jlomz:


Change to what please?

nightwalker333:
Mails dropped! Refresh your mailbox.

CHAIRMAN1:
I heard dashboards are beginning to change.

emeritus007:

Okay bro.
2018 was list before mails
But 2019 was mails before list.
That number is the PTDF help desk number. Verify

flyjustice:


I get your point bro. But do you believe the person that makes the premature statement is actually working with ptdf? Initially, i even though they will release a list the way they use to in the past

flyjustice:


China, Germany, Malaysia or UK? Which country

bidec6:
Same here. What next?

hosey:
I hope this isn't fake news. A screenshot will help

hosey:

Is it success mail?

Are you MSC of PHD?

Congratulations

rhapboss:
Please, any update on the PTDF list...Time is not our friend if September is considered for resumption

bidec6:
Am i the only one that feels this wait is becoming unbearable. It's close to three weeks since we had our interviews... Does anyone have an idea of what's happening?

Abokii8:
Rumours from our WhatsApp group had it that the list will be published later today. Fingers crossed.

DiamondRiver:
Vantage7, are u sure of this? Want to be sure so that I can see if I can recheck at their head office at Abuja today?

PTDF COVID-19 REPONSE

As the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic made its entry into Nigeria the familiar pattern of disruptions already reported by global news media in countries that had recorded cases began to play out in Nigeria. From school closures and suspension of all local and international flights, various policies limiting large gathering of people were made and enforced by government. When the Federal government announced the gradual easing of lockdown in the affected states and partial resumption of government workers, the Presidential Task force on COVID-19 gave general guidelines to MDA’s and directed them to determine other risk reduction measures based on the peculiarities of their organization and sectors of operations. Accordingly, the Executive Secretary, PTDF, Dr. Bello Aliyu Gusau empanelled a committee to look at the impact of the pandemic on the operations of the Fund, and come up with a response plan.

The Committee Chair, Manager Education & Training Department, Haj. Rabiah Waziri-Adamu acknowledged the apprehension being faced by applicants whose interview for the 2020/2021 OSS scholarship were suspended as a result of the pandemic. It will be recalled that the interviews for the MSc. held in all the 6 geo-political zones while that for PhD held in only 2 centres. The PhD interviews in 4 centres were put on hold because of the pandemic. She said PTDF is studying the global response in terms of education before taking a decision on whether to go ahead to conclude the 2020/2021 interview. “If we decide to go ahead, we have to consider online interviews because the new normal is less physical interactions and use of ICT. We would have to look at the panel of interviewers and the high number of interviews to be conducted. All of this will determine how the interviews will be done, but right now we have put the interviews on hold and have not taken a decision while we watch the response from our partners. Some have said they will commence their sessions in September while others have not given a direction on the way forward, but we are awaiting further guidance in order to make a decision.”

The Fund has been in active engagement with its scholars studying abroad in this period of COVID-19 Pandemic. “For our engagement with scholars, we set up many virtual meetings with them. We have been engaging them since the COVID 19 breakout to know how they are faring and most of them told us that they have carried on with their studies online where the schools are offering online classes. It is only the PhD scholars who needed to be physically present at the labs that had to stop at some point because they could not carry on. The others were not really at risk because classes were holding online, and the schools put measures in place to ensure students could order food and have it delivered to them. For the local scholarship programme, all schools were shut down by the Federal government and the students are at home.”

The dynamic response plan by the Fund is aimed at transforming PTDF into a flexible, resilient organisation capable of adapting to gradual and sudden changes to its internal and external environments.

Press and External Relations Unit

Nigeria extends ban on international flights

The Federal Government of Nigeria has extended the closure of the Nigerian airports for international flights till October 2020.

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has issued a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) to that effect informing stakeholders that the airspace would no longer reopen for international flights on August 19.

The Federal Government of Nigeria had suspended international flights in March following the COVID-19 pandemic but it recently reopened the airports for domestic flights.

However, there has been pressure, especially from tour operators and travel management companies on the government to lift the ban on international flights.

But the hope of those agitating for the reopening of airports for international flights has been further dashed following the extension of the ban from August till October.

The NOTAM read: “The Federal Government has extended the closure of our airports to all international flights with the exception of aircraft in a statement of emergency.”

However, the NOTAM indicated that approval may be requested and granted for “over-flights, operations related to humanitarian aids, medical relief flights, alternate aerodrome in the flight plan and also those being used for extended diversion time operation.”

Also approved for exemptions are “technical landings where passengers do not disembark and cargo flights and other safety-related operations.”

Such requests would be directed to the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, the NOTAM issued by the NCAA DG, Capt. Musa Nuhu said.

Source: Daily Trust

DMainMan:


Ok. But contact PTDF o and let them know u will accept any scholarship in any school. And explain the strict admission policy of IFP.

faceURfront:


Not that. So you want to tell us that you took your time to apply for a scholarship, secured it and then decided not to accept it to create space for other people.

Make I no shake table this morning.

DMainMan:


Oga pray o. Nothing is certain in life. And we are in Nigeria too and u know our country. U guys should contact PTDF o as they might not be aware that only two people made it. Tell them u are willing to go to other tuition free universities and explain IFP admission policy so they won't think it is u guys fault.

Finally, pray your name is in the list that will be published. If your name is published on the website, then u are certain of winning.

ItsTime4me:
@GetPosted and all, there are 41+Getpost's likes so far. What does this indicate?

airsaylongcon:


I swear down all you Chemical, Mechanical, Petroleum and even Electrical engineer can intimidate person! This phrase "Process Engineer" used to intimidate me like sh!t mehn. Until I realise say na "komkom" dem dey size ọ. Seperate oyel into 2 or 3 phase, size d separator and flowline, size the storage tank (or cryogenic tank for gas), size the pipeline or piping etc etc. At least for facility engineering. All the gaddem API in this world no dey finish. API 14C, API 14E, API 12J so so API everywhere. Then the book of all facilities design book, Surface Production Operations: Design of Oil-Handling Systems and Facilities by Ken Arnold and Maurice Stewart. Read it and belle full. Maybe even add Gas-handling version sef. I read tire.

And no I'm not an engineer. I'm a voracious reader

ItsTime4me:
When mails were sent on January 25, how many souls attested to receiving the regret mails here on NL? Only one person - my delectable whatsupguys. And well about 200 regret mails were sent then. So the fact that no one has come up here since last week Thursday to attest to receiving the regret mail does not mean that nobody received it. You think it's easy to come up here to say 'I got a regret mail' after this looooong wait? Little wonder someone said that a person who got the recent regret regret mail deleted it immediately. Why do you think the person did that? One word: Frustration. So you expect such person to come up here to say 'Hey guys I got the regret mail'? very hard! Good enough, some persons have come up here to say that they know people who got the reject mails. This shows that they did really send regret mails on Thursday of last week. So, what I think we should be concerning ourselves with at this point is, how many of us are left and their plans for us, as the wait is damn is excruciating. I would suggest that those who can get reliable insider info should please do. I have so much mixed feelings here. A combination of hope and other inexplicable feelings. My trust is in the SUPREME JAH and I will always believe in his undeserved kindness.