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helenmi:
What did you study in school?

Chemical Engineering

I applied for the Management Trainee (Manufacturing) on Saturday. I was successful in both the cultural and cognitive assessments. I Received a call this evening from an HR lady requesting for my NYSC status. I told her I will be concluding NYSC by June/July. Who else is in my shoe? Kinda feeling apprehensive

I applied for the Management Trainee (Manufacturing) on Saturday. I was successful with both my cultural and cognitive assessments. I Received a call this evening from an HR lady requesting for my NYSC status. I told her I will be concluding NYSC by June/July. Who else is in my shoe? Kinda feeling apprehensive

Hello,
Has anybody been contacted yet by IBM?

Hello guys,
has anybody been contacted? I am yet to get any mail or call from Weatherford

Congrat law4life2010. You're the first person I know to have received a success mail.

If I may ask, what is your qualification? You schooled abroad?

Hello guys, has anybody been contacted? It's been weeks since we applied!

* Chelsea announce a five-year deal with the Yokohama
Rubber Company
* The Japanese firm will be shirt sponsors at the start
of the 2015/16 season
* It's the second highest deal in English football behind
Manchester United
* Its double the amount of their current 10-year deal
with Samsung
* The shirt sponsorship deal worth nearly £40m a year

Source: www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2970907/Chelsea-announce-mega-shirt-sponsorship-deal-agreeing-lucrative-five-year-deal-Yokohama-Rubber-Company-Ltd.html

Any info yet??

I'm yet to hear from them. Is there anyone with information about their recruitment process?

Any news yet?

Received the mail too. Anyways, hustle continues.

We won't rest;
We won't weary;
Give up we shall not;
Until we hit the gold!

God bless our hustle!

Please, anybody with information about the "Technical Service Personnel (BNW)" job posting? I applied for it but I am yet to hear from them.

Applied!

heneversleep:
Last year was all about job hustling for me, after series of job tests, I got my first interview in a multinational coy, praying to God for a positive outcome. @sawyer, PM'ed please reply

Wish you luck in your job hustling. I can't seem to access my PM. Drop your mail address and I will get in touch.

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The year 2014 has come and gone! A lot of goals, personal targets and ambitions were made and set at the beginning of the year.


How far did you go in achieving your goals for 2014? What are the various things you were able to achieve?

As for me, I was able to achieve the following:

1) I got a graduate internship offer with a multinational. I was able to enrich my network, got some skills such as effective corporate communication and presentation, Gas turbine operations and maintenance outage scheduling, on the desk research, business analysis etc.

2) Got a professional certification

3) Became financially independent

4) Found love and learned the art of commitment

5) National service with a gas power plant

I was unable to achieve the following:
1) learn a foreign language, preferably french

2) Get an international passport

Mr xfire,
My inquiry is yet to be attended to. I'll be most grateful if you'll spare me few minutes how of your tight schedule.

Warmest regards.

sawyer89: Hello xfire. Thank you for the good work you are doing here. Please, I will be most grateful if you could give us update on the Chevron Escravos GTL expansion project and the job opportunities there in for recent Engineering graduates. Thanks in anticipation.

gcey2k: SAWYER

Take a relax breath. This is an Ebola-free Sawyer! *winks*

Hello xfire. Thank you for the good work you are doing here. Please, I will be most grateful if you could give us update on the Chevron Escravos GTL expansion project and the job opportunities there in for recent Engineering graduates. Thanks in anticipation.

"You don buy job today. I swear by my libing God. My job no dey finish. Platoon 1 & 2 on your knees. He who say e mama no go sleep, him too no go sleep" - RSM.

How has been the camp? I'm seriously counting down.
Are you ready to goooooo?

Soccer fans feedback about Iheanacho's performance. Do you think Nigeria is about having a football superstar?

Iheanacho. Two goals in 2 games for MC. Not bad for a 17 year-old making his debut. Keep your eyes on this kid. He is destined for bigger things

Kellechi Iheanacho is a pure talent!! only 17 years old & played like he is first team player!!!

Iheanacho. Two goals in 2 games for MC. Not bad for a 17 year-old boy. Keep your eyes on him

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2707802/Manchester-City-5-1-AC-Milan-Stevan-Jovetic-scores-twice-City-thump-Milan.html

Moderator, please take this thread to front page. This is the most exciting opinion of a foreigner I've seen in a long while. It's inspirational. Let others see it too.
Gracias!

Seriously, I wish Nigerians we learn to magnify the good and exciting things that unite us and miniaturize those ugly traits that tear us apart.

I'm an American and I love the United States of America. I'm proud of where I was born and raised. But this post isn't going to be about that. I've been fortunate enough to travel to many places throughout the world. I have fond memories of so many people I've met and so many instances I've been a part of.

Nigeria isn't just a place I've traveled to. This has become a home away from home to me. I lived there off and on for many years and it is a Country that I not only care about, but a place where I want to see it's potential reached. And I have committed myself to being a part of that solution in the years to come. As you've seen from my prior posts, Nigeria is always on my mind and there are so many topics I could talk about. But this post is going to go over the 5 main reasons why I love Nigeria. And it's not only a privilege to share this, but I believe it's mandatory.

Reason #1: March, 2011


In March 2011, I was in Nigeria. I was in the middle of a trip that would keep me there for a 4 month stretch. I was staying on the mainland in Lagos at the time at a lovely little hotel in Mushin. My wife who is Nigerian and her family that were in Nigeria thought I was crazy for staying there. My wife hasn't been back to Nigeria in over 15 years so her opinion on Mushin is based on 15 years ago, not currently. And her parents haven't really been to Mushin in a quite a while. So I appreciated their concern, but I enjoyed staying in Mushin. This could be another post all on it's own so I will stay on topic.

I was working on the Island this particular day. I worked late. It was around 9 p.m. when I left. We had to stop over in Ikeja before I went to the hotel so we were on the Third Mainland Bridge heading there at that time. A small car hit something in the road and flipped on it's side. The car was packed with people. 4 adults and 4 little kids. Since it was on it's side, they were crushing each other. I had my driver pull over to the side and when I got out of the car, what I witnessed told me what Nigeria can become. And this moment will stay with me forever and has been my inspiration in regards to Nigeria.

I would guess that 40 cars pulled over on both sides of the bridge when this happened. At least 40-50 people ran over to the car. They were all there in less than 30 seconds flat. People latched on to each other to make a "ladder" so other people could climb on top of them. One guy positioned himself to be able to reach in the car. Then in consecutive fashion, a person latched on to his feet to give him stability and strength and another person at the bottom was grabbing the other person's foot to give total stability. Everyone was rescued from the car and were not injured because of how quick the rescue was. Then, about 2 minutes after the rescue, the car caught fire. Without that quick response and everyone working together, 8 people would have died.

At that moment in time, there weren't any Yoruba's, Igbo's, or Hausa's. At that time, there was just simply Nigerians helping out fellow Nigerians. I believe what I saw could be incorporated into every day things not just emergencies. A society where people look to help other people. Slowly as the future generations are getting older, the cultural and religious stereotypes that people in Nigeria have been mentally enslaved to are going away.

Reason #2: The Food!.....Oh the Food.


I love Nigerian food. The good thing about the various tribes is that they have their own take on Nigerian cuisine. And it is delicious. Personally, I love Efo. And I can cook it too. My Nigerian friends and my Wife's family are always shocked at how I can cook Efo. When I first ate it, I had to learn how to make it. The key I believe is to fry the onions with the palm oil first. And if you can find the perfect juicy tomatoes and red peppers to blend then you are going to have a good dish.

I don't know if I'm spelling this correctly, but Kokoro is also one of my favorite snacks. And I believe you can only get this snack in Abeokuta. For those who do not know or are not Nigerian, Kokoro is corn that is blended and then fried into corn chips. They are unbelievable. Every time I go to Abeokuta, I buy a large amount of this snack.

Lastly, Suya is one of my favorites. I don't like it spicy though. So when I head over to the Suya stand on the side of the road in Ikoyi, I always ask for Suya without all the pepper. I get extra tomatoes and onions on the side. Since the guy is Hausa, I ask for "fala fala tomatoes and onions". Suya has gotten me through many nights when it was too late for me to get dinner.

Reason #3: The Parties


Nigerians know how to party. Not only do they know how to party, they can find any excuse to throw a party. Just had a kid? Have a party. Just got promoted? Have a party. Just retired from your job? Have a party. Just had an anniversary? Have a party.

These parties are usually scheduled at 2 p.m. but since this is Nigeria, everyone starts to show up around 7 p.m. and the party goes on through the night. Lot's of food. Lot's of music. And I believe 40% of the guests don't even know who the party is for. They just heard about it and came along. So at these parties you meet a lot of new people.

There was one trip where I believe I went to a party on 5 consecutive Saturdays for some reason or the other. By the sixth week, I was exhausted.

Reason #4: The Music


Whatever kind of mood you are in, you can find some kind of music in Nigeria to fit your mood. Nigerians are excellent at using existing genre's and adding their cultural flair to add sound to the music.

Whether it's Hip Hop, Gospel, Rock, Reggae, Jazz or Rhythm and Blues, there are so many talented Nigerian artists that are enhancing these genre's.

Reason #5: The Street Vendors


We all know how bad traffic is especially in Lagos. This is a place where you could be going only 30 miles and take over 3 hours to get there. It's infuriating and highly stressful.

But when you are stuck in traffic, everything you may need will be available to you through the street vendors who walk in between the cars on the street. Thirsty? Get some soda or juice. Hungry? Get some popcorn, peanuts, banana's, ice cream, fruits, or gala. Don't have time to get to the malls? No problem. You can get CD's, DVD's, Shoes, Sandal's, Home Décor or really anything else. All of these things can be bought while you're in traffic.

I got stuck in traffic one day and I was late to dinner meeting. When I finally got to the meeting, I didn't order anything to eat. Because while I was in traffic, I had a Coke, Banana, half a bottle of peanuts, and Ice Cream.

Some people might say that it is these very same street vendors that cause the traffic to begin with. But I don't care. I love them any way.

God Bless Nigeria.

Wishing you Success,


Brian Botts

Source: https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140715161711-27032056-5-reasons-i-love-nigeria?trk=object-title

Numerous dirty secrets will certainly be uncovered when the Mallam finish his tenure. Soludo's will be like a drop in an ocean compare to Sanusi's. I have never for once trust his holier-than-thou-attitude though.

Wish you guys the very best. Just done with school but yet to be mobilised for service. Is it advisable I create an account and submit my CV now?

Coogar don meet his master today. Mehn Miss Shakara I dey feel you. See how this lady spoil Coogar Nairaland career. Kai!
Laff Wan Tear My Yansh o

AVB sacked again! Likely to be replaced by Fabio Capello.

Successful candidates should be contacted for the second interview today.

3 important points obtained. Defeating Arsenal will make us table leader before Christmas.