What is N-Power Nigeria – Empowering Nigerian Youths for Prosperity.

<div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ItmlkGb4yNA/Xu-oQCh1P2I/AAAAAAAACdg/fx9C9VOBbJkOQP3dGpFbaUu47d9drBRkACK4BGAsYHg/s696/npower%2B%25282%2529.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="696" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ItmlkGb4yNA/Xu-oQCh1P2I/AAAAAAAACdg/fx9C9VOBbJkOQP3dGpFbaUu47d9drBRkACK4BGAsYHg/s320/npower%2B%25282%2529.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Skills and knowledge are the driving forces of economic growth and social development of any great nation. Despite the current high level of unemployment, harnessing Nigeria’s young demography through appropriate skill development efforts provides an opportunity to achieve inclusion and productivity within the country. Large-scale skill development is the main policy thrust of the N-Power Programme.<p></p> <h2 class="western">What is N-Power?</h2> <p><a href="http://www.npower.gov.ng/index.html" target="_blank">N-Power</a> is a youth empowerment scheme sponsored by the Federal Government of Nigeria. N-Power addresses the challenge of youth unemployment by providing a structure for large-scale and relevant work skills acquisition and development while linking its core and outcomes to fixing inadequate public services and stimulating the larger economy.</p> <p>N-Power aspires to provide a platform where most Nigerians can access skills acquisition and development. N-Power is designed for Nigerian citizens between the ages of 18 and 35. The modular programmes under N-Power will ensure that each participant will learn and practice most of what is necessary to find or create work.</p> <h2 class="western">The N-Power Programmes</h2> <p>The N-Power programmes are broadly categorized into two broad categories, N-Power Graduate Categories and N-Power Non-Graduate Categories.</p> <h3 class="western"><a href="http://www.npower.gov.ng/n-corps.html" target="_blank">N-Power Graduate Categories.<br /></a></h3> <p>The N-Power Graduate category also known as N-Power Volunteer Corps is the post-tertiary engagement initiative for Nigerians between 18 and 35. It is a paid volunteering programme of a 2-year duration. The graduates will undertake their primary tasks in identified public services within their proximate communities.</p> <p>All N-Power Volunteers are entitled to computing devices that will contain information necessary for their specific engagement, as well as information for their continuous training and development. N-Power volunteers will provide teaching, instructional, and advisory solutions in 4 key areas which include;</p> <ul type="DISC"><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><a href="http://www.npower.gov.ng/n-agro.html" target="_blank"><font face="">N-Power Agro:</font></a></b> N-Power Agro Volunteers will provide advisory services to farmers across the country. They will disseminate the knowledge that has been aggregated by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the area of extension services. </p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><a href="http://www.npower.gov.ng/n-health.html" target="_blank"><font face="">N-Power Health:</font></a></b> N-Power Health Volunteers will help improve and promote preventive healthcare in their communities to vulnerable members of the society including pregnant women and children and to families and individuals. </p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><a href="http://www.npower.gov.ng/n-teach.html" target="_blank"><font face="">N-Power Teach:</font></a></b> N-Power Teach Volunteers will help improve basic education delivery in Nigeria. N-Power Teach Volunteers will be deployed as teacher assistants in primary schools around Nigeria. </p> </li><li><p><b><a href="http://www.npower.gov.ng/n-tax.html" target="_blank"><font face="">N-Power Tax:</font></a></b> N-Power volunteers will be selected to work as Community Tax Liaison Officers to work in their states of residence with the state’s tax authorities. The N-Power community tax liaison officers will have responsibilities which will include answering online inquiries, customer management, creating awareness of tax compliance. </p> </li></ul> <h3 class="western"><a href="http://www.npower.gov.ng/non-graduate.html" target="_blank">N-Power Non-Graduate Categories.</a></h3> <p>The N-Power Non-Graduate category is designed to train and empower non-graduates with skills that they can use for the betterment of themselves and the economy at large. The programme offers training and certification programme for all successful candidates.</p> <p>The N-Power Non-Graduate category will provide training and certifications in 2 key areas which include;</p> <ul type="DISC"><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><a href="http://www.npower.gov.ng/n-knowledge.html" target="_blank"><font face="">N-Power Knowledge:</font></a></b> The N-Power Knowledge programme is the Federal Government’s first step towards diversifying to a knowledge economy. This programme will work alongside the planned eight innovation hubs across the country to provide incubation and acceleration of the technology and creative industries. The programme is a ‘Training to Jobs’ initiative, essentially ensuring that participants can get engaged in the marketplace in an outsourcing capacity, as freelancers, as employees, and as entrepreneurs. </p> </li><li><p><b><a href="http://www.npower.gov.ng/n-build.html" target="_blank"><font face="">N-Power Build:</font></a></b> N-Power Build is an accelerated training and certification (Skills to Job) programme that will engage and train 75,000 young unemployed Nigerians in order to build a new crop of a skilled and highly competent workforce of technicians, artisans and service professionals. </p> </li></ul> <h2 class="western">N-Power Registration Requirements.</h2> <p>To apply for N-Power, you will need to meet the minimum requirements (if any) for your respective programme. Generally, the selection is based on:</p> <p>→ On your expression of a genuine interest in whichever area you decide;</p> <p>→ Passing the relevant tests;</p> <p>→ Your willingness to push yourself beyond your comfort zone; and</p> <p>→ Ability to show a flair to develop all the skills you need to be the best you can be.</p> <p>Every N-Power applicants must meet certain criteria:</p> <p>→ Age is between 18-35 years.</p> <p>→ An unemployed graduate or undergraduate.</p> <p>→ Problem-solving skills.</p> <p>→ Analytical.</p> <p>→ Able to undertake self-tutorship.</p> <p>→ Basic illustration skills for animation and graphic arts.</p> <p>For registration you need to provide the following information on the NPower portal: BVN, CV, NYSC certificate and number, Passport photographs, ND and NCE degree certificate and the e-mail address you currently use.</p><p><br /></p> <p style="line-height: 105%;"><b>For the latest </b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><font color="#ff0000">News</font></a> <b>and reviews, follow Expy Multimedia on </b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><font color="#ff0000">Twitter</font></a>, <a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><font color="#ff0000">Facebook</font></a>, <a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><font color="#ff0000">Instagram</font></a> <b>and subscribe to our </b><font color="#ff0000">YouTube channel</font><b>.</b></p> <p style="line-height: 105%;"> </p> <p style="line-height: 105%;"><i>© Expy Multimedia 2020.</i></p> </div> </div>

How to Apply for June 2020 N-power Application.

<div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ItmlkGb4yNA/Xu-oQCh1P2I/AAAAAAAACdY/kY8SJ3dRJqgy386QiFjcJpFU2t_Bzcn3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/npower%2B%25282%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="696" height="190" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ItmlkGb4yNA/Xu-oQCh1P2I/AAAAAAAACdY/kY8SJ3dRJqgy386QiFjcJpFU2t_Bzcn3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/npower%2B%25282%2529.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Do you want to apply for this job? Do you want to join other Nigerians to get npower stipend? If yes, then here is the right procedures to apply for this job.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> The purpose of this guide is to help you complete the application process on the official portal — <a href="https://npower.fmhds.gov.ng/signup" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3367d6;"><span style="font-size: small;">www.npower.fmhds.gov.ng</span></span></a>.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Reports reaching us has now confirmed that the Npower 2020 registration portal will officially commence from Friday, 26^th of June, 2020.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <b>What are the requirements for registering with NPower?</b></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Before you’ll be able to complete the NPower registration, you must have all the necessary information and credentials. That way, you’ll be able to complete your registration seamlessly.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Npower requires that applicants be between the ages of 18 and 35.Npower requires that applicants be between the ages of 18 and 35.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qHJNR5zdoBI/Xu-oa_Q1MeI/AAAAAAAACdc/wcGTWKPQh78hzrLLTWcVD4Z5wjZEscHPgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/npower%2B%25283%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qHJNR5zdoBI/Xu-oa_Q1MeI/AAAAAAAACdc/wcGTWKPQh78hzrLLTWcVD4Z5wjZEscHPgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/npower%2B%25283%2529.jpeg" width="272" /></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <b>Basically, you need the following:</b></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Bank verification number (BVN)</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Valid phone number</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Accessible Email address</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Important documents like birth certificate, CV, school leaving certificates.<br /> Any government issued Identity Card</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Finally, you must be between the ages of 18 and 35.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="font-size: small;">The N-Power application portal is currently open, to all eligible Nigerians. Applicants are to note that the application process is completely free and there is no application fee. Applicants are requested to read and understand all relevant information prior to applying. Applicants should note the following steps</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">  <span style="font-size: small;"><b>Step 1</b></span><span style="font-size: small;">: This is open to only applicants aged 18-35 years. (This means you must have been born between 1985 and 2002)</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">  <span style="font-size: small;"><b>Step 2</b></span><span style="font-size: small;">: Before you go on to apply, ensure you have the following:</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">      <span style="font-size: small;">A printout or accurate details of your Bank Verification Number (BVN)</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">     <span style="font-size: small;">A recent passport photograph (1MB) either JPEG or PNG files.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">     <span style="font-size: small;">Valid contact – Email address or a working phone number</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">     <span style="font-size: small;">Your degree certificate and NYSC certificate, if you are a graduate and wish to apply for N-teach or N-health</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">  <span style="font-size: small;"><b>Step 3</b></span><span style="font-size: small;">: Log on to <a href="https://npower.fmhds.gov.ng/signup" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.npower.fmhds.gov.ng</a> and sign up with a valid email address and password to create an account.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">  <span style="font-size: small;"><b>Step 4</b></span><span style="font-size: small;">: Once you get on the application portal (https://npower.fmhds.gov.ng/signup), you will be required to read the terms and conditions of the N-Power Programme and accept that all the information provided is truthful and accurate</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">  <span style="font-size: small;">a. Input your valid contact information (Email or phone number)</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">  <span style="font-size: small;">b. The information will redirect you to your email address for confirmation</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">  <span style="font-size: small;">c. Once your email address has been confirmed, fill in your 11 – digit BVN and date of birth in the following order (dd/mm/yy). If your BVN details are inaccurate, you will not be permitted to go post this interface.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">  <span style="font-size: small;">d. BioData and contact Page: Fill in your surname, first name, and middle name in identical terms to your BVN information</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">  <span style="font-size: small;">e. Education and Programme Page: Kindly indicate if you have received education or not. The N-Power programme is open to all.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">     <span style="font-size: small;">The NPower Teach and N-Health sub-programme are however open to only graduates.</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">     <span style="font-size: small;">In addition, please note that the N-Power Health selection, selection preference will be given to holders of bachelor’s degree, HND, OND in health science such as medicine, microbiology, Nursing, Public Health, Botany, Midwifery, Psychology or other allied discipline in sciences).</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">     <span style="font-size: small;">iii. Where applicable, you will be required to upload your degree certificate and NYSC certificate</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">  <span style="font-size: small;">f. Employment and other Details Page: You will be required to answer some questions and upload your government issued identity card. Kindly note that the acceptable Government ID are: International Passport, National ID card issued by NMC, Valid driver’s license and permanent voter’s card</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">  <span style="font-size: small;">g. Review and Submit Page</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">      <span style="font-size: small;">Review all the information you have inputted and then submit</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">     <span style="font-size: small;">Upon submission, you will receive a unique ID number. write it down or print and keep it safe</span>. </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <b>What next after applying online?</b></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Usually, NPower announces the date for aptitude tests. The date you’ll have to take the test depends on the category you chose during registration.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Once an aptitude test date is set, make sure you don’t miss the test except you want to forfeit your opportunity to join the Npower program.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Aside from taking the test, you must also perform very well. It is important to perform well, considering the large number of people you’re competing with. That way, you’ll stand a good chance of getting selected.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> In the event that you end up selected, you’ll need to be present at the physical verification center. You will receive an email containing all the vital information.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> The physical verification exercise takes place for the purpose of fishing out false documents — including birth certificates, School Leaving Certificates, state of origin, etc.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Therefore, you must be able to provide enough evidence to back up whatever information you filled in during registration.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Failure to provide the documents you uploaded during registration will hamper your chances of joining Npower.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VzPC11JmIL4/Xu-ojrJ9qAI/AAAAAAAACdk/1yVAtfN5quEPs3pf9vJv7tS28c2GAlr0gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/npower%2B%25281%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="696" height="189" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VzPC11JmIL4/Xu-ojrJ9qAI/AAAAAAAACdk/1yVAtfN5quEPs3pf9vJv7tS28c2GAlr0gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/npower%2B%25281%2529.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> If you need help concerning <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Npower registration</span></span>; Please don’t hesitate to <a href="http://expygroup.com/contact-us">contact us</a> or whatsapp <a href="https://wa.me/2348080085555" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #00b050;"><b>08080085555</b></span></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <b>EXPY MULTIMEDIA REGISTRATION CENTRE</b>:</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> 1.      Mouka House behind Precious Pharmacy, Oluwo Ajibose lane, Omida, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Whatsapp or call: 08080085555</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">      </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For the latest </span></span><a href="http://www.expymultimedia.com/search/label/Education"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Education news</span></span></span></a> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and reviews, follow Expy Multimedia on </span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/expygroup"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Twitter</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">, </span></span><a href="https://web.facebook.com/ExpyMultimedia/"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Facebook</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">, </span></span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/expymultimedia/"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Instagram</span></span></span></a> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and subscribe to our </span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">YouTube channel</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></div> </div> </div>

N-Power: Batch C enrolment begins this week as first two batches exit in June, July — FG

<div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AhzO14F_z_I/Xu-SFvPcJPI/AAAAAAAACdM/kj0nqbuCGQYs8NSTU0dtBvnrm2dXtOaHACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/NPOWER-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="625" height="116" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AhzO14F_z_I/Xu-SFvPcJPI/AAAAAAAACdM/kj0nqbuCGQYs8NSTU0dtBvnrm2dXtOaHACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/NPOWER-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> The Federal Government says the enrolment for Batch C beneficiaries of the N-Power Programme under the National Social Investment Programme will begin from Friday, 26^th of June, 2020.<br /> <br /> The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, made the announcement in a statement signed by the Deputy Director of Information in the Ministry, Mrs Rhoda Iliya, on Friday in Abuja.<br /> <br /> She noted that the programme was inaugurated by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in 2016 under the NSIP with the mandate of lifting citizens out of poverty through capacity building, investment, and direct support.<br /> <br /> “The commencement of the Batch C enrolment is sequel to far-reaching consultations and a review of the submissions on the reform and realignment of the programme for greater efficiency.<br /> <br /> “Batch C is also being enrolled to provide opportunities for more Nigerian youth to access the programme, in furtherance of the President’s vision of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty.<br /> <br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /> <b><span style="color: green;">See Also:</span></b> <a href="https://www.expymultimedia.com/2020/06/how-to-apply-for-npower-registration.html">How to Apply for Npower 2020 batch C.</a></div> <br /> <br /> “This will create opportunities that will enhance the productivity of the Nigerian youth for entrepreneurship.<br /> <br /> “Applications will be conducted using a hybrid system of enrolment to ensure that all Nigerians are given an opportunity to participate.<br /> <br /> “As a Ministry that caters for the vulnerable, we will also make special considerations for persons living with disabilities.<br /> <br /> “Online portal would be open to receive applications from noon on June 26, 2020 and will provide a level playing field for all applicants.<br /> <br /> “As part of the Ministry’s reforms to make the programme more efficient, all applicants must supply their Bank Verification Number , in their application.<br /> <br /> “This is to ensure a streamlined and transparent selection process. Once applications are submitted, the Ministry will review submissions and publish a list of successful applicants.<br /> <br /> “Past beneficiaries are not eligible to participate in the application process. Comprehensive details for the new batch will be announced in the coming weeks,” Farouq said.<br /> <br /> However, the Minister also hinted that the Ministry had announced that Batch A would exit the programme on June 30, while Batch B would exit on July 31, 2020 respectively.<br /> <br /> She explained that the Ministry had begun the transitioning of beneficiaries from Batches A and B into government entrepreneurship schemes and engaging private sector bodies to absorb some of the beneficiaries.<br /> <br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> If you need help concerning <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Npower registration</span></span>; Please don’t hesitate to <a href="http://expygroup.com/contact-us">contact us</a> or whatsapp <a href="https://wa.me/2348080085555" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #00b050;"><b>08080085555</b></span></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <br /> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For the latest </span></span><a href="http://www.expymultimedia.com/search/label/Education"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Education news</span></span></span></a> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and reviews, follow Expy Multimedia on </span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/expygroup"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Twitter</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">, </span></span><a href="https://web.facebook.com/ExpyMultimedia/"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Facebook</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">, </span></span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/expymultimedia/"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Instagram</span></span></span></a> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and subscribe to our </span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">YouTube channel</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></div> </div> </div>

ALERT: Nigeria Immigration Service announces 2020 recruitment

<div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3oYH1_isYAg/Xm2vdo7LHNI/AAAAAAAACXw/sn2_-jGfzBY6uIn9Z5IKhzIB3B2DpDzCACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Immigration.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="768" height="192" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3oYH1_isYAg/Xm2vdo7LHNI/AAAAAAAACXw/sn2_-jGfzBY6uIn9Z5IKhzIB3B2DpDzCACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Immigration.png" width="320" /></a></div> The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has approved the 2020 recruitment into the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). The Service Public Relations Officer, Mr Sunday James, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. James said that the recruitment was approved by the board under its Chairman and Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola. “The recruitment is going to be on for four weeks from the date of publication. Members of the public are advised to make use of the opportunity and apply, “he said.<br /> <br /> He advised the public against patronising fraudulent websites, pointing out that the authentic platform for the exercise is <a href="http://www.immigrationrecruitment.org.ng/">www.immigrationrecruitment.org.ng</a>. “The public are therefore advised to abide by the rules for the recruitment and note that it is free. (NAN)<br /> <br /> <br /> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><b>Statutory and Requirements for Recruitment</b></span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> •          <span style="font-size: small;">Applicant must be Nigerian by birth.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> •          <span style="font-size: small;">Applicant must have National Identity Number(NIN)</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> •          <span style="font-size: small;">Applicants must be medically fit and present certificate of medical fitness from a government hospital.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> •          <span style="font-size: small;">Applicant would be required to pass drug test</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> •          <span style="font-size: small;">Applicant must be of good character and must not have been convicted of a criminal offence and must not be a member of a secret society/cult.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> •          <span style="font-size: small;">Applicant must be free from financial embarrassment.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> •          <span style="font-size: small;">Applicant must be between the ages of 18-30 years with exception of Doctors and Pharmacists who must not be more than 35 years.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> •          <span style="font-size: small;">Applicant's height must not be less than 1.65m for males and 1.60m for females.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> •          <span style="font-size: small;">Applicant's chest measurement of not less than 0.87m for men.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> •          <span style="font-size: small;">Applicant must be computer literate and</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> •          <span style="font-size: small;">Any certificate or qualification not declared and accepted at recruitment centre shall not be accepted after recruitment</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><b>Applicants With Any Of The Following Physical Challenges Need Not to Apply:</b></span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> 1.         Impediment in Speech (Stammer/Dumb)</div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: small;">2.         Gross malformation of teeth</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: small;">3.         Knocked Knees</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: small;">4.         Bow Legs</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: small;">5.         K-legs</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: small;">6.         Flat foot</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: small;">7.         Limb Legs</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: small;">8.         Bent Arms/Deformed Hands/Fracture</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: small;">9.         Defective Eye Sight (Squint-eye, Cross Eye, One-eyed and Total Blindness)</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: small;">10.       Amputation of any part of Physical Body</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: small;">11.       Hearing Impaired (Deaf)</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: small;">12.       Hunched Back</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: small;">13.       Obesity</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: small;">14.       Medical Challenges</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: small;">15.       Any Physical Deformity not mentioned, and</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: small;">16.       Note that due to the Rigor of the Physical Excercise in the Recruitment Process, women with Pregnancy Need NOT Apply</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><b>Please Note:</b></span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> •          <span style="font-size: small;">Any Certificate Or Qualification Not Declared Or Tendered And Accepted At Recruitment Centre Shall Not Be Acceptable After Recruitment Exercise.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> •          <span style="font-size: small;">Candidates Are Advised To Printout Referees And Security Clearance Form Which Must Be Duly Completed For Submission During Screening.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> •          <span style="font-size: small;">Do Not Submit More Than One Application. You Will Be Disqualified.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> •          <span style="font-size: small;">The Application Portal Would Be Closed After Four (4) Weeks Of Opening.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> •          <span style="font-size: small;">Applications In Breach Of The Application Procedure Will Not Be Entertained.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><b>Computer Based Test CBT</b></span></div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> There shall be Computer Based Test (CBT) for Shortlisted Candidates.</div> <div style="line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Appropriate time and date shall be communicated to such persons.</span></div> </div> </div>

TERRY JO, AN 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO SURVIVED FOUR DAYS ON A CORK RAFT WITH NO FOOD OR WATER

<div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QpjijhIzFbM/XkvdfcJq1CI/AAAAAAAACWA/ll72mOFZyAoYZzXrO_jCt8tPCMgkgqj-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/TERRY%2BJO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QpjijhIzFbM/XkvdfcJq1CI/AAAAAAAACWA/ll72mOFZyAoYZzXrO_jCt8tPCMgkgqj-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/TERRY%2BJO.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.06in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Brian, Jean, Rene, and Arthur Duperrault (from left)</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Arthur Duperrault had long dreamed of taking his family sailing on the azure seas of the tropics. Looking out on the chilly blue waters of Lake Michigan, the optometrist from Green Bay, Wisconsin, recalled the warmer waters to the far south that he had sailed during World War II. He spoke often of wanting to live for a year on a sailboat, cruising around the world from island to island.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">By 1961, Duperrault had become successful enough to fulfill that dream, at least in part. That year, instead of facing a hard Wisconsin winter, he, his wife, Jean, son, Brian, 14, and daughters Terry Jo, 11, and René, seven, would head to the Bahamas.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">They planned to spend a week trying out life at sea on a chartered yacht and to extend the sabbatical if all went well. They arrived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where they had rented the <i>Bluebelle</i>, a two-masted sailboat, and hired Julian Harvey, a former Air Force fighter pilot and an experienced sailor, to captain the ship. Harvey’s wife, Dene, would be joining the group on the cruise.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">On the morning of Wednesday, November 8, 1961, the Duperraults went aboard the <i>Bluebelle</i> to begin their eagerly awaited voyage. The ship’s 115-horsepower Chrysler engine rumbled softly as Captain Harvey steered the boat away from the dock, wisps of exhaust sputtering from the stern.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">As her sails filled, the <i>Bluebelle</i> appeared to fly as she sailed gracefully from the dark waters of the harbor into the green of the open sea and finally the deep blue of the Gulf Stream, the mighty river in the sea that passes between Florida and the Bahamas.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Above the horizon ahead, the 700 islands of the Bahamas archipelago basked in the 100,000 square miles of sun-washed seas, holding the promise of fulfillment of Duperrault’s dream of family adventure.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Over the next four days, Harvey piloted the <i>Bluebelle</i> east, toward the tiny island chain of Bimini, then farther east to Sandy Point, a village on the southwestern tip of Great Abaco Island. The group spent the week snorkeling and collecting shells on the white and pink beaches.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Early Sunday, Duperrault and the Harveys stopped by the office of Sandy Point village commissioner Roderick W. Pinder to fill out forms for leaving the Bahamas and returning to the United States. “This has been a once-in-a-lifetime vacation,” Duperrault told Pinder. “We’ll be back before Christmas.” That night, Dene prepared a dinner of chicken cacciatore and salad. It was to be the last meal ever served on the <i>Bluebelle</i>.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Around 9 p.m., Terry Jo headed below deck to her sleeping quarters in a small cabin at the back of the boat. Ordinarily, René slept there, too, but on this night, her younger sister remained with her parents and brother on deck in the cockpit. In the middle of the night, Terry Jo was startled awake by her brother yelling, “Help, Daddy! Help!” She also heard brief running and stamping noises. Then silence. She lay in her bed shivering, disoriented and terrified. After about five minutes, Terry Jo crept out of her cabin. She saw her mother and brother lying crumpled in a pool of blood in the main cabin, which functioned as a kitchen and dining room during the day and was converted into a bedroom at night. She knew instantly they were dead.</span></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1V5RES9pR3Q/XkvfXC0ShLI/AAAAAAAACWM/uDrw1OQryQgQoIKIbmOoSVDkITALXkARwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Terry%2BJo%2BThe-Bluebelle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="750" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1V5RES9pR3Q/XkvfXC0ShLI/AAAAAAAACWM/uDrw1OQryQgQoIKIbmOoSVDkITALXkARwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Terry%2BJo%2BThe-Bluebelle.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><br /></span></span></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">The Bluebelle</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Slowly, Terry Jo climbed the stairs and stuck her head out of the hatch. She saw more blood pooled on the starboard side of the cockpit, and possibly a knife. She climbed on deck and turned toward the front of the boat. Suddenly Captain Harvey lunged at her and shoved her down the stairs. “Get back down there!” he growled.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Heart pounding, Terry Jo averted her eyes from her mother’s and brother’s bodies, returned to her sleeping quarters, and crawled back onto her bunk. Then she heard sloshing. Soon, oily-smelling water seeped into her cabin and covered the floor. Terry Jo realized the ship was filling with water, but she was afraid to move.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Suddenly she saw the captain’s dark form silhouetted in the cabin’s doorway. He had something in his hands, possibly her brother’s rifle, and stood looking down at her. The only sounds in the room were of his heavy breathing, the thundering of her heart in her ears, and the slap of the rising water against the bulkheads.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Then the captain turned and walked out of the cabin, and she heard him climb the stairs back to the upper deck.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">With water lapping over the top of her mattress, Terry Jo knew she had to abandon the cabin. Wading through waist-deep water to the stairs, she climbed to the top again. From the light of a bulb atop the boat’s main mast, Terry Jo saw that the ship’s dinghy and rubber life raft were floating beside the boat on the port side.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;">“<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Is the ship sinking?” she called out.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;">“<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Yes!” Harvey shouted, coming up from behind her. He pushed the line to the dinghy into her hands. “Hold this!” he shouted. Numb from shock, Terry Jo let the line slip through her fingers.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">The dinghy slowly drifted away from the sinking <i>Bluebelle</i>. Harvey jumped overboard to catch it. Terry Jo watched him swim after the dinghy as he disappeared into the night.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">She remembered the cork life float that was kept lashed to the top right side of the main cabin, which was now just barely above-water. She scrambled to the small, oblong float and quickly untied it. Just as the float came free, the boat deck sank beneath her feet into the ocean. Half crawling, half swimming, she pushed the float into the open water.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">As she climbed onto the float, one of its lines snagged on the sinking ship. For a breathless moment, Terry Jo and the float were pulled underwater as the <i>Bluebelle</i> went down. Then the line came free, and the float with Terry Jo on it popped back up to the surface. She huddled low on the float, afraid that the captain might be lying in wait for her in the dark waters.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">She had no water, no food, and, in her thin white blouse and pink pants, nothing to protect her from the chill of the night. The moon had set, and heavy clouds denied her even the light of the stars. She could hear the moan of the wind but see nothing. Waves broke without warning, the salt water stinging her eyes and lips. A sudden shower drenched her, and she began to shiver uncontrollably. Soon one thought began to occupy her mind: Where is my father?</span></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9ryaOmtKw_w/XkvhMCFKlcI/AAAAAAAACWY/hkzsAQ7LoHAFknu_E-oqN6bxVDtiBeDlQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Terry-Jo1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="750" height="337" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9ryaOmtKw_w/XkvhMCFKlcI/AAAAAAAACWY/hkzsAQ7LoHAFknu_E-oqN6bxVDtiBeDlQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Terry-Jo1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><br />Terry Jo Duperrault on November 16, 1961, moments before her rescue</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">The next morning, a Monday, the sun drove the chill from Terry Jo’s slender body, but she soon realized it would bring a greater danger. As the day progressed, the temperature quickly rose to 85 degrees, and the sun began to scorch her. The flimsy float was beginning to disintegrate, exposing her legs and feet to the sharp teeth of parrot fish. With each passing hour, her tongue became drier and her throat more parched. Even so, she had no appetite and wasn’t thirsty.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">On Tuesday, a small red plane circled overhead. She watched it and waved at it for a long time with her blouse. At one point, it dived in her direction. She waved frantically, her heart pounding with hope. The plane passed directly over her, close enough that she could see the details of its underside but at an angle that made it impossible for the pilots to see her.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">The chances were slim that someone in a passing ship or plane would spot Terry Jo. Her white float and blouse and blond hair made her look like just another whitecap among multitudes tumbling over the blue surface of the sea. She was floating in the Northwest Providence Channel, which soon would drift north with the Gulf Stream and then east, carrying her across the wide Atlantic to the British Isles.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Early that afternoon, Terry Jo saw ghostly shapes about 30 yards from her float, just beneath the water’s surface. Her heart caught in her throat. The shapes came closer, and she could see they were porpoises. They stared up at her with large, dark eyes. Terry Jo felt oddly comforted by the whooshing sounds the creatures made as they came to the surface to breathe. She said a little prayer of thanks to God for sending them. They remained close-by for hours.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">As the piercing sun broke through the clouds in the late afternoon, Terry Jo splashed some water over her scorched, tightened skin. The cool forests of Wisconsin and the cold waters of Green Bay seemed so far away. The sun dropped and finally sank below the horizon.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Tuesday night brought back the awful unknown in the darkness, but it also brought blessed relief to her body. As the float rose and fell on the waves that cold third night, she dreamed that she was in the cockpit of an airliner coming in for a landing. She saw the long, straight, converging lines of iridescent landing lights standing out with surreal brilliance against a fathomless, flowing blackness.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">In the dream, she saw her father, seated peacefully with a glass of red wine. Although she had never tasted wine, it looked refreshing, just what she needed to quench her thirst. And she heard his voice call out to her, “Come on, Terry Jo! We’re leaving!”Wednesday dawned bright and clear, and it grew hot very quickly. The glare of the sun caused her dry eyes severe pain. All her muscles ached. Her skin burned through her blouse and pants. Her lips were rough and swollen. For most of the time, Terry Jo had to balance rigidly on the edges of the unsteady float because much of its rope webbing had broken away. She hallucinated more now, imagining a tiny desert island complete with a solitary palm tree. She tried paddling toward it, but it disappeared. Finally, she fell unconscious.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">When the cruel sun rose on Thursday, she did not feel its burning rays. She was in a deep sleep close to the threshold of death. Walls of water came at her one after another. Her raft was lifted to the tops of steep cliffs, then lowered into dark valleys.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Only the faintest spark of life now flickered. Midmorning on her fourth day alone on the raft, however, she emerged from her stupor and opened her eyes. A huge shadow loomed before her like a great beast. Its rumble was so deep that she could feel its pounding rhythm in her chest. As she watched, it seemed to metamorphose from an unworldly vessel floating above the sea into a great whale and then into a solid black wall suspended in the air above her. When she looked up to the top of that great wall, she saw heads and waving arms. She could faintly hear voices shouting. Finally, she felt herself suspended in space. Strong arms lifted her up slowly as she slid back into oblivion.</span></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IXckr2Zcmcg/XkviSNJEMXI/AAAAAAAACWk/1ZKjiJepZqUnE2fDm_G6ACJr94jsN2wwgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/TERRY%2BJO1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="300" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IXckr2Zcmcg/XkviSNJEMXI/AAAAAAAACWk/1ZKjiJepZqUnE2fDm_G6ACJr94jsN2wwgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/TERRY%2BJO1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><br />Terry Jo spent 11 days in a Miami hospital but had no permanent injuries</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">When Julian Harvey was hired as skipper of the <i>Bluebelle</i>, not a lot was known about his earlier life. The 44-year-old was a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel married to Mary Dene Jordan, an aspiring writer and a former TWA flight attendant.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">The day after the <i>Bluebelle</i> went down, the lookout on a Puerto Rico–bound oil tanker spotted a small wooden dinghy floating in the middle of the broad and deep Northwest Providence Channel. When the captain pulled the tanker closer, a man in the dinghy yelled, “My name is Julian Harvey. I am master of the <i>Bluebelle</i>.”</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">In the days that followed, Harvey told the Coast Guard in Miami that he was the sole survivor of a grave accident. In the middle of the previous night, he reported, a sudden squall damaged the sailboat. His wife, Dene, and the Duperraults were injured when the masts and rigging collapsed. Gas lines in the engine room ruptured, and the ship caught fire as it slowly sank. Harvey said he had managed to launch the dinghy and raft and dive overboard, but tangled rigging trapped everyone else on board.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">A few days later, installed at the Sandman Hotel, Harvey heard that Terry Jo had survived. The next day, a maid at the hotel saw blood on the sheets in Harvey’s room. When she couldn’t open the bathroom door, her manager called the police. They forced the door open and found Harvey’s bloody, lifeless body on the floor, a suicide.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">After being pulled from the ocean by an officer of the Greek freighter Captain Theo, Terry Jo was taken by helicopter to a Miami hospital. A week after her rescue, officials questioned Terry Jo in her hospital bed. Her story, as recounted here, disproved Harvey’s account of the events. Her father, mother, brother, and younger sister, along with Dene Harvey, had been slaughtered aboard the <i>Bluebelle</i>, at the hands of Julian Harvey. The police suspect that Harvey killed his wife to collect money from her life insurance, and one theory suggests that Duperrault caught Harvey in the act, prompting the other murders.</span></span></span></div> <div style="line-height: 0.3in; margin-bottom: 0.31in;"> <span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Terry Jo returned to Green Bay to live with her father’s sister and three cousins. When she was 12, she changed her name to Tere. Nearly 50 years later, in 2010, Tere finally revealed the details of the night her family was killed and her days spent drifting in open water in <i>Alone: Orphaned on the Ocean</i>. “I always believed I was saved for a reason,” Tere told CBS News. “If one person heals from a life tragedy [after reading my story], my journey will have been worth it.”</span></span></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.06in;"> <br /></div> </div> </div>

What and Why is Industrial Attachment in Nigerian Educational

<div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.06in;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ygCO6dIqTHw/XkvLnfCPbRI/AAAAAAAACV0/AmARPChONL8wxbnCJYzaeedeOcXlXVeHwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Industrial%2Btrainning.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ygCO6dIqTHw/XkvLnfCPbRI/AAAAAAAACV0/AmARPChONL8wxbnCJYzaeedeOcXlXVeHwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Industrial%2Btrainning.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Industrial Attachment in Nigeria Industrial attachment also refers to IT is a form of work experience students should get from industries or companies after they have completed major theoretical part of their program. It is a hand-on-experience on what you have learned in school and on how to work together as a team in real world.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Industrial attachment or IT is part of Nigerian higher education system thus it is mandated that before a student is accorded a degree in any higher institutions in Nigeria, the student must have completed an industrial attachment and obtain an equivalent credit point. The period allocated to industrial attachment varies from programmes and duration of programmes but in essence it takes three months to one year.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> University students in Nigeria are qualify for industrial attachment in their second to final year of their academic programme while in polytechnics, it is one year after two year of Ordinary National Diploma (OND) study period.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> There are many situations even after a student is done with his or her industrial attachment in a private establishment, his or her services will be retained. It can be through mutual agreement between those parties and the students will be afforded some time to complete his or her studies.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Do not think about money first or set a target on how much you want to make during your industrial attachment? It will help you in future if you focus on what you will learn and the network you will build. The experience will definitely make you are better person in your career plan and employment opportunities.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> There are many ways you can make your industrial attachment fruitful. As a beginner, there is need to have passion and burning desire in learning how to do things within your study line. Do not feel shy about asking questions and let the experience staff teach you what you do know.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Take as many challenges as you deem fit, expose yourself in different areas within the establishment, and learn how to communicate effectively with your colleagues or customers.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> The most difficult step for Nigerian students is finding the best way to secure a place for their industrial attachment. Yes we all know how difficult it can be but do not indulge or wallow yourself in blaming game. Yes, our government has failed us, everybody has failed you and the system is corrupt but it is your life. You can only do something meaningful with your life only when you take absolute control of your life. Re-write the wrongs in your life, be focus and determine; set a path and walk alone it and you will surely get there.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> After every year, Federal government pays a little stipend for students who have documented prove that they have completed their industrial attachment. The proof can be a letter from the establishment where you did your industrial attachment with approved IT report.  Remember, some universities grade IT report from your industrial attachment and others have a presentation where each student presents his or her IT journey within the given period.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Though the underlining principles of industrial attachment in Nigeria are being shaken but if followed and implemented in the right way and more so every student has the opportunity to be part of it, it will help us groom graduates with little experience and ready for work after graduation.<br /> <br /> <div class="western" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal !important; font-variant-east-asian: normal !important; font-variant-numeric: normal !important; line-height: 23px !important; 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INEC announces fresh recruitment, gives criteria

<div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1A-jCe6OpqI/XkPGXZ-So9I/AAAAAAAACUc/R6R6tkqBJmQSY58E3wCximROTrrNn0sVwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/inec-logo-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="750" height="311" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1A-jCe6OpqI/XkPGXZ-So9I/AAAAAAAACUc/R6R6tkqBJmQSY58E3wCximROTrrNn0sVwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/inec-logo-1.png" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">The Independent National Electoral Commission( INEC), has declared vacant positions for employment.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #242424; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; padding: 0in;">It was announced yesterday by the agency; calling for Grade Level 07, 08, and 09 which would be the Area Officers, Administrative Officers and Executive Officers. They are going to fit into all the local government areas in the country.</span><span style="color: #242424; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #242424; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; padding: 0in;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #242424; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; padding: 0in;">They provided a link henceforth, demanding that all applications should be made online as it would be the easiest way for Nigerians in all angles of the world to apply and also for a credible selection.</span><span style="color: #242424; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LXrsSuzfi9E/XkP6IftYkDI/AAAAAAAACUo/tedjJljBQJYaSkMnkafvqQoIVzrjHBOHwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/inec%2Bnews.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="905" data-original-width="658" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LXrsSuzfi9E/XkP6IftYkDI/AAAAAAAACUo/tedjJljBQJYaSkMnkafvqQoIVzrjHBOHwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/inec%2Bnews.jpg" width="232" /></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #242424; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; padding: 0in;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Interested candidates should log on to INEC portal <a href="http://www.inecnigeria.org/"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #005a8c; padding: 0in; text-decoration-line: none;">www.inecnigeria.org</span></b></a> /<a href="http://www.inecrecruitment.com/"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; color: #005a8c; padding: 0in; text-decoration-line: none;">www.inecrecruitment.com</span></b></a> to complete the prescribed application free of charge.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Applicants should not be above 35 years of age while the experience hired should not be above 45, INEC said in a newspaper advertorial on Monday. 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WhatsApp is only the second non-Google Android app to hit 5 billion installs

<div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uQWF5CwTXck/Xignj4-4g8I/AAAAAAAACTI/T5Obyjb3Ugo5k05KLNFMR6YPa7AphHINACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/whatapp1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="500" height="256" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uQWF5CwTXck/Xignj4-4g8I/AAAAAAAACTI/T5Obyjb3Ugo5k05KLNFMR6YPa7AphHINACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/whatapp1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="line-height: 0.21in; margin-bottom: 0.1in; margin-top: 0.04in;"> <span style="color: #3e433e;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>WhatsApp is most popular global mobile messenger app worldwide with approximately 1.6 billion monthly active users.</i></span></span></span></div> <div style="background: #ffffff; line-height: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0.21in;"> <span style="color: #3e433e;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp for Android has now notched up a staggering five billion downloads, making it only the second non-Google app to achieve this milestone.</span></span></div> <div style="background: #ffffff; line-height: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0.21in;"> <span style="color: #3e433e;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">As with most Android applications that reach large amounts of installs, this number does not just include downloads from the Play Store, but also pre-installed copies like Samsung and Huawei has bundled the app with some smartphones in the past, AndroidPolice reported.</span></span></div> <div style="background: #ffffff; line-height: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0.21in;"> <span style="color: #3e433e;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to Statista, WhatsApp is most popular global mobile messenger app worldwide with approximately 1.6 billion monthly active users, outranking Facebook Messenger at 1.3 billion and WeChat at 1.1 billion users in 2019. Following Facebook and YouTube, it is the third most popular social network worldwide.</span></span></div> <div style="background: #ffffff; line-height: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0.21in;"> <span style="color: #3e433e;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">As for the Google Play store, South Korea was the fastest-growing WhatsApp market, with downloads of the mobile messaging app increasing almost 56 percent in 2019.</span></span></div> <div style="background: #ffffff; line-height: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0.21in;"> <span style="color: #3e433e;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Additionally, Google for the first time in five years, </span></span><span style="color: #da0000;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">unseated</span></span><span style="color: #3e433e;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Facebook as the top publisher of mobile apps.</span></span></div> <div style="background: #ffffff; line-height: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0.21in;"> <span style="color: #3e433e;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the last quarter of 2019, Google amassed close to 850 million downloads compared to Facebook's nearly 800 million, analytics firm Sensor Tower revealed recently.</span></span></div> <div style="background: #ffffff; line-height: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0.21in;"> <span style="color: #3e433e;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">When it comes to overall downloads for the year, however, Google still trails behind Facebook.</span></span></div> <div style="background: #ffffff; line-height: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0.21in;"> <span style="color: #3e433e;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">While Google raked in nearly 2.3 billion downloads, Facebook gained almost 3 billion downloads over the past 12 months.</span></span></div> <div style="background: #ffffff; line-height: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0.21in;"> <span style="color: #3e433e;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Facebook owns four out of the top five most downloaded apps worldwide, including WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and Messenger, that does not come as a surprise.</span></span></div> <div style="background: #ffffff; line-height: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0.21in;"> <span style="color: #3e433e;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">ByteDance-owned video sharing app TikTok was the world's second-most downloaded app in 2019.</span></span></div> <div style="background: #ffffff; 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