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My dear job seekers, we just have to be extra careful and cautious this period as scammers have devised new and improved means of carrying out their trade.

I just got home from a semi successful job search where I was given a one kind offer, to work for sometime without pay with the option of full staffing if I impress.

I had barely taken off my clothes when my phone rang and behold it was a strange number. You know how job seekers always ensure not to miss any call as it might turn out to be that Baba God has just picked up

On answering the call, the caller introduced himself as Mr. Patrick from FUTO admin and asked if I was so so and so, calling my full names, even the ones my ancestors called me and the ones my grandchildren will still call me. He was so caring, asked about my welfare and enquired if I had gotten a job. When I answered in the negative, he then told me that he was calling about an opening in the NERC (Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission), that there was a recent verification of certificates there and it was discovered that some of the workers had fake certificates and so were sacked. He went further to say that the agency needed qualified people to replace them and reached out to the university to provide them with 3 engineers and that was how my name came up, as I was referred from my department.

Now this is the funny part and what got me interested in the first place, to show that more often than not, these scammers are those who know you very well:
1. I graduated from FUTO in 2014 and I have applied for my transcript since March and despite having made the online payment, I've still not gotten my transcript till date. I thought the guy was calling about my transcript. FUTO sha
2. I have been called from the university more than once concerning an opening and advised to apply, though that was for IT when I was still a student there and it was from my course adviser.
3. I was one of the best students in my set and when I heard job offer, I was thinking of a graduate assistant position. See me see hope

Long story short, after all his well prepared speech, he told me to call one Dr. Ezenwa, the P.R.O of NERC about the job details and sent me his number. Thank God I'm already well educated on scam 101 even to scam 510 that is 4 units, so I knew what to expect before calling the number.
Upon calling, the Dr. Ezenwa asked my full name. Immediately he heard an Igbo name, he switched to Igbo. In my mind, I just laughed. On his own part, he told me a touching story of how most people come into the civil service with fake results and asked if my results were original. He then told me that the opening was at Abuja and that interview was on Friday, that Mr. Patrick had already wasted time in bringing the right candidates and there was no time to waste. He asked if I had a place to sleep in Abuja, I replied in the positive. Na here wahala come start.

He told me that first, I'd need to buy an indigene form the local council for #5,000 and then another replacement form from the NERC office for #15,000, summing up to 20k; that he will then send me his email address after this for me to forward my CV. He asked me to call my contact in Abuja to find a way to make the payment before Wednesday so that everything would be settled before the interview on Friday. That if my contact cannot afford it, he will send his account number and I'd make the payment into the account, but I'd add #1,500 as a sort of logistics fee for his boy that will be running around to make the payments. I simply told him OK and ended the call.

This is a call to everyone to shine their eyes, these boys are not smiling. I'm also calling on FUTO to investigate these scammers impersonating the school and trying to drag the name of the school to the mud. These are the numbers of the mofos that wanted to try their luck on me
08060376476- Mr. Patrick
09080035823- Dr. Fred Ezenwa P.R.O. NERC

On a lighter note sha, abeg anybody wey get free #21,500 wey em no dey use abeg help me. I need to settle these scammers . edakun, epp me

xxgig:
THIS SOUNDS REALLY INTERESTING, PLEASE DO THEY HAVE CENTRES ACROSS THE COUNTRY? IF NO, PLS WHERE ARE THEY BASED?

They've just got one center for now, at Bode Thomas street, Surulere, Lagos

crixtex:
Bro... thanks... i really dont know how to use the mail....
i just need to know d duration, and then if its on.hands-practical rather dan only class room lecture.. thank sire

The duration is two months for weekday and three months for weekend. it's not just theory bro. AETI is the best thing that happened to my educational life. You need to give it a try.

donmatin:
Goodevening,with all these certificates even without experience you should be working for multinationals. My advice,prepare a good cv and cover letter,google companies in Nigeria that offer services close to what you are doing and apply. You must be called,goodluck.

Hi bro, can I send you a copy of my CV and cover letter so you help me go thorough it. It seems I'm not getting that part right. You can mail me marinusokoronkwo@gmail.com

crixtex:
Bro please can u.help me with the cost fee for power and utilities at AETI... Thanks

The full cost is #350,000 for the certificate course. Batch B starts September. We wrote a scholarship exam though and had a 20% discount that reduced it to #280,000 for weekday and #210,000 for weekends only. If you're a corp member though, it can come as low as #210,000 for weekday and #175,000 for weekends only. That was how much I paid for batch A weekday that just ended. You can mail me for further enquiry.

eremy:
@riqblaze, quite an impressive skillset there.

A quick question for you:

Where are you looking to get placement?

I'm looking to get a placement in Lagos or Port Harcourt. I'm currently in Lagos, though my family is based in Port Harcourt. I'd greatly appreciate it if you can help out. Thanks

Mekyno:
it will, wit tym, ok. Wich sch u grad. Frm?

FUTO

[quote author=Mekyno post=47112103][/quote]I'm searching. It just seems that all the applications I'm sending are not being replied at all

I'm Okoronkwo Marinus Kenechukwu. B.Eng Mechanical Engineering. 2'1(4.47 CGPA). Have certifications in Project Management, HSE, Facility Management, Power and utilities engineering from AETI, MSc in oil and gas management in view. I'm currently searching for a good job. I have just internship experience. l have proficiency in managing steam boilers, heat exchangers and CHP systems, pumps and compressors, HVAC systems, diesel generators and alternators. I also have proficiency in instrumentation and process control, and Siemens s7 PLC. you can contact me on marinusokoronkwo@gmail.com

I'm Okoronkwo Marinus Kenechukwu. B.Eng Mechanical Engineering. 2'1(4.47 CGPA). Have certifications in Project Management, HSE, Facility Management, Power and utilities engineering from AETI, MSc in oil and gas management in view. I'm currently searching for a good job. I have just internship experience. l have proficiency in managing steam boilers, heat exchangers and CHP systems, pumps and compressors, HVAC systems, diesel generators and alternators. I also have proficiency in instrumentation and process control, and Siemens s7 PLC. you can contact me on marinusokoronkwo@gmail.com

lavivaavril:
I mean... recruitment format, what to expect in term of stages involved. I completed the PI and PLI tests online and got invited for a recruitment day program which will involve another PLI test ( but on- site) and interview for those successful in the PLI test.

When did you complete the PI test? and when did you get this invite? The invite is for which date and venue please

Please send to me. marinusokoronkwo@gmail.com

I also did the PI test. Close to a week now, no reply. Please what's our fate?

08065967256

jaybros:
Riqblaze

I am still waiting please.

I just saw the files you sent now, thanks. I tried sending the video files but they are too large, totalling about 1gb. I would have to do some file compression to be able to send it. Do give me some time please

jaybros:
Hello, I will send to you wen I get home.
Please you'd also send me d videos of the mooc you have...I hope u have all.
Thanks.

I do have the videos for week 1,3 and 4. Sadly enough, I don't have any for week 2

please anyone who has the pdf of week 4 should send it to me. i need it for a project I'm working on and i have only the videos, but i need the written transcript. Particularly wk4v26-28, the part on oil and gas logistics management. send it to marinusokoronkwo@gmail.com
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send to me too marinusokoronkwo@gmail.com.

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Dangote Refineries or any other refinery as a power and utilities engineer, a CFD specialist, a process design engineer or in research and development

What happened here is not rocket science nor mammy water. It's simple physics. The tow vans were positioned the wrong way to lift the white car with the car axle track parallel to the river. This caused an anticlockwise moment towards the river due to the excess weight acting towards the river (that of the car and the crane jaw and half the weight of the tow van). This anticlockwise moment was generated because of the high center of gravity of the truck, the excess weight acting towards the river and most especially the narrow wheel base of the truck which formed the plane where all these forces were acting. This situation would have been salvaged if the truck was parked with its back facing the river ( the truck wheelbase parallel to the river). The forces would have generated more stability of the truck in that case because of a wider plane of action and a lower height of center of gravity

Please is there any opening for someone wuth a B.Eng in Mechanical Engineering? I don't have much experience yet, just the little I got as an intern during my undergraduate days

Please is there any opening in Port Harcourt for B.Eng in Mechanical Engineering? I don't have much experience yet, just the little I got as an intern

Mine is the soundtrack of Mario Puzo's The Godfather. Together with the waltz played during the wedding at the beginning

please add me @olayinkajr 08065967256

op I can relate with your fear. Some mums can price recharge card I swear

Finally I get to meet people like me. in secondary school they called me bat self. Can't sleep before midnight no matter how hard I try. My favourite time for sleep is 4am to 10am. But if I make that a habit Na poverty go kill me Na. I really need help o Finally I get to meet people like me. in secondary school they called me bat self. Can't sleep before midnight no matter how hard I try. My favourite time for sleep is 4am to 10am. But if I make that a habit Na poverty go kill me Na. I really need help o

Chief Fuji and his household. Wonderful memories

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glimpse33:
TF is wrong with El-rufai I just pray they dont end up creating harzard fuels that could blow up cars

Madam haven't you heard of bio diesel? Most cars in Brazil run on almost 100% bio and alcohol based fuels. Even most of the Ford SUVs you see are flex fuel and can run on various percentages of alcohol and bio fuel blends. So no need to fear

Back to topic: If this is true it's a welcome development and should be encouraged to help our energy demand in this nation and for it's environmental advantages. I'm very much interested in this project.

Business ideas on my mind. Proudly mechanical engineer.

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I saw this while going through Sally Dadzie Kenneth's blog at moskesapages.com. This is to encourage all those out there who are going through such to have faith and be strong. God is your strength.




This is a true life narration from a wonderful friend and fan of this blog. She has always been here, reading and commenting but I knew nothing of her ordeal until she shared this with me. She has been gracious enough to share it with you guys as well. It takes strength extraordinary and courage to open up this way. She wants to encourage anyone going through similar struggle or any type of struggle at all, and let them know that God is always there for them.
She wishes to remain anonymous.
I joined the LTFR club in the last quarter of 2011 to horn my poetry skill and network. Another essential reason is also to find a place where I can temporarily escape from the trauma I was experiencing. Participating in club activities, interacting with poets alike was therapeutic for me.
I was dealing with a spiritual ailment. Struck with multiple spiritual attacks; evil spirits and witchcraft possession. That wasn’t the 1st time I was under an attack but that was the beginning of me being in a long confinement. A confinement that lasted 3 years and 8 months. For those years, I’m out of bound to household chores and social life as I’m restricted to a room. It was very traumatic emotionally, physically and mentally. The irony of my experience is the fact that I’m aware of all that occurs to me when under possession. In other case scenarios, patients are not conscious of what happens to them. My life revolved around diverse attacks ranging from minor to major. I’ll mention some of the dramatic manifestations that I experienced.
* When under possession 4 – 6 people have to restrain me so as to not harm myself or escape. The violent struggle that ensues gets me so weak and in pain as my energy is drained. When the demons speak through me, I know I’m under possession but I can’t control what’s happening. They twist my arms, legs, contract my calf muscle, contract my tummy, throw me to the ground and other movements too. I can’t count the number of times I’ve been flung to the ground. I’m immensely grateful to God that I didn’t suffer any brain hemorrhage nor amnesia. But I’m taking memory aid herbal supplements as I had to deal with forgetfulness at some point.* Getting into short(5 mins) and long trances(3 and a half hours). I mostly don’t see anything when in a trance, apart from some few, significant moments. I can never forget those moments as what I saw not only boost my spirit but I also felt blessed as God has been watching over me despite the chaotic ordeal and all I went through was a blessing in disguise.
* There’re few instances after recovering from a trance, I find myself unable to make use of my limbs. After a while I recover from the temporal motionlessness. The most annoying was when I was unable to talk, I loose my sense of speech; temporarily dumb. The longest was over a week. I communicate by writing on a notepad, sending a text through the mobile or funny sign languages I used. Those phases also passed.
During those periods I never despaired. Weird as it’ll sound, it was an adventure to me; a horrific but intriguing one. I knew I was tested by God. To test my faith in Him; wether I’ll persevere and continue to seek His mercy and give Him praises or further bridge my relationship with Him. The ordeal was an experience that changed my outlook about life in all aspects. Got me to understood people more. I wrote my best poems during those periods. I also realized I have a potential in prose too. My poems in P&Q themed around darkness and sadness with hope & victory hovering were birth due to my traumatic experiences. My nature poems were a way of appreciating and connecting with God in a surreal way. Thus the vivid and novel imagery which I really can’t explain how I came about; it’s inexplicable. Yet, I really wouldn’t have penned those amazing poems if not for this platform. Meeting superb poets, interacting and learning poetry forms really did polish my innate ability.
There’re a lot out there going through similar circumstances but the genesis differs. Others would survive the ordeal, others would recover but be mentally, emotionally or physically scarred while others won’t survive, unfortunately. Patients at times loose hope because they don’t have a strong support support. One can’t win such spiritual battles alone. I mean, family and friends play a substantial role in ensuring the patient gets maximum love, care, prayer, concern and understanding.
I became exposed to the so called men of God we have in our communities. Most temper and complicate situations for people. Some are learned in scholarly areas but will want to dabble into exorcism. Others perhaps are better off in certain religious obligations but would think they can handle the intricacies regarding spiritual attacks. It’s just like a patient that has an inflammation in the throat and needs to visit an ENT but ends up going to an optician. So same applies to religious and spiritual obligations.
The experience got me to rekindle my spirituality and I can’t thank God enough for the shower of peace. Even though I have to deal with underlying pathological issues, holistically. I still couldn’t have found myself where I am now without Gods will. My mother was my biggest comforter, she was there every passing second. She knows when I’m in pains and fire is raging within me. She sees through my calm disposition and always makes sure I’m not lonely. My brothers, father and genuine friends that always kept intouch virtually(social life was truncated for me; even visiting). I got to know the real people from the fake. Only when one is plagued by a predicament, will one know who’s genuine or not.
I took antidepressants and sleeping aid drugs for more than 5 months before gradually reducing the dosage and subsequently stopping. I engaged in different hobbies to keep myself occupied; watching, surfing the Internet, reading novels or any book that tickles my fancy, listening to radio etc. I lived a sedentary lifestyle, walking from the room to the bathroom or balcony feels like a lot of work due to how bloated I was. Some persons I communicate with find it hard to believe I’m going through anything of such, because when I speak on the phone, I’m articulate. Others think I’m even making it up because they find it strange to believe that there’re unseen beings out there that can cause such. Or they thought for one to be experiencing such type of attacks one can’t be coherent or stable enough to be communicating. As I hate to be pitied; one can be compassionate but I don’t like it when people make you feel worse as if ordeals in life are a curse. We all go through trials and tribulations but no one knows how it’ll manifest and when it’ll come enveloping us. During such periods, one needs people with a deep sense of understanding and compassion, unconditional love and care, positively impacting the person and keeping pessimism at bay.
As I couldn’t risk being harmed physically, I needed to be observant of any signs that’ll conceive harm when walking within the room, for the unseen entities always try to inflict pain by taking advantage of the patients vulnerability. There’re moments as soon as I stand to go to the bathroom, everyone in the room has to be on alert, because the flurry of activities that’ll follow can best be described in a novel or a movie.
It’s been a long long excruciating but fascinating journey! In my reading spree, I got to realize I have OCD and bipolar disorder too. Haven’t dealt with depression, I try to be abreast with other mental issues. It was self-diagnosis but I’m sure about it as the symptoms are just glaringly obvious. Just that over here, we don’t tend to bother much about mental illness like other illnesses. My OCD isn’t a problem to me because I grew up detail oriented but I don’t let that cause me problems with others even though it’s not as easy as I thought. What baffles me more is the bipolar and that I’m not liking at all. I have just decided to try as much as I can to not let my shortcomings overwhelm me, that way I can be in control of the bipolar.
This is strictly a personal experience of mine, so it might differ with others experience even though certain acts would be peculiar. It spanned from the 2nd quarter of 2011 till February 2015. Been in confinement all through and the day I went downstairs for the 1st time(a day in February 2015). After all these years, it felt unreal taking a walk within the estate we live in. Some natural habits feel new, I feel like a new born baby at times, stuffs I use to do seem alien to me. Sometime soon, I’ll start going out to resume my normal activities. Integrating into the public has to be gradual, the transition I can’t wait to experience. I went out for the 1st time on March 14th 2015, I was trying to recall streets and landmarks. Walking and feeling people’s eye poring into me felt slightly discomforting, felt like a stranger in my home. I have no cause to complain, I’m glad I went through it all and came out victorious. I won’t trade my experience for anything. To me I feel I’ve earned an additional bachelors degree along with a Masters and Ph.D during those years . Feels like living with demons in hell on earth. In the space of those years, a lot of lives have been cut short by terrorist in different continents, natural disasters plaguing communities, endemic diseases claiming lives, kidnappers and ritualist killing souls and what have you. So I thank God for all.
And to think that my fellow humans are responsible for such is just unimaginable. To want to kill another’s child because of the things of the world. Meting such trauma upon others forgetting karma surely visits and when it does it’s merciless and ruthless. The intended evil planned on a person will be a child’s play when repercussion knocks on the planners door.
I’m healed from the spiritual attack spell, glory be to God. I’m still recuperating as I’m on holistic remedy; underwent hydrotherapy, still on homeopathy, telepathy and herbal remedy. And of-course the most imperative is the intercession prayer I received from genuine men of God, whom also guided me towards my spirituality as well. My weight is now gradually getting back to normal. I thank God I didn’t break any limb, nor have a eye defect apart from the bruises i sustained due to the violent struggles and falls. I’m fine thanks to God. Even though there were moments they got me suicidal but I’m a believer and my spirit can only be tried but never conquered. I’ve seen stuffs that are scary but I didn’t loose my sanity. Talk about seeing stuffs, they have the power to change into all sorts of animals apart from their monstrous look. I see them in visions in dreams and other times the vision would be in my conscious state, it’ll be very overwhelming that it’s very vivid like an image. I thank God for all. And I pray God gives me the will to make use of my blessings to touch people’s lives. I claim no powers, nothing but I know my experience can inspire others to not deter in their faith when consumed by any ordeal. Opps! less I forget. Tinnitus! That’s one thing that’s driving me nuts; hissing, buzzing, ringing, whistling in the ears. The sound one hears differs according to individual. Very irritating. Hhhmm! Hopefully, that stops sometime soon.
There’re funny moments throughout those periods but I’ll chip them in as the discuss continues and other stuffs that I didn’t mention. Even in the most devastating, awkward and painful experiences, there’re funny moments.
To anyone going through any ordeal that may seem unmountable; keep an unrelenting faith, persevere and be patient. You’ll surely come out victorious. Nothing good comes easy in life. And for the pains and discomfort one feels and tears one sheds, there’s definitely a reward awaiting the person. It’s very very ok to get emotional and moody, it’s normal, we’re humans but that shouldn’t deter us from loosing sense of focus in achieving the mantle of honor which represents your belief in Gods decree in your life. Winning the battle and proving the enemies wrong makes you a soldier; a true, pious servant. We all have a purpose to fulfill and we can’t get there without undergoing some cleansing, prepping and experiences.
There’re living entities in this universe, we can’t see them but they can see us. And some humans can see them too. I may not have much to say on this now but it’s true, no doubt about it. The world of the unseen entities is like that of we humans in some aspects. However, we humans are the ones in the highest order; given much regard.
I hope this narration is an eye opener to my personality. Thank you for reading this enormous write-up, really do appreciate.

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