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ABUJA — PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has told the National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that he would return stronger to help rebuild the party after taking a short break outside the country with his family.
The President urged the leadership, stakeholders, leaders, elders and members of the PDP to put behind them the defeat the party suffered during the March 28 presidential election where it lost to the All Progressives Congress, APC, after 16 years in power and build the party for future elections.
President Jonathan, who did not actually blame the leadership of the party for his loss at the election, was said to have heaped the blames on some of his very close aides, just as he told the NWC members that a Special Adviser from the North did not even vote on the day of Presidential election.
Vanguard gathered that President Jonathan, who thanked members of the NWC for their support, disclosed to them that soon after the May 29 handover of government, he would travel outside the country with his family, rest, recuperate and then come back to politics later, but not immediately.
President Jonathan who also warned the leadership of the party against apportioning blames asked them to ensure that the PDP does not disintegrate because of March and April elections.
PDP will bounce back
He said from all indications, the PDP would bounce back against the backdrop that there would be the problem of ego where three persons will be serving as Presidents of the country with only one elected.
The Wednesday meeting was held behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa with the aim of ending the lingering crisis in the party after the general elections where some PDP governors, party leaders, stakeholders and members have been calling for the sack of the present National Working Committee, NWC, under Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu.
The meeting, the first of its kind since the PDP lost the presidency after 16 years of leadership to the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari, retd, was a postmortem on the election, to discuss the way forward for the party especially the move to heal the inflicted wounds, to restrategise as well as reposition the party.
It was also gathered that those present at the meeting used the opportunity to ruminate on the elections and the loss where they wished that the PDP would have won the election.
The ruling PDP, which controlled the Presidency, the Senate and the House of Representatives for 16 years since 1999, did not only suffer Presidential defeat, but it lost in its traditional states of Plateau; Niger; Kaduna; Benue; Bauchi and Jigawa.

Online job sites in Nigeria are gradually
taking over the job advert placement. It
used to be the norm for companies and
organisations to place adverts in
newspapers for vacancies that exist
within the organisation. Though that still
happens, it is however now more
common to have vacancy information on
the internet.
There are several online platforms today
that their primary activities centre
around placing job adverts and notices
on their sites. There are quite a number
of such websites that operate in Nigeria,
and it seems some are more popular
than others.
We will look at 5 of the top job vacancy
listing sites in Nigeria.
1.
Jobberman some will argue is the most
popular job vacancy listing site in
Nigeria.
Jobberman and the reasons why they do
what they do:

“The unacceptable high rate of
unemployment got us totally perplexed
and we decided to "take over the world
(Jobs World)" and do something about
it.” We set out with a mission to
organise, deliver and manage the largest
catalogue of jobs in Nigeria.
We help employers fill their vacancies
quickly and cost-effectively by giving
them access to the most relevant pool
of qualified job-seekers and
professionals.

How Jobberman Started
It all started with three young men:
Opeyemi Awoyemi, Olalekan Olude, and
Ayodeji Adewunmi, who were all
university students. They shared the
same interest in the Internet space and
started Jobberman from the Obafemi
Awolowo University campus during the
Industrial Strike Action by the Academic
Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of
August 2009.
They agreed to work on the Jobs space
for a number of reasons including: a low
capital requirement (considering that
they were students at that time), huge
market opportunity (labour force of
~45m) and superior product
differentiation.
Today the Jobberman story is that of
success. They have bridged the gap
between employers and prospective
employees.
2.Careers24.com.ng[b/]
This is another popular job vacancy
listing site in Nigeria. Its uniqueness
may be in the simplicity, user-friendly
and attractive view of the website;
simple and easy to navigate. Users
though will find many useful pieces of
information that will aid their job search
or in the case of employers, will aid their
employment process, this site has
simplified everything. Nothing
cumbersome at all. Anyone who is
willing should visit this site and have an
experience of simplicity that breeds
possibility.
[b]3.
Log on to this website and you meet a
gamut of information that tells you they
are serious and mean business. Nothing
is left to chance. Everything you need is
there, you can almost get it at first
instance.
Here’s what they have to say,
“ is not just a Job
Portal, we are presently building a highly
interactive and dynamic online
destination for Nigerians worldwide to
collaborate, interact, get informed and
exchange ideas on career issues.
HNJ provides you with a wealth of
resources to help you grow your career
or business. Information is Power! We
expose opportunities you may never
know existed. It is truly up to you as an
individual to determine the level of your
success by flying on the information and
platform we provide for you.”
Their website is replete with information
for all categories of users, but they have
this to say “To a Job Seeker / Aspiring
Entrepreneur: Motivated and inspired
people spark revolutions and create the
future. Our objective is to help them
achieve ambitious goals through
optimum use of their talents and
exposure to infinite opportunities
surrounding them.”
I think anyone who is serious about
looking online for job search has not
completed his/her search without visiting
this platform.
4.
There are several job vacancy listing
platforms that have gone beyond just
listing vacancies, but created
communities of users. These sites have
successfully created a platform where
users can come and get useful
information via discussion groups that
can help them in their quest to secure
the kind of jobs they need.
is one of such
numerous websites that have become
communities by creating discussion fora.
The site also has a look of simplicity, yet
loaded with so much information that
have been categorised into easily
recognisable groups. Are you a job
seeker? Are you thinking of looking
online to see what jobs are trending and
can suit your needs? Do you want a site
that is easy to navigate? Then
has all ready for you.
5. Nairaland.com
Of course Nairaland is not primarily a job
site, but loads of information you get on
the site is more than enough of what
some other sites offer. Keen observers
know that Nairaland originally started as
a discussion platform, but it has grown
over the years to a vacancy listing
platform. It has a forum dedicated to
that purpose, hence users can among
other activities carried on, on the
platform still engage in searching for job
opportunities. So, have you created your
profile on Nairaland.com yet? If not, now
is the time to do so. I can guarantee
that you will get a lot more than enough
on this site.
I wish you all the best as you continue
your job search.
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kodded:
lol @bolded

kodded:








it seems you hatred for pdp has made you see the truth but turn a blind eye



He clearly stated it that it was all false

ugoogift:
Naija press and copy copy...so they now copy from nairaland...

Let us all give a round of applause to Mr. Ben
Murray-Bruce, Senator-Elect of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria an founding Chairman of the
Silverbird Group. I have read his tweets and
watched his speech. I must say it was heart
warming to begin to see Nigerian public figures
speak out on the real issues plaguing the country.
That being said, and while we agree and applaud
Mr Murray-Bruce, we must be very weary, lest we
take this messenger as an epitome of the
message he preaches. Who is Mr. Bruce? Well, I
have known Mr. Bruce for over 20 years now. I
am not close to him, but I know him loosely.
This man managed NTA for 8 years. NTA was
basically ran to the ground during this time. Mr.
Murray was never wealthy before NTA. He lived in
a modest house in Lagos. We all know that it
was after he left NTA that he became rich despite
his salary as DG being N200,000 per month on
average while he ran the institution. He then went
to establish the Silverbird group which has been
fairly successful. I am not against being rich and
successful. However, I am against those who
steal public money and invest it in the businesses
to make it look like they are wealthy from the
business, and then turn around and say Nigerians
public officials are corrupt. When your son is in
the safety of LA playing around with all sorts of
Los Angeles women. That is certainly not
acceptable!
He received part payment for a 33billion naira
contract from Akwa Ibom without executing the
job, not even a land excavation!
Silverbird group received nothing less than $20
million from GEJ during the campaign. Our tax
money went to this man called Murray-Bruce.
Well congrats to him on his election. But Mr.
Bruce we are not buying it. Only gullible Nigerians
will buy it.
In the meantime, enjoy views of his son “playing”
in his $5million mansion in Los Angeles!

-CramJones

Ayodele Fayose, Governor of
Ekiti State Governor, has released more
damning allegations against Alhaji
Adamu Mu’azu, the embattled National
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP).
Fayose claims Mu'azu held a secret
meeting with the national leader of the
All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju
Bola Tinubu, where he sold the 2015
elections to the APC.
Fayose Spoke on Monday, May 11, 2015,
during a programme on Channels TV
titled: ‘View from the Top.’
“Shortly before my election, he (Mu’azu)
was to see me and I waited for him in
his house for about five hours and then
he came out to say he was sorry and
that we should give him space. He said
the Yoruba people should give him some
space because he was expecting
someone who did not want to see any
Yoruba man.
“I left his house but kept a tab on him.
His house is like a ring road and I came
back to find out who had come to see
him and the person was Asiwaju Bola
Tinubu. That is the truth. When I
returned to his house, he told me that I
should not be annoyed that it was
Tinubu that came to visit him. I was
worried because the Ekiti election was
just five days away and I almost lost my
breath.
“The day the presidential election held,
the chairman was not in the country. On
the day the names of our candidates
were to be submitted to the Independent
National Electoral Commission, our
chairman was in Lagos, on his way to
Singapore.
“I was with President Jonathan on that
day and I told him to call him. The
President did not know that Mu’azu was
in Lagos on his way to Singapore. Even
when he traveled recently, he said he
had a problem with his left hand and
wanted to travel abroad for treatment.
However, he called some people and told
them that he had deceived the
President. You must be consistent in
character. I am saying everything on
camera; let him come out to deny these
allegations. I don’t want to be in a PDP
where we have betrayers of all sorts,”
Fayose said.
Fayose had earlier urged the party’s
national chairman to resign by emulating
the British Labour Party leader, Ed
Miliband, as well as Liberal Democrats
leader, Nick Clegg, who resigned after
their parties defeat at the polls.
Mu’azu, while reacting to Fayose’s
allegations, denied ever meeting Tinubu.
He advised the Ekiti governor to pay
more attention on governing his state
rather than chasing shadows.

Owoloku1:
The birth of real democracy in Nigeria

theV0ice:
Sorry
Was fighting for the phone with my baby

theV0ice:
Nwobodp

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress
(APC), Chief John Oyegun, on Thursday said
recent happenings in the country had shown that
politics could be played peacefully.
Oyegun said this while receiving a delegation of
Former Governors Forum (FGF) at the APC
national secretariat in Abuja.
According to him, Nigerians should be proud as
the outcome of the general elections had taught
political leaders a valuable lesson, NAN reports.
“The party would require the contribution of every
single, well-intended head because the problem
confronting us demands collective efforts to
surmount.
“Nigeria is going through a peaceful democratic
revolution, all that is happening in the country at
present shows that politics do not have to be
war,” he said.
He said APC would welcome a strong opposition
in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to keep
the incoming administration on its toes.
He said “PDP is part of Nigeria’s history” and the
APC would be glad to have a formidable
opposition party.
“For the PDP, they are part of the country’s
history and history in the making. All they need to
do is to go into retrospection.
“We will be glad to have a virile opposition. We
want the PDP to be strong enough to be able to
keep us on our toes’’, Oyegun said.
The former Gov. Jim Nwobodo of Anambra State,
who spoke for FGF, said politicians should learn
to embrace one another and support whoever
emerged winner at any election.
He expressed concern over the break-up of the
Forum into two factions saying it was
unnecessary.
“Nigerian leaders should learn to eschew
bitterness in politics and to support whoever
emerges victorious at an election.
“I really do not feel it is good for us to have two
former governor’s forum. It is good to have a
united body regardless of whichever party wins.
“There is no reason to have two parallel bodies
representing governors of the APC and the PDP’’,
Nwobodo said.
He pledged support for the President-elect, Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari, whom he described as
“humble and principled” adding that the FGF
would support Buhari when he assumes office in
May 29.
Nwobodo also commended President Goodluck
Jonathan for “his rare act of humility in conceding
defeat at the polls thereby stemming the
anticipated tension and crisis.’’
Former Gov. Orji Uzor Kalu of Abia said the
parties in opposition will take up the challenge
posed by Oyegun and provide a strong and virile
opposition in the days ahead.
Also present were former governors Balarabe
Musa, Ahmed Markarafi, Bukar Abba Ibrahim,
Okwesilieze Nwodo, Fidelis Tapgun, Niyi Adabayo
and Chinwoke Mbadinuju.
Also at the meeting were APC Women Leader,
Hajia Ramatu Aliyu, National Auditor, Chief George
Muoghalu, National Secretary, Mai Bala Buni,
among others.

babyfaceafrica:
In as much as PDP as failed us..I will very much like them to put their house in order,if this country is to move forward we need a strong opposition to put the broom party in check

faray:
in case

Alhaji Adamu Muazu, the national chairman of the
Peoples Democratic Party, on Saturday told the
members of the party that he would not resign
despite the woeful performance at the 2015
general elections.
The PDP National Chairman said this in reaction
to calls for his resignation over the outcome of
the 2015 elections in which the party lost the
presidential as well as its majority control of
National Assembly and state gubernatorial seats
to the opposition All Progressive Congress for the
first time in 16 years.
In a statement on Saturday, Mu’azu faulted the
call for his resignation and those of the National
Working Committee arguing that the party should
stop its penchant to use and dump its officials.
“The developing culture of using and dumping has
reached fratricidal proportions in the PDP and it
must end. You cannot be changing Chairmen and
NWC every year and still have cohesion which is
a vital ingredient of winning. A good example
occurred when we changed five Senate Presidents
in eight years and produced calamity in the
process, but for eight years we have had one
senate president and produced harmony between
the presidency and parliament.
“It is also time to end the spate of in-fighting and
blame games currently dominating the political
discourse among our membership and the
leadership. It will do no one any good. The
present leadership has until next year to run their
course. The party will then decide how to deal
with the zoning of the next leadership and
strategies for winning the 2019 elections.”
Mu’azu said how to reinvent itself should be the
preoccupation of the party now instead of
indulging in blame game. “The elixir the Peoples
Democratic Party needs to reinvent itself and
retake power in 2019 instead of wasting time and
energy mudslinging and blame gaming over the
party’s failed bid to win a fourth consecutive
presidential election victory.”
According to him, stories spreading like wild fire
in the social media about schisms in the PDP can
only energise the incoming administration of the
APC and its desire to kill the PDP.
“But we can shock them with our usual resilience
and ability to turn the tables particularly as they
are already developing a tottering ineptitude in
their transition progression to power.
“Our game plan is to provide a virile opposition to
the new government which we have already
graciously given a lifeline by conceding defeat and
avoiding a calamitous battle in the courts.
“The international community have noted this
great act of statesmanship on our part and we
shall continue in this mode to show our
commitment towards entrenching democracy in
our country.
“It is therefore time for our great party to reinvent
ourselves, show great maturity and map out a
strategy that will return us to power in 2019.
“Despite losing our dominance in the National
Assembly, our party has the largest number of
experienced legislators in both chambers and will
surely be calling the shots there. We will however
help to reduce the imminent issue of learning
process occasioned by the horde of inexperienced
APC members in both houses because of national
interest.
“Great lessons to be learned from the outcome of
the 2015 Elections are many and I have already
mentioned this in earlier interactions with the
media.
“Lessons of candidate imposition, deepening of
internal democracy in our party and other obvious
lessons we need to learn for future guidance. It is
so important for us to learn from what has
happened. We must note that when the going
gets tough, only the tough like the PDP can get
going”, said Muazu.
He added that defection to the APC by members
of the PDP was the most stupid thing going on
within our party at the moment.
“Personally it does not worry me but I shudder at
the wedge placed by the new ruling party banning
the incoming troupes. It shows signs of how they
will run the country from May 29 2015. It shows
how they will not regard non APC Nigerians as
part of their responsibility which will be a shame.”

Plus10:
Bloody hyprocrate....If it was gej she was asked to talk aboult she would have spewed rubbish all over the place.

ugoogift:
What is she insinuating?

ugoogift:
What is she insinuating?

abduljabbar4:
...The funny thing is she refused to comment on Obasanjos tenure

brownlord:
Bloody hypocrite, why not say your boy friend was never corrupt.

Obiageli Ezekwesili, Nigeria's former
Nigerian Minister of Education, and
former World Bank vice president for
Africa has told Aljazeera that the
Olusegun Obasanjo adminsitration in
which she served wasn't as corrupt as
the Sani Abacha regime.
Ezekwesili who is also the co-founder of
the #BringBackOurGirls campaign made
the comment while speaking to Al
Jazeera English.
Questioned by Head to Head host, Mehdi
Hasan about endemic corruption in
Nigeria, Oby said her country has a
“political class problem,” but refused to
condemn her former boss and mentor
President Olusegun Obasanjo, who ruled
between 1999 and 2007.
Under pressure by Hasan, she conceded
Obasanjo was “aware of the elements of
corruption, and it was his responsibility
to tackle” them, but categorically denied
he was corrupt himself. “Of course it [the
government] was [corrupt]! [But] There
was no way it could have been more
corrupt than the government of Abacha,”
she said, referring to the military
dictatorship of Sani Abacha that
preceded Obasanjo’s rule. Oby lamented
that the government she was part of
was not able to “succeed fully” in
tackling corruption, and defended her
own track record, saying she had not
been “window dressing” for a corrupt
regime and insisting - despite holding
two ministerial positions in the Nigerian
government, being an advisor to
presidents and holding high office at the
World Bank – that she was not a
politician.
Ezekwesili also told Aljazeera that
Nigerian armed forces have committed
human rights abuses in their fight
against the violent group Boko Haram in
the north of the country. “It clearly does
have instances where human rights
violations have happened,” she says.
Ezekwesili's full interview will be aired in
a new episode of Head to Head, come 1
May 2015 at 20.00 GMT on Al Jazeera
English.