Realinfo2021:
so it could be anytime as soon as the space gotten is ready which could be anytime. The new building opposite CBN headquarters could not be ready as far September as promised ,it will be ready next year. Therefore,they have to secure a space to accommodate new intakes.Though ,a space have been secured ,just finishing touches. It is being processed which could be ready anytime. Patient is the key. Everything is finished apart from office space. That one is in their hands to facilitate it quickly to make it ready .

CreekOne:


Thank you. But I hadn’t submitted earlier because I didn’t have a professional certificate. Do you have the link, please ?

CreekOne:
Good morning everyone. Please how does one input Graduation Year for Higher Education in the NNPC recruitment portal ? Thank you

otetwo:
Hello guys
My sister submitted her student application since June 24th and on 27th they schedule her for online interview for 5th of July immediately after the interview she was asked to resend her statement of account which she did immediately since then nothing have been said and the passport is still pending showing received by DMC . Has anybody experienced such delay before
She send them an email on Friday and she was told that decision had been made and up till now is still showing received by DMC

Omuka:
let's keep our fingers crossed.

Omuka:
I have no access to my nairaland email, please can you quote me on dead thread with your email?

edublack:

Please kindly help me a make choice between NPA and NCC.
If you have a connect in the above Agency quickly contact them. Something is about to be shared soon.

Deedz:
Do you know if senior HRIS have done theirs?

Eyitayo29:
Hello, is there anyone who got invitation for interview after taking test for the TotalEnergies EP Nigeria CPFA Limited?

Thank you.

Aanumi16:
People that wrote test today, give us hint on what to expect.

Thanks

Hsolomon:
Regretion mail has been sent.... its time to move on and pls stop all these prophecies!

I wish those who got invite, a huge success 🙌

AmiableMosquito:
WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER INVEST IN SHARES AS A MINORITY SHAREHOLDER

This is based on my personal experience and that of my parents. Investing in shares is better for those who are acquiring majority shareholding or are into frequent trading of stocks. Don’t ever make the mistake of long-term investments as a minority shareholder in Nigeria.

Shares of over 4m naira I acquired in 2008 is now worth about 900,000 in 2024.
About 3000 units Omega Bank shares (purchased in 2005) and over 2000 units of Platinum Bank shares (purchased in 2008) had to be forfeited because the companies were delisted from the Nigerian Stock Exchange. What then is the function of SEC if they cannot protect investors?
10000 units of AP petroleum shares I bought at 250 naira per unit in 2008 became less than 18 naira per unit after Ardova PLC took over AP Petroleum. Now, Ardova has also been delisted without any assurance of pay-out. All that money gone down the drain.

AP Petroleum Shares Scam

https://allafrica.com/stories/200904230002.html
SEC Boss sent on Compulsory leave

https://allafrica.com/stories/200904230358.html
Reps threaten to arrest Otedola over shares scam

https://allafrica.com/stories/200903270560.html
AP shares manipulation.
You impose a fine of only N500,000 after investors have lost billions. Nothing was said about refunding investors.

https://guardian.ng/business-services/shareholders-kick-against-buyout-price-of-ardovas-minority-stakes/
Shareholders kick against buyout price of Ardova’s minority stakes. (The news article has been pulled down by Guardian)

Imagine buying shares at N250 per unit and ending up with N17 naira after few years.

20,000 units of Transcorp Limited shares I bought at 14 naira per share in 2008 is now 10.80naira in 2024. Investing in shares as a minority shareholder is no different from forex gambling or is just a tad better than sports gambling.

The Dangote Flour Mill shares my mum owned was sold to Olams yet the registrars have refused to pay the shareholders. They said they returned the money to SEC and SEC has been promising to pay since 2019.

https://www.icirnigeria.org/n120bn-dangotes-payoff-since-2019-drags-as-sec-keeps-silent-on-investors-money/

https://fij.ng/article/lamido-yuguda-led-sec-withholds-over-12bn-shareholders-funds-for-years/#:~:text=Investigations%20by%20THECONSCIENCEng%2C%20a%20Nigerian,years%2C%20citing%20countless%20administrative%20bottlenecks.

https://sunnewsonline.com/shareholders-kick-as-sec-keeps-mum-over-alleged-hoarding-of-n12bn-investors-funds/

Before Intercontinental Bank was sold to Access Bank, my mum held 4000 shares in ICB. However, the acquisition clause was that for every 8 units you hold in ICB, you will get only 1 unit in Access Bank. This is the same with Diamond Bank where I had 1000 shares. For every 7 units you hold in Diamond Bank, you will get only 2 units in Access Bank. This is also our experience with Oceanic Bank after its acquisition by Ecobank. There are many of such shares that we own that are now almost valueless or totally lost because of mergers, delisting, winding down of companies etc.

DIVIDENDS
My mum has thousands of shares in over 30 Companies yet she barely got a total of N40,000 from annual dividends last year. The thousand of shares I own in several companies also own pay a very paltry sum as annual dividends. These are shares that were bought with substantial amounts of money almost a decade ago (for me) and several decades ago for my mum.

Again, if you are not a major investor with hundreds of millions or perhaps billions and you are not a frequent trader, please stay away from the stock market, it will impoverish you on the long run.
Imagine how AP petroleum (I don’t want to mention a person’s name) made away with investors money. Look at Heritage Bank that was recently delicensed, what is the fate of the minority shareholders? SEC will not protect you. That is another agency the government needs to put a spotlight on. Too many news articles about their scandalous operations online. I will share some here.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/editorial/4405-analysis_sec_a_regulator_tainted_by_corruption_immorality.html

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/257672-golden-handshake-how-sec-board-approved-n1-7-billion-for-staff-retirement-package.html

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.nigeriacommunicationsweek.com.ng/frc-accuses-sec-npa-of-not-remitting-n28-27bn/&ved=2ahUKEwiKs7Ch0eGGAxVlWkEAHSnpBKA4FBAWegQIHRAB&usg=AOvVaw2q07pkFezaCMCX52pZ_5HD

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/business/167882-securities-and-exchange-commission-has-no-profit-since-2009.html&ved=2ahUKEwjJ0euF0eGGAxUVVkEAHfBjB5IQFnoECDAQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2HLQDC-9UTSKsJ_Zcg8MJ6

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.channelstv.com/2024/04/22/sec-workers-seek-exemption-from-50-operating-surplus-remittance/&ved=2ahUKEwjJ0euF0eGGAxUVVkEAHfBjB5IQFnoECDMQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1IwV4g_NwnA-UdP2U04NWO

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/senate-indicts-sec-dg-commissioners-in-n594m-vehicle-scandal/%3famp

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/senate-knocks-sec-for-spending-revenues-on-salaries-emoluments/%3famp

Since SEC cannot protect small investors, is it not better to scrap the commission instead of wasting revenue on paying bogus salaries to them?

If you want to invest, please invest in real estate or gold. These two almost always never fail.

Picture 1: Shares certificate of Omega bank acquired in 2005 but which is no longer redeemable. Money gone down the drain.

Picture 2: Receipt of shares acquired in 2008. Nigerian breweries was bought at 50 per share then, but it is now 31.90. Platinum Bank was bought at 23 per unit but it is no longer redeemable. Another money gone down the drain. WAPCO was purchased at 55 naira, it is now 34 naira. Dangote Flour purchased at 26.40 per share is what SEC has refused to pay since 2019 after the acquisition by OLAMS.

Picture 3: The response I got from NGX after enquiring about some shares.

And with all these, we are made to believe the Nigerian stock market is currently at its best since inception. I am compelled to ask, what will now be the fate of investors if the stock market is not at its best?

OT17:



It's important to note at this point that TotalEnergies send an auto generated regret mail after 90 days or so after application. Many at times people who get this auto generated regret mail still get to proceed to the next level in the recruitment process. This happened very well at the Total recruitment of 2019. While it's important that we do not attach much emotions to the whole recruitment process it's equally important to remain optimistic regardless of the REGRET MAIL. Cheers!

ZARAMITE:
Please, any update on NNPC recruitment?

I learnt their method of recruitment might be quiet different with the implementation of the PIA.

I also learnt they have over 2000 vacancies at the moment.

Any information on their recruitment?

Mohisah:
Level 10 with that salary? I hope dem get massive allowance sha, if not, i go turn most corrupt staff😂😂

Mohisah:
Una too like wahala😂

MunirML:
NIPOST is recruiting press your buttons though am not sure the take home will take you home in this economy situation

youtuber:
House, who has a legit idea about Naseni salary? Thanks for your expected response

thelords4u:
I just got two jobs:
1. Federal Hospital Job - ₦95,000 monthly
2. General Manager of a subsidiary of a big pharmaceutical company - ₦500,000 monthly.

I have been out of job for 2yrs before these employments, I have really suffered that in those 2years, where my family have disowned cos I have been so poor and hopeless.

Now I want to make the right choice, which job should I pick cos I'm also thinking of japa very soon

airsaylongcome:
So the Group exercise is the one that most people tend to focus on, but in my opinion is the least difficult. Maybe because I was already a team lead having meetings with Senior management for the company my employers provided services for. Straight out of NYSC, I worked as a team lead for a 3PL service provider to P&G and I regularly used to have meetings with senior P&G management from Geneva and Ohio. So I had learned the nuances of meetings and action points.

In the group exercise, there were two groups of 10 that had to discuss and agree on action points for an event organized by the hypothetical employer. Think of Access Bank marathon and the meeting(s) that are held behind closed doors for the event to successfully hold. Our group exercise task was very similar to one that would have been held by Access Bank execs.

I was in group A so I will talk about how I remember the events from group A. We were all given tags. A1 to A10. And that was our name for the whole day as we interacted with the NLNG recruitment team. We were never to introduce ourselves by our real names. Only by our assigned "names". The purpose of this, I later learned, was so that members of the recruitment team don't get influenced by our names. For example, I'm Urhobo with a very Urhobo first name (although I have been told I look Igbo and have had Igbo people speak Igbo to me under the assumption that I'm Igbo because of my "looks". Ndi-igbo kwezuenu! Shout out to 042 Abacha geng. I served with Imo, Anambra and Enugu people and the only Igbo I "learned" was how to clean a plate of Abacha). Anyway, as I was saying, we used only our assigned names so that, for example, an Urhobo person on the recruitment team doesn't get swayed by my name and start being "lenient" with me. So much about connection. Ndi NEPA connectors.

To be continued

Nwanyiogwashi:

Hopefulnup:


Nothing for now

Hopeful0291:

I didn’t receive it

Hopeful0291:


IPPIS started paying yesterday

Nwanyiogwashi:
Arise Tv, Nigerians don't want recorded interviews of presidential aspirants. Let them come to the live studio and face Rufai Oseni.

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Liebermann:


I was asked about who sponsored my studies up to that point but I didn't think it would play too much of a role. Maybe it did and maybe it didn't, like I said, it's just a theory. I too had solid O levels, plus maximum possible scores across the board. My state is probably the most competitive in the North though so I can't really say that's why I wasn't selected.

I know one person who got the scholarship with a foreign degree but she studied in another African country so I don't know if that counts. Ironically, she graduated with a 2:2 and she was from my state. Whatever the case is, I wasn't shocked about the outcome because I was already prepared for the worst and I have a lot of things going for me anyway.

If I do choose to apply again, I'm definitely changing my program and possibly State if I can. I could switch from the UK as well but FGM doesn't really appeal to me. I'm trying to see If I can defer the admission I have now because it's for a very prestigious programme and I don't want to have to ask my tutors to submit reference letters for me again. These are the improvements I have settled on. Which State are you from and which programme and country did you apply for If I may ask?

Liebermann:


No need for the sour grapes. There may be some who made the list due to favoritism but the majority of people made it out of merit as far as I can tell. You must understand that merit for them is also very subjective. All those calculations about O Level, class of degree, etc are absolutely not as useful as people purport them to be. If it all boiled down to that there is no way I won't be on this list. I've googled the successful candidates in my state, nothing impressive about their profile but I'm not mad about it because like I said, it's very subjective. Statement of purpose though seems to play a very big role and your program of choice is similarly important. For me, I think they may have some discrimination against people with self-sponsored foreign degrees already but it's just a theory.

This is why I kept telling people to temper their expectations. The chances are very slim and the more you convince yourself you deserve it the more devastated you'll end up being. The process looks very structured but their selection criterion is so arbitrary that it comes down to luck, grace, provenance, whatever you want to call it.

Not making the list is not the end of the world. There are so many opportunities out there. But If you really believe this is the best option you have then stop feeling sorry for yourself. Fine-tune your profile and do whatever it takes to improve your chances then try again when the scholarship is advertised in December. Congratulate those who were successful and move on.