing result, it is about analysing the result and making decisions on interview and putting in place resources to conduct interview before sending interview invites out. It is not JAMB result that everyone will get result and use to process admission. It involves a lot of analysis and decisions and planning for interview before inviting people for interview. Unlike JAMB that will just release result for everybody, JAMB is just the contractor for conducting the test and sending test scores. It is not JAMB that will analyse the test, make decisions on cut-off, get management approval for interview, fix dates for interview, allocate and inform interviewers in advance. All these complex bureaucracies are not in JAMB result process.

mvem:
be realistic....its well documented what happens in nnpc and other Nigeria agencies and parastatals...if you say it's not true then you are just lying to yourself. You say the system is changing, fine it might be but one year wouldn't make a total change...

It has always been like that. All mass recruitments ever done by NNPC, at least 50% of the intakes were by merit.


I have seen too many people without connection get jobs in NNPC to agree with that shit that you must have connection before you get job there.

It's just impossible that all the 100 people they will recruit, for example, will come via connection. Just fight for the spaces available for merit. And I'm sure that can't be less than 50%.

This connection talk is very defeatist. I hate to hear it. I mentioned that in the book I wrote in 2014. I have been on a mission to disabuse people's minds of this.

Look, there are some interview performances that make you irresistible even if the devil was the one that interviewed you. Focus on wowing them and forget this connection talk. NNPC has probably over 10k staff, are you saying everyone got there by connection?

That was how one guy was expressing same defeatist mindset while undergoing last DPR recruitment. The guy is in DPR now.

Some NNPC people actually read this thread.

My contact actually told me he saw what he told me written on NL exactly as it happened and asked whether I was the one that wrote it. I said I was.

Greatken007:
They are simply telling you to give them what you have on your CV, don't say assume they already know you, i believe your communication and listening skills is about to be tested. Just go ahead to tell them your name, your age. Then breakdown of your education qualification with names of schools finished from. And if at this point you can't recall any other thing you can simply tell them that is all for now.

If there are previous experience from IT and NYSC you can also state them.

Gbam. Just summarize your CV. Dont make it too short or too long. An easy way to fail is no being able to anwer that question well - if you cnnot coherently talk about yourself, what else will you be able to talk on?

But if asked to tell them something about you that is not on your CV, different thing.

In that case, mention something light about you, but make sure it is something that is not relevant to the job so as to avoid the question "So why didn't you put it on your CV?"

Personally, if asked to say something about me that is not on my CV, I will say I am an Arsenal fan (with a smiling face). If asked why I didn't put it on my CV, I will say I don't think it's relevant to decision on my hiring, and that a CV is meant to be summary of life course and s short as possible.

But be sure of whatever you say (and and always think of potential follow up questions your answer can trigger). You may have someone on the panel that is also an Arsenal fan and the next question may be for me to list all the 11 Arsenal players that started Euro 2019 final.

So always think of follow up questions to any answer you want to give in interviews in general. And that's why I don't encourage people to lie.

If you say you like reading, be prepared for follow up question on the books you read recently; if you say you love movies, be ready for follow up questions on recent movies you watched.

Oh, Jarus, interview training has not started nah. LOL

jihday:
hmmmmm, e dey make una vex now. if we had managed to hold Argentina in Russia it would have been because of var o

Exactly. Nigerians have forgotten we have also been a beneificiary of a VAR penalty call.

darado:
How much is the price plz??

See prices here sir https://www.jarushub.com/nnpc-interview-coaching/

epaulo:
good evening Jarus, please any provision for those not staying within lagos and environs with regards to the mock interview... Thanks

Why not arrive Abuja earlier and attend our Abuja session? Or if you live close to Lagos you can join Lagos session and return same day or next day. We had sessions in Lagos, Abuja and PH during NLNG recruitment in 2015 and I remember someome came from Owerri to join the PH session. We had sessions in Lagos and Abuja only for the DPR recruitment and I remember someone came from Kaduna to join the Abuja session.

Lagos and Abuja sessions are confirmed by God's grace as venues for this NNPC sessions.

If we get up to 20 people that choose PH, we will hold a session in PH too for this NNPC mock session. Otherwise, it is uneconomical to travel to PH.

If you don't live in any of those 3 locations, we can still hold a session in your location, provided we get minimum of 20 candidates willing to attend (or you pay fees of 20 people. lol), and provided your location has an airport (I don't travel by road except to my village for sallah. Got serious phobia for road travel).

Alternative is Skype session.

Millerules:
Very Nice oga Jarus. But ehn!...what is the discount for those of us DT wants to register with faith?

lol. My partner in charge of pricing/costing will beat me. I'm only the head of training.

It costs a lot. I will take a leave from my 9-5 job for that week. Our other trainers will also do. We will fly to Abuja and possibly PH for the sessions. About 3 people. Flight costs an average of 60k per return trip. 3 people = 180k. We will lodge in a hotel. Another cost. We will rent venue in Abuja and PH. Another cost.

For the Lagos sessions, no travel requirements, but if our small office in Yaba cannot accommodate the candidates, we may need to rent a venue nearby. Another cost. And of course, we will pay our staff.

We will also spend money to print material for attendees.

You can see it costs a lot to organize this coaching sessions, especially for mass recruitments like NLNG, DPR and NNPC.

And of course, we also want to make profits from our services.

So my brother, that pricing is fair enough.

But trust me, we make a lot of differences. Ask people that have attended our coaching sessions in the past.

An assistant director in CBN once paid almost 100k to fly me to Abuja to coach her in promotion interview.

mos4phy:
Sir Jarus. I really hope your sources are good enough. I just spoke with a manager level staff and he said invites can't be next week or even next two weeks. He said they had a top level meeting regarding the interview phase but he didn't give me any additional info.

I was really optimistic when you said it would be next week. But I seriously doubt that now with this new information.

Anyways,let's hope for the best.

You just gave the same update I gave. And you went on to say my earlier update contradicts your update. Isn't that confusing?

In any case, it's not like some computer programme. It can change. My update only gave an indication.

Nelsmannnnnnnnn:
I will definitely partake in this coaching once I receive my interview invite.

I believe this coaching will be beneficial to anyone who embrace it. Let the universe favour me in this NNPC journey...Amen.

We pray you get the invite for interview. We will be happy to train you for the interview and will be happy to see you join the candidates we have coached that got jobs in the companies we prepared them for.

MediaLife:
An upcoming Nigerian rapper simply identified as Ziggy, died yesterday Sunday June 16th after falling at a 4-storey building in Paradise estate Lekki, Lagos state where he resides.

According to reports, Ziggy was in the estate taking a walk when he unknowingly stepped into an open space which was supposed to house an elevator. He fell immediately, broke his bones and was rushed to the hospital where he died.

His remains has been deposited in the morgue.


Here is the video of him when he was rushed to the hospital:

Source: https://www.mediahelm.com.ng/2019/06/upcoming-rapper-dies-after-falling-from.html

Hmmnn, I fell for the clickbait.

By the way, I hope to see you guys at the interview coaching/mock interview session we want to organize for candidates that get invited for NNPC interview.

We did this for candidates in the 2015 NLNG recruitment and for candidates in the DPR recruitment and a very good number of the candidates that attended our coaching session were successful at the interview.

When you guys have a date for the actual interview, we will fix a date for the mock session/coaching.


PS: It is not compulsory to attend our session. It is just like attending ICAN or GCE coaching class and mock exam. It does not mean anyone that does not attend will not pass. But it is highly recommended way to prepare. We will have a class with candidates, teaching them tips on answering tough interview questions tailored to NNPC, sharing useful industry information like PIB, current affairs etc, thereafter our coaches, who are oil and gas workers, including myself, will form a panel and interview you based on your CV, the role your applied for, general questions about NNPC etc. We will then give you feedback on stuff like what you should not have said, what you should have said, how you should have framed your answer better, your composure etc. Just think of it like a mock exam to the main exam. It helps you know how prepared you are. It also helps you know potential areas in your CV or experience that could be questioned on the day of your actual NNPC interview and have a ready response to them (to minimize shock). Again, it is not compulsory, but people that attended previous sessions we had for NLNG, DPR, Oando, Shell etc confirmed our training was very helpful.

Full information on our website: https://www.jarushub.com/nnpc-interview-coaching/

Some of the candidates we coached that got NLNG job in 2015 commended us here: https://www.nairaland.com/1495870/2013-nigeria-liquified-natural-gas/155#36923757

NLNG, 2015: https://www.nairaland.com/1495870/2013-nigeria-liquified-natural-gas/126#34148257
DPR, 2017: https://www.nairaland.com/4200568/dpr-interview-invite#62821540