wizzyrich:
They even created boko haram to rubbish Jonathan's rule. Today they're still suffering from it.

Daft . BH did not sart during GEJ . It started during Yaradua. was The leader killed during Jonathan?

Blocked head

festacman:
Can somebody from NDLEA explain fully how this happened, the intention behind it, and precautions travellers should take. Millions of Naira are voted every year for anti-drug enlightenment. This is the time to utilize the money before someone just die for nothing.

Honestly.
This us scary. I could remember when they saw anti malaria drug in my hand luggage. They took me thru several biological tests before l was declared ok to enter the country. Imagine if its something more severe.
God help us

INTERVIEW EXERCISE FOR PTDF 2019/2020 OVERSEAS POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME


PRESS RELEASE

INTERVIEW EXERCISE FOR PTDF 2019/2020 OVERSEAS POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME

The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) on the 28th of November 2018 caused to be published in national newspapers and the website advertisement inviting qualified Nigerians to apply for the 2019/2020 Overseas Postgraduate scholarship scheme (Msc/Phd) under PTDF Strategic Partnerships with Universities in the United Kingdom, Germany and France.The application period lasted for six weeks.

At the close of the application period, the Fund received a total of Nineteen thousand, three hundred and twenty-three (19,323) applications made up as follows:

(i)MSC Overseas Scholarship Scheme 15,822

(ii)PHD Overseas Scholarship Scheme 3,501

The physical oral Interview Exercise for shortlisted candidates in the two categories (MSc/PhD) is scheduled to hold from Monday April 29 to May 10th, 2019 in six designated centres of the six geo-political zones as detailed below:

S/NO GEO-POLITICAL ZONE CENTRE
1. South-South University of Port-Harcourt, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State
2. South-West University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State
3. North-Central PTDF Tower, Opposite Yar’adua Centre, CBD, Abuja
4. South-East University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nsukka, Enugu State
5. North-East Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Bauchi State
6. North-West Kaduna State University
The establishment of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund by the Federal Government was a response to the failure of international oil companies to transfer knowledge, skills and technology to Nigerians after years of oil and gas exploration in Nigeria. The increasing capital flight coupled with little linkage between the economy and the oil and gas industry made it more imperative for the Federal Government to step in and take effective control of capacity building in the petroleum sector. The goal was to produce well-trained Nigerians that would take over the roles that were being played by expatriates in the oil and gas industry, thus ensuring the effective deployment of Nigerian professionals in the management and operational segments of the industry. The establishment of PTDF in 1973, which later became fully functional in 2000 was therefore the first major step by the Federal Government at institutionalizing the policy of local manpower development for the oil and gas industry.

The PTDF Overseas Scholarship Scheme has over the years succeeded in producing well trained, competent and skilled professional manpower for the various segments of the oil and gas industry.The areas of training include Engineering, Geology, Environmental Studies, Sciences, Management, Law, Accounting, Renewable Energy, Information Technology and offshore related courses.

A total of 4,816 Nigerians have so far benefitted from PTDF Overseas Scholarship Schemes as follows:

PhD = 1,449

MSc = 3,367



Kalu Otisi Esq.

Head,Press and External Relations, PTDF

April 25, 2019

http://ptdf.gov.ng/2019/04/25/interview-exercise-for-ptdf-2019-2020-overseas-postgraduate-scholarship-scheme/

samuelmusa:

Slacking , dirty boxer. Owu dey your body no be snall

*FEMI VICTOR OLUBIYO* a profound advocate of Social, Economic and Political Reformation. An Entrepreneur, Businessman and Political Octopus. A large hearted philantropist.

He is one of the most admired Okun man who has been in Nigerian political folklore for decades. He posses a supreme knowledge and a resourceful mind to bring about an imperial change into any lifeless thing.
He hails from Kabba town in Kabba/Bunu L.G.A of Kogi State.

*FEMI OLUBIYO* is 41years old. But started his admirable life at St. Mary's Primary School Kabba. He was the *HEADBOY* of his set. He proceeded to St. Augustine's College in the same town and was still the *HEADBOY* of his set. His mental brightness has always distinguished him in the committee of people.
He Graduated from Ado Poly in Ekiti State as a MECHANICAL ENGINEER. And proceeded to serve his fatherland at Katsina Local Government Service Commission.

As an ambitious young man with his undauting passion for work. He started his working career in banking industry which he did for 5years before he resigned to set up Oil and Gas company.

*FEMI OLUBIYO* is a good man whose exemplary life will always be a flashing light to plague tile dozing conscience of mankind. His goodness is not found in a passive commitment to a particular creed,but in his active participation in a life saving deeds,not in a moral pilgrimage that reached its destination point,but in the love ethic by which he journeyed life's highway. He is an inspiring paragon of neighbouring virtue.
As a result of this, Lagos State Government decided to partner with *IYANIWURA CHILDREN FOUNDATION* in which *FEMI OLUBIYO is the Chairman*
This foundation cares for the disabled children mostly. They were been sponsored by Lagos State Government to Dubai in the month of March for competition in Volleyball, Basketball and Football.

*FEMI OLUBIYO* has been among the most vocal voices against the misrule of this present Government in Kogi State. He has offered his voice in this Dark Days in our dear state.

He is a respected international figure who has won several awards both home and abroad.

*FEMI OLUBIYO* have the capacity for a universal altruism.
He has a piercing insight into the solution of our predicaments in Kogi State.

*FEMI OLUBIYO* is happily married with children.

prigoz:
When will this government take bold step and make statement about the CJN, enough if this new although what do you expect when you have bunches of useless people at helm of affairs of the country.

Which statement? Ddnt you gear when presidency said it was a win for war against corruption?

Wetin concern presidency? Tried, found guilty and dismissed.

Ooh you are hoping that buhari will acept that leeter of resignation so that he xan ve paid along with the loot?

Go help am na

Elvis778:

man, define citizenship by birth please.......
These zombies are just so dumb.
We all know that notherners like to move about, and once they settle in one place, they'd always claim they are from there.
And that won't stop him from being a citizen of Nigeria by birth because according to the Nigerian constitution, if your parents or grand parents were born in Nigeria before the 1960 independence. automatically, you are a citizen by birth

You dont get it.
His parent were cameroonian b4 1960. He was born in a location under cameroon b4 1960. Your thinking is too shalliw. Naybe you were born in 1999.

Buhdeuce:
There is no way Atiku can win this. He should put an end to it so we can move on!

The picture below says it all!!

Mourning mood

mauriceju2:
It supposed to be between 45000 to 50000 if you take inflation and purchasing power into account, APC = scam/419, Johnathan was a good man, where are the labour union that all most burn Nigeria down during the time of Johnathan? What can a government worker with a family of 4 children plus father and mother making it 6 do with 30000 now?? Corruption is here to stay in Nigeria, how do you think they will train their 4 children to university level without involving in corruption

You dont know the concept and operational principle of minimum wage

Some small children wicked men pass the big ones sef.

Leave women matter

Dreal1247:
The money cannot afford two bags of rice. It is even less than ten Dollars ($10.00).

are u dis daft??

Fall from Danfo? How? 9.45pm.

namiji2598:
I have a friend in that place but if it's true am sure sambo should have called and told us but since I have nt heard from him yet I will say this story is fake

Coz sambo has not called?

Senior idiot

AbuAeesha:

I'm not supporting the war/killings but murtala was fighting for his country,he was fighting the rebels who want to disunite the nation after carrying out the first ever coup in the country,and the rebels too were fighting back hard so murtala to do what he did to protect his people too, moreover the war was NO VICTORY NO VANQUISH so.... thanks

No victor?

Lol

Jowanson:



You are very correct..there was a huge rift between Akintola and Awolowo.....And the feds preferred Akintola...that led to the crisis in SW region then.... This was the genesis of everything.

And that lead to the killling of sardauna and tafawa balewa? Pls link your story to this event.
Rubbish.........

MetaPhysical:


Jeezos! They dont know how to build....only to destroy things!

And steal

nku5:


Correction. There was no battle at Niger Bridge the battle was Onitsha waterside. Achuzia blew up the bridge to slow the advance of the Nigerian forces. Murtala then sent thousands of soldiers across to Onitsha where they started to loot and destroy like they had done in Asaba. Biafran soldiers rallied and totally massacred the Federal forces. Some managed to swim back to Asaba to tell what happened.

Murtala the butcher of asaba, high on drugs and overconfident after his babalawo assured him he would win, sent wave after wave of men in boats across to Onitsha but they were massacred also.

You guys should stop reminding us of these. You will nit like what we will remind ylu of. So let all be quite

Wiseandtrue:
Please correct me if I am wrong, what is INEC's business with Atiku's lawyer

Are they now Buhari's lawyer

How such a body can even organise a credible election is beyond me.

Why should l allowed unlicensed and unqualified lawyer to cross examing me?

Get him arrested

madmohamed:
what did he know tel us . forget it that man don't know anything Aba kai just they use jass they control hem like TV

you now get everybody confused on your actual point

handsomeyinka:
$70m dollars?

How much sef be the whole oshodi?

Dont say what you know nothing about

Few months embarrassment has overridden the several years of his malficent enjoyment

kingemzy5:
Guys have a look at the first picture very well....... looks as if they photoshoped the Nigga among the audience
I swear

Are u still li,e this? Beware of heart attzck ooo

Wiseandtrue:



To me, nothing can justify it. It's shameful and sad!!!

If a whole CJN chickened out then what is the Judiciary preaching to Nigerians

How can you say chicken out when everything is against him. He gas been selling judgement to pdp
Him for continue

Optionalx:
See the nonsense money them the mention sef. Even me for the small position I dey maintain it will be an insult to ‘bribe’ with these amounts. These terrorist Buhari and his minions are just daft and shameless

say it clearly. you dey take bribe abi? na small one go make you regret in your life.

always spoiling this country for us

amaniro:



He's going for an international outing. At least he should wear suit. It makes him look serious and Handsome.

Keep quite mumu head.
U must be not only a baby but small baby

bentwood85:
AFONJA and BUHARI are the problems of Nigeria..

and the flatinoooooosssss are............?

Akaujaa:
...and what is wrong with that? The governor is the face and image of the entire state. Bowing before the governor means loyalty to the state and not to the governor as a person.

Oga dont mind some of the comments.
they dont know what they are saying.
Gov. pays your salary, gov. grades your stool,
gov renovates your palace,
gov. can enthrones and can dethrone you.
moreover, if the gov. seniors you in age nothing wrong bow to him in a respectful manner. remember we are not practicing democracy and not monarchical. Constitution does not give an particular responsibility to the traditional rulers.

middlebelter:
I hope all the Buharists can now see why many of us doubts the sincereity of PMB. You can't appropriate $1b from excess crude account to fund the completion of q major Steel Mill Plant in the world, a plant that can reposition our economy within the short term, but you can flagrantly allocate $1b to deposit for arms acquisition from USA despite the fact that we have to wait for a long time for the arms to be built and supplied?
and his managers know that thier reasons for nit signing this Ajaokuta Iron and Steel Industry bill cannot stand superior arguments from Nigerians. He probably prefer to share rhe money in excess crush as Trader Money whenever election is coming?
You also know that it is a big lie to say that Ministry of Mine and Steel Development was not consulted. PMB, this is most unfair. This current Governor if Ekiti, Kayode Fayemi was due invited to public hearings and letter were sent, but he refused to attend and also stopped his PS from attending.
PMB, I guess if Ajaokuta were in Katsina State your position would have been different. You know what, power is transcient and whatever you do today, your children will reap it. I urge you to reconsider your way.
National Assembly should helobus veto this bill joor

shallow thinker. so you think $1b can complete ajaokuta? na wa for u.

chosengocap:
B-R-E-A-K-I-N-G News!!!
Instead of Oil what was found in the Exploration in the North
was Water after 4000ft depth drilled - NNPC.
Almost $1billion Wasted. - Hope For Nigeria

oga water no dey that depth. pls get education.

The quest for quick money may have led many girls in Kado Kuchi, a community in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to embrace a life of prostitution. However, unlike other professional pleasure givers their services come at rather ridiculous ‘price’ even for HIV/AIDS patients, just as practitioners pay Police for protection. PAUL OKAH dedicated days to investigate activities of practitioners of the oldest trade.

In religious circles sex is a holy act reserved for couples who are married according to the rites of their religion. Even in social circles sex is accepted as an act that binds lovers. However, in Kado Kuchi, a community in the FCT, sex is hawked like every other commodity and at a ridiculously cheap rate.

Prostitution is said to be the oldest profession in the world. Many women have embraced the profession and some, against all odds, have made something out of it, using proceeds of the trade to establish businesses and acquire landed property.

However, in Kado Kuchi, sex is so ridiculously cheap that the prostitutes have little or nothing to show for subjecting their bodies to debasement.

Use of makeshift rooms

In one of the two brothels visited by this reporter in the course of this investigation, Iyke Money Coolspot, located directly opposite a branch of Redeemed Christian Church of God, he discovered that the prostitutes are haggard-looking girls between the ages of 20-30, while the rooms, which are basically make shift rooms, were worse than pigsty.

The girls also come in different shapes and sizes: fat, slim, short, tall, dark and fair skinned and are always dressed in skimpy attires, consisting of bum shorts, spaghetti tops, short skirts or any outfit that would show off their body parts for the attention and selection by a potential customer.

The rooms where the sexual acts take place are make-shift structures erected with woods, tarpaulin and zinc. The apartment contains between 15-20 rooms, which are rented by the prostitutes on a weekly basis.

Inside any of the rooms, which is just large enough to accommodate two people, the prostitutes little mattresses that serves as bed, one or two pillows reeking of the sweat from several clients, a flashlight, packets of condoms, tissue papers, lubricant, and clothes strewn around the room as there is no position for wardrobe or wall hanger.

According to one of the prostitutes, who introduced herself as Rita (not real name), the landlady collects N7,000 every Monday from each of the girls.

Our correspondent reports that some of the prostitutes have to share rooms, on the understanding that one of them must have to wait outside with her client if her roommate is busy.

Wide array of clients

Observation during the day and at night indicated that there was no restriction or limit to the age of patrons, even as teenage boys were found to form greater percentage of the clientele.

From appearance, the patrons are mostly artisans, traders, commercial motorcycle operators, truck drivers, and others in the low income group.

Harassment of passersby

To the sex workers, every passerby is a potential customer hence they wink, whistle, and make gestures in a bid to attract the attention of passersby. Patrons of the nearby beer parlour are usually victims of harassment of these sex workers. You find the girls walking up to a man enjoying his drink if he needs their service. As a result of this, many residents of the community, especially men, avoid passing by the brothel.

Modus operandi

Even if you are a monk, an impotent man, or one that is celibate, the prostitutes have a way of trying to arouse ones sexual desire like they did when our correspondent visited the brothel located beside Gida Drama. One of the prostitutes went as far as by pushing her bloated breasts to his chest, tickling him, speaking in an erotic voice and smearing his shirt with lipstick while kissing his shirt erotically.
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Part of terms of include no pre-intimacy like kissing, smooching or caressing her as her immediate objective is for you to ejaculate within minutes or seconds in order for her to attend to another customer because of the essence in their trade.

For ‘short-time’ or a single round of sex that involves ejaculating just once, the prostitutes have a fixed price of N500. However, when our correspondent claimed that he did not have up to N500 and begged to be considered. One of the prostitutes who gave her name as Beatrice agreed to accept him for N300 but insisted he must be very quick so she can entertain other customers.

However, when this reporter said he doesn’t like having sex with condoms, which she had stored in a plastic container close to the make shift bed, she quickly beat a retreat stating: “You are not serious, me that was even considering you for N300, what do you take me for?”

In another instance our correspondent tried bargaining with another prostitute, who identified herself as Rita, for a reduction in the N500 fee, however, she said: “I am sorry, but I can’t accept N300 for short time. Do you want to send me to my village? I pay N7,000 every Monday for my room, so how can I meet up? It won’t work, please. It’s N500 or nothing, or don’t you know we also pay the police N3,000 per month for protection?”

Minors at risk

As if it wasn’t bad enough that grown women trade their bodies as means of livelihood at Iyke Money Coolspot, the brothel appears to be grooming teenagers to take over the trade. When our correspondent visited the brothel, one of the teenagers, 13-year-old Blessing, who was serving as bar girl, also offered to invite one of the prostitutes to ‘service’ him.

After serving him a bottle of beer, this reporter asked why there were no prostitutes around, “They are around,” she said not showing any surprise at the question.

“Do you need one? I can check on any available one and call for you.” When this reporter gave a nod, she left her chair briefly and shouted ‘mama baby’ twice before returning to her position beside a refrigerator in the room cum beer parlour.

Shortly, a lady in her late twenties, who introduced herself as Lunahan or Lulu for short, came in and the negotiations for different sex options took place with the little Blessing drinking in every word said.

Done with negotiation our correspondent wriggles out of the bargain with the prostitute, who was wearing a wedding ring but claimed its for appearance sake, by also claiming that his culture prohibits sex with married women.

Drugs in the mix

While it is not out of place for a prostitute to drink or smoke, our reporter, however, discovered that hard drugs, like alcohol and cigarette, are part of the tools the trade as one of the prostitutes, Angela, confirmed in a conversion with Blueprint Weekend.


Beer for sex

At another brothel beside The Lord’s Chosen Church, another prostitute, Gift, requested a drink from this reporter when she joined him at his table. And asked why he should buy a bottle of beer for her, when she was expecting him to pay for sex, Gift claimed her customers usually buy her beer before going into the main ‘business’.

However, when asked if she could accept a bottle of beer instead of money for sex, she was quick to say that she did not come to Abuja to accept drinks in place of money.

Gift went further to explain that some of her colleagues accept beer for sex, especially on days when there is “bad market” or lack of patronage.

“Na drink go pay my transport, abi them swear for me?” she queried in pidgin English. “Do you think I left my village to do mumu? Abeg, do let’s go, except if you no ready.”

Unprotected sex at additional cost

At Iyke Money Coolspot, the bear parlour housing the prostitutes, one of them, Helen, told this reporter, who pretended to be a customer, that she charges N1,500 sex. When this reporter requested that they go into her room, she hurriedly downed her bottle of beer and was already naked upon unlocking her make-shift room.

When asked if she accepts cunnilingus (MouthAction) she said that the price would go up to N2,500 and when asked if she gives fellation (MouthAction) she raised the price further to N3,500. Dangling his exit line of not liking sex with condoms, the prostitute revealed that some customers also request “raw sex” and she has been accepting the offering but pointed out that unprotected sex was rather on the high side, as it involved taking risks. Asked to name her price, she said: “I will consider unprotected sex for N5,000 and I will treat you well. You can go as many times as you strength can carry you. All I am after is to provide value for money.”

When our correspondent protested her fee, she argued that: “N5,000 is not much, or don’t you know it is risky? I will have to buy drugs after it, so the money is worth it. Besides, I will treat you well. You will get value for money. The money is even small. It is supposed to be N10,000.”

…Home service too

Another prostitute at Iyke Money Coolspot told Blueprint Weekend she offers “home service” but it must be a regular client who she knows very well, as she was guiding against being used for ritual purposes.

She said that such service requires the customer to part with between N10,000 to N15,000, as she would offer her body for him to do whatever he wished for throughout the night they would be together.

Gida Drama connection

In the evening, there is a building beside the makeshift rooms housing the prostitutes, where many young girls and boys congregate from 9pm. It is known as Gida Drama to the visitors, who pay a gate fee of N100 to access the building and enjoy Hausa songs, drama, comedy, and dance. One can either pick up the prostitutes inside the building or choose between the skimpily dressed prostitutes hovering outside the building.
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He said that, though prostitutes throng the place, they are not permitted to have sex within the premises. Asked why the Police are not raiding the place, since it may be attracting criminal elements, he said that Police sometimes visit the area in the afternoon, noting that he pays to be left alone.

He resisted every attempt by this reporter to take pictures, asking, “If it were you, would you allow your brother or sister to be here? Nobody wants his or her pictures to surface on the internet in this environment.”

Why it thrives

Prostitution is not the most enviable of professions hence those involved have one excuse or another. However, as a settlement within a community in Abuja, where residents live in squalor and abject poverty, one can easily deduce that prostitutes in Kado Kuchi hide under the excuse of poverty or lack of jobs to operate in the profession.

However, even when they save up enough money to leave the despicable profession, which is rare, the temptation of making easy money just by having sex with a man for a few minutes, is usually very difficult to resist.

Interestingly, one of the prostitutes in Iyke Money Coolspot, who gave her name as Cynthia, claimed she embraced prostitution because of heartbreak. According to her, she started offering herself to men for money just at the beginning of this year after she broke up with her boyfriend in September last year.

She said that she was impregnated by a boy from Isikwuato in Abia state, who refused to take responsibility for the pregnancy because of difference in their ethnicity, as she hails from Benue state. Cynthia said she had to give birth to baby girl and she is raising her on her own.

Cynthia revealed that the responsibility of catering for the girl, Lucia, whom she told this reporter was a year and eight months old, forced her into prostitution, as she had been having sex for free with her boyfriend. Our correspondent reports that the situation is so bad that the child to the beer parlour and keeps her in the care of any willing woman while she attends to ‘business’.

Preponderance of an ethnic group

In the brothels visited Blueprint Weekend checks revealed that majority of the prostitutes were from Benue state. In a conversation with this reporter, many of them were found to be Idoma, Tiv, Igala and Zakibian or other tribes in the state, which may be a reason for the camaraderie and peaceful coexistence observed among them in the course of the investigation.

Criminal hideout

There is high probability of the prostitutes harbouring criminals given their willingness to do ‘business’ with the highest bidders. One of the girls, who spokes to our correspondent, Helen, confirmed this stating that they could allow a particular customer stay in their room over the night for an agreed fee.

She, however, said that the customer would have to pay for her time, as she would close business for the night to focus only on him, noting that the customer would usually stay between 11pm to 8am the following day, as business slows down for them at that time.

Rise in sexually transmitted diseases

Since prostitutes in the community consent to unprotected sex for more money, common sense suggests that many of them may have contracted sexually transmitted diseases, especially HIV, which they may be transmitting to their patrons knowingly or unknowingly. In a bid to ascertain if reported cases of sexually transmitted diseases were high in the community, our correspondent visited the clinic patronised by most residents, Jahi 1 Clinic, for the purpose of.

Presenting himself for HIV/AIDS counselling and testing he discovered that many patients coming to the clinic were HIV positive, with majority of them being prostitutes.

However, when this reporter requested for a HIV test, which is usually free the laboratory technician demanded N200 before she could attend to him, even as it was discovered that the testing kits were exhausted after he consented to pay the fee.

Upon learning that this reporter had the last test in December last year, with a negative result, they appeared disappointed that the reporter “was disturbing them” for a HIV test; when he was not even positive.

They claimed that kits for a HIV test were scarce; therefore anyone who does not exhibit signs of being positive should not bother to present himself for a HIV test, since they were “managing” the few kits made available to the clinic.

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